Baby Showers

The past couple weeks have been full of baby showers. The pictures below are some from 3 different events that have taken place in Rusk, Cushing, and Houston.

Jessica and I have received lots of neat things from friends and families. We are definitely blessed to have such great people to share the excitement of Jaxson's birth! Thanks Everyone! You guys are great!

Rusk Shower

Jessica opening up more goodies!

Jessica and Jaxson's new teddy bear.

Elaine, Jessica, and Shelia

Cushing Shower

Cody and Jessica holding a quilt Cody's grandmother, Edith Corley, had pieced years ago. Mama Shelia had it quilted by some local Cushing ladies.

Jessica with a funny bib.

Nikki Downs made us a personalized scrap book that was absolutely amazing.

Shelia, Jessica, and Elaine

Houston Shower

Jessica with a really neat card

Opening little baby presents

GO ASTROS!

Sorry, Jaxson....dad ate all the cake.

STATE CHAMPS: Laneville Yellowjackets!

#15 Laneville defeated #1 ranked Goodrich Saturday night 56-50 to capture the Class 1A-Division II State Championship!

The score was tied 10 different times throughout the contest. At one point, Laneville stretched their lead to 10, but #1 ranked Goodrich quickly cut the lead to 4 points in the 4th quarter.

This is Laneville's 3rd State Championship. The Yellowjackets won back-to-back titles in '92-'93.

Congratulations to Coach Brian Nichols and the Laneville Yellowjackets on a Great Season....they accomplished their team goal/motto for the year....WTLO (Win The Last One).

Class 1A - Div. II State Champs

Laneville preparing for a Team Picture after the victory (Coach Brian Nichols can be seen to the right passing his son, Kaden, to his daughter, Krystine)

Presentation of State Trophy to the Yellowjackets

Laneville Defeats Rule, 61-39

Laneville won their first game on Friday night with an impressive win over #4 ranked Rule.

Laneville did not have their best game of the season on Friday, but their complete dominance over Rule in the paint (12 blocked shots) helped Laneville cruise to a much-needed victory.

Coach Brian Nichols, who brought Laneville to Austin last season only to lose to Nazareth in the championship game, continually reiterates to his players this year's motto....WTLO (Win the Last One)....

#15 Laneville plays #1 Goodrich for the State Title on Saturday @ 7 PM.

Coach Brian Nichols

Photo by Mark Matson, for American-Statesman

http://www.statesman.com/sports/content/sports/stories/highschool/03/08/0308laneville.html


Final Score

Post-Game Celebration

Laneville Yellowjackets to State...again!

As most of you probably well know, one of my very best friends, Brian Nichols, is the head basketball coach / elementary principal at Laneville ISD in East Texas.

The basketball tradition in the small town is strong. Brian has been coaching at Laneville for several years now. He took his team to the State Tournament in Austin last year, but lost to Nazareth in the championship game.

Well, as you can see below, Brian and his boys have done it again! They won the regional tournament this past weekend and are making another trip to the Big Show in Austin. They play their first game in the State Tournament tonight versus Rule ISD. If they win, they will play again on Saturday for the State Title. (Jessica and I are driving to Austin today to watch!)

Below are pics from their victory at the regional tournament.

Mr. Ronnie Tidwell, Laneville ISD Superintendant, & Brian Nichols, head coach

Brian cutting down the net after the VICTORY!

Brian and his team....ready to head to Austin!

Family Pics from December 2007

We went to Nacogdoches after Christmas to have some professional family photos made. In all honesty, I don't think we have every had any "family" pictures taken before. So, we dressed in our white shirts and ventured to town not knowing what to expect....surprisingly, we ended up having a lot of fun (with lots of laughs!)!

As you can see, the below photos are of my side of the family...maybe we can get Jessica's family together soon to do the same.

Enjoy...

The Fam.

Jessica

Jessica and Cody

Mama Shelia and Papa Joe

Kisses to Mom

Mom and Dad

Growing!

We took these pictures this morning before heading to work...Jessica is starting to get really uncomfortable right now....kicking in the ribs, charlie horses in the legs, sinus issues when she lays down, constant stretching, etc....crazy! I'm not quite sure how the female body can do all this amazing stuff!

However, I must say, she is handling it as gracefully as possible. When she feels really bad, one mention of her little boy and a smile comes across her face! She is a great sport...

GO JESSIE!

Jessica's Feeling Crafty Tonight

Jessica has taken it upon herself to create some cool things for Jaxson's room. Tonight she bought some cut out wood letters, light blue paint, and a metal decoration thingy.....once she was all said and done, it turned out pretty cool! The letters are on magnets so that we can move them around!

So, after she finished, I decided to get "crafty" myself....I took the pictures and made an animation of them! See below!

Baby Crib

We managed to successfully put together the baby crib tonight! Now, we just have to get a mattress and put on the sheets!

WE ARE GETTING READY FOR YOU, JAXSON!

Happy Valentine's Day

Well, I hope all of you out there had a great Valentine's Day. We took it pretty easy around here...we exchanged cards, chocolates, and went out for Mexican food at lunch. All in all, it was a pretty relaxing day here.

Below are some pics of Jessie's flowers.

See ya soon!

4D Baby Photos!!!

Well, we went to have 4D photos of our baby boy today! Take a look below! AMAZING!

Jo Lynn, Mom Shelia, and Papa Joe came down today for the big event! Needless to say, we all had a great time being "introduced" to our little fella!

Face with arm...looks like he is sleeping away

Another view of his face.

Happy New Year!!!

We ended up staying in East Texas for New Year's Eve. There was a big party in Rusk that we attended and ended up having a TON of fun! Jessica's parents, her friends, her friends' parents, and even good ol' Brian was there!

We planned on staying until around 10 PM or so since Jessica wouldn't be allowed to partake in the bubbly, but after she started talking with her friends, laughing, and describing the baby we stayed REAL LATE! I think it is safe to say that Jessica and I started 2008 off just right!

Brian & Cody

Elaine, Jessica, and Betty

Brent Byers....say "CHEEEEEESE"

Lynn, Amy, and Josh

Tim & Amy

Merry Christmas 2007

Well, as you can see I am a little behind on my blogging! Below are some Christmas Pictures from a few weeks ago.

Jessica and I spent a little over at week at home and had a BLAST! There was so much to do that we ended up staying longer than we ever expected. It was ONE FELIZ NAVIDAD!

Mama Shelia, Aunt Audrey, Uncle Ben, and Papa Joe

Papa Joe holding the baby boy's first bib.

Jo Lynn and Mama

Gina and Jason

Jessie before heading to East Texas

Happy B-day to ME!

Well, law school finals are finally over! My last test was on my birthday, Dec. 12, from 6 - 10 PM...YUCK!

Anyway, I got home about 10:30 that night and Jessica surprised me with this huge birthday cake and presents! IT WAS DEEEEEEEE-LICIOUS!