Team Walsh

A's Tee Ball

2011-04-14T18:24:00.000-07:00

Conor Espn in finally old enough to play t-ball. I must say it is pretty hard watching these games after we watch the fast paste ones his brothers play. But I think he is enjoying it. Tim is coaching his team, it is nice to see the two of them out there togeather. I can't belive how fast he is growing.

Mr. Cheeser. I do love his wrinkly nose though!

This is Conor's 'bestest friend' Maddox.

And this is Conor's little team. They all look so tiny

I am enjoying watching him grow and watching his little personality come out. He makes me so happy. Being a mom is the BEST!

Seriously....

2010-09-06T15:05:00.000-07:00

Seriously it has been way to long since I have updated this. I wish I was better at keeping up with this thing. I used to be...now, not so much. The summer was good. The boys came and stayed with us and we enjoyed having them here. Of course the summer was also to short and with the start of school they had to go back. So the end of August we went to AZ and spent some more time with them. One thing we had to do while we were there is see OUR Cardinals play.

Here are the boys outside the stadium in front of the Pat Tillman statue. Of course if we have the chance to go see a game and not have to chase Conor we jump at it. He was staying with his grandma and we went out and enjoyed a little pre-season football. Anyone who knows me knows that my first love is baseball. Anyone who knows my husband knows he is a Sports Fanatic....so it may be a little shocking to know that this was my first time seeing an NFL game. I was excited to see the new stadium as well. You could feel the energy inside this place. I have never felt that before. Made me want to get up and scream...and I did. It was fun to go.

Another thing that has kept us busy is our little man....Conor. I was looking at pictures of him when he was little....Wow! Things have changed. Now we have him running around riding bikes. Reading books, doing puzzles, jumping on the trampoline (bouncing), playing with blocks. He is very active and loves life.

This summer we spent a majority of our time at the pool. We head over there and 1 and spend most of the rest of the afternoon swimming. He ended up a pretty good little swimmer. I'm excited for next summer. This is Con's favorite snack at the pool, he loved the queadilla's. They were super cheesy, and he was very happy to eat it.
Conor is also a very big helper around the house. He helps us unload the dishwasher, take out the trash, but is favorite job is vacuuming his floor...with HIS vacuum. I love it! I hope he enjoys doing it in 10 years still....By far Conor's favorite thing to do is spend time with his bubba's. When they are gone he misses them so much. He had so much fun running around doing what they do. I think Anthony and Jaren love him just as much as he does them. So that is us. We spend our days taking care of kids and each other. Pretty perfect if you ask me. Tim of course is working hard (always does). We are ready for football to start. We miss Anthony and Jaren....really miss watching them play ball. Can't wait for a time when we are all together again. Life is good and full of Love. We are pretty lucky.

Missin our Boys...

2010-04-09T12:09:00.000-07:00

Last week we were able to head to AZ to see Anthony and Jaren. They are living in Mesa with their mom while we are still here in TX. Man, we have missed them. It was soo good to see them. We went and saw Jaren pitch for his little league team. It was so great to watch him do so well. He even hit an in the park home run!

While we were there we went and caught the last few of the Spring Training games. Here is the boys in front of the Maryville field where the Brewers hold their spring training.
Kettle corn and soda...at a baseball game....with the best boys in the world....PERFECT!
Conor misses wrestling with his bubba's. So as you can see he will get in wrestling any time he can!Tim and Anthony after finally getting TWO autographs they worked so hard for!

Of course Grandma Elaine had to spoil her grandkids while they were all together. So she made sure to contact the Easter Bunny so he would hide eggs a little early for the kids. They spent some time one morning finding eggs. Conor was pretty excited about finding eggs. He was even more excited about what was inside.
The boys after their egg hunt. Man I LOVE these boys. What handsome kids!
Here we are with the Ferguson-Hess family. Some in jamma's some just out of the shower. It was a good morning! Thanks Grandma Elaine, for spoiling my kids.
It was so good to see the boys. I have missed watching them play baseball. I can't wait to go watch them again. It seems like the week went by SO fast. It was good to see everyone.

We did take some pictures of Anthony playing on his club team as well as Little League...but I can't find them! So you will have to stay posted for them.

Happy Birthday Conor Espn!

2010-02-02T17:20:00.000-08:00

This is my baby just after he turned one. Today he turned 3! I can't believe the time has gone so fast. The day started with making a birthday cake. Conor did help me. He added the milk and butter. Then we just spent the day hanging out doing what we do best. I absolutely LOVE my days with this little guy. I'm so lucky to be able to spend my days with him and see and hear the things he does.

Grandma sent a box of presents and inside there were some party whistles. Tim and Conor had a fun time blowing the whistles in each other's face.

He is covering his face so Tim won't hit him with his whistle. He was laughing so hard. It was cute.This is Conor's cake we made. He LOVES the movie Cars, and cars in general. WE decorated this together. I just now noticed that we put the "3" on there backwards. O-well! Conor was funny, while we were singing he would close his eye's and make a wish then try to blow out the candle. He did it three times before he finally got the candles blown out. Tim told him to take a bite out of his cake...so he did. He enjoyed it a lot too. He wanted to keep eating it. His little bite marks on his cake.

I am so happy this little guy is my baby. I can't believe he is 3. I LOVE him so much. Happy Birthday Conor. WE love you.

MONSTER trucks are Scary!

2010-01-25T13:47:00.001-08:00

We took the family to the Monster Truck Extravaganza this past weekend. I was excited to take Conor. He LOVES monster trucks. He has a few he plays with on a daily basis. So I was super excited to see his reaction to them. I defiantly didn't expect what I heard him say. "Momma, Monster trucks are scary!" It took a lot of convincing to get him to turn around and watch what they were doing. We ended up having to buy him the heavy duty ear muffs (the tiny ear plugs weren't doing the job). Once he had those on he was good to go, as long as I had him safely wrapped in my arms.
I love his squishy cheeks, he had to have his hood on too. Cute kid!
Mariah and Mackenzie went with us, they are our nieces. They really liked it.

This is Mackenzie in front of the HUGE wheels of one of the trucks. It just shows how big they are.

Mariah and Kenzie in front of the trucks.

Of course we had to get a picture in front of the trucks with our scared little boy. So here you go. Here is Tim with Conor, at least you got a little smile out of both of them.

Here we are in front of the one Conor attempted to like the best.

My big Boy!

2009-12-02T12:55:00.000-08:00

This is Conor's new obsession. He LOVES Roman. He calls it noodles or soup. It is the cutest thing watching him eat his noodles at the table. I walked by last night and realized my little baby boy isn't so baby anymore. He is going potty in the toilet, eating all by himself, everything boys do and babies don't. Can't believe the time as gone so fast.

Okay, and he loves to have two drinks to choose from. He drinks juice in one and milk in the other. And he drinks them both all the time.

As always, I LOVE this boy. He makes my world spin round. Keeps me busy and makes me learn to have more and more patience every day. I wouldn't have it any other way!

It is just a box!

2009-10-25T12:30:00.000-07:00

We had to get a new TV because ours went bad. Tim brought it home last night and Kenzie and Conor have been wanting to play in it ever since. Conor said it was his favorite box ever! Kids are so funny, it is amazing what they end up loving and it is just a box.

Here they are in the box, notice the piano in front of Mackenzie. Conor has one too, but he is to busy hamming it for the camera.

Cheese!

My Amazing Family

2009-09-20T12:59:00.000-07:00

The last of August we were able to head to AZ and see family and friends. I was so excited to see everyone. One of the highlights was having my totally talented sister take our family pictures. It was way past due. I'm really happy with they way they turned out. I think they showed our personalities, that is what I like about them. So thanks Gerk, for taking the time to capture my families personalities and expressions. The boys in all their glory. I think they all look so handsome! To bad Conor was being difficult! He wanted no part of this picture posing. Our little family. I love these boys.

This is my favorite of Anthony,

my favorite of Jaren.

I love the many expressions of Conor. What a character!

My favorite group of boys in the world. The guys make my life so much better, just by being themselves. Love them!

I would highly recomend my sister to anyone who would like pictures taken in the outdoors. She is very talented and knows a lot of good locations around the valley. Her website is www.epitomephotography.com. Check it out and see what you think for yourself.

Rockstar!

2009-09-15T17:09:00.000-07:00

Disclaimer: Thanks to Becca, Joe and Keane for leaving this guitar at the house so that we HAD to bring it home. Conor LOVES it.

Really, do these need any explanation?

Like I always say....I LOVE this kid!

Are you ready for some Football?

2009-09-13T09:21:00.000-07:00

We are!

Conor loves to copy cat these days. I went into the kitchen this morning for something and came back to him "playing" on the computer. Funny kid.

Little Dr in the House

2009-09-09T12:26:00.000-07:00

Once again it was one of those moments when I thought...I haven't heard from or seen Conor for a few minutes. So I head into his room to check on him and found this.

I guess he thought his leg was hurt and needed some band aides. He tells me "I otay momma". Funny kid!

Notice the wrappers on the floor. I LOVE this little boy, makes my day.

Raising the White Flag

2009-08-23T16:22:00.000-07:00

This past week it has been a struggle to get Conor to go to sleep. To take a nap or to go to bed. It is for real one of the only struggles we have with him. I had gotten to the point yesterday and today that I wasn't going to force him to take a nap. It wasn't worth the frustration. Well, he got really quiet today and I went to check on him, this is what I found.

This is his favorite chair. We have it in his room. He takes the cushion out of it to sit down in.

Dirty face and all...ahh. Silence. It is a beautiful thing!!

Splish Splash

2009-08-20T07:00:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was one of those hot days. When Con woke up from his nap we pulled the pool out and let him have some fun. Here are some pictures of him just enjoying the afternoon in the water and sun.

Little poser. He LOVES the water!

Yep, a little bit of a pose again.

He would put the hose in his mouth and try and keep the water from coming out. Of course it didn't work so well.

Cheese!!!!!!!!!

He also had a visit from his friend Julie yesterday. She brought her ride and they toured around the back yard. Conor seemed to enjoy riding on the back.

Texas West State Champs!!!!

2009-08-03T16:40:00.000-07:00

Last week we were in Dallas for the Texas West State Championship. It was hot and humid, but the kids played awesome. The first game was Sunday against Laredo, we lost. That put us in the losers bracket.

This is the team before that first game. They were getting a prep talk from Coach.

The next game we played Eagle Pass. We beat them. Then next one we played was against University. We beat them. This slotted us to play Laredo again. This was the Championship game. We had to beat them twice to win Sate.

But before we get to the Championship game we need to talk about the little inspiration the boys got before they went. The coaches called the kids down to the lobby dressed in uniform. Nobody knew what was going on. They all get down there and Coach tells us there is a former president that used to live in Midland that now has an office in Dallas that would like the meet the boys from Midland playing to win sate. So the boys loaded up to head out to meet President George W at his office. Not only did they get to see the president, they also got to meet Mathew McConaughey and they also met Mike Leach, the head coach for Texas Tech. It was pretty neat to hear them get so excited to meet these celebrities.

So to make a long story short we win the first game 5-4, we play the second game an hour later. As we start the game we give up 4 runs in the 1st. We had to play catch up the rest of the game. It was looking a little grim, but we tied it in the 5th. We end up playing extra innings and squeak out a win in the 7th, 5-4. We are state Champs. We are so proud of these boys, they play hard all the time. I have never seen a team that has more heart than these boys. They are so much fun to watch and be around. Awesome group of boys!

Tim with the boys! He is a proud dad!
Our cute little family. I love these boys!!!!

Colson Family Reunion 09'

2009-08-03T16:19:00.000-07:00

As I promised, I was going to post on the last of my time in Idaho. After we were done camping we headed to the Colson Family Reunion. The Colson side is from my beautiful grandma...

this is my dad's mom, LaRene. She married this handsome fella...Vern. These are my dad's parents. They live in Ucon, Id. The are true cowboy/cowgirls. I love to visit with these two about the things they have seen and done while riding through the trails in Idaho/Utah/and Wyoming.

The reunion was for my grandmas side of the family. Unfortunately I don't know this side of the family very well. It was good to see everyone, and meet a lot of them for the first time.

There was a swing set for the kids to play on...Keane loved the swing. While Conor loved the slide. As always he was super hard to get a picture of. Jaren had fun playing tether ball (I think that is how you say it?).

I enjoyed spending time with dad and his family. I need to get up there more often. It is really nice to be around family. If only we weren't so spread out.

Where in the world....

2009-07-27T16:01:00.000-07:00

Since summer has started I think I have been home maybe a week. It is crazy and exciting and that is just the way I like it! So here is my attempt at a little catch up. Over the fourth of July weekend I headed to Show Low parade to meet up with friends and family. I know there were a lot of you I didn't see, but I had to see a lot of people. Since having Conor I have wanted him to experience the whole small town 4th of July. I have moved away from AZ and now know that is a pretty rare occasion. So I thought he might like to have Conor experience that.

