The Gallagher Gang

precious maggie

2009-05-20T09:49:00.005-05:00

Our mag's has glasses!! So cute! she looks so grown up!

what do ya'll think?

"not me!" monday

2009-05-11T17:09:00.004-05:00

no, not me! i did NOT pretend i was going to leave billy in the front yard when he refused to get into the truck to take maggie to school. i did NOT strap maggie in and continued to tell him to get in or i was leaving him and i did NOT, when he ignored me, plop myself in the front seat and close the door and start the truck! and i really did NOT laugh when he started running and screaming toward the truck like i was going to leave him forever. nope, not me!

today when i picked maggie up from school i needed to go run an errand for their dad so i decided since it was so hot, to treat the kids to a nice refreshing drink (sonic happy hour, 1/2 price drinks after 2:00, which was NOT by the way, dr. pepper and NOT some fries. i would never let my children drink a coke or have anything fried! it is so hot here and humid! at least 90 degrees. they were so excited! right after i picked up the bolts for their dad, maggie informed me that she need to go to the bathroom. i must start off by saying my kids are "bare feet" kids. the first thing they do when they get home is take off their shoes. needless to say as soon as mag's was in the car, off came her shoes and socks. billy followed suit. we are about 20 min from home and maggie said she needed to go the the restroom. i asked if she could hold it. she said nope. it is so hard to take billy in to a public bathroom and remember neither of them had their shoes on. so i did NOT ask maggie if it would be alright if i pulled over into a neighborhood and she could put on one of billy's diapers and "relieve" herself because that would be silly right? then i most certainly did NOT spend the next 5 minutes trying to talk her into it!

by the way, her answer was NO!

remember to go check out the other "not me!" monday posts at my charming kids!

'FABULOUS K' blog makeover giveaway!

2009-05-07T15:32:00.005-05:00

hi everyone! i just wanted to let you know that FABULOUS K is offering a blog makeover! she is the is the one who designed my blog and i think she is fabulous! the giveaway is open until monday so go on over and check her out! she has 2 blogs. one is her personal blog, fabulous k and the other one is her design blog, fabulous k creative. be ready to be sucked into her fabulous~ness!!

even if you don't win and still want to gussy up your blog, she is the one to do it! she is so good at what she does and her prices are very reasonable.

"not me!" monday

2009-05-05T15:22:00.006-05:00

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.

so, here i go! a day late but as always, better late than never!

last week i did NOT lay down and take a nap with billy while maggie was at school and set my alarm clock for am instead of pm and was late picking her up!

nope, not me!

i most certainly did NOT let my kids have ice cream with their dinner!

nope, not i!

i did NOT get frustrated with maggie as i , yes i, opened a door of the church right into her foot! luckily a sweet friend was there to offer a band-aid. did i think of that? nope, not me! yeah, great mom moment for me!

been awhile and a giveaway!

2009-05-01T18:21:00.002-05:00

hi my long lost blog friends. i know it has been awhile since my last post. it's been kinda crazy around here. i am going to be posting some pic's to try to get ya'll caught up on what a have been up to the past month or so. wait a minute now, don't get too excited, it's nothing spectacular or anything. just life i guess. well, life with two young kids!

on to the GIVEAWAY!!

a dear friend of mine amy, in celebration of her 100th post is offering a giveaway over at her blog. the giveaway is for a year subscription for family fun magazine. yes, i said a YEAR! she really raves about this magazine and i have even seen some of the crafts that she and her kiddos have done and they are very cute so go over and check her out and enter to win!

project 365 ~ oops

2009-03-23T13:00:00.001-05:00

i forgot tuesday!!!!

tuesday, march 17th

billy had his first taste of dark chocolate and he loved it! well, as you can see.

project 365 ~ week 12

2009-03-23T12:24:00.004-05:00

sunday, march 15th

i know this is weird but i LOVE this plastic wrap. the reason why is that i HATE the wrap that doesn't stick to anything or even itself!! very frustrating. this plastic wrap has it's own cutter. so all you have to do is pull it about and then slide the cutter over and there you have it! love it!! i have been using it alot lately. since i am doing weight watchers i have been making these great little 'not so' ice cream sandwiches that are to die for. you get the low fat graham crackers, honey or chocolate. break the sheet in half. mix a couple of drops of peppermint/mint extract in a reg. size tub of fat free cool whip. then you put 2 tbs of cool whip mixture on 1 half of the cracker. then put the other half of the cracker on the top. ok, this is where the plastic wrap comes into play. wrap it sip safe, because it is the best, plastic wrap and freeze. one tub makes about 15-16 sandwiches. and to top it all off, they are just 1 point a piece! yes, you read that right. just 1 point!!

monday, march 16th

maggie took this picture of her paw paw. they come over and had dinner with us. we grilled hot dogs and they were wonderful! there is nothing like a grilled dog!

wendsday, march 18th

when i went in to get maggie dressed for bed this is what i found on her wall. when i asked her what it was and how it got there this is what she told me.

me ~ maggie, what is this on your wall?

maggie ~ i drew on it.

me ~ yes, i can see that but why? you know you are not allowed to draw on anything but paper,
right?

maggie ~ yes but i was playing doctor and i wanted to see how tall i was. see... ( she then walked
over and pit her back up to the wall and her hand on top of her head to mark how tall
she was ) though she made herself about 2 inches taller than she really is.

thanks to whoever invented washable markers and mr clean magic erasers!!

thursday, march 19th

billy found my box of 'stuff' that i have always kept on the back of the toilet since the day he was born. he decided to help himself this morning. i had a good laugh...

friday, march 20th

my family loves asparagus! as you can see from this picture. i have to cook 2 bunches at one time to feed all of us! i put them in to a pan and drizzle a little olive oil on them. then i sprinkle sea salt on them and put them into a 400 degree oven for about 15 mins. they are scrumptious! and very weight watcher friendly!

saturday, march 21 st

my sister came and stayed with us this past weekend and we love to play scrabble. we played every night and had a blast.

project 365 ~ week 11

2009-03-18T14:12:00.005-05:00

better late than never! that is my new motto, when it comes to project 365....

sunday, march 8th

billy eating a popsicle after dinner.

monday, march 10th

meet our newest addition to our family. this is lucy lou lou. maggie was so happy that she got to name her. isn't she cute?

tuesday, march 11th

every tuesday we get together with some other moms friends of mine. we usually go to the park or mcdonald's to let the kids play. they love it and so do we! maggie was having fun on the rocking horse.

wednesday, march 12th

it rained at my house!!! yeah! i don't think i t has rained at my house in 8 months! woo hoo! little did i know at this time that it would rain for 4 days! praise the Lord! we got almost 3 inches.

thursday, march 13th

this is my new best friend. for about 3 wks mow i have been on a diet and i must say i am doing really well. so i thought i would show you my scale. i weigh myself every morning. as of today, i have lost 7.4 lbs. keep praying for me!

friday, march 13th

this is a salad i made to have with our dinner. i am getting used to eating LOTS of salads. i try to have one with every meal. not only is it good for you, it is a great filler! so, here's to salads!

