Some pictures from May

Emily had another dance recital/tumbling performance.












One of her friends in tumbling is also in her class at school and a new friend that she made in dance class will be going to her school next year.









We took the kids to the river for a weekend camping trip. On Saturday we took a drive and found "Big Rocks Park". The kids had a blast climbing the rocks and wading in the river. I found a few remaining spring wild flowers to snap a couple pictures of. I LOVE Texas wildflowers!

Look Momma, no training wheels!!

Emily needed her seat height adjusted and training wheels tightened. When I finished that, she hoped on and took off. As I was watching her, I realized that her training wheels were not even touching the ground. Jeff said I should just take them off. I called her over and told her she should learn to ride without them and she could ask Santa for a new "big girl" bike for Christmas this year. So she ask if I could just take them off now! I did....and she took off! There was no hesitation, no whining....and NO wrecking. (we experienced all of the above plus some with the boy!!) She just took off. Within about 30 minutes she was taking off on her own without me holding on to get her started and she was making the turn to come back to where she started. She is growing up so fast.

Quick catch-up

We've had a busy spring! Now that I have my computer back I can post a few pictures. Let's see...
I don't often get them all 4 together to get a picture
like this anymore!

In March the kids and I headed south for a few days to visit Sissy, Sara, Granny & Pawpaw and to celebrate Sara's birthday. She wanted to go to the Cheesecake Factory....great idea Sara, it was VERY yummy!! We took the kids camping during their spring break. Although we had to adjust our plans due to spring storms, we had a great time! We also celebrated Wyatt's birthday...he turned 7 on April 4th. We've had 2 or 3 baseball games every week since late March and dance class for Em every Thursday evening. To add to the craziness, we have had several doctor visits also. Wyatt has had several ear infections since last fall and it seems that we will be taking him in to have tubes put in his ears at the end of the summer. The kids school had a family night on Earth day. They planted trees during school that day, then grilled hot dogs and had kites for the kids to fly that evening. It was a lot of fun....and quite a site with all those kites flying, but I goofed and forgot my camera that night! Last week I went with Wyatt's class on a field trip to Texas Motor Speedway. We had a great time, but I don't plan on making another lap around that track......ever!!! I will just continue to enjoy watching the racing from my seat at the track or on TV. Here are some camping pictures and one of Wyatt playing catcher.

Back on MY computer!

I have lots of things I could update about....but this is all about Emily!! She performed her dance routines they have been learning in class on stage tonight. They were all so cute! I think Em did a great job....just like Sara, there was absolutely NO stage fright!

These are some pictures from her ballet routine....they danced to "Winnie the Pooh"

Busy?

Isn't that a good excuse for not getting back in here to post like I thought I might do a week ago? Good excuse or not...it's mine!!

Ok so, to catch you up on the happenings of us and ours......

Emily is still loving her dance class...very, very much. And if I do say so (being a proud momma!), she is doing quite well! When I can post pictures again, I will include some from a couple of classes that parents were invited to take a peek. Along with dance, we have signed her up for a tumbling class also. So she goes from having her feet on the floor dancing to feet in the air for a head/hand stand! She's having a great time.
Wyatt is well into baseball season. For 3 weeks we had 3 or 4 practices a week. This past week games started. So far his team has won a game, tied against an all-star team and lost a game. He is on a very competative team (even if a bit young in comparision to some other coach pitch teams) this season....a rather new concept for us. I'm still trying to decide if I like this competative mindset at his age?! I mean, I would love for him to be on a "winning" team. I just don't want him thinking the most important thing in life is winning his baseball game! We consider him pretty much "average" as far as his ball skills go. He plays catch with daddy and pratices batting off his tee. I guess we will continue to see improvement in his game as long as he continues to enjoy playing.

I just looked at the clock! I have errands to run. I'll post more later.....not sure how much later though!

Long time no blog!

And I can't post any pictures now. I am on a borrowed computer. Ours has pretty much bitten the dust. I can at least post updates on this one though....and we have been busy. I have a turkey in the oven and need to finish getting the rest of the meal ready to put on the table. I will try to post more later today, I just wanted to get a quick note on here for now. Hope you all have a beautiful Easter Sunday!! Love to all.