Joe, Becca and Keane met us there for a little small town fun.

Conor gives Keane loves, even though he isn't sure if he wants any from him. Con had the waiving thing down pat. He was waiving at anything that would waive back.

We didn't make it to the fireworks, the kids wouldn't co-operate. So we headed in to prepare for the long day ahead. Becca and I were traveling to Idaho to go see dad. We were driving from Show Low to Preston with two toddlers. Some would think we were insane...at times we agreed, but it wasn't as bad as I had thought it would be. Jaren and Keane settle in for the drive. Keane was so funny, he would be grouching in the back seat and I would point the camera in his face and he would pose. I would never guess his mom does a little photog on the side. So funny!

We finally get to Dad's house late in the night and when we wake up we are so happy to see a tramp and lots of room for pent up kids to run around.

Here is grandpa with Keane and Conor in the tramp enjoying the quite surroundings.

Dad and Jaren played Blongball in the back yard. (I'm pretty sure I spelled that wrong!)

The purpose of going to Idaho was to see dad and to go to the Smith Family reunion at Palisades Lake in Idaho/Wyoming. We were the first to get there. So we were checking things out.

Here is Conor and Keane, they are friends now. Friends with matching shirts.

Yep, that is my tent over there. I slept there for three nights. Reminded me of the good ol' days when we went camping every summer. Except I was able to take a shower in my dad's camper that you see on the edge of the picture.

If you can see through the glare, that is Jaren at the top of that huge rock. He was so excited he climbed it. King of the mountain.

Then Doug (my cousin) was kind enough to give Conor a chance at King of the Mountain.
Just a cute one of my kids. I love the love these two brothers share with each other. Nothing makes Conor happier then having his brothers around.

Here we are eating the famous Square Ice Cream cones in Swan Valley. (remember, I have been camping for 3 days) Jaren looks pained, he isn't. It is all good. He is just being interrupted eating his ice cream.

Okay, there are more pictures to come. I also went to a Colson family Reunion. (My Dad's Mom's side of the family.) I need to go now. We are busy trying to win State with our All Stars. I just wanted to get some pictures in.

Cruising the Carribbean

2009-06-18T10:46:00.000-07:00

June 7th we head to Galveston for our Carnival Cruise to Jamaica and Grand Cayman. We were climbing aboard the cruise ship Conquest. Tim, Jaren and I have been on a cruise before. This is Anthony's first one. Jaren was ready and excited to go. This is Anthony's face when he catches his first glimpse of the "boat" we are going to be living on for a week. "Kym, it's huge!"And this is the first glimpse he saw.

So we unload our luggage, park the car and head in to go through customs. Then they heard us over to sit in chairs to then heard us in little by little onto the ship. We were there (of course) yearly, so the wait wasn't to long. After about an hour we were stepping into our floating home for the next week. We weren't able to get into our rooms for a little while so we just roamed around.The boys hanging out by one of the many pools on board. The first of many ice cream cones. The ice cream was one of Jaren's favorite things on the last cruise. So he was excited to be reunited with his lost friend. And this time he could reach all by himself.

The afternoon wears on and we get in our rooms, unpack and get ready for dinner. There are options to not have a set time for dinner. We chose to have the set time. We like that we can have our set table and set waiter. So me, Tim and the boys get ready and go to dinner. Here they are all ready for dinner. I think they look so handsome!Here we are at dinner. Ready for a great week at sea. Anthony had ribs the first night. And he totally enjoyed every messy ounce of them.

On the ship there are two formal nights. We boarded on Sunday, Monday night was a formal night. For some reason I didn't get to many pictures. This is one of my favorites. Me and Anthony waiting to go to dinner. It was so great to see the boys dress up. I must say they clean up nice.Every night before dinner we went to a show. They ranged from magic shows to Vegas style dance, to Broadway type shows. This was the first night we were going. This is the boys sitting waiting for the show to start. This is the boys after the show was over. Not a big hit with the kids. Not that one at least.

The first two days on the cruise we were at sea. That meant all day to just hang out and play at the pool and lay out. It was great. This is the slide the kids went down a billion times. They loved it. The one downfall is the water is salt water. So you had to keep your eye's shut tight! For that reason I went down only once.This is a view from my lounge chair. The slide is behind me to the left. Very much enough to do when you are at sea. If you aren't the burning yourself at the pool, there was volleyball, mini golf, basketball, and of course shuffleboard. Good stuff. J Bubba running by on his way to the slide.

Okay, so every night and morning when we left to go eat, we would come back and our room would be cleaned and the bed made or at night pulled down for us. We had a guy that cleaned our room and bathroom every day twice. I would hate that job. They were so sneaky. I couldn't believe he always knew when we were gone. I never saw him, probably because he was buys cleaning rooms. Anywho, at night when we got back there was a towel animal waiting for us. I took a picture of our favorites. Puppy, Gorilla, Elephant, Um, Dinasour? Anteater? You make it what you want.

Our first stop, Jamaica. I was super excited when we decided to go on this cruise. Jamaica always seem the picture perfect tropical escape. Needless to say it was for sure not that picture perfect. I have seen it now I don't have to go back. The ship docked and we started filing out. It was super hot and even more humid. On our way to experience Jamaica.
We headed to the port authority to get our transportation around the city of Montego Bay. The first stop was a flea market type place. We get out of the shuttle and we were bombarded by ladies wanting us to "see their shop". It was not a fun shop. The ladies were to pushy. We got back into our shuttles and headed to the next stop. This is Montego Bay. This was a picture I took out the window as we were driving by. The next stop was in the center town mall. It was an interesting place. There were ladies selling fruit that they were caring in baskets on their head. This lady was singing a song about how she loves Jamaica it is her home. Then people would give her a couple dollars to take a picture with her. Even in Jamaica they have Burger King and KFC. We were ready to eat, the boys wanted to try the Burger King. We had something a little more local in mind. This is the Pork Pit. The cruise director told us about this place. It was SO good. Jamaica is known for it's "jerk" meat. I guess it is the spice they put on it and how they cook it. It was so tender and so good. Yummy, this might have been my favorite part of Jamaica. After we paid for our food we went over to this pit and picked it up. It was so good. After lunch we found a local beach and took the kids to swim. They couldn't wait to get in the water. As you can see it was rainy. The boys didn't care, they just wanted to swim. This is Anthony on the water tramp.This is Jaren jumping off to make a big splash!
This is the restaurant that was on the beach. I thought it was an abandoned building from the road. But they were serving food and drinks. A view of the beach from the restaurant. The sand was beautiful, the water was warm and clear. For those reasons it was beautiful. I really don't need to go back though.

Our next stop was Grand Cayman. It was absolutely beautiful.

The boat anchored down and we had to take tender boats into shore.

The water was crystal clear and 80 degrees.

We booked and excursion to go to a place called Sting Ray City. There is a sand bar about 10 mailes out from the island. This sand bar is home to a bunch of sting rays. They are used to people out there, they actually depend on us to feed them everyday. So it is totally safe. It was pretty cool to have these animals so close you can touch them. They were swimming up to us and letting us pet them. The water we were in we could stand up, the sting ray's would swim through our legs and stuff. Here is a picture of Tim and J in the water with the sting ray swimming by. It was pretty neat.

After Sting Ray city we headed to Rum Point Beach. The beach was beautiful and the water amazing. Anthony found this conch shell. There was still the little animal inside. My little slice of heaven. I could have stayed there forever. Well almost. It was seriously beautiful though.

The last two days at sea were long. I was ready to come home. We all looked forward to the dinners though. Anthony was so good to try new things. Here he is trying fried clams. For the record, he didn't like them very much. But he did try it. He dances too. He was so funny, totally ate up every opportunity to do something new. I loved that.
The last night at dinner we went a little goofy and took these crazy family pictures. They are fun, and wraps up a fun week in the Caribbean. Funny, Crazy and fun to be around. I had to throw this one in just to show how funny Tim can be. It was a good week.

I do have to thank my mother in law for taking such good care of my little man while we were gone. I missed him like crazy, but it was nice to have break. I feel really blessed to have someone come and keep him safe. Thanks Linda, I really do appreciate it.

That is our week on Carnival Conquest in a nut shell. Enjoy, your going to need a lot of time to read through this. But I did promise I would share. So hope you enjoyed it.

Conor Espn...

2009-05-31T12:23:00.001-07:00

I have had one of those weeks where you turn around and realize he is growing up. My baby is a little boy. These are some pictures of him just enjoying what there is to enjoy in life. He makes everything better. I love this little guy SO much.
I got done mowing the lawn on Thursday and I had to put the sprinkler on in the backyard. I went in to turn on the sprinkler system in the front and came back out to find this.

He had taken off his clothes and was running through the sprinkler.

He would take a break to wander over to see what Ant was doing with the tin foil. Anthony was cooking ants with the tin foil in the sun? He thinks he could totally survive in the wild. I didn't tell him that tin foil doesn't just lie around in the wilderness. Don't ask me, he is a little weird sometimes.

Then head back to playing in the sprinkler with Jaren, he joined Conor but he choose to stay a little more covered up. Conor LOVES to be around his brothers. He is so happy when they are here with us.

Then today it was time to take a nap. He has become obsessed with wearing his baseball hat like Anthony. He always asks for his hat. So when I put him down for his nap he refused to take it off. So he took a nap with his baseball hat on. He always puts a smile on my face. He is so independent. Loves to do things his way, when he wants to do it. I think he got that from his dad. I just wanted to share the awesomeness that is Conor Espn. My little ray of sunshine....most of the time.

Memorial Day weekend in Lubbock

2009-05-26T07:49:00.001-07:00

This past weekend we headed out to Lubbock for a soccer and baseball tournament. I don't know how we lucked out that Jaren and Anthony had a tournament in the same place. And to make it even luckier they were only 10min apart. I was very thankful for that.

Jaren started Saturday morning at 9:15. The tied that game. Then next one was at 1:00. They ended up winning that game. The last game of the day was at 4:45. They lost that game. With so many teams in the tournament that meant they didn't make it to the pool play the next day. So we were done with soccer. The boys of course weren't happy, but they played pretty good as a team. Some disappointed boys after the last game. Played and worked hard Saturday. A little disappointed it was all over, but I'm sure they were ready for some chill time. This is while we were relaxing in between games. I love this picture. All three boys looking at the same time!

I had to take Anthony to his game before Jaren's second game was over. So we headed over to baseball. Anthony's eame played two games on Saturday and they won both games in shut outs.

Anthony helped out with a hit.

Sunday we played one game. We won that game 12-2. Just hitting the ball. He was hitting so good!

Sunday we had two games, back to back. We made it to the Championship game. We played hard and tired. We lost 3-4. Second place isn't bad, but of course the boys were disappointed. This is our superstar, getting old fast!A little fielding.....
a little hitting. Here is our Roughneck team after a long hard day of playing baseball. They did a great job. Second place is hard because they lost, but they played some good ball.

Relay for Life

2009-05-15T19:10:00.000-07:00

Tonight we had Relay for Life. Being around all those survivors was inspiring. It was a good time. We went as a team with Wal*Mart. There were many booths that were selling food. This is what we were selling.

Our booth was 25 years of hope. So this is what it looked like.

This is a picture of Conor because he had a dirty face. He ate EVERYTHING!

...eating Jaren's turkey leg.

They started of the Rely with all the survivors and those that took care of them walking. Pretty cool seeing all of them walk together. All those people beat Cancer.

After one lap they let go of all these balloons. Pretty neat.

As you can see the night looked like it was going to get pretty nasty. But before we were going to let the weather get the best of us we had to make our lap as a team.

Even Anthony and Conor got in on a little Relay action.

I was looking forward to seeing these things turned on, but it started raining. It was a fun night. Can't wait till next year.

Yum-OOOOO!!!

2009-05-12T18:24:00.000-07:00

Today was 108 degrees. When we got done eating dinner I was craving something I hadn't had in a very long time. I google it and find the recipe and now my kids love me more now then they did five minutes ago. Very simple and very yummy!

6 oz. frozen orange juice concentrate

1 cup milk

1 cup water

1/2 cup sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

8-9 ice cubes

1. Combine all ingredients except ice cubes in blender.

2. Blend for about 1-2 minutes, adding ice cubes one at a time.

YumOOOOOOO!!

Big League Dreams

2009-05-05T06:12:00.001-07:00

This weekend we went to Dallas to the Big League Dreams for a tournament. There was rain in the forecast but we where hopeful. These fields were BEAUTIFUL! I couldn't believe the way they looked. They even had fake people in the stands behind the field. It was awesome.

