We got to see Travis' friend, Jamison, and his beautiful family in Houston, TX. Jamison and Kelli have two kids, Andrew and Abigail. Andrew is almost 2 and a daughter Abigail is one month older than McKenna. They are so cute! We had fun eating out (except Kelli who never really got to eat!) and shopping. Thanks for letting us stay with you!
As I prepare to weed through all of the pictures we took on our trip, I just wanted to say that we had a great time seeing friends and family. We covered 5 states, 3600 miles (with the help of our new portable dvd player), stayed in two hotels, with two families, opened presents three times, and had a blast! I hope you all had as great of a Christmas as we did. Off to sort through my electronic pictures...
It has been a great year for us! We added three new family members... a daughter and two sister-in-laws! Moved into a new home (again). And survived another crazy hurricane season with very little damage to speak of.
In January we were told we were having a boy. We chose the name Luke Zachary and all of our friends and family joined in the excitement!
In May we moved (again) into the house that we had been building. We have one more move next summer into another new construction home. God has blessed us with the real estate we have!
Travis' brother, Phillip was married June 13th. It was nice to see so many family and friends. We love Marcela! She is a great sister and aunt.
Our biggest surprise this year came in the delivery room on July 11th at
In November we lost a family member. Our welsh terrier, Torri, was hit by a car. It was a very sad day. Kourtney asked where she went and still calls her sometimes when we are outside.
We feel very blessed by God during this Christmas season. We hope that you are able to take a minute to reflect this holiday about why we are celebrating. We pray that God greatly blesses you and we wish you a wonderful New Year.
Travis, Kelly, Kourtney, and McKenna
Kourtney called from the other room, "McKenna peed mommy!" I walked in to find McKenna stripped of her clothes - diaper and all. Apparantly Kourtney was trying to take some of the load off me by changing her diaper for me. It turned out to be a cute moment!
When I picked Kourtney up from the nursery today they told me she pooped on the potty - that's a first! I have been putting her on the pot 2-3 times a day for a month and she has never gone for me! Then she goes for someone else! I think it was seeing all of her friends go. We are crossing our fingers that this becomes a habbit!
We had our church Christmas Banquet last night. We ate, played, sang, and acted stupid together. We had a blast and so did the kids. I have many fond memories of church Christmas banquet as a kid. Now I get to watch my girls have so much fun at them!
Julia, Sarah, and Kourtney
The Barrigs - Rosie, Jonathon, Gabe, Crystal, McKenna, and Kourtney
Gabe, Kourtney, and I can't tell which twin! Sorry!!!
Daddy thinks she looks too old fashioned in this but I think it is perfect. My real life Little House on the Prairie doll! A dream come true!
Kourtney learned about a 
couple things on our da
y off today. We went for a stroll at Bayfront Park about 5 miles from our house. It is beautiful - you can see the Miami sky-line from the pier. 
Travis taught Kourtney how to spit like a man - I had NOTHING to do with it. 
Then he taught her about her shadow. We also went out to Robert is Here for a milk shake and to chase the chickens and pet the goats.
Don't worry - we hardly ever use the home phone (we are cell phone people) and I think she was dry! What's next - walkers with built in tv's or bottles with starbucks in them? BTW - she did this on her own.