saturday, march 14th

today i helped throw a baby shower for my friend amber. she is having a little boy in april. this is the table at her shower with all the goodies on it. isn't the cake precious?

project 365 ~ week 10

2009-03-09T12:36:00.005-05:00

i didn't do too well in my picture taking this week. i missed two days.... oops!!

sunday, march 1st

maggie is the "star of the week" this week at school. this is the poster she made that will be hanging in her class. she was so excited. i can't wait till she comes home today so she can tell me how she did on her presentation.

monday, march 2nd

this is billy when i had to wake him up from his nap to go and pick up maggie from school. he must of had his head pressed up against the crib slats. it was red for about 20 mins. poor thing, he was not happy with me taking his picture.

tuesday, march 3rd

well i sure looks like spring around my house. sorry for the blurriness of this picture. i don't have a really good camera for close ups or i don't know how to get close ups on my camera. this is our tree in the front yard and it is in full bloom and is just beautiful!

wednesday, march 4th

billy very busy "working" on this tricycle...

thursday, march 5th

NO PICTURE!!

friday, march 6th

this is very funny to us! billy will NOT let us brush his teeth! he hates it. so i literally i have to sit on him, just like he is sitting on maggie, so i can brush his teeth. this day he thought he was going to brush her teeth. i guess this is what he thinks everyone does when they get their teeth brushed.

saturday, march 6th

no picture!!!

me via flickr

2009-03-03T19:06:00.007-06:00

I found this on a blog that i have been reading lately, polka dots & pansies.
what a neat idea so i thought i would try it.
very cool!!

Here's how it works....

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search

b. Using only the first page, pick an image.

c. Select the size of boxes as 3 by 4. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker

here is mine ~

1. Corpus Christi Bay, 2. Best French Fries Ever, 3. The Round Rock, 4. green sea of chairs, 5. Patrick Dempsey in Dolce e Cabbana, 6. sweet tea , 7. KELLS PRIORY. KILKENNY, IRELAND., 8. key Lime Pie Cuppie, 9. { She's Happy ,,, 10. Snowmen family in TX, 11. Loyal, 12. Allens Boots Austin Texas Cowboy Boots

Use these questions in each URL box!!!
1. What is your first name? christi
2. What is your favorite food? french fries.
3. What high school did you go to? round rock
4. What is your favorite color? green
5. Who is your celebrity crush? patrick dempsey
6. Favorite drink? sweet tea
7. Dream vacation? ireland
8. Favorite dessert? key lime pie
9. What you want to be when you grow up? happy
10. What do you love most in life? family
11. One Word to describe you. loyal
12. Where do you live? texas

How cool is that!!!

if you try it let me know. i would love to come see what the mosaic of you looks like!!

have fun!

cute favors

2009-03-03T13:56:00.002-06:00

my friend wendy and i are hosting a baby shower in a couple of weeks and we wanted to do favors to hand out as the guests leave the shower. so here they are!! they turned out SO CUTE!!

we bought scrapbook paper and punched out different sized circles and layered them and added these precious animal stickers. we then hot glued the circles to a peppermint patty, one with the sticker on the front and a plain one on the back.

don't they look so cute all piled up in the crystal bowl?

great for a new little boy!

congratulations amber!

project 365 ~ week 9

2009-03-02T14:49:00.005-06:00

sunday, feb 22nd

bath time!! who doesn't love a great bath picture and this one is perfect!! love those smiles. this is a rare occasion in my house. no, not baths. both of them in the same bath tub at the same time! usually joe and i bathe both of them at the same time in different tubs because as you can see if you look closely to the picture, see..... right there... the waves..... it makes for a really BIG mess. i know, i'm mean but i do not like sopping up water after their baths. so, once a week or more like once every two weeks, they get to bathe together and they LOVE it!

monday, feb 23rd

sorry about this picture. not sure what happened but as you can tell it is very dark. we went to eat at the new dickeys bbq in cedar park. they give you free ice cream that you can enjoy after dinner. this is little bill enjoying his.

tuesday, feb 24th

this was a great day! the weather was perfect. as you can see both kids are in shorts. we LOVE warm weather and we are all tired of the cold. the kids were outside in the back yard playing with the sidewalk chalk on the picnic table. they had a blast little did we know though, that in just 2 short days it would be FREEZING again!!

wensday, feb 25th

i love picking up maggie from school each day. as soon as we get home i check her folder to see what she has done for the day/week. last week X was their letter of the week and this is what i found in her take home folder. is this no the cutest idea ever!!!! gotta love those teachers!! thanks ms kendall and ms mary.

thursday, feb 26th

there are those smile again! maggie is giving billy a piggy back ride as best as she can. they did this forever and laughed the whole time!

friday, feb 27th

billy has started telling me that he needs to "poop". now ask me if he goes when we put him on the potty? nope!!! then 20 mins later he leaves us a little surprise in his diaper. so i am thinking that he is kinda getting the concept. so we went and bought him his own little potty. he walked around forever saying "poop, poop, poop".

saturday, feb 28th

these are billys favorite shoes. they are called polliwalks. i actually won these in a giveaway and billy has fell in love with them. they are alligators!!!! go check them out! very cute shoes.

http://www.polliwalks.com/

if i only had a brain

2009-02-23T18:05:00.003-06:00

it seems that lately i don't have a brain. i have a hard time keeping a train of thought. remembering things, what else.... see what i mean. this week i have NO pictures to post. well, i will say for right now i do not have any pictures to post. it seems that i forgot to put my little card back in my camera after last weeks photos so the pictures that i took this week are not stored on it but are stored inside my camera. and of course i can't find that wire/cable thingie to hook my camera up to my computer. so if i find it i will post my pictures.

man.... i had some good ones this week!

project 365 ~ week 7

2009-02-16T12:54:00.003-06:00

ok. i am going to be truthful here. i did not do very well with my picture taking this past week. i really don't even have a good excuse...... i will do better next week. promise!! so with all that said, here are my 3 pictures that i did take.....

sunday, feb 8th

this is what i made for maggie's teachers, ms. kendall and ms. mary. cute huh? they are hand sanitizers that i took the label off of and that put valentine stickers one. i also tied pretty ribbon around the neck of the bottle to give it an extra touch. the smaller bottles were for nanny and bammaw. i wish i could take the credit for this idea but i can't i found it on another blog, she was giving a tutorial on how to make these and i fell in LOVE with them. love them!

monday, feb. 9th

this is mag's and her daddy right before they left for the 'desserts with dad' that the do every year at her preschool. they do a craft and then eat ice cream. she loved having a 'date' with dad.

tuesday, feb 10th

maggie and i went to see the dentist, dr. burnett. this is so special to me because this is where i used to work up until the day my water broke with maggie! this was her first teeth cleaning experience and she did great. this is my dear friend nodgie who is cleaning her teeth. thanks nodgie for being so great with her. after she had her teeth cleaned, she had some 'toothbugs' in one of her teeth that dr. burnett took care of and she did wonderful with that also!! thanks dr. b!! your the best!!!

project 365 ~ week 6

2009-02-09T15:10:00.005-06:00

sunday feb, 1st

last saturday my family had a birthday party for me and my mom gave me this gardenia plant! i love gardenias! i just noticed it has a bloom. yea! i will share when it decides to open and share it's beauty!

