Dane's party

Dane celebrated his sixth birthday with his brother, sister, and some of his friends from his kindergarten class at Chuck E. Cheese's. He got to run around like a crazy man, eat pizza and cake, dance with Chucky, be king for a day, and receive a whole bunch of new toys. Needless to say...he had a blast! Then as if that weren't enough he got more Lego Star Wars toys when he got home from his brother and sister...and then Cody, Mom, and Dane all went to the free Easter Egg dash put on by the Town of Flower Mound. So he also got to run around and fill up his Easter bag with as much candy as he could get his hands on, before it was all gone, he got a free snow cone and bag of popcorn, got his face panted, played carnival games, and slid down the huge bounce house slide. WHAT A DAY! Unfortunately, my camera battery died and I didn't get any pictures at the Easter egg dash. I don't think a six year old could have had a better birthday!

Thank you G & G Stevens

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Stevens for the Star Wars the Clone Wars figurines. Mom used them to decorate my cake and I thought it was the coolest cake EVER! After we ate my cake Dad washed off my new toys and I have been playing with them every day since.
~ Love Dane

Thank you G & G Thomas

Thank you Grandma and Grandpa Thomas for the new tee-shirt and camo shorts you gave me for my birthday. Don't they look perfect with my new bike?
~Love Dane

Dane's invitation

This is the invitation I made for Dane's party. I thought it turned out really cute.

Happy 6th Birthday Dane!

This past Tuesday was Dane's 6th birthday. He woke up to find a brand new bike waiting for him. In true Dane fashion the first words out of his mouth were "It's too big!" and then "That's not camo it's just a bunch of leaves!" Then after his dad showed him that it had gears, hand breaks, shocks, and a kick stand and then helped him ride it up and down the hall a few times...his opinion quickly changed to "This bike is so cool...it's so awesome!" We had cupcakes that night and played with "Happy Birthday" balloons since Dane's birthday party was to be the following Saturday at Chuck E. Cheese's. I can't believe my baby is 6 years old! I love you Dane. Happy Birthday little buddy!

High heels

Here is Joelle in her first pair of high heels...she had a great time clip clopping around on the hard floor. I though for sure that she would fall over but she never did. What a pro!

St. Patrick's Day

Here are my boys on St. Patrick's day all in green. Cody sure was making a funny face in this picture and Dane looks like he's going to twist his dad's head off...good times! LOL!

Spring Break

We went to the park behind Dane's school, and had a picnic, during Spring Break. It was a little windy that day but we had a good time.

It's official...

Well, it's official...I am now a soccer mom! We traded in the truck for a minivan. And the next day I drove Cody to his first soccer class. It was very, very sad to have to give up our truck. We have had so many good memories in that truck. But unless we wanted to strap the new baby to the top of the truck there was just no way we were all going to fit. The boys call it the "rocket car" on acount of the "magic" sliding doors. The ride must feel a lot different to Joelle because as we drive around she says "weeeeeee!!!!" like we are on a roller coaster or something. This whole pregnancy has made me feel like I'm on a roller coster! At my last Dr's appointment I was informed that the hospital (not my doctor) has a new rule that they will not induce a pregnancy before 39 weeks, so only a week early! Hello! Joelle was born 15 days before her due date and Dane was born 12 days before his....and my last two babies were born so fast, there is just no way I can make it to the hospital from my house on time! By the time I feel any real pain or discomfort it is already too late! I AM FREAKING OUT!!! I was told they will make an exception for a medical condition...so maybe the fact that I will have a nervous breakdown or a stroke if I have to have this baby by myself again might do the trick! I do not want to have this baby in our nice new minivan! Even though it is a preowned van, the inside is in great shape and I want to keep it that way!!!

Rain rain go away!!!

Mom! Mom! Take our picture!!!
I'm ready for the rain to go away...or for us to finally get some grass planted in our back yard. The kids sure had a blast but it was a lot of work to get them, their clothes, shoes, and the bathtub cleaned up.

A tale of two Cody's

A tale of two Cody's

After I took this picture of Cody he completely freaked out. He yelled "Don't take my picture!" and he flipped himself off the couch and rolled around on the floor screaming. Then he cried about it for about 20 minutes. I still have no idea what that was all about...I guess he was just really tired and the picture wasn't his idea.

Right before this picture he said "Take my picture Mom!" Then he wanted to see how it turned out and wanted me to take another picture...unfortunately the camera battery died and this is the only one I got. And surprisingly he took it right in stride...thank you Lord for small miracles!

Too bad I'm already married!

Tonight, when I was tucking him into bed, Dane said to me: "Some day a girl is going to marry me. I wish we would have been born at the same time. A boy and a girl. And then I could have married you because you look so sweet." I just melted into a puddle of goo right then and there! What a wonderful sweet boy I have! I love you too Dane!

Little miss sunshine

It was 75* today! So nice after all the cold weather and rain we've been having. So I dressed Joelle in her new spring outfit and put her hair in two pigtails for the first time...isn't she just little miss sunshine?

Posing in her new outfit.

Joelle has never been one for using a binkie, but she found one in a drawer and walked around with it for quite awhile.

A future firefighter perhaps? She was so cute trying to walk around in her brother's boots.

Precious!

Joelle looked so precious on Sunday that I just had to take a few pictures. I had put her hair up in her first little ponytail and it turned out so cute. She was so good about getting her picture taken. She just sat there like a little angel. She even said "cheese". I feel so blessed to have a daughter! What a sweetheart!

Giant Cheese balls

One of the kids' favorite movies is Alvin and the Chipmunks. In it the chipmunk eat cheese balls (cheese puffs). On Friday night they wanted to watch the chipmunk movie and eat cheese balls. So being the fun mommy that I am (an since I had to go to Target anyway) I told them we could get cheese balls. Well, Target only had cheese puffs which are not round and Cody insisted that they would just not do. Finally, I spotted some Cheetos Giant Cheese balls. They were the size of large marshmallow's. Ridiculous! But as you can see from the pictures the kids had a blast eating them.

Valentine's Day

We had a very nice Valentine's Day. My parents watched the kids so Tyler and I could go out on a real date. We went to see the movie Avatar earlier in the day and then later that night we went to a fondue restaurant called the Melting Pot. I am about 20 weeks pregnant in this picture. Half way done! Happy Valentine's day Tyler! I love you! Happy Valentine's day my little ducklings! You are mommy's sweethearts...I couldn't love you more!