Boo at the Zoo

This past Saturday we took the kids to the Boo at the Zoo here in Abilene. It is always a fun time but packed with tons of people! My kids have cute costumes this year and I was so excited to put them in them since I bought them back in September!!! Braelyn is a monkey (it was her choice) so Happy is a banana! Omg, I love it :) Last year they were an angel and a devil in tutu's, which was fun too!

2008:

2009 Boo at the Zoo:

Baby Corbin in his tiger suit :)                              My monkey Braelyn

Happy the Banana :)                                                              

Braelyn with Chris and Adrianne                                    Kaden the skeleton

Kaden, Braelyn and Camryn.. love that face, Brae :)                                                    

Uncle Stinky and Happy                                       Me and Corbin :)

Our babies

Our Family

My monkey and banana :)

Dylan had gone to see his mom for the weekend so he didnt get to come but you will see his costume soon! :) It was really a fun day and all the kids were so cute! :) Can't wait till next year!!

Memorial Weekend

First of all, I wanted to say thanks to everyone for the really encouraging comments, emails, texts and calls about Dozer. We do miss him but I am overly grateful for the outpouring of love and support that we recieved about his passing. How many times have I said Jeff and I have the best friends and family in the world? It's true. We do. I am so blessed.

Cowboy has been enjoying time in the house and getting picked on my three little brats. :) He is the best dog ever. The climb all over him, squeeze him, hit him, pull his tail, throw toys and it doesn't even phase him. He is the perfect dog to have with little ones in the house and besides that he is amazingly behaved. We struck gold with that furry friend. I have had Cowboy a looong time.. a post to come about that soon. :)
And were you wondering about our Memorial Weekend? It was perfect! Chris and Kristie came back this weekend on Friday night and we rushed to get everyone ready so we could head to the track to watch Jeff and Chris run their cars. They both did great. It was warm outside and we all had a good time. Braelyn and Brylee ate way too much candy (thanks to Jampa) and drank a surplus of coke plus stayed up way past their bed time. Sounds like a good time, right? It was. The boys did great and it was fun.

Saturday we mostly spent around the house. That night we went to dinner at Fuji's Japanese Steak House and it was delicious, as ever. Braelyn ate her first meal there of Terriyaki Chicken and fried rice. Suprisingly, she liked it and Brylee even ate some too! Friends came over that night and we got to play with baby Corbin. He is getting so big already!

Sunday we had lunch at Jeff's grandparents and then the boys had the bright idea to wakeboard at the flooded parks behind their dirt bikes. Genius, I know, but it was pretty funny. It floods so bad in Abilene, especially in our neighborhood and this is what our park looked like after just a couple hours of rain! The water that Chris is floating in on the raft is probably 7 feet deep, they can't touch the bottom standing up!Sadly, the worst part of the whole weekend was the girls were getting sicker and sicker as the weekend progressed. Their colds had moved to their chests and by Sunday morning I had two kids wheezing, retracting and on breathing treatments so I called our on call pediatrician and begged him to call them in some steroids to clear them up so I wouldnt have to take them to the ER on a holiday weekend. Instead, he agreed to meet me in his office with both girls in the next 30 minutes and he would check them out. It went fine. They were both wheezing but got steroids and were sounding a somewhat better by the next morning. I am always thankful for the amazing pediatrician that my kids see and the others in his office, like the one we saw Sunday. They go above and beyond for their patients even if it means meeting me at the office at 8:30pm on Sunday night of a holiday weekend! The girls are sounding better today and hopefully feeling 100% when Granny and Papa (my grandparents) come visit tomorrow morning! We can't wait!!

Favorite Blogs

As promised here is a list of some good blogs that I read of strangers..

1) Kelly's Korner

2) Matt Logelin

3) Pioneer Woman

4) Hostess with the Mostest

5) My Charming Kids

6) Steece's Pieces

7) Granny's House

8) Miscellaneous Meredith

9) Keeping Awake

Hmm.. wish I had more than 9. I know there are more that I read that I just can't think of so I will add some later if they come to mind. For now, those should keep your pretty occupied. I won't even attempt summaries of each one cause it would probably take me all day but they are all worth your time. If you have a favorite blog that I need to catch up on.. please send it to me!

Because I think a blog is worthless without pictures and you need to see lots of little Corbin (Nick and Maher's new baby), here is he is at Dylan's birthday party last weekend. Can you tell how excited I get about newborn babies?! I think Jeff is just excited that someone had a baby this time that was not me! :)

Have a blessed week!

Happy Friday!

Suprsingly, this week seems to have just flown by. I have really enjoyed some warm weather.. but not 60 mph winds of West Texas. I have been sick as a dog the past two days and the kids haven't been feeling too hot (or sleeping too well) either. Either way, the show must go on. This weekend is Crazy Dylan's 5th birthday and party. Saturday we will bounce until ours brains are fried at The Jump Around (2 PM, if you wanna come!). Then Sunday we will be doing Easter with an egg hunt that appears to be taking place indoors because we have an 80% chance of thunderstorms (thanks, it snowed on Braelyn's first Easter so first Easter's just aren't our thing apparently). On top of all that fun, Chris and Kristie will be here to share in the excitement and that means my kids will be spoiled rotten again by Monday :)

Braelyn, Ashley and I went to see Corbin again so I could hold him. Oh, how I love newborn babies! Corbin is perfect and I can't wait to watch him grow. Braelyn thinks he is the greatest because he is a boy and we don't know many baby boys :)

In other news.. here is Miss Happy walking! Sorry about the poor picture quality. I was laying on the floor taking pictures up at her and this is what happened... My baby is getting so big!!

If you haven't rented Marley and Me yet.. now is the time. We watched it in theaters and then this week rented it. I didn't cry the second time but if you havent' seen it yet.. grab some kleenex's, dog lovers.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Easter weekend. Lots and lots of party and Easter pics to come soon, I'm sure.

Meet Corbin Ollie

Last night we finally got to go meet Nick and Maher's new baby! Maher had a pretty long day. They induced her early and due to lack of progression after about 10 hours, they did a c-section. She did great and was just pretty out of it when we got there. Corbin is absolutely perfect and so cute! We didn't get to hold him last night cause they were still cleaning, checking and all that when we got there and we had to leave to get the kids to bed (it was already 10). I am going to go back today because I am dying to hold him in my arms. I love, love, love newborn babies (& no, before you ask.. I do not plan on having another one!)

Meet Corbin Ollie

April 7, 2009

5:52 PM

6 lbs 11oz

19 1/2 inches long

Chris, Jeff and the kids at the hospital Only Braelyn could talk Daddy into ice cream on the way home at 10 o'clock at night :)

If you are keeping tabs on the shooting in our neighborhood.. here is the latest news story.. very sad. http://ktxs.com/newsroom/newsclips/carrillo_folo.wmv