Birthdays and More

January came and went. Will turned 5. He is so excited. He can't wait to start school and go to school like a big boy just like Taylor does. It's been a cold year so far. Not used to that here in San Antonio. It's not hot but it's not this cold!! It's been nice. I decided to do big parties every other year and it being a cold winter didn't really go well with my plans of having it at the park! My house is just so small....but his party worked out. We played at the park for a bit then came home for some cake. Not as many people came that said they would, things come up I understand, it turned out fun though.
Girl Scout Cookies season started. And I am soooo glad it's almost over! I always can't wait for it to get here, but then I am so happy when it's over. I am cookie mom for the third year and I am tired! Taylor wants to stay in girl scouts, but I have a small troop and I don't get much help. They do help, but they won't volunteer to do the big things and I'm really tired of doing them. Well enough complaining about that, I love my girl scout troop and I do want to keep doing it too so we will see what happens I decided to wait and see who was planning on doing it again next year too!!=)
At the end of the month, finally got all our tax info and got the taxes done. Our refund made a great Valentine's day present.
And now we are at the end of Feb. and Taylor is turning 9 in 2 days. She is so excited she woke up today saying tomorrow was her birthday (it's on Friday and today is Wednesday) She was so frustrated when I told her that. Oh Well....We are planning a party at the park for her too and I even let her invite all the girls from her class this year. And we are going to the American Girl Store on Spring Break this year. She's gonna be spoiled this year!!
I'm thinking about putting the kids in Awana next year. Not really sure I want the boys to be in Boy Scouts, since there seems to be some kind of scandal or something...But really hardly ever hear anything bad about the Girl Scouts I just don't understand it! So Awanas looks really fun and something all three of them can do and maybe I'll change my mind about Boy Scouts later...we'll see...
Well, I guess that's all my crazy random thoughts for now...gotta get ready to go make my cookie deposit and grocery shopping!!

Christmas

I don't know why but I feel like everyone is rushing Christmas this year. Is it just me? Many houses in my neighborhood already have put their lights up and have had them on. It's a fact that the stores start putting things out in August. My head is already swimming with all the ideas of things I need to do before Christmas. I just feel like I'm drowning this year. And we haven't even made it through Thanksgiving!!
Oh Well. Just had to get that off my mind...

Catching Up?

So I'm not very good at blogging. I always write them in my head but then somehow they never make to the blogging form. So here's what's happened since my last post which was the end of summer! Taylor started third grade. She's doing well. She really likes her teacher. She made the A/B honor roll last 9 weeks. But she is still below level in Math so she is in Math tutoring every Tues and Thurs. She didn't want to do it at first but now she is really enjoying it and improving!
Will is so excited to start school next year. He talks about it ALL the time. Which makes me kinda sad because he's growing up, but kinda happy and excited for him, because he's growing up!!! =) And he is so smart!! He is turning into an little boy.
Drake is the firecracker Mommy's boy all rolled up into one!! He is a daredevil and climbs on everything! He's so clever that are many times I have found him in the kitchen, either on the cabinet or figuring out a way to get the candy down from the pantry that he wants! Pretty much all of Jeremy's family say that's how Jeremy was when he was Drake's age...so I think Drake is his clone!!!
The boys have also gotten very interested in playing video games. Which if you know Jeremy then you know that this makes him VERY happy!! =)
For Halloween, Taylor was a zombie princess, she picked out her whole outfit all by herself. Will and Drake were Ghostbusters. Jeremy made them proton packs, a ghost radar (can't think of what they call it in the movie right now) and a ghost trap!! Here are the pictures.


yes she is almost as tall as me...*sigh*...but in my defense she was wearing some really high heels that night...=)


The Whole Gang:

Summer Part 2

July was all about VBS and Games!!
Then August came and went by way too fast!! School starts on Monday and I'm not ready!!=)
Taylor is going to be in third grade!
Next year is going to be so much harder though, Will is going to Kinder!! =)
It's going to be hard on Mommy, and Drake...They are just growing up way to fast....=)
Here are some random pictures from summer!
Dress up Fun and Bowling!!

Summer It's a long one!!

We've had a crazy busy hot and fun summer!! I thought I would post some pictures and commentary!


We started the summer off by going to Indiana for Jeremy's cousin Ryan's wedding (we left right after Taylor got out of school) and drove all night to get there Friday afternoon, just in time for the rehearsal dinner!! We were soo tired!!



Then we headed home on Drake's Birthday!! On the way home he said he wanted to go to Chuck E Cheese for his birthday and ride the Bob the Builder Ride. So that's just what we did, except that they didn't have the Bob the Builder ride anymore for some reason so he settled for Barney and Stuart Little...




We also started our summer basketball and baseball season.

Taylor did the Sea World Sleepover with her girl scouts again this year.




We did three Vacation Bible Schools this year!!!
The first was Crocodile Dock.

The next one we did was Make a Splash for Drake's age, but I didn't get any pictures of him at his NUTS!! oh well...

And then we did Bibletimes It was so awesome!!
We made a trip to the coast on July 4th. That was crazy fun!



Spent many days at the pool or in the water in the backyard!!



So much more to post, but I'm going to do it in the next one!!!

Happy Birthday Drake!!!

Yesterday was Drake's Birthday so I wanted to post some pictures of him!
He's 3!!


He loves Elmo and Thomas =) He's a momma's boy and he's bouncy!! He's a fun boy!!

Weddings, Easter and Grandparents

I'm a little behind, but I'm trying to catch up!!

Our good friend Jessica's Wedding and Easter was the next major event after the trip to see Thomas.

Then we also had a special celebration of my grandparents (my dad's side) but I only got one picture of that oh well...=)


Dying Eggs

At the Wedding


Easter Egg Hunt!!



Relaxing in Great Grandpa and Grandma's Swing
Grandparents Special Day