February 2011

 This was Blake's month-look who turned 4 years old!

And-look who loves to help celebrate with him! 

2011 in pictures

January 2011

Snow in Texas...and more snow days than we ever had in 4 years combined in Colorado!

 Exploring our Texas at the Stockyards in Ft. Worth

Removal of Blake's tonsils-bye bye sleep apnea and snoring! A good nights sleep is on the horizon!

Testing, Testing

Is there anyone still out there. 

It's been so long-I can't even remember how to do this. As always my intensions are good and once again I will try to start this back up. 

I love my children and want to keep this for them-for all the memories I swear I could never forget and sadly have a hard time recalling now. We will try again. 

Pinterest

I have found a new website that I can't seem to get enough of! Pinterest! It is esentially a pinboard of all those great ideas you see or read about all in one place. If you are anything like me-I still have magazines that I am wanting to throw away but just after I cut out a recipe or make a note of something I read-well not more. I am putting these ideas on a virtual holding place! Oh the things I have found! I have actually implemented some of them too which is a much better off place than searching though my collection of random papers all jumbled together.

Here are few of my most recent finds: Simple Sangria!

I will be the first to admit-mine didn't look that beautiful but it was terribly easy and one that I will definitely use again. I think the next time I am invited to a party-I am bringing Sangria!
Another fun find: Watermelon!

Who doesn't love watermelon on these last hot summer days. Well at least it can simple with a pretty presentation. Although I have to admit-the watermelon balls were not as easy as I expected them to be. Other than that-another fun way to change things up.

I am finding not only new ideas but by searching the Pinboards of my other friends I feel like i am getting to know another side of them by really seeing what they like. I am also embracing my creative side and getting to know a bit more about me too!

You should really check it out!

Back to school

I wish I could remember back to when I was entering the 1st grade. Granted-I went to private school and had to wear a uniform-my choices were limited to yellow, brown and white. Apparently I still tried to accessorize-notice the purse.  I believe this photo was from my kindergarten year. 

 Today I watched Avery school shopping at Target like she was at Neimans or Saks. Every time she would turn around and spot something new her reaction was filled with surprise and gasping at how CUTE this t-shirt was or how ADORABLE the bow on the doggie was on that t-shirt. The bright blue Hello Kitty shirt, the cute denim shorts and even the solid purple t shirt were all breathtaking...especially when she came across the Sharpay Evans collection-PINK & SPARKLY. (She is one of the characters on High School Musical) As we moved on to pick up some more things for Zach, I stopped to just watch her as she belted out Justin Bieber songs with zero regard to anyone who could be walking by. She is dramatic and beautiful, gentle and loving. She is lively and oblivious to everything going on around her when she steps into her personal la-la land. 

How fun it must be to be 6! 

Blogging restart fall 2011

It has been almost a year already since my last post and even before then I wasn't doing so good at keeping up. I would like to give it another go and try to be faithful about keeping this up to date. Many friends are on Facebook and obviously through email and phone calls but I want to try to update with an entirely new outlook on how and why.

In the beginning I was trying to document our lives as it seemed we were going through so many changes and in the end I just got swallowed up by our busy-ness! Now instead I want to talk not only about our life but I want to include anything I get inspired by. A snapshot I take or a blog I read or an idea I come across.

This last year has included so many fun times and I have not talked about any of them on here. I want this to be a place for my kids to look back at and learn more about our family, and about their mother. A sort of legacy to remember me by. I want them to know more about me and how much I loved them. With school around the corner I feel I get another year of 2nd chances to make my kids feel special, connect with them and document their lives. I am not a scrapbooker-their baby books leave so much to be desired-my children instead hopefully will be able to look through this blog and relive childhood memories. Maybe I can get it made into a book.

Restarting his blog is on my TA-DAH list!