Texas trip

A few weeks ago, we headed out of town with Joshua's family. We went to Dallas, Texas for his cousin Matthew's reception with his new wife Diedra. They had gotten married in a small private ceremony in May. We loved our time with them, we loved meeting Diedra, she fit right in to our family! She is fun, sweet, kind and just perfect for Matthew! We're so happy for them! Joshua's Aunt Rachel flew in for the weekend too, and it was wonderful to see her again as well.

Picnic lunch in New Mexico...

Loved the color contrast of sky, reddish dirt and green weeds! (in Texas)

Outside our hotel in TX... a cowboy boot planter and  "howdy ya'll" on the door!

We arrived in Dallas (after driving 2 1/2 days) on Thursday afternoon. We had a free day on Friday since Matt and Dee were working. Dee recommended that we go to Downtown Dallas. There is a nice park there, we ate at food trucks for lunch, and went to the Dallas Museum of Art. It was a great day! The only bad part was the heat and humidity.

They opened our gifts...

We played lots of games together, my favorite was "Reverse Charades." It was funny to watch the group act out the same thing at the same time. On Saturday, we relaxed in the morning and we went to Matthew & Diedra's open house in the afternoon. It was fun to hang out, relax, chat a lot, and meet some of their friends. We wished we could have attended their church on Sunday morning, but we needed to begin the journey back home again. The trip went way too quickly!

 We took family photos before we left...

All together now....

                  Faces squished together!

 We took pictures of the kids standing by age, and by height... Rebekah is the oldest, but not the tallest anymore! ;-D

This one is oldest to youngest... what a great bunch of kids!

 With the Aunties/ Nana/ Cousins...

So happy to see the mountains of Colorado again... missed them!

Bethany took my picture in the back of the van on the way home... it was so nice to be done traveling! 

Where are you traveling this summer? I'd love to hear about it!

Some wonderful verses...

John 5:20
For the Father loves the Son and shows him all he does. Yes, and he will show him even greater works than these, so that you will be amazed.

1 John 4:7-12
Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God showed his love among us: He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him. This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins. Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. No one has ever seen God; but if we love one another, God lives in us and his love is made complete in us.