Oklahoma Pictures

WARNING!!! Picture overload!!!
{Blogger is being difficult right now. My text is not lining up with my pictures...when I hit "publish" it looks completely different from what I just typed! So, sorry if it doesn't seem to make sense!}
Here's a bunch of pictures from our trip to Oklahoma to see family. James' parents and 1 brother live there, and another brother was visiting with his girls and girlfriend. We had a great time!
James' parents own a coffee shop/bakery and we spent a lot of time there. Once we showed Colton this bell on a pulley rope...he kept pulling it over and over.



















Brian keeps lots of papers and a pen in his shirt pocket, which Colton thought was so fun! He kept emptying his pockets.
















Then we went swimming at the indoor pool at the Y. Kennedie had a blast, but once Colton got in up to his knees, he was D-O-N-E!

















The next day we went to this great children's museum. Colton's favorite part was the carpentry room. They had REAl tools and wood! He knew he had to wear his safety goggles if he wanted to "work" and he did!




















Kennedie hard at work!



















I think this was taken right before he hit MaryBeth's finger with the hammer...



















Kennedie sawing...














They got one of the ferrets out...yucko! Look at that tongue!



















That night we had a special birthday party for Shelbie and Colton, the 2 March birthdays. I love this picture...look at everyone's face! So happy!














Colton with his new "TRRRRRRRRUCKS!"



















These two don't look like brothers, do they???














Kennedie had SO much fun playing with her sweet cousins.

The last morning there, we woke up to snow. REAL snow! My kids have seen the Texas ice before, but never real, honest to goodness SNOW!!!

They boys made this incredible covered patio in just 2 days! John sketched out the plans and the guys went to work. They're still going to put lattice across the top, but not too shabby for 2 days of work!

And here's a shot of my babies on the way home...

It was a great trip!

Birthday Pictures!!!

Colton had such a fun day! Here's a few pictures from his special day...

Happy Birthday Colton!!!

Well, it happened. My BABY turned two today!!! We had such a wonderful day surrounded by so many special friends and family. I am beyond exhausted from all the party planning, but wanted to give you a little sneak peek. I have a TON of pictures to post...from the party and from our trip to Oklahoma. Until then, I'll leave you with this...

In this video, he starts blowing when I ask him if it's his birthday...he does that everytime! He's blowing out candles! I know it's dark, but it was right before bedtime and that's the best light I could get.

Oh, My Aching Heart!

First, let me just get something off of my chest. I'm pretty sure you've all seen my you-know-who-I'm-talking-to notice at the top. I hate that I even have to put that there, but still feel that's it's necessary to leave it. If I have not given you permission (or even seen and/or talked to you in months) to COPY my family photos and PASTE them for your own personal use (which would only be for making others THINK you have this semi-normal, perfect life...which we all know it isn't), then I consider that dishonest and quite frankly, STEALING. So, quit visiting my blog, because I see you on it.

Well, now that I have that off of my chest, I'll move on!

We just got home last night from a 5 day stay in Oklahoma, visiting James' parents and brothers. It got super cold, and was even snowing...real snow, people...when we left. We had a great time, laughed, ate great food, drank great wine, and just enjoyed ourselves. I'll be posting pictures from our trip once things settle down a bit.

I'm running around like a crazy woman (more than I do on the regular days) trying to get things together for my baby boy's 2nd birthday party. DID YOU HEAR WHAT I JUST SAID, PEOPLE?!?! My BABY is turning TWO in 2 short days. Oh, my aching heart!!! It's so hard for me. It's like I have to acknowledge that my perfect baby is growing into this little boy. Last night, James, Kennedie and I got out the video of Kennedie's 2nd birthday party. Oh, how I cried and laughed. Her sweet little squeaky voice. I asked her, "How old are you, Kennedie?" And she answered, "Two, Mommy." Oh, I just melted!!!

I'm really excited about his party. This will be the 1st birthday party for Colton that James has been to. He was still in Iraq for his 1st, so I'm double excited about this one. So we'll be out getting all the last of the party supplies today...fun, fun!

So I looked around in my photo folders and came up with this...Enjoy!

Random Picture Post

I've taken a BUNCH of pictures lately, so this post might be a little all over the place...

Colton loves to play in my Tupperware cabinet. One day I heard him digging out every single bowl (an almost daily occurrence) and came into the living room to find this. He got my cake container and thought it looked like a cozy spot to enjoy a snack! A perfect fit!

Yesterday was such a great day! The kids played so well (and quietly) all day! No fighting, just lots and lots of giggling and fun. Here's a picture of them just enjoying their lollipops.

And Kennedie had her 1st tee ball practice. She was a little nervous, but her coach is so great! She really had fun.

And finally, some of my latest craft projects. I had a pair of overalls that I had bought for Kennedie last fall and they still fit. And I just couldn't bear the thought of plain overalls (ha!) so I HAD to embellish them. Here's the final project! (And it was a little chilly that morning, so she wasn't happy about taking pics.)

And several months ago I found this cute little box with a handle on it. It has a clasp to close it and I just figured I could find something to do with it. Well, Colton LOVES his Matchbox cars and trucks, so he now has a cool new box to keep them in!

Happy Birthday Candice!

Happy Birthday Candice!!!

Today is one of my dearest friends birthdays. She is such a great listener...and I should know...we've talked on the phone daily since we reunited and found out we were both expecting our 1st babies...daughters! We met in 10th grade Computer Lit class and became fast friends. We had fun days working together in the video department of Tom Thumb! Thanks for being such a great friend...enjoy your day of pampering!

I came across this today and thought it was so neat. I just had to see what mine would look like! Try it out!

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.

b. Using only the first page, pick an image. {I cheated on this one...and you can too! Some of the 1st pages had some crazy stuff on them...nothing to do with my actual search. So I wandered off on to page 2, 3, 4...}

c. Select the size of boxes as 3 by 4. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

Use these questions in each URL box!!!

1. What is your first name? K {Kelli brought up some weird results!}

2. What is your favorite food? Starbucks

3. What high school did you go to? Martin High School {don't ask me HOW that brought up a flower!}

4. What is your favorite color? pink.

5. Who is your celebrity crush? David Beckham

6. Favorite drink? Margarita on the Rocks

7. Dream vacation? CanCun

8. Favorite dessert? pumpkin pie

9. What you want to be when you grow up? a mommy

10. What do you love most in life? family

11. One Word to describe you. Happy

12. Where do you live? Arlington TX

So, try it and let me know if you do!