Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Dress up, Gammy and Papa time & Camping in the backyard

Damon gave Avery a “dress up set” with a tiara, clip on earrings and shoes that are so slick she looks like she is ice skating when she is on the tile! But, she LOVES them and we had a meltdown the other day when we misplaced an earring. I’m thinking we need to go buy another set!

IMG_0272 Cayden and Papa…I think Cayden had a mouth full of food:

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IMG_0277 Monday night Damon decided to put the tent up in the backyard so he and Cayden could sleep in it. After playing and hanging out in it for a few hours I realized I couldn’t pass up the chance to sleep out there with them. Avery slept with us too…I know you are all thinking I’m crazy, but she was so happy in there, I couldn’t deprive her of the experience too!

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Note to self: Use the air mattress next time! My back is reminding me that I’m older than I was last time I slept on a hard floor!

Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Pics of Avery

Here are a few recent cute pictures of Avery:

IMG_0262Her first pigtails

IMG_0186 Giving Daddy some sugar

IMG_0132 Reading a magazine while going potty

IMG_0261 Wearing Momma’s hat

IMG_0259This picture is blurry, but it made me think of this picture below of me when I was little. We are smiling so big you can’t see our eyes!

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Fun Saturday with family

Last Saturday we drove to Canyon to Matt and Jill’s house to spend some time with family…specifically Brandon, April, Eden and Salem since they live so far away and we rarely get to see them. We had a great time visiting and eating and keeping all of our kids from hurting each other! Here are some pictures from our time together.

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IMG_0208Audrey, Judah and Cayden on the trampoline

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IMG_0220 Avery and Eden

IMG_0222 Avery and Eden smooching…TOO CUTE!!

IMG_0214 Mom and Judah hanging out

IMG_0225 Eden and Cayden playing

IMG_0226Avery and Andi cooking

IMG_0239  Mom, Avery and Salem…Avery was laughing and making Salem smile

IMG_0247 Eden, Audrey, Cayden, Avery and Judah eating supper

IMG_0246Damon and Brandon

IMG_0248  Summer and Salem, April and Andi

IMG_0255 All the “kids” on the trampoline

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What a great day! April and I have become close over the past few years and not being able to live close to her and her sweet family isn’t very much fun. So, it was a HUGE blessing to get to spend some time with them. April and I  keep saying that maybe one of these days (it may be when we are 80, but that’s ok) we will live down the street from each other and get to see each other all the time… I sure hope so.

Friday, August 14, 2009

The Big 3-0

Well, as of August 1st, I am no longer in my 20’s… I have realized in the past few weeks how spoiled I am to have the friends and family that I do…. they have made my birthday lots of fun.

Damon and I took a short trip to Dallas to relax and for my “birthday dinner” Damon took me to my favorite restaurant, The Grand Lux Cafe. If you haven’t been before, I hear that it is a sister restaurant to The Cheesecake Factory. The food is amazing and I literally have never tried something that wasn’t incredibly delicious.

IMG_0089 IMG_0088 IMG_0107When we got home from Dallas, Damon and the kids surprised me with lots of little gifts that had fun significance to our family and each had a numbered page that described the fun gift. I realized at the end that the last number was 30 for me turning 30. Thank you, Damon for all the work you put into that for me…

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On the 3rd, we had a fun birthday party for Isaiah, Summer, Me and Andi since we all had birthdays in the last few weeks. We thought since Damon was the only one without a birthday that he should cook for us! He did grill our steaks, but we helped him out with other things to go with them!

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Then, we got to celebrate my birthday with my parents, Andi and Granny in Plainview. They made all my favorite foods and I think I gained 5 pounds just that night…chicken fried steak, cream potatoes and one of my favorite pies, Peach with crumb topping!! I think I gained another 5 pounds just thinking about it again! :)  We even got Granny to play tennis on the Wii.

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Last Sunday, I even got to have another birthday get-together with Damon’s family. They took me out to eat at Red Lobster and then GG made my favorite cake, homemade strawberry!! YUM! I don’t have a picture of our time together, but we had a lot of fun.

Needless to say, I need to go on a diet! :)

See? I am SO spoiled! My birthday lasted a whole week! :)  Thank you to everyone that made me feel so special on my “turning 30” birthday!

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Surprise Birthday Girl’s Night Out

My precious sister, Andi surprised me by getting several of my friends together for a Girls Night Out. She told me that she wanted to take Summer and I out for our birthdays (mine is Aug 1 and Summer’s is Aug. 3) and so we decided to eat at Carinos and go watch a movie at her house afterwards. Andi picked me up at my house and then to my surprise when we walked in the door at Carinos my friends were there and yelled, “Surprise!!” We had a great time visiting and laughing and of course, eating! If you have never tried the Mascarpone Bread Pudding, you have got to try it!! I have never been a bread pudding fan at all, but this is amazing!! I have been craving it ever since I ate it last week!

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Christy, Kelly and Jamie:IMG_0051Amber, Laura and Robin:   

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Summer, Andi and Jen:

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Me, Janae and Kristin:

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Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Mary Kay Seminar

I was able to go with several of my friends to our Mary Kay Seminar this year in Dallas. The girls that had been in years past told me how amazing it was, but I had no idea how incredible it would be. It was great training for all of us, but the best part was the fun “girl time” we had together. Here are a few pictures from my trip:

Kristin Ross, me and Julie Ackerman outside the Mary Kay Corporate Building:

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Me, Christy Bigham (my director), Sharron Smith and Laura Yandell at our Go Give Awards Reception that we earned:

IMG_3583Our unit on Go Give Awards Night:

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Christy and I at our All-Star Luncheon:IMG_3680Our incredible dessert at the luncheon!! (I know I’m a dork for taking pictures of food…go ahead and laugh, everyone else makes fun of me too!)

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AWARDS NIGHT!!! This was absolutely amazing! More elaborate than a Broadway production!

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The trip was so fun and I really appreciate you, Mom and Dad, for keeping Cayden and Avery so that I could go!