The Turnbull's Treasured Memories

CORBIN'S ELMO BASH!

2009-10-09T17:21:00.000-07:00

SEPTEMBER 26TH WE CELEBRATED CORBIN'S 2ND BIRTHDAY!! YES! MY LITTLE CORB CORB IS ALREADY 2!!! THE PAST 2 YEARS HAVE GONE BY WAY TOOOOOO FAST!!

CORBIN, YOU ARE MOMMY'S BRIGHT AND SHINING LITTLE STAR! YOU WAKE UP WITH A SMILE AND GO TO BED WITH LAUGHTER! YOU HAVE BROUGHT SO MUCH JOY TO OUR FAMILY! YOU ARE A SWEET, LOVING, SENSITIVE, BUSY, AND A KIND HEARTED LITTLE BOY! YOUR LITTLE PERSONALITY CONTINUES TO MAKE US LAUGH DAILY:)

FOR YOUR 2ND BIRTHDAY WE DECIDED TO THROW YOU A BIG ELMO BASH!! I SEARCHED EVERY WHERE FOR CUTE AND CREATIVE SESAME DECORATIONS, BUT I SOON REALIZED... THERE ARE NONE!!! SO, I DECIDED TO MAKE MY OWN! AS YOU WILL SEE FROM THE SLIDE SHOW, MOMMY WORKED VERY HARD MAKING SURE EVERY DETAIL WAS COVERED!! AS A SURPRISE AND BECAUSE OF YOUR LOVE FOR ALL THE SESAME CHARACTERS, YOUR WHOLE FAMILY DRESSED UP IN SILLY SESAME STREET CHARACTER SHIRTS! WE ALSO GAVE AWAY REAL GOLDFISH (ELMO'S PET) AS PARTY FAVORS. YOU HAD A BLAST CELEBRATING WITH ALL YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

2009-10-04T12:25:00.000-07:00

OK, SO I KNOW I'M A LITTLE BEHIND ON MY BLOGGING, BUT BETTER LATE THEN NEVER! RIGHT ??

HERE ARE A FEW PICS OF THE BOYS ON THEIR FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. COLLIN IS GOING 3 DAYS A WEEK THIS YEAR AND CORBIN IS GOING 1 DAY. THEY BOTH LOVE THEIR CLASSES AND TEACHERS!!

COLLIN WITH

MISS BETSY & MISS BETTY

COLLIN & BRADY

BIG BRO WALKIN' CORBIN

IN ON HIS FIRST DAY!

CORBIN & MISS TRACEE

COLLIN IS IN THE PENGUIN CLASS AND HAS SEVERAL OF HIS BEST BUDDIES IN HIS CLASS:) RECENTLY, STARLIGHT (THE CLASS MASCOT) GOT TO COME HOME AND STAY WITH US FOR A WHOLE WEEK!! HE JOINED US EVERY WHERE WE WENT (IT WAS SO MUCH FUN TRYING TO KEEP TRACK OF HIM:)!) HERE ARE A FEW PIC OF HIS VISIT AT THE TURNBULL'S.

COLLIN & STARLIGHT

AT CORBIN'S ELMO PARTY

STARLIGHT EVEN JOINED

US FOR CHURCH ON

SAT. NIGHT

CORBIN IS IN THE OWL CLASS. THERE ARE 4 KIDDOS IN HIS CLASS AND HE TALKS ABOUT EACH ONE OF THEM EVERY NIGHT!!! I THINK HE LIKES HAVING IS OWN FRIENDS!! ONE MORNING LAST WEEK, I HEARD HIM OVER THE MONITOR AND HE WAS TALKING TO HIS FRIENDS. HE WAS SAYING, "NO NOAH, NO JACK, NO MEAGAN"!! I HOPE HE DOESN'T REALLY TALK TO HIS FRIENDS LIKE THAT!!! LOL! I'M SO HAPPY HE LOVES SCHOOL SO MUCH!!! LAST WEEK, IT WAS CORBIN'S VIP (VERY IMPORTANT PERSON) DAY AT SCHOOL. SINCE IT WAS SO CLOSE TO HIS BIRTHDAY, I DECIDED TO DO ELMO CUPCAKES! FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW, CORBIN LOOOOOOOVES ELMO! THANK GOODNESS FOR MY FRIEND ANDREA (WHO MAKES EVERYTHING FROM SCRATCH) WHO CAME OVER TO HELP ME WITH THE CUPCAKES THE NIGHT BEFORE! THEY TURNED PRETTY CUTE AND THEY ACTUALLY TASTED GOOD!!

CORBIN AND HIS BUDDIES,

NOAH & JACK

STAY TUNED FOR CORBIN'S BIG ELMO BASH!! HOPEFULLY I WILL GET IT POSTED BEFORE HIS NEXT BIRTHDAY!!

