Goodbye 1st grade....Hello 2nd!!

I can’t believe that Christian is officially a 2ND grader! We had a few additional challenges this year as opposed to the past couple of years but in all it was a great year! Christian is super smart, so I never worried whether or not he would be behind since he is one of the younger ones in his class. He loves school and has received high grades throughout the whole year. He loves reading and math. Writing is not his strong point but that’s alright, we will be working on that a little this summer. He has such an outgoing personality and has made so many new friends. He has grown up so much during this school year, and we are excited to see what second grade has to offer. The only bad thing that has been repeated over and over this year would have to be the fact he LOVES to talk! Surprise…surprise….he is MY child! Yes some of the talking comes from me, but also his age. I’m hoping not to receive as many notes next year as we did this year! He is a great kid, and so smart!! We are so proud of everything he has accomplished this year!! We are looking forward to the second grade but for now we are excited to enjoy the summer!!

August 9, 2010

May 27, 2011


It’s neat to see how much he has grown in just 9 short months!

Weekend recap!

We had a great weekend!! I don't think I accomplished much, well if anything, but it was a fun weekend. Since deciding to re-do our room, my mind has been full of thoughts and ideas. I have been to a few places checking out new things and I am so excited to finally get moving on it this weekend!

We spent a lot of time over at my parents house this weekend, the reason nothing got done at my house. Colin was a little under the weather but he didn't miss a beat. I love that summer is here, however I'm not loving the already 90+ degree weather we have been having! It was prefect weather for the sprinkler which the kids enjoyed on Sunday!

We had lunch over at my parents Sunday afternoon with a sweet lady from their church and her two kids. Her name is Yay (I think that's how you spell it!) and she will be leaving in July to head to Africa to be a missionary. She was born there and came to America as a little girl with her family to escape all the violence. Now years later God has called her back there to teach the children! The church has had many fundraiser to help collect money, school supplies and books so she won't have to worry about that once there. Please pray for her while she is there over the next year! God is doing some amazing things with her!

The boys played so hard all weekend that Colin was asleep Sunday night at 6:30 and slept all night long! The weekends seem to go by so quickly!

What's going on this weekend??

Friday is the last day of school! Yippee!! I'm not even a teacher and I'm excited for it!

Michael will be home and we will be working on our bedroom! Can't wait to see the finished product!

And I have a 4 day weekend! Doesn't get any better than that! Besides redecorating, we have some fun things planned to do as a family! I am so looking forward to it!

My thoughts...

I debated talking about this or not, but I have decided that I would as a testament of my faith. There has been a lot of talk on the news about a man who has predicted the return of Jesus being tomorrow May 21st. I am a believer in Christ, I know he died on the cross for my sins and I will spend eternity in heaven with him. Michael and I both believe this, as well as us teaching our children. I also know that one day he will return to earth. However the bible says no one will know the time or day of his arrival. Which means no man on earth can “predict”, “calculate” or “guess” for that matter when he will return. I do find it a little odd all the people who have left family, jobs, lives to teach about his returning. I believe that we should spread the word of God. It makes me sad when I over hear people talking about it and find it funny, or making jokes about it. Jesus is real, God is real and he will return. I do hope that one good thing comes from this. I hope any non-believer see all the talk, question it and look into the bible and realize they don’t have Jesus in their lives. I hope that you have Jesus in your lives, and have a personal relationship with him.

“No one knows about that day, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father” Matthew 24:36

