Getting Ready for Christmas!

Keith and I had plenty of help decorating for Christmas this year! This was the first Christmas that I truly understood why my dad just watched us decorate each year.....and stayed out of it....

Showing out for Landon!

Pop & BeBe drove their new Mule in the Malakoff Christmas Parade this year! The kids were so excited to ride in the parade and throw out candy to all of us.

Well......really.....a picture is worth a 1000 words! Love ya, honey!

Catchin' Up in October/November

In my attempts to "catch up" with my own blog, I wanted to share these pictures from a couple of months ago.

Austin's school had a pumpkin decorating contest and he got 3rd place! His picture was in the Malakoff newspaper! We were so proud! We displayed our pumpkin artwork on the front porch.

Austin was so excited to be Spider-Man!

Kaitlyn's first sucker.......one of many that night! She had such a good time at our church's fall festival!

Watching a puppet show and eating candy....can it get any better?

Sacked out on the way home....which is only about 10 minutes!

My brother and sister-in-law came to my parents for Thanksgiving. It was so good to see them since they live in South Carolina! Kaitlyn turning on the charm for her uncle.

Austin trying to learn some Marine Corp moves!

I guess the charm worked! Uncle Bryan always makes for a good seat.

Tagged!

I've been tagged! Here are the rules:

1. Open your pictures folder.
2. Go to the sixth folder.
3. Open the sixth picture.
4. Import into your blog and tell the story.

Here's our photo:

This photo was taken Labor Day weekend, September 2007. We had just taken our first family of four vacation to Fossil Rim Wildlife Ranch in Glenrose, TX. After our little vacation we drove to Malakoff and spent the weekend with BeBe & Pop and the rest of the family. Keith and Austin spent a good amount of time fishing in the tank with minnows. I love these "like father, like son" photos.

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It was a great time! Kaitlyn was only 4 months old and Austin had turned 3 that summer. He started his first day of preschool when we returned home. Such good memories....seems like yesterday.....

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I now tag.......Courtney, Andi & Julie Estes!

NKOTB Rulz!!!!

Ok.....if you don't know what NKOTB stands for then you do not have to read any further.....


Well....it's true....I am still a New Kids on The Block fan! Yes, I went to their concert with a friend last night and absolutely had a BLAST! Wow! It was AWESOME!!

There was plenty of dancing, singing, jumping up and down and not just from the New Kids. Just picture the entire American Airlines Center in Dallas full of women that look like me that are all reminiscing on their middle school crushes! (Jordan was my guy, by the way!)

Here are some pics!

After 2 or 3 encores and the last song of Hangin' Tough.....the concert was over. I would see them again tomorrow if I could!

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Well, as most of my close family and friends know, I am a pretty sentimental person. Which translates.....I keep everything! About a month ago Keith and I were reading through some of my old middle school notes that my friends had written back in the day and just cracked up laughing! Because every one of them had I love Jordan or NKOTB Rulz! Ha!

Here's just a couple of them! Gotta love the origamy...

Needless to say, it was a BLAST!!! Sorry that my other friends who loved Jordan Knight couldn't go, but someone had to represent!

State Fair of Texas

I thought these were pretty cute! Kaitlyn and Austin really enjoyed the State Fair. What could be better than a day of spending Daddy's money on fun and junk food? You can tell both my kiddos like to dance. That must come from watching Mommy all the time. I am not sure where the love of sugar comes from. Ok, Ok, maybe I do know, they had to get something from me. Daddy does love sugar!

Getting Creative!

Ok mommies........you know those mornings when you wake up, open your eyes, realize hubby is going to be gone ALL day and you think to yourself..........what am I going to do with the kiddos ALL day? You know what I'm talkin' about. Well, I had one of those days last week........and here is what we came up with.




A fort.........a bear cave........a tiger cage......ROAR!

The kiddos had a great time playing in the "fort" all day! I even had time to get some things done around the house! Bonus!



Austin did a great job of using his imagination! He came up with the bear cave and tiger cage ideas!

Cutest li'l tiger cub I've ever seen!

Mommies have to have FUN too! (Austin took this pic....pretty good, huh?)

Tropical Storm Ike (We've been downgraded!)