Tired Daddy

I think David slept like this for 30 minutes before waking up and realizing Mylie had covered him with her animals. For those that know David, you know he has fallen asleep on the floor, in the entry way, and slept like a baby. So this is not unusual for him.

Back in New Mexico...no pictures though

We made it. After packing up the Roanoke house, cleaning, repainting, more packing and more repainting, we finally got on the road with the kids, dog, stuff and headed to NM. David and his brother packed up most of our things the Friday prior to our departure, and we were hoping to leave Roanoke around 10:00am or so on Saturday. 10 turned into 1:30...1:30 turned into 3...and 3 turned into 5:30pm. I think we all can agree that Saturday, August 8th was the longest day of our lives. We decided to drive halfway to Amarillo and then get up Sunday morning and drive into Albuquerque. The drive seemed to take FOREVER, but we made it to ABQ with stuff in tow, Martie comfortably sitting in the U-haul with David and me, Carole and the girls in my car.

We are glad to be here. We are in a cute little house and are very comfortable. The weather has been in the mid-90's during the day and the temp just seems to drop slowly to the most wonderful temp at night. You really cannot beat the weather here. We have been able to see our parents, eat great food, go on a date or two and begin to relax in our new, but familiar surroundings.

We'll take some pictures and post them very soon.

Happy 30th Birthday, David!



Here in my handsome husband, begrudgingly letting me take his picture on the morning of his 30th. I have been so lucky to have spent 11 of his wonderful birthdays with this young man. We love you, Davey! Hope your 30th is your best year yet!

Best July Yet!

This has been my favorite summer ever! The girls are getting so big, so funny and like to stay busy doing fun things...so busy we have been!

We met Camille at the Splash Pad...






Played in our sprinklers when the pool was closed...


Played with Baby Corbin...


Had Curt & Uncle Mike over to grill before the 4th of July...


Went to Lake Conroe for the 4th of July with the Beers & Gowens. Alissa's parents were the most wonderful hosts and invited us and all of our crazy kids for a weekend of swimming, riding in the boat, eating, watching fireworks, homemade ice cream and more eating! Good memories with some wonderful friends!



(I know this picture is so blurry, but I never got my camera out so these are the only few pictures I have of the weekend!)



The girls and I went to ABQ for a week (I forgot my camera!) to look for a house. That's right...after (what seems like) years and years of talking about moving home, we finally sold our house and we are moving at the beginning of August. We are excited, SO sad to leave Texas and all that we love about this great state, but we miss our families and want the girls to be able to see their grandparents as much as they want!

My mom was kind enough to help me drive to and from ABQ from our house. Then she stayed few days after we got home to help me start packing.


We're also in the throws of potty training! Mylie has done so great so her reward for filling up her "potty chart" with Elmo stickers was bubbles! She loves bubbles and now Coley loves bubbles too!







We're trying to beat the heat, so we stay inside and play...just having a great time with the girls. They are at such a fun age!










*Funny Mylie story. The other day I was cutting some avocado for Coley and asked Mylie if she would like some. She responded, "No. I don't want any avocado. I only eat candy." Too funny.

Guitar Hero, Guns N Roses & Coley

It takes a lot to get Coley dancing. Most times she will sweetly swing her arms from side to side, smiling, crinkling her nose and giggling...but only for a brief time. She's not really a performer. On this day, I'm not sure what overcame her. Maybe it was the different colors of Guitar Hero appearing on the TV screen. Maybe it was seeing her daddy rocking out with the guitar. Or maybe she just appreciates a little Guns N Roses and Axel's whining voice. Whatever it was, we loved seeing Coley come out of her shell a little bit. And we think this video is pretty hysterical.

Father's Day

We had a great Father's Day with David! Church, pizza for lunch at Vinny's, home for naps, then to get sno-cones and to the park to play.

















Happy Father's Day, David. We love you.

Destin 2009

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

We went to Destin, FL for a week with some of our friends from Houston...the Houston's, Beers, Mays, Gowens, Leesers & Henry's. We had such a great time. What is so nice about these friends, is we pick up right where we left off last time we saw them. The adults had such a great time catching up and the kids had such a great time playing together. It is so crazy to think that we all met in the newly-married's class at FCC in Sugar Land and now, several years later, we all have kids, some of us have moved to new cities. And the great thing about this group of friends is that we have shared in joys together, supported each other through difficult times, screamed with delight at pregnancy news, loved on each others babies, laughed together and stood watching as moving trucks drove away.

These are life long friends. We love each and every one of you. Thank you for such a wonderful vacation!