Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshot #24

Ahhhh... what a sight!

That's right -- football season is upon us, once again!! While Red Raider football doesn't start for another week, high school football started up tonight with a bang! There's nothing like a fall evening in West Texas at a local football stadium -- with cotton fields in the background, to boot!
It was John's first high school football game, and a fun one for sure! After a great dinner at a local burger joint (Blue Sky's), we headed to a great game -- Frenship Tigers vs. Coronado Mustangs (Frenship is our brother-in-law's alma mater, and my boss's son and a few old patients play for Coronado). Frenship did end up kicking butt, 41-7, though it was only 10-7 at the half.
John did great! And he even posed for a few blurry iphone photos! One with Dada...
...a funny one in Dada's hat...
...and one with Mama!
John was pretty well-behaved, and he seemed to enjoy the spectacle and all the noise. Every time the crowd errupted in applause, John stopped whatever he was doing to join in the clapping! We tried to get it on video, but I still haven't figured out how to successfully upload a video on here. Anyways, we had a great night as a family!

Here's our little trooper passed out on the drive home. What a night!

Y'all have a great weekend! Hope you enjoy the start of football season wherever you are!

Love,
Abby, Andy, John, Baby, and Wayne-Dog :)

Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshot #23

John has been quite the helper this week! Here's one of John helping Dada fold towels:
And helping Mama empty the dishwasher!
Of course I laughed and took pictures -- not a good way to teach your kid to NOT do something... ha! We'll have to work on that... Well hope y'all have a great weekend! Take care and God bless!

Love,
Abby, Andy, John, Baby, and Wayne-Dog :)

Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshot #22

Well sadly I even uploaded these photos before we left town so I could write the post on Friday while in San Antonio... but I still have not figured out how to write a blog post from my iPhone. Sooooo, here's my overdue post from Friday 8/12!

This week, John and Andy (along with John's "Uncle Dang"/Andy's brother, Dave), drove down to The Woodlands to spend a few days with Pinkie and Pa and the Asmussen Family (Andy's sister Laura and her family of 5). They had so much fun -- playing at the local splash pad, climbing on the mall playground and riding on the carousel (thank goodness for AC!), and just hanging out with cousins! Here's a photo that Andy's texted me of Rudy, John and Kolbe (I was back in Lubbock at work through Wednesday):
And one with the newest Asmussen baby -- Grant!
Haha, good work getting all those boys together for a photo op! Man, I wish we lived closer for these boys to spend more time together!

On Thursday, I flew down to Austin to meet Andy, Dave and John. They picked me up and we headed on to San Antonio for the wedding of our friends Colin and Anna Carsrud. We had a great time with all the wedding festivities and spent plenty of time on the Riverwalk!
I'll try to make another post about that trip alone later this week... In the meantime y'all take care and God bless!

Love,
Abby, Andy, John, Baby, and Wayne-Dog :)

Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshots #20 & #21

Well shoot! I missed last week and then fell asleep on the couch last night instead of finishing my post! Haha, I think this first trimester tiredness is a little worse the second go-round for me! It's really quite pitiful! :) Anyways, let me catch up on a few photos...

Snapshot #20: I somehow failed to take any photos of Andy studying for or celebrating after finishing his Bar Exam! So instead, here's a picture of the card that John made for Dada to wish him luck on his big test!
We are so proud of him!!! And although he won't get the results until Nov 4th, we're very confident in him and are sure he passed.

These other photos just crack me up -- John's new favorite thing to do is to find Wayne-Dog and sit down next to him. Generally he'll squeeze into a small space or sit directly on Wayne, and if there's plenty of space, then he'll find a way to lean on Wayne. Let's just say that John is definitely MY kiddo! ;)


Snapshot #21: When our friends Ben and Erin came over recently, we got out John's old bouncy seat for their son Jacob. Well since then, John has decided it's his 2nd favorite place to sit (after next-to-Wayne-Dog, of course!)!
His other favorite past-time is playing in the backyard. He loves to chase Wayne-Dog...
...and play ball! He's got a pretty good arm! :)
My favorite past-time is tickle-mania with John! He doesn't like it one bit -- what do you think?