We were slotted to play on Crosley Field. This is the old Reds stadium. It was fun to see the way the kids eyes light up when they saw the fields. This is Ant warming up.
Here is the dugout. The kid were pretty excited. They said it looked like dugout's from the Rangers stadium. (Notice the wet ground, yep we were playing in the rain.Coach talking to the kids before the games. Notice the nice bleachers in the background. We were sitting in style and comfort.

Anthony out in Center. I had to add the second one so you could see the massiveness of the field. If the boys missed the ball it would keep on going and going.

Anthony on second. The kid is fast! Again notice all the stuff in the background. Makes them feel like they are playing on the real field.

We won this game 12-1. We were scheduled to play again in three hours. When we got back to warm up it was coming down pretty good. About 30min to game time this is what we saw. The field was a lake. Needless to say the rest of the tournament was cancelled. This picture was taken from the club house. It had a view of all the fields. We could sit up there and eat some chicken strips and have an outstanding view of the game. The location was amazing and we were so sad to not be able to play more games.

So we get back to our room and dry up and head out to the Ranger vs. White Sox game. You know I was going to be excited about that. Here are the boys standing in front of the Nolan Ryan statue. Jaren is holding the Ryan give away statue that was given as we walked in the door. He is a dork. As you can see it was still a little rainy. We were sitting in the outfield (we like to sit there so we can catch the home run balls) right next to the bull pen for our Rangers. That was pretty neat to see them down there warming up.
Okay as everyone knows. I LOVE my Diamondbacks. So it would only be natural for me to LOVE Quentin who now plays for the White Sox. This was the three outfielders haning out as the pitcher warmed up. I would have loved to see Hamilton play. To bad he is on the DL. And of course the night ended as we run to the car because the rain is now pouring down.

After our rainy weekend in Dallas we did have a good time. It was fun to see the Big League Dreams, and I really enjoyed the Rangers game. The boys ended up getting second. We were only able to play one game but because of our point differential they came to the conclusion they came in second. We think we would have taken the whole tournament. But what can you do.

Rockhounds and Roger

2009-05-01T19:13:00.001-07:00

On Thursday we went to the Rockhounds game (like we do every Thursday). We get there and hear that Roger Clemens is going to throw out the first pitch. He was there because his son just got called up from Single A to pitch for Corpus Christi Hooks. He was the starting pitcher for the Hooks.

Long story short. We took advantage of being there early (Tim has to be early to EVERYTHING), and took some pictures and got some autographs. It was pretty cool to be standing next to a big leaguer like that. I would compare it to be hangin out talking to Pete Rose. It had the same nostalgic affect with me.

Just thought I would share. It was pretty cool.

And Ya, we did loose to the Hooks. But it was a good night of baseball.

One of those good days...

2009-04-27T17:06:00.000-07:00

The past couple of days I have had a couple of those moments where it makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. My kids make me so happy, I know everyone knows that. So I thought I would share a couple of those moments with y'all.

This is what I found on Sunday morning. Conor was all cuddled up with Anthony watching "Boots" (Dora). These moments happen a lot with Ant and Conor. I think Anthony will forever be Conor's hero. One of my fuzzy moments.

The other moment happened tonight. I have had such a good day with my little man today. He has been so happy and enjoyable to be around. Lately Conor has only wanted to eat chicken nuggets. I could usually get him to eat mac and cheese, maybe some pizza. But lately only "titen nut". Tonight I made spaghetti and he got so excited. I was so excited that he was so excited. I asked him if he was ready to eat dinner and he exclaims "Yay netti!". So here he is eating something other than chicken nuggets.

Yum!

My happy boy eating his spaghetti like a big boy. Yes, this is another one of the happy fuzzy moments. It has been a good day!

A Day at the Park...

2009-04-22T12:57:00.000-07:00

When it starts to get really warm out I get excited to do the spring/summer things again. Today we were at 98 degree. Conor and I went and celebrated the warm weather in true fashion. We fed the ducks.

We get there and I have been trying to tell him to not chase the ducks. I get him out of the car and what does he do....gives chase to the poor ducks/geese. I chase him down and let him know to just throw the bread at the ducks to eat. Well for some reason the ducks weren't hungry. They just weren't interested in our bread. (It wasn't even stale, I had just bought the cheap bag from Wal-Mart). So we went down to the water's edge to entice some in to eat a little. They were the smart ones, chillin in the water where it was nice and cool.

On the way over we found her. She is hoping we don't see her. She did hiss a little when I stoped and pointed the camera in her face.

We get down to the water edge and he is so excited. He keeps screaming at the ducks. "Ducks here!" I decided to let him just do his thing. I turned around to see if there was a rock I could watch him from and he had waded out in the water to go get the ducks. I wish I would have got a picture, but I freaked out a little and ran to get him. The kid is fearless!

I give him is bag of bread and let him have at it. I had told him over and over, "Conor give them pieces". You can see how well that went over as you see whole pieces of bread hurled into the air at the waiting ducks. Then you can see the whole pieces floating in the water. (See his wet pants up to the knees?) He was trying to go pick up the piecesof bread out of the water that he had thrown that weren't eaten yet. So finally after we had fed the whole bag of bread we were done. I let him feed his ducks. He has asked over and over again if we can go back. We had the pleasure of running into this happy little guy who hissed at us as we walked by. Conor tried to stick his hand down to give it a little pat on the head. I had to whisk his hand away just in time to save his fingers. Geese are so not happy little creatures. We will stick to the ducks.

This little man of mine makes me so happy. I am so happy to be his mom. He makes me laugh ever day. I'm so blessed to be a mom!

Red Raider Soccer

2009-04-22T12:41:00.000-07:00

Jaren has been playing soccer for a couple weeks now. I have been lazy and haven't posted on it yet. He is on the Red Raiders team. He enjoys it. He has a friend on the team and I think that makes him enjoy it even more. They are a good little team. The only team in the league still undefeated. It is always fun to play on a team like that. I will keep you posted on the games as we go along. For now here are a few action shots of J enjoy his soccer games. He plays in the defense. He is getting the ball back up the field. Hustling to the ball.

It has been fun watching him play. I enjoy it.

Three years ago today....

2009-04-15T09:21:00.000-07:00

Copy and paste this into a new note. Replace with your answers. Tag your friends.
1. HOW DID YOU MEET YOUR SPOUSE? He was my boss...we worked at the same place.

2. WHAT WAS YOUR FIRST DATE? We went to a Diamondbacks game in Phoenix with our friends Rocky and Gretel.

3. HOW LONG DID YOU DATE BEFORE YOU GOT ENGAGED? Around three years. I never thought he would ask!

4. HOW DID YOUR FIANCE PROPOSE? We were in Vegas (once again with our friends Rocky and Gretel) and I found a ring I liked...that night we took a walk down by the dolphin fountains and he just drops down to one knee. "Will you spend the rest of my life with me?" So not like him, but so perfect at the same time.

5. WHAT JOBS DID YOU TWO HAVE WHILE YOU WERE ENGAGED? I worked at Kingman Regional Medical Center. He worked for Wal-Mart as a Co-Manager.

6. HOW LONG WERE YOU ENGAGED? 8 months

7. HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN YOU GOT MARRIED? 25.

8. WHEN DID YOU GET MARRIED? April 15, 2006

9. WHAT WERE YOUR COLORS ? Pink, black and white, with a hint of silver.

10. HOW MANY BRIDESMAIDS DID YOU HAVE? 2-Gretel and my sister Becca.

11. WHO WAS YOUR MAID OF HONOR? Didn't have one.

12. WHERE WAS THE CEREMONY? Bacon Rind Park in Sedona, AZ

13. DID YOU HAVE A DJ OR BAND? We had a DJ, Tim's Cousin

14. DID YOU HAVE A SONG YOU DANCED TO AND WHAT WAS IT? We danced to All My Life, KC and JoJo.

15. DID ANYTHING GO WRONG AT THE WEDDING OR RECEPTION? The only thing was the Officiant didn't have a mike. Nobody could hear her. Other then that I wish people would have stayed longer.

16. WHAT CAR DID YOU LEAVE IN AND WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE? We took our Honda, it wasn't decorated...thank goodness.

17. WHERE DID YOU GO FOR YOUR HONEYMOON? We went to Sea World and Magic Mountain with friends. I know you might think that is weird. We wanted to have friends around. We could be alone when we got back.

18. WHAT WAS YOUR MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT? Seeing my dad cry and him walking me down the isle. Just knowing I was where I wanted to be for the rest of my life.

19. WOULD YOU HAVE CHANGED ANYTHING IF YOU COULD? I would have got a different photographer and I would have had more people stay longer.

20. HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN MARRIED? 3 wonderful and happy years.

The past three years have been the happiest and most fulfilling years of my life. I have a wonderful husband who makes me laugh everyday. We have a busy house full of boys and I LOVE it. I would never have guessed it could have been this good. I'm so happy to be married to the man I am. He is a perfect fit for me.

New post...

2009-04-07T16:42:00.001-07:00

the post below is a new post. I don't know why it has that publish date on it????

Baseball, Soccer, Baseball!!!

2009-03-31T09:11:00.000-07:00

It has been very busy in the Walsh family the past few weeks. Anthony playing on two baseball teams. His little league team is the Rangers, he pitches and plays center. His hitting has improved 100%. It is exciting to see him improve before our eyes.

This past weekend we went to a tournament in Odessa. The second annual West Texas Shootout. On Saturday we have pool play. That just means they play two games to put them into a seed...then we play single elimination on Sunday. Our team wasn't playing so well on Saturday. The first game was at 9am we played the Tall City Stars. We ended up tying them.

Anthony's bat was on fire! He hit ball after ball. He has the highest on base average of the team. He is fast enough that it is hard to pick him off. Really fun to watch him run the bases.

The second game we played the Diesel. I think this team has become our rivals. It is a really hard team to beat. We have played them once before and we went into extra innings...and lost. This time we were winning and then in the last inning we let them come back and tie us. So in pool play it stays as a tie. This is Anthony coming across the base to score his point. He had an outstanding Saturday...played really well.

Since we tied both games on Saturday we were seeded close to the bottom. The boys played their first game at 9am on Sunday. It was super cold and really windy...but they did an outstanding job and won that first game.

The second game we played was against the Dawgs. Once again the boys were swinging their bats and catching fly balls and their throws were on point. It was great to watch them play....we knew if we won that game we were going to play the Diesel next. Right after we beat the Dawgs we played Diesel. We beat them 11-1. It felt so good to play that team and finally beat them. I know the boys felt the same way. By this point the boys had played three games and we were headed to the championship game. They had done it. Worked their way from the bottom right up to the top. The Championship game was played against the Assassins. The boys did awesome. We beat them 8-0. We had won the West Texas Shootout!!! We were very excited about that. It had been a VERY long day...but it was so worth it. Anthony doing his happy dance.
A very happy group of very tired boys.
Here is your 2009 West Texas Roughnecks. These boys have now won two Championships, and one Second place. That is out of four tournaments played. Pretty good stats!!! Good job boys!

Anthony showing off his trophy.

You may be wondering what our other two boys have been up to. Jaren is playing soccer with the Red Raiders. His uniform just came in so I will for sure get some pictures up this weekend after his game. Conor....he is just growing up and getting big. He loves his brothers and is more happy with them then anywhere. Here is Jaren and Conor playing out on the soccer field before Jaren's practice. Conor always has to be doing something!
He might be a little confused...he is trying to kick a baseball like a soccer ball? I just let him do it for a while. It was keeping him entertained.

That is what we have been up to. Our life consists of running boys to and from practices and games. You know what....I wouldn't have it any other way!!

Big Shoes to Fill

2009-03-18T08:32:00.001-07:00

We were outside enjoying the weather and Conor decided he wanted to put Anthony's shoes on. Of course I didn't get a good picture, but I thought it was pretty cute anyway. I am going to include a video for the grandparents too.He even managed walking with the shoes on the wrong feet. And ever since this he has been finding our shoes around the house and wearing them. He always has a way of putting a smile on our face.

Sorry it is sideways. You get the jest anyway, right?

Love That Kid!

2009-03-07T09:40:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to brag a little about my little buddy Anthony. This morning at 9am I had volunteered to go clean up a two mile stretch of road here in Big Spring. I asked Anthony if he wanted to go help me, he did! He is always so eager to make people around him happy, he knew it would make me happy if he would come with me. We went and did our part. It defiantly wasn't fun...but we did make a difference. I think it is important that we do things like that with them when they are young to ensure they know the importance of service to others and the community. He makes me proud...and happy. That is my Anthony! Puts a smile on my face everyday. Love that kid. I just wanted to brag a little.