Our little dancer

Emily is loving her dance class! I didn't let her go last week because she had been sick. You would have thought the world was ending! She was soooo mad at me! Tomorrow night it the last night in this session so parents are invited to see them dance. Next session she wants to do the tumbling class that follows dance.....that will start next Thursday. Seems daddy will be taking Wyatt to baseball practice/games and Em and I will be going to dance/tumbling class.



















She likes to draw and paint to. This one was taken a few weeks ago. She got an easel for Christmas.

Basketball is over for this season

Wyatt did a great job. I think he is going to make a great little defensive player!
Baseball is next....we've already signed up. Teams will be picked next week and we should hear from his coach and start practice early in March.
Here are some pictures I took at a game a couple of weeks ago.

warming up before the game



















on defense



















bringing the ball down the court

I've been tagged!!

By Ryan!!! Instructions: If your name is on the list of people tagged, copy and paste into a new post and change the answers to whatever you love!

Places I want to go:
1. Bristol Tennessee.....for a the night race!!!!
2. Disney World with the kids...and maybe again w/o the kids!:)
3. Las Vegas
4. Up and down the east coast
5. Up and down the west coast

I like to eat:
1. Chocolate Brownies ;)
2. Mexican food
3. Chocolate Cake;)
4. Pizza King Pizza....the salads are pretty awesome too!
5. Chocolate Fondue;)....ummm, with fruit as my dippers

My play list contains:
1. George Strait
2. Kenny Chesney
3. Faith Hill
4. Trace Adkins
5. Simply Red

I buy clothes at:
1. Lane Bryant
2. Target
3. JCPenny
4. Wal-Mart
5. Old Navy

I watch these TV shows:
1. ER
2. Survivor
3. Brothers & Sisters
4. Rules of Engagement
5. Big Brother

Things I like to do:
1. Camping
2. Going to the races at TMS
3. Snuggling with the kids!
4. Going out to dinner
5. Spend quiet time with Jeff.....it just doesn't happen often!

I’m tagging:
1. Brandie

Are these cute or what?

Check out these pictures! Yep, Emily starts dance class tomorrow evening. It is a beginner tap and ballet class. I hope this is something she really likes. She is so excited about it!

Spelling Bee

Today was the first grade spelling bee. Wyatt has been studying his words really hard, especially the past several days. He did great! I was so proud of him!! He made it to round 5. They started with 24 (very nervous) little first graders on stage. At the beginning of round 5 there were 10 kids left. Wyatt got the first word in round 5....AIRPLANE. He had some difficulty with this word when he first started practicing, but the last few times I have drilled him, he had spelled it correctly. Today, he left the "E" off the end. He was disappointed, but he handled it ok.

Before school this morning















Waiting for his word to be given



















With his teacher

The birthday girl

She got her chocolate cake with chocolate icing.....and LOTS of sprinkles! The weather was beautiful, although very windy, all weekend. We made it to the park for a little while on Sunday. I think she had a good fifth birthday....even if it was spread out a bit! She got gifts from Granny & Paw Paw and Sissy when we were down there for Christmas. Then we pretty much spread her birthday out over the entire weekend....happy birthday wishes on Friday, cake on Saturday, going to the park and spending birthday money from Grandma and Grandad on Sunday and finally getting some new boots from Momma and Daddy on Monday! Here are a few pictures.....

The beaters may have been the best part












We didn't have birthday hats, but New Years hats work just as well!














At the park on Sunday

My baby is FIVE!!!!

I'm not sure where the past five years have gone?! She is stubborn, bullheaded, opinionated and very determined....but when she is being sweet, she is very, very sweet!! We are going to have her cake tomorrow. She has requested that "we" make it....meaning her little hands will be right in the big middle of things. She also wants to go to the park, so lets hope the weather man is correct in his mid 70's prediction! I will post pictures from the weekend as soon as I can.

Parade pictures

The New Years parade in Dallas was yesterday. We drove a Longhorn Dodge truck and pulled a float. It was a very long, all day affair.....but I had a great time! If we get the chance to do it again, we know some things we will do differently! Anyway, these pictures were taken with my new camera.

Emmit Smith was the Grand Marshall












the local Fox station was a main sponsor






of course, being in Dallas there was a Cowboys float










lots and lots and lots of people!









the float we pulled and a picture of Wyatt on it after the parade










the parade ended up at the American Airlines Center...this is were the Mavs and the Stars play

Some Christmas pictures

These pictures are taken with my old camera, so some of them are not great. I didn't take many because of the way they were turning out.

check out the snoopy cat







Santa couldn't find Sissy and Sara, so he left their gifts at our house!












