The Mullin family adventures

Animal Kingdom

2011-07-13T20:13:00.005-05:00

Day 2 of disney.. Animal kingdom.. We were all exhausted fromt eh day before but thats ok b/c disney is so awesome. Wehn you go into animal kingdom every thing is shady, and beautiful . The trees and plants make it gorgeous. THen of course there is the tree of life in the middle. We love the tree fo life but did not get to spend as much time there as I would have liked. IT was hot 101.. WE did the safri trama nd IT was evferything everyone had said. IT was great , both boys wanted to ride it again. The best part was when they said to watch out for this bridge coming up and that they didnt know if we would make it across the bridge . then one part of the bridge "gave way" everyone screamed. It was great. About 5 minutes later .Luke looks at me and goes that was fake it was just robotic. Shhh yes but dont tell everyone. WE are with Tony and thier family and umpa.. They all screamed also. Umpa is having fun sharing memeories and making memories with the boys. It was a lot. I really enjoyed the lion king show. I love watching the expression on the kids faces as they watch somehting. Oh the best part.. HA Landry , harley , umpa and I went to ride Dinosaur.. Thinking it was nothing scary . HA iot was super scary like frezaky scary.. BAD BAD BAD idea! I laughed so hard. Landry sat there saying to himself over and over there just robats there just robots.. Tehn our picture they take had umpa and I yelling and you could not see either kid.. both of them had their heads down.. TO funny

Epcot

2011-07-13T20:09:00.004-05:00

Today is daty in Orlando .. WE decided to goto Epcot first b/c the lady at the ticket counter said that Magic kingdom was crazy busy . So we opted for Epcot ..It was awesome , THe boys LOVED LOVED LOVED it, I think it is Lukes favorite park. There are so many very cool things there. WE did not finish all of them so I think we have to go back and see it again. WE stayed until teh fireworkd\s which were AMAZING!!! LAndry and Harley rode test track and LOVED it They thought it was the best ride ever! Lukes favorite was soarin .. he thought it was super cool . HE wants to go back and ride it over and over again. THere was a lot we didnt see there but we loved it ALL ..

Discovery Cove

2011-07-13T20:02:00.004-05:00

Today is day 3 in Orlando. We went to discovery cove. At first I was against this idea b/c it is so expensive. But IT was totally worth it. The boys loved snorkling. THere were 6000 fish for htem to see. Lukas really really enjoyed it. He was hilarious. HE kept talking thru his snorkle. oh woow. Look at that. He was so excited and kept pointing things out to me. There were sting rays that were at east 6 feet across. there wwere sharks and eels and tons and tons of fish. ANd the coral reef. HE loved looking at all the differnt types of corals. Im guessing we snorkled about 4 hours straight. Landry of course loved it also, HE however just did not seem enarly as impressed as Lukas was. He liked it and snorkled and stuff but not to the awe factor lukas had. THen we got a 45 minute incounter with the dolphins, we met 3 difffernt dolphins. The boys loved that and then tehy went out in teh deep water 15 feet deep, and treaded water until the dolphin came by then you grabbed his dorsil fina dn his flipper and he gave you a ride around the pool. It was awesome. I loved it, Both boys loved it. It was very very cool.
A very memorable day!!! Thansk umpa for making us go! Love ya!

2011-06-26T22:18:00.005-05:00

Some days you blink and it seems they have grown 3 inches and they are 2 years older. Not sure how that happens. I just realize the harder I try to hold on to their youth the quicker it goes by. For now I am still mommy.. Iknow the next eyar will hold many changes especially for landry as he goes from 4th to 5th grade. 5ht graders are so big so obnoxious. Hopefully we will skip that all togeather and he will stay my little snugglebug. Luke just keeps growing and growing and is so not little.

Pumpkins...

2010-11-11T21:38:00.001-06:00

Every year we goto the Pumpkin patch in Flower Mound. IT is one of our favorite fall outings. I have pictures of Lukas on a pumpkin 2 weeks old. So this year was no different.

The State fair

2010-10-28T10:32:00.005-05:00

< We LOVE LOVE LOVE the State Fair.

We saw these cuties at the petting zoo, we think they look like lama
poodles.

We Always do the little hands on the farm. Kids get to walk through and pretend they are farmers. Then when they get done"working" they get paid and get candy.

They milk cows, plant vegt ables..

harvest their garden.

and of course ride their tractors to feed the animals. uhmm I'm sure this qualifies as 2 feet on the ground.. since we are a whole whopping 6 days from breaking his arm.

Landry's Favorite art of the fair. This year they did a tribute to Tom Landry. I wish we could have spent more time there but it was a long line to get in and a lot of reading. HE really liked looking at all the memorabilia.

Some more than others.

It was a great time and we got to hang with our friends. We always go on homeschool day. There are not very many people there at all. And homschoolers get in FREE.. so you gotta love that.

Happy Birthday Stinky head

2010-10-28T09:54:00.002-05:00

7!! 7 is a BIG number!
7 is no longer little.
7 is "real school"
7 is its time to get serious. ok maybe not
7 is tall.
7 has LOTS of friends.
7 has Lots of personality
7 is full of jokes some funny some not so much.
7 cracks me up.
Yeah for 7!!

SO we had to do some changing in lukes birthday party plans because well. he broke his arm the day after his birthday and there went the swim party :(.
Ekk what to do ..what to do.. a Putt Putt party!! Broken kids can still play putt
So we gathered only his best buddies and went to putt putt.