monday, feb 2nd

maggie loves fancy nancy! for those of you with little girls, these books are so cute. you must check them out! this is her dressing up as fancy nancy and holding one of her books!! i think she did a pretty good job. don't you?

tuesday, feb 3rd

on tuesdays we try and always meet up with some friends at one of the local parks when the weather is nice. it has been cold lately so we have been meeting at mc d's but this past tues it was real nice, a little windy but for the most part warm. so the kids had a blast running around and letting go of some winter energy. here is billy swinging. he love to swing.

wednesday, feb 4th

look what i won!! can you believe it? woo hoo for me! there are some blogs that i read on a daily basis that do giveaways and i must say i am addicted!! if you check out under fun sites to the left, they have some fun and great giveaways. this is actually the third thing that i have one. be careful though, it really is addictive, especially when they have one of there 'giveaway carnivals'.

on to amazing grace. i put some lotion on and asked joe what he though and this is what he said to me. not sure how to take it.

me: babe, smell the new lotion i just got.
joe: smells good.
me: you like it? ( i always want to smell good for my man )
joe: yea. it reminds me of fishing at the coast.
me: (thinking to myself ) are you kidding me? fishing??
joe: yes, you know like fishing, with shrimp in the salty air...
me: it smells like raw shrimp??
joe: yes, like shrimp and fishing, at the coast. repeating it like i didn't understand the first time. now not knowing what to say and trying to explain what he means says, no, not like raw fish or anything just fishing at he coast.
me: ok well i won't wear it anymore because i don't want to smell like i've been fishing.
joe: no, thats not what i am saying

me: it sounds like you are saying i smell like fish or shrimp or whatever... now i'm laughing at this point

after about 10 more mins of him trying to figure out how to explain what he was meaning and me trying to figure out what he was trying to say this is what i came up with. it reminds him of the warm, salty evening air at the beach, minus all the raw fish smells.... needless to say i don't know if i will be able to wear this without thinking of raw shrimp... not even sure it will ever be worn again..... gotta love him!

thursday, feb 5th

here is the bloom! beautiful. i wonder what God was thinking of when me made gardenias.

friday, feb 6th

i was in my room and i heard a crash and when i walked into the living room this is what i found. billy has now learned to open the fridge and he found the eggs.

saturday, feb 7th

this is my grandmother. we call her nanno. we had family in town this weekend and we meet in austin to eat dinner. her birthday was on wed so my cousin gretchen secretly told our waiter that we were celebrating her 100th birthday, she really is only 89. this was her reaction to him announcing to the restaurant that she was 100! great picture nanno!! i haven't laughed that hard in a long time.

one proud mamma

2009-02-04T21:15:00.004-06:00

we had a rough night last night. maggie woke up around 3.00 am saying that she was scared and that her ear was hurting her. i loved on her and sent her back to her room still half asleep. she got up a couple more times still complaining about her ear but finally went back to sleep around the time joe was leaving for work. when we got up around 8.00 her ear was still hurting so i made an apt with her dr.

fast forward and hour or so....

i was doing the laundry and maggie came into the laundry room and told me that last night when i put her back in bed after she had woken up, she told me that she prayed to God to help her not to be afraid and to make her ear stop hurting. then she said, i wonder why he didn't make my ear better? in this moment i was so proud of her! she had leaned on God with out me telling her to. she did it on her own! then i had to tell her that sometimes God doesn't make things better all the time so that He can help the doctors help us so they themselves can learn more about how to help people who are sick. that seemed to be a good enough answer..... for the moment.

project 365 ~ week 5

2009-02-01T21:52:00.010-06:00

sunday, feb. 1st

i am posting sunday first this week because i uploaded them in the wrong order and it is way too late to redo it all over again. also, sunday has 2 pictures.

this is what maggie and i saw as we drove up to our driveway on the way home from church. yes, that is right! that is a car in my front yard! our neighbor was backing out of her driveway and her brakes went out! can you believe it? wait till you see the next picture... those are our neighbors in the picture talking with maggie.

i know! crazy huh? it was a blessing that no one was hurt and that none of us were in the yard at the time! the impact did push the tail end of the truck about 4 inches!

monday, jan. 25th

on monday at maggie's school they had their annual winter carnival. they were allowed to wear hats, scarfs and mittens or gloves and the whole day was a day of winter fun! they made paper snow globes, ate snowcones, had snowball fights with socks, listened to winter stories, and played with real 'fake' snow!she had a blast and i must say she look super cute in her winter get~up!

tuesday, jan. 27th

billy wanted to go play outside but he really isn't fond of the cold weather. so here he is dressed in his coat, beanie and of course his BIG smile!

wendsday, jan. 28th

on tues night we had a front blow through that took our temps to below freezing so when we got up on wed morning we had some icicles! we don't get those here very often so maggie was so excited. her school actually started 2 1/2 hrs later due to the ice!

thursday, jan. 29th

billy has started to help himself in the pantry whenever he feels like it. which is all the time! i am telling you he can eat all day!! so i had to tie a ribbon around the knobs so he couldn't open them and let me tell you he was mad! this is how he normally opens the doors. he pulls himself up and shakes real hard and they come right open. not with the ribbon though and he does not like this. so, until he listens to the word NO the ribbon is staying up!

friday, jan. 30th

joe closed in 1/2 of the garage when billy was born and we have made it into the office/craft room. this is where the computer is. for the past couple of days i have heard this weird noise. well, i figured out what it was. we have a little friend. and if you look closely, he has stolen one of my peppermints that i have on the desk next to the computer. as of yesterday he has ran off with the rest of it!

saturday, jan. 31st

our church had disciple now this weekend and during this time the youth ages 9th ~ 12th grades do mission work in the community on saturday. the 9th grade boys came out to my grandmothers and replaced all of the screens in her screened in porch. they also painted the 2 front porches and weeded and mulched her flowerbeds. we were so blessed by them! i know the Lord moved this weekend in our community!

project 365 ~ jan 19-25

2009-01-25T19:59:00.008-06:00

monday, jan 19th

this is billy on monday morning while maggie was at school. i was able to grab a picture of him while he was not looking. he was riding maggie's old tricycle while wearing his very first hard hat that paw paw gave him. it is hard to see in this picture, but paw paw did something extra special for billy. he put a gallagher steel fabrication sticker on it so he could be just like the guys at work!

tuesday, jan 20th

i don't know what is going on around here but it has been windy! not just windy but like crazy windy. this is the windchime that i received for mothers day about 3 years ago. i love them! it is kinda hard to tell in this picture but they are huge and they have the prettiest "chime" to them. it is so low and deep and i love them! ( lauren i giggle thinking of you as i write this) anyway, i had to tie them up right after i took this picture because i didn't want the neighbors to come over and ring my neck.

wensday, jan 21st

ok, i am going to be honest here. i missed a day. so this picture was taken by a friend on mine, karen, who also is taking part in project 365. she, or now that i think about it, it might have been her husband, took this picture of maggie and billy at their grandson adler's 1st birthday party last week. i just thought is was a great picture of maggie.

