Happy 50th Birthday!

My sister and I orchestrated a surprise birthday party for my Dad, George and step-mom, Trish. We had tons of help putting it together, especially from our cousin, Jessica. Mwah! Thank you all so much.

We had the lights turned out and when they came in, we all jumped out and yelled "Surprise!". The look on both of their faces was priceless. They both had no clue it was a party for them. We had told them it was a party for Carson, who turned one the day before George's birthday. Can you see the surprise on their faces?

We had so much fun. Many family and friends were able to make it. Audrey was able to fly down and our Uncle Eric and family were able to drive here from Corsicana, TX.

I wish you both all the happiness in the world and are so blessed to have you both in my life.
Thank you and Happy Birthday!

Hope you guys are having fun in VEGAS!

Christmas 2008

Wow, Christmas gets crazier every year. Deep breath in...

Okay. Christmas Eve we went to John's parents and had four kids opening their presents, our two and our niece Brooklyn and nephew Kyle. Not many pictures turned out from that, they were all blurry. ha. Here is one though, of Carson and his FAVORITE toy, a ball and cup. He loves putting the ball in his mouth, just the right size. And with a handy string to pull it out just in case. Crazy kid!


Then Christmas day was at our house. Katlynn had told our "Elf on the Shelf", that she named Jack from LOST, all the things that she wanted the night before and was telling him what a good job he did since Santa brought all the stuff she wanted.


Carson and dad spending some quality time together.


I wonder if he will have the height when he grows up to play basket ball because he sure likes to dunk on this little one.


more to come....

New Camera - New Pics

Our old camera finally bit the dust (I think with a little help from a certain 4 year old) so we had to get a new one. Now I will try to catch you up on what's been going on around here.

Kit is crazy as usual. Her she is with black bean capped teeth. mmmmm....


Carson got his first official hair cut and our cousin, Jessica (Thank you Jess! muah!), cut and styled it for him. He looks like a little man now. [whistle - whistle]


While we were at Jessica's shop, Katlynn learned all by herself how to blow bubbles with gum! Woo-hoo! Well sort of...at least until she drives her Momma crazy popping the bubbles...

Happy Halloween!

Again for this year's Halloween, we were on a cruise. The whole family went as someone from Peter Pan since Katlynn was dying to be Tinker Bell. She also wanted to be Ariel but had a hard time figuring out how I would make a King Triton, Ursula, and Flounder costume with not much time. So I settled on Peter Pan.

Carson's costume is the only one that I made. I sewed the top and hat (no pattern either!) using felt fabric that I bought on the cheap. He wore some brown pants and some way too big brown leather booties that he already had. I stuck a feather in his hat and called him macaroni.... No just kidding, but I did pull the feather out of a floral arrangement of mine, borrowed some Velcro from my mom, had some elastic leftover from another project and used a brown scarf that I had for his belt and TA-DA! His costume cost a total of $2.48! I was pretty happy about that, can you tell? Ha.
Anyways...We won FIRST prize for the costume contest on the whole ship. We were thrilled! They were selling a dvd of the video footage from Halloween night but there was no sound, just stupid music and they wanted $39.95 for it. Uh, no. So you guys just get to see the pics but I think they are pretty darn cute! (And for those who are unfamiliar with Peter Pan, John is Captain Hook and I am Tiger Lilly.)

Happy Belated Halloween!

Happy BIRTHday Saige!

Happy Birthday Little Miss!

Born July 10, 2008 at 9:09pm
Saige Ryhann
7lbs 15oz
20 in long

Proud parents!


Proud Great Aunt and cousin!

She's 4! Happy Birthday, Kit!

Little miss had a wonderful Princess and Prince themed 4 year old birthday party. Her family friends and friends from school came. All the girls were dressed as princesses. There was coloring, a castle "pin-la-ta" (how Kit says pinata), music, and of course cake and ice cream! Mom (again, what am I thinking?!) made the cake. It was a pink castle cake and I do have to say, it was a huge hit. She got tons of toys and had a blast! I think this was her best party ever.



Brother also had a little treat. His little "girlfriend", Kylie, was able to come. She is 2 months younger than him. They had so much fun playing together. Well it was mostly uncontrolled head bobbing and arm swinging. ha.

It was a "Hairy" day!

So I am sure most of you know but 2 days before Katlynn's 4th birthday party she cut her own hair. On both sides! And short!

After I calmed down, I called my dear sweet cousin, Jessica, and she worked us in that day. Now that the shock is over, I really like the shorter hair. Jessica made it way cute. So much better than the mullet she did have, ha.

Hugs and Kisses, Jess. We love you!!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Today was a very productive day.
- I was able to get the kids out of the house this morning wearing green so we wouldn't get pinched. I tried explaining to Kit why but it really doesn't make sense even to me.
- We picked out and ordered Audrey's wedding dress and Jasmine and my bridesmaid dresses.
- And tonight, we all went to Painted Poppy for some relaxing time together followed by dinner. I am having so much fun with all this family time together, wish it could be like this all the time. Love you all!