NO SUGAR BUGS!!

2009-09-02T12:09:00.000-07:00

OK, SO I KNOW IT'S BEEN A LOOOOOOONNNNNNGGG TIME SINCE MY LAST POST, BUT I'M NOT GOING TO EVEN ATTEMPT TO GIVE YOU A RECAP OF OUR SUMMER!!!

I WILL START WITH COLLIN'S 1ST VISIT TO THE DENTIST! YES, I KNOW HE'S FOUR (ALMOST FIVE) AND SHOULD HAVE ALREADY BEEN TO THE DENTIST BY NOW, BUT OH WELL!! COLLIN WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS BEFORE THIS APPOINTMENT, BUT WHEN HE WALKED IN AND SAW THE WAITING ROOM FULL OF TOYS AND VIDEO GAMES HE WAS JUST FINE!! HE WAS THE FIRST PATIENT OF THE DAY SO HE GOT ROYAL TREATMENT OF COURSE!! THE DENTAL ASSISTANT WAS SO SWEET AND VERY GENTLE:) COLLIN DID AMAZING AND WAS A VERY BRAVE LITTLE BOY!! AFTER HIS TEETH WERE CLEANED HE GOT TO WATCH A MOVIE WHILE WAITING FOR DR. ANDERSON. DR ANDERSON CHECKED HIS TEETH AND SAID, "YOU HAVE NO SUGAR BUGS!!!!!" COLLIN WAS EXCITED AND THEN PROCEEDED TO TELL HIM THAT HIS MOMMY LETS HIM CHEW GUM ALL THE TIME NOW THAT HE IS 4!! I ASSURED DR. ANDERSON THAT THIS WAS NOT THE TRUTH!!LOL! HE TOLD US EVERYTHING LOOKED GREAT AND TO COME BACK IN 6 MONTHS!! A BIG THANKS TO DADDY FOR MAKING SURE THE BOYS RINSE, FLOSS, AND BRUSH EVERY NIGHT!!

TODAY, WE WENT TO MEET CORBIN'S TEACHER! YES, MY LITTLE GUY IS GOING TO BE IN PRESCHOOL ONE DAY A WEEK THIS YEAR:) COLLIN WILL BE IN THREE DAYS A WEEK:) THE BOYS ARE BOTH EXCITED, BUT I THINK MOMMY IS THE MOST EXCITED!!! LOL! I WILL HAVE THURSDAYS ALLLLLLL TOOOOO MYSELF!!!

STAY TUNED FOR 1ST DAY OF SCHOOL PICS!!

OUR BRAVE LITTLE PATIENT

COLLIN SHOWING OFF

HIS PEARLY WHITES!

NOT SURE WHAT'S GOING

ON WITH HIS SMILE?!

COLLIN & DR. ANDERSEN

CRAZY CORBIN!!!

2009-06-12T12:09:00.000-07:00

I HAVE TO DEDICATE THIS POST TO MY CRAZY LITTLE CORBIN!!! FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS EVERY MORNING BEFORE MY FEET HIT THE FLOOR, I PRAY FOR GOD TO GIVE ME THE PATIENCE AND RIGHT WORDS(BESIDES NO NO!) TO USE WITH MY BUSY BUSY LITTLE CORBIN! WELL......... BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU PRAY FOR!!!! GOD WILL TEST YOU!!! I HEAR HIM LOUD AND CLEAR!!!

AS I REFLECT BACK ON THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, THIS ONE PARTICULAR DAY SEEMS TO STAND OUT AMONG ALL OTHERS!! WE WERE GETTING A NEW ALARM SYSTEM INSTALLED, WHICH MEANT WE HAD TO HOME BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 8AM- 10 PM!!! OK, MAYBE IT WASN'T THAT LONG, BUT WHEN YOUR HOME TRYING TO ENTERTAIN A 1 1/2 AND 4YR OLD, TIME CAN GO BY EXTREMELY SLOOOOOW!!! ANYWAY, WE GOT LUCKY AND THE LADY SHOWED UP A 9AM! WOOOOHOOOO!.....SO I THOUGHT!!!