thursday, jan 22nd

billy enjoying an old paper he got his hands on. too cute i must say!

friday, jan 23rd

this is the new wall hanging in my living room above our couch. it is from uppercase living. http://uppercaseliving.com/ this stuff is so neat! are you ready for this? it is stickers that you place on walls, boards ( like i did ) or any other thing that you can think of! so COOL! the great thing about these stickers is that if you get tired of something, lets say that you put something directly on the wall, it peels right off. just like that! they have tons of scriptures, quotes and other cute stuff that you can put anywhere. if you haven't heard of this you really need to go check them out!

saturday, jan 24th

of of my dear friends gave me this amish friendship bread starter. have you heard of these? this one is a sweet bread and what you do is basically just mush the bag around for a couple of days and then feed it and mush it around some more. on the 10th day you can use this along with other ingredients and make bread. the really cool thing is that there is some of the starter that you save and pace it around to your friends along with the recipe. i guess that is where the friendship part comes in. i made my bread on sat while i was at my grandmothers house and she fell in love with it so i couldn't just take the bread when i left! so i left her both the loaves and i will make myself some, i guess in 9 more days.

sunday, jan 25th

this is a balloon that has been floating in my house since billy's birthday, which was jan 2nd. yes folks, that is my ceiling and no, that isn't the peace sign. it saying i'm 2!!

monogramchick giveaway!

2009-01-24T22:50:00.003-06:00

i think these are the cutest travel mugs and over at the monogram chick they are giving one away! head on over to http://monogramchick.blogspot.com/ and check out all of their cute stuff and while you are there you can enter to win their newest travel mug! the aqua polka preppy! make sure to tell them that christi from the gallagher gang sent you! good luck ladies!

project 365 ~ jan.15-18

2009-01-18T20:19:00.004-06:00

ok, i thought i would be really good and post a picture a day. who was i kidding? so i am going with the weekly post of pictures. yes, that's more my pace.

thursday, jan. 15th

the ladies group at our church just started its bible study on thursday mornings and i am so excited! it is beth moore study esther ~ its tough being a woman.

friday, jan. 16th

this is my sweet billy brushing his teeth, which he loves to do. when i took him to the doctor for his 2 yr check up she said that i needed to get him to the dentist ASAP because of him sucking his thumb and it is messing up his teeth. are you kidding me? look at that smile! i will worry about his thumb sucking when he is a little older. he is just 2....

saturday, jan. 17th

happy birthday adler! my dear friends sweet baby boy, adler turned one and we went to his first birthday party. we had such a great time and he was just adorable! his party was a safari theme and these are little hand puppets that she made and handed out with a cute goodie bag to all the little ones! too cute!

sunday, jan. 18

this is maggie standing at her easel that she got from her paw paw and bammaw for christmas. she loves it and spend hours in there coloring, drawing and her favorite, drawing with the chalk!
note her shoes.....some of mommy's old shoes that she loves to wear around the house

day 14

2009-01-14T17:09:00.002-06:00

ok ~ here goes project 364!

minus the first 13 days of jan.

like i said before, better late than never!

i have heard so much about this book. i haven't started it yet. i would love to hear from ya'll if ya'll have read it and to hear what ya'll think. so far i have only heard great things!

catching up

2009-01-14T12:16:00.005-06:00

here are some pictures that i have taken but havent posted because of the "computer crash". hope you all enjoy!

this first one is of a nativity set that my mom gave me for christmas year or so ago. i love it and the reason i love it so much is that it is made of wood so maggie and billy can play with it and i don't have to worry about it getting broken. and of course it is just so cute! the best part of it is watching the kids play with it, well actually watching maggie play with it. billy is still at the "lets throw everything" stage and i really wasn't comfortable with him throwing baby Jesus around my living room, breakable or not.

one morning i noticed this is how maggie set up the nativity. it gave me a good laugh.

this was another time i noticed that she had changed it up. by far my favorite. and for those of you who know my hubby joe and his one liners.... can you guess what he said when i showed him this???

" i wonder why they turned their back on baby Jesus "
gotta love those one liners. he was proud of himself!

this one is of maggie and her great great grandmother, aka ~ great mom mom, and her great grandmother, aka ~ mom mom, at billys birthday party. great mom mom will be 101 in feb!

this is maggie at her christmas program at school. she was so happy that she got to be a cow in the nativity!

isn't she precious? that's my maggie moo!! we had fun with that one!

and this is my birthday boy! he turned 2 on jan. 2nd!

this was at his party. he is sitting in his tonka truck that my brother joey and his wife tiffany got him. he loves it! thanks guys!

he loved his balloons. he had them for a whole week!!

hello out there!

2009-01-13T16:30:00.002-06:00

hello old friends! i know it has been a while since my last post, over a month ago!! it has been a crazy month here for us between the holidays and my grandmothers husband being sick and in and out of the nursing home and then passing away a week ago, a memorial service, the computer crashing and it taking about 3 days to get it running again with great help from a dell representative, thanks olen! anyway, the computer is up and running again but i haven't re~installed my Kodak software. i hope i can find that little disk!! i have such great pictures to share from christmas and billys birthday. he turned 2 on january 2nd. i can't believe it. he is getting to be such a big little boy!

also, i have noticed some of my blogger friends are participating in project 365. have you heard of it? it is where you take one photo each day and post it on your blog. it really sounds like fun and i really want to do it. so, i now must find my cd so i can start what, 2 wks late? you think that ok? i say better late than never!

let me know if you join me in this venture! i would love to look at your photos also!

christmas

2008-12-08T15:53:00.009-06:00

well, our christmas tree is up! i put it up on tuesday and told maggie that we were not doing to decorate it at that time because i want billy to get used to it first, and you know billy, he can keep his hands off anything!!! so i told her we would decorate it wednesday. she was so excited! so wednesday shows up and i feel horrible, my throat is killing me, my head is pounding and did i say my throat was killing me?? i really didn't feel like decorating it plus it would give billy a few more times to grasp the concept of no! anyway thursday night we decorated it and the kids had a blast!
oh, and joe was in charge of taking the pictures while i was helping the kids and these are the only two pictures he took! guys......

and just in case you were wondering billy has done real well with the tree. the only time he messes with it is when little miss maggie is messing with it.

kandy kisses boutique

2008-11-24T13:44:00.004-06:00

i just recently came across a great website, kandy kisses boutique! laurie, the lady behind kandy kisses boutique is a very talented seamstress! she makes the cutest little girl clothes! she uses all different types of fabrics in all different patterns, textures and colors that make each item she makes a truly one of a kind piece.

when i was there today checking out her site i noticed she is having a HUGE giveaway! starting november 28 th, black friday, she is doing a free giveaway an hour, every hour, starting at 7.00 am! go to her website http://kandykissesboutique.typepad.com/ and check out all of the amazing stuff she is giving away and you might just want to go ahead and start christmas shopping while you are there for one of the little ones on your christmas list!

follow me to a blog giveaway!