Metroplex Opener - Mansfield, TX

2009-03-02T09:40:00.000-08:00

Friday we pick up the kids from school and head to Dallas for the Metroplex Opener. Anthony's team was playing in it Saturday and Sunday. We get up on Saturday morning to do a little sight seeing and it was FREEZING and blowing like a Hurricane. It was so cold we couldn't even enjoy the games. See...the flags are straight out! They won both of the games played. That put us playing at 12 on Sunday. We were all hoping for a better day.

Before the game we headed out to find some "warm" gear. WE did find a few things that helped out. The games on Sunday were played...we played three and won all three. Yep, we were Tournament Champions!!!! (It is a good thing....we didn't want to brave the cold for nothing!)

Here is Jaren and Conor with their warmer duds on. Jaren has the thing to cover his ears and Conor had the hat. He surprisingly kept it on...but the mittens weren't as lucky.

Ant up to bat...he did get a couple hits. And if he gets on base you can guarantee he will make it home. He is so fast...seriously.

After the first game we went with the team to this pizza joint and eat lunch. Anthony loves hanging out with his teammates.

Hanging out watching the second game...notice the tarp used to block the stands from the wind. It really did help. That wind was horrible. I do have to mention what a great kid Jaren was this trip. I haven't been able to watch a baseball game since Conor was born. You know how it is...running this way and that. Jaren took on the duties and took awesome care of him all weekend. It was SO great to sit and watch Anthony play.

And the Champions are West Texas Roughnecks....good Job boys!!!

Lined up to get their trophy's. They were really happy with them...Anthony couldn't wait to show us his. I think he may of slept with it that night. Okay, it was just on the way home.

Here they all are...Champions of the first annual Metroplex Opener. Awesome Job Boys!!!

UM......

2009-02-25T07:39:00.000-08:00

My project yesterday was converting Conor's crib into a "Big Boy Bed". Wow! I can't believe he is this big already. Anyhow we did it, he slept in his big boy bed last night. It was a little bit of a chore getting him to go to bed, he is so busy all the time, but eventually we accomplished it. AND...he slept through the night in it. I was curious if he would wake up in the middle of the night and wonder around. Task accomplished. My little boy is growin up!Of course he is to busy to settle down long enough to take a picture. Always has to do something.
Yahoo...success! Finally sleeping.

Happy Birthday J Bubba!!!!

2009-02-22T14:54:00.000-08:00

Today little J Bubba turns 9!!!! I guess he isn't little J anymore. So in true birthday fashion we are looking back at the great years of Jaren.

Always a charmer!!
Loves his trophy's! CAN NOT keep him out of the water. He is happier there then anywhere!Just the three of us!This one is just my favorite picture ever...One of the best big brother's Conor can ask for.Loves his football...

He just loves life. These just give you a little glimpse into what make Jaren, J! We love him and are so glad we get to be a part of his life. He makes me smile everyday.

Jaren is the type of kid that likes to get in and do things for himself. He didn't want me to make him a cake he wanted to make himself a cake. So he did with VERY little help from me. He frosted it too.
We got him some LEGO'S. He loves to sit and do them, would do it all day if he could. So he sat there while Conor was taking his nap and put this together. The finished project!Conor was making him laugh because he thought it was so funny that we were singing to Jaren. So Conor was laughing like a hyena. Pretty funny stuff. Make a wish!!

Happy Birthday J! I love you and I love the person you are. You make us so happy. Your little brother thinks you are the best thing ever. He loves to play cars with you and he loves watching Spongebob with you. I am happy that you are a part of my life. Looking forward to many more years to come.

2009-02-22T14:20:00.000-08:00

So Conor got this bike and he LOVES to "ride down the sidewalk with it. The thing is our road is down hill, so he cruised down. Then on the way back up he is a little less eager to go so far (most of the time I end up caring him and his bike back UP the road to the house. But he loves it. These clips are of him driving (Fred Flinstone style) his car away from Anthony. The second is of him trying to get back home and hoping Anthony will carry him home. I thought it was cute how he had to go the exact same way Anthony did. He LOVES his brother!!!

Sorry the pictures are so grainy and shaky....I was zoomed out pretty far. Anyway I thought our family in AZ and ID would enjoy them. Love you guys and miss you!!!

Cheese Anyone?

2009-02-16T15:56:00.000-08:00

First off I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day. Mine was way better than expected. My husband spoiled me and made me feel loved. That is what it is all about.

Okay, Conor has forever LOVED cheese. He usually would eat cheese before he eats cookies. On Sunday he wanted some cheese, nobody wanted to get up and cut him some. I went in to check on him in his room and found this....

If I wasn't going to cut him some he was going to eat it anyway. I gotta give it to him he is a problem solver!

Yes he is saying "cheese". I LOVE this little man. Makes me so happy every day.

Cavern City Chiller...

2009-02-09T09:09:00.001-08:00

We headed to Carlsbad, NM for the Cavern City Chiller. Anthony is on a Select baseball team, the Roughnecks, they travel around and play tournaments. This is the first tournament this team has played together and we did pretty dang good. The weather on Saturday was amazing...78 degrees. On Saturday we woke up and it was windy and cold...54 degrees. By the time the games were

played on Sunday it was bearable because the sun came out.

Our first game was against the Benchwarmers, we beat them 0-6. Then we played the Black Sox, they beat us....I can't remember the score. That slotted us to play Sunday at 10am. We were to play the Black Sox again. We lose we go home. Sunday, the boys played their hearts out...their bats were on fire. We beat the Black Sox 6-5. That sent us to the Championship game. We played the Thunder. They beat us, we get second. A pretty good accomplishment for a brand new team. They made a statement! I'm so happy Anthony loves to play baseball, I'm even happier that he is good at it. It was a good time. Looking forward to the next one. Tim took these pictures with our camcorder? We were trying it out to see how the pictures would come out. I will for sure be using my camera in the future. Anthony loves to be number 3, this time on this team he is number 9. It was a little confusing to me too. He was so excited that they got to lead of in this league. He is a fast little runner so he liked that extra lead off to steal the bases. Standing in line at home base to get their second place "trophy's". On the back it said "Cavern City Chiller 2009".

Thanks Grandpa Smith!!!

2009-02-04T08:08:00.000-08:00

This is Conor this morning playing with the Hot Wheels track he got from his Grandpa Smith. We got it on Saturday and Jaren tried to help him put the tracks together. Conor didn't want it like that. He likes it when he can jump from one track to the next. If you listen you can hear him make the car noise. So cute! I like how you can see him get frustrated near the end because he can't get one of the signs back in. It was "boke". So thank you Grandpa, he loves it. He sits in his room for hours playing with the tools he got from Grandma Elaine and Aunt Sandi, and playing with this track. He is defiantly spoiled by those who love him, and that makes me happy!

Happy Birthday Conor Espn!!!!

2009-02-02T07:25:00.001-08:00

Two years ago on this day my baby boy came into my life and forever made it a better world.

I would have never imagined that this little addition would make me happier than I have ever been. He is my world. I love him with every part of me.

He has completed my family.

He is my little man....

So last night we got him a cake and while we had all those people over we sang to him and had him open his presents.

Blowing out his candle...

his card sang to him and he loved that. He just kept opening it over and over...and over!

He really liked the card...

He finally loves opening presents too...

This is just a little video of Con playing with his toys. He loves having buttons to touch.

Happy Birthday little man...I love you. You make me happy everyday, I'm so glad I get to be your momma.

Super Bowl 09'

2009-02-02T07:01:00.000-08:00

Our AZ Cards didn't pull out the win last night, but they did give us a game to remember. They gave us that slight hope there in the end...but we couldn't squeak it out. We did however throw a fantastic Super Bowl party. In true Tim fashion he shared his love for Super Bowl with 15-20 others.

We were all in our Cardinal duds!

Decorations and food for the game were all a part of the package.

No mistaking we were rooting for the Cardinals!

Conor got this helmet from his grandma for Christmas...Tim wanted to feel like he was a part of the game. So he did put it on and run around in the yard. Always good for a laugh!

My crazy family!

Conor and Anthony

Tim had to take a quick cat nap before the game. He used to much energy running around the yard?

This is Tim's assistant manager Andrew, he had the nerve to show up to our house with a hand made Steelers shirt. He just likes to ruffle Tim's feathers.

Sporting our 3D glasses for the preview of ....that cartoon. It was more fun watching everyone with these glasses on then watching the preview.

It was a good time. The only thing that would make it better would have been AZ winning the game. I guess we have next year to look forward too now.

Welcome Home President and Mrs. Bush!!!!

2009-01-20T19:00:00.000-08:00

Today (1/20) we went to Centennial Plaza in Midland, TX and Welcomed the former President and Mrs. Bush home. It was a really unique experience, one that I will never get to do again. We enjoyed every minute of it, well maybe a little less time standing. But you know it was really an experience I will never be able to be a part of again. Conor waiving his Texas flag with pride! Sporting my Texas Flag, my big W and my AZ Cardinals! We stood there for 4 1/2 hours. Surprisingly Conor did really well considering the circumstances. These banners where everywhere...Lee Greenwood, "I'm Proud to be an American" sang.

The Gatlin Brothers were there. I really didn't know any of their songs except "All the Gold in California". They are from this area, grew up in Odessa. They are really good friends with The Bush family. They are really funny and that made them really entertaining.

Conor was wanting to fit in so he put his "Hollywood's"on! Then my favorite...Rodney Atkins came and sang "These are my people, "Watching you" and "Its America". I have to say that performance was my favorite.

About this time Conor fell asleep...it was way time!!The MC gets on the mike and says that George wants to see the crowd and they have routed the plane to fly over us and to give him a Big Texas welcome home. It was such a surreal moment seeing that big ol' bird fly over us, it seemed like it was just inches above the buildings. WE all had "W" and we waved those and waved our flags. It was really pretty neat, it gave me chills. So then we waited while they landed and drove over to our little plaza where 30,000 had crammed in to await the arrival of "Midland's rising son". And then they finally made it home....Then he started his speech...

You know, being an American is something I sometimes take for granted. Standing there in that plaza with those thousands of people I was so happy to be called an American. There are going to be many presidents in the White House...there are going to be many times we don't agree with what they do and say. But standing there in the presence of the man George W Bush I was overwhelmed with the amount of pressure he had to deal with, the attacks on 9/11, the Katrina Hurricane in New Orleans, the war in Iraq, the state of the economy. Wow! What pressure for on man to try and fix. He said he was going to wake up the next morning and make coffee for Laura, read the paper, feed and walk the dogs, and that would all happen before 7am. He said he made it through the last eight years witht he support of his family. He said he was going to write a book to try and let people understand what it is like in the oval office. They have some good ideas for some charity work they are looking at.

One thing is for sure....I walked away from there with a new respect of the man George W. Bush.

My AZ Cards...

2009-01-12T13:30:00.000-08:00

they made it!!!! My/Our Cardinals are in the NFC Championship. In my house sports are the center of our lives. You can imagine what it was like on Saturday evening when play after play, interception after interception it started to seem like our Cards were going to make it to the Championship game. Then we watched the Sunday game with the Eagles and the Giants and were hoping the Eagles would pull through so we would have home field advantage. And it happened. Yep it is really happy at our house right now. Can you imagine the Super Bowl Party we will have if the Cardinals are in it....WOW!! So Thanks to our Arizona Cardinals. They have made their fans out here in Cowboy territory REALLY happy!!

Christmas 08'

2008-12-26T12:51:00.000-08:00

Wow! It is hard to believe Christmas has come and gone already. I had a really good Christmas this year. It was filled with baking (a LOT) and mingling with family and friends. All the things that make me really happy. The boys playing their X-box together. Even Conor felt like he needed in on that action. Then this is Conor being all up in Cory's business. He wouldn't let him on his laptop without being right in the middle of it. Kinda seems like this kid has to be right in the middle of everything huh?

We had our 2nd Annual Cookie extravaganza this year. For some reason there wasn't as many cookies as last year...but I still made a double batch. (Becca, did we double-double the batch last year) Anywho it turned out to be a great success and everybody got in on the action.

Grandpa Drew helped cut out the cookies and then cook them. Jaren would decorate then eat them, he always did like to decorate cookies. About as many as he could eat then he was done. Anthony's a trooper. He sits and frosts until we are pretty well done. He is in it for the long haul. Conor...well he was the sprinkle eater...and mess maker. But he had fun. Grandma Elaine was in charge of the frosting, and making sure Conor didn't dump all the sprinkles out on the floor. When Cory and Tim got home from closing the store down they got in on the cookie action too. Once again, I think more were eaten than decorated.

It was good, and there just enough cookies to have it be enjoyable and not to overwhelming. .