IT WAS GOING WELL UNTIL... CORBIN FOUND HER TOOLS AND MANAGED TO SPREAD THEM AROUND THE HOUSE , HIDING THEM UNDER THE KITCHEN COUNTER AND IN HIS HAMPER! HE THEN REALIZED THAT SHE HAD TO LEAVE THE FRONT DOOR UNLOCKED SO SHE COULD COME IN AND OUT AND HE THOUGHT HE NEED TO BE RIGHT BY HER SIDE EACH AND EVERY TIME (SHE MUST OF COME IN & OUT ABOUT 30 TIMES)!!! THEN, SHE LEFT A LADDER OUT IN THE KITCHEN (SHE OBVIOUSLY HAS NO KIDS!!) WHICH I HAD NO CLUE ABOUT!! AS I'M SEARCHING FOR CORBIN ALL OVER THE HOUSE (BC IT WAS SO QUIET), I HEAR HIM SAYING. "UP MOMMY UP MOMMY"!!! HE HAD MADE HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE LADDER AND WAS SOOOOOO PROUD OF HIS NEW ACCOMPLISHMENT!! I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT I SHOULD DO WITH THE LADDER WHEN I HEAR CORBIN SCREAMING, "TUCK TUCK" (SHORT FOR STUCK). I COME AROUND THE CORNER AND HE IS WEDGED BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE END TABLE TRYING GET THE CORDS TO THE PHONE! ANY NORMAL MOM WOULD GO RUNNING TO HELP THEIR CRYING CHILD, BUT NOT ME!! I RAN FOR THE CAMERA!! AFTER THIS HAPPENED, I BECAME CORBIN'S LITTLE SHADOW FOR THE MORNING! AFTER SIGNING THE FINAL PAPERS FOR THE NEW ALARM SYSTEM, I ASKED THE LADY IF SHE HAD ANY KIDS...SHE LAUGHED(AND LOOKED AT ME LIKE I WAS FLIPPIN CRAZY) AND SAID NO!! I GUARANTEE YOU SHE WON'T WANT ANY AFTER SEEING WHAT I WENT THROUGH THAT MORNING!!!

ANYWAY, I LOVE MY LITTLE CRAZY CORBBY AND HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES OF HIS ADVENTUROUS MORNING!!

I'M STUCK!!

LOOK AT ME!!

CORBIN LETTING HIMSELF

OUT TO HELP THE

ADT LADY GET TOOLS

FROM HER JEEP!

CORBIN ABOUT TO JUMP

OFF THE COFFEE TABLE

(HE LEARNED THAT FROM BIG BRO)

AWWWWHA!! I CAUGHT HIM

JUST IN TIME!!!

SNEAKY LITTLE THING!!

SUMMER IS IN FULL SWING!!

2009-06-01T11:47:00.000-07:00

MY GOAL FOR THIS SUMMER IS TO RETURN TO MY ABANDON BLOG!!

SUMMER IS HERE AND IN FULL SWING FOR THE TURNBULL BOYS!! WE HAVE VISITED THE POOLS, ATTENDED CRAW FISH BOILS, HOSTED AND ATTENDED PLAYGROUPS, DRESSED UP AS SUPPER HERO'S(YES, I WAS DESPERATE!!) AND MADE OUR OWN PERSONAL PIZZA'S!

HERE ARE A FEW PICTURES OF OUR SUMMER ADVENTURES SO FAR

THE BOYS ARE READY

FOR THEIR FIRST

CRAW FISH BOIL!

HE WOULDN'T EAT THE MEAT

ON THE INSIDE! HE WANTED TO

EAT THE SHELL!!

MY LITTLE SUPER HERO'S!

PIZZA FUN!

CORBIN ATE MOST OF

HIS TOPPINGS!

THE PIZZA TURNED OUT SO

YUMMY!!!

AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE BEEN QUITE BUSY THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS:). I THINK WE WILL SLOW IT DOWN A LITTLE THIS WEEK DUE TO CORBIN'S RECENT VISIT TO THE DR. ... HE HAS AN EAR INFECTION AND IS FEELING PRETTY CRUMMY:(

A WEEK FROM... BLEEP!

2009-03-05T11:43:00.000-08:00

DR. VISITS, COUGHS, EAR INFECTIONS, YUCKY NOSES, VOMITING, SEVERAL VISITS TO THE PHARMACY, AND MANY SLEEPLESS NIGHTS SHOULD JUST ABOUT SUM UP MY WEEK! OH, DID I MENTION SEVERAL MENTAL BREAK DOWNS!! A BIG THANKS TO MY SISTER AND JENNIFER FOR LETTING ME VENT!!!

WE STARTED OUR WEEK OFF AT THE DR. OFFICE MONDAY AFTERNOON. COLLIN HAD

AN EAR INFECTION AND CORBIN HAS A COLD VIRUS (STILL)! COLLIN IS DOING WONDERFUL AND POOR LITTLE CORBIN IS HANGIN IN THERE! AFTER A DESPERATE CALL TO THE DR. YESTERDAY, DR. HILL CALLED IN A STRONG COLD MEDICINE (ATUSS) FOR OUR LITTLE CORBY! AMAZING STUFF!!! WHICH BY THE WAY, ATUSS IS JUST A PRESCRIPTION VERSION OF DELSYM! ANYWAY, HE IS DOING MUCH BETTER TODAY AND I HOPE WE ARE ON THE UPSIDE OF ALL THIS JUNK!!!

