Discovering Austin.

So we had a date night and were intending on seeing a movie....

Some how we ended up downtown, country dancing :)

Wow

Hey! I am updating from my phone! Nice! Ok so I am in California right now for work and am having so much fun!

It's no big deal, I drifted a Ferrari today :) The Ferrari road rally from Palm Spring to Santa barbara, starts tomorrow! Watch for us on PCH, we will be in a train of 11 Ferraris, 458's and California's.

Definitely miss my boys though.

And the torture begins...

For parents and Quade...

This little guy broke his first tooth yesterday and the second is close behind!

Good thing we love him!

Our Quade

Well with the move, I forgot to post about Quade's 6 month apt.
Quadester is 19 lbs. and 29 inches tall. So in other words huge! And he is perfectly healthy. 

This boy always has a twinkle in his eye. We just love him. I cant believe that he is almost 8 months old! What has happened to the baby that I was shielding from his older brothers rough love? The other day Dex wanted the toy Quade had. (typical) So I went in to give the toy back to quade and talk to Dex for the 100th time about sharing but no need, Quade held on and yanked that toy right back. Dex just looked at him and went on to the next thing. 

Now Quade sits up, pulls up, babbles alot, plays with Dex, totally has an opinion. Love it!  

Look at cute Quade, not the fact that Matt is wearing an adult diaper...

Quade loves to swim but only for about 20 min  then he is tuckered out.

OH cheeks! (and a little cross eyed in this pic)

He has not been into solid food till recently (like 7 1/2 months) and then it was all down hill from there.

What is it about when a baby decides to sleep on their stomach, that makes them seem so big?

This is what Quade looks like when he wants to be held,  he just sticks his arms out, not even up toward you, just out. 

Ok, when we first had 2 kids, I thought "What is all the fuss about, this is no big deal" And untill now, that is really how I have felt. I mean, we are tired all the time, really all the time! But it was still not that big of a deal... But now that both of these boys are completely mobile and Dex has hit the "I do it" phase, we are starting to feel the pain :) We probably are in for a crazy ride. Atleast they play well together, for now! 

Here we go! 

California Dreamin

We are really missing California these days. The consensus is still out on how we feel about Austin.... But we still have a lot of settling in to do. Plus we still have so much unpacking to do! Then we will decide!

We had met some really great friends in Irvine an oh man, do we miss our friends. We had sooo much fun with you guys!

Lots of yummy dinners!

Movies

 Plus a Girls night that was fantastic! We ate delicious food, watched a movie, got pedicures, slept for a wonderful 12 hours with no interruptions, saw a museum, and ate more amazing food! it was a much needed night!

Matt's friends that he grew up with , threw us a going away party as well. It was so fun to see all his buddies b4 we left. I know he is going to miss them.

 Of course, we had to go to an Angels game. Yeah for Big Bang Friday!

I am going miss these girls so much, (some are not in this picture) they have been such great friends! Plus Dex totally misses his friends! He has consistently asked for each of them. He still struggles with saying Olivia :) It makes me so sad when he asks for them, he has finally started dying down. 

 Oh man, we have had some AWESOME play dates! 

Dex basically loves Eve. I am keeping these pictures on the off chance that the find eachother at BYU and really fall in love.

Playing Catch-up...

Story of my life... Alright, lets bounce back to when we visited Dallas, the second week in July, so we could see the fam, and find a place in Austin!

Family pics with the grand parents.

The 2 newest grand kids Quade and Zoey.

LOVE this picture

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This is Chris's new baby girl. Zoey, she was born on June 15, 2011

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This dump truck was all what James wanted for Christmas. Well he got and it kinda freaked him out. (I can under stand, it belches and fart. Sick) When we went over to Kim's house, she showed it to Dexter and he LOVES it! So Kim let us take it to grandma's and as we are leaving James yells "Thanks for taking Stinky away." So funny! Well needless to Dex loves it and Quade does too! Thanks James.

Guys this wasp thing was HUGE and I love the fact that the first thing he said was "BEE!" and tried to grab it. Awesome.

Love these kids and Dexter does too! He loves playing with them and Dex absolutely.

Dexter adores Maddison!

Beck Girls.

So Matt and I used to take Maddison and James out for dates all the time, just the 4 of us. Our boys were a sleep, so we decided to take the opportunity to take them for ice cream and music and the park. So fun and love these kids!

Fun in the fountains.

More Catch up to come!

Before we go...

... we have hit up the beach alot. Oh man, we are going to miss the beach.

The boys just LOVE the beach, we all LOVE the beach.

If he only knew that the bird was right behind him.

It was just a little cold for Quade. Dex does not care how cold it is he just bolts for the water.

love!

Quade was a quick convert to the beach, he was instantly in love. Plus i love that you can see Dex and Matt in the background.

We even joined some friends. Thanks Hallstroms, for joining us. We had lots of fun.

I tried to get dex and evan to take a pic for me, neither were interested.

Oh man, they always have way to much fun in the sand!