These were their Christmas Eve gifts. Every year we open a gift on Christmas Eve. This year Conor got an Aqua Doodle (best thing ever) and the boys got learning laptops. They enjoyed playing on them all night. These are Conor's Santa gifts, he LOVES Hot Wheel cars. The little ATV in the back, every time we went to Wal-Mart Con would try to get on that and ride it. I think Santa did good. Jaren thought he got Triskets, they are not his favorite. But there was a Webkins stuck inside it.

Conor thought we would take some pictures. Crazy kid!

Conor got this little Cardinals uniform from his Grandma Elaine. I think it may have been more for his Dad, but he enjoys putting the helmet on.

We had a great Christmas. Now it it time to look forward to the new year. I hope eveyone's Christmas was outstanding and I hope the new year brings good things to everyone.

Can't wait!!!

2008-12-21T12:54:00.001-08:00

So this morning we were hanging out and the boys kept asking if they could open a present. We have family here and we wanted them to be able to enjoy one of the big items with their uncle Cory. So...we gave in!

Conor gets really excited about opening presents. That is fun, last year he was not really into it. He took each one out and played with it, then stuck it right back into the slot. Then the boys have been asking for an x-box 360 since it came out. Well this year we gave in (mostly because they have come way down in price). So we thought we would let them open up the big present we got them so they could enjoy it while they are here with us all this week. Jaren knew right when he opened it up what it was, I don't think he could get the paper off fast enough.Ant got to open up the extra controller. I'm sure he was super excited about that.

The next picture I LOVE. I tried to get Conor in there, but my camera is WAY to slow and he wouldn't sit still long enough to get a picture. The oak trees in the front are shedding their leaves, making the front of the house a mess of leaves. On Friday we went and swept up the leaves and I wanted to try and get a few shots of them in the leaves. Well this is what I came up with, only 2/3 of my boys present.

I'm sure there will be more pictures later this week, stay tuned. Have a Happy Christmas and a Super New Year!

Chillin'

2008-12-08T07:17:00.000-08:00

I had to take a picture of this. You see, usually you don't see the two of them just chillin together. But there is one thing the two of them LOVE....Spongebob! So last night we caught them hanging out watching some "bobbob". I thought it was tender....just wanted to share.

Thanksgiving & Family!

2008-11-30T08:45:00.000-08:00

This week I was lucky enough to have my sister (Gerker), brother in law (Joe), nephew (Keane) and my mom come to Texas for Thanksgiving. It seems around the holidays I always get a little homesick. So it was nice to have them here. We did the usual Thanksgiving traditions. Turkey, ham, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, rolls and gravy. Yep, real good artery clogging food. And it was real good!!! I enjoyed it all. I think the highlight for me was having my son and nephew play together and to have my mom see Conor for the first time in his life. It was so nice.

While Becca was here she took pictures of us and the kids. She did and amazing job, any of you in the Phoenix area and you would like some pictures taken...I would recommend her. She is great. She has a photo blog http://epitomephotography.blogspot.com/. Check it out. I think she is really good. Here are the pictures she took of us.

Me and the boys, try not to notice I'm making Conor sit there against his will. He wanted to go play in the yard with Keane. Handsome kids. I love this picture because Conor has his arm around Anthony and Jaren is holding his hand. You can see how much they love each other.

Jaren and Anthony together. They are some good looking boys aren't they?

This is totally a Jaren face. This picture captured Jaren totally. Anthony always has to be different. He is the crazy kid. Likes to do things different than anybody. Here are the cousins together. Jaren, Anthony, Keane and Conor. Me and my little man! Love this kid!

Okay this was the hot item in the back yard. Both wanted to be in it, well mostly Conor wanted to be in it when Keane was wanting to be in it.

Nice example of my son NOT wanting to share. No he isn't a brat!?!Later that afternoon the boys were out playing and they both decided it was time to pose for some pictures. And then she got the money shot.....AWWWW!

I love this picture, he looks so innocent. I LOVE this kid!!!

I'm thankful for my family, thankful for the boys in my life. I'm thankful Anthony is the awesome big brother that he is. He cares about his little brothers so much and would do anything to keep them safe. I'm thankful for Jaren and his sweet quiet personality. He is always so eager to please. I'm thankful for the special way he is with Conor. Of course my life would not be the same without my little Conor. I'm so thankful he is the little boy I had. He makes me happy everyday. My life, my husband is the man of my dreams. He has a special way about him. He loves his boys with everything in him. He would do anything for his family, if there was something more he could do, he would. I love him, and the man he is, and the dad he is.

I'm thankful for my sister and the person she is. She has a good heart and she always wants to make the people around her happy. I'm thankful for Joe and the eagerness he has to make Becca happy. I'm glad he stayed up late and played games with us. I'm so happy to have Keane in our lives. He is so patient with Conor and I'm glad they had some time together.

I'm thankful for the parents I have. My mom has so much love to give, and she tries to give it to everyone around her. I'm thankful for my dad and the rock he is in my life. He has always been the one to put me in my place if I need it, but at the same time he is there if I need someone to listen to me.

I'm thankful for my "other mother". She is more to me than she will ever know. She has taught me so much in the short amount of time she has been in my life, things that make me the person I am today. I'm grateful for that. I'm glad I have my two big little brothers in my life. They are the brothers I never had and have always wanted too. I love them both very much.

I'm thankful for my sister in law and the two beautiful girls she has. They make me smile everyday. I wish we were closer and could be around each other more. I'm thankful for my mother in law and the way she gets excited about her grandsons. She is always so happy to see them and that makes me happy.

I'm thankful for the few friends I have that I get to talk to on a weekly if not daily basis. They make my life better and I wouldn't be the same without them.

As you can see I have a lot to be thankful for and that is why my life is so great. I have all these people in my life to make my life better. Wow!

Saw it!!!!

2008-11-25T16:07:00.001-08:00

So today I found someone to watch Conor and I went and watched this movie. Of course the book was WAY better. But I had to see the movie, there were so many things that I wanted to see how they were going to betray it. There were a lot of things they left out of the movie, that was a little disappointing. At first I thought Edward was a little to awkward and weird, but he did grow on me. I'm a sucker for a sweet movie, and this was just that, good chick flick.

O-and during the beginning previews I saw a preview for the next movie to be seen in the theaters. Half Blood Prince will be in theaters in July. Let the countdown begin!

Photo Tag

2008-11-20T08:17:00.000-08:00

I was looking at Kaydi's blog because when she updates I check it! Just kidding Kaydi, but I do love to hear from you!

Okay the object is to go to the fourth folder in your pictures and get the fourth picture and post it. Here you go....

Wow! I can't believe he was ever that little, and it wasn't like it was that long ago. I'm so happy this is the picture to tag. This is one of my favorite pictures of my crazy little boy. Back when he was just a lump that didn't move around or do anything. He is so precious, and adorable, and all those other words we ALL use to describe our kids. He is my little man!

While I'm on this subject of my now, very active almost two year old. I just want to let the world know how incredibly happy I am to have my little man. He is the best thing that has EVER happened to a girl like me. I'm so thankful for my family. I don't know how I got to be such a lucky girl?

I tag Bethany, Gerker, Kara, Tia, Darla, Brittaney, Camille, and Kami S. Lets hear from you girls. It is an easy post!

GMFL Super Bowl Champs!!!

2008-11-10T11:28:00.001-08:00

I'm sure everyone knows that being in Texas means that we know football is HUGE here. But that concept really didn't hit home until Jaren started playing, these people mean business. This weekend was the GMFL (Greater Midland Football League) Super Bowl. Jaren's team, the freshman Colts, have gone undefeated this season. We find that pretty neat, J always talks about how his team only had 15 points scored on them all season. So this Sunday at 2pm the freshman Colts took on the Patriots.

This is Grande Communication Stadium, this is where Lee High and Midland High play their football games. The kids on Jaren's team all talk about how cool it is to be able to play on the High School field. On the way into the game, Tim is so proud of his boys!This is the sign we made for J.This is just the team warming up, but I wanted to get a picture of the seats in the background to give you an idea of how big this stadium is. These are just the homeside seats!!I was just excited that the scoreboard said Colts. Super excited!!Before the game started the kids were lined up at each end under the field goal, a big white limo with Cowboy flags drove down into the stadium, the two guys above got out and walked to center field. They were introduced as Kevin Williams and Kevin Smith, both former Cowboy all stars. They stood and center field as the boys names were called from each team and they gave the boys five as they ran by. Then they participated in the coin toss. I will admit I have no idea who they are....I have NEVER been a Cowboys fan. At the beginning of each game the boys run out from this sign. The cheerleaders cheer and they get to make their grand entrance. It is pretty fun stuff!

The game was played and the Colts came out on top, 24-14. They have completed their undefeated season 7-0.

The after game good jobs were done, a little sidelines chatting, congratulating, and the party begins!Jaren showing off his trophy, and a little posing with the brothers. Conor seems to really like Jaren's trophy too!True tailgating in the parking lot afterwards. There was so much food, lots of good cookies and snacks. You know those kids were hungry after the game too!Everybody getting in on the party action.

I'm so happy Jaren had fun playing this season. There was a question at the beginning of if he wanted to play, he stuck with it and I'm positive he is glad he did. To be on a undefeated team is pretty neat and makes it all that much extra fun.

I voted...have you?

2008-11-04T09:39:00.000-08:00

I had a voice today. I may not make a difference with my one little voice, but I wanted it to be heard anyway. You know I think our generation takes for granted the opportunity we have to vote, it wasn't so easy just 40- 50 years ago. And today the amount of people that could vote and don't could change the way this election will end up. With our country in the difficult place it is in I hope a record number of you get out and are heard. You CAN make a difference, you CAN be heard. This is OUR country and we are given the opportunity to elect who we want to run it, to elect who we want to be OUR voice. Make your voice heard, it is that easy.

Circus, Circus!!

2008-10-20T11:42:00.000-07:00

This weekend Tim had tickets to the Shrine Circus that came to Big Spring. We took the kids, they were pretty excited to be able to see all the things that go on in a Circus. To tell the truth it was pretty entertaining. We all enjoyed it. Here are some pictures of the fun night.It started out with these girls doing ballet on a rope. It was pretty amazing what these girls could do!

Then came the performing poodles. Conor was so excited to see the "Dixie's" out there!!Notice this guy is holding that ring with his teeth! There was no net below them either!!Yep, she is just hanging by his feet. Remember there was no net. I keep thinking we have a front row seat to see this girl fall to her death...and right in front of my kids!!Do you see what these chairs are stacked on?!!? They are stacked on liquor bottles, then each chair is stacked on the other chair. Pretty high up there and that is scary!This was my favorite part, this elephant did everything. He did the handstand, then he stood on his feet, then he sat on a chair. He played dead and rolled over. I just wanted to take him home. Then I realized he might eat as much as Anthony, and I don't think I would have been able to keep up!I think this was Anthony's favorite part, if you look close you can see three motorcycles in there. That little sphere isn't that big. I was surprised at the craziness of it.

All in all it was very entertaining, I'm glad we went. Good family fun!

Just some golf....

2008-10-19T16:00:00.001-07:00

Since Tim was on vacation this week we took an extra trip to Midland to see the boys after school. WE decided because of the beautiful weather we would do a little goofy golf. It was a lot of fun...

J-Dub putting first.

Then our lefty, Anthony.

Then it is me and Tim go. Good family fun!!

Of course we had to take some pictures of the three boys together. They love to be around each other. Jaren and Anthony love to be big brothers to Conor!

Handsome boys!

Stonehenge, Odessa, TX

2008-10-15T19:34:00.000-07:00

In England one of the Earths mysteries exists.

This is the Stonehenge, it was made a long time ago, and archaeologist have no idea how. In Odessa, TX there is a replica of this at UTPB. This week we had some friends that moved here from AZ and we were showing them around (Tim thinks this Stonehenge thing is pretty cool). So after being there for the fourth of fifth time we decided to take some pictures.

This is the way the Stonehenge looks in Odessa, TX.

Our little family!

Us!!!

Go Cards!!!

2008-10-13T07:47:00.000-07:00

vs.

Enough said!!

Living in TX where it is Cowboy mania, it is nice to be able to wear our Cardinals jersey's with pride now. In overtime we beat the Cowboys yesterday. Anybody that knows Tim knows that he did have a party. We had the Cowboys fans on one side and our little family on the other. It was so nice to be able to beat those Cowboys!!

What a Weekend!

2008-10-05T09:39:00.001-07:00

This was a really good weekend! We had Jaren's game against the Panthers on Saturday, and he had team pictures.

Here is the 2008 season of the Freshman GMFL Colts. They are undefeated so far, 4-0. He is really enjoying his time playing.

Welcome to West Texas where the wind ALWAYS blows, I wouldn't be surprised if he is doing the same thing in his team picture.

