i'm back...

oh my goodness--i have a TON of pictures to post.

we had a wonderful (if not exhausting) time at disney world and i will definitely start posting all of those pictures soon. i think i will break them up by day.

as soon as we got home from disney, we immediately started packing to go to fort worth for our district convention.
we usually just drive back and forth, but this year we stayed at a hotel there and it turned out to be really fun. (after so long in a hotel, mckinlee did not want to go home. she LOVES hotels!)
patricia and her kids were also staying there. so thursday night we walked to the square where all the restaurants are and ate at razzoo's.

patricia, ryan and camila

here we are

camila wanted to take a picture of this horrible creature!

i love all the old buildings downtown

patricia and i being silly

camila & mckinlee

friday morning was the start of our convention.
i always take a picture of the sign every year so i won't forget the theme!
we heard so many wonderful reminders about how to keep ourselves and our families close to jehovah god.

olivia & bethenie
this was their convention too and we had such a good time catching up with them!

sandy, ani & ursula
they are from our congregation--the sweetest family!

michele & i

rachel, natalie & patricia

julie & i

kevin & michele

chris & i

some of the girls (and carson)

there was a wonderful symposium on communication in the family.
chris had the part about children communicating with their parents and ani had a soliloquy.
the talk was really good and ani did fantastic!

mckinlee & alexa
(this was one of the few pictures i got of mck with her friends. during the breaks they were always off somewhere together and had no time for pictures!)

day 2: saturday

quinlyn--so sweet!

chris & i
(funny story about the guy behind me in red. he was so talkative and funny.
after the first session he said to me,
"thank you for taking such extensive notes and for writing nice and big. when i missed something, i just looked down at yours! ha!)

sadly, those are the few pictures i took on saturday.

day 3: sunday
sandy & dan
they used to be in our congregation in waco and it was so nice to see them again.
she had a hilarious demonstration about showing empathy to others.

amber & mck

me & bethenie
(i am so upset. we went out to eat with them & another family to this great bbq place and i forget my camera!)
we have known each other so long and have been through so many fun, and not so fun, experiences. we had such a great time being together and laughing!

kali & i
i didn't know they were coming to our convention & was shocked when she walked up to me!

phil & beth

chris & mck

chris & i

patricia & i

i'm always so sad on sunday and don't want to leave.
the drama on sunday was wonderful--full costume set in Bible times--no modern day.
our peak attendance was 7971--but it didn't feel very crowded.
on saturday we had 61 baptized. they ranged in age from 8 to 80!
and we got several new releases that will keep us busy until next year!

so that's the convention recap--now i will start on disney...