I miss them already!

Tim and Suzy were here this past weekend. I spent as much time with them as I possibly could. I love them so much and wish they lived closer. I hate not seeing them often. Life sometimes doesn't seem fair! They are truly the sweetest couple you could ever possibly meet...TRULY! I am proud of them being so brave to move off and make a life for themselves, yet selfish at the same time for wanting them here. They have only been gone for a couple of days and I miss them already!!! I love you two!!!!!

YEAH

I am just jumping up and down. I'm going to be an aunt...again. BUT for the first time with my itty bitty brother. This is Jellybean. My niece/nephew. I love little girls, but for some reason, I think it's a boy. I can't help but wonder what the name of this beautiful child will be.

On another note, I am a proud parent of a member of the Texas Girls Choir. This photo is of the TGC Father Daughter Social in Feb. 2008. I am so proud of this girl!!! And look at that nice looking man beside her....ya....he's mine!

Love to all!

Is Summer Really Over?

Here it is, Thursday, August 23, 2007. School starts on the 27th. Where did this summer go? It is bitter-sweet for me. The twins are going to Kindergarten and Cheyanne to 4th grade. I'm sad that the twins will actually be out of the house.......but........I'm glad the twins are actually going to be out of the house! Bad mom? I say I'm a mom who needs to breath for a few moments with out being tugged on. However, I'm REALLY going to miss those cute little hands tugging on me and the sweet little voices echoing in my home. When I start feeling sad, I can always look forward to 3:30. Then they will all be back with me and I will be pulling my hair out once again!!!

February 2007 - Winter Park, Colorado

I love my friends! February, 2007 at Winter Park, Colorado!!! Awesome skiing if you ever get the chance.

This was the first time we took our kids snow skiing. They went to ski school two full days. By the third and fourth day, our oldest was almost out-skiing us. I had a hard time keeping up. She had the "young no fear attitude". While I was cutting back and forth down the hills, she went straight down. As for the two little ones, by the end of the trip, they were loading and unloading by themselves on the ski lifts. Talk about making a mom's heart drop. I watched my children by themselves on the ski lift and making it down the mountain to do it again. The kids will all be out-skiing us in a year or two.

I know that every year the big story is how my honey fell and what he hurt. That was not the case this year. I personally took three huge falls. The one that hurt the most received it's own name, "The No-Air Facey". My skis crossed barely enough to catch the rubber tips and much to my dismay, they held the snowplow position. This brought me to a complete stop in .005 seconds, thus being the "no-air facey". My whole body shot into the snow, my poles dug into my side and I was buried in the snow with only the backs of my skis visible. I must admit it was comical. It hurt severely and the pain got worse daily. I got back home and learned that I had pulled the muscle away from my ribs while creating this wonderful stop. I know you want to try this new stop, but I must say it is one of those things that says in your head, "WARNING WARNING WARNING", right before you hit. It would not be in your best interest even though it sounds soooo fun. This was my worst fall, but not the only one. I need to remember not to laugh at others so hard. It comes back to bite you all at once.

We had a great time with our friends. The 16 hr one-way trip with the kids wasn't too bad. The kids either laughed, slept, laughed, watched movies or laughed. I was worried when we decided to take the kids. This was previously our annual adult only ski trip. I thought they would be hanging on our legs or crying the whole time. I was pleasantly surprised with all the kids. I hope we can do this several times a year with our families and/or friends.

I love our friends, I love their kids and most of all, I love the memories we make together!!!

My girls!

I just want everyone to know how much I love my girls. They are soooo precious. This picture is on the balcony of our cruise ship in March, 2006.
I bought all three of them shirts from Women of Faith last weekend that say God's Little Princess. That is so true. I thank HIM for letting me take care of HIS Princesses.

"The I Can't Believe Summer Is Over Sleepover"

Let me set the scene for you. For Cheyanne's birthday party in June, she wanted to go ice-skating. I simply could not afford to take all thirty of them, so we went to the Mini Golf place in Burleson instead. However, Cody promised her we would have a sleepover and go ice-skating with five of her friends before school started. We have been so busy with NOTHING that time got away from us. So, this weekend, Cheyanne with her brilliant memory reminded us of this "promise" Cody had made. Knowing school starts Wednesday and we needed Tuesday to prepare, we chose Sunday night. Cheyanne invited Mikayla, Hannah, Tylon, Preslie, and Kelsie. The sleepover was grand!!! Six squealing little girls and the twins through some of it. Oh!!!! Did I mention that this was Cody's promise and he took some boys from church to the Rangers game. I had the girls to myself. I decided since we would be getting home late from church, I would just order pizza to be delivered. At 7:41 pm I ordered from Royal Pizza in Joshua. After several phone calls with their excuses, the pizza was "on it's way". Still not delivered, we called again and the pizza shop had closed. Since it was now 9:30 pm I decided we had to eat something. I began fixing cheese dip and chips when I heard a knock at the door. At 9:44 pm our cold pizza was delivered. Besides that and some of the "she won't play with me", everything went pretty good. We then ventured to the skating rink on Monday. Out of the six girls, three had never ice-skated before. All of the girls were pretty good by the time we left. I had to carry several of them off the ice a couple of times when they fell a little hard. I loved on them and sent them off to play some more. Carrying those big girls across the ice while skating myself was very difficult. Oh!!! Did I mention that Cody was working while I kept up his promise and took the girls. I am just playing with him. I understand him having to work. BUT I do want to give him a hard time about it. The girls had a wonderful time. I had a great time with them. However, I am not going to procrastinate until the end of summer again.

My 10 days in ALASKA!

I just got back from Pedro Bay, Alaska! 8 planes and approx. 20 hours in air was well worth it! Just look at this picture. This is what I see right out the front door of the lodge. I have to say that God is an awesome artist! My family is very blessed to have extended family that share the fruits of their work. My children will have wonderful memories from this trip!!