Rodeo

We went to the rodeo last night with our church class.  The rodeo started at 8:00, so we left Hudson with my parents since his bedtime wasn't too long after that.  We had a lot of fun.  Reed got to hang out with Emory and Grae (which I am bummed that I did not get a picture of) and we got some good visits in with friends.  They were selling balloon hats that looked like longhorns for $2... of course we had to get one.

Snow Day 2010

The snow has been amazing.  We have gotten about 5-6 inches of snow at our house in the last 24 hours.  Yesterday I was amazed at how long it snowed - all day!  We live in Texas for goodness sakes!  They bird were going crazy outside... we had about 7 or 8 birds eating out of the feeders all at once.  They're hard to see, but you can certainly see the cardinal on the branch in the middle of the picture.

Brian went out last night when he got home to scrape the snow off the satellite so we could watch TV. :)  He brought some snow in for the boys and they loved it.  Hudson kept saying "Mmmmm!  Mmmmmm!"

I thought yesterday was awesome, then Reed came into our room this morning and said "Mom!  Wait until you see the trees - they're beautiful!"  Yes they were indeed!  I got on my warm clothes and rain boots and walked around taking pictures.  It was dead silent and still - one absolutely gorgeous with the sun beginning to peek through the trees.

Our driveway

We all got on our warm clothes and went outside to make a snowman.  The boys were so cute playing in the snow with their daddy...

Reed made a snow angel

Hudson got hit with a snowball

and we built our family in snowmen.  

Snow days are awesome!

Mr. Smarty Pants

Reed is a smart little kid. He loves to learn about things and wants to know why stuff works the way it does. He is very much like his daddy in that department. Janna Duty teaches music at Reed's school and she saw me at church last Wednesday and said "I have a story to tell you about Reed - he is very smart!" She told me that they were ringing the triangle (You know - the "Come and get it" triangle that they do for dinnertime on western movies) and the little boy that was ringing it was holding it on the triangle itself and not by the top, so it wasn't making the sound it should. She asked the class why and Reed raised his hand and I can't remember his exact words, but he said something to the effect of the triangle isn't vibrating which means the air around the triangle isn't moving, which is what makes the sound. Janna said in teaching music for 10 years, she said that no one, up through 5th grade, has ever known the answer that question. Wow. He definitely gets that from his daddy. :)

I'm so glad he's mine

For a long overdue installment of My Husband Rocks...

On this day 14 years ago, Brian and I went out on our first date.  He was going to UNT in Denton and I was a junior in high school.  We met in Fort Worth and saw a movie and ate dinner at Chili's.  I was so absolutely crazy over him and it hasn't changed in the last 14 years.  I am still crazy about this guy and here's one of the reason's why (sorry about the poor picture quality)-

This has been a rough week for me - there has been a lot going on and I have been a little beat down.  I had totally forgotten about our "first date" anniversary today and when Brian came home with these flowers, I just dissolved into tears.  

Good stuff, people.

Hudson's Birthday

Today was Hudson's 2nd birthday.  I am having a combined birthday party for the boys this year at the first of April, so we had a very low key celebration.  (And when I say low key, I mean grandparents, a roast, a cookie/brownie type dessert with a couple of candles stuck in it and no presents).  He didn't understand why we were singing to him, but he blew the candles out all by himself.  We had a fun little night to celebrate a great little guy.  Hudson has been an absolute joy to this family.  He is such a sweet little boy - I can't imagine our lives without him.  He can drive me crazy and melt my heart - all inside of a couple of minutes.  I wouldn't trade it for the world.  

Happy Birthday Hudson - you are one of the two most precious sons EVER!

MUCH better!

This week has been so much better!  On Friday I started on antibotics and by Saturday morning, I could tell I felt better.  By Sunday, I was running at about 95%, so it's been great!  Evryone has been well, so I haven't missed my work out classes this week.  Yesterday I stayed with Cami to do one circuit of the Strength Training class that starts right after the Turbo Kick that we go to every Monday.  After only a few minutes, I was wondering what I was thinking.  As we walked out, I looked at the crazy girl and said "Seriously?" in which she answered "Oh, that was the hardest one she's ever done."  I don't know if that made me feel better or more tired. :)  My muscles are sore and it takes some real effort to walk normally and not make "Ow" noises.  That's good, right?  :)

On another note, my little monkey turns TWO on Friday.  Oh my goodness...