Here he is the Man of the Day, #58 Jaren Walsh!!!

Here are the boys, Conor decided he wanted to sit on the helmet instead of Anthony's lap.

And here are MY boys, all four of them. Good looking group of guys!

Then this morning we got up and did a couple of things. Around 11:00 Anthony wanted to watch a movie. He went and got his pillow to lay down on the floor to relax, this is what I saw when I came into the room....

Conor got his pillow and layed down right next to Anthony on the floor to watch the movie. When Anthony is here on the weekends Conor is stuck to him like glue. He totally miss him when he is gone through the week.

Awww!!

Gettin' Jiggy wid it!

2008-09-28T08:40:00.000-07:00

Okay, before you watch the video go down to the bottom of the page and hit pause on the music list. That way you can get the full effect of the video. Just a suggestion, take it or leave it.

This morning we were cleaning up the kitchen and one of Conor's favorite songs came one...how do I know it is his favorite? Every time it comes on he does what you see in the video. So I had to run and get the camera because I know there would be some people out there that would love to see Conor bustin a move. There are also those out there that would appreciate that my son has more rhythm than I do and as you will soon see more than his brother does as well.

Our little Conor Man!

2008-09-26T08:40:00.000-07:00

This morning Conor woke up at early so I didn't get my shower in before he got up. Therefore I had to take a shower while he was awake roaming around the house. When he knows nobody is watching he does stuff he knows he shouldn't, I had just loaded the dishwasher with dishes from breakfast. I'm going to make cookies for the boys so I didn't start it. When I got out of the shower this is what I found in his room...

what you can't see is the cups and the frying pan on his little chair. He loves playing with this stuff, I don't understand. Here is his face when I ask if he is supposed to be playing with this stuff....I would say he knows better!

On Wednesday we went to the county fair. We took Con to see the animals. I was a little surprised that the lack of animals there. We didn't see any pigs at all!! I wanted to see some pigs, there were goats and sheep and one cow. I don't know if it was because it was the first afternoon and they were waiting for the weekend. But there were no animals! I did get this picture of Conor and Tim petting the goat,he thought that was pretty neat!

This is a little clip of Conor talking to the goat, it is only a few seconds long. This is just so all the grandparents can see him talking.

Boys Will be Boys!

2008-09-19T20:02:00.001-07:00

This is the boys in the backyard playing football. You have to notice while Conor is running he shakes his head, I don't know where he got that? It is cute though. This is the routine, Conor runs and Jaren and Anthony run and tackle each other. It is cute, and fun to watch. No wonder Conor loves his brothers, they make him so happy!

GO Colts!!

2008-09-14T19:00:00.000-07:00

Jaren had his first official game on Saturday. He is number 58 on the Colts team. They played the Saints and went into double overtime. We won 8-0. I guess the Saints are the unbeatable team for our region. This is Jaren's first season here in Texas so we didn't realize the excitement over beating this team. It was fun to watch, here are a few pictures of his big game.

He looks tired, but I think his face was just a little squished up from the helmet! Getting in on the action! Done for now, Getting ready for the big play!Your not going anywhere buddy!!!

I am proud of him for getting out there and playing. He had some reservations as to wanting to play, didn't know if it was what he expected. But now he is out there and giving it all he can. Way to go bud, we are proud of you!

Going Somewhere?

2008-09-08T17:14:00.000-07:00

So Tim has meetings in Dallas this week, we were packing his bags last night and when we came in to pack there was something in there already!

Conor wanted to go with Daddy! He was already to go, he was hoping we wouldn't find him in there!

Tim took him for a ride around the house before we broke the news to him that he had to stay home with Momma.

Potty!!

2008-09-05T19:16:00.000-07:00

Yep, at that age when it is time to start potty training. My little man is all about stepping up on his stool and try to go "potty". He shocked me last night and actually went pee. He also likes to wash his hands afterwards. A boy after my own heart!! I'm so proud. So yes, I'm going to add pictures. He will kill me when I pull these out the night of his Senior Prom.

So here is the set up we have going on. The stool is very helpful, I decided I wasn't going to mess with one of those little toilets. I have emptied to many commodes in my days in the hospital. So he is going to have his stool and make it work on the big toilet! (By the way my toilet isn't dirty that is the blessing of hard water. Nice stains!)

Here he is, doing his thing! I can't believe he is getting so big. He is my little man and I love him so much!!

Buy me some Peanuts and Crackerjacks...

2008-09-01T12:02:00.000-07:00

Friday night was the Rockhounds last home game. Of course the family had to make that game. You know the summer is coming to a close when the baseball comes to a close. It was a great game. He had a misty rain all throughout the game. I personally enjoyed sitting in the rain. We won the game 12-1 against the San Antonio Missions. Anywho here are the pictures from Friday night. This gives you a good idea of how close we get to sit to the field. WE sit over on the first base side right in the front row. It is great it feels like you are right in the game!The hot dogs were a buck so Conor enjoyed some. Doesn't he look like a little man! Go D-backs!!Me and my little man! Okay this is Tommy Everidge, he is OUR family's favorite player. Remember that name, I wouldn't be surprised if he gets called up next year. We love him he is great. Always willing to sign balls and hats. The boys love Tommy Boy!!

We love our baseball and we love our Midland Rockhounds!

Here Ducky, Ducky, Ducky......

2008-08-26T14:08:00.001-07:00

Today we decided to take Conor to feed the ducks. On the way Tim asked me if I had seen the spring the town was named after.....here it is....Big Spring. It is a big one...just a little bit dirty. We saw some turtles swimming and some fish too. Here are the Loves of my life! They are so cute!! Conor loves to chew on his juice box straws just likes his momma.

Okay so when we went to feed the ducks, Con was a little timid at first. So he stayed in his dad's arms.

He new he was supposed to throw the bread at them and they would eat it, but when they started coming for the bread he didn't know what to think.

Once he figured out that they weren't going to hurt him he was good to go. He giggled like a little girl!! It was so cute!

Back to School!

2008-08-26T08:11:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was the kids first day of school. WE drove into Midland to take them and meet their teachers. Of course they had to take some pictures.

Here they are with their new threads on, they each have their own style. Of course Conor has to get in on it all!!

Jaren is going into third and has Mrs. Madison. Anthony is going into fifth and has Mr. Culver. They are both really happy with the teachers the have.

Then here is my three boys! I'm a lucky momma!

....But we forgot!!

2008-08-24T16:49:00.000-07:00

We went camping this weekend to Brady Lake in Brady, TX. It was so nice to get out of town and out and about. We took the kids and went with some friends and their kids. There were these cabana's that we were able to sleep in instead of tent. I know we were really ruffing it! We went swimming, we ate smores, we went fishing. It was just a good ol' family outing.

Okay about the title. We totally had this camping thing all planned out, we get out there and we forgot the paper plates, we forgot the air mattress for the kids, we forgot extra shoes for Conor. So the motto for this trip is "But we forgot!". Now on to the pictures!!

This is the "cabana" that we slept in. They were really nice, they had electricity and everything.

The view of Brady lake from our camping spot. Conor's mini swimming pool on the Lake, this thing was awesome!Then of course he had to take a bath afterwards. I think this may have been is favorite part!What is camping without smores?Conor enjoyed the chocolate part of the smore!Jaren and Conor enjoying an ice cream cone on the ride home.

The trip was great, I can't wait to do it again. It was good to get away as a family and enjoy each other's company.

Lazy Texas Summers

2008-08-12T15:21:00.000-07:00

So....the older boys, Anthony and Jaren, have been in AZ visiting family for the past month. The came home this last weekend and Conor has been so happy ever since. I think he thought his bubba's were gone forever. Today has been a very....interesting day. I think they needed a little fun so I suggested to take Conor out and play in the little tiny blue pool with him. So this is what we got going on this Lazy Summer Afternoon.

Sorry about the wrong way viewing! I still don't know how to flip it and I'm not smart enough to film it the other way! Just tilt your head...sorry!

For the Grandparents!

2008-08-05T20:08:00.000-07:00

Conor loves to go swimming, I guess this is my hint to get him into some swimming lessons. Turn down your volume, my voice is a little loud in the background.

Okay this one is Conor dancing. It is sitting the wrong way, Sorry! Just tilt your head to the side. I can't figure out how to make it flip around. Once again my voice is loud in the background. Trying to coax him to dance a little more.

Okay now for the reason we are out in the pool in the first place. Besides the obvious, Conor loves it. I am in the process of redoing my bathroom. Keeping me pretty busy. Anywho I was painting when Con woke up from his nap. I was on a roll so I decided to keep going, I know the fumes aren't good for him. Don't worry he was in the bedroom with the fan on. Well he was done playing with his toothbrush so he came in to see what I was doing and leaned against the door frame I was painting....

that was when I knew it was time to go out to the backyard and do some water time.

So that is what we did. And I tried to get some good video of it so the grandparents could see what I have been talking about. My little water dog!

Beating the Heat!

2008-07-30T10:00:00.000-07:00

Okay I think I may have another water dog on our hands. Both Anthony and Jaren love to swim. Well, this week has been super hot and humid. NO RAIN! Anyway we went and bought Conor a little blue plastic pool yesterday. He didn't want to get out, even when it started to get dark outside. I think he would have gone to sleep in that thing. Anyway I just wanted to share some pictures of Conor and I having fun yesterday.

Woke up from his nap and had a cookie. He did eat most of it. Even though it looks like it is all on his face. Then Tim came home early and surprised us with Happy Hour Sonic. Conor LOVES the Ocean Water from Sonic. Things feel a little different when there is no diaper on. Conor was feeling the change. He couldn't quite figure things out. WE just enjoyed the day. It was a pretty great HOT summer day. I'm sure there will be a return to the little blue plastic pool this afternoon after the nap.

Okay here it is!

2008-07-26T14:06:00.000-07:00

Since Father's Day I haven't been able to find my camera. This week I had a day when I was really determined to find it. I had looked everywhere that I had looked before and couldn't find it. Imagine that! Then I decided to look in the one place I didn't look before, the boys room. And I found it! Yahoo!!!

So now that I have found my camera there is no excuses for not posting the pictures of the house. WE have been here for almost two months now and we love it. We still need to de-wallpaper our bathroom, but other then that we are done. So here you go, enjoy the pictures of the house here in Big Spring, TX!

This is the front of the house, I have cut of the garage, you all know what those look like. It is off to your left. There are two big

Oak trees in front. I love those, they remind me of home.

This is the front hallway leading into the living room and off to the master bedroom.

These are the walls around the living room. In the background of the last two you can see the kitchen.

The kitchen and dinning room.

This is the hallway leading to the boys bedrooms and their bathroom.

Jaren and Anthony's room. This is the only room we didn't paint. The boys liked this color.

Conor's room, okay this is one we need to work on a little bit. Not a whole lot going on in here. His crib is in the corner. That is it.

This is the boys bathroom. We went Americana, with the Texas flag as the shower curtain. Um, Tim got the rug, I told him NAVY blue and that is what he came home with. Hey he is helping, no complaints from me.

Just some cute fun stuff. We really like how this bathroom turned out.

This is our bedroom. It is over where you come into the house, by the front door. I like it sequestered like that. WE have a lot of work to do on this room too. No chance you will get to see the bathroom. It is awful. On Tim's vacation next month that is going to be our project. Then I will post pictures.

This is a view of the backyard looking from the porch.

This is Tim's workshop, but I like to call it the Man House.

Looking from the Man House to the main house, and no we didn't get a dog. We are dog watching for our friends.

And of course I had to put a cute picture of our little man, Conor Bear. So freaking cute and getting so big!

Happy Birthday Keaners!

2008-07-19T21:25:00.000-07:00

The very moment you were here we were all so excited to meet you,

you get cuter and cuter every time I see a new picture of you!

WE love you, I wish we were closer so we could see more.

So Happy 1st Birthday Keaners! There are going to be many more to come.

Memories, nothing but Memories!

2008-07-18T16:46:00.000-07:00

Okay, I got this from my sister's blog. It seems like it cold be fun. So go ahead and participate. If you leave a comment on mine I will go to yours and leave a comment .....promise!!!

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you!

My ABC's

2008-07-18T13:30:00.000-07:00

Since 2/3 of my kids are in AZ and I don't have a camera (I think aliens stole it from me) I figured I would do a different post. I found this while blog surfing, I thought it was fun to read so maybe you will think so too.