Did I mention at 7 we are still loving Lego's ..Lego everything!!!

Happy birthday lukie tookie ..WE LOVE YOU!!!

First Day of school

2010-08-24T08:21:00.001-05:00

We did all the traditional things..

The night before we got out your "go to school Luke" doll. IT has been on your shelf for years.

We read the kissing hand.

WE snuggled and talked about the next day and what to expect..

Then you excitedly went to sleep.. mommy not so much.

The next morning you woke up all smiles ready to go.

We ate the traditional smiley face pancakes..

You held my hand just a little tighter than before. walked alittle slower than usually but when we got to the door of your classroom and you saw your friends. You almost forgot to give me a hug and a kiss.

and that kissing hand was long forgotten.

You're very first day of school.. You acted like you had been doing this forever.
You were confident and happy.

and mommy waited til I got out of your eye shot to break down.

You seem to really like your teacher and she likes you.. her name is Mrs. Troup

Oh and to top it off.. Landry who is going into 4th grade did not even want me to walk him in to class today.. wahhhh why do they have to grow up?

When the kids smarter than the babysitter

2010-08-15T22:06:00.003-05:00

So Lukas never ceases to amaze me and make me laugh.
Today he was swimming with Landry, Harley and Hailey.. Uncle Scooter.. and Uncle Tony..
It seems Landry can't get along with Hailey, they fight with in seconds of being his together.
SO Uncle scooter in all his wisdom today put a spoon on the side of the pool in the middle. Told Harley and Landry they had this half of the pool, Lukas and Hailey the other half. Well about 30 minutes later, Lukas sneaks over gets the spoon and very discreetly takes it out of the pool all together.
I though that was pretty funny.

Then Uncle tony was telling them that it looked like lightning.. They needed to get out of the pool.
Scooter said yea like in Wichita Falls ( being sarcastic)
Lukas goes yeah that's like over 50 miles away. It will take awhile for it to get here.

HA Love to watch other people deal with 6 year old logic..

You're my favorite meatball!

2010-08-10T11:03:00.001-05:00

What?? What a crazy name for a post you say.
Yep pretty much..It will all become clear in a minute.
Yesterday was one of THOSE days. You know the days where you wake up running and goto bed falling on your face. One of those days that you need a whole day to recover from.. One of those days where you say anyone of these activity's by themselves would hae been good enough for a day.

SO it all started with Landry having a sleepover, this is #4 in 7 days!!
In the morning, we went to Bounce U..Its a giant inflatable land. WE were there for 3 hours!! 3 HOURS!!! of yelling!!! Screaming and bouncing. THE kids came out all dripping with sweat. Begging to goto the pool.
Me being super awesome cool mom said yes but first we have to do a,b,c..
Ok ..SO I drag 4 kids into 3 stores and then to McDonald's.
We play at MCD's for about an hour then goto lifetime to swim..

At lifetime I swim some laps while they play(yes I can see them the whole time,mom)
After my laps, b/c I am super cool awesome fun mom I decide to go play with the 4 kids that are mine. Well let me just tell you.. a strange thing happens when an adult gets ina pool to play with their kids. You end up with a mes of kids you've never seen before wanting to play.

SO Landry wants to play this meatball game.. If you are the meatball everyone else is the spaghetti and they are trying to catch you. Guess who was the meatball.
Yep me... They were all chasing me and in case you didn't know one against 6 not so much fair..

after the pool we took one kid home, went to get ice cream and went to karate..
Then the boys went over to play with Nonna while we went out to Schyler's going away party.
SO Finally tucking him in bed that night, He says mommy your my favorite meatball..

Whirlwind summer trip

2010-07-14T10:13:00.004-05:00

So, Im going back to the whole reason I started this blog.
To document the boys life.
If I entertain t in the meantime great.
But I gotta tell you some of the post will be boring.. but important in telling the story of what we did while they were growing up.

That being said this is one of those Boring post.
so If you would like to bail out now is the time.
go ahead... I promise not to take it personally

Ok those 3 of you left are family your stuck..
SO now on to the post..

Last week we had to goto Austin to look at Landry's service dog.
Well, our family can't just go do a short visit to Austin.
No.. if we are going ot Austin we are going to figure out what we can do to have fun!
Hubby had the whole thing planned out.
First we went and did the dog thing.
Then we went to a beautiful park and hiked and saw peacocks and played ina creek bank with water running thru it. It was great time and we could have spent alot of time there.

Then we went to the top of this hill. You could see all of Austin there, hubby said its the highest point in the county.

Landry said when he was a bone doctor he would buy me this pink house that was amazing right on the lake. It had a matching boat house. I love the fact he is going to take care of mommy when he is a bone doctor.

Then we went to Barton Springs pool. OMG!! it was soooo cold!! Its 68 degrees. Landry loved it. HE jumped of the diving board over and over and over again. Luke not so much. he got in but thought it was way to cold. HE kept screaming when he got it and would run out of the water. that was kinda cute. By then it was 8:00 time to got the campsite

The next day we headed out to Fiesta Texas. It was a beautiful day. The kids had a good time.

