My Little Men

A couple of weeks ago at school was "Jersey Day". I of course took their picture, and in looking at it, realized that they sure are growing up!
My little men.

Player down

Well, not really, but Tyler did get a bit of an injury while playing in his last football game of the season. A sprained wrist. No big deal, but you know me, I had to take a pic!

Austin Update

Austin had his surgery Wednesday, November 3rd. The day was cold, dark, and rainy. We weren't sure he was going to get to have his tonsils and adenoids taken out. Tuesday evening, he had a seizure and then Wednesday morning around 3am, another one. The hospital told us to just go ahead and come anyway, so we did. He was not quite himself yet (a side effect from his seizures), so he was very quiet and very sleepy. I sent Tyler to school and took Carli over to Olivia's house for the day (THANK YOU LINDSAY!). Anthony had started his new job on Monday, so he had meetings, but right before surgery started, he met us there! ALSO, Deyanira came to Houston to sit with us at the hospital! (THANK YOU BFF!) Once I got out the camera, Austin totally snapped back to himself! It was funny! He loves pictures!
Austin and his Godmother, Deyanira.

The nurse, anesthesiologist, and his doctor were wonderful! We couldn't have asked for a better experience that day.
After leaving the hospital, we picked up Carli and pulled in the driveway at the same time Tyler was getting home. We all came in, got comfy on the couch and watched Toy Story 3! Austin took all of his meds, drank lots of water and then slept very well through the night (not even a snore!). So far today, he's been fine, just sore. He continues his meds and has drank lots more today. He did have dairy/soy free chocolate ice cream for breakfast! We'll have soup for lunch.
Thank y'all for the prayers! They were very much felt and meant so much!
And, as always, I'll keep ya posted!

Happy Birthday Uncle Abel!

The kids love their Uncle Able and want to wish him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY today! 1995-Austin and Abel

Surgery: Take two!

Alright, let's try this again...TOMORROW, Austin will have his surgery! Prayers are GREATLY appreciated!

HALLOWEEN 2010

Hope everyone had a SPOOKTACULAR HALLOWEEN! We sure did! It was a first at our new neighborhood! It was packed on our street! Austin trick or treated for a few houses and then went home to hand out candy with dad. Tyler went to one house and decided he'd rather be home handing out candy as well. Carli was all over it this year! You would've thought it was Christmas! My shy girl was running from house to house, ringing the doorbells, yelling "TRICK OR TREAT!","THANK YOU!" She then handed out some candy at the end of the night and loved that too! Here's our crew: Vampire, Kitty Cat Princess, and not sure what Tyler is? Ha!And yes, Tyler could see out of it.
Carli was showing me her tail!

Preschool Fall Fest

At Carli's pre-school on Wednesday, they needed to bring a pumpkin, decorated as a storybook character. Well of course she chose MINNIE MOUSE!She loved her Minnie!Friday, was her fall fest. She was super excited!
She's really into taking pictures lately...it's insane!She couldn't wait to take her class their pumpkin ball treats!She had to get a picture with her FAVE, Ms.Rose! FYI, Ms.Rose made her bow! Several actually! But how perfect is that bow with that shirt!Loved it that her friend Rylee wore the same skirt! No, they didn't plan it! Oh they're so cute!! Carli's Minnie won "The sweetest!" award!And LOOK...A MICKEY MOUSE! Would you believe it belonged to...BRADY!?! OH YES IT DID! NOPE, that wasn't planned either! SO TRUE! Everyone about died over the fact that they both showed up with Mickey and Minnie! How AWESOME!! LOVE IT!

Happy Birthday Miranda!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SWEET DEAR FRIEND MIRANDA! Love ya girlie!Gotta love having a scanner! I have lots of great old pictures of Miranda and I. We've known each other for seven years, I think. We taught two years together. I scanned a favorite...She was one of the awesome girls that threw my baby shower when I was pregnant with Carli.

Babysittin'

I so enjoy babysittin'! The other day I kept Julia. She reminds me of her big sister Olivia and a little bit of Carli.I thought this was so funny...our tv is over the fireplace and she would stop to watch tv like this. She would try so hard to get "close" to the tv, even stepping up onto the fireplace, but of course that wouldn't work and she'd fall on her bottom. Carli loved having her here and kept asking me, "Did I do that when I was a baby?" and "will you take a picture of us?"
Well, I did try to take their picture...You can see how that went! Ha!
Lindsay, I'll say it again, she did wonderfully!

Carli's very first field trip!

Carli had her very first school field trip! She's been talking about it forever and was super excited! These lil' pre-k kiddos hopped on a big school bus and headed into Houston to see:The musical was great for them! They all enjoyed it and riding the bus! I enjoyed getting to go too! AND since I work at her school, I was able to ride on the bus with them! Such a fun day!Carli and Rylee ready to go!Um, yes, that would be BRAAADY! They just HAD to sit together!We had a goofy time on the bus!Brady, Ms.Susan, and Carli. I have one of you Ms. Mary, but maybe we shouldn't post it! We'll let Ms.Lisa post that one! Ha!And this was Carli running, trying to catch Brady on the playground at school. It was taken from inside my classroom! LOVE IT!
I am so thankful that I was able to go with Carli on her very first field trip! What a terrific time!

Happy Birthday Aunt Linda!

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU AUNT LINDA! We hope you will have an outstanding day! We love you!

BIG CHANGES! BIG!

I figured this picture was appropriate for the type of change we're talking about here.A road sign.
Meaning, we're moving!
MOVING!
MOVING!!!!!
Back to our hometown!
*big sigh* *big gulp*
In one week, Anthony will be back in our hometown, with his previous bank, as a branch manager. He will stay there a few days during the week and come home on weekends, or something like that. The kids and I will stay here until our house sells (best case scenario, we can finish out the school year-we don't know when we're putting it up for sale yet?). I have all sorts of emotions swimming around in my head! First and foremost, I'm proud of my hubby! I can't type the rest them all out here now...I need to just pray. PRAY for me to stay in the moment and not think too far ahead, stay calm and just relax. Take it step by step.
I'll keep you updated!
I also have many posts to put on the blog, so sit tight, stories and pics coming soon!

Happy Birthday Sonja!

Happy Happy Birthday to you cousin! Hope you have a fantastic day! Love you!I love this picture! Sonja and her little nieces, who are about as tall as her! :)

Our weekend

We were in Bryan this past weekend. It was a bit busy and I didn't take but three pictures! I'm getting bad about taking pictures! The ones I did take were of Carli and her cousins, Rachel and Philip. She has such a fun time playing with them. She got a sweet necklace from them and from her other cousin Arlyssa, some clothes and books! THANK YOU COUSINS! The other picture I took was of our cousin Joel, his date, and their friends. They were on their way to homecoming.

Football

It never gets old looking and taking pictures of this cute player! Hehehe...look very closely at Tyler's face!!!! Whoa, what a look I'm gettin'!
He's still really enjoying playing football and we're still enjoying going to every game!

Passing by

Like I've said a billion times before, I love working at Carli's school! It's so fun to see her in her classroom, playing outside,or just passing by! This particular day, they were walking to see the firetruck!
(and yes, I had my camera...we had just gotten through taking our class to see the firetruck too!)