Favorite Moments

Here are some of my favorite moments w/ my family, friends, church and of course... our baby... Briley!

I have to back track about a year with some of these pics... but it's still some of my favorite moments. Note... these are not in any particular order of my "favorites".

*** Since we live so far away from my family, we don't get many visitors. In fact, it's been a year since we had any of my side of the family down. My parents came down 2 weeks ago and it was great to have them here! So, needless to say, I cherish the times when my family comes to our house. This is when my family and Steve's family came down to San Antonio for Easter last year. They came to see our church Easter performance... here's a picture of all of them...

(front row: Brad, Shannon, Dad, Mom, Mallory. second row: Steve, Ed, Steph, Sherry, Ted)

*** We LOVE our church and love for people to get come visit and go to church with us. It's called Community Bible Church. It's a "non-denominational" church that is such a blessing to us. It's one of those churches that you can feel the Holy Spirit and you know that God is at work in our church! We are a mega-church... but don't have one of those mega-church pastors! (he doesn't yell and act all dramatic.) He preaches EVERYTHING that's in the bible... including things that a lot of pastors don't address... like pre-marital sex; that being "good" does not get you into heaven... but accepting Christ as your Savior and live a life following him does; homosexuality (yes, it's a sin); divorce; and GOSSIP (yes, that's a sin too!). His name is Robert Emmitt... as he calls himself... he's "the left-handed aggie"! Gig 'Em!!!!! He is truly a gift from God and knows how to preach the word of God in a way for ALL to understand! Here's a picture of our church...

One last thing regarding our church... Robert is known for his "props" or "illustrations" that he uses to get his message across. One time (and my parents happen to be in town to witness this) he swung out over the audience on a rope! I mean... he was standing on the stage, jumped out onto a rope that was hanging from the rafters, and swung right over our heads! It was great! Here is video of one of his latest stunts. He was doing a sermon on Faith. He talked about about how faith is like rappelling. You have to BELIEVE (in Christ/the rope), STEP OUT (and do what God calls you to do/ off the 12 foot ladder), and HOLD ON (to Christ/ the rope).... (I apologize for the sideways video, I don't know how to get it upright on here)...

*** Here's a video for all of my TX Longhorn lovers in my family....

**** We spent Christmas at Brad and Shannon's last year. Here is some video of Mallory imitating a sneeze. I love this...

***Another great memory is being there when our niece Autumn Olivia was born! It's fun to be in the waiting room when they come in and say "she's here!". I love being an Aunt! I can't wait to be a mom too... NO, I'm NOT pregnant... but some day soon hopefully!

Here's Steph, Ed, Zach and baby Autumn...

And here's an updated pic of Zach and Autumn... (thanks for sending it to me Steph)

*** Here's a more recent "favorite" moment. Steve and I went to the San Antonio Rodeo on Christian night! We got to see the rodeo (some of it anyways... Steve's allergies kicked in because we were only 4 rows up from the dirt. So, we got some dirt kicked up on us and all that dust (and horse hair- Steve's allergic to horses too)... it just didn't go over well with the allergies! We made a trip to the first aid room and got Steve drugged up w/ some benadryl. The reason for doing this as opposed to just leaving was because we wanted to be able to stick around for the concerts! We got to see Toby Mac and Jeremy Camp! It was AWESOME! Here's video of them after their shows.

The first one is of Toby Mac... he's the one in the blue shirt and black hat in the front of the back of the truck... you'll see what I mean.

This next video is of Jeremy Camp... he's the one in the striped sweater

Okay... here's the last one for now. It's of Briley. As you all know, we love going to the dog park. But, Briley is also a soccer player. We got her an indoor soccer ball to play with and she literally dribbles it all over the house! It's hilarious! Here's video of her when she first got the ball...