Sites Around Dimmitt - August 2006

Here's a quick tour of our little town. These are just some of the important places to our family.

This is just one of the many, many feedyards in Castro County. There are also quite a few dairy operations. There are so many cows that there are significantly more vets than doctors in the county!

This is the current clinic building. It is several blocks from the hospital, so they are in the process of building a new clinic adjacent to the hospital. It will be completed in early January 2007.

Because of the construction it was difficult to get a picture of the outside of the hospital. So I just took a picture of the fancy sign!

This is our church and also Wyatt's preschool. It is just a few blocks from our house, so a couple of mornings a week the Colter and I will walk Wyatt to school.

Our Home - August 2006

our front yard

the playroom

kitchen/dining/living areas utility and craft roomoffice and workout room
boys bedroom
master bedroom
master bath

There is another bedroom and bathroom, but this gives you a little glimpse at where we spend most of our time. We love our house and are looking forward to decorating and remodeling a little more as time and money permit. : )

Views from Our Backyard - August 2006

Well, we don't have any mountains outside our windows, but we can't complain about the view. There is a cotton field directly behind us, so we get to see some great sunsets! Danny took the picture above as a thunderstorm was approaching one evening. If you look closely you can see the Big Dipper in the middle of the sky above the storm.

Little Bunny Colter - August 20

Colter really misses Wyatt when he's at school, so we try to make those mornings a little extra special with trips to the store, visits to the clinic to see Daddy and fun playtime with Mama. I took this one morning when we pulled out the dress-up box. He was having lots of fun!

Legacy Play Village - August 18

After a day on ER call, Danny gets the next afternoon off. We took advantage of one of those afternoons and took the boys to Legacy Play Village in Lubbock. They had so much fun climbing, sliding and swinging. They especially liked the "big curly tunnel slide."

The Morrow's Visit - August 16

Our good friends from Waco, Wendy, Aaron, Micah (below with Wyatt), Emma Shae (above with Colter) and baby Mallory, came to visit us on their way back from Colorado. Wyatt and Colter were very happy to see familiar faces and we all enjoyed visiting and catching up with each other.

Wyatt's First Day of Preschool - August 14

Wyatt was really excited about his first day of preschool! He goes to school (which is actually at our church!) on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings for about 3 hours. We are truly blessed to have a wonderful Christian-based preschool in our little town.

Wyatt's New Bicycle - August 12

Colter was really wanting to ride Wyatt's tricycle, so we decided it was time to get Wyatt a "big boy" bicycle. Colter is happy to have the tricycle and Wyatt likes that his bike is "just like Daddy's."

Colter's Tigger and Blanket - August 10

Colter loves his blanket and his Tigger! When he wakes up he is usually drags one of both of them out of bed with him and carries them around for a little while. He found the drawer where I keep the extra blankets and extra Tigger, so now it is common to find him asleep in bed with all of the blankets and both Tiggers! : )

Brotherly Love - August 6

Just some cute pictures of the boys. They really do love each other! We continue to pray that they will always be best of friends.

Jen's 30th Birthday - August 4

I celebrated my 30th Birthday with Danny, Wyatt, Colter, my parents and all my siblings at my parents house in Lubbock. It is so nice being close to family!

Noni and Papa's House - August 4

The boys love playing in Noni and Papa's backyard! It's only an hour and 20 minutes from our house to their house. It sure beats the 6+ hour drive we had from Waco!

Playground Philosophies - August 1

Wyatt and Colter have a serious love affair with anything that involves climbing up and sliding down! Wyatt, our analytical one, can tell you all about the different kinds of slides he likes (straight, bumpy, curly, tunnel or a combination!). Colter, our fearless one, doesn't realize he's almost two years younger than Wyatt, so he tries (and usually succeeds!) to do everything that Wyatt does. They are both adventurous, but their approaches are very different. I'm curious to see how their "philosophy of playgrounds" translates into a "philosophy of life!"