The next day we went to schlitrebauhn. I giant water Park. IT was absolutely the best time EVER!!! We went down tube rides. Luke flipped over on one of them and went under luckily the lifeguard was there to catch him. I was worried he would done after that. But he wanted to go on the Biggest tube ride next. He was really quiet fearless. I was shocked. Luke is not my fearless kid. Landry yes. Luke no he only takes calculated risk. Everything looked at and hen decides if its worth his time or the risk. He did every ride we looked at and some I sent Landry to with umpa he was like I want to go. It was absolutely the best day.

Celebrate Freedom? Godfest 2010

2010-06-27T14:16:00.003-05:00

20 years of awesomeness!!!!
We LOVE klty. It is our favorite radio station.
As the boys say its "safe and fun for our family"
We have been going out to southfork ranch for 13 years.
It is an amazing experience.
The only year we did not go was last year, we were on vacation..
One year we went in 3 feet of mud. You took a step sank..took a step sank.

Landry's favorite christian band is THIRD DAY!!
WE lucked into being there the same time they were signing autographs!
Landry was wearing his Third Day shirt from a few years ago,
They saw it and were telling him how cool it was and he was telling them that they were his favorite.

Landry shaking mac's hand.

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They really liked hanging out with them after listening to the interview

And this was my favorite part.
AMY GRANT!! She ROCKS!! She has been around FOREVER and she is still awesome..
One of the very first concerts Jason took me to was Amy Grant and Micheal W Smith.
They are 2 of my favorites and we still see Micheal W Smith every year at Christmas and it has become a tradition with our family.

Thanks for the memories KLTY!!

If you give a boy a birthday wish

2010-06-17T08:44:00.007-05:00

If you give a boy a birthday wish..
He will want ot be pulled out of school for an "extended lunch"
If you pull him out for lunch he will want to go to grapefest.
If he goes to grapefest he will want to jump
and because its his birthday,
You say yes

If he jumps ...
He will be hot..
If he is hot,
He will want to go kayaking
And b/c its his birthday
You will say yes

If he goes Kayaking,
He will turn his kayak upside down.
and swim
because his name is Landry.

Now he is already wet.
So he will want to go swimming.
And if you pu a boy in swimming pool
he will want to invite some friends
and because its his birthday
You will say yes

If you let his friends come over,
they will get tired of swimming,
They will want to do some "dragon training"
They will want swords, axes, shields
and if you give them swords, axes and shields
they will want water balloons
and because its his birthday
You will say yes

After all that excitement they will be hungry
They will want cake,
and because they had sword, axes and shield
they will want a dragon cake and
because its his birthday,
You will say yes

They will still be hungry
so load up 2 cars and take them to cici's
After they get their belly's full they will want ot play more
SO you load up 2 cars and take them to kids kastle
because its his birthday
you say yes

Then it will start to get dark,
You will realize you don't want want hot, sticky, crazy boys at your house
They will ask to go to Marcus indoor practice facility.
Because your husband rocks and its his birthday
You will say Yes

After they play at the practice field they wills tart to get tired (HA)
so you will take them home
and you will pass out
for the next day
you promised to take them to the skatepark.

10!!!

2010-05-20T19:11:00.005-05:00

TEN!!!

Go AWAY 10!
I told you not to come!
How dare you show up to try to take our fun!
10 means no more baby!
10 means no more single digits!
10 means your old enough to do things by yourself!
10 means you think you old enough to do things by yourself!
10 means I let you walk down to your grandma's house BY YOURSELF!!!
10 means you can mow the lawn :)
10 is no longer little
I told you to stay away but nooooo
You are just like the rest of them 9,8,7,6..
I told them all stay away.
Let him be little..
Don't come so fast..
Can't you wait just a little longer..
But noo here you are and what am I to do.
I could look on the bright side ..
They say 10 is perfect and that fits you well
You are perfect.

Happy birthday my little stinky head.

Landry..in a nut shell

2010-05-04T08:05:00.006-05:00

a poem about having an ADHD son

He's bouncin' off walls, a super ball gone insane,

He runs through your world like an off-rail freight train,

Interruptions are constant, tantrums galore,

When it's time to do piano, he's gone, out the door.

The drama is constant, oh his foot fell asleep,

He moans and he wails, the theatrics run deep, .

He is brighter than most,

And with patience and love, I know he'll go far.

But what I must take from well meaning friends:

Don't let him do that. Oh these rules that he bends.

You're not a good parent. His temper's outrageous.

He hears this and wonders, just what's wrong with me?

I tell him, "You're special! You have A.D.H.D."

You have awesome energy that could bring you great fame.

You don't need much sleep; you never wear down.

You're silly and funny, when you act like a clown.

You've felt lots of pain from what people have said,

But you pray for those people when you go to bed.

So you try every day to make a fresh start,

For God gifted you with an extra big heart.

As I look at my child, he sees through my soul,

My heart feels like bursting, as I realize my goal.

I know this boy like no one else could,

He's a blessing to me. He's strong and he's good.

So I'll love him and guide him through the worst of the worst,

And he'll make a great man (if I don't kill him first).

I'm kidding of course 'cause I know what's to be,

When I look in his eyes, I see a reflection of me.

Fun at the farm..

2010-04-10T22:09:00.004-05:00

On Saturday we went to Nash Farm...

It was AWESOME.. There were tons of things to do. I got a picture of just a few.

