When I was four, mom said she came into my room one morning and she said, "guess what it's doing outside" (in a kind of sad face voice).
She said I looked at her, whipped the covers off of me angrily, shuffled to the window, pulled back the curtains (angrily again) and said, "oh man!".....then shuffled back, got into bed and pulled the covers back over my head.
I have always disliked the rain (I would say hate, but I'm trying to be kind). I feel trapped, isolated, cornered, entangled, confined, suffocated, the perfect definition of H.E.double-hockey-sticks for me!!
When we had the drought a few years ago, I loved it! I know the farmers suffered, even my dearest friend had to sell their entire cattle due to the drought, but I absolutely did not miss it one tiny bit.
So, I feel sorry for my kids when we have to be indoors for any length of time. Today has been one of those days.....I captured some pictures (one being my house is utterly a pigsty now)!
We made the most of it but I think it's really just me who's suffering the most.....HELP!
April 13 - Sweet pics. I heart the innocence of a sleeping baby......
April 18th - I LOVE these two nightnight pictures. I told you Julia gets into some crazy positions! This one is just sweet.....love the hands. ((Of course I didn't leave her this way))
April 19th - Johnathan. I always get a pic of the both of them, so I'm not sure why I didn't get Julia, hmmmm?
April 20th - Julia (didn't get Johnathan because when I went in there to take a picture, the Mister stood up.....whoops!)
April 21st - Just got Johnathan because.....well, I don't remember why.
I always tell Jason that if I die, he HAS to take over the tradition of checking on the children before going to bed.
I go in and check on Johnathan first, which he seems to always have his blanket over his face or his hands in some cute position, etc. He is just the cutest boy EVER! He snores, which I think is hilarious.....so cute!
Then I move on to Julia's room, she manages to end up in the oddest positions. I pick her up and shove her as close to the wall as I can hoping she doesn't work her way back into the same cock-a-mee-mee position again in the middle of the night. Such a sweetheart.
Anyhoo, I started taking photos of this tradition to be reminded of the sweetness of their little lives. Here are a few in date order starting from the beginning of the year to a couple of days ago. **And even though it looks like pictures from the same night (cuz of their jamjams), these are all different nights.
"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy BIRTHDAY dear Jason, Happy Birthday to you!!!"
It's Jason's birthday today! We had a fun day. Kids gave them his cards and present ($$ to Home Depot), HE cooked breakfast for us (whoops! my intention was to have Julia and I cook HIM breakfast), we left and went to Kohl's and bought a couple of shirts for him (he got some money from Boppy), then we went to Dave and Busters for a surprise lunch with our dear friends.
We got home about 3:45, kids (and mom) napped til 5ish, we left about 6:15 pm to take them to Kiddin' Around and then the birthday boy and I went to the movies (a very rare thing we do these days)! We saw Monsters vs Aliens 3D. Soooo cute of a movie
So that's it.....another year to spend with Jason. I thanked his mom for having sex 34 years ago so that I could now have a wonderful husband to spend the rest of my days with. Thanks Sharon!
Here are some pics from the birthday lunch and some ice cream with the kids afterward:
TaxedEnoughAlready!! We went and joined others last night to stand up for what we believe as far as how the government wants to spend our money.
Ever since going through the Truth Project, my eyes have been opened to a whole new perspective on the world we live in. If you go to the site, watch one of the videos there in the middle of the page (either the short or long one). And hopefully you make it a priority to go through the study. It asks some really hard questions, but will cause you to think about what you REALLY believe in.
If you haven't already sent your tea bag into Washington, you can click here and do it now.
Anyhoo, here are some pictures of mi familia at one of the Frisco TEA Parties last night.
Oh my! I could just scoop this boy up with a spoon and eat him! He is sooo cute to me! And I think Julia looks so grow'd up!
We started the weekend by heading down south. We were going to stay with cousins, Mallory and Morgan (it's no longer Brad and Shannon's, it's all about the cousins!) in Temple. But Morgan was running a fever and possibly contagious, so we decided to use one of our free room passes at the Embassy Suites in Austin.
We made a stop at Cracker Barrell for dinner and for the kids to play on the rocking chairs out front and run around a bit. It's a perfect midway place....
Soooooo much fun! We got into Austin around 8pm and because we had already spilled the swimming pool beans, we had to head down to take a little swim with the kids. We got back....got ready for bed, etc. The room was set up perfect and Julia loved sleeping on her make shift bed on the couch with a chair pushed up against it.
The next morning we got up, Jason and Julia went down for a goodbye swim while Johnathan and I "packed" (yah right!). Then we all went downstairs and ate our wonderful complimentary breakfast.
After checking out, we headed to the Longhorn Coop to buy Jason a new Longhorn hat and the kids a t-shirt to add to their wardrobe. It was fine. Lots of cute things, although they would have been much cuter had we been surrounded by maroon things rather than burnt orange. Nonetheless, I obliged and took cute cute pictures of Father, daughter and son.
We then headed to Zilker Park, sort of ate lunch there and played on the play ground. Then we met BMom and Pop and cousin Mallory!
Mallory hopped in our car and us girls followed all of the boys down to "Shay and Steven's" house on KENNA MIST (you had to be there).
We got settled in, got dressed to go to the Easter program (ShayShay sang in it), which the whole thing was AMAZING! I think I got saved again!
Here is THE cutest/sweetest pic of BMom and Pop with the girls.....I'm black and white-in this one!
And the next day we made a trip to see the dog park where Briley and Landry get to play with other dogs...then on to a kid park for the kids to play, then to lunch, then a long drive home.
These are pics from the park. And a pic of all of us girls with our flip flops on (Mallory and Julia switched shoes, just fyi!). We missed Shannon and Morgan's feetsies - we'll get 'em next time:
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We got up and were at our church by 9am for praise team practice, early service and working in childcare for second service. Then lunch out with Boppy, home for naps and an Easter egg hunt after naps.
Whew! It was a long weekend, but so great to celebrate that we are His. Still amazed how much Jesus took on so we could live eternally. If you do not know the Lord, you will NEVER regret asking Him to reveal Himself to you. I promise your life will NEVER be the same. Happy Easter!
Friends, Jackie and Trevor Schelp, had an eighties party for Trevor's 40th birthday! I wore units, stirrup pants, my hair JUST the way I used to, big earrings, and eye liner on the INSIDE of my eye. And Jason.....well, let's let you take a look yourself!
P.S. Please extend grace. I know I look really fat in these pictures because.....well.....I AM! But hey, I'm a work in progress. I just had a baby (14 months ago!).
