Fun on the lake

The food here is just unbelievable! We went to a crawfish boil yesterday with my sister and her family. It took place at Fountainbleau State Park, which is absolutely beautiful! We had great food and LOTS of fun. I think we may have to go on another weekend and spend a night in one of the cabins out there that is literally ON the lake!

Heading towards the lake

Staci and Jaden on the bridge heading to the pavilion

Beautiful view of the city across the lake

Jaden and Mommy

Cabins on the lake

fountain in front of the lake

Jaden playing at the fountain

the kids enjoyed playing on this fallen tree

tons of spanish moss in the trees!

Ryan, Jaden and Hailey

We're HERE!!!

We've made it to our new home and are getting settled in! I'll post some pictures when it's not a ton of boxes anymore! We got here late last Wednesday and have worked on the house a lot, but we took a little bit of time off on Thursday to enjoy the French Quarter with our friend who helped with the move. Yesterday we spent time with the Kosutics. Jeremy started his new job today and that's going well so far!

I'm enjoying the quiet, the trees, green grass! My cat enjoys watching the birds outside! Anyway, all is well and we're here! We're finally here!

Big News..

We're off to the Big Easy....

Ok, really just north of there..to a little town called Slidell.

Just across Lake Ponchartrain from New Orleans lies our next home.

Jeremy has been offered the position of Supervisor for Respiratory Therapy at Slidell Memorial Hospital!

We look forward to eating beignets...

...enjoying the French Quarter...

...DEANIE'S...

...and, of course, being in the same town as the Kosutics!

We're very excited for this adventure! I'll post pictures of our new home once we get there (at the end of the month!!)

Happy Holidays!

Wow! Christmas snuck up on me this year! This year has just really flown by! I can't believe it's been 5 months since my last post!

Update: we're fine, still in San Antonio. The move didn't happen quite like we had hoped, but we're okay with that for now! Jeremy is still at BAMC and I am still at Trinity, but I have moved "up" to work for the Vice President of Student Affairs. It's a little more $, which is really nice!


Not much more to tell. Jaden is talking up a storm and getting really good with numbers, colors, and the alphabet. He has even started potty training! Where did my baby go?!


Anyway, I will share a few pictures so you can see us now!


Jaden at a birthday party - August 2009 (He really did like the carousel, even though he doesn't look like it. He kept asking to go back on it!)

Pumpkin Patch at Bracken United Methodist Church - October 2009

Halloween night, Trick or Treating with cousins - October 2009

The Lewis clan, Thanksgiving -- November 2009

Kenyon Family on Thanksgiving -- November 2009
I can't believe he actually stood there like that by himself! SO CUTE!
Sitting with Santa -- December 2009

4th of July weekend and other things in our lives

So I realize I am REALLY bad at keeping this updated. I'm really much better with Facebook. BUT, I will try to remember to keep posting!

Well, our big news is that we went to visit my sister in the New Orleans area for my 30th birthday last month and we FELL IN LOVE. SO, right now we're working on finding jobs and a place to live in Slidell, LA. Jeremy is working closely with a placement agency and we have both put out resumes out to a bunch of different places. Jeremy has already applied and paid for his license to practice in Louisiana, so we'll see when this happens! It's been a long and exhausting month, but we figure that it'll be so worth it to be in a new place that we both really love! Jeremy will get his pine trees and I get to keep my heat, what more can we ask for?! I have a ton of pictures from that trip, so I'll try to ad a slideshow on here again (just need to remember how to do that!)

Last weekend was the 4th of July and we met up with our friends, the Medders, and their kids to enjoy the fireworks show at Pickerell Park in Schertz. We just camped out for a few hours before enjoying the spectacular show! It was really great and not so crowded like it would've been in the city. (Below are some pictures from that evening)

Now we're just gearing up for Jaden's 2nd birthday on Monday, complete with happy face birthday cake made by Mommy! This could be interesting! Stay tuned for pictures (and I promise I will share them!)

Our family at Pickerell Park, July 4, 2009

Jaden with Andrea and Aaron Medders

Jaden and Aaron (Jaden had just thrown his ball in the air)
Jaden and Jeremy
Jaden couldn't take his eyes off the fireworks to look at me!