This is Lukas making his own rope. It was really very cool. There were 4 strings and a thing that twisted them up and then Luke guided this cross down the ropes to make a big rope.. very cool

No spring event is complete with out sack races..
Learning how bee's made honey. eeeewwww

Making and playing with farm toys. You spin this in your hands and it flies.

Walking on stilts..

And of course the obligatory farm animals.

The boys also did leather work and milked goats and made pinwheels and weaved on a weaving machine and planted a garden and went on a trailer ride and watched the blacksmith and ... It was very cool!!!

Spring!!!

2010-04-10T21:48:00.002-05:00

The Sun is shining!!

The rain has stopped and the bluebonnets are in full bloom!!!

There is a place here where the bluebonnets are knee deep and go up the side of the mountain.
There are bluebonnets as far as you cn see.

This is one of our hiking spots so the boys know where the paths are. I just can't believe how many bluebonnets there are!!

minus two.. opps...

Happy Spring!!!

Sharka Sharka Shakarosa

2010-03-30T20:42:00.009-05:00

What do we LOVE about homeschooling??

Spending the day at Sharkarosa!! We think Sharkarosa is one of the coolest places ever.

You can take a safari Tram to look and touch all kinds of animals.Horses, Zebra's, Warthogs, deer and CAMELS!!

There were lots of talks today about the different animals. Lots of up close time..

On homeschool day, Sharkarosa invites all sorts of special guest. There was 3 tables of different types of skulls. Luke loved that. He is all about bones.
Critterman ( one of our favorites) was there. He had a great spill. He had tarantula's and snakes and possums ( yuck and grrrr) and Alligators.. The boys got to feel the alligator..

TOO COOL!!

Another talk that we listened to was the marsupial talk. ( kangaroo's) They had 3 baby kangaroos jumping around and told all about them.. Then asked for question and answer.. Normal questions.. How tall are they.. how far can they jump that kinda thing..

Luke's question.. Why does that one way in the back have only one arm?

So she tell him about how that Kangaroo was born that way b/c his mommy got in a fight when he was in her pouch and how he had to learn how to balance and things with only one arm.

**keep with me this is important especially when you have a kid with physical issues.*

Anyways, so that kangaroo is now the strongest and fastest out of all the kangaroos they have there. Yeah!! great take home for the kid that can't run :)

They also had ring tail lemurs but none with a good pic of Lukas and since this is a mommy blog...The kids also got to touch a baby black bear. Yep no pictures of that one either.

But .. the original question was

Why do we LOVE homeschooling......

Our Buddies!!

2010-03-20T23:09:00.002-05:00

Boys and Trucks
Trucks and Boys
They are one and the same
at least at my house
so when Monster Jam came to town...
We Were sooo there!!!
I went to Ft. worth with a friend the week before and while we were there we drove to scary scary world to pick up pit passes... so worth it..
We got on the dirt and up close and personal with the trucks.

My boys favorite truck is Monster Mutt.. They think he is super cool.. I think its because his tongue goes in and out and his ears flap in the wind when he drives ( he is pretty stinking cute .. for a monster truck)

Being MY boys.. they HAD to get an autograph from the driver.. so they got super cute hats and had monster mutt sign them.

and of course the day would not be complete without grave digger.. Not crazy about this one but apparently its a big deal..

The show was very good .. I never thought I would actually like a monster truck show but..

Every car wrecked which of course is what the fans wanted.

During intermission they had a four wheel race.. and then a dirt bike stunt show.. Landry was in heaven .. not sure this helped me in trying to change his mind about being a professional dirt bike rider.

May all your dreams be as big as monster trucks...

Christmas is coming!!!

2009-12-29T10:44:00.004-06:00

What you mean its over?? How can that be??

We have been so busy.. Did I miss it?

Hmmm just to recap let see...

We started with 80 degrees .. so Holiday in the park here we come...This is my absolute favorite time to go to six flags.. It is so pretty with all the lights.. and you can't beat the weather..

there were christmas cookies

Ice skating.. one of the few photos of all 4of us the boys were gone... they were like catch me if you can :)..

and there were Shepperd's watching over the flocks at night.. looks like a happy Sheppard don't ya think. he actually did a great job and said his line very clearly and slowly..

Burb mom and Chevy take us to NASCAR!!!

2009-11-13T21:22:00.010-06:00

Thank you!!! Thank you !! Thank you!!!

Chevy and Burb mom!!

On Sunday, Chevy and Burbmom took us to NASCAR!!

I can't tell you how excited my kids were.

*insert screaming*

*insert jumping up and down*

and the kids were very excited too!!

The people at Chevy could not have been nicer!!!

They were great with the boys.

They played a game where you put all these tetris blocks in the back of one of their midsize SUVS. I was shocked at the room it had in the back.

Chevy had their drivers come out and do a little spill before the race. They gave this big speech about how they were not going to sign autographs.

Landry's second favorite driver is Jimmy Johnson. Well, he came out and talked and Landry wiggled his way to the front and then this happened...

Yep, that's Landry getting an autograph.

Then, because no one under 18 is allowed in the pits the boys and I tool off to explore while my dad and hubby went to the pits

They were so EXCITED!

But nothing prepared them for the excitement of....

"Gentlemen Start your Engine's!!"

This is the look I saw when I looked over at Luke..

It seemed like a good idea at the time...

2009-11-04T19:05:00.007-06:00

So a friend calls Wednesday morning and want to know our afternoon plans..

Not much really..

