Wordless Wednesday

summertime

Yesterday was our first official day of summer. We are so glad school is out. We all slept late and Reid made eggs and bacon for me and Macy. It was really good. He is a good little breakfast chef. He learned that from his Daddy. :) Why is it that Dad's like to cook breakfast foods? I remember my Dad always making pancakes. And it was usually for supper. I guess breakfast is easy. ha!

BUT, I have already heard the famous words....I'M BORED. yikes...already? Well, I have lots for them to do but cleaning their rooms is not what they have in mind. So, I think I will be spending alot of time at the pool. Well, after they clean at least some of their room. And I have to clean my room, too. My room is probably worse than theirs. I need to be an example. :) Hey, by the time I clean everything else in this house I'm too tired to clean my room. I did make my bed this morning, Hey, I'm trying.

How do some moms keep things so organized? Or make it look so easy? It makes me crazy.

books....

It's no surprise to my realllllllyyyyyy close friends that I am a terrible reader. In fact, I often buy a books and get thru one to two chapters and decide that I'd rather dust my house or mow the yard than read. I know, I'm weird. I never had that love of reading that my friends have. I wish I did. I am a wannabe reader. I will buy books just because the cover is pretty. I can read blogs all day but books....ewww! I think, too, that I have adult ADHD. Anywho, thats another story.

So, today as I was cleaning all the paper work out from behind the phone, I found Reid's summer reading list for his AP classes for Jr. High. Poor thing. He does great in reading class but has my desire for books. He won't just pick up a book and read. I'm so sad about that. I really want him to be a good reader. So, this summer guess what we will be doing? Well, I decided I would read with him. You know, be an example! HA HA. So, our first read.... "Where the Red Fern Grows". I read some of this book in Jr. High but then I realized there was a movie and well, thats all she wrote. I am more of a movie buff...... :)

Any advice on learning how to be a better reader? :)

In the merry month of May

I can't believe the month of May is over. I think this is the busiest I have been in a long time. It was CRAZY! Here are some highlights of our busy but fun wonderful month of May....

Baseball has taken over our life. Its so much fun and my little man loves the game. I love getting to watch him play. He is a good little player! He even hit an in the park homerun this year and got some good pitching time. :)

Macy turned 6!!!! I can't believe my baby is ready for 1st grade!

Of course, we had to have a Hannah Montana party...compete with guitar cake.

We had her party at a pottery place. Each kid got to paint a tile. It was so fun. Crazy but fun!

Holly and family, Ash and Avery got to join in on the fun. I was SO glad they came!

Me and my baby girl. She melts my heart.

OK...Here is Teacher Appreciation Week. Oh my, can you say overboard? These schools! These Moms....HA!

Then, my sweet niece, Mindy graduated from Texas A&M. We are so proud of her. I felt like one of my kids were graduating. I have known her since she was 2. I was teary eyed watching her walk across that stage. She is one remarkable woman! I am proud to be her aunt.

This is Mindys sweetheart, Will. Isn't he a cutie! And he is just as sweet. He treats Mindy like a princess! And just look at that pic of Troy and Will.....Mindy and I think they look like long lost brothers! We had went bowling that night and they has us laughing so hard. Don't you think they look similar?? Troy just has 15 years on him! Haha!

Macy LOVES her Mindy!

Daddy trying to teach Macy how its done. Troy is a pretty good bowler!

Now, next...Macy's dance recital! Its is always held at the Opera House in Galveston. It is a BIG deal! They work on the dances all year. This year she danced to "On the Good Ship Lollipop" and "Be Our Guest" (from Beauty and the Beast). It was SO cute! And I thought she looked just adorable! Here she is looking like Shirley Temple. Granny and Van made the trip to see her. We were so glad. I am mad that we didn't get a picture of them with her. Sorry, Granny! What was I thinking? We love you and am so glad y'all came. Avery and Ashley also made the trip! I think Avery loved the dancing. Her face lit up and she was clapping when the first little dancers came out! I love that girl!! Her facial expressions are priceless! It was a fun day with everyone. We all went our to eat at Tortugas afterwards. We sure missed Neena and Papaw. Paps was at home puking his guts up. Sorry Paps!

Here is the class doing their best Belle dance from Beauty and the Beast!

My sweet little Belle really concentrating!

The family after the performance! Reid was so glad it was over! HA

Then....drumroll, please.....I turned 35. Enough said. My sweet husband did get me some good presents, flowers and a yummy cake. Thanks, honey...I love you!

And lets don't forget field day! What a hot month for field day. Whose idea was that?

Reids favorite part of field day....water guns!

Reids class in a major tug-of-war competition!

Now do you see why I haven't been blogging? WHEW! I'm glad May is over. Oh, and in all this, I had strep throat and Macy had pink eye. I really had no time to be sick! HA! Troy took off work for a few days so I could lay in bed. Boy, that felt good. Well, not to be sick but to be in my bed with the door shut....AH, pure bliss!

patience

ok..so...some doofus bought something at the mall today that cost a little more than they should pay. This dooofus really wanted it. It was some of this persons birthday money. Maybe thats why its more painful! HA! So, this doof ignored that inner voice saying..."WAIT". It was bought, there was excitement...then when this goober came home and looked it up online....it was 40.00 cheaper. WHAT??? That really chaps my hide....I mean whoever this doofus is hide.

