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We decided to make a change. We don’t have a lot of friends we hang out with, but the one constant in our lives has been our family.

I am really glad we did.

We left Alvin around 4 and after an hour we made it and had a great night. Wine and beer was drank and lots of laughs were had. We played what was a LONG game of Phase 10. It was reminiscent of all the good times we had before.

The night would not have been complete without Hailie scaring the absolute crap out of me. She was in the kitchen with my father in law (who was making coffee), while the rest of us were sitting at the table. We heard a crash, my father in law gasp, and  I heard a scream from her I had never heard before. She had pulled the coffee cup down. He was  quick to pick her up and we got her hands under the sink. Luckily it scared her more than it hurt. A popsicle and lots of hugs took her from screaming to having completely forgotten about it.

Mom, however, had not forgotten. My heart was pounding like I don’t think it has ever before.

Despite that little mishap the rest of the night was fun. We spent the remainder of that night finishing up the game and hanging out on the couch watching tv. Anthony (a drunk one) and Hailie crashed around 9:30 and I spent the next hour and a half on the couch next to my mother in law both with our laptops in our laps. I’m sure it was quite the scene. Talking about stumble and  the blogs we know and love to read. Our movie night wasn’t a movie night, but it was a blast. I forgot how much fun these simple nights could be.

Anthony and I are incredibly lucky to have these amazing people in our life.

Scott and Heather -

Thank you for always being there even if we weren’t.

Thank for you the encouragement.

Thank you for being amazing grandparents.

Thank you for being you.

PS. Be sure to check out Feathermaye, my mother in law’s blog. Both she and my father in law are incredibly talented writers – I could only dream of being able to write the way they do.

PPS – I combined Hailie’s photoblog and my photography blog into this site. I will be adding a domain name soon, as soon as I can come up with one.

I need focus.

I. Need. To. Stop. Procrastinating.

It will be my downfall.

Bottom taken today Feb 22, 2009

After breakfast we made our way over to Resoft Park, the first time we’ve been out here in a few months. We ran around after Hailie as she went down the “lide” and looked at the “duckies” in the “later” (said like water). I guess I should clarify and say that Anthony was the one chasing her around since I was too busy snapping pictures. It felt good to be back behind the camera again. I never realized how much I missed it.

These are my favorite kind of days. Breathing in the fresh air staring at a beautiful blue sky surrounded by my two favorite people. It really doesn’t get any better than this.