A- attached or single? Totally attached, I'm a lucky girl to have a man in my life who takes care of my and our family in ever sense of the word. I'm proudly and happily attached.
B- best friend. Of course that would have to be Tim.
C- cake or pie? Love, love, love cake. Every kind of cake.
D- day of choice. I enjoy Sunday's. Tim is off and it is a day for us to just be a family and relax.
E- essential item. Unfortunately my cell phone. Can't leave home without it.
F- favorite color. My kids would say it is pink. It changes often. Right now it is green or black.
G- gummy worms or bears. I like the worms. They are more entertaining to eat.
H- Hometown. Show Low, AZ (I heard it has changed a lot)
I- indulgences. Yankee candles and those Yankee smelly things for your car. Love, love, love when things smell good.
J- January or July? In January I'm wanting it to be warmer, but by the time July hits I'm wanting it to be cooler. But I hate the cold so I will go with July.
K- Kids. I have three. Anthony 11, Jaren 8, and my little baby boy (who isn't such a baby anymore) Conor Espn 17 months.
L- life isn't complete without? My family, I need to have my kids and hubby around for me to be totally happy and content.
M- Marriage Date: April 15, 2006!
N- Number of siblings? 1 sister, 4 with marriage.
O- orange or apple? I love oranges if they are juicy.
P- Phobias or fears. Loosing my baby or my husband.
Q- quotes: Live, Laugh, Love. It is that simple.
R- reason to smile? Conor being Con, his dancing, his mumbling, his smile, his kisses, his laugh. I love my little boy!
S- Season. I love the fall. I love the leaves changing. I love the smell in the air, the chill in the air. I love the feeling of the first fire of the season. Besides that it is close the Thanksgiving and Christmas.
T- tag three: Becca, Bethany, and Kara.
V- vegetarian or oppressor of animal? Um, oppressor of animals? I love my chicken and my steak! What can I say?
W- worst habit? Staying up late reading or watching TV or blogging.
X-ray or ultrasound? Ultrasound, what a awesome crazy thing. I couldn't get enough when I was prego. I wanted one every time I went in.
Y-your favorite food? I enjoy food! If I had to pick one type, Mexican. If I had to pick one food, chicken.
Z- Zimbabwe or New Zealand? I would love to see New Zealand. I have always wanted to see that part of the world.

Oh how I MISS you!!!!

2008-07-10T21:14:00.001-07:00

Texas born and raised does not describe me at all!! ARIZONA is what I am all about. The past two years around the 4th of July, my heart is a little sad. There are two reasons for this. You can't beat a small town...Show Low....4th of July celebration. So when I realize that Show Low is probably the only place that does that whole thing....my heart is sad. Then I realize that I am missing the best part of the summer. The summer MONSOONS...they are the best.

Where else in the world can you get images like this. Absolutely BEAUTIFUL, then there is this!

I miss the Saguaro cactus, I miss the nasty lizards and the ugly tarantulas that come out. I miss the loud crashes of lightning, I miss the nasty, dirty Dust Storms. I miss the torrential downpours. The ones that make your commute home 2 1/2 hours instead of just 1. I miss the smell of the desert after it rains. But most of all I miss these.....

Wow!

The awesome sunsets after the storm clouds have passed. So all of you that are there and cussing the wet, windy, loud weather. Trust me, you will MISS it!!!!

The Many Uniforms of Anthony

2008-07-05T11:34:00.000-07:00

Okay first I guess I should talk about Ant's Allstars. We went out and lost the first game 3-4. That sent us to the loser's bracket, there we won the next three games. We were driving back and forth to Odessa (about and hour away) everyday for a week. But Anthony had fun playing with a really good team and did some of the best pitching I have ever seen him do. I enjoyed watching the games.

Always has to be number 3!

Like I said some of the best pitching I have seen him do all season. He pitched 5 innings all together and only gave up one run. He did awesome!!

Standing on first base talking to his buddy Guy. They were teammates on the Royals and on the rest of the teams he played this season......

So that leads me to the many uniforms of Anthony, he has been on three teams this season. The Roughnecks are a travel/tournament team. He played a tournament with them. Then he played on the Royals, this is his regular season team. He has played with Coach Eckstrom for the past three season and his hoping he can be on the National League team with him next year. Lets keep our fingers crossed.

Lastly he had his AllStar team. I'm so proud of Anthony, I'm glad he is so excited about baseball. I hope all his dreams will come true when it comes to the sport he loves. Your a stud buddy! I love you.

On a different note. I can't find my camera. So sad!! I am ready to take pictures of my house, we are finally getting things put together and set. But until I find my camera or get a new one, we will be on hold for a while. Just to let you all know.

Summer Mummers?

2008-06-21T11:16:00.000-07:00

You may be asking what the heck is she talking about. Well let me explain. Last night Tim and I and some friends went to a show called Summer Mummers. It is a play given every year for the past 60 years. Last year Tim went with his market team and loved it. He came home telling me I would love it and I needed to go. As time came closer I was asking what I was in for. You see, Tim came home covered in popcorn last year. All he would reply is "It is something I can't explain you just have to experience it." Well experience it I did. I had a blast!

2008 Summer Mummers Melodrama Cast
Count Von Strokeoff: Jeff Neely, Chaston Rankin, Brian Freed
Mulligan Deauxover: David Odom, Jaime Sotelo
Gwendolyn Spot: Charlotte Dameron, Staci LaPlante
Big Bertha Irons: AJ Sanchez, Brittany Duncan
Chip Shotz: Cody Tumlin, Jeremy Wood
Lefty Hazard: Justin Tate, Phil Tytanic
Ophelia Woods: Jena Tumlin, Kouhui Lian
Ping Pong: Bill Cruse, Dan Marchant
Sandy Wedge: Michelle Carpenter, Jennifer Oliver, Abby Anderson
Betty Bunker: Diane Kelly, Ashley Melendez, Vicky Cruse
Major Player: Eli Torres, Beau Dameron
Lotta Scores: Jennifer Benson, Jessi Timm

This years theme is the above poster. The whole plot is really funny and a little crude. There is a villain and a good guy. Every time the Villain comes out we had to boo, when the Good guys came out we cheered. A lot of crowd interaction.

We walk in and get to our seats (which were in the pit by the way) and Tim and JP buy a tray of popcorn. I'm thinking crap that is a lot of popcorn. Um, by the end of the first intermission we needed to buy another tray. I wish I could explain the amount of popcorn thrown. You see, we could have thrown the popcorn at the bad guys, but we ended up just throwing it at other people. There was popcorn EVERYWHERE! There are rules, we were only supposed to throw popcorn during the intermission. Um, that didn't happen. There was popcorn thrown all the time. Like bags of popcorn over people's heads. Tim would take it and twist it in his hands so that little pieces would be in your hair. He is brutal!

"Popcorn, the other white meat" or "Why popcorn?"
Over 30,000 bags of popcorn are sold each season.
87% of it is thrown at the Bad Guys.
99% of that doesn't make it to the stage.
By the end of each night's performance, the entire floor (and many tables) of the Yucca Theatre are covered.
The record for one-night popcorn sales stands at just over $3000.00. Three-month totals usually come in at approximately $50,000.00.
Thanks to the our patrons, the popcorn loving (and throwing) public, Summer Mummers is able to contribute substantially to the operating budget of Midland Community Theatre.

I found this on the website, just a little idea at how much popcorn there really is! Seriously, there was popcorn everywhere! Here is a picture I found,

EVERYWHERE!!!

So of course at the end Good triumphs over Evil. Then it is time for the Olio and that is basically just little skits. This was my favorite part! I enjoyed every bit of it. It kinda reminded me of SNL, but a little more crude. Funny though, I was rollin!

These are the Olio girls, the do burlesque type dancing. It was good, you know the Can Can and such.

Anyway I just wanted to share my experience. It was so much fun and there really is "no way to explain it, you just have to experience it". If anyone wants to come visit I will take you to the show! Totally a must see. Super Fun!

Father's Day with the Rockhounds!

2008-06-16T10:36:00.000-07:00

On Father's Day we went to a Rockhounds game. For thirty minutes before the game the kids were able to go out on the field and play catch with their Dad. It was pretty cool to see them out on the field playing catch, of course Tim was all over this. But to our surprise there were actual Rockhounds players that came out and played catch with the kids too. Here are a few pictures of the happy outing.

This is a Danny Borrell, he is a pitcher for the Rockhounds. He was playing catch with Jaren, then he started to actually show him some pointers. No, they aren't having Karate Kid flashbacks, he is telling Jaren that balance has everything to do with baseball. Especially if you are pitching. About that point Anthony takes some interest in what he is showing Jaren and goes to check it out. Anthony shows him what he's got, then a few more pointers. Both kids were pretty happy about the experience, but Anthony summed up like this. "That was so cool, for about 10 min I got to live my dream of being a pitcher for the Majors." All it took was 10 min and these ball players made my kids day! That is why we love our Midland Rockhounds. They take the time to do little things like that. So this who Jaren was playing catch with, this is who Ant was playing catch with. Conor and I were just hanging out in behind the fence above the field. Let's face it not all kids are as good as ours at baseball. So it wasn't to safe down there on the field for Conor.

I hope all you fathers had a great day. I'm very happy about the Dad's I have in my life. Both the ones that were Dad's to us and the Dad of my kids. The kids and I have it pretty good.

Happy Father's Day!!

2008-06-14T12:39:00.000-07:00

When it comes to the father of my baby I was lucky because I was able to see first hand that he was an amazing father. Tim thinks is boys are the best in the world. They hardly ever make him mad. Tim is very good about spending time with his boys doing something that they find fun. you know with each kid it is going to be different. With Anthony it is outside throwing a ball around. With Jaren it is playing a game in his room. With Conor it is throwing him around. I love the smiles he brings to his kids faces and the intensity he teaches them about the sport they love. Being a good dad was one of the most important qualities I wanted in a man, he fills quota. I'm very happy to have a man in my life that is so good to his family. Happy Father's Day Babie. I love you and I'm so glad your the man I'm spending my life with and raising babies with. Your the best!

Then there is my Dad. It is no secret that I have been a Daddy's girl from the very beginning. We kinda take things for granted when we are younger, it isn't until we are raising kids of our own that I realized what I had growing up was pretty rare. My Dad was my number one fan, but if there was a time that I needed to be put in my place he was able to do that too. Dad always worked so hard to make sure his family was well taken care of. There wasn't a time that my Dad wasn't working. There were times he was working two or even three jobs. Dad always taught me to put your family first, he taught me to believe that there is good in everybody, and to always find the bright side of things. He may not know that he taught me these things, but he did. I love you Dad! Your a great Grandpa and there will be a time when you will be able to see you grand kids whenever you want. Thanks for always making me feel special, for always being my hero and for giving me an example to look for in a husband. Your the best.

Happy Fathers Day to all you Dad's out there that I know. You have a pretty great job, being a Dad. You are already looked up to and loved just by caring the label "Dad".

Farewell to Baseball

2008-06-06T07:10:00.000-07:00

Recently we have finished the regular season of baseball. Right now we are waiting for the All Star choices to come through. WE are hoping Anthony is going to play on that team!

This is Anthony at closing ceremonies, it was pretty boring. But we have to go through the motions. It wouldn't have been so bad except it was 110 degrees outside. Freaking hot!!

This is Jaren standing with his coach waiting for Closing Ceremonies to get done.

Here is Jaren's game ready pose. I liked this picture so I through it in.

So I was determined to get a picture of the two boys in their uniforms together. You may understand about trying to take pictures with a little one in your arms while he is flailing about. Needless to say it took a couple takes to get the ones I you see. I think they turned out pretty good. Anthony better watch out, Jaren is going to sneak up on him and be taller than him soon. Anthony is a little selfconsious of the short thing so we won't bring that up!

This would be my favorite picture, but Anthony's eyes are closed. I'm posting it anyway. I have got some pretty good looking boys! I'm super proud of them this season. Jaren put all his effort in and Anthony improved a lot. Last year he was wanting to be a pitcher, so coach told him practice everyday during this summer. This season he is playing for the same coach and he has been the starting pitcher for his team. The kid puts his mind to something he will achieve it. He wants to be a Brandon Webb or a CC Sabathia. I would be willing to put money on the fact that he does. That would make me really super happy!

And then there were three!

2008-05-25T17:13:00.000-07:00

Okay so I am the single girl among all these boys, here is the proof!

All four boys engaged in some wrestling right in the middle of the floor! Even Conor got in on the action!They are all boy!

Ok, I'm in going to be painting and moving this week. So this is probably the last post you will see from me for a couple of weeks. I will post pictures of the new house when we are all settled.

Anthony's "Party"

2008-05-19T12:53:00.000-07:00

So like I promised before, I'm going to post some pictures of Ant's present and his little "party" we had. Anthony has been asking for a bike for like a year now. We were going to give him one for Christmas, but he got other stuff instead. Well this year we thought a bike would be good. So we picked out a orange and gray Tony Hawke bike and he loves it!

