Happy Anniversary...to US!!

R and me with the group...fun! Now we can stop being jealous of you Becky!! : )

Brandon Heath...beautiful voice, great songs...wonderful live! Check him out!!

See how close we were?? Mac Powell kept goofing off in the background of our pics!

I reluctantly posed for the "see how close we were" picture!!

R and I were married 12 years ago on March 22nd. To celebrate, we took off on an overnight trip to see Third Day and Brandon Heath. It was great to get away alone together, and it was a great concert! We were in the front row, at the very center of the stage...as close as we could possibly get! Before the show we got to go through an autograph line and because R just returned from Iraq AND it was our anniversary, they stopped the line and let us get a pic with the band! We had a great time, and if you listen to Christian music (and even if you don't) I highly recommend Brandon Heath...he is relatively new to the scene, but he has landed near the top of my list of favorite Christian artists! It was a great getaway, and we came home to the kids feeling refreshed and ready for the next 12 years!

Dinner on the Road

R, T and A with his parents after dinner...seems R has "outgrown" his Dad!!

Me, T and A with R's parents

"Camping out" on airbeds in our empty OK house!

I know it's been a while since I've posted anything, but we have been going nonstop since R came home! We are trying to fit as much "stuff" as possible into these few short weeks we have with R before he reports to work in OK. We made a quick trip to OK to show R our new house, and along the way we met up with his parents who were on their way to Florida for a vacation. We got to enjoy dinner and a short visit with them, which was great! Then on to Edmond we went to "camp out" for a night in our empty house there! The next day R's brothers came to see the house and we got to spend a few hours visiting with them and parts of their families, which was also great! (I don't have any pics of their visit...as usual I took the camera, but never got it out and used it!)

Giggles

Untitled from Shannon Willis on Vimeo.

This is an older video, but I came across it the other day, and I just couldn't help but share it. I know that R has never gotten to hear baby R giggle, so I thought at least he could enjoy it this way! There's nothing like a giggling baby to put a smile on your face, no matter what kind of mood you are in (and I am quite partial to this giggling baby!) Thanks T for your wonderful skills in making your baby brother giggle!