House Project #1

We have lived in our house almost 7 years, and right before we moved in we had just about every room painted and decorated a certain style. Now year’s later I have come to dislike something about each room! Our style has changed and I’m ready to re-do the inside of the house. I don’t know how much longer we will be living in this particular house, however we are currently still there and I have to be happy about it now. One room has taken a back seat to everything else in the house and that is our room, the master! We painted it a dark brown color before moving in since it match the bedding we had at that time. However that bedding has since long gone, and we have not really had a “style” ever since. We bought really nice furniture not too long after we were married and I love it. We have a king size bed, (the hubby is 6 ft 7!) and our room isn’t huge so it takes up a lot of space. Over time we have added an armoire (dark cherry in color) for our TV, a desk ( dark cherry and black), an elliptical machine (black), and our night stands (dark cherry) and what do you get? A brown box with a lot of other dark brown furniture! It makes a small room seem even smaller. I like to think I have good taste, and I get a lot of ideas from my mom. She’s a great decorator and had great ideas too! I have always thought your room needs to be a reflection of who you are and a little get-a-way. Somewhere you can go relax, and enjoy being together. Our room is none of that. I want to walk into our room and be happy about it, and I want Michael to come home and it feel kind of like a get away! So after a little convincing (not really he was pretty much on board from the get go!) We are going to have a “Master Bedroom Make Over!!” I would love to submit my ideas to HGTV and have someone come and red-do it for me, but I don’t think that would happen!

I’m so excited about getting started, and of course seeing the end result!

What do you have in your Master Bedroom that is a must? Or not so much? I'd love to hear any and all ideas!!

Weekend Fun!!

We had a great weekend! Saturday the boys and I spent the morning doing chores around the house, it cost me a little bit of money but I had to have some kind of incentive to get some things done!

That afternoon the boys went over to my parents so me and a couple of girlfriends could have a much needed girls night out! We went and saw the movie “Bridesmaids!” It was hilarious!! I could have done without some of the language, but over all a cute movie. We saw some previews for a few movies that will be out this summer, and I can’t wait. Comedy movies by far are my favorite, and I love to laugh! Hopefully we will be able to catch a few this summer! Afterwards we headed over to Longhorn and ate way too much! Since my birthday was the week prior I received a coupon for a free dessert! Yippee for free stuff!! We ate, talked and laughed so hard! It was a great girls night, and I can’t wait until the next one.

Sunday we headed to church. The sermons lately have been about family and this week’s sermon was about raising children. The sermon was great and I took away a few good points. At the end of the service while singing the closing song all the elementary aged kids came out and sung on stage! Christian was so excited, and was singing his heart out. It was a well known song we hear a lot on the radio so he was just belting it out! It was so cute, and I loved seeing him up there singing for Jesus!

After church we relaxed at home before heading to my parents for dinner. Then it was time to get ready for the week ahead. I was off yesterday and had a great day by myself. I got a few things done around the house, and have now decided to start a new project at home! (More to come later!)

Happy Friday!

It’s Friday and I am so thankful, it’s been a long week!! I have a 3 day weekend ahead of me and I am so looking forward to it! I know it sounds lame, but I am looking forward to taking the kids to school and actually going to the grocery store by myself. It might be a high light of the day! Don’t get me wrong I love my kids, but it’s just nice to take your time and it will be quiet. I have a ton of other things I would love to do too, but I’m not sure which ones if any will get done. I’m hoping the weather will be nice, I would love to lay out and read a little!

Tomorrow night is girls night and I am super excited! It has been so long since we have gotten together and it is much needed! The boys will be spending some quality time with my parents. It’s supposed to rain and I’m hoping it will hold off so they can play outside. We are going to be seeing the movie “Bridesmaids” and dinner afterwards. I hope the movie is as funny as the previews are!




Hope you have a fabulous Friday and an even better weekend!

Mother's Day 2011

Being a mom to my two boys is by far one of the greatest things in the world.

I have an amazing mother who has taught me so much about being a mother myself. I know how much my mom loves me and everything she has done for me, but when I became a mom myself I looked at everything from a different perspective. My mom is the greatest and I love her so much! It wasn't until I got older when she not only was my mom but also my best friend!

This past weekend I was able to celebrate my birthday, my sister's birthday, my mom's birthday and mother's day all in one! I love that I live so close to my family and whom I see very often. My grandmother (my mom's mom) and grandfather were also in town to celebrate with us.

My Mom

My Grandma Tootie

Grandma Tootie, Mom, My sister and Me

Grandma Tootie, Rodger, my mom and brother Mark.