YESTERDAY (WED.), ELP HAD THEIR ANNUAL ROAD RALLY! THE KIDDOS GET TO BRING THEIR FAVORITE RIDING TOY TO SCHOOL AND THEY BLOCK OFF PART THE PARKING LOT SO THE KIDS RIDE AROUND WITH THEIR SCHOOL FRIENDS! COLLIN HAD BEEN COUNTING DOWN THE DAYS SO HE WAS REALLY EXCITED TO GO TO SCHOOL YESTERDAY! HE DECIDED TO BE DIFFERENT (OF COURSE) AND TAKE HIS BIG WHEEL INSTEAD OF HIS BIKE. HE HAD A BLAST RACING ALL OF HIS FRIENDS AROUND THE CIRCLE!! CORBIN HAD A BALL CHASING THEM AND HE WAS REALLY HAPPY WHEN WEI WEI SHARED HIS BIKE WITH HIM! HERE ARE A FEW PICS FROM THE BIG EVENT!

COLLIN IN THE LEAD!!

COLLIN AND BEN TAKING

A SHORT BREAK.

CORBIN TRYING TO CONVINCE

WEI WEI TO LET HIM

RIDE HIS BIKE! LOL

IT WORKED!!

HERE ARE FEW MORE RANDOM PICS OF THE BOYS FROM THIS WEEK.

DADDY CLEANED THE SAND

BOX OUT THIS WEEKEND!

CORBIN TASTING THE SAND

HE REALIZED IT WASN'T

SO YUMMY!

COLLIN HARD AT WORK!

CORBIN HARD AT WORK!

ROUGH RODEO WEEK!

2009-02-25T12:30:00.000-08:00

THIS WEEK AT COLLIN'S SCHOOL THEY ARE CELEBRATING RODEO WEEK! MISS PAT, THE PLAYGROUND COORDINATOR, HAD LOTS OF FUN ACTIVITIES FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN! I WISH I COULD SAY THAT COLLIN GOT TO PARTICIPATE IN ALL OF THEM, BUT IT HAS BEEN SOME WHAT OF A ROUGH WEEK FOR COLLIN:( . WE ARE HOPING AND PRAYING THAT NEXT WEEK WILL BE MUCH BETTER! BY THE WAY, DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO CAME UP WITH THE TERM "TERRIBLE TWO'S"? THE TWO'S WERE A BREEZE! IT'S THE THREE'S AND FOURS THAT ARE GOING TO DRIVE ME TO DRINKING (MORE THAN I ALREADY DO)!! LOL! HERE ARE SOME PICS OF THE KIDDOS FROM RODEO DAY.

THE BONHAM'S

THE LANGFORD'S

COLLIN

HERE ARE A FEW RECENT PICS OF CORBIN. WE ARE NOT SURE WHAT PATH HE IS GOING TAKE, DR. OR DRAG QUEEN????

HE WANTS TO BE JUST

LIKE DADDY!

THESE ARE MY NEW HEELS

THAT I WORE TO THE HEART BALL.

CORBIN LOVES THEM JUST

AS MUCH AS I DO!!

HEART BALL 2009

2009-02-24T18:15:00.000-08:00

OK, SO I'M NOT DOING SUCH A GOOD JOB WITH MY NEW YEARS RESOLUTION IN KEEPING UP WITH MY BLOG:( I'M TURNING OVER A NEW LEAF STARTING TODAY!!!

THIS WEEKEND JEFF AND I WENT TO THE HEART BALL AND HAD A WONDERFUL TIME!! STEVE AND ANDREA KEPT OUR BOYS SO WE COULD MAKE A NIGHT OF IT!! THE EVENING WAS FULL OF YUMMY FOOD, ENTERTAINMENT, DANCING, AND LOTS OF WINE!!! THERE WAS ALSO QUITE A BIT OF MONEY RAISED FOR AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION! HERE ARE A FEW PICS FROM OUR EVENING

ALL THE GIRLS FROM

JEFF'S OFFICE

WHOOHOO A FUN DAY AT THE ZOO!!

2009-01-20T18:41:00.000-08:00

ON MONDAY ANDREA AND I TOOK OUR KIDDOS TO THE HOUSTON ZOO. WE THOUGHT WE WERE SO SMART BY GETTING THERE RIGHT WHEN IT OPENED (9AM), BUT APPARENTLY EVERYONE HAD THE SAME IDEA!! IT WAS FREE ADMISSION INTO THE ZOO AND IT WAS ALSO A HOLIDAY SO I'M SURE YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW PACKED IT WAS!! THE KIDS HAD A GREAT TIME AND WE GOT TO LEAVE OUR WOODLANDS BUBBLE!! HERE ARE A FEW PICS FROM OUR DAY.

