Wilson Family

Emma: You know who I love?

Me: Who?

Emma: Daddy!

Me: Me too, I’m so glad he’s ours.

Emma: Yeah, I’m so glad he picked you…

Me: (huge smile on my face) Me too, Emma, me too…

Hello everyone! We have been in Houston for about 5 weeks are we are loving it. We are staying with Joe’s parents until we find a home, and we’ve been having a ball! We’ve been able to catch up with family on multiple occasions and its been really fun. Emma is LOVING being close to her cousins and it makes me wish we had all of her cousins close by! Joe is loving his job and it could not be a better fit for him. For those of you who don’t know, he is a Project Engineer (civil engineer) for Zachry Corp. His current project consists of building a partial loop around the city of Cleveland, TX (just northeast of Conroe). He came home a few nights ago all dirty and I asked him about it and he said, “Well, I had to get on a backhoe today…” haha all I could do is laugh. What little boy doesn’t have the dream of driving big tractors around? It makes me incredibly happy to know how much he enjoys his job everyday. As for me and the kids, we are loving all of the nearby splash pads and our neighborhood pool. We have found a great gym and Emma started up swim lessons last week. We are in a friendly ward and have enjoyed playgroup during the week and church on Sundays, of course. Even though it is hot as the devil’s armpit here, we are having a fun summer. I’m glad we’re in Pearland because it is so close to downtown Houston. We have gone to the Galleria and the children’s museum a couple of times since it’s only about a 15-20 minute drive. I’m excited to go to the zoo with the kids and maybe check out a few other museums. We are excited to find our new home and get settled in but Joe’s parents are gone for most of the summer in Washington and the kids and I will be in Pennsylvania visiting my parents for 3 weeks, so we aren’t in a big hurry. We couldn’t have asked for a better situation after graduation–I’m so glad we didn’t have to rush to find a new home. I haven’t set up my computer yet and we have misplaced the camera for the moment so I will just post a few pics that Auntie Em (emmebphotography.com) took for us this past weekend as the kids played ball outside. Thanks Em! I hope y’all are having a fun summer too!

I had to share this pic of Emma from earlier today. Her friend Presley called from Washington and they talked for a good 20 minutes. They were cracking me up. Emma was chatting and entertaining Joseph at the same time, all while twirling a necklace in her hand and lying on the floor with my phone. Emma really misses her sweet buddy and it is so fun to hear them catch up!

…Emma and Momma style!

On Saturday night Emma and I went on our first official GNO. We have been looking forward to this night for months. We’ve been missing each other like crazy since we only get evenings and weekends together while I finish my student teaching. We bought our tickets the day they were available and were able to snag great seats to see Ballet Lubbock’s spring performance of Sleeping Beauty. We had a paper chain counting down the days, that is how excited we were :) I ended up having to get a babysitter for Joseph because Joe was working–I just couldn’t cancel! We got all dressed up and went to dinner at Olive Garden (Emma’s choice) and had an excellent meal with some pretty funny conversation. Emma did wonderfully. We practiced using “princess manners” and she really enjoyed it. She got quite a few compliments as we sat there and I know she must’ve felt so beautiful. When the server asked us “If we had saved room for dessert” Emma replied, “Oh yes ma’am!” giggling… We did get the white chocolate raspberry cheesecake. She kept telling me how much she loved me and saying how much fun she was having. Can it get any better than that?! I wasn’t sure, but then we got to the theatre and her eyes lit up. As we sat and waited we read the program and I kept catching her peeking at the curtain, waiting to catch a glimpse of a ballerina. They explained to us that there would be no words throughout the ballet but they gave us the pantomime directives so we would know what the dancers were saying or trying to express. I wondered if she could last the 2 hours but she stayed locked on asking questions about what was happening and asking what they were trying to tell us. It was a great performance and I don’t think I will ever forget her sweet face as she watched with excitement. Afterwards the company hosted a meet and greet so we were able to meet some of the dancers. Emma was a bit shy at first but quickly settled in! Here are a couple of pictures…