2008-11-10T16:16:00.002-06:00

i found this wonderful blog called our front porch. http://thescottfamily5.blogspot.com/. she makes beautiful jewelry! when i was there today i found out that in honor of her 100th post she is giving away $100 in free hand stamped jewelry from her etsy shop.( www.ellinoelledesigns.etsy.com )
wow! i know! her stuff is beautiful. so i thought i would share it with all of my friends. go check out her blog and follow the directions and try to win and even if you don't win...... you could get a head start on your christmas lists!!!

fall festival

2008-11-03T21:51:00.003-06:00

our church has a fall festival on halloween night so we decided we would take the kids up there. this is the 2nd year they have had one and we always have a good time.

maggie didn't dress up this year, which i am kinda happy about because none of the costumes i looked at were under $30. are you kidding me? for a costume? anyway, one day i went to wallmart, by myself thanks to my hubby. i was looking for a shirt for billy to wear because i knew he wouldn't keep any type of costume on. he won't even keep a baseball cap on and i love little boys in baseball caps. back to the story, so i found him a pumpkin shirt that would be perfect and i knew if i brought him home a halloween shirt and not one for maggie she would be upset so i looked around through all of the scary shirts ( i don't do scary halloween ) and i found this cute shirt with matching pants. for 4.88 each. you can't beat that. ( i don't think you can see what it says in the picture. it says, happy boo to you! ) perfect she would love it! so when i got home and i gave it to her, she was so excited and she tried it on right away and said "this is just too cute not to wear for halloween! mom, this is what i want to wear for the fall festival. can i?" $10 vs $30, you bet you can!

next year i am going to try, since billy will be older and more cooperative, making them one to wear. i will be able do do something that is so much better that the ones you buy in the store. so, you know what that means, nanny and bam-maw.......

here are a couple of pictures i took of the kids.

mag's and billy in their so called halloween "get-up"

the kids with their pumpkins and already eating candy.

and this is my sweet ole mag's. out of all the fun things she could choose to do at the fall festival, this is where she endedup, at the coloring table. she is my "squarly" one. i really think all the costumes bothered her. her was real clingy and didn't want to pay a single game. not even to get candy! so, she colored and hade fun doing it and i guess that is all that matters. oh, i did talk her into walking the cake walk with me, which she won! i am really happy about that because since she didn't play any games she didn't get any candy. so at least she didn't go home empty handed.

pumpkin patch

2008-10-15T21:10:00.003-05:00

i have taken maggie and billy to 2 different pumpkin patches this year. nothing says fall like pumpkins! i took tons of pictures. here are some of my favorites. oh, my mom and i will be taking the kids to one more this saturday. so more pumpkins pictures to come....

i've been tagged

2008-10-15T19:40:00.003-05:00

my friend amy tagged me and i have to post the 6th picture from the 6th file in my photos. so here it is....

this pictures is of maggie and we were at a blockhouse creek park in cedar park. we were trying to get pictures for something, i can't remember what for though. i am thinking she is about the age billy is now.

so i tag lauren and april. i can't wait to see y'alls pictures!

too close for comfort

2008-10-10T23:05:00.005-05:00

you know when you hear sirens and you say a quick prayer thanking the Lord that you and your family is safe? normally the sirens fade in the distance and you go back to what you were doing. right? well, not this time. the sirens kept coming and coming and where getting louder and louder. we opened the front door, no we weren't being nosey, we were going out to eat chinese food for dinner ( joe was craving it and who am i to argue, no cooking? that's fine with me, chinese it is ) and we noticed that the sirens were a lot closer than we thought! then we noticed the smell in the air. something was burning! our house backs up to an elementary school and to the right of the school is a field that follows the length of our subdivision. our street is the last street in the subdivision and that field, it was on FIRE! the fire was about 8 houses away from ours! so of course i had to snap some pictures!

i am standing in my driveway looking at the firetruck spraying water from atop the ladder.

here is one a little closer. i don't know if you have noticed that you don't see any of the kids in these. maggie was so scared that she wouldn't even walk past the cars parked in the driveway. and billy? well we were having to hold him back from running down the street toward the fire and the firetrucks! he loved all the action and wanted to be apart of it. mag's, she could do without it!

the tin roof you see in the distance is the school which is right behind our house. like i said, a little too close for comfort! thank you Lord for your protection.

bikes, trikes and road kill

2008-09-28T20:55:00.006-05:00

tonight we thought we would take mag's and billy out side to ride their bikes. this is the first time we have let billy ride his trike out in the front with maggie. well, his trike is actually maggie's old tricycle from when she was his age. he loves it, even though it is pick and purple. i guess we know what he will be getting from santa this year. anyway, mag's was doing her usual, she keeps to the rules of her riding. she is allowed to ride on the sidewalk only and she can go back and forth between the two neighbors on either side of us. she loves to go as fast as she can and then turn real fast around in their driveways. she was making her way in front of our house when all of a sudden one of her training wheels flew off and of course she flew off the bike along with it. no tears though. so her daddy and i talked her into taking the training wheels off her bike to she if she could try to ride without them.

we spent a good hour with her and she wasn't seeming to catch on.billy would just follow right along with her.

oh, he also loved wearing her princess helmet.

so on maggie's last of many falls she was sitting there on the ground with her bike wrapped around her legs, almost defeated, i saw joe's eyes get so big and he nodded his head toward maggie. as i looked down i saw what he was looking at. maggie was still sitting on the ground with her arms propping her up and under her right hand was a dead, smashed flat as a pancake, frog!! yes, you don't need to reread that, i said FROG!!! we both started laughing and mag's was just looking at us. not even moving. then joe told her to look under her hand. she did and then throw the bike off of her and started to scream, disgusting!! gross!! i have not seen that girl move that fast ever!! next thing we know, here comes billy on his trike to see what was going on. he walked up to the frog and bent over to get a closer look and i mean without hesitation, he picked up that frog and put it under his seat of his bike on rode off!! i don't think i have laughed so hard in a long time!

here's the proof!!

gotta love those boys!!!

crazy life

2008-09-22T22:19:00.010-05:00

life really has felt crazy this past week or so. i am not sure if anything is different or not, just seems a little crazier than normal.

maggie's school year is off to a great start. she really like her teacher and new friends in her class. i love the conversations that we have on our way home from school. she tells me about her day, trying not to forget anything. she really likes school.

this week has been better for billy. not as clingy as last week. i really think he was missing maggie terribly last week! today he went out in the back by himself and played which last week he wouldn't do because his sister wasn't there. so sweet!

we also had family and friends in from ike. my cousin, gretchen and her four kids stayed at my grandmothers for 1 week. they finally got their electricity back on saturday morning. maggie and billy loved having them here, new playmates!! we will miss them but i am glad that they were able to get back home. they didn't have any substantial damage to there home, praise God, but the kids school did, so they said that it would be a month or so till the kids would start back up.

here are a couple of new pictures i have taken of the kids in the past week or so. i hope y'all

enjoy!

maggie and billy paying ( I'm not sure what ) in the back yard.

note - billy has on an inflatable swim vest.....

my mag's

billy eating his first corn on the cob! no, not his first taste of corn, just actually on the cob!

he loved it! i would try and turn the cob around so he could eat more and he would get mad a me thinking i was going to take it away from him.