COLLIN STILL HAS SWEET

BONES IN HIS LITTLE BODY!!

THIS WAS COLLIN'S

FAVORITE ANIMAL!

HE WAS PRETTY DARN CUTE!!

ANDREA THOUGHT IT WOULD

BE FUN FOR THE KIDS TO HAVE

TRAIN WHISTLES FOR THE TRAIN

RIDE! NEEDLESS TO SAY, IT WAS

NOT THE MOST PEACEFUL TRAIN

RIDE!! WE DECIDED TO TAKE THEM

AWAY FOR THE CAR RIDE HOME:)

NEW YEAR, NEW BLOG RESOLUTION!

2009-01-17T18:33:00.000-08:00

OK, SO I KNOW IT'S A NEW YEAR AND I HAVEN'T POSTED A BLOG SINCE WELL AFTER THANKSGIVING, BUT I PLAN TO CHANGE THAT! MY GOAL IS TO GET AWAY FROM FACEBOOK AND FOCUS ON MY BLOG MORE!!

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START!!! I WISH I COULD SAY THAT CORBIN IS WALKING EVERYWHERE AND NO LONGER NEEDS ME TO CARRY HIM, BUT THIS IS NOT THE CASE!!!! HE CAN WALK (LIKE A DRUNK), BUT ONLY ON HIS OWN TIME!!! IT WOULD MAKE MY LIFE SOOOOOO MUCH EASIER (I THINK) IF HE WOULD CHOOSE TO WALK ALL THE TIME!!! HE CAN CLIMB A SIX FOOT LADDER, ONTO HIS ROCKING CHAIR, THE COFFEE TABLE ETC..., BUT HE CAN'T WALK TO THE CAR ON HIS OWN (HE CRAWLS)!!! I'M PRETTY SURE HE IS MAKING THE RULES!!! MY NECK AND SHOULDERS CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE OF HOLDING THIS 27 POUND LITTLE BOY!!

CORBIN LOVES READING

BOOKS!

COLLIN IS BACK IN SCHOOL AND IS QUITE HAPPY! EVERY YEAR IN JAN. ELP (HIS SCHOOL) BRINGS IN SNOW! THIS YEAR THEY ADDED A SMALL SNOW HILL FOR THE KIDDOS TO SLED DOWN. IT WAS A BLAST FOR BOTH THE KIDS AND PARENTS!!!

COLLIN GETTING READY TO THROW

A SNOW BALL!

THE ROBIN CLASS AT ELP!

COLLIN ALSO RECENTLY HAD A SLEEPOVER WITH A COUPLE OF HIS BUDDIES (BROOKS AND ARTURO). ARTURO WAS GREAT AND WENT TO SLEEP AROUND 9PM. COLLIN AND BROOKS KEPT MRS. LAURA UP UNTIL 11PM LAUGHING AND ACTING SILLY!!! THANKS MRS. LAURA! I OWE YOU BIG TIME!!

THE BOYS GETTING READY

TO GO TO SLEEP.

ARTURO SLEEPING:)

BROOKS AND COLLIN THINKING

OF WAYS TO STAY AWAKE!!

AS FOR JEFF AND I, WE HAVE JUST BOOKED A TRIP TO MEXICO (IN MAY) SO WE ARE BOTH TRYING TO GET IN SHAPE BEFORE OUR TRIP!! JEFF IS DOING AWESOME (HE DOES P90X EVERY NIGHT)! AS FOR ME, I HAVE DONE A FEW ZUMBA CLASSES AND WALKED ON THE TREADMILL A FEW TIMES, BUT I HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO!! IF YOU ARE READING THIS POST, PLEASE EMAIL ME, LEAVE COMMENTS, AND DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO TO KEEP ME MOTIVATED!!!!

I WILL SPARE YOU THE PICS OF JEFF AND I!! LOL!!

LONG TIME NO POST!

2008-12-15T12:23:00.000-08:00

OK, SO IT'S BEEN A LOOOOONG TIME SINCE I HAVE POSTED ANYTHING!! HECK, CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE AND I HAVEN'T POSTED ANYTHING SINCE BEFORE THANKSGIVING!!!

ANYWAY, THANKSGIVING WAS GREAT! WE ATE WITH JEFF'S FAM EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN WE ATE WITH MY FAM LATER THAT EVENING. MY DAD AND SISTER WERE IN TOWN FROM OKC AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AND THEY SPOILED THEY BOYS THE WHOLE TIME!!

