Colton

Welcome to the world Colton William! Cody's sister and brother-in-law welcomed this precious 8lb 4oz baby boy into the world on Monday.  

We got to meet our sweet nephew and Sadie's cousin on Tuesday night!

The cousins about 4 1/2 months ago

 

The cousins on Tuesday

Lake Conroe

One weekend earlier in July, we went with my parents and brother's family to Lake Conroe. 

We swam

 

Watched the ducks

Played and spent time together

Love getting spend time with our family and watching them love on our little girl!


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Longview

When we went to Longview for the 4th of July, Cody had to leave from there to go out of the country for work, so Sadie and I got to spend two weeks in Longview.  We were busy : )

Daddy and Sadie before he left

Matching momma

Sadie's sweet cousins

Erin made a welcome sign for her : )

Meeting Traci

Meeting great-grandparents

 

LOTS of spoiling by the grandparents

Swimming for the first time (and 2nd)

Morning walks with Carol, mom and Sadie

Sadie's first church service to make it through

I took and passed the Principalship exam

Sadie's first nail shop experience..and mommy got a pedi

Great bbq in Tyler

A very snug back seat on the way back to Houston (Sadie, Chloe in my lap and Ellie on my right).

We missed Cody a lot, but really enoyed the company and spoiling in Longview : )

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4th of July

This year we went to Longview for the 4th of July (that was over 20 days ago...whoops).  Sadie's first road trip went really well! She was happy and ate/played/slept until we pulled into Longview and she got a little antsy.  I'll take it! I was worried that the trip was going to be stressful, thank you baby girl!  We love getting out of Houston to go to Longview where for us the stressfulness is gone.  We got to celebrate the birthday of the country like normal with lots of food, ice cream and family.  The only difference was that this year, we did not stay up for fireworks. : )

On the ride to Longview

Our little family

Our favorite little firecracker

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A wedding!

Cody's younger brother, Garrett, got married this weekend in Austin to the oh-so-sweet, Lauren. 
The guys spent Saturday getting a shave and I'm sure partaking in other manly activities, while the ladies had a lovely brunch in a home with an absolutely amazing view of Lake Travis (didn't get any pictures though...).
That night we have the rehearsal followed by dinner at Z'Tejas

The next morning, the guys headed into town to a restaurant called Banger's, which boasts the largest sausage selection in Austin.  I grabbed some donuts from Round Rock Donuts which I've seen before on either Food Network or Travel Channel.  There was a big line which made me think the donuts had to be good and it moved quickly.  Even though I was slightly concerned by their orange color to begin with, the donuts were warm and delicious.

That afternoon and into the night, we celebrated Lauren and Garrett with a beautiful ceremony followed by a fun reception that involved visiting, food, smores and lots of dancing (Baby Sage had fun!)

We had a little too much fun with the Mr. and Mrs. Sage sign...

Congratulations to the Newest Mr. and Mrs. Sage!!

5 years!

Saturday Cody and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary! 5 years!  I feel so blessed to have met my perfect match when we were so young, to have started dating at 18 to marry at 23 (barely) and to have grown to love each other more and more over these past 5 years.  I cannot wait to begin this next leg of the journey when we welcome our Baby Girl into our lives this Spring!
Here's a quick glimpse at our past five:

Wedding Day!

1st Anniversary - We celebrated @ Perry's Steakhouse

 2nd Anniversary - We celebrated @ Carrabba's

 

3rd Anniversary - We celebrated @ Fleming's Steakhouse

 4th Anniversary - We celebrated in Napa

5th anniversary - We celebrated @ Garrett and Lauren's rehearsal dinner : )