Our T-ball Star

Cari just finished up her first team sport!

She loved getting a snow cone at the end of each game!

She had the opportunity to hit, play first base, and even be at the pitcher's mound during games.

She is a champion for sure!!!

Cami turns 7!

It is hard to believe that my once little baby girl is now 7 years old!!!

She is so fun to be around and has the cutest personality with everyone as her friend!

She is a real pop star in my book!

Thanksgiving Traditions...

As the Momma in this family, I love traditions!!! We make time to do special things with our kids during the seasons because I know we are making memories. Every year we go hunting for acorns, leaves, or pine cones. I love showing the kids how you can find beauty in nature.

This is our first year to purchase a Thanksgiving count down, but I have been wanting one for quite sometime. This was a lot of fun!!!

We made this banner when Camille was around 2 years old...so that means it has survived 5 years with us now!!! I hope I never have to get rid of it!!!

We made this turkey last year. Cari named it Rocket Turkey! We added feathers to it everyday with our thankful phrases on the back.

I hope your Thanksgiving is filled with family traditions too!!!

The Sweet Berry Farm's Pumpkin Patch!!!

We welcomed fall the same way we did last year, at the Sweet Berry Farm! This time we had the pleasure of having my parents with us. The girls had a wonderful time!

I took this same pose last year. Man, have they grown!

They had fun painting pumpkins...

and riding horses...

and this year we did the big Texas corn maze! These are our tickets that are punched showing we found all of the "lakes"! I think it took us over an hour to find them all!!!

New Blog Adventure...

I just started a new blog . . . Daily Devotions From A Girl Just Like You! http://dailydevotionsfromagirljustlikeyou.blogspot.com/

It is located under "My Peeps" as the first link. My goal is put together a daily devotion from the practical everyday stuff in my own life. I love devotions and felt moved to start my own in hopes of having fun. I plan on keeping it real, to the point, and entertaining at best. I hope you check it out and give me some feed back along the way!

Kyle is growing...and growing...and growing...

http://www.dsiaustin.com/Animations/Kyle05t.wmv

Cool Animation of what it may soon look like about a mile or two from our house...pretty excited!!! It is estimated to be bigger than South Park Meadows in South Austin...Love It!

Family Church Picnic and Water Baptism

This past Sunday we had a church picnic at a really cool place called Twin Oaks Ranch in Buda. It is a christian camp that you can rent out, and they had tons of things to do there. At the end of our day, Cami told me that she felt like she was on vacation! It was a lot of fun!!! Camille got water baptized in a very special way with our Pastor and long time friend, Chad's dad who is also a pastor, and Chad got to be in the water with Camille as well. She understands that baptism is a promise to God, and she truly has a heart to follow His ways. She is so precious!

Not only precious, but BRAVE! They also have a zip line there at the ranch that several of us tried out. As Chad and I were standing line, Camille asked if she could. I checked with the owners of the ranch, and they said she was good to go! I screamed like a baby, but Camille smiled the whole time and didn't even make a peep! She loved it! Those of y'all that have known Cami for awhile, know what a big deal this is. I guess she is on her way to turning 7 with zero fear! She is a total rock star!

Later we went out on a canoe in the river, and it was so beautiful and peaceful.

We have been at Capital Christian Center for about a year now, and we really love it. This was a very fun picnic and a very special day for our family!

For the rest of the pictures check out the link below:

http://picasaweb.google.com/chadandcrystal/200910Sept?authkey=Gv1sRgCPST08X59_n9kwE&feat=directlink