A Month In Pictures...

Get comfy... this is a long one. :)

September started off with a detour to TN. Hurricane Gustav messed up our driving plans to Disney World, so we left a couple of days early and went to Chattanooga! It was a quick visit, but it's always so good to be home.

Audrey LOVED playing with Aspen...
and playing outside in the cool weather!

Audrey teaching Owen how to throw a perfect spiral...


On the 3rd the whole family (Grammy, Grandad, Nana, Papa, Greg, April, Autumn, Owen, Jeremy, Audrey and me) headed to WDW! This is us at our resort- All Star Movies. We were in the Mighty Duck building!

Swimmin!

Eating at Downtown Disney!

Hanging out at the Boardwalk...amazing sunset!
Our good friends Donny and Kim (and Hunter and Millie!) met us there and we had a blast!

Below are a few shots from our day at EPCOT. Btw, if you're wondering why there are so many pictures of us in restaurants, it's because we spent half of our trip eating! We took advantage of Disney's free dining promotion- which I can't recommend highly enough.

Dining with the princesses at Akershus in Norway (EPCOT).
Audrey wasn't a big fan...

This picture pretty much sums up Audrey's experience
at Biergarten in Germany.

And then there was breakfast at Chef Mickeys...
Audrey LOVED every single one of the characters!

I think she liked Donald the best... she even started an impromptu game of peekaboo with him! This moment made the entire trip! And my 30th birthday! :)

Dinner at Ohana! Autumn, Audrey and Owen...

A bit breezy on the ferry boat...

Hammock shot!

...And the last of the Disney pics-
this is Audrey's favorite souvenir from the trip.

We got home from Disney on Tuesday 9/9 and spent much of the following day watching the news related to hurricane Ike. Then on Thursday morning, our zipcode was included in the mandatory evacuation zone. SO, we booked it to Richard and Gabe's house in Dallas! All things considered, we had a total blast. Audrey loved hanging out with Jonathan (and playing in his car- see below), and we really enjoyed being with good friends.

And then on the following Monday we headed home...

...to find minimal damage, thankfully.

Many of the pine trees in our neighborhood suffered a similar fate as this one above...
And Audrey enjoyed helping us clean up the yard!

Our neighbor's tree, which fell away from the house- thankfully!
And what is left of our fence and tree limbs...

Our electricity was out for 4 days so we kept the headlamps handy...

Generator + giant blow-up play thing = tons 'o fun! Thanks Jamie!

No fence...New fence!

And just when we thought the fun was over...
Yesterday a tree trimming truck drove down our street with it's cherry-picker still up in the air, and it ripped our power lines in half. It was actually pretty scary- live electrical wires were all over the place and 4 firetrucks, 2 ambulances and 6 police cars blocked off our street. We didn't have power all day, but all is well now.

And finally...
We let Audrey have some chocolate ice cream, you know,
since this month has been so traumatic for her. :)

Hopefully October will be completely uneventful.
Thanks for reading all the way to the end, friends!
Lots of love to all!

15 Months :)

Hi Friends!

We've had a really busy summer! We've been to Dallas to see the Whites, Nana and Papa came for a long visit, and Jeremy has spent more time in Florida than Texas!

Next week our entire family heads to Disney World (yes, we were just there in May- so what?!)- so stay tuned for fun pics from that trip! :) Oh, and guess who'll be turning the big 3-0 while we're there? Yours truly (Elizabeth). :)

It's been two months since we last blogged about Audrey, and it would require a novel to fill you in on all of her accomplishments since then! So, we'll just stick with the highlights! Audrey was taking her sweet time when it came to walking, then all of the sudden at Richard and Gabe's house in Dallas she took off (and hasn't stopped since). She has also fallen in love with her bellybutton since the last post- we think she inherited that from her cousin Autumn. She loves to say "ouch" and "weeeeeeng" when she wants to go outside and swing. She gets SO excited when she hears airplanes (which is about every 10 minutes as we live near an airport) and she points to the sky and makes a noise like the airplanes. Since she has perfected walking, she now likes to challenge herself by walking everywhere on her tippytoes and occasionally running. Coincidentally, we've had 3 busted lips in the past week. :)

These pics will give you a little more insight into her personality...

Feeding the Ducks at White Rock Lake Park in Dallas!

Audrey was melting into her stroller...

We spend much of the day playing in the mirror... she loves hats!

Or anything else she can put on her head, for that matter!

Leisurely reading after bath time...

In a bit of a predicament...

She was saying "weeeng! weeeng!" and of course, standing on her tippytoes.

We've been putting her hair up now that it's getting so long.
Sometimes, as you can see here, it stays up even when we take the clip out. :)

Forget the expensive push toys! Give her a box and she's happy!

Audrey also enjoys shutting herself in rooms and yelling "open! open!"
when she want out.

She's also reeeally into sunglasses. Not vain at all.

Looking cute in Papa's cycling hat!

Lots of love to all!!!
The Owens :)

Please Pray...

Hi Friends! More Owen blog to come soon... In the meantime, please lift this sweet family up in prayer...

www.prayforjoseph.blogspot.com

Lots of love to all,
The Owens