Should it be taken back and ordered online????? Or just suck it up and learn a lesson from it???

A lazy Wordless Wednesday...

Today she is 6!!!

I am so scared that I will wake up tomorrow and my baby will be 16. Today she is 6. I am so proud of her and love her more than she will ever know. She makes my life complete.

I love you baby girl. Happy 6th birthday.

Wordless Wednesday from Maria

March of Dimes

It was 4 years ago that I met my sweet nephews. It was also 4 years ago that I said good-bye to them and kissed their tiny cheeks. They were born way too early...one day before they were 24 weeks, to be exact. We all miss them everyday and they will be forever in our memory. They are precious angels and I am a better person having known them.

On April 27th...our family walks for them. Ashley and I have talked about this for years and now to have it become a reality is so awesome. Please visit my site here to see my March of Dimes page/team. We are super excited about this little adventure and to walk 5 miles together. We are hoping to raise as much money as we can for The March of Dimes. They are such a wonderful organization and help so many families every day. We are thankful for them. If you can, please help support Team Brock and Brody. We will walk not only for Brock and Brody but for families all across the nation whose babies are born way too early.

Thank you so much for your help and support. Love you all.....

Today I was picked for a Meme by Vintage Dutch Girl. Thanks so much! You are too sweet. I will try to see what I can pull out of my favorite category. I have way too many. Which tells me I am on the computer way to much. HA!

THE LINKS MEME

Just copy paste THIS and everything below up until my Five links:

I thought it would be cool to have a meme where we post links. We can post up to five. Then we tell five more people to share their links. If we all share who tagged us, our links are sure to be seen! They can be business links, favorite sites, affiliate links, whatever you want…

There are Five Rules:

1. MUST be clean. No R rated sites.

2. Only FIVE links.

3. MUST tell 5 people.

4. A link back to the person who tagged you

My Five Links:

1. ashleyallenphoto.net-This is my Sissy's site. Her photos are awesome. You need to check it out. She has some really pretty models, too!! :)

2. beaducation.com-I love this site. I love to bead but never have the money or time. I like to get on this site for ideas and to learn more about what is new and upcoming.

3. 24hourfitness.com-I like to get on this site to see what times all my classes start. They change them weekly. I try to hit one or two classes a week...like yoga, aerobics or spinning...when I feel adventurous. I have to be honest and tell you its been a while..but you know...life gets crazy.

4. BLOGS, BLOGS and more BLOGS- I can't even tell you how many of those I look at a day. Its so addicting.

5. yahoo.com-I have to check my mail...every hour. ha! There is always some sort of interesting news or tidbit on there, too.

So, there you have it. A list of sites you might want to check out. Sorry they are not highlighted so you can click on them to get right to the site. Of all the things...I have no idea how to do that. HA! As much as I love my computer there are things that I just haven't learned yet. I'm a little slow....hee hee

I TAG FOR A MEME:

1. Ashley

2. Neena

3. JD

4. Jenna

5. Hollie

Friday Ramblings

**Little League Baseball has taken over our lives. Fun as it is....it is major time consuming. Reid is still enjoying it but is a little scared of the ball this year. He is in the Majors now and the ball seems to be going extra fast. At his game last week there was a boy on the other team that was 6 foot tall....I kid you not. What are these parents feeding their children. I had to go to Academy to invest in a batting helmet with a face mask. HA! Anyway, we had opening day a couple of weekends ago.....it was too fun. Complete with parade and all. So you like my sign....once a cheerleader....always a cheerleader. HA!

**Macy is still loving dance. Her recital is coming up and every hour or so we get a taste of what we will see. She dances all over the house. We have a CD in the car of all the songs for the recital and personally only a few of the songs are really good. The others are really getting on my nerves.

**We went on a school field trip to the H-town zoo. Taking 6 Kindergarten classes to the zoo is well.....a zoo!

**Macy had a Kindergarten Spring Show. It was farm theme....really sweet. I got teary eyed ALOT! I just know how fast time flies and it makes my heart hurt. Really bad. Isn't she a cute cow?

**Can you believe that Michael Johns got voted off of American Idol?? I was shocked. I like him alot. I think Kristy Lee Cook should have got the boot weeks ago. Maybe I'm just jealous. That was my dream, you know. I wish they would have had AI when I was a youngster.

**I got my toes done today. I shouldn't have spent money on that but ,hey, it was a weak moment. I felt I needed a little pampering. For some reason I felt blue and a pedicure sounded like what I needed.

