Birthday Boy!

Happy Birthday Little Man!!!  Can you believe that we have a 7 year old?!  Crazy!  I remember when he was a baby and people would always say, "enjoy it, they grow up so fast!"  They're right.  

Little Man on the morning of his Birthday!

He's still a good sport about wearing the Birthday hat. :)

The LEGO Movie wii U game!

Hot Wheels track and cars from Aunt Kathi and Uncle Lonnie!

Dinner at PF Changs with Cousin Lindsey, Abby and Ara.

Cat on the gift bag says, "Oh, It's your Birthday?  That's cool I guess, Ya know, I have like seven of those each year, but yeah, whatever".  ha!

LM and Abby

Minecraft figures!!!!

THANKS FOR THE PARTY HORNS LINDSEY!!! :/

The kid kept blowing them.all.the.way.home.

and more soccer.

Getting ready to goalie up!

Happy Birthday Little Man!  We love you!

Spring Break 2014

Spring Break 2014!  Little Man said that he wanted to go see his cousins down in The Woodlands during his vacation so we took 2 days for a quick down and back.  

While we were there we visited with our friends, The Hurleys, and met their new little guy, Keegan!  So cute!

                                   Little Man and Keegan

LM says, "I liked him!  He was heavy!"

A quick run to our breakfast place when we lived in Houston.

Harrys!  Best Migas!

Driving back up to the hotel in the The Woods from Houston, we hear from the backseat, "Um, Mom…"

LM had pulled his tooth that had been hanging on FOREVER! 

LM putting his tooth under his pillow

Waking up to find a dollar from the Tooth Fairy!

LM and his cousins!

Cade, Conley, LM and Rylan!

Back home...

LM enjoying some blue ice cream!

Thanks Daddy!

AND!

Soccer!

LM in the black sleeves!

Hope everyone had a great Spring Break!

Whats Up!

Snow!   That is one thing we missed while living in Houston.  Oklahoma always had snow and it was so nice just sitting and watching it fall.  Ahhhhh!  Nice that we get it here in Dallas too!

 Little Man chilling with The Henry.  

LM with his friend Grant.  Class picture day at school and they happened to wear the exact same outfit!  Too funny!  They're in different classes so that helped with the twins situation. :D

We're going to have new gutters put up and paint the exterior of our house soon!  Right now we have about 5 different swatches painted on the back of the house.  Sigh….who knew it was so exhausting and frustrating picking a paint color!  Too pink, too green, too light, too dark, etc.  Will reveal the final choice when we have it!

current greenish base, white trim, black shutters

This Saturday is LM's last basketball game of the season and its been great!  Some of the kids on his team are doing layups and 3 pointers!  LM has been great as a guard!  He gets in there and distracts the other team's players while they're dribbling allowing for steals!  

Grant, Ian, Eli, Andrew, Julian, Aiden, LM, Blake and Jett.

Will keep you "posted" on whats up with us!

Picture Catch Up, etc!

Finally had to take time to sit down and catch up on my blog!  When Little Man was younger, I took pictures of EVERYTHING and blogged about EVERYTHING that happened.  Now I find myself thinking, Man!  I forgot to take pictures or I should have posted something about that in the blog….but life is going 100 mph and I'm holding on for dear life!  Ack!

I'm WAY overdue in updating so here is a 100 mph catch up!  whew!

Thanksgiving...was great!  Lots of family in from all over, eating, drinking, celebrating together!  Good times!  No pics! (I know…what is wrong with me!)

Elfie, Bear and Mini Christmas Sock Monkey were caught playing with the remote control jeep!

Christmas…well, lets just say it wasn't on the top 5 list of our best Christmases.  Helped out with LM's class Christmas party on Dec. 19th.  His Winter Break started on Friday, Dec. 20th and BOOM he has the flu (high fever and all) for the next 4 days.  Dec. 23rd/24th - Husband is sick.  Dec. 25th/26th - I wake up with a fever but manage to throw Christmas dinner in the crock pot, take a couple of pictures of LM opening gifts (all blurry) and go back to bed for the rest of the day.  Dec. 26th - Husbands Birthday we all seemed to be better so we plan on going to visit family in Tulsa the next day.

 

Henry playing with one of his gifts Christmas morning….probably the only pic that wasn't blurry.

Trip to Tulsa…Great to see everyone but it was a quick visit.  We were still getting our energy back, other family members had recently been sick and were still recovering and another became ill while we were there…..flu season sucks!

New Years Eve…Relaxing night at home.  Husband and I broke out the champagne and of course sparkling grape juice for LM...in a real champagne class!  He thought he was so cool!  Kept asking for more "champagne"….until he vurped! (vomit/burp) So Gross!  The kid can't hold his grape juice!  :D  I'm sure all the sweets he had that day didn't help.  But he did make it until 10p before we had to carry him to bed!

Pre-Vurp

And now on to the Rainbow Loom Craze. LMs cousin R had the RL during a visit last year but around Thanksgiving we noticed the girls at his school sporting the RL bracelets.  Apparently they make them then trade them.  And now the boys are getting into it too!  We bought a cheap knock off loom (FUN LOOM) at CVS because I wasn't sure it was something he would like after a week. 

A month later we're researching how to make complex bracelets and key chains on YouTube!  A friend of mine said she found a Mincraft RL bracelet tutorial on YouTube…and thats all it took for me to jump on that like a rat on a cheeto!  LM loves Minecraft and wanted to make something (cough - Mom gets to make it) so I spent the next hour watching the video and trying to make this thing….finally finished and LM was so stoked!  He wore it to school the next day to show his friends and then stuck it in a drawer when he got home…doesn't want to lose it!  Are you kidding me?!