Hope y'all have a great weekend! Take care and God bless!!

Love,
Abby, Andy, John, Baby, and Wayne-Dog

Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshot #19

Bathtime Mohawk!

This photo made it on Facebook this week, but regardless of posting it on there, I wanted to treasure it on here as part of our Favorite Photo Friday archives. John is such a sweet, happy boy! Of course he has his moments (see last week's post) ;) but he is truly a JOY!!! We are so grateful for the blessing that he is. He constantly makes us laugh, and you can't help but smile when this great big grin and those big blue eyes find you! :)

As for the rest of this week, Andy has been studying like crazy to prepare for the Bar Exam -- it's in just 4 days! Please keep him in your prayers -- the exam is Tues-Thurs, July 26-28. Thank you! Also this week, we got to see Baby 2 for the first time in a sonogram! Looking good so far, and such a miracle!! We are a full 9 weeks along today. Y'all have a great weekend! Take care and God bless!

Love,
Abby, Andy, John, Baby, and Wayne-Dog :)

Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshot #18

John learned a new trick this week! He learned to deposit things in the trash can... but not exactly trash! Yes, that's his water bottle, a teething ring, and a wooden block in the trash. Awesome. Thank goodness it was a fairly new bag.Then he got in trouble (because he loves to play with the trash can, despite constant "No"s and redirection)...
I had to include that one because, when we were recently down in Houston visiting my sister and brother-in-law, they expressed that they were glad to see John is a normal kid who occasionally cries and throws fits! All my postings of him grinning and laughing and flirting at the camera made them wonder! ;) But here's one that's more like my favorite little guy:
Can you say "CHEESE!!!"? ;) It's funny because this photo does really "look like John" to Andy and me, but it sure does capture his cheesy smile that we just love.

Y'all have a great weekend! And please keep Andy in your thoughts/prayers... he sits for the Bar Exam (the real one, not the lame one in the Coors Light commercial) ;) in just 11 days! It's July 26-28th... yes, THREE dreadful days long! He's doing phenomenal job with his studies, but it's still got to be so intimidating. We're so very proud of him and know he'll do GREAT, but any prayers or encouragement would surely be appreciated! Thanks so much!

Love,
Abby, Andy, John, Baby, and Wayne-Dog :)

Favorite Photo Friday - Snapshots #16 & #17

Well I missed last week because we were out of town and I still haven't figured out how to upload photos from my phone when I don't have access to a computer. As for last night, I just fell asleep before posting! Ha! This first trimester tiredness and constant nausea is catching up with me! But Andy has been awesome -- he takes care of John when he can so I can rest at night, even though his days and nights are plumb FULL of studying for his Bar Exam -- it's in just 17 days! So on to the photos from last week and this week...

SNAPSHOT #16:
This is John swinging at the playground right outside of the lodge we stayed in at Snow Mountain Ranch, Colorado for Andy's family's Family Reunion. Look at those mountains in the background! It was a beautiful site, and we had SUCH a fun time! I'll make a separate post (I know, I'm WAY behind on regular posts...) all about that!

SNAPSHOT(S) #17
From Colorado, Mom and Dad flew into Denver and drove out to pick John and I up for a quick trip to Montana (poor Andy had to drive home to Lubbock to keep studying for the Bar Exam). We went North to help celebrate Grandma and Grandpa Bergman's 60th Wedding Anniversary! John also got to meet his Great-Grandma Alme and several relatives from both sides of the family. It was his first trip up there, and it was a whirl-wind of a trip -- 4 of the 6 days were spent on the road! He was a champ on the way up there, but the way back was another story.... let's just say that if Mom hadn't been willing to sit in the back seat to take care of/entertain him, it would have been a mess (my "morning" sickness that lasts all day PLUS getting car sick made me a candidate for the front seat). My mom was a life-saver and a saint! Thanks again, Mom and Dad, for making that trip possible! Again, I'll do a separate post about that trip in the future.

Hope you have a great weekend! Take care and God bless!
Love,
Abby, Andy, John, Baby, and Wayne-Dog