A Giveaway!

Haha made you look.

Really though there is a giveaway, but I have a nice spill about it first. I found this lady online somewhere, someway, and she makes some of the cutest hairbows ever. I have bought several or a couple dozen from her. She also sells some of the most adorable dresses you have ever seen. She often does giveaways for said dreses and is having one right now. So go here

http://hairbowsforgirls.blogspot.com/2011/01/winter-giveaway.html

and find out what you have to do to win this gorgeous dress and the matching headband.

Happy 2011!

Better late than never they always say.
2010 sped by quickly especially since my last post.
2010 had it's ups and downs, Josh and I celebrated our 5th anniversary.
We lost a very good family friend, which has made the holidays a little emotional.
I went on a kid-free vacation with my mom and some awesome ladies.
This Christmas was amazing and fun because it was the first year that the kids really got into it. They were excited to leave Santa a note, cookies and milk, Reindeer food that Brie made at school, and a picture of Santa that Brodie colored at school daycare. They enjoyed receiving a letter back form Santa, and seeing the leftovers of the Reindeer food.
Brodie turned 3 which is a miracle, because my sweet boy is very clumsy. Brodie makes us laugh all the time, he is like his Uncle Buddy (my brother), he is going to be the class clown. For a boy he is very verbal and has been since he was abut one and a half. His favorite things are to play dress up in his super hero costumes. B-man loves music, (actually both kids do) and asked for a drum set like our music leader's at church. So Santa brought him a neat little toddler drum set that has two snares, a foot drum, and a symbol. He amazed us with his super mad skills, and he figured out that he can sing and play the drums the too.
Brie turned 7 this year, I can't believe she is getting so close to being 10. Time has flown. Brie is super smart and does very good in school. She is the model student, she has managed to make 100 on her conduct folder every week, and her "best friend" sits at her table with her. I am the head room mom for her class this year, and she takes great joy in the fact that I am able to be at all her class parties. For Christmas Santa left Brie a SEVEN doll set of Disney Princesses, which she loves, and a Glitterizer Barbie thingy that has left our living room looking like Tinkerbell threw-up glitter everywhere!
I'd say in all it was a very good year, and even though we lost our Papa Ron, we are so grateful that he is no longer suffering.

Fancy Schmancy

Last weekend was Brie’s Birthday, so of course we had to party it up. Her theme was Fancy Nancy, and I decorated as fancy as possible (well for me). I think it all turned out very pretty and that Brie and her cute little friends had a good time.

We painted fingernails and toenails, I read the fancy girls a Fancy Nancy book, they played with Brie’s dress up, they made their own parfaits, ate fancy cupcakes, and drank tea from a special tea set. All in all it was a busy but exciting party.

Hunny (my mom), made the invitations, the Birthday banner, and we worked together on the cupcake toppers.

For Brie’s second party (the just family party), I set up a candy bar for everyone to take home as party favors, of course you can’t go wrong with candy especially with Josh’s family.

Tea Table (notice the lovely Birthday banner)

The cupcakes - with fancy cupcake toppers

The tea cart

The gift table - Brie loved these feathers

the entryway to the living room

from the living room to the kitchen

the party favor table

the girls were able to wear their favors during the party we had feather boas, fancy sunglasses, bling rins, bracelets, and tiaras for them to wear.

Hunny & I also made pens with feathers for the girls to take home.

Bad Blogger Continued!

Since I never posted a first day of picture, I am going to do so now.

Brie started 1st grade this year. She is doing wonderful and is keeping us busy with her homework, dance lessons, and church.

They get a list of 8 to 10 spelling words per week and have to do different activites with these words Monday thru Thursday, while on Friday they have their spelling test.

They have to read 15 minutes at least 5 days a week.

We go to Graham for her dance classes 2 days a week, and have church on Wednesdays.

I'm just tired listing her activities, but I wouldn't have it any other way.

So without further ado, here she is...

Terrible Blogger!

So I've decided I'm the worst blogger ever!

Once again I'm going to have to do a recap of the last several months.

In July - Aug. I went on a roadtrip with my mom and one of her besties & her mom. It was loads of fun & we laughed till we cried. We drove from Olney to Kentucky to see Chylene's son Brandon who recently entered the Army. It was the family day after they were done with Basic training.

The girls!


Chylene had these cute shirts made for our roadtrip!