Pretty snappy looking kids, huh?

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!

And with a new year comes a new look. Anyone who really knows me knows that I don't stay with one look for long....so out with the old, in with the new! These colors should work for a while. I think what I really need to do is figure out how to code my OWN look.....blogger doesn't have many templates to choose from.
Anyway, I just wanted to post a quick greeting to all. We have some things we need to get done today, so this will be short. Jeff told me on Christmas to go pick out a new camera!! So after much reading, researching and self debating, I decided which one I wanted. He took me to get it on Sunday. I have taken a few pictures, but have not yet downloaded them to the computer. I will try to get that done later today and add another post.....with some pictures. In the mean time....I wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous NEW YEAR!!!!

Happy Birthday Brandie!!!!

It just doesn't seem possible you could be 24 already!!! I don't have much memory of this day 24 years ago, but it was a great day all the same!!! I love you. I hope you have a great day celebrating, both your birthday and New Years Eve.

Merry Christmas!!!

I just wanted to wish everyone reading a Merry Christmas! Here are Santa pictures from earlier this month. We are loading up and heading to Mom and Dad's this morning, so I will post pictures from this morning in the next few days. Hope you all have a great day!!

Ironic justice?

I was so ticked off this morning! I had just dropped the kids off at school and was heading back home when some JERK in a black Mustang blew by me....and the garbage truck in front of me...like I was sitting still. He obviously didn't care one bit that there was also a car coming right at him. Well, as he passed me I had the same thoughts as I often do when other idiots do such things.....It would be great to see him pulled over up the road with a cop sitting behind him, or maybe slid off into a ditch! Ha.....what I saw instead was that little black Mustang wrapped around a tree in a mangled mess!! There were a couple of other cars that had come up on the side road that were already stopped and out to help....and I had daycare babies with me....so I went ahead on. I just couldn't believe it.....having the thoughts that I'd had and then seeing that! Ok, so then I had just passed that and getting near home when a big truck was heading in my direction. Apparently he was not going fast enough for the 2 cars following him because they drove right around him, into my lane....headed right for me!! I almost came to a complete stop to avoid being hit! As the trucker passed by me, my hands and his were in the air as if to say "What the hell"?? I was really glad to get home. As if that wasn't quite bad enough.....I'm not finished yet! A little later, on the way home from picking Emily up, another impatient driver came flying up on my bumper. This time, there was a cop in the right place at the right time!! I gladly watched as he got pulled over!!

An up and down Friday

UP.......I got an email from Wyatt's teacher bright and early Friday morning with a subject line that simply said "YAY!!". Hmmm, wondered what she seemed so excited about even before school started? Wyatt made it into the 1st grade spelling bee!! That's pretty cool, we are excited too. He came home with list of words he can study over the holidays. Of course he thinks he's so smart that he already knows "most" of those words! Yep, he's a little on the (over) confident side! The spelling bee will be soon after they go back to school.

DOWN.....I finally gave up fighting Emily's cold symptoms with over the counter meds. I was able to get her into the doc on Friday morning. She has more than just a cold/cough.....he listened to her chest and back for a while because she is wheezing! He checked her out really well and sent us home with a breathing machine. So we have given her breathing treatments all weekend. After 24 hours we could tell a significant decrease in her coughing and she had a MUCH better night last night then she has had in a while! I could just kick myself......after going through asthma with Sara, I feel like I should have caught this much sooner! Of course, different kid = different treatment. I never had to do the breathing machine with Sara....but then she didn't have a lot of wheezing. She had more of the cough which made if hard for her breathing or to take a breath. She was on oral meds till the doc felt she was old enough for an inhaler. Thankfully, that is as far as Sara went. The doc always told me he felt like she would outgrow it. For the most part, I think she has. I guess only time will tell with Emily.

Wow, time really is flying by!!

I've been looking through pictures. Some, because I am trying to get them ready to burn to disk. Others because I am looking to add them to scrap pages. Anyway, I found some I had taken a few summers ago. This one made me want to cry! They were still such babies.....Emily just past a year and a half and Wyatt a little past three. Sometimes they are still best friends!