Portraits

I took the kids to have their pictures taken. I realized that I did not have any professional pictures of the kids together and this is a must in my book! I am so happy with the way they turned out that I had to buy all of them!
These are my very sweet beautiful full of life and love children:

Camp Out?

Last week Jade asked Jason if he could sleep on the couch... Jason looks at me like "why not?" I explained that maybe on the weekend...
Well the weekend has arrived!! And Jason, Jade, and I camped out in the living room!

Jason says, "this is what memories are made of"

Saturday night Jason took our mattress and pulled it into the living room where we watched Toy Story 2 and finally fell asleep at 11:30pm. Jade loved it and so did we! Brooklyn when she woke up Sunday morning enjoyed rolling around on the bed and climbing up onto it! FUN TIME, GREAT MEMORIES!

Home Staging

I have finally completed my 1st part of my 3 parts to my staging course!! I received my grades when we returned from Colorado and I am please! :) I will have an hour and a half phone class this coming Thursday Sept. 10th and then I take the TEST!!! The end date for my class is December 8th, however I am able to finish before then. I plan on doing a couple revisions to the 1st part of my staging work but nothing too complicated or time consuming like the first part! Whew~!~ I am very hopeful and looking forward to whatever opportunities this brings me!
Here is a before and After picture of our master bathroom:
Before:
AND After:

Colorado!!

We boarded our long awaited flight to Denver Colorado Aug. 15th and ohhh what a beautiful day!! We had to postpone our trip twice so we were all counting down the days. We had a great time and enjoyed the cool weather. Once we flew into Denver we headed up the mountain to Steamboat Springs to spend the week with Howard, Cathy, Dalton, and Shelby. And we soaked in all the fun! Jade loved living the country life and spent many days outside playing with rocks, dirt, and sticks... and the neighborhood dogs that would stop by for their daily treat. We hiked (via suv!) up the mountains to try to see wildlife (Elk, Deer, Bears) and we were successful at finding a couple deer. However, Cherie, Shirley, and Sharon on their way back to Denver had a run in with an Elk... or to be corrected, had an Elk run into Sharon's brand new suv and total it. Ugh, that was an eventful night. So yes, up the mountains, down to the valley, and around the hills we went. We stopped by an amazing park and had fun throwing rocks into the most beautiful river. We did some tourist shopping- I wasn't going to let that slip... and ate some wonderful food!! On Thursday we headed back to Denver to spend the rest of our vacation with the rest of the family. Thursday night we had dinner with Jason's old roommate from college and Bryce and Heather's house. We always try to find time to see them when we're in Colorado.... I just love them!! And really wish we lived much closer and could do play-dates with their two! Friday was a day of golf for the guys and a day of shopping for the girls! Ohhh how I LOVE the malls in Colorado!! (And they tell me shopping is better in Texas?) I loaded up on winter clothes for the kids- they obviously have a great selection there. Saturday Aug. 25th was a day spent with James and Carla and the boys before heading back to the airport in route to Ft. Worth. We all had a wonderful time and as always, love Colorado!!

August!!

More fun time indoors!!
I enrolled Jade in a gymnastics class and he looooved it!! He took two four week classes and we were sad to see it end. His teacher was soooo awesome!
We always love play dates with friends and we did quite a few this month as I had completed my staging work and was so eager to spend time with the kids.

Miranda and I also hosted a baby shower for a dear friend. Katie is due with her 1st baby Sept. 12th!! I had so much fun doing this and the shower was grrreat!! I can not wait for Katie's baby to be born as this will be the 1st baby she'll hold! HA!

As part of my staging I added this chalk board in the laundry room and Jade is loving it!! And it's fun for Momma to have company when doing laundry!!

July!!!

Since I am wayyyy behind on my blog I will just (try to) do a recap of our events to date.
In July we have been just loving the summer being silly and staying inside away from the heat.

Oh, and remember that book and cute laptop? Well I have been attached to them lately. My 1st part of my course work is due Aug. 10th!!! I had many sleepless nights but did manage to get it all turned in on time! WahooO!
For my birthday Jason surprised me with some friends at the Lava Grill!!!! Ultimate favorite!!

AND I AM SOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY FOR JACK AND AMANDA- THEY ARE ENGAGED AND WILL BE GETTING MARRIED MAY 15, 2010!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND WE ARE ALL IN THE WEDDING!!!!!!!!

We have ALL loved Amanda since the day we met her and I am beyond excited for her to join our family!!!!!! Now, we just have to get them to move to Fort Worth! HA!!

Happy 3rd Birthday Big Guy!!

First of all- I have a 3 yr old??! How'd that happen? Jade is officially 3- and knows it! Since we had his birthday party on Saturday and his actual birthday was Sunday- he got a couple days of hearing "Happy Birthday Jade!" So everyday he keeps saying, "It's my birthday again today!"

Jade is getting over his terrible two's stage finally (though today is a whining day....) and we have more good days than bad. Another accomplishment as a 3 year old- Jade is 100 percent potty trained!!!!!! In words I can not say how excited we all are about that! We are wearing underwear everywhere, even to bed! We have not had any accidents in over two weeks! We are so proud of you big boy! It took a while to get him to poop in the potty- but with his timing we did it! He loves his underwear including Thomas the train, Handy Mandy, Glow in the dark space, his sports underwear, and my favorite- his boxer briefs like Daddy's! (Was that too personal?!!)

We had a grreat Madagascar birthday party at our house with little splash pools for the kiddo's! Jade had a great time with all his friends over. And with his sweet personality keeps telling me, "It was very nice for my friends to come over and bring me my birthday presents!"

Jade you will always be a Momma's Boy!! What are you doing these days?
You (as mentioned above)are potty trained!
You are want to know everything about anything
You are very smart
You like to sing songs that you are learning
You are big into dinosaurs and cars and trucks
You are in gymnastics class
You love school and your friend in class named Bryson
You have such a tender heart
You love suckers!
You love stickers- and always give your self one for a reward! Cracks me up!
You have the best smile
You love baths
Your always putting your hands on your hips- cracks me up!
You are wearing size 3T and have always worn the same size clothes as your age
You brush your teeth all by yourself and have to have a cup of water while doing so
You love your sisters toys
You like to play with Brooklyn in her crib
Jade Mommy and Daddy couldn't be prouder of you. You continue to amaze us by your talents and vocabulary. (You know all the 'real' names of the dinosaurs!
We love you birthday boy!!