Well , There is anew "skate" park that just opened up and its outside, free and the boys can bring bikes, scooter, or skateboards.

Great!! This has 3 of my favorite things..

Outside.. New.. and FREE!!!!

We are soo in! I'll be at your house a little after 3:00

Great I will make a fresh batch of pumpkin cookies.

I will bring a cooler with drinks and my NEW fancy camera these will be great action shots!

So we are suburban moms in our suburban of toys with our 3 boys, one of which is in a private school uniform. Headed to the skate park!

So we get to the skate park and my friend and I look at each other. Wow! There are a lot of people here. Oh well, come on it will be ok..

So, We find our parking spot right by the front and start unloading..

3 bikes.. check

2 skateboards .. check

2 scooters.. check..

one cooler of drinks. .. check..

Cookies.. check

New Big fancy camera.. check

So we wag all our stuff into the park..

The boys head off to have a good time..

Then we look around.. (cue scary music)

We are the only ones there with kids..

Everyone is in their late teens or early 20's.

Why aren't these people in school??

Why aren't they at their job??

Oh well, It will be fine..

Ok So we are the ONLY females there.

Uhmmm ...

Then a guy falls in front of us and lets out a stream of curse words you wouldn't hear on HBO.

( well there's bound to be one)

Then I notice there's a group smoking..

Then Another guy and some not so nice words.

Then Landry comes over and says" hey, that guy over there introduced himself to me.."

Ok that's it we are outta here!!!

Looking back I bet we were very funny. Pulling up in our suburban with our kids .. and our little cooler and home made cookies and my cross t shirt and hat. Not exactly skate park material.

Oh well .. no permanent damage done

We actually used it as a teachable moment in that this is not what God wants for his children. Playing and having fun and being outside good..smoking .. cusing.. and being 20 and hanging out there ..not good..

We also went back thru the Don't talk to strangers, don't take anything from a stranger.. blah blah blah..

They did have fun for the 10 minutes we were there. Maybe a 8:30 in the morning would be a good time to go. It's a neat concept OR someone with some $$ needs to make a skate park for ages 14 and under..

Happy Boo Y'all!!!

2009-11-01T21:03:00.002-06:00

So Halloween has come and gone..

Christmas is just around the corner.

But I have some Way Way catching up to do before that craziness begins.

Let's start with the pumpkin patch dilema..

Flower mound has a multitude of pumpkin patches. Which one you decide to goto depends on your financial state ie: you got $10 to blow to go into a pumpkin patch or you ability to handle crowds.

No in all seriousness. There are 3 major pumpkin patches and they all have something diff to offer.

We always choose the Original pumpkin patch. And every year we take this pic. I would compare it for you to last year but that is on my computer that is at the computer hospital.This would be the constipated pumpkin
Happy Halloween!!

2009-10-23T21:19:00.002-05:00

Pumpkins Pumpkins Everywhere!!

Gap's got nothing on us ;)

2009-10-22T08:58:00.003-05:00

Landry has always been a very photogenic child. The camera loves him and he LOVES hamming it up for the camera. Anyone who knows him knows he is the Jim Carry. He loves to be silly, crazy and make people laugh.

What am I going to do with him..

Time slow down Please!!

2009-09-27T20:57:00.005-05:00

As I tucked Luke in tonight and asked him what his favorite part of his birthday was and he said When he fought Darth Vader. I realized how fast the years are going by. It wasn't that long ago that I was tucking Darth in and asking him what his favorite part of the day was.

So Dear Lukie on your 6th birthday...

Please slow down.. You are growing up way to fast.

You are my homebody.. You are my kid that would love to stay home in his Jammie's all day. You are the kid that it takes a good hour from the time you wake up until you are ready to do anything . You love being homeschool and I can't imagine doing it any other way. At least for now. You are amazing.. wise beyond your years. You are my thinker.You will analyze a problem 10 different ways before acting on it. You are my puzzle kid. You love those brain puzzles the ones where your suppose to fit like 10 blocks in a big block and there is only one way to do it. You also like games of strategy.

You are great sidekick to your best friend.. Your brother..

You can be the silliest , funniest, kid int he world. You have a great sense of humor but you do like order.

You are the kid that categorizes everything. Your Lego's, your army people, your books, you make patterns out of everything. You are the one who actually like to clean the playroom!!

You keep me smiling. All I have to do is look at you in the rear view mirror and you smile at me with that toothless grin and I fall in love again. You are super easy going but funny.. You don't like to sweat. Totally cracks me up.

You tell me almost everyday." Mommy I like spending the day with you" Honey if you knew how much mommy LOVED spending the day with you!

I love you tookie.. NOW STOP GROWING!!!

RIP Bobo Fet

2009-09-24T16:07:00.003-05:00

So .. Landry took Luke's BRAND NEW Boba Fet lego guy to school today.. With out permission.
Of course He lost it.
This of course sent Luke into a well deserved fit. I would throw a fit too if it was my one day old toy and my brother lost it.
So anyways.. Luke goes to the play room to play and comes out and says mommy I need you..
Ok..
I go back to the playroom to see Lukas Having a funeral for Boba Fet..
He has all the other lego guys on their stands and then he has a lightsaber and boba fets helmet on it.
He says look mommy its a RIP sign for bobo fet...
Aww
now its not a R.I.P. sign nope it says rip like I ripped my jeans..
Poor Bobo Fet..