new friends

2008-09-09T22:44:00.004-05:00

mag's first day of preschool kicked off on monday. she woke up in a good mood but very nervous. she said she was too nervous to eat breakfast and have her morning ritual, strawberry milk.

when we got to school, she gave me a big hug and kiss and with no crying she walked right in. i was so proud of her. she was so brave!

when i picked her up she said she had a good day and that she liked her teachers, ms. kendall and ms. mary. it's like pulling teeth sometimes to get out of her what she did at school and today was no exception. so i decided to ask her what her most favorite part of the day was and she told me it was making new friends!

my sweet little girl is growing up.

this is what maggie made at school. hand prints, of her and anika, one of her new friends.

ladybug pillow

2008-09-07T18:46:00.005-05:00

maggie has a new special pillow her nanny made her to take to her school for rest time. maggie picked out the fabric all by herself. if you can't tell from the picture, it is little ladybugs and hearts. she is so proud, if you can't tell! thanks mom for making this for her. she loves it!

maggie starts school tomorrow so i be posting pictures soon!

keeping a straight face

2008-09-07T17:18:00.002-05:00

i had to share this.

maggie and billy were in his room earlier today and they seemed to be playing well together. then i hear this SLAP! you know, one of those sounds you know exactly what it is when you hear it; a hand hitting a bare back. billy's bare back. ( try to say that 10 times real fast ). strangely enough i didn't hear any crying. not a moment later billy comes walking down the hall and i noticed, of course, a red hand print on his back. maggie is not 5 steps behind him, not knowing that i am on to her. i asked her if she slapped billy. she gave me that look that she gets when she is deciding if she should tell the truth or tell a fib. like she was thinking it over. she walked up to me and said " i didn't see anything". ok, i'm thinking to myself, what? maybe she didn't understand the question so i repeated myself. "maggie, did you slap your brother on the back. look, right here. there is a hand print on his back." she then proceeded to tell me, " i didn't see me so anything!" what? i said again to her. as serious as she could be she says, "mom, i didn't see my hand hit him on his back! really, i didn't!"

are you kidding me? where does she get these things. i then had the lie/fib vs telling the truth conversation and she fessed up to the crime and told me she was very sorry.

could you have kept a straight face? it's hard, really hard sometimes!

ok, could you have

wordless wednesday

2008-08-27T13:12:00.003-05:00

happy birthday mom mom

2008-08-25T23:18:00.002-05:00

this past friday night we went to a birthday party for maggie and billy's great grandmother and boy did we have fun! the kids are blessed to have 2 great~great grandmothers, 3 great grandmothers 2 grandmas and 1 step~grandma. so whenever we can get together to celebrate a birthday for one of them it is a special occasion.

this is mom mom ( joes grandma) maggie and her 2 dogs, bo and jangles.

happy birthday mom mom! we love you!

wordless wednesdays

2008-08-19T23:26:00.004-05:00

maggie's first sleepover!

2008-08-17T14:39:00.006-05:00

on friday, maggie went to her first sleepover at her friend makena's house. they asked her at the begining of the week if she wanted to come and spend the night and she said that she wasn't sure. she later told me that she was a little nervous. she said " what if i wake up in the middle of the night ?" i told her that if she did, makena and her mom would be there. she said, " i think i just want to go play over there with her. " i told her that that was fine she could spend the night when she was ready.

about two days later she had climbed in bed with me after her daddy had left for work and whispered to me, " mom, i think i am ready to spend the night at makena's ." i asked her if she wanted me to call and tell them and she said yes!

so, that brings us to these precious pictures. i know i am silly for taking these pictures but she was so excited and really, so was i. she has grown so much this past year. for the ones who know maggie, you know what i mean and for those of you who are not that familiar with her, she is very shy and it takes her awhile to warm up to people. so really, this is a huge thing for her. she is really coming out of her shell and trying and exploring new things and is not nearly afraid of the "not known things" like she used to be. God has answered prayers and we are so blessed by her.

enough of my rambling. here are the pictures i took!

makena and maggie

makena mom bought each of them a special sleepover surprise bag. in each of the bags it had a coloring book, construction paper, gel pens, markers, crayons, glitter fingernail polish, lip gloss, note pad and the cutest thing of all, matching pajama's!!! oh my gosh, they LOVED to matching pajama's!

maggie and makena with their matching hoot owl pj's

they had so much fun. thank you wendy for making this so special of them. they are the best of friends and i know maggie will remember this forever, so will i.

my blog makeover!

2008-08-14T14:14:00.005-05:00

i wanted to say a big THANK YOU to kelly, aka ~ fabulous k, for my new look! isn't it beautiful? fabulous k is very talented and she is just wonderful at all that she does. i love her blog. you should all go over and check it out. she talks about anything that has to do with design, fashion or as she says " anything fabulous " i just love it! also she has a sweet little dog named olive that is just precious that she posts pictures of and every so often. when she is feeling creative, she puts on a "fairy blog makeover" contest, where she picks random peoples names and gives them a blog makeover! how lucky was i? so i just wanted to share her with you all. go check out her blog and be inspired!

a father's love

2008-08-11T13:25:00.005-05:00

this story really touched my heart and i wanted to share it with all of you. after i read this and watched the video, the Lord spoke to my heart and asked me if this was how i would act if i stood in this fathers shoes. would i sit in self pity over my circumstances or would i ........ "do all things through Christ who strengthens me"

A son asked his father, 'Dad, will you take part in a marathon
with me?'. The father who, despite having a heart condition, says 'Yes'.
They went on to complete the marathon together. Father and son went on
to join other marathons, the father always saying 'Yes' to his
son's request of going through the race together. One day, the son asked his
father, 'Dad, let's join the Ironman together.' To which, his father
said 'Yes' too.

For those who don't know, Ironman is the toughest triathlon ever.
The race encompasses three endurance events of a 2.4 mile (3.86
kilometer) ocean swim, followed by a 112 mile (180.2 kilometer) bike
ride, and ending with a 26.2 mile (42.195 kilometer) marathon along the
coast of theBig Island . Father and son went on to complete the race
together. This is their race…

sleeping beauty

2008-08-10T22:26:00.000-05:00

happy birthday nanny!

2008-08-05T23:23:00.003-05:00

maggie helped make her very first birthday cake today for her grandmother. strawberry cake, with strawberry icing and strawberries on top. i know, that's a lot of strawberries but that's what maggie wanted to make for her nanny, so that's what we did. hope you like strawberries mom! she was so proud and couldn't wait to eat the left over strawberries with the leftover icing. she poured all the ingredients into the mixer and turned the mixer on. she then helped ice the cake but got distracted by the overwhelming temptation to eat the icing. who was i to say no. it was a special occasion, right? she took so much pride in laying the strawberries on the top of the cake so they made a circle along the edge of the cake. she also made nanny a birthday card and painted a rock for her to go on her desk at work, though she was afraid that if nanny took the rock to work someone might take it off her desk. don't know why she is worried about that.

nanny, we hope you day had a blessed day !

thanks for being a great mom and nanny, or as mag's would say nan!

got strawberry milk?