This Week & Thankful Thursday

Monday:  Reed wakes up at 5:00 puking.  Is sick all day, so I end up having a long day of getting nothing done (you moms know what I mean).  I try to keep Hudson away from him as much as possible, not to mention practically bathing in anti-bacterial gel just so I can stay well.  Miss my work-out at the Y cause I'm home with Sicky McPukey. 

Tuesday: Reed wakes up feeling fine, so I throw some toast his way to see what happens.  Nothing comes back up, so we ship him off to school.  Throw on my work out clothes and Hudson and I head to the gym.  I'm not as early as I like to be, so I am not in the very back row of aerobics where I like to hang.  Class seems very hard, but every time she changes the routine, it gets me in the beginning.  Head to Wal-Mart for groceries, then home. Lay down to take a nap when Hudson does - I'm not feeling so hot.  (Something comes out this time of year that I am evidently quite allergic to.  For the last 5 or 6 years, at the end of January or first of February, I have horrible allergies for a few days and it turns into bronchitis.)  So, I wake up feeling like poo and know that the dreaded allergen has been sucked up into my skull.

Wednesday: I wake up feeling decent, so Hudson goes to my parents house so I can go help at Reed's school.   I put on my work out clothes so I have no excuse not to go to the gym.  At the school I make enough copies to kill a small forest (I put 4 reams of paper in the copier not to mention what was already in there that I used) and then head to the gym.  I'm running on the treadmill and it seems like it's really, really hard and I realize that I'm not feeling well.  I go home, shower and fall asleep.  Wake up JUST IN TIME to go get Reed.  Come back home and decided that I do not need to teach my bible class and sweet Tracy fills in for me again (two weeks in a row).  My mom keeps Hudson so I can rest (YAY!) and I spend the evening on the couch under a blanket with a box of tissues (I prefer Puffs Plus - they are by far the easiest on a nose!).

Thursday: Wake up feeling like double poo.  Go get Reed up, get out his clothes, pour him a bowl of cereal and go back to bed.  Don't even have the energy to get up when he and Brian leave - I just yell bye from the bed (Is that a bad mom???)  Lay in bed until noon, continuously grabbing my Puffs Plus.  (Oh who are we kidding... I finally stuck one up each nostril just so I wouldn't have snot dripping down my face!)  I get up, take as many pills as I can find that will heal my various ailments and I go get Reed from school.  I had to take him to the dentist to have a tooth pulled.  I feel sick, but also horrible that he has to deal with that, but he does great.  Swing by my parents house and pick up Hudson.  Then home, sweet, home.  Now I'm laying in bed exhausted with a kleenex stuffed up my left nostril and I am not ashamed.

Plans for Friday:  TV, my pajamas and possibly a trip to the store for more tissues. What can I say - this is why the party people gravitate toward me.  :)

So this week I am thankful for:

• Not having a serious illness and knowing this will go away eventually
• My family that helps me out tremendously
• Being able to work out at least twice to stay with my routine somewhat
• A new day tomorrow :)

Las Vegas Trip

We got back from our Vegas trip late Wednesday night. I just haven't had a chance to post pictures until today. We started out by flying into Vegas on Saturday and renting a car to drive to the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam. We drove over Hoover Dam on the way to Kingman, AZ (where we spent the night) but we decided not to stop until the next day. This is why I should have blogged earlier...I honestly cannot remember what we did besides drive on Saturday! :) We got up on Sunday and started our drive toward the Grand Canyon. Evidently, we were going to the wrong way to get to the glass sky walk... so we had to turn around. Neat. After A LOT of backtracking AND twisting and turning, we got to the place where you are supposed to go out on the the sky walk. We had to pay $43 to get on a bus just so they could drive us out to the "park" and then if you wanted to walk on the sky walk, it was $75 total. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? Even after all that driving, there was no way that I was going to pay that. It's the principal of the thing People, take my advice and go to the National Park side of the Grand Canyon!! So, I bought a souvenir T-shirt of something that I didn't get to see and we got back in the car. :) We headed back towards Vegas and stopped at Hoover Dam. The first thing we did was eat (I shared a Dam Cheeseburger with my mom - hee hee) and then headed over to take a look. It was pretty awesome.

They were in the process of building a new bridge that I'm pretty sure would freak me out to drive over!

It's a weird vertigo type sensation when you look over the side - pretty amazing... (If you click on the picture and enlarge it, you can see that little white rectangle is a truck - it's crazy just how far away everything actually is!)