THE SAT. AFTER THANKSGIVING WE GOT ALL THE CHRISTMAS DECOR DOWN AND DECORATED ALL DAY AND NIGHT!! WE TRIED TO GET AS MUCH DONE WHILE THE BOYS WERE SLEEPING, BUT WE DID WANT THEM TO HELP WITH THE TREE SO WE SAVED A LITTLE FOR THEM. I'M NOT SO SURE THAT WAS SUCH A GOOD IDEA AS FAR AS CORBIN'S CONCERNED! JEFF AND I TURNED OUR HEADS FOR ABOUT A SECOND AND HE WAS AT THE TOP OF OUR 6 FOOT LADDER!!! LATER, WE FOUND HIM UNDER THE TREE TRYING TO UNPLUG ALL THE LIGHTS. POOR THING, HE JUST WANTED TO HELP!!! (YEA RIGHT!!).

HERE ARE A FEW PICS FROM THANKSGIVING AND FROM OUR DECORATING EXPERIENCE WITH TWO BUSY BOYS!!

COLLIN & CORBIN

RIDING THE 4 WHEELER

AT MEKA'S HOUSE

THANKSGIVING DAY

MY MOTHER N LAW
ENJOYING HER WINE WHILE

WATCHING THE KIDS

CORBIN AND COLLIN

CLIMBING THE LADDER

COLLIN DECORATING OUR

CERAMIC CHRISTMAS TREE

COLLIN'S 4TH BIRTHDAY

2008-11-25T10:22:00.000-08:00

LAST NIGHT WE CELEBRATED COLLIN'S 4TH BIRTHDAY! I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I GOT A LITTLE SAD THINKING ABOUT HOW THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAVE GONE BY SO FAST! COLLIN CONTINUES TO MAKE US LAUGH DAILY WITH THE CRAZY THINGS HE DOES AND SAYS! HE HAS BROUGHT SO MUCH JOY TO OUR LIVES OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

1ST BIRTHDAY

2ND BIRTHDAY

3RD BIRTHDAY

4TH BIRTHDAY
WHAT HAPPEN TO MY BABY:( ??

JEFF'S FAMILY CAME OVER TO HELP US CELEBRATE LAST NIGHT. COLLIN REQUESTED PIZZA, CAKE, AND ICE CREAM SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAD!! THANKS GUYS FOR HELPING MAKE HIS DAY SO SPECIAL!

COLLIN'S BIG "STAR WARS" PARTY WAS AT PUMP IT UP A FEW WEEKS AGO. THE PARTY TURNED OUT AWESOME AND HE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME! COLLIN IS SO BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH GREAT FRIENDS! AS A SURPRISE, WE HAD MY BROTHER DRESS UP AS DARTH VADER AND MY SISTER N LAW DRESSED UP AS PRINCESS LEIA. THEY HANDED OUT THE LIGHT SABERS AND PARTY FAVORS AND DID AN AWESOME JOB! THANKS UNCLE BEAN AND AUNT LYNDA!!

HERE'S A VIDEO FROM LAST NIGHTS CELEBRATION!

A SHORT WINTER EVENING :(

2008-11-24T11:44:00.000-08:00

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW I'M A HUGE FAN OF COLD WEATHER AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE THREE DAYS THAT WE GET HERE IN TEXAS!! I THINK THE FIRST DAY WAS THIS PAST FRIDAY AND I WAS SO EXCITED!!! SO LIKE MANY OTHER TEXANS DO WHEN COLD WEATHER ROLLS IN, I HEADED TO OUR LOCAL WAL-MART TO GET HATS, GLOVES, WOOD (FOR THE FIRE PIT), AND MARSHMALLOWS(FOR SMORES OF COURSE)! WE INVITED OUR AWESOME NEIGHBORS OUT TO ROAST HOT DOGS AND MARSHMALLOWS BY OUR FIRE PIT ( THE ONE WE ONLY GET TO USE THREE TIMES A YEAR!). WE HAD A GREAT TIME CHATTING BY THE FIRE, EATING OUR TASTY HOT DOGS, AND DRINKING OUR ADULT BEVERAGE OF CHOICE (I TASTED A NEW HOT WHISKEY CIDER DRINK...YUMMY). IT WAS A WONDERFUL WINTER NIGHT IN THE WOODLANDS (THAT DIDN'T LAST FOR LONG)! CAN YOU TELL I'M A LITTLE BITTER ABOUT THE WHOLE WEATHER THING!!!

HERE ARE A FEW PICS FROM THE COLD WINTER EVENING!

COLLIN AND KENNAH

KARLEIGH AND NICOLE PULLED

KENNA AND COLLIN AROUND FOR ABOUT

30 MIN!! THEY WERE FROZEN WHEN

THEY GOT OUT OF THE WAGON!!

JEFF TRYING TO STAY WARM

IN FRONT OF THE FIRE!

(BY THE WAY, HE HATES THE COLD!)

I THINK CORBIN ENJOYED

THE COLD NIGHT AS MUCH

AS I DID!!

CORBIN GETTING COZY

IN FRONT OF THE FIRE.

ROASTING MARSHMALLOWS

FOR OUR YUMMY SMORES!!