GO MARCUS!!!

2009-09-08T21:47:00.003-05:00

Ok so there are a few benefits to having a dad who is "in the know"

Friday was run with the marauders night. Its a night all the 5th graders who feed into Marcus get to run thru the tunnel with the football players.

Well if you are the AP'S kid you get to slip in under the radar and be a big kid.

See the boys running behind the old lady who we hope is not still in 5th grade

look at how big those boys are

Oh and if you want to you can hang out on the field with all the players..

And If you really special..You can loose your front tooth right there on the field and have 10 adults on their hands and knees on the field looking for said tooth..

Yes I will post new pis of hte toothless wonder next..

Awwaahh waahh Woooo Put that thing away~~~

2009-09-08T21:31:00.004-05:00

So my darling hubby is part Cherokee Indian. Not much but enough. He did grow up in Tahlequah Oklahoma. That is the capital of the Cherokee Nation. All the Street signs are written in cherokee, the stop sign is written in cherokee. It's an interesting little place..

Not everything in Tahlequah is little..

No ..

Some things are a little too big..

Some things are just well...

see for your self...

Yep those are loin cloths

Landry wanted to see the Warriors dance..

I think it has been a long time since these warriors have seen any type of war except for over the last piece of cake.

It was a fun weekend. The boys got a little history lesson along the way. It was a good weekend.

We saw family. Did some festivaling and laughed at the warriors who were very funny.

like the energizer bunny.. THey just keep coming OUT!!!

2009-09-03T20:45:00.002-05:00

Luke lost yet another tooth.. Crazy...

He lost the one on the bottom next to his 2 permanent teeth.

REALLY!! HE is still 5 people !! 5!!! This is tooth #4..

Did I mention he was 5!!!

His brother didn't loose this tooth until he was almost 7.. Its crazy I tell ya.

I didn't even know it was loose until this afternoon

He was eating and got up and told me he lost half a tooth.I looked it was all there

Then walking into the school to pick up Landry, He goes here mom I lost my tooth.

I did finally figure out he is pushing them out with his tongue, they are not just randomly falling out BUT this is still ALOT..

SO anyways ,

For some reason he wanted to keep his tooth tonight. SO I told him to write the tooth fairy a note .

This is what I got..

Dear Toof fary

Plese lef my tof

Love

Lukas..

Kee Yah!!!

2009-09-02T21:42:00.003-05:00

Yeppers .Its time for that post..

You knew it was coming.

You can skip it if you want..

SO here's the thing,

The other moms who's kids have been taking for 5 years .

We were all talking and we have been wondering when exactly do they start looking like they have been taking for 5 years.

Well that moment happened for Landry on belt test.

He was awesome!! He had everything down. He actually looked like a red belt. was like holy cow.

This is one of those things that I can't help him on, I can't make him practice.This was all him.I was very proud..

Mr. Drew.. He's awesome.. He's 17 homeschooler. unbelievable with the kids.

look at him go.. nothing like having to do a solo kata..

The first thing to touch your new belt is your mind.. You have to use your mind to focus your body. With your mind focused anything is possible.He has been told this since he was 4 .. I hope some of it sunk in.

Where did my babies go??

2009-09-02T21:27:00.002-05:00

Oh time Why don't you slow down and let us enjoy these days a little longer.

We have had a couple of major milestones lately.. That has made me realize no matter how hard I try I can't keep them little.

Luke has officially started kindergarten. He is homeschooling so at least I get to keep a hold of him a little longer.

But I think the big thing was he lost his front tooth.. Look at that little grin

Landry started 3rd grade. He was nervous but excited. He just wishes school started at 10:00 in the morning. This is his new teacher.

WE rode bikes the very first day. His shirt says." the cool kids just showed up" Confident little thing isn't he.

Here fish fishy fishy

2009-08-17T10:41:00.007-05:00

So on saturday we went with our buddies to their lake house. To play off hte dock, ride jet skis and play in the boat and tube.It was great fun except...

Luke was not about to get n the lake. Nope he was going to have none of it.
He kept saying it looked dirty. he kept saying there were fish in it. We kept assuring him there were no fish in the lake. Bad parents

Landry loved the lake .. He ran from the car and went to jump in.. he LOVED the jet skis .. He LOVED jumping off the sides.. HE LOVED tubing in the boat.. HE LOVED the whole thing.. Luke not so much
Luke sat on the dock red faced and pouty

Finally after lunch mommy had had enough

Luke you are going to get in the water or loose your ds and wii for a week.
Please don't marvel to much at my parenting skills. I know Dr. spocks got nothing on me
Luke says well I guess I loose my ds then
mommy : hmm that didn't work
Mommy : Fine Luke you are getting in.. you can get in the tube
Luke: NO
Mommy YES
Luke : no
mommy:luke you can sit in the tube the fish won't get you there/
Ok so this goes on for hours ok maybe it was more like 20 minutes it just seemed like hours..

YEAH mommy won!! Victory!!!!He went on to have a great time he loved jumping off the dock and going down the slide. HE had agreat time we had to drag both of my boys out of the water . They did not want to leave. Luke loved the jet ski he kept asking me to go faster. He even played with the fish/minnows

being the little scientist he is.. he had to smell them. then he wanted to pull of their fins to see what happened and wanted to know if he could look inside them. Future surgeon or seriel killer??and then of course theres landry.. My stand up comic.

