Happy Birthday Dawn!!!!

Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday to You

Happy Birthday Dear Dawn,

Happy Birthday to You!!!

I hope that you have a wonderful day!!! You are such a Christ-filled person who shines His love onto others. You are a great friend with a good heart and do so much for others. You are a great mother to your boys and wife to Ronnie. I hope that the next year brings all of the things that you are hoping for!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Congrats Shannon!!!

I just wanted to tell my friend Shannon congrats on graduating from SPC today. I cannot imagine how hard it is going to college while also being the mother to three. Shannon, I know you have worked SOOOO hard and I hope you know that I am proud of you and admire you very much. Keep up the hard work as you move on to the next step in your college career!!!

Ft. Worth Zoo

Last week Chance's uncle passed away in Ft. Worth. The funeral was Saturday, so we decided to leave at 5 am Friday (so the kids would sleep) and drive in to take the kids to the zoo. I think I was actually more excited that Rayden!!!! We got to the zoo and spent a little over two hours there. It was hot, and would have been much nicer had we not had to take poor little Casen, but he was a trooper none the less!!!

The Elephants ~ Rayden's favorite!!!

Chance & Rayden getting a look at the Giraffes
Casen hanging out in his stroller!!!

Getting a good look at the Rhino

The penguins

(it was air conditioned in this exhibit, so we spent a while in there!!!!)

Chance & Casen watching the penguins

After the train ride ~ hot & tired and ready to leave!!!!

Catching up!

Yesterday I took Casen in for his 9 month check up. He weighed 27 lbs (50th percentile), was 27.5 inches long (25th percentile), and his head was 18.4 inches (90th percentile). So, I guess that being a little shorter makes him look so much chubbier. I was certain he was going to be in like the 90th percentile for his weight cause he seems like such a chunky monkey to us, but I guess we are used to having a skinny mini Rayden!!! He also has 6 teeth (4 on top & 2 on bottom) and is walking as much as he is crawling. He loves walking, but knows that crawling is a faster way to get somewhere.

My anniversary surprise was a hour long full body massage, and manicure and a pedicure!!! It was so relaxing and I am so proud of Chance for thinking to do that for me. What a sweet guy. That night we went out to eat at Abuelos (YUMMY!!!) by ourselves. It was a GREAT day!!!

We are still working on sprucing up the house. We are almost done with the front of the house and Chance has moved to the backyard. We had a crane over today to move the storage building. It is so exciting to see the progress we are making. I will get before and after photos up soon, I have just been waiting for the completely finished product before the pictures.

Crazy 8

I was tagged by my friends, Dawn & Shannon. So...
The rules are:
1. Mention the person that tagged you.
2. Complete the lists of 8's.
3. Tag 8 other bloggers.
4. Tell them that they have been tagged.

8 Things I Look Forward To

1. Finishing sprucing up our house!

2. Warm weather
3. Seeing my mom & family

4. Casen turning 1 & Rayden turning 4!!

5. Loosing some weight and getting back in shape!
6. Going to California (without kids!!!)

7. Getting the garage cleaned out and having a garage sale

8. Summer time.... hanging out with friends, BBQs, playing outside with the boys!

8 Things I Did Yesterday

1. Worked on switching the boys rooms (working on my to do list!!!) which pretty much took the whole day!!

2. Cleaned house & did laundry.

3.Talked to my mom.
4. Took a shower... all by myself in quite

5. Shopped online for a white noise machine for Casen

6. Bathed the boys

7. Watched Celebrity Apprentice

8. Watched Rayden play in the dirt

8 Things I Wish I Could Do

1. Play an instrument or sing.

2. Keep a clean house (or afford a housekeeper)!!

3. Sew better

4. Shop, all the time!!!

5. Afford to travel more.

6. Be a creative person

7. Open a baby store!

8. Have a little girl!!! ha ha!!

8 Shows I Watch

1. Desperate Housewives

2. Brothers & Sisters

3. Celebrity Apprentice

4. All My Children

5. 90210

6. Southland

7. Rachael Ray

8. Dr. Phil

8 Bloggers That I Tagged

(I am sure that most have been tagged, at least once, if not more, but oh well!!!)

1. Holly

2. Adrian

3. Shelly

4. Darby

5. Carly

6. Amanda

7. Brandi

May's To Do List

I have seen several people who put thier monthly to do lists on thier blog, and I have decided to do the same. I am hoping it will hold me accountable and be a constant reminder to what I still need to do. Spring is here and it seems to make me want to be productive. We (mostly Chance) have been working on improving the outside of the house, and it is looking amazing. I still have a ton to get done this month, so here is my list:

1. Switch the boys' rooms.
2. Finish sanding & staining the dresser I have been working on.
3. Finish cleaning out the garage.
4. Be ready for (and possibly have) a garage sale.
5. LOOSE 10 POUNDS (atleast....)
6. Finish the veggie garden.
7. Finish unpacking what hasn't been unpacked.

Okay, so I am off to get started.........

Five Blissful Years!!!

Today is mine & Chance's five year anniversary!! It is hard to believe that we have been married that long, on the other hand..... it's ONLY been five years????? We have been through and accomplished a lot in the last five years. We have had two beautiful little boys (and an angel in between them) we bought a house, sold a house, started a business, and bought another house. We have had our ups and downs and had so many good times I couldn't even name them all!!! Chance is such a great man, he works hard (very hard) to provide for us and to allow me to be a stay at home mom. I am blessed that he realizes that it is the best for our children but also the best for us as a couple. We get to spend sooooo much more time together because I stay home. We eat lunch together almost everyday, I am "off" when he is off, and we are able to head out of town on the drop of a hat (minus the two hours it takes to get us all packed!!!)

Today I am headed to Lubbock to a surprise destination for a day to myself (all planned by my hubby) and I just answered the door to the flower guy delivering some roses! Tonight we are headed out by ourselves for a much needed date!!! Chance has been asking me all week if I was excited about my surprise. I told him I would be happy with anything, unless he had signed me up to work for a daycare for the afternoon!!! ha ha!!!! Anyways, I better get the kids dressed so I can get on with my day off..... I will let you know how it goes!!!!