OUR AWESOME NEIGHBORS!

(KIM AND DANIEL)

SANTA IN THE WOODLANDS!!

2008-11-22T19:08:00.000-08:00

SANTA HAS FINALLY ARRIVED IN THE WOODLANDS TEXAS!

TONIGHT WE WENT TO THE ANNUAL LIGHTING OF THE DOVES AT TOWN GREEN PARK. WE GOT THERE A LITTLE LATE SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO MUCH, BUT WE DID GET TO SEE SANTA ARRIVE BY BOAT ON THE WATER WAY!! WE WERE SO CLOSE THAT COLLIN GOT TO SHAKE SANTA'S HAND AND HE WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS!! SANTA YELLED OUT TO THE CROWD "HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN GOOD LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS?" COLLIN'S REPLY WAS, "NOOOOOOOO!"...AT LEAST HE'S HONEST!

WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR SANTA TO ARRIVE, JEFF WAS WAITING IN LINE (30 MIN LINE) TO TAKE COLLIN DOWN THE BIG SNOW HILL! WE THOUGHT THAT COLLIN WOULD BE ABLE TO RIDE ON JEFF'S LAP, BUT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. WHEN THEY GOT TO THE TOP COLLIN LOOKED EXTREMELY UNSURE ABOUT THE WHOLE THING...TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, FIREWORKS STARTED GOING OFF JUST AS HE REACHED THE TOP AND THIS REALLY FREAKED HIM OUT!!! HE WAS SO SCARED OF THE FIRE WORKS THAT HE FORGOT ALL ABOUT BEING AFRAID TO GO DOWN THE HILL ON HIS OWN!! HERE IS A VIDEO OF COLLIN AND DADDY GOING DOWN THE SNOW HILL TOGETHER.

LOVELY LIVIA

2008-11-14T17:05:00.000-08:00

LITTLE LIVIA

THE PROUD BIG BRO!

LITTLE LIVIA HAS ARRIVED!! MY SISTER HAD LIVIA TONIGHT (NOV. 14) AT 5:04...SHE WAS 6 POUNDS AND 14 OUNCES. SHE IS TOO PRECIOUS!!!

I LEAVE FOR SAVANNAH TOMORROW AT 1:50 AND WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY NIGHT. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS PRECIOUS LITTLE MIRACLE! I HOPE I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH A LITTLE GIRL! I WILL POST MORE PICS IN A FEW DAYS.

LUSCIOUS LIGHT SABERS

2008-11-13T06:23:00.000-08:00

VIP LIGHT SABER!!

THIS WEEK WAS COLLIN'S VIP DAY AT SCHOOL. EACH CHILD GETS TO TAKE HOME THE CLASS MASCOT (RUBY THE ROBIN!) FOR THE WEEK AND THEN ON WED THEY GET TO BRING IN A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY SNACK TO SHARE WITH THEIR FRIENDS. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE SINCE I CAN'T BAKE TO SAVE MY LIFE!! COLLIN IS HAVING A STARS WARS BIRTHDAY SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE CUTE TO COORDINATE HIS SNACK WITH THE THEME OF HIS PARTY...WHAT WAS I THINKING???? I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO DO CHOCOLATE COVERED LIGHT SABERS. I TRIED A PRACTICE ROUND ON THURSDAY AND I WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL AT ALL!! I COULDN'T EVEN MELT THE CHOCOLATE RIGHT!! I CALLED MY MOTHER N LAW IN A PANIC AND SHE OF COURSE CAME TO MY RESCUE!! WE SPENT THE DAY ON TUES MAKING THE LOVELY LIGHT SABERS FOR MY LOVELY SON!! AS YOU MAY NOTICE FROM THE PICTURE, THE BLUE AND RED ONES WERE THE FIRST BATCH SO THEY DON'T LOOK AS PRETTY AS THE PINK AND PURPLE. THEY WERE YUMMY AND I GUESS THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS. I THINK I WILL CHOOSE SOMETHING A LITTLE EASIER NEXT VIP DAY!! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP JUDY!

HERE ARE A FEW PICS OF COLLIN AND RUBY'S WEEKEND TOGETHER. HE HAD A HARD TIME PARTING WITH HER WED. MORNING!

RUBY TOOK CARE OF COLLIN

WHILE HE WAS SICK

MEKA TREATED US ALL TO A

MOVIE ON SUNDAY.

"MADAGASCAR"

COLLIN AND HIS

COUSIN CADEN

COLLIN, DYLAN, AND

RUBY WAITING FOR THE

MOVIE TO START.