2008-08-04T16:12:00.001-05:00

billy loves him some strawberry milk to get his day going! so does maggie but she isn't nearly as messy!

captain dann

2008-08-04T00:11:00.004-05:00

my cousin told me of a friend of theirs in California that has head trauma very similar to joe's. he was in a car accident 1 year ago today. here is their website http://captaindann.com/ . please pray for this family. love you all!

Gods fingerprint

2008-07-28T23:48:00.007-05:00

this past weekend we drove to north east texas for the annual cox family reunion. this year we had it at dangerfield state park. wow! this place was just beautiful! you could see Gods fingerprints everywhere! pine trees! i wish you could have seen the pine trees. it was almost like they were reaching up to the sky, like they couldnt get high enough! they were so tall. they made a canopy over the roads throughout the park. breathtaking. being from central tx, you dont see trees like that here.wouldn't you know i forgot my camera. my mom had hers so i will get the pics from her and then post them soon.

here are some highlights from the weekend.

i saw a cousin and his wife and 3 kids from california that i havent seen in 11 yrs. great to see them and hear what is going on in their lives.

all other family that i havent seen since last years reunion.

played the card game skip-bo that i havent played in years.

watching everyone play football while the little kids cheered them on.

got to love on all my cousins kids. its so neat to see them all and to know that right now they are making the memories like the ones that i hold so close to my heart of being with my cousins.

going on a paddle boat ride to the middle of the lake with my mom and sister and wondering how and who was going to paddle us back. ( that hard work! )

watching maggie play with all her cousins and just loving every minute of it!

not so good highlights from the weekend

my sister loosing her glasses in the middle of the lake as she jumped off the platform

6 hr long car ride home but it was worth it.

100 degree heat (thank the Lord for the lake)

tim, my cousin jennifer husband, hurt his foot playing football. still waiting to hear what the doctor has said now that he is home.

maggie not feeling well for most of the weekend. she had some type of virus.

my cousin ric being sick and not being able to join us from tn. hope you are feeling better!

thank you Lord for my family and i also want to thank you for allowing us all to be there together in your beautiful creation. Lord i ask you to bless each and everyone of them!

our little trooper

2008-07-22T22:23:00.004-05:00

i walked into the living room this evening and i found maggie reading to her brother out of her new highlights high 5 magazine. how sweet! i think she was feeling a little sorry for him actually. i don't know if you can tell in the picture or not but take a close look at billy's chin. yes, we had our first er visit last night. one of many i suppose.

for those of you who don't know, a couple of months ago we pulled up all of our carpet in our house ( except for the bedrooms ) and had the concrete scored and stained. we love it! we figured that since billy walked at 9 1/2 months that he was well past the falling down all the time stage. well, by accident. we didn't figure he would do it for for fun. when billy tries something and if he gets a good laugh, you can hang it up, he will continue to do it until whoever is laughing at him is laughing so hard that they are either crying or we have to tell him to stop so he wont hurt himself. this kid has no fear! back to what happened. he and maggie were playing and he thought it would be fun to run and jump/slide on the floor on his knees. not a real good idea. he did it and maggie just laughed and that was the end of it. she laughed so he did it again. she laughed even harder and he jumped/slid once more but this time i'm not sure how it exactly happened but he fell forward and smacked his sweet chin on our nice hard cement floor. ouch!! luckily the er doctor was able to use "dermabond". as he was putting the "glue" on billys chin, he told us that it really was just superglue and that you can now but it in the store where you find the bandaids ( not that i suggest that you parents out there do this instead of taking your children to the er if they bust open their chin ) but we were glad that were able to do that instead of doing stitches. he said that would be really traumatic for a child his age strapping him down to give the injection and to stitch it up. billy did great and was a little trooper!

only instructions they gave us was to keep the area dry for 48 hours. how do you keep a drooling ( he is cutting 4 teeth as we speak ), dirty, everything he eats is all over his face, 19 month olds chin dry?

a little about me!

2008-07-14T19:15:00.003-05:00

I saw this on someone’s blog and I thought it might be fun ~ so if you play along let me know...

1.What is in the back of your car? Just an empty truck bed

2.What color is your toothbrush? Shimmery pink

3.Name one person who made you smile today. Billy ( pulling chester around by the tail )

4.What were you doing at 8:00 AM? Sleeping

5.What were you doing 45 minutes ago? Giving billy a bath ( we had spaghetti for dinner tonight)

6. What is your favorite candy? Pay day

7. What is the last thing your said aloud? I’ll be right back ~ to Billy

8. What is the best ice cream flavor? Toss up between coffee and buttered pecan

9. What is the last thing you had to drink? Homemade sweet tea

10. What are you wearing right now? Grey shorts and shirt

11. What is the last thing you ate? Spaghetti and salad

12. Have you bought any new clothes this week? no

13. When was the last time you ran? does running from one side of the room to get billy off of the back of my couch count?

14. What was the last sporting event you watched? Couldn't tell ya

15. Ever go camping? Used to. Growing up we would go to inks lake. We loved it!

16. Do you have a tan? Yes, one out of a tube. Gotta love banana boat self tanner!

17. Do you take vitamins daily? Yes – when I remember

18. Do you go to church? Yes – Central Baptist church in Round Rock TX

19. Do you like Chinese food more than pizza? Yes...

20. Do you drink your soda with a straw? at a restaurant, yes...a home, no

21. Are you someones best friend? I would hope so….

22. What are you doing tomorrow? Loving on my kids and maybe the library

23. Where is your dad? At home on Paris TX

24. Can you say the alphabet backwards? Um, no…

25. Do you have a maid service clean your home? No.

26. Do you have a favorite pair of shoes you wear all the time? My brown flip-flops that have just about had it. I cant seem to find a new pair that I like

27. What color is your car? Silver

28. How do you like your popcorn? lots of butter and salt

29. How did you get your worst scar? Birthing 2 kids!!!

30. Look to your left. What do you see? Joe’s old motorcycle helmet. Not sure why that’s there.

31. What color is your watch? I don’t wear a watch

32. What do you think of when you think of Australia? kangaroos

33. Do you use chap stick? Yes

34. Do you have a dog? No but a cat named Chester

35. Last person you talked to on the phone? momma

36. Have you met anyone famous? no

37. Any plans today? Well its 7:oo here so my day is pretty much over. Oh – I haven’t done my bible study homework yet…

38. How many states have you lived in? 1 - the grandest state of TEXAS!!!!!!!!!!

39. Do you dye your hair? I need to but not at the moment

40. Do you like cats? Yes ~ good ole Chester

water babies

2008-06-29T21:09:00.002-05:00

we found out about this very cool new pool in cedar park, veterans memorial pool. today we decided to go after we got out of church and we LOVED it! it was very kid friendly with tons of shallow areas for the kids to play in without worrying about the deep areas. also, very cheap to get in! FYI ~ you can also bring in your own food and drinks! awesome.

it took maggie about 10 min to get "warmed" up to the cool water. she was afraid that when the 3 1/2 foot bucket on the top of the kids "play area" dumped out its contents ( large amounts of water falling down like a waterfall ) that it would get on her and get in her eyes. she is my one that tends to be fearful of water, well, really anything out of the ordinary. i have to sit and explain everything out in detail to her to get her to try but once she does try she loves whatever it was that she was so scared of in the first place. then it is so cute to hear her say how brave she was and how she is so "proud" of herself that she isn't afraid anymore!

now billy, that's another story. that little stinker! he has no fear! i don't know why that surprises me. he went right in and started going and going and going. he walked straight to the 2ft 6in area, which is right at his chin, and started jumping and playing and putting his head in the water and getting back up and just laughing. never once was did he get scared or cry when he went under and this was his first time at a pool! i think his dad was a wreck but billy, no, not billy! i think we might need to get some floaties or one of those life jacket swim thingies. that might make joe feel a little better at least.

anyway, i just wanted to share some good ole summer, 100 degree, pool splashing fun with y'all and hope y'all had as much fun reading as we did swimming!

need i say more?

