New House!

A little over 3 weeks ago, we closed on our house north of Houston.  After much praying, waiting, and watching God work out His plan for our family we left west Houston and the city to move a little further out to a new part of town. 
Jonathan is working with a good friend of ours planting a church out here (http://www.c3magnolia.org/).  His official title is Community Pastor, but if you know much about church planting he wears many hats, as do all of the leadership.  He is also putting his Aggie education to good use, working part time with a local chiropractor doing his marketing.  He is really enjoying using his creative genius.
The boys and I are starting to build community with the other moms and their kids in our new church.  We are adjusting well and the boys seem to really love their new house!  As of today, most of the boxes are unpacked and we have just a few more things to knock out to really make it feel like home. 

I think our favorite aspect of the new house is the big back yard.  We won Tux over with lots of extra space and the boys over with their swing set.  We have already spent many hours enjoying the back porch (with ice cream of course!) and the swing set.  We're all looking forward to cooler weather so we can enjoy it more!

Now we're just waiting on the arrival of Titus Matthew!  Yesterday I was 38 weeks.  We go back to the doctor on Thursday to check on our progress.  We are all so excited about meeting Titus.  Luke & Levi have already tested out his crib, bouncy seat, and practiced throwing away diapers for me.  They really want to help Mommy (now let's see if that sticks once he gets here)!

 9 months down...just a few days to go!

Don't worry Titus, the crib is completely safe!

God has been so faithful to our family, and we are excited about the new adventure He has in store for us!  We are confident in our calling to make disciples, and can't wait to see how He uses us here in that calling. 

Family, Watermelon, & Freedom!

I realize that I'm behind, but I have a few excuses ready to dish out if you want to hear them.  Otherwise, I won't bother!  :)

I had to post our 4th of July pictures from last week.  The boys and I started the day making a homemade peach pie!  It didn't last long.  It's hard to tell from the picture, but the boys cut stars out to put on top.  They were so proud of their pie.  I think Levi was licking his fingers in this pic! 

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After naps, we went to my Aunt & Uncle's house to celebrate with our family.  The boys absolutely love going out here.  For Levi, he loves to ride Cookie (the horse), Luke just likes being in the country and outdoors! 

We had a blast celebrating our country's freedom with family from all over.  However, since all of Texas is currently under a drought with a burn ban in effect we celebrated with no fireworks, but a slip and slide for the kids....
















and watermelon for the rest of us! 

Luke learned quickly that this was "spitting" watermelon.  At home we usually have the seedless kind, so it was a big treat getting to spit those seeds out!

This is my grandpa, Luke & Levi's great-grandpa.  They inched themselves right next to Pop to eat their watermelon!  Loved this picture.

I promise I'll work on an update from the new house and baby Titus.  The count down until his arrival has begun.  We are just under 3 weeks until the due date!  Until then, hope y'all have a great week!