Anniversary Weekend

2008-11-10T15:00:00.000-08:00

SATURDAY NOV. 8TH WAS OUR 5TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND WE WERE SO EXCITED TO CELEBRATE! OUR PLANS QUICKLY CHANGED WHEN COLLIN WOKE UP FRIDAY NIGHT SCREAMING OF HIS EAR HURTING!! HE REFUSED TO GET OUT OF BED AND WHEN HE DID, HE HAD TO HOLD HIS EAR...HE SAID IT HURT HIS EAR TO WALK! ???? FEELING SO SORRY FOR MY POOR LITTLE BOY, I CATERED TO HIS EVERY NEED ALL DAY SAT! POOR THING!

AT NOON I DECIDED IT JUST WASN'T FAIR TO LEAVE MY SICK BOYS (OH YEA, DID I MENTION THAT CORBIN WAS SICK WITH A COLD AS WELL) WITH A BABYSITTER. SO, OUR ROMANTIC DINNER AT AMERICA'S WAS CANCELED!! WE WERE SO DISAPPOINTED. WE MADE THE BEST OF THE NIGHT BY PUTTING THE BOYS DOWN EARLY, ORDERING PF CHANG'S FOR DINNER (OUR FAVORITE), AND ORDERING A MOVIE OFF VIDEO DEMAND. I TRIED TO DRINK A GLASS OF WINE BUT GOT REALLY TIRED SO I HAD TO POOR IT OUT! JEFF MADE IT THROUGH ABOUT 15 MIN. OF THE MOVIE AND HE WAS OUT!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE THINKING WHEN WE THOUGHT WE COULD MAKE TO AN 8:30 DINNER RESERVATION!! MY HOW THINGS CHANGE AFTER FIVE YEARS OF MARRIAGE AND TWO KIDS LATER!!

ANYWAY, WE DID GET AN EVENING OUT ON SUN. WE HAD A COUPLES MASSAGE AT "MASSAGE ENVY", THEN WENT TO DINNER AT THE GOOSES ACRE...WE EVEN SAT IN THE BAR LIKE YOUNG PEOPLE DO!!! CAN'T WAIT TO SEE WHAT WE DO AND HOW LATE WE CAN STAY UP NEXT YEAR.

HERE ARE A FEW PICS FROM OUR WEDDING DAY JUST TO SHOW YOU ALL HOW YOUNG AND SKINNY WE ONCE WERE!!! THE SONG PLAYING IS THE SONG THE SONG WE DANCED TO!

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MY BROTHER GOT MARRIED IN AUSTIN ON OCTOBER 25TH AND IT WAS AN AMAZING WEDDING!! IT WAS AT THIS BEAUTIFUL HISTORICAL HOUSE NEAR 6TH STREET. IT TOOK PLACE OUTSIDE ON A SAT. EVENING AROUND 6PM...JUST AT DUSK. THE BIG OAK TREES WERE COVERED IN WHITE LIGHTS AND THE WEATHER WAS PERFECT!! I'M TELLING YOU, THIS WAS A PICTURE PERFECT WEDDING!!!

COLLIN WAS THE "RING CARRIER" (AS HE WOULD SAY) AND HE DID AN AWESOME JOB!! I WASN'T SURE HOW HE WOULD DO ONCE HE SAW ALL THE PEOPLE, BUT HE WAS A TRUE CHAMP! OF COURSE WE DID BRIBE HIM WITH A NEW HOT WHEELS TRUCK AND A SUCKER!

HERE ARE A FEW PICS FROM THE WEEKEND. I CAN'T BELIEVE OUR LITTLE BUBBY IS MARRIED!!

Lynda and her Daddy

Collin lookin like a true pro!

Derrick & Lynda

The Rehearsal Dinner

after party!

Yes, this is my new sister n law

dancing on the bar the

night before her wedding!!

Collin with the Bride & Groom

(and his Hot Wheels Truck)!

Yes, we do get dressed

up every so often!

(notice i don't have a ball cap on)!!!

FAMILY PICTURES

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ON SUNDAY WE TOOK THE BOYS TO A LOCAL PUMPKIN PATCH. I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET SOME FALL FAMILY PICTURES TO SEND OUT TO FRIENDS AND FAMILY. WELL, I DON'T KNOW WHY I ALWAYS THINK FAMILY PICTURES ARE GOING TO BE FUN AND FESTIVE! ALL THE BOYS WANTED TO DO WAS RIDE IN THE WAGON THAT WAS THERE FOR TRANSPORTING THE PUMPKINS ONLY! WHEN WE WERE FINALLY ABLE TO GET THEM OUT OF THE WAGON AND DOWN NEAR THE PUMPKINS, ONE OF THEM WOULD BE CRYING OR MAD AND THE OTHER WOULD BE SMILING FROM EAR TO EAR!!! NEEDLESS TO SAY, WE DIDN'T GET MANY PICTURES OF ALL OF US SMILING, BUT WE DID MANAGE TO GET A FEW GOOD ONES.