2008-06-29T20:50:00.003-05:00

i found billy here today.

need i say more?

*by the way, that is the back of my couch!!!!

kids celebration day

2008-06-23T13:18:00.003-05:00

here is a conversation that maggie and i has yesterday morning on the was to church.

"mom, when is kids celebration day?"

"what maggie"

"kids celebration day!"

"maggie, im not sure what you are talking about."

"you know, like mothers day and fathers day."

laughing i told her that everyday was "kids celebration day".

she then asked "when are you going to draw me a picture?"

when did they get to be so smart?

boys or billy

2008-06-22T21:17:00.003-05:00

ok, here's the question. is it all boys or just billy? as you can see in the picture, he is a climber! he climbs everything! here he is on my coffee table in the living room and as you can tell by the grin on his face, he knows he's not supposed to be up there. i can't keep him from climbing. he has no fear.

look how proud he looks in this one. just as proud as he can be sitting up there with good ole chester. they are partners in crime because chester knows that he too isn't supposed to be up on the table either. this afternoon as i was putting up groceries, i noticed it was too quiet, so i thought i would find what little bill was up to. so i walked around the corner into the formal dining room to find that he had pulled out one of the chairs and was standing on the table holding onto the chandelier!! needless to say i didn't get a picture of that because it looked like at any moment he was about to jump and start swinging! i could see it in his eyes! so, back to my original question, boys or billy?

its summer time!

2008-06-17T13:01:00.006-05:00

nothing says summer like 100 degree days,

dirty faces from melting popsicles,

backyard in just your diaper,

and trying to eat your popsicle as fast as you can before it melts.
no such luck!

memories to last a lifetime!

i just added this picture because it thought it was priceless! what do you thing happened next?? notice that he never let go of the popsicle!

way to go billy!

fathers day trip

2008-06-17T12:32:00.004-05:00

every year we head up to paris, tx to visit my dad for fathers day. the o'brien family reunion is also held that same weekend every year. my dad and liz have everyone over to their place saturday night for food and fun. i bet there were about 65 people there. they live on 7 acres and his house backs up to a lake. it is just beautiful. you can see Gods fingerprint everywhere out there. all the kids have such a good time. they love to be out outside fishing, out in the paddle boat, or just running around outside enjoying the fresh country air. they had a blast as the sun began to go down and the lightning bugs started to come out. they would catch them and then put them in a jar and watch them for awhile and then let them go and then catch a new batch.

this is the view from his back porch looking out toward the lake.

sunday we all meet at a hall to enjoy a catered lunch before everyone heads home. i love everything about family reunions. i love seeing everyone that you don't see through the year. looking at all the old pictures of the older generation and when they did family reunions and how everything is so different now a days. faces are the same, just a little older and to remember the ones who have gone on to be with our Savior. we had three this year.

a new hobby

2008-06-10T12:53:00.007-05:00

maggie got a camera for her birthday in april. just this weekend we got around to opening it up and getting it all put together. she has been taking pictures all weekend long so i thought i would share some on the ones that she took. some turned out surprising well and others were just blurs. needless to say she loves taking pictures. who knows she just might be a photographer when she grows up! what do ya'll think

here is one of her blurs. billy standing in barbara's kitchen.

this is her aunt amy. i think she did a good job on this one.

this is her 3rd cousins, kay and miranda, she met this weekend for the 1st time and they all became quick friends.

i don't think she took this one herself, maybe her daddy helped, but i thought it was cute!

this was this morning when she and billy were playing in her room. not sure how billy got up on her bed, which is really high. i guess i should get to the bottom of that one.

still alive

2008-06-04T13:22:00.002-05:00

if any of you were wondering, i'm still alive. i have made it through the first part of the week with my workouts. i'm pretty sore. i can hardly move my arms. they are even sore when i'm holding billy! but he's worth it! there have been times when i have really had to pray hard during my workout that i don't give up. i am pressing through. so, thanks for the prayers! they have been felt.

don't laugh too hard

2008-05-31T20:43:00.004-05:00

ok - please don't laugh, but i have started working out at the gym. today was my first day. when i got there, cory, a trainer, greeted me with a smile and asked if i was ready. ready? if he only knew. if only he knew how i hate to be hot, how i hate to sweat, how i hate to be hot and sweaty! sure i said, lets go! after 25 minutes of cardio which i didn't even think i would make it through the first 10 min, he walked me through the weight machines i will be using and showed me how each work and why i will be using them. not too bad i thought. not too bad at all, till he announced next we would be working on my core. this didn't sound good. i was starting to get nervous. as he laid on the floor and walked me through all the "core" stuff i was going to be doing, the whole time he was explaining, all i could think about is if he was going to ask me to do this now, in front of him! what if i could only do 5 out of the 30 evil crunches he wanted me to do? what if i could only do 10 of the 30 impossible opposite leg/arm lifts, let alone 3 sets of each. not counting the 3 other "core" exercises i will be doing. what if got down on the ground and couldn't get back up? well, luckily i was able to get up off the ground and he didn't laugh at me once. he was very suppoertive. cory was very professional. he suggested i do 6 workouts per week and take one day off. sounds nice huh? easy for him to say. so, i guess, thats what i am going to try to do. no, thats what i am going to do. positive thinking, right?? so, if you ever see me at the gym, try not to laugh too hard or too loud. you know, so you won't disturb the other worker-outers. believe me, i will be crying, no i mean laughing with you, on the inside.

this is going to be hard. very hard but i am going to do it. i need to do it. for my kids i need to do it. so if anytime this week if you happen to think of me, please say a little prayer. god, give me the strength and the will power to do this. i can't do it with out you.

call me a blogger

2008-05-28T23:26:00.002-05:00

ok, here goes. i am now a blogger. though i would give it a try for myself. i thought it might be fun to try. so be patient, i'm still learning!

preschool has ended

2008-05-28T23:09:00.005-05:00

it seemed like yesterday that i dropped maggie off to her first day of preschool. yesterday was her last day and it ended with a bang! her preschool class had a picnic at the sprinkler park and played hard in the water. then last night was the end of the year program. they sang 4 songs. she sang but didn't do the hand motions, though she has been doing them all this past month . she said " mom, i was nervous because you were right up front". i told her she did great, hand motions or no hand motions. I am so proud of her.

maggie's first day of preschool. my she has grown this year!