Camping Trip

2009-07-08T19:53:00.006-05:00

So we just got back from camping and 4 wheelin.. This is the 2nd time Landry has been out on the Motorcycle. He did much better this time he only crashed once ( I have it on video but can't post it b/c my mom would freak) and fell down like 10 times compared to 50 last time :)

Happy 4th of July!!!

2009-07-04T12:23:00.007-05:00

Another Year Another Parade!!

So We started all this with schyler when he was a baby. However, his photos are not digital so I'm being lazy and not feeling like scanning them in so Just trust me on this . This parade thing now goes back 17 years..

Exhausted

2009-06-17T20:43:00.003-05:00

Ok so seriously isn't summer suppose to be fun and RELAXING??

Where did the Relaxing part go??

Hello Relaxing are you out there?? Come here Relaxing??

I'll make you a treat.. Oh maybe that's part of the problem..

So this week is VBS.

I am recreation Person. Woo Hoo .. Yipee.. I mean this is why I went to college.

It has been exhausting.. Not sure exactly why but, I'm tired.

hmm

Could be that

Monday..

VBS .. Home .. Made dinner for a friend that had a baby.. Double Karate.. Why he was at Karate I went to find hair color for VBS and clothes for the upcoming trip ( no luck by the way)

Or it could have been
Tuesday..

VBS... Home.. Grapevine Mills to look for clothes ( once again no luck) Baths.. and .. bed...

Oh scratch that.. Baths then clean up and freak out because the pipe that was going to the bath tub leaked out all over the living room floor and the hallway where the bath tub is.... Yea that's a midnight for ya..

hmm... Maybe that was it OR

it could be Wednesday..

VBS.. Homeschool outing to a really cool little airport in flower Mound, where lots of little old men showed us their airplanes and taught about lift and what each part of the plane does. Then we got to see a Huey helicopter. BIG Marine helicopter Very cool. Very Very Very nice people out there..

Oh and then we had a lemonade stand to raise money for our VBS mission project.
the kids raise almost $50!! good Job Boys.. but then we were so hot we had to swim..
Now.. shhh They are in bed..

I am about o go pack for VACATION!!! try to find that elusive Relaxing thing!!

Catching up....

2009-06-09T21:34:00.006-05:00

Ok so you have been asking
We have been a little busy..
We will start with Prom
Yes PROM.. It was great fun.. Really
I was dreading it but we actually had a good time and
Yes I can dress like a girl..
Here's the proof

Lukes End of the year celebration!!

CAsting Crowns Concert was awesome!!

WE got there early enough for batting practice
LAndry caught a foul ball..

And Josh Hamilton.. YOu should hear his story and Landry LOVED the fact that every time he got up to bat his song was Third Days "I wanna Sing a song"

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The world according to Luke

2009-06-02T08:15:00.001-05:00

Do you know why rolly pollys are fast?
Because they are lighter because they are smaller and the lighter things are the faster they are.

And they have lots of legs..

Don't Blink!!

2009-05-22T08:30:00.005-05:00

If you blink you might miss it..

If you blink you might miss the baby grow into a little boy..

You will miss the little boy grow into a young man ..

If you blink you will miss the amazing and wonderful son grow up in front of your eyes.

If you blink you will miss the funny sayings, The dancing around the house.. The giggles and laughter from the playroom.

If you blink you will miss the bike rides, the endless games of uno, the mommy come play catch with me.

If you blink you will miss the koolaid mustaches and pizza face kisses.

If you blink you will miss the Mommy lay down with me..

You will miss the " I can't sleep with out Landry bear and a bumpy blanket"

If you blink you will miss the pure delight in running thru the sprinkler.

If you blink you will have missed out on the best 9 years of life and I hear the next 9 move at light speed.

He may not have been planned but it shows God's plan is greater than our wildest dreams. He is everything I ever imagined and then some. He is more than I ever I dreamed of.

Landry I love you more than you could ever know. Thank you for letting me be your mommy.

2009-05-19T20:01:00.000-05:00

Luke: Mommy I love your blueberry muffins..

Me: oh thanks you Luke..

Luke: you know what I like better than blueberry muffins.

me: * sigh* no Luke what??

Luke: Spending the day with you...

AWWWWWWWWW thats it just twist me around that little finger a little harder...

When Swine Flu attacks!!!

2009-05-07T21:22:00.013-05:00

What do you do when Swine Flu Attacks?

These are very important instructions you must follow to the letter..

Day 1 ( Monday)

Wake up late.

Play around house, make pancakes..

Go to Park to go Fishing.

Realize fish are smarter than they look.

Admire all the baby ducks. Ohh they are sooo cute!!!

Play at park since fishing was not successful.

Home eat lunch..

Go on LONG bike ride to playground with good buddies from school.

Get stopped by police!!!

WHAT!! Yes.. you read that correctly.. Get stopped by police!!

Yes people ONLY in highland village will the police stop you on the bike path to tell you that you as a parent are doing a horrible job and have not adequately protected your kids head. (they had on skateboard helmets not bike helmets)

BUT... at least, the nice police say " come by the station and we will give you all new helmets) YIPEEE...

So, we play then ride to the station,

the officer that ended up helping us was Jason's SRO from school.

He made funny comments about Luke's big head and is ordering Landry and Ty helmets because all they had left was purple EWWWW...

