New Header!

After having the same pictures of my kids (and our whole family) on my header for MORE THAN A YEAR, I've finally updated it! Slowly but surely, this blog is getting a bit more TLC. I think my kids have changed just a tiny bit since the pics in the old header. The pic of Lincoln was 20 months old, the pic of Lexi was about 14 months old, and the pic of our family was 2 years old! Now they're all new :)
I am working on our old computer (which we were without for more than a year, thanks to incorrect information from a not-so-great computer repair place) today so I don't know when I'll get to post the rest of October. I have to back up everything from that computer and restore everything back to factory settings. The, I'll have to update it to what we want. It is probably going to take me most of the day. Oh well- Scott is going to fold all of the laundry for me since I'm doing this for him :)
Have a great Wednesday!

October, part 1

To make up for the fact that I hardly took any pictures in September, here is a month that is going to have to be broken down into 2 or 3 blogs! LOTS of photos of October. Let's get started.

We made a visit to the local pumpkin patch. We spent way too much money on gourds, but also had a fun time before we headed home.

We caught the hayride and I got some pretty cute pics.

This girl ADORES her Daddy! And what an amazing Daddy he is! I couldn't ask for a better man to share this wonderful adventure with!

I just love this boy. He looks so much like his Daddy but his personality is 100% me! He is a TOOT!

Lincoln called this our "family pumpkin". Click on it for full view, it's much cuter that way.

Lincoln's pumpkin was a storm trooper (a la Star Wars) and Lexi's was Dora. They were cute, but HARD to make!

Lincoln and I made the 5 hour drive down to visit his new cousin, Mae. He loves her!

He checked out every finger and toe to make sure she's perfect. She is!

We went to the zoo one weekend.

Lexi was less than thrilled to have her picture taken.

Stay tuned for October, part 2!

SEPTEMBER!

I don't know why, but I didn't take many pictures in September. It was a crazy month. The kids were in school, I participated in a local children's consignment sale, I started work on a local high school musical (I do the music direction and vocal instruction), etc, etc, etc.

Lincoln got in trouble at school a couple of times (for talking- go figure) and had to shovel cow poop every time it happened. He's been much better lately. He says he thinks shoveling poop really helped.

Lexi started Mother's Day Out (yes, you DID just hear The Halleluiah Chorus! I have two days a week to myself!!!) and she loves it. She insists on wearing her backpack on her back (duh) and her lunchbox around her neck, just like in this picture, every. single. day. One day I tried to show her how to carry her lunchbox on her shoulder and she FLIPPED OUT! I decided to pick my battles and she continues to carry it like this :)

My sister Mitsi and her husband Josh had their first baby on September 26. Little Mae Louise came into this world at a whopping 5 lbs 14oz. She is such a sweet little thing!

We took advantage of the warm weather while it was still around. It is slipping away quickly! My kids sure do love to blow bubbles, so we did a lot of that in September.

Lexi loves to play dress up. She has several different outfits and her grandparents even keep dress up clothes at their house for playtime. She is such a girly girl (although she's extremely accident prone, rowdy, and tough).

August Recap

I am a horrible blogger. I used to be so good at it and had so much desire to update it frequently, but then I went and had a second child and now I have no spare time. Blog is definitely last priority. Since I'm so far behind, let's go all the way back to August!

We went to my grandparents' lake house in East Texas one weekend and had all sorts of fun. It was nice letting them get to spend some time with Lincoln and Lexi without anyone else around. It's hard to get to know people when there are so many others around! Normally, we only make it to their house when the whole family gets together. These days, that means 27 people (and their dogs. literally)!

We went to the "beach" one day.

I buried Lincoln in the sand. He pretended to be a Mer-Man.

Lexi did NOT love the feeling of sand between her toes! Here we are with Mom-Mom.

Lincoln was brave and rode on the tube for the first time. He loved it!

I love these boys!

Another weekend, we went to Medieval Times as a birthday present for Lincoln. He loved it (we all did)! I can't wait to go back- but not til Lexi's old enough to go too. Lexi stayed with Great Aunt Penny and Great Uncle Gary while Scott and I took Lincoln to the show. Lexi sure does love her greats!

Lexi snuggling with Great Auntie P.

Instead of buying a cheap (and uncomfortable!) nap mat for Lexi to take to Mother's Day Out, I made this. It took quite a bit of time, but it was easy. I love it!


I headed to College Station to help out with my sister's baby shower.

Me, Mitsi (sister), Anissa (Mitsi's friend), Laurie (Mitsi's friend), and Candace (sister-in-law).

More birthday stuff for my boy! We had a party at the park. He wanted a Transformers cake this year.

So that was our August in a nut shell. Hopefully I will post September soon.

Happy Birthday, Lincoln!

My boy turned 6 today! He is such a good boy. He is kind and caring. He loves his family and friends and he loves Jesus so much. He's smart, too! He taught himself (!) to read within the past year and can write well too. He's also hilarious and a major source of entertainment for us. I love this boy so much and am so glad that he's mine!


My boy as a newborn. All 7 pounds, 15 ounces of him! SO cute!


Cutest two-year-old boy EVER!


After his 4th birthday party... Where did my baby go???


SIX YEARS OLD! Going to public school and loving it!

Shame on me!

