Joy in First Days

He was so excited about starting kinder!

Joy in the complete

GiGi together with each of her children, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and their spouses. Yes, everyone was there except Cousin Sarah's husband!!! :)

Joy in skipping a generation

So sweet. So wonderful. Couldn't ask for more.

Joy in stoppin' in for a spell

We had such a wonderful trip!!! Love to all the Lindsey/Davis/Hicks family!

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Joy in moving up

Nov 2007 First Day

June 2009 Last Day


Today our little guy graduated from preschool. It has been 1 year and seven months since he first started....he has changed in more ways than one! We are so blessed and grateful!

Joy in grand visits

Grandma came for a visit this week. You can see we had fun!

Joy in service

Happy Memorial Day. A very special thanks to my Dad (Pops) for serving our country. We are thankful to be able to have fun family days out today (see pic below) because of people like him. :)

Fun time out on Memorial Day with the boys.

Joy in that song once again

Today was a special day for the special guy in our lives. After spending the night at the hospital with a very sick child, it wasn't the day we had planned but so thankful for him all the same. :)

Joy in time flying

Around the time of my birthday, the yellow roses we planted bloom. We take a picture with me and the kids each year. The first picture was in 2004 when my belly was just starting to pop. Here is this year's picture.

Joy in the difference a month makes

a sweet little cutie.

Joy in Twelve

He asked me if I knew what the traditional gift for the 12th anniversary was...I didn't. He told me it was SILK! So guess what he got me....a chocolate silk pie. :) Does he know me, or what?!?!

Joy in random...

Just a few new random favorite photos...

Joy in the Run

Wii Fit is a great thing for anyone who has a very energetic preschool boy!:)

Joy in one more year

It was a gorgeous day for a birthday celebration! FYI, this video is LONG, almost 5.5 mins, so beware. And PSS, our eldest wasn't traumatized by the roller coaster...2 seconds after the hill he was thrilled to be there! :)

Joy in the catch

a practically perfect day camping with friends...

Joy in twisters

I don't know why this was such a hard concept for him to learn, but he worked hard to get and hold that position....

Joy in Walt

A more expanded view of our time at Mr. Disney's house.

Joy in novelty

When you are two, every new thing seems to leave you awestuck.

Joy in springtime

I don't know why this is so funny to me. It just is.

Joy in the return

Waiting, waiting, waiting, waiting....YEA!!!!!!!!!!!! He's home!!!!!! Click to see it better. :)

Joy in the Center

Having your first experience with a Tootsie Roll Pop can be quite an exciting experience.

Joy in letters and numbers

He does pretty well at the alphabet. :)

He can identify his numbers up to 20, but I just posted this 9 seconds cause we think he's so cute. :)

Joy in crock rock

We just got this CD and I came downstairs to hear David singing with it for the first time. He heard this song about 6 months ago when we were watching an old episode of The Muppet Show when Elton John was on as a guest. David remembered it pretty well. :)

Joy in threes

Here it is, the first picture of Scherm Baby #3. Due date is currently scheduled for August 16, 2009. The whole family is filled with excitement. We'll hopefully know the gender in about 5 weeks. Until, we would love name suggestions. :)

Joy in Brotherly Love

Joy in Grandsons

I hear that being a Grandparent is a very wonderful thing!

Joy in farming

One of the many many reasons we love Texas. And, yes, it really drives. Can you see the cows?

Joy in Presidential Addresses

For my Mom:

Joy in New Beginnings

Happy New Year.

Joy in merry tidings

Merry Christmas from all of us!

Joy in finalization

Today we had little guy's final court session to complete his adoption. There are no words that I could possibly type to explain the joy of this moment in our lives.

Joy in giggles & flakes

On our way up to snow mountain. This happens everyday in the car.

Just arrived.

Great fun!

Joy in the explanation

Brining home things from preschool can be so exciting.

Joy in brothers

Big bro was so proud to have little guy visit his class!

Joy in the show

We were surprised when we went to our preschooler's class Christmas "show" and found out that he was the MC of the whole program. Here's a snippet. P.S. He was a natural.

Joy in history

What an example of love... to each other and everyone around them.

Joy in employment

Daddy's work should love this! Click on pic to blow it up. :)

Joy in the simple things

Our little guy has always loved organizing and taking things out of their places and putting them neatly back in. Warning: this video will be terribly boring to most.

Joy in the season

we are getting into the Christmas spirit....

We don't rehearse these, and I'm not sure where the accent in the second video is from...

Joy in celebration

Can you believe he is two?!?!?!