Southern Junction

A few weeks ago we enjoyed good food and good fun with friends at Southern Junction in Rockwall. The boys cooked the most amazing steaks and the girls had the big job of toasting the bread. We always have a great time dancing and eat way too much each time we go! All in all, we had a blast!

The girls

Jim & I The boys grilling our steaks Ryan & Ashley
Jason & Melinda
The girls taking a picture on the mechanical bull
Jim riding the bull!
Ryan
Dewey
Jason

July 4th Weekend with the Family!!

This July 4th Jim and I were so excited to go home and visit our family. We had a wonderful time eating Bar-B-Q, hanging out around the pool, and celebrating with both of our parents. This is always our favorite way to spend our 4th!!

Heather, Miller & Jim ready to get into the pool!

My sweet dad cutting up the wonderful Bar-B-Q that he made for us.

Jim and family
Heather & Mom

Date Night

Jim and I have been wanting to do something different than our usual night out together so, Jim surprised me with tickets to the Dallas symphony to see a violin concerto. The violinist were absolutely amazing and we thoroughly enjoyed the wonderful food. What a fun night out!

Baby Scott at 12 Weeks!!

This past week I had a specialized sonogram that checked for Down syndrome and other chromosomal disorders, and all the test results came back good! I was told that they could possibly tell us the sex of the baby at this sonogram, but baby Scott was being very modest and the doctor was not able to tell. So...looks like we will have to wait a couple more months to find out if it's a boy or a girl:( Jim and I could not believe how much the baby has grown, and we had so much fun watching the baby yawn and wiggle it's fingers during the sonogram. We are so thankful to get good test results and we look forward to the next sonogram!

Baby Scott was looking straight at us in this sonogram.

We're Pregnant!!!

Jim and I are very excited to find out that we are PREGNANT!!! We could not be happier!!! We feel so very blessed for this to have happened so fast. My doctor gave us the okay in March to start our family after finding out that my brain tumor had not changed in size on my MRI. God has truly blessed us with this little miracle and we can't wait to meet our sweet baby. At this point, I am ten weeks pregnant, and the expected due date is January 18th. I go back to have an MRI and to see the doctor in late August to check the status of the tumor to make sure that hormones are not causing it to grow. So, I ask for continued prayer over this situation and that I will "keep the faith" and remember that I am in God's hands. What better hands to be in! Thank you everyone for all your prayers through this journey. This exciting time would not be possible without your prayers. Praise God from whom all blessings flow...

Our little miracle at 6 weeks!

8 weeks...the baby is on its head here.

Our Five Year Anniversary!!!!

Jim and I can't believe it has already been five years! We have had some amazing times together starting in College Station, then Houston and now in Dallas. I couldn't ask for a better husband and friend to spend my life with. Thanks Jimmy for being an amazing soul mate!
For our anniversary this year, we went to one of our favorite places called La Duni, which is a Latin restaurant. The food is a lot like Mexican food (our favorite), with a kick. We had a blast on our special night together. I look forward to the next fifty years or more together!

Gardere's Yearly Event!

Jim's law firm had their end-of-the-fiscal-year event at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in downtown Dallas. We always have a great time hanging out with all the fun people that Jim works with. We really enjoyed the awesome food and had a great time at the casino night. We look forward to next year's event!

Jim & the law group he started with.
Our good friends Nick & Beth

Our Church Care Team Event

For our last care team event, we had a great time eating boiled crawfish, sausage and potatoes that David Burton prepared. Paige also made a delicious cake that we all enjoyed. The Burton's were great host and we all had a fun time hanging out on the memorial day weekend.

The wonderful dessert

The Chef

Jim & IJason & Melinda

Ryan & Ashley

Paige & David

Brian & Jennifer Ryan & his crawfish

The boys sucking the crawfish heads

Odom's Graduation

Jim's older brother Odom, graduated from UT law school a few weeks ago. We will now have two attorney's in the family....isn't that scary!! We are excited that Odom and Amanda will be moving to the Dallas area where he will be working. Even though the trip was short, we had a great time getting to see family and celebrating Odom's accomplishments!

The Graduate

The Scott boys

Odom, John, & Jim

Ski Trip '08

Yes, I know it's been way too long since we have blogged! This picture shows how long it has been. Jim and I went sking this Spring Break in Angel Fire, NM, and had a great time together. This trip was a long time coming! We have talked about going sking for the past few years. So... we got that out of our system after a hurt wrist, a bum knee, and very sore muscles:( The mountains were just beautiful and the snow was perfect! All and all, we had a great time and enjoyed getting a little R & R.

Snow, snow and more snow!!

We were sooo excited to see the beautiful snow twice this past week!! We couldn't believe our eyes when we saw it coming down on Monday night. Surprisingly, we had another blizzard on Thursday with the biggest snowflakes ever. What a fun snow week!

Cocoa didn't know what to think about that cold white stuff!

Our Cocoa girl!

My Sweet Hubby!

Sorry it has taken us so long to catch up on our blog. It has already been a busy first of the year! Jim and I have not done anything too exciting, just working and school.

I had to share the pictues of the beautiful roses Jim gave me in January. They were absolutely beautiful! Thanks sweetie for being so thoughtful.

Cowboy Game!

The Arringtons snagged four tickets to the "Club Suite," and they generously invited us to accompany them. We enjoyed every bit of the game, even though the 'Boys lost.

The Scotts and Arringtons

Texas Stadium

Jim and Heather

In the Suite

Heather and Ashley
How 'bout them boys
Jim and Heather

Tony Dorsett

Thanksgiving Weekend!

This Thanksgiving we were in the panhandle visiting Jim's family. We took some beautiful pictures of Jim's dad's ranch which has the Cap Rocks that run through it.

Jim & John

Happy Birthday Jimbo!!

On November 3rd, we celebrated Jim's 28th birthday! We had a great weekend with Jim's parents that came in town for his big day. As always, we had lots of fun and good food while they were visiting. We had a wonderful time opening up our new house to our family and look forward to having many more come to stay!

The birthday boy!

At the house, before the birthday dinner

The fam at dinner

Jim and his mom

Marian & Miller