Crossing the bridge over the Mississippi River

(I HATE BRIDGES!!)

The handsome Army Soldier!

This summer went by way to fast, I didn't get to do half of what I wanted. I wanted to keep my nephews for a weekend during the summer, and almost waited to long. They came for a weekend at Aunt DD's in August before our vacation and before school. My oldest nephews D is in Pre-K this year. We had a blast as usual and I love spending time with them!

We played outside!!

These boys are "bests"

Watching TV

In late August before school started we were able to take a short family trip. We went to Ft. Worth for several days and enjoyed being away. We left on a Thursday and came home on Sunday. By Saturday, the kids were ready and begging to come home.

We went to the water gardens.



Me & my girl!

Catch-Up!

Here is a re-cap of the last few months. It's not much, but at least it's a post. Ha!

May was fairly busy with a Zoo trip, Brie's first track meet, my anniversary, saying goodbye to a friend, & winding up the school year.

Hunny & Poppa have been wanting to take the kids to the Ft. Worth Zoo for the past couple of years & we just never made it. This year Brie was out of school nearly every Friday in May so we all went to the zoo one of those days. Needless to say we picked the wrong weekend. It rained after we went into the MOLA Exhibit (at least it was indoors!) & poured for the longest time. We didn't even see half of the zoo so we must go back.

The kids looking at a gorilla, Brodie swore his name was Joe.

(Brodie is in love with the movie Mighty Joe Young)

Brie loves lizards, snakes, & spiders... I thought it would be cool for her to have her picture taken by the exhibit sign. She enjoyed looking at all those nasty creatures.

Of course Brie participated in the OES Track Meet, she hates to sweat so she didn't really like it. I thought she did good & told her just to have fun.

Brie's dance recital was in May too. She has come a long way since the first year of just standing on the stage & not moving at all. It helped that they danced to a Cinderella song & Beauty & the Beast song. She did really good & I was so proud of her. She is definitely my little dancing queen.

She had a great audience who came to watch her dance. My grandmother --Granny Lewis was one of those that was able to make it.

In May we had to say farewell to a family friend... more like my little brother. He joined the army and was going to Kentucky for basics, we were able to drive to Childress for a visit before he had to go.

I don't have any anniversary pictures because Josh's little brother graduated from high school on the day of our anniversary. I forgot my camera at the house, so I have no pictures. We celebrated 5 years of marriage. We did nothing special. He bought me a bakers rack (I've been wanting one) & I bought him a night stand for his side of the bed. Not anything great, but what we both wanted & needed.

Brie & her wonderful kindergarten teacher. We just loved her.

I was one of the room moms & helped serve pizza one day during the last week of school. Normally I didn't let Brodie participate because it was Brie's time, but he did for the pizza party. He thought he was just as big as those 6 year olds.

Kindergarten Zoo trip

The Olney Elementary Kindergarten classes went to the Abilene zoo a couple of weeks ago. Hunny, Nana Kay-Kay (Kay Dixon), & I all rode together. Nana couldn't resist going after her grandson, Cutter, begged her to go the night before.

Brie was SUPER excited that Hunny was going. (It was extra special having her there). It was pretty darn windy & a little cool, but I think all the kids had a great time. Hunny & I had a very small group of girls that I was in charge of from Mrs. Gibson's class that included Brie (of course), Margarita, & Julia. They were a good group & lots of fun.

I'm going to break here & tell you that after the first or second day of school Brie came home & told me there was this girl in her class whose name was "a drink that Hunny likes to drink". I was a little puzzled at first but then I got what she meant. The little girls name was Margarita..."the drink that Hunny likes". But then once I said her name, Brie said, "Yes, that's it & I bet Hunny would like to drink her!!" Oh my, where she got this I have no idea.

The morning after the zoo, Brie showed me a picture she drew when she should have been asleep. It was a picture of her trip to the zoo.

The top money looking thing is the "ticket", below that is a bird, to the left is the giraffe with it's looon tongue sticking out, below that is the alligator (I'm guessing that is it's tongue), a bird, & the lion.

Also a while back she brought home this book she made in class. It was cute, but I couldn't really tell what she was trying to say on a couple of pages. So, I asked her to read her book to me & it all clicked then!

I'm as "pretty" as a "diamond".

I'm as "hyper" as a "mouse".

& in case you were wondering the two little circles with legs are "jelly fish".

(Don't you just love the lips she draws on people??)