 Minecraft Creeper bracelet!

Henry the Dog is doing well.  Nothing eventful there, although he did kill another lizard the other day.  Its been at least 7 months since his last victim and I've been careful to scan for sunbathing lizards before letting him loose in the backyard….alas, he grabbed one while I was inside.  RIP poor thing.

Me and Henry, The Lizard Slayer

Usually he doesn't lick me in the face and I discourage it…you know lizard guts, crotch licking and all but he snuck this one in. EW!  I thought he was just going to sniff me!

LM playing basket ball (#3).

This is LMs first experience with basketball.  Lots of running back and forth.  I think guard is his best position, and he gets to throw the ball back in which he thinks is pretty cool.

Me:  I've made the decision to go back to work after 7 years of being a homemaker and its SCARY!  But, I've put together a Linkedin page and a Monster Jobs profile.  Was nervous about my first job  interview since 2004 but it went well!  Was offered the position before I left their office but due to the pay rate being less than ideal, I had to decline.  So….the search continues.  

Head shot!

Do I look professional to you? :D

Hope your 2014 is off to a great start!

Picture Catch Up!

It's almost Thanksgiving and I figured I better post some sort of update because who knows if I'll get some pics during the holiday.  :D

We took Little Man to the Home Depot Kids Build thing that they have the first Saturday of every month.  LM thought it was so cool that he could build something and paint it any way he wanted.  

The kids also get to keep their apron to use for future builds and receive a pin (or "flair") for their apron upon completion of the project.  Pretty cool!

Me holding the boat while LM hammered in the nails - I was pretty nervous about getting whacked with the hammer folks!

The finished project!

LM playing on the phone with Daddy.

Flag Football season is officially over!  The Prairie Creek Panthers came in 4th Place (not too shabby!)!

My friend Leigh Ann made the boys jersey cookies with their numbers on them!  So cute!

Final team huddle!  Yay Panthers!

Can't wait to see all the family at Thanksgiving!!!

Halloween 2013!

This year we celebrated our first Halloween in our new house!  We weren't sure how many Trick or Treaters to expect but one of our neighbors advised us to buy LOTS of candy.  They weren't kidding!

My niece and her family came over to celebrate with us and it was so much fun!  The husbands stayed behind with the baby and to hand out candy while Lindsey and I took Miss A and Little Man out on our street.  As soon as we rounded the bend of our horseshoe street, it was like a flash mob of kids!  And golf carts!  Insanity!

I should have taken a picture of the craziness but I wanted to keep an eye on the kids in the crowd. :D

Here's a snapshot of our night!

Snake Eyes Ninja (from GI Joe movie) and The Joes!

Our house!  Sadly none of my flying ghosts worked!

Better get new ones for next year! 

Miss A and LM running from the Ghoul!

Another house on our street!

Miss A and Baby A

LM, Baby A and Miss A in our golf cart!

Hope everyone had a safe and Happy Halloween!

Team Pic! 2013 Panthers! Grrrrrrr!

Little Man, #40, of the Panthers!  Yay!!!!

Front row, 2nd from the left.

Finally!

I have been trying FOR-EV-ER to get the video of Little Man playing flag football to upload.  Its fuzzy but you can see LM at the far right end of the offensive line.

May need to invest in a better video camera!

Are You Ready for Some Football?!

After trying T-Ball a couple of years ago, we thought we would sign up Little Man for Flag Football!  T-Ball in 90+ degree heat, 90% humidity in Houston TOTALLY SUCKS!  

Or we're just wimps....

So we thought, hmm...the fall is much cooler,  there is constant movement so LM won't get bored and the boy really needs to sign up for something to meet other kids at his new school.  :)

So Dad, Uncle Jay and I took LM to his first practice and it was great!  LM paid attention, had a great time and knew a lot of the kids on the team and Coach Vic is awesome!  Coach went over the basics with the kids and had a group meeting with the parents afterwards.  Practice once a week with games on Saturdays.  Oh, and other teams sometimes send "scouts" to the games to film a specific kid for recruitment.  SERIOUSLY?!  These kids are 1st graders!  But this is Texas and football is like a religion down here.

LM in the white shirt on the right

Running laps

Catching the ball

Team huddle at the end of practice

GO Panthers!

(LM is # 40)

We have a scrimmage this Saturday and I can't wait to see the kids in action!  Will try to get some video of the game.

I'M A SLACKER!

Wow!  I have REALLY fallen behind in posting stuff. (cough "slacker" cough).  SO, here is a rundown of what we've been up to!

 Little Man at his new school during Meet & Greet, the Friday before school started.  Checking out his desk assignment, school supplies and all the cool stuff in his classroom!

1st Day of First Grade!

LM and Mrs. Tucker

LM at bottom right front and his classmates.

Then we made a trip back to Oklahoma for a surprise Birthday party for the Hubs mom!

Boy was she surprised!  hee hee

All the Grandkids and Miss Eden (family friend), waiting for Grandma to come through the door!

Denise and Rylan

Happy Birthday Denise!

Pool time at Grandmas with all the family!

Uncle Jay and LM playing with Aunt Renee and James

Cousin Cade and Uncle Jon in front.

Group Jump!

Jordan, Aunt Renee, LM hanging back, Uncle Jay, Conley, Rylan, Cade and friend Taryn

Then Mexi Dinner out with Family and Friends!

Uncle Justin and Cade arm wrestling...LMs face cracks me up.

Taryn, Rylan, Jordan, Uncle Jon

Mom and I. :)

Great start to the new school year and a much needed visit with family and friends! :)