Good Stuff!

We have some very exciting news to share!!
There will be another member joining our family in August 2008!
YES...Carter & I will be welcoming either a nephew or another niece to our family! (hee, hee...I know what you were thinking!!....NOT YET!!)
Julie's sister, Michelle, announced New Year's Day that they were expecting...well actually Julie's niece Keely, who is 5, announced it!! She and Laney will be big sisters! We are so excited!

God has been sharing the most beautiful sunsets with us up here in Prosper...we just had to share with you!

Aww...Carter cuddled up with his blanky at home after a long day at work!

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!

Laney loved opening all her presents but I think the chocolate candy bar in her stocking was her favorite! Santa brought Keely a guitar!

We had our annual New Year's Eve party with many of our sweet friends, but this time we were able to invite everyone to our new home! This was one of the best New Year's! The best part was when we all gathered around in the living room and shared in a time of prayer praising God for who He is!

Homeowners!!!

The day has finally come...we are homeowners!
And what was the first thing we moved...our Christmas Tree of course! Yep, we cranked up the Christmas tunes and put up our tree in our very first home! So fun!!!
We are so thankful to the Lord for His faithfulness through this process...we will honor Him by using this home as a place where people will taste & see His truth!

Christmas Tree Lighting @ PBC!

The Prestonwood Student Choir sang Christmas Carols tonight and everyone watched Pastor Graham turn on the Christmas Tree lights!

It was such a beautiful sight!

This Christmas Tree reaches 80 feet high!

Check out the house!!!

We have a yard!!! Yippee!
Julie is really excited about the flower gardens!
It's almost time to move in! We could close in the next week or two!

Happy Thanksgiving!

We had a very special Thanksgiving this year at Julie's parents house in Allen, TX.
Carter's parents drove in from TN to also spend Thanksgiving with us!
We hope you had a blessed Thanksgiving!

Weekend Getaway!

Thursday, 11/15 - Saturday, 11/17

We went on a little getaway with Julie's family to a friend's lakehouse on Lake Cypress Springs in Mt. Vernon, TX! It was the perfect place to relax and spend time with our family, we are so thankful that our friends let us enjoy their beautiful lakehouse in East Texas.

Julie's nieces, Laney (3) and Keely (5), had a blast learning how to fish!

Keely raked up the fallen leaves for Laney and her to jump in!
Julie and her sister Michelle hanging out!

Carter caught the first fish! It took no time at all before Keely became a pro at fishing!

Julie's sisters family...The Perry's!
Mike, Michelle, Keely & Laney!

Carter & Julie........................................................Julie's Mom & Dad

Update on house...

The stone fireplace was put in yesterday!
Tile was also installed and the fence was put up this week!

RICE 43, SMU 42!!!

Saturday, we went with a group of our friends to watch Wil Norris play football at the SMU stadium! Wil is a freshman and plays full back and special teams for Rice!
This is Julie's FIRST college football game ever!!
The day started with an amazing brunch at the Norris' home!

Val in her Rice Owls hoodie & Wil's mom Gail! ..............................Wil's Fan Club

Here they come! This was SMU's homecoming.

Half-Time......................................................... Will is #85!

Only 38 seconds left in the game...we were cheering so hard for Wil and the rest of the team!


Wil played so awesome! We got to see him catch his first pass!

WOW!!! What an exciting game!! Rice won in the LAST SECOND of the game!
WOO HOO!!!

Carter & Wil

Wil Norris was the first student Carter discipled and developed a friendship with when he began his internship in the student ministry at Prestonwood. Wil was in the 7th grade (2002).
Wil's parents, Woody & Gail, quickly became Carter's second family here in TX, and Julie became a part of their family and lived with the Norris' while she finished college.
We are so proud of Wil and his boldness in sharing his faith with his team and new friends at college. Please pray for Wil, that he will keep that boldness and that the Lord will use him in mighty ways. We love this sweet family!

House Update!

Today we saw a lot of movement at the house!

There were guys inside and outside painting the house
and there were also guys starting the installation of the fence!
We are so thankful for this beautiful weather we're having so they are able to get so much done!

Friday, November 9th


This precious little one is Val! Our sweet friends, the Norris', let us keep her pretty much every weekend while they go to Rice to see their son Wil play football! We love being her vacation home! She's not spoiled at all! ;) We are excited about this weekend though...Rice is playing here at SMU!! Val is ready to wear her Rice Owls hoodie along with the rest of us crazy fans!! We love our Wilie!

We have cabinets!

We're getting closer!! Cabinets were installed on Wednesday, October 31st!

House Update!

More progress is being made!

Today they worked really hard on the front of the house putting up the stone and brick.
The cabinets are sitting in the garage ready to start installing!