The white stripe around the bottom shows where the water line used to be... evidently it takes quite a bit of water to keep all those golf courses green in the middle of the desert. :)
We got back to Vegas and checked into our hotel. We spent a lot of our time looking at all the hotels and their awesome lobbies. The Bellagio had this amazing light fixture by their check in desk - I think I saw on the Travel Channel that it is all hand blown glass - very pretty and very odd all at the same time!
We saw Serendipity 3 in front of Caesars Palace and I got so excited! I had seen one of their Frozen Hot Chocolates on Oprah years ago and promised myself that if I ever got to New York, I would get one. When I saw LV had one, I knew we had to go! It was such a cute restaurant and our meal and the frozen hot chocolate were yummy (even if I was only able to drink about a 1/16th of it)!

We saw Cirque Beatles Love on Monday (I did not get a picture except on my phone) and then we saw Blue Man Group on Tuesday night.

After Blue Men, we headed over to the Bellagio to see the fountains - they were pretty cool...

I also gambled a little on the slot machines - I stuck to the penny machines because I am so super cheap. I won $20 at one point and cashed out to buy a souvenir shirt. I probably lost $20 or so dollars, but I think it was some pretty cheap entertainment for as long as I spent in the casinos! Two things we didn't get to do just because we ran out of time - I wanted to see the lights at Freemont Street and eat at In and Out Burger. Oh well... maybe next time! All in all, we had a great trip. I was glad to get to see a new place - Las Vegas is an experience!

Happy Birthday...

to the coolest guy I know!Brian, thank you for being such a great husband and daddy. I hope you have a great 33rd birthday. I love you!!

Brrrrr....

Last week, the super cold weather came through and when we got up one morning the roads were icy. School was delayed for two hours, so Reed was hanging out playing with his Star Wars Legos stuff and Hudson went and got in bed with his daddy. After a few minutes,  I thought it had gotten awfully quiet in there, so  I thought I'd go check and this is what I found...So sweet!

Thankful Thursday

This week I am thankful:

• for everyone feeling better.  Hudson's snotty nose finally went away and Brian's allergy stuff is almost gone.  
• that I'm feeling pretty good.  I've worked out 3 days in a row this week and I think my body is finally catching up.  I woke up feeling good this morning and actually felt like getting out of bed instead of burrowing deeper in the warm covers!!
• that my body is able (notice I didn't add 'willing').  In all seriousness, I can walk and run and do things for myself and I know I take that for granted a lot of the time by whining about working out, etc.  
• that my to-do list isn't too long.  I'm leaving for Vegas early Saturday morning and I don't a whole lot to do.  I haven't started packing yet, but that may be a task within itself!
• that I have a sweet family to come home to.  I will miss all three of my boys SO much, but I'm sure I will have a nice vacation and will be able to come home to them refreshed.  

Thankful Thursday

Today I am thankful for:

• a comfortable, warm house
• a warm car to go pick up Reed from school
• plenty of food in the fridge, freezer and pantry
• being married to my best friend
• upcoming vacation!  I'm really looking forward to a trip to Las Vegas in a little over a week!  (Yes, I'm going with my parents, my brother and his fiance... my afore mentioned best friend isn't much of a traveler if you haven't yet heard.  :)  But, I gotta say, I won't mind being the fifth wheel at all.)

Lazy Saturday

Hudson has been sick today and he's a momma's boy when he's sick, so I've been unable to venture anywhere past the couch.  :)  Brian and Reed were out burning brush piles.  I got some sweet pictures of them - you can just click on them to enlarge it.

Sweet pictures

DadDad sent me these and I have to share them...

He titled the next one "I'll dunk it some day!"


So cute!

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Good-Bye to 2009

Another year has gone and left us with many memories.  Its been a good year and I am so thankful for my blessings.  Here are some never before see pictures from the last 12 months... enjoy!

The boys and I in our new rain boots

Hudson wearing the Santa suit that I made for Reed when he was a baby.  It was a little too small, but worth cramming his fat little body into for a picture... :)

My little superheroes

The boys relaxin' with a little TV

Look at my good lookin' boy in his new boots and belt...so cute!

My mom bought Emory a tiara, but Hudson got to it first...

Part of why we love it out here... look at those turkeys!

The coming year will bring changes... Hudson will turn 2, Reed will turn 6, finish his Kindergarten year and become a 1st grader, Brian and I will celebrate our 8th anniversary and so many other things that God has planned for us that we don't even know about yet!  Happy New Year to you and yours - here's wishing you a wonderful 2010!