We had to hide the bike in the garage, he knew there was something in there and Tim told him to go out to the garage and get him something. He said "I'm not aloud in the garage?". One he got out there he was excited!I think his eyes are closed, but he kept moving around so much I couldn't get a good picture. I think you can get a pretty good idea of what it looks like though!Anthony's favorite cake is German Chocolate. Last year I tired making the double decker, um it wasn't much of a success. In fact Anthony always refers to it as the third grade cake because it looks like a third grader made it. Well this year I had to redeem myself. The dang double deckers aren't easy! We are going to go boring old flat from now on. Anyway I got this recipe from Mrs. Elaine Hess. It is awesome tasting. And it is pretty difficult to make. I have never had to separate egg yolks and stuff. I even had to whip the egg whites. It may not look that good, but dang it I tried. Looking at this picture it looks bald in some spots. But at least it isn't leaning to one side!Make a wish!

All in all it was a good day. He does have one more present coming, we ordered a jersey for him but it didn't get here yet. So there are no pictures of that. Just a little gathering with friends and family. Roy and Sandi came with Matt and Cortney. Then there was us. It was fun.

On a side note, Tim mowed the lawn when he got home yesterday afternoon. Conor decided he wanted to help. So of course I had to get a picture of that. So I have added that picture too.

Happy Birthday Anthony!

2008-05-18T10:07:00.000-07:00

Today Ant turns 11, Wow!! For some reason I keep trying to make him 10 still. This past year Anthony has been my hero! More about all of that later. First lets talk about Anthony when we were first getting to know each other....

This is one of the first images I can remember of Anthony. He had come up to Show Low to play a football game and this was the first time I met him. He doesn't remember meeting me, but I remember him. He struck me as such a loving kid! He was only 7 years old!I remember this trip as the first time Anthony and I started to really get to know each other. Tim and I were living in Kingman, AZ and the boys came to stay with us for spring break. We took them to Circus Circus in Vegas. They were in such aw of all the stuff going on everywhere. Anthony and I rode the roller coaster. It was a good time. Ant was only 8 at this time. This is Anthony and Jaren at our wedding, I think he may have been really bored but he is just tricking us. I love how Jaren is looking at him like "What? I was just talking to him!"And here they are, the most important men in my life on my very special day.

From the very beginning Anthony has had a special place in his heart for Conor.
He is always so protective of Conor, and always makes sure he can do whatever he needs to make sure Conor is happy.

So, this is Anthony. A few words to describe him....athletic, funny (at times), smart, sincere, helpful, eager to please, fun loving and happy. Why is he my hero? Anthony can always bring a smile to my face. He is always there when I need him, whether it is help with Conor, or help with the trash. Most of the time he doesn't complain about what I ask him to do. He works hard to make himself and those around him happy. But the most important thing, Anthony loves his brothers, his dad, his mom, and me. And I think that is pretty great!

Happy Birthday Buddy, I love you and I'm so glad you are a part of my life. I'm so glad you are a big brother to Jaren and Conor. They look up to you more than you know! I'm just so happy with the kid that you are and the person you are going to become. Your the Best!!

There will be more pictures to come, he will be blowing out the candles and recieving our present later this afternoon. I will post those pictures later this week. Stay tuned!

Memories...nothing but Memories

2008-05-15T11:09:00.000-07:00

Do you ever had those moments when you are stuck in a thought of nostalgia? I have had one of those days today. I really don't know what has brought it on, but I'm going to run with it....I guess. What else are you supposed to do?

So about a month ago I was in Arizona visiting family and a few friends. I didn't get to see a lot of friends that I have been dying to see, it has been WAY to long. I was checking out some blogs and found some pictures of these girls and a little outing I missed. So Sad!!

Just to let you all know I would have been there in a second. I would love to have been able to see all of you beautiful ladies. Like I said before it has been way to long. Remember those days at Alpine Ridge hanging out doing nothing, wondering if we should go to the Saturday night dance, what we were going to do for that weekend? Those were defiantly some fun times. I remember one incident where Kellie and I think Tia had some of her hair manikins that were just head, well they stuck those heads on a broom stick and scared the crap out of us by making them stare at us through the window. Then there was the unforgettable experience of seven of us living all together! Wow! How did we survive? Looking back now I have no idea how we did it, but you know what those were the best times. Brad and Jessie? Camille and her valentines proposal? Tia and Tim? Kellie, I love you girlie, where have you been? The boys from Phoenix coming down and taking us in the woods for bonfires and talks of aliens? Missionaries? Becca and Camille talking to each other in their sleep? Camille's damn alarm going off for EVER!! Good food, and work. You were all a part of all of that craziness.
I miss you girls, I would love to hear from you anytime! Thanks for the stolen pictures, I have the last one somewhere. I had to steal it from Tia because I wouldn't even know where to look for it now! Fun stuff, and we are all in such different places in our lives right now. But for that moment in time we were family. I love that! Okay I'm done now. I just wanted to smile at some things for a moment!

This is the Life!

2008-05-09T14:35:00.000-07:00

Today is cleaning day, Tim works late and while the kids are at school Conor and I clean the house. Today while Conor was taking his nap I finished cleaning the bathrooms and saw this....

I remember those days when I was forced to lay down and take a nap. I would fight it all the way. But in reality the best thing was being stripped down to stay cool and taking a much needed nap. Felt so good when you got up. I also got this precious little face too....

He is so perfect. I must be the luckiest girl in the world to have such a perfect little man that means the world to me. I think I have truly found my calling, being a mom is the best gig on Earth! Then of course good naps lead to smiles like this one. What a great afternoon! (except for the D-backs loosing to the Cubbies. Whatever!)

REWIND!!

2008-04-22T11:25:00.000-07:00

As most of you know I was in Arizona the past two weeks. I was able to see a lot of people but some of you I didn't get to see. Not enough time to do everything I wanted to. I flew in on Tuesday April 8th. That night we went to my sister's house and had dinner. It was so cute to see Conor interact with boys his age. I forgot my camera so if you want to check out some pictures Becca has posted a few! Thanks sis for the fun night, I loved being able to see you for a minute, Keaners is as cute as ever!

I was able to stay with Bethany for a few days and while I was there I think Conor caught a little crush on Haylee. It was so cute watching him hold her hand while we were driving around. (He may have been trying to get her toy in her hand, but it is so much cuter to think he wanted to hold her hand!) Saturday April 12th Cameron, Bethany and I with our kids went to Kaydi's wedding open house. It was so good to see her. Of course she looked beautiful and happy. Of course we had to take some pictures of our kids together and some with Kaydi!Yep, she is beautiful. But I am so happy that I was able to be there and I am so happy to see her happy. We were able to see a bunch of people from way back when. It was fun!

Now on to the next fun thing. On Sunday April 12th, we had a BBQ with Tim's mom and family. Sister Sheri was there with Riah and Kenny. Uncle Ronnie and Aunt Carol, Amy, Uncle Johnny and Sherry. Jeanene and Bill were there too. It was good to see everyone and the food was good too. Conor had fun playing with Grandpa Bill and his cousins too.

Grandpa took him for a ride on the tractor, he didn't know exactly how to take that. But then grandpa busted out the trailer for the tractor and he could have sat in that all day long being dragged around.

Mackenzie enjoyed hanging out with Conor too,

Mackenzie loves to pose, she loves to give Conor hugs, and she loves to do her own thing too. She is so dang cute!Just Chillin!

The cousins together! Good looking group!

After the BBQ we headed to Cottonwood. It was is time to get ready for wedding bells ringing. Elaine is getting married. We spent the week cleaning house and cooking food. There were lots of people we met and lots we got to see again that we haven't been able to see in a long time. It was fun. Elaine and Andrew got married at B Cross Ranch in Page Springs. It was beautiful and it fit the two of them completely. On Friday April 18th we went out there and set up tables and had the rehearsal.

As we showed up early to do the center pieces it was a little difficult to get things done because the wind was blowing in at 100 mph, not really but it felt like it. Nonetheless Elaine looked beautiful! Andrew didn't look to bad himself!

The ceremony was short and sweet, it talked about how they met and feel in love. Very sweet, after that the party started. The food was excellent, the music loud and the company awesome. I will just share a few more pics. Conor was a little grouchy early in the evening,

Elaine and her boys!

Conor enjoyed hanging out with Uncle Cory,

K-so after Conor decided to not be grouchy I took him outside and the music was loud. He shimmied out of my arms and ran onto the dance floor and danced. I'm totally serious. He likes to dance with me at home, but I would have never guessed he would get out there and shake his tail feather with a bunch of people. He did and for about 10 min. I was so proud of him!

What a bunch of studs, they were hanging out upstairs in the pool room! Handsome!

Aw, tender! Elaine took a minute to talk to Tim about how the wedding was. It was all good and like I said earlier, she looked beautiful!

Late into the night as the people were starting to fade away and the bon fire going out as we walked upstairs to bed we found people sleeping EVERYWHERE!!Pat and Karen found some recliners to relax in, "kick your boots up!"Cory and his buddy, um, sharing the hammock. How cute! Looks um, cozy?

All in all it was a pretty great wedding. Elaine was beautiful and seemed so happy. Now she is relaxing in Acapulco. We got up early the next morning to come home, the trip was....long! Conor got sick (out both ends, two separate times) on the way home. We were really happy to get home. I think I am finally catching up to what I need to do.

Give me a Minute....

2008-04-03T13:16:00.000-07:00

Have you ever had one of those days when you look back and it just seems like life has just flashed by? Today was one of those days when I had the realization that my son is no longer a baby, he has graduated to a toddler. I decided to take a walk down memory lane!

At this time I could hardly wait to see what my little man looked like. May sound really weird but I really miss that belly. Feeling him move around in there. Kicking me when he wasn't comfy.

Then it happened, February 2 was the day I had my little boy. The hours leading up to that moment were the ones that were frustrating. Not the actual labor part, the waiting for the labor was awful!

It all comes full circle!

Yep, he was born with all that hair. What they say about heart burn is SO true!

He completed my little world. Everything was right and good.

Those first smiles are priceless!

Even his mischievousness is something I don't want to live without.

My precious little boy, life is so complete.

And it just keeps getting better!!

2008-03-30T13:55:00.000-07:00

What is better than a sunny day, sprinklers and otter pops! My boys had the best afternoon hanging out in the back yard playing in the sprinklers and eating otter pops. Nothing is better than watching them play in the water (Conor running from the water) and just hanging out!

Jaren making a dash for it!

Conor is safe from the water as long as dad is holding him!

One of his favorite things are otter pops!

Jaren enjoys them too,

Ant is just hanging out in the water. It feels good.

Conor would rather play with a stick then play in the sprinklers!

Happy Easter

2008-03-24T12:45:00.000-07:00

We have a little tradition that we have done two years in a row now. At Easter we have our friends Roy and Sandi come over and we do Thanksgiving dinner. We love turkey, can't get enough of it. We have dinner then we hide eggs for the kids. Some of the eggs have candy, some have money, and some have numbers. At the end the kids come in and open their eggs and make sure each one has the same amount of numbers then we give them the prize that is connected to that number. It is a fun time, and the kids really like finding the eggs. Last year we had an ice storm right before Easter, this year it was rainy and cold. I guess we just know the weather is going to be yucky! Here are a few pictures of our Easter.

Conor finds his first egg pretty easy. We hid some really easy for him, of course we had to tell the older kids that they couldn't get those.

Jaren took time out to pose with Conor. They were busy running around finding all the eggs hidden under stuff, and in trees!

Classic Conor face, "What are they all running around for?"

Then we found out what was inside! Candy, yum!

Now it is time to sort things out! The kids all wanted to know what they were going to get for prizes. That is the best part.

Then I got this really good picture of the kids. We were watching the Bee movie and all three kids were sitting on the couch watching. It was so cute, my little family together, just chillin. It is so rare to see Conor sitting in one place not moving around, love it!

Just a few more...

2008-03-22T11:01:00.000-07:00

Here are a few more pictures of our fun day at the park, my friend Sandi took these ones, with a little help with the cropping she has made them a little different from the ones I had. The one with the three boys she caught at the perfect moment, I missed it by a fraction of a second. Conor had his eyes closed in mine! Anyway I just wanted to share!

My boys!

2008-03-20T13:38:00.001-07:00

We went to Big Spring today to eat lunch with Tim, while we were there we went to the park and took some much needed pictures of the kids. This is Conor playing in the tunnel at the park. This is really the firs time he has been to a park and it took him a while to realize he could play on all of that stuff!
Jaren his posing while coming down the slide! Way to go bud! Then came Anthony with Conor, as you can tell Con wasn't to sure about all of that!

Our handsome boys! This is Matt, Jaren's best friend. If they have any time off from school or sports they spend it together. If they around each other then we don't even know they are with us. Always doing their own thing. Everybody needs a friend like that!