If You Give A Kid A Camera............

.............He's probably going to want to take a ton of really up-close and blurry pictures!

AJ and Noah got hold of one of our old digital cameras the other day and went to town taking pictures of their stuffed animals in AJ's closet. But they were VERY proud of their work!! Gotta love kiddos!

Birthdays, Play Dates and New Toys.... OH MY!

So..... I've been really bad at updating this for the past few months. I WILL try to be better. It just seems like I never have my camera with me anymore. I used to carry it everywhere, it was practically attached to me. But lately, I've been terrible and it upsets me so because I've missed so many wonderful moments. My camera and I need to get more intimately involved, and soon!

That should be easy since my wonderful hubby bought me a new computer, printer and photo shop program for my birthday.....even though it's not quite my birthday yet, but soon! I love all my new toys and am SUPER excited to play around with my new program and create beautiful pictures. Not that any pictures with my boys in them aren't beautiful already!

Speaking of said wonderful hubby, he had a birthday just this past weekend. We celebrated his big 3-0 last Saturday and it was fab-o if I do say so myself. We have never, and I seriously mean never, in over 5 years, spent the night away from our boys. Sure he's gone on a few "boys" weekends and been away from them but I've always been with them. But since turning 30 is a pretty big thing....especially for him....I decided to surprise him with a special night away at a hotel. It was quite nice, even if we were only 5 whole minutes from the house.....baby steps people, baby steps. We had a nice dinner with friends followed by a few drinks at the bar and then ended the night with just the two of us, no kids to put to bed. We got to cuddle and talk, and the best part, of course, was that we got to sleep in the next morning! All in all, a wonderful evening and one I know he truly enjoyed.


Today the boys and I had a wonderful play date with my good friend, Michelle, and her little boy Chase. We took the kiddos to a place called Boomerangs in Plano and the kids had a blast. Definitely a place I would recommend. It is quite inexpensive and you can stay as long as you'd like....especially good in these times of stretching the dollar. However, I once again walked out of the house without my camera and missed the opportunity to get some great pics of the boys.....bad mommy. I mean, amazingly enough, my boys played for over two hours straight without fighting with each other once. I had begun to think that was no longer possible. I know they love each other but sometimes.....

Well, off to play with my new "toys" now. I promise to post some pics once I figured out some cool tricks. Until then......

March!?...Already?

Where has the time gone? This year is flying by and it makes me a bit sad. This is the last year for my babies to be babies, at least somewhat. Come August we will forever be at the mercy of the academic calendar, okay not forever, but at least for the next 14 years! That means no more trips on a whim just to get away from it all, and THAT will be hard for us.



My boys are growing like weeds these days and are really developing strong personalities of their own. Which, I might add, is not always a good thing! They do tend to be a bit on the stubborn side....they must get that from their Daddy, because me........stubborn........... never!



Here are a few pics of them just being the crazy boys I know and love so much. Enjoy!

Why couldn't I have had a little girl?

Don't get me wrong, I absolutely adore my precious boys and (most days =}) I wouldn't trade 'em for the world. And I'm sure if I did have a little girl I'd have gone broke a long time ago, especially since I am already a shopaholic when it comes to the boys and there aren't near as many cute things out there for boys as there is for girls! BUT..... I have all these really cute creative ideas for "girly" things and yet no girls to make them for. All of my friends have all boys, and I do have a cousin with a little princess but she too is crafty and makes all these things herself, soooo...............

I do have a cousin, who I RARELY see, that has a five month old little girl so I decided to unleash some of my creativity into some cute outfits for her. I had a blast making them, but instead of scratching my creative itch, it only gave me hundreds of more ideas of things to make.

------A cute little Ladybug ensemble------

-------Pretty in Pink for the Princess!-------

-------This is the back of the onsie
that says SWEET -------

And of course, ALL Princesses should have a tutu!

Okay ladies, since my hubby says no more kiddos, one of you need to have a little girl so I can go crazy making things for her!!!

Reflections.....

Okay so it has been a month since I last posted.....bad mommy! Things just got incredibly crazy around here for a while. First there were the Holidays and spending time with family, then we ended up with a nasty cold virus that cycled through all of us, not once but TWICE, and lasted for THREE weeks before we were are feeling better.

Now that things are somewhat back to normal in the health department we have been focusing on selling a house, Brady is taking some classes, and I have been substituting at AJ's school for the past three weeks. We are definately staying busy but it's actually been really nice.

Any-who, since we've been in a whirlwind around here I haven't really even touched my camera this month - SOOO not like me!! So I thought instead, that I would share with you a few pics of my babies when they were, in fact, babies and how big they are these days. I miss the days when they were always happy and cuddly!

..............Andrew Joseph.............

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..................Noah Lucas.................

My sweet babies aren't really babies anymore........

'Tis the Season!

Here are a few pics of the boys getting in the Christmas spirit!

My BIG Boy!!!

Okay, so I've been terrible lately at updating my blog. It's just that with the holidays, AJ's birthday and me substituting at his school, I've been so busy I hadn't gotten to it.


So, AJ turned 5 (I can't believe how fast time has flown by :( ) on November 21 and we had a Mad Science themed party for him because he is soooo into science right now. It was a great party and the kiddos all seemed to really enjoy themseleves! I'll admit that it was a bit hectic at times trying to do experiments with 10 kiddos but they had a lot of fun so it was all worth it!


However, because I was so busy with the kids I didn't get a chance to pick up my camera so I had to rely on our good friend Kelly to send me the pics she got....THANKS KELLY, LOVE YOU!!


Sorry they are getting posted two weeks late, but hey..... it is what it is, right!?!?