I have so much to update on my blog. I need to update my header, as my children are both so much different now than they were in those pictures. Also, we've had new family pics taken and I need to put that into there. I also have so many things to blog about. I am seriously behind. That being said, I have not been able to motivate myself to sit down and just do it! I suppose it's a bit overwhelming to look at it as a whole, since it is actually going to be broken down into several different posts. Just one at a time. Maybe I'll eventually get all caught up.
This post has been a long time coming. The first weekend in June, Scott and I took Lincoln to Austin to Star Wars in Concert. My sister Mitsi and her husband Josh met us and went tot he concert with us. Thanks to Nana (my mom) for getting the tickets for early birthday gifts for the boys (who all 3 have birthdays in August)! We had sooo much fun- especially our little Star Wars fanatic Lincoln!

On the trip down, he was so excited to have Mom and Dad to himself for the weekend.

OF COURSE we had to stop at the Capitol. Lincoln absolutely loves this place and Scott had never been before!

Lincoln enjoyed chasing (aka torturing) the squirrels around the Capitol. I just love this picture!

Here he is with the real R2D2 (and the lower half of C3PO)! There were lots of costumes and real items from the movies. Lincoln loved it!

My boy was happy to see Tia and Josh.

The show was so cool!

There was a live orchestra playing, but at times I forgot it wasn't just the soundtrack of the movie playing over a sound system because they were SO GOOD! It was a great show even for non-fanatics like myself and my dear sister. The show was broken down into categories (some by character, others by time periods or relationships) so it was easy to follow the whole story. It covered all 6 of the Star Wars episodes. The man who played C3PO in the movies was the host/narrator for the evening. That was pretty fun too.
More posts to come!

Happy Birthday, Lexi!

My baby girl is TWO YEARS OLD! I simply cannot believe it. The past two years have just flown by. Lexi has so much energy and has such a personality! She is one of the funniest people I have ever known.

• She is moody these days, but what 2-yr-old isn't?
• She is speaking well, in clear sentences most of the time.
• She is all girl; loves dolls, brushing her hair, wearing bows, having her toenails painted, wearing jewelry, and playing dress-up. She LOVES wearing other people's shoes.
• She adores her brother and wants to do EVERYTHING he does, exactly the way he does it.
• She loves her Daddy and gets so excited when he gets home from work every day. She loves to go visit him at work and will run to him as fast as she can and then just melts in his arms.
• When she's sick, she wants Mommy.
• She eats well with a fork and does NOT want ANY help when it comes to eating.
• She loves The Fresh Beat Band, The Backyardigans, Dora the Explorer, Go Diego Go, and most recently, The Little Mermaid.
• She can (and has been able to for a while) count to 12 (random, I know) and say her ABCs. She also sings Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star, Jesus Loves Me, Jesus Loves the Little Children, Happy Birthday, and most of the songs on my iPod and her VeggieTales CDs.
• She loves to swim. She's absolutely fearless of the water. Thank goodness for puddle jumpers, which allow her to swim without any help from ANYONE (Heaven forbid!). Seriously- it's the greatest floatie ever.

July 16, 2008

July 2009

July 2010

Happy Birthday, baby! We love you SO much!

May

Here is some of our May in pictures.

Lincoln's sweet teacher helped the kids throw a Mother's Day party. We ate goodies and played a game. It was lots of fun!

We went to a Backyardigans-themed birthday party for Zack Waggoner. Here I am with Lexi Uniqua.

Lexi had Daddy throw her into the foam pit over and over and over.

We've enjoyed some time at the zoo. Here, the kids took a break from looking at the animals to love on each other.

Lincoln made this picture frame for his teacher, Mrs. Johnson. He painted the front pink and purple because she's a girl and those are obviously her favorite colors. The back was green and blue (two of his favorite colors).

Our day of fun

Thanks to my mom, William Shatner, and the rough boss at Unger Painting Co (aka my own husband), Scott and I got to go on a mini-getaway. Seriously, mini. But hey- we had fun and we definitely needed it!
We dropped our kids off with Nana and Pops on a Saturday morning and headed to Fort Worth.

Our first stop was Joe T. Garcia's for some really great Mexican food. My dear friend Jody met us there and we had a great time catching up.We have been friends for 24 years!
(And ew, this was before I started Weight Watchers)

Then we headed to the Hilton Fort Worth Hotel is beautiful downtown. Thanks to Mr. Shatner and his "name your own price" plan on Priceline, we got a really great room for $68!
When we got there, we noticed that none of our HD channels (which also happened to be our favorite TV channels; Discovery, History, TBS, ESPN, etc, etc) were working. Someone came to our room but they were unable to fix the problem. I was preparing to do some serious complaining when the kind man offered us free passes to the executive lounge on the top floor. We spent the rest of our evening enjoying free drinks and snacks (and leftovers from Joe T's) while watching Discovery in the fancy shmancy executive lounge. The lounge also included free breakfast (which did not originally come with our room) so we were pretty pumped about that!

Just some of our treats from the lounge. Believe me, there was much more.

We spent a lot of time in the elevator. Between our room, the lounge, the bar, the lobby, and other random exploring, there were lots of up-and-down trips.

This was the view from our 8th floor room. Love it!

The next day, we headed to Arlington to go to the Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. We went on a ballpark tour and happened to be the only people on the tour! It was very interesting and (even though it wasn't Busch Stadium), we had lots of fun.

Since the Rangers were playing out of town when we went, we got to go in the locker room. We were told that when the team is in town, people are not allowed in here. Although we would've like to have seen some players taking batting practice, going in the locker room was really cool.
After that, we headed home and went back to our "normal" lives. It was only about 26 hours, but we had fun!