Amanda and me

Boosted

I just ran across this picture in my cell phone. See, I've had some serious issues with cell phones in the past few months. I can't seem to keep one working, and it's not like I'm ever careless with them, dropping them or anything. I'm just having BAD luck! Anyway, that's not what this is about. A few months ago (pre-haircut), Jaden had a booster seat with a tray on it that he couldn't leave alone. The back of it popped into a slot, but he would constantly pop it out and try to hand it to me. Also, I know this comes as a great shock to you, he's kinda chunky, so the tray would hardly fit into it's slot with my boy's big panza, so we got him a new booster that could just be put right up to the table. He was SO proud of it from the very first moment. I ran across this picture of him in my old phone (which I am about to get rid of, again) right after we bought it and felt it was certainly worthy of sharing! Enjoy my chunky monkey!

Crazy Jaden

Just wanted to share some pictures of my little man in the car. Jeremy got off work early and was able to pick him up from daycare. Recieving these pictures was how I found out they were both on their way home -- a pleasant surprise!

My Sorority Formal

Jeremy and I went to my sorority's 25th anniversary formal on Friday. It was great!

Our view of Old Main, the oldest classroom building on campus

Jeremy and me -- Old Main as our backdrop

My friends who I hadn't seen in about 10 years! (Donna Lynn and Lynn) -- it was windy!

The "seal" family -- I was the oldest one there!

Giving love to our family!

Tau Beta Sigme Alumni

Tau Beta Sigma Alumni - giving love to our fams, GO SEALS!

Tau Beta Sigma Active and Alumni members

This picture is at the end of the night and is horrible of both of us,

but it's proof that I CAN get my husband to wear pink!

Hello Again!

Hello! I have been MIA for a while, it's been crazy at work and my computer at home DIED. Anyway, I'm sharing a few more recent pictures. Jaden is really starting to come up with some silly sentences. He's a great kid! We're starting to potty train. There is a little bit of interest there, which I will take! He's REALLY into the show "Yo Gabba Gabba" and anything with cars. We took him to see his first movie, "Monsters vs. Aliens" -- he slept through half the movie! Anyway, here's what I have for now...

From our trip to the Texas State Aquarium on Easter Weekend.
Most of the pictures are on ym dead computer :-(

We DID have a first haircut! He did GREAT!

More to come!!!

HAPPY EASTER!

Hi Everyone! It's been a while, but I just wanted to drop by (if anyone is even reading this anymore) and say that I hope you all have a Happy Easter! We're hitting the beach in the morning...time for bed! Anyway, HAPPY EASTER!

Jaden is Rockin' OUT!

Ok, so I know that I REALLY need to update and get beyond Christmas! I will! BUT, I wanted to make sure I shared this video of Jaden from this past weekend. SOOOOO funny!

Trinity Christmas Party

One thing I have learned about Trinity is that people here really like to eat and they love to have parties, especially at Christmas! This month I have had breakfasts, lunches, and Jeremy and I have been to two dinners, one of which gave us our first taste of ostrich meat. It's actually VERY good! This picture was taken at last Saturday's party. Yes, that's Jeremy in a suit! WHOA!
Anyway, I really have had a great December so far! I hope you are all enjoying the festivities of the holidays!

Merry Christmas From the Texas Kenyons!

Can you believe it's Christmas already?! WOW! And we've even gotten some snow in this area already this year. `Can't wait to see what happens in January and February!

Last Friday we took Jaden to get his picture taken with Santa. Unfortunately, we decided to go right after he had been to the doctor, so he was not as smiley as usual, BUT he didn't cry!

By the way, in case anyone is wondering...Jaden is 50th percentile on height and 95th percentile on weight! WOW! That's the first time he's been 95th percentile on anything! Nobody can say this boy isn't an eater! LOL

Anyway, Merry Christmas everyone! We've been having camera issues, but we'll try to get more picturs up soon!

Thanksgiving

This was the first time in I don't know how long that my whole family (at least my side of the family) has been together on Thanksgiving. We had a great time!

Right before we took the pictures, Jaden got hold of a red stamp pad in my mom's office. We were able to get it off his face, but not so much on his hands, so (as you can see) he was caught red handed...literally! BTW, this is all the boys. Corin, Mel's youngest, is 2 months older.

One more pictuse of me with my mom and sisters (Staci and Melani)