Ginny Updates

Since today is Ginny's 3rd birthday (at least according to her adoption paperwork), I figured I'd share a few pictures and a video. :) All of these pictures are from a phone, so they aren't great quality.

This is how Ginny sits/lays nearly every morning while Matt and I get ready for work. She is so weird... it cracks us up every single day.

Ok... I know... this dog is seriously spoiled. She is such a cuddler!

Ginny likes to visit G-Ma and Pops in Athens because she LOVES laying on their patio table!

Matt had to work late up at the school one night, so I had to drive back that evening and pick him up. I brought Ginny along for the ride. :)

This is Ginny's boyfriend, Jasper. :)

Lately we've been trying to teach Ginny how to "speak." She is great at snapping her teeth, but she doesn't really like to bark. I guess we should just be happy about that and leave it alone... but for some reason we think it's incredibly entertaining to try and make her bark.

Rangers Games

Matt and I got to go to a couple of Rangers games this past weekend. We went on Saturday night with Keith and Renee and watched the Rangers lose.... to the Mariners. Since the beginning of the season, I have had quite a grudge with Rangers pitcher, Scott Feldman. He improved for a short time during the season, and was actually quite good... but I refused to give in. I was so mad when I saw that he was pitching during the first game we were going to, but I tried to have a LITTLE bit of hope that he would play well. I was wrong. He blew it. So, even though it was fun being at the game, and with good company, we were disappointed to see them lose.

We went again on Sunday afternoon with my parents. There was a rain delay (thank goodness for upper deck cheap seats that were under the covering!) but the Rangers pulled out the win at the end of the day. Matt and I got back to Austin at about 1:00 in the morning because of the delay, but it was worth it to see the Rangers play!

Here are several pictures we took from the weekend:

Ramon & Jesus

Since most, if not all, of you who read my blog are family, you'll probably all know who these two guys are. This is Ramon and Jesus. These two boys live at Casa de la Esperanza, an orphanage in Anahuac, Mexico. Our family (Cox and Porter families) supports these two boys.

A friend of ours from our time at Park Avenue Church in Denison (where we took our first trip to Casa) has been at Casa for several weeks now working. I saw on Facebook that she was there, and sent her a message and told her about our connection with Ramon and Jesus. She was kind enough to snap this picture and send it to us.

Matt Playing Guitar

Matt and I have had the opportunity to get a little more involved with the college group at church lately.  Recently they had a "concert and coffee house" event, and Matt was invited to play guitar and sing a little bit. Along with that, he was given the opportunity to lead worship for the Wednesday night college group for a few weeks.

Needless to say, I have LOVED getting to hear him play guitar more lately. :)

I found this picture of Matt with a guitar from when he was little. He's pretty cute, huh? :)