Good Grief it's March.

P laughing at who knows what

Presley loves to get her brother up from a nap... whether he is awake or still asleep...

I call this one "strolling with a dude and a diva"

Ready to watch a TEXAS Fiesta Bowl VICTORY!

When Carter gets to wake up by himself... he is usually pretty happy..

So you know it is time to update your blog when your husband who is for the most part oblivious to the 'blog' says... "You haven't updated the blog in 3 months?" Yep. That's right - 3 months. So before I burn our supper that is cooking even as we speak, here are just some updated pics of the kids... Carter will be one year in one month - time has FLOWN by. Presley makes me laugh everyday and M and I are just trying to keep up. Have a great week!

A pic or two or four, and a tag for Shara

P - getting to be so big!

The day she deemed some cars girls, some cars boys, and then had to have bows to put on the girl cars...

C at Thanksgiving in my Uncle Buddy's hat...

And after some lunch... seriously - I try to get it in his mouth. Boys are just different.

and now tagged...

Here you go Shar...

8 things I did today...
1. Went to the office

2. Went to Target at straight up 8 am

3. Made macaroni and cheese for work luncheon before taking P to school

4. Finished Christmas Shopping

5. Attempted to do the dishes. Note the word Attempted

6. Sucked snot out of Carter's nose - AGAIN

7. Made Play-doh burgers and fries with P

8. Worked some more

8 of my favorite restaurants...
1. Patrizio's

2. Bob's

3. PF Changs

4. Outback

5. Anamia's

6. Blue Goose

7. Pizza Inn (random, I know)

8. In and Out Burger

8 shows I watch...
(let's be honest here)

1. Dora the Explorer

2. Sesame Street

3. Blue's Clues

4. The Backyardigans

5. Cars

6. Cinderella

7. One Tree Hill (on DVR)

8. The Biggest Loser (on DVR)

8 Things I wish for...
1. My Grandpa to feel better

2. For P and C to grow up strong

3. To be more organized - I mean, really

4. One whole uninterrupted night of sleep.

5. Summer - I hate being cold!

6. To go to SC to see my sister, bro in law and Maddox!

7. A trip to the beach

8. A stress free holiday

8 things I look forward to...
1. Christmas

2. New Year's

3. A trip to Tiff's

4. A trip to the new Yankee Stadium

5. All of Carter's teeth to be IN

6. Seeing my grandma open her Christmas present - I can't wait!

7. A whole night of uninterrupted sleep

8. Tomorrow!

I tag (8) people: Tiff, Ally, Laura, Paige, Mere, Orange, Noe, Blake

Merry Christmas!

Hurry Up update: Homecoming & Halloween

Well - I have no time to write as children are waking up from naps even as I type. So this hurry up update is going to be fast. October was busy busy - with P's 3rd birthday - and my 10 year college reunion and Halloween. We made the trip back to Abilene and saw so many friends. Homecoming was a busy busy weekend, but so much fun. P and C had a great time - and I think Michael did too... Here are some pics of it all - Cinderella, purple dinosaur, ACU, pumpkin patch and on and on....

The princess and the dinosaur


She was a trick or treating PROFESSIONAL. We did not miss one house in our neighborhood.

Our family at ACU's homecoming


Me and C at the Homecoming carnival...


Sweet Kojie friends - Rae, Julie, Jenise & Sarah


More friends, Julie (again), Jeni & Allison


P and I before the parade...

My sweet sweet friends Shara & Kimberly who came to support the festivities... (Shara had her 5 year reunion... I know! She's a baby!)

Carter was thrilled with Homecoming Chapel

P and C at the Pumpkin patch - yes, Presley has a black eye...

Imagine her yelling, "CHEESE!"

AWW, P at her First Pumpkin patch... 1 year

and at 2...

now this year... don't you love the pose.

Carter did love the pumpkin pot.

We did manage to make it to the patch for pics with some friends from Church. Hayden and P loved the hay maze.

All the kids (minus Carter) who was sleeping at home (yay).

P and Hayden driving the tractor.

OK - gotta run - children crying and must be fed. Have a great week.

P is 3!

I cannot believe my baby girl is 3 - or "tree" - if you ask her. I promised pictures of her birthday party - so here they come.... A little background... P loves to color - and when I asked her what she wanted to do for her birthday - she said, "color, paint, and play Blue's Clues in the backyard with a red Cinderella cake." So, we had all of her friends over and colored, painted, and played "P's Clues" in the backyard. She blew out candles on a red Cinderella cake (Thanks, Mom!) Yes, it was hilarious, yes, it was out of control, yes, they made a mess, yes, we all had a blast. Happy Birthday sweet girl - I love you so so much. You have been such a blessing to us and our family.


P's red Cinderella Cake that CeCe made for her...

P's Party Workers...

A little trip down memory lane.... P on Birthday #1...


Birthday #2

Birthday #3


Aunt Paige & Sweet Shelby, Aunt Shara & Mad Maddox.

P and her Posse

Cute Cousin Cooper

They decorated their own cupcakes...

Our little family...


Notice the pink paint in her hair - I spent a good 20 minutes scraping it off her scalp.

P and her precious friend Camille

These girls love their pink... both of them painted a pink pumpkin

Isn't this picture hilarious? They are lounging like they are 30 years old...

P had a 'black' cupcake

P, Hayden, Brooklyn and Emmie creating their masterpieces on the fence...

Pumpkin Painting

When the tongue sticks out - there is extreme concentration

I love this pic of Mason and Hayden jumping in the bounce house

Olivia - could she be cuter?

On her actual birthday - we went to Chuck E Cheese for some pizza. P LOVES Chucky. We wave at him everytime we go by on our way to church or school. She had a great day. Yay for 3! Hope you enjoyed the pics... have a great week.

Ok - A new post...

I know I say this every time - but life is just B U S Y. I love being back in a normal routine - it is much easier than the 'whatever' of summer. Presley loves school, her class and her friends. I also added ballet with her gymnastics and that my blog readers is hilarious. If you know my child at all, you know that grace is not her middle name - but she is learning and I love to watch it. Carter has found his voice - and talks a LOT. He thinks his sister is just the most hysterical thing he has ever seen and she loves him so much. She helps me feed him, bathe him, and will let him pull her hair and share her 'pinkie'. That is serious love, folks. We had her 3rd birthday party on Saturday, but that's a whole other post. Promise to do that on her birthday - I can't believe she is 3! ok - on to the pictures...have a great week!


Who knows what we were cooking - but of course it ends up all over her face....

A rare family photo - at my Dad's 60th birthday...

FAVORITE UNCLE GARRETT! This was at P's birthday - more about that later. Uncle Garrett and his namesake (Carter Garrett) sporting the burnt orange after a fantastic LONGHORN VICTORY over the Sooners...
Hook Em!


Do you remember when nothing at all was this hilarious? I love that they think each other are the funniest thing in the world...



Love these kids!



Who would have thought the whiney, colicky, reflux baby would turn out to be this happy boy?



Hello friend!



Presley, Noah, Emmie and Maddox - one last splash of summer...

Hello Fall!