farmer's market

We checked out the local farmer's market this morning downtown Waco next to the Brazos River.

The market is every Saturday from 9 until 1. Several friends recommended getting breakfast there and I am so glad we took that recommendation. They make made-to-order breakfast burritos and crêpes... 

Yes, that would be banana and nutella with fresh whipped creme and powdered sugar...super yummy!

Making crêpes to order, think I might go for the grilled peaches and strawberries next time.

We love honey in our house, so we purchased a small bottle to take home.

We also brought home some peppers, zucchini 

tomatoes, squash, and peaches.

 They may not be Chilton County, but they are quite sweet and delicious.

And look who we ran into...the Jacksons.

Gretchen, their dog, was helping Dr. Henry and Ms. Stephanie make their purchases. Those carrots are beautiful and for future reference, they go quickly on Saturday mornings.

It's fair to say that you can find some great produce as well as meats at the market.

We heard that the brick oven pizzas were great,

but decided to save that for another day.

This little pup was adorable, and if he had been for sale I might have taken him home.

We listened to some tunes

said some thank you's 

and called it a successful trip to the farmer's market. It is definitely fair to say we will be back. I think I could get used to spending my Saturday mornings in such a fun setting.

first week

Here is a little glimpse of our first week of residency. David has come home everyday saying how glad how glad he is to be here. The people here really do make the program, so that has been a big part of our week...spending time with the other residents and and getting to know their families.

Monday night started with a welcome to Waco picnic for all the residents, first through third years.

They grilled hamburgers and had a jumpy house and a waterside for the big kids.

David wasn't quite up to going down the water slide with his hurt foot, so Dr. Jackson stepped up to let Owen have his turn down the slide.

Owen is a fan of Henry. It really is such a small world we live in...we both went to college with Henry at Auburn. Who would have guessed we would end up in Waco, Tx for residency together? 

It really is nice to have someone who understands where home is and to watch Auburn football with during the fall. Not to mention, Henry and his wife Stephanie live only a couple of streets over from us.

While Daddy was at work, we colored

watched the tractors working near our house

and went to the splash park near our house.

Thursday night, Dr. Hardin invited the new residents to his home for dinner.

 Glenna, the coolest residency program coordinator, arrived in style.

It was great to get to sit back and get to know everyone.

And let the little ones run around.

All of the kids in the program are boys...I think these little guys are going to have fun together the next 3 years.

It's funny, because Owen is by far the oldest...and I don't think of Owen being old at anything. These little guys are 12 months and 14 months old.

 Owen is having fun making friends. Meet one of his new favorites, Ms. Stephanie (Henry's wife).

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She was kind enough to invite Owen and I over for lunch one day this week.

After all that fun, we got home Thursday night to find our neighbor, Paul has made homemade egg rolls for us!

Owen was a HUGE  fan of the egg rolls. I think he consumed 3!

And how are they Owen?

"Good". And that is just how are first week was...good.

a day for Daddy

Owen and I woke up early to begin cooking breakfast for a special man this morning. Luckily for me, Owen was sure to wake me up.

We made Daddy a card just for him, full of things that remind us of things daddy likes.

We went to church where Owen proceeded to be an all-star as far as trying out new churches and new nurseries. We heard a great sermon that was a great charge to all dads.

"Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong. Do everything in love."
 1 Corinthians 16:13-14

After a low key afternoon of napping, the plan was to grill out and just enjoy being outside. Well that's when our day got a little less picturesque when this went into David's foot:

It wasn't pretty. I heard screaming from David and crying from Owen with Owen saying "booboo, red"...never good to hear.

It may not look so bad from the picture, but it really hurt. Not sure how orientation is going to go considering he can barely walk on his foot.

He wasn't willing to relinquish control of his grill,

 so he supervised while I attempted to get dinner on the table.

Not exactly how we pictured are day going, but this little guy reminds us what the day is all about
note: these were taken BEFORE the foot incident : )

David, I am thankful for the love that you show your son, 

the love that you show me,

your initiative to take care of things, 

that you are forgiving,

the way you make others laugh and the way you make Owen laugh, 

that you are tech savvy,

 that you use tools and can fix things and build things, 

that you gave me the job promotion of staying home with our son,  

that you let us have pets, 

that you like to vacuum, 

that you appreciate the outdoors,

that you hunt and fish, 

that you like to iron,

how you research everything,

your ability to capture beautiful images of our child, 

that you go to church with me and love the Lord,

that you stand for what scripture says despite what the world thinks,

that you sing in the shower,

that you were that football player that I fell for in high school and the doctor I am privileged to be married to,

that I have gotten to be with you every step of the way this journey is taking us.

(the gift of a beautiful sunset from our Heavenly Father!)

I know Owen is watching everything you do, luckily he has some pretty incredible things to see. Happy Father's Day...you deserve it...and next year, we will just go out for dinner : )

trip to the zoo

One highlight of living in Waco is having a great zoo right here in town. We had heard wonderful things about Cameron Park Zoo and thought having friends in town was the perfect opportunity to see what it was all about.

Let us share with you some of our favorite animals:

White-handed Gibbons

Galapagos Tortoise

Bald Eagle, squirrel monkey and turkeys

a few creatures from the reptile exhibit:

Our radio flyer was the perfect form of transportation. The boys could hop out easily to see the animals but by the second half of the zoo they enjoyed being pulled around.

The giraffes were one of our very favorite animals we saw today, beautiful creatures God made.

we can't forget the rhinos, elephants, and lions:

and the meerkats were too cute.

I am pretty sure the mamas

 and the daddies

may have had just as much fun as the boys did.

 We were all really impressed with the zoo. The zoo itself was beautiful, green, clean and very kid friendly. Lots of different animals to see, shady spots, play areas for the kids...and just the right size.  Owen and I went ahead and got a year membership, so we can go anytime.

We were happy David and Ty could come along before they start work on Monday.
It really was the perfect time for a trip to the zoo.