**Do you ever feel like you are not being a good friend? I have some things on my heart.

**My house is looks like a bomb went off. I have laundry that would probably stretch from here to Smithville, my kitchen is a wreck, I need to vaccuum and my bathrooms.....yuck! So, you know what I will be doing tonight. I don't think I can lay my head down until I clean a little.

**My sweet neice is having her 1st birthday party this weekend. We are all so excited and love her so much. She is such a blessing and an answered prayer. I think I might just take a bounce in the bounce house in her honor! I hope I don't pop it.

**Thats another thing...Weight Watchers stinks. No really, I have been doing it for a few weeks and the pounds are not coming off as fast as I would like. I hate diets.

**Can I just tell you how much I love my new Mary Jane Crocs...

**Macy is going to see High School Musical on ice tomorrow morning. She is way excited.

**I am going to be 35 soon....that freaks me out.

**I've had a bad hair day today. And yesterday. And the day before that.

am i whining? :)

Have a great weekend everyone!!

Rodeo days....

This post is going a little back in time but I had to share some Rodeo pictures. We had such a great time. Ash and BA took us to Rascal Flatts and Troy and I took them to see Brad Paisley. They were both really good but I think Rascal Flatts were my favorite. They are so good. The kids had fun too. The rodeo wouldn't be complete without spending a million dollars at the carnival and eating Turkey legs...ha!

Avery's first concert! She loved it!

We loved Rascal Flatts!

I think he was singing to me! :)

Macy really climbed this rock wall! Can you believe it? She even got a purple seal thing for ringing the bell at the top.

The family enjoying a day at the carnival? (See the seal?) HA!

Posing with Elsie the Cow. Avery and Macy loved her!

OH NO! Watch out! The bull is coming!

Avery and Reid.....Reid was so proud she was sporting a St Louis Cardinals hat!

Mom and Macy

Oh, he was singing to me too!

Uncle Troy and Avery listening to some tunes.

I think he is too old for concerts.....

Fun little survey

Saw this online and thought it was fun. Enjoy your Wednesday!



1.YOUR ROCK STAR NAME (first pet, current car): Spitz Expedition

2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME (fave ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe): Chocolate Flippy

3.YOUR NATIVE AMERICAN NAME (favorite color, favorite animal): Pink Flamingo

4.YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, city where you were born): Denise Austin

5.YOUR STAR WARS NAME (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name): Sabhe

6.SUPERHERO NAME (2nd favorite color, favorite drink): Red Crystal Light

7.NASCAR NAME (the first names of your grandfathers): Ruben James

8.STRIPPER NAME ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent, favorite candy): Pleasures Taffy

9.TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME (your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Douthitt Dallas

10.SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Fall Gerber Daisy

11.CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing right now): Orange Running shirt

12.HIPPIE NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree): Fiber One Pecan

HANNAH MONTANA!!

On our way to see Hannah! We were so excited!

Macy was so excited to see Hannah come on stage.

She was singing and dancing all night. It was so cute!

Mom and Macy enjoying our evening together!

Our seats were so high....Hannah looked like she was about an inch tall!

But we didn't even care. We had fun laughing, dancing, singing, eating a 5.00 bowl of ice

cream and sharing a 12.00 pizza and drink! HA!

She just knew that Hannah was going to come

to our seats for a personal photo shoot! She even

asked me when we were going to go meet her.

I tell you, this little girl can sing!

Macy and I had a blast. I felt like a kid again. HA!

Wordless Wednesday

.....more to come on why my baby girl was SO SO excited!

Happy Easter

Hope everyone had a wonderful day. We did....we got up, hunted eggs, checked our Easter baskets for all the goodies that the bunny left, put on our new spring outfits and ran out the door to church. We missed Troy because he had to work but we did bring some Easter lunch from Chilis. yum! It wasn't Nana's roast but its the best I could do. :) After we ate lunch we went back to the church with some friends and let the kids hunt easter eggs. They had so much fun. It was a beautiful day to be outside. I love this time of year. I love new dresses for the kids. I love my son in a tie. I love white sandals. I love candy. I love bunnies. I love family. I love friends. I love flowers. I love Easter baskets and all that crazy grass that gets evertwhere. But most of all I love my Savior and the fact that he died for ME and YOU and then rose again to give us eternal life. Praise Him....

Macy finding eggs filled with candy!

Reid did hunt eggs but don't tell anyone! I am sad because it was probably

his last year to care about eggs...next year I'll just give him a bag of candy.

My sweetie pies...ready for church.

Macy had to leave a note for the bunny just in case he needed some help on where to put the eggs. She likes to know whats going on. Before bed she hopped up and said, "I have to leave him a note to make sure that he hides them in the house." HA! That surprised me. I thought for sure whe would want them outside so the bunny wouldn't come in. :)

Dying the eggs....it was a fun mess! We did miss my family this year. It was the first

year we weren't in Smithville to dye eggs. It was neat to be at home but so weird.

We missed everyone so much!

Macy's masterpiece!

Quick shopping trip with my sister to Katy Mills and to see the ever so popular bunny!

Here's "hopping" that your Easter was fantastic!