To blog or not to blog?

Is facebook enough? Or should this blog becontinued?

A lot to catch up on if it is to be continued!

But for now, I will leave you with a great view from our trip to

Sedona, AZ and the Grand Canyon!

So beautiful! God's creation is amazing!

....and More Family!

As my mom stayed home and recovered from surgery,

my dad flew down to spend Thanksgiving with us too!

It was great to be able to go out to dinner with him, and

to be able to spend some time with him!

My dad, me, and his granddaughter Laney

Nate, Dad, and Laney

My dad and his grandkids!

It was great having you down here dad!

We are looking forward to spending some more time together

next week for Christmas!

Thankful for Family

Thanksgiving week!

We had some very special visitors come!

Ben's parents took the long drive down to Texas to be

with us for Thanksgiving!

It was so great to be able to celebrate a holiday in our home with our family!

It was a busy week! With of course a lot of food!

Ben's parents near Galveston Bay

Ben's mom thinking of maybe getting on that cruise ship!

Like Father, Like Son!

Ben's dad strolling the beach!

What a wonderful photo!

I (Emily) wasn't able to make it as I was working on some school

work.

We spent a lot of the week running errands together, showing Ben's

parents where we go to church, relaxing, cooking, and visiting.

It was great to have you down here! We can't wait to see you

next week!

Hanging Out With Hudson

A while ago Ben and I went to Nate and Brooke's house for dinner.

Well, Hudson wanted Uncle Ben and Aunt Emmy to

come and play with him in his room.

He wanted us to sit on both sides of him as he picked out

different books for us to read.

He didn't want us to go back into the living room, just wanted

us to stay and hang out with him.

Too cute!

Grandma Holtvluwer was in town!

My mom was able to come down for a week in October to come and

visit and see her new granddaughter!

We had a great visit! My mom and I were able to go out

for a few lunches as well as have some dinners together!

Grandma Holtvluwer with her two precious grandkids!

Such a great picture!

My mom and Laney

My mom, Brooke, and I and Laney went out for a ladies tea!

Always fun hanging out with the girls!

It was great to have you come visit mom!...as always!!

Love you and miss you!

Zip-lining!!

On our last full day in Austin, we spent the morning on a zip-line tour!

We had such a great time!

Our group that we went with! We had two great guides,

and we also went with another couple, Jo and Joe!

We all got along so well and we had such a great time!

At the end of the tour getting a golf cart ride back!

I think that this is Ben!

Our group before we went down our last zip line!

Swinging in the Cypress trees!

Awww!

Way to go Stac!

Larry making it across one of the suspension bridges!

Before we started the tour! Anxious to get started!

More fun times for Ben's birthday celebration!

The next day after our evening at Hondo's, we

spent the day walking around downtown doing

some window shopping!

Stacy and I waiting for Ben and Larry!

This was the view from the condo we stayed at in Austin!

It was so beautiful!

We were on our way out to eat and had to take some

pics by this amazing sunset!

Stacy and Larry

Ben and I