July

Can't believe it's August! Here's our last month...

4th of July weekend we went up to Houston to see Wicked with some great friends. It's an incredible show but I think we enjoyed the company more. From the singing in the car, 20 Questions, bathroom stop at Buc-ees's (they have the worlds nicest bathrooms!), shopping, walking around Houston, and more driving; it was fun weekend!



The next weekend we flew to Utah for a Weston Family Reunion up in Bear Lake. It was beautiful and our favorite part, cool at night. We had lots of fun hanging out with family, being at the beach, riding the water wienie, playing games, etc.



On Friday we were able to place a head stone on Will's grave. I didn't think it was going to be hard, just more closure but it brought back everything, like it was yesterday. It was pretty hard to leave him there, but wonderful to know he's in a beautiful place.




Saturday morning we sent all the men-folk with the children to Manatonka Cave so the women-folk could throw a baby shower for Rachel and Adalaide. Rachel and Paul adopted Addi about a month and half ago. She's such a blessing and we are so excited for their newest addition. It was so fun to be able to celebrate her arrival! It was a very quick trip to Utah but much needed.



The week after we got back Anthony was made Bishop of our ward. Yes he's only 27 and yes it's very overwhelming but we love this ward and are excited to be apart of it! His parents came for the sustaining, setting apart and a visit! We had a great time with them but I think they realized that July isn't the optimum time to vacation in South Texas, not with the heat and the humidity :)

Sara Anne came for what has now been phrased her "annual Corpus vaca." We had a blast! We made a quilt top, went to the beach, aquarium, pool, the bay, and every other fun thing to do in corpus. Thanks for coming!!



Since then we've looked at a bunch of houses. We almost got one but it wasn't right so we decided to wait for a bit and then start looking later this fall. Three days later our Realtor called us to come see a house. He said he usually doesn't call his clients but when he walked through this house he thought of us and wanted us to see it. We put in an offer, it was accepted, we've done the inspections, and we still want it! We close on Sept. 7! It's very similar to other one but this one has purple carpet throughout, my sister Rachel would love it! We'll post pictures when we can and hopefully everything will continue to run smoothly.

On the Adoption front: We've had some action on our profile and there are some possibilities but it's still too soon to tell anything or get too excited, or to start buying anything. We are grateful to everyone who's shared our profile/story with anyone and know it'll happen when and how it's supposed to. We have faith that the Lord is very aware of us and our desires to have children. So thanks again to family and friends!!!