Monday night.. Karate... swine flu does not affect martial artist apparently.

TUESDAY.. ( are you tired yet)

Tuesday morning we get up bright and early and head to Gainsville.

Yes, Gainsville.. because in Gainsville they have a little zoo where you can actually feed giraffes. Landry thought this was the coolest thing EVER!!

my computer not so much liking me right now so you will have to live with sideways pics. sorry

So, it was a rainy nasty day and apparently Gainsvillians can't be scared off by the Swine flu either because there was a field trip.

BUT.. we left and went to lunch and then the boys decided they wanted to go back to the zoo.. Ok.. We were the ONLY people there. AND there is a very cool park out front where their very cool mom played tag with them. It was a great time.

Then, we are suppose to go camping..

Well LISD decided to go back to school so there goes camping UNLESS

You are super mom..

TA -DAH

Wed.

We actually low keyed it for a while.. Boys slept til like 10:00 ( we stayed up watching Facing the Giants the night before)

Then.. We get a call.. You guys wanna go to a creek..

DUH.. Swine flu doesn't attack creeks!!

SO we pack up the bikes and head to this creek, I came home with one very wet child..

and one dry child..

It was great fun..

Thursday..

( Yes, I know they are suppose to be in school but I already had tickets:) )

We went to Casa Manana playhouse in Ft worth. TO see a year with Frog and Toad..

Very cute..

Then off to t he botanical gardens. We LOVE the botanical garden. I always think maybe they will actually learn something.

Well Landry did !!

He learned that trees poop.. Yep that's right he found the only lift a flap that talked about poop.. Yea me.. Be careful what you wish for..

They Had an awesome time with great friends.

Yes he does look wet... Its like a magnet.. water= landry wet

Then.. We went to the stockyards to the Human Cattle maze..

It was hilarious.. Great.. I loved it.. The kids loved it.. It was this huge maze and you had to goto different stations and get you card punched so you could spell out MAZE and then you were done and you took it up front and they tell you how long it took you and give you a little prize. Very fun!!

and the stockyards is not complete wih out a trip to Billy Bob's ..

It is Thursday night.. Landry goes back to school tommorrow. Ahhhh...

Having a Dog gone good time...

2009-05-04T13:14:00.002-05:00

Ok let me preface this in saying NOT MY IDEA!!!

NOT my IDEA

Not my IDEA!! got the picture..

Ok so Landry has this fascination with his dogs birthday. I don't know why, But he does.

So, after asking us over and over and over again finally last year we told him May1st.

Never thinking another thing about it.

UNTIL...

May 1st.. It goes a little something like this.

Landry opens his eyes..

It's Rusty's birthday. We have to have a party.. He needs a cake . We have to go buy presents.. Let's invite, Christy and Max and Pammy over (other dogs we know)

Mommy scratches her head..WHAT??

Landry repeats...

UHMMMM

NO!!!

But mom.....

Lukas then wakes up...

Its Rusty's Birthday. Can we have a party??

He's a DOG!!!!

Harley's (their cousins) birthday was the day before and they said nothing except Happy birthday Harley.

So we compromise with a present and a cake.. NO dog friends and the people eat the cake not the dog!!!

SO here you go...

and so it is....

2009-05-01T07:59:00.006-05:00

There they are...

Nice pressed ( by mom of course) white Gei's.

Their belts tied just so..

The looks on their faces like they will puke at just any second..

Yep, It's belt test time at Turner's Martial Arts.

Landry and 12 others in his class were testing for their next level.

It begins.

There is yelling.

There is Screaming.

There are looks of desperation.(and that was from the instructor)

There were cringes.

There were hands being raised " Sir, May I start over".

And then...

There were tears... lots and lots of tears..

and by a few smiles and jumping up and down smiles...

Landry was one of 4 that passed. Way to go JL.. I'm really proud of you!!!
He is now a 2nd Brown belt.. 3 more to go on the way to black..

A wolf in Bears clothing...

2009-04-27T20:34:00.002-05:00

Landry got his bear badge tonight. They had a little ceremony and and handed out trophies for the Rain gutter Regatta. They got them all Hyper and then sent them home and said go to sleep you have TAKs tomorrow. Yea right like thats gong to happen, At least we have another year before we have to do that.

Anyway, Here are some pics...

Denton Arts and Jazz Festival

2009-04-27T16:06:00.002-05:00

We have been going ot the Denton Arts and Jazz Festival for about 16 years. Holy Cow.. I just realized we have lived in the metroplex for 16 years!! WOW! Sorry ADD kicked in..

Denton Arts and Jazz festival is AWESOME!! It is 3 stages of non stop bands and or entertainment. It is very Dentonish. Yes thats a word,ask any Dentonite and they will tell you.

Anyway, It has crafts and painting and kids art tent (our favorite) and Beerman and Brave Combo.. It is just a cool place ot go hang out and watch the freaky people. A few years ago, my Dad bought a picture of a mountain in front of a lake with it refelcting off the lake. It was very cool. Ok I say a few years it was probably 10 years ago. Anyways, he had the artist sign it. Well, we were in San Fransico and stumbled upon this guys gallery. We went into see if it was the same guy. It was. I talked to his assistant and told her about the photo. She said that print is now going for $2,000!! We bought it for like $25. So, this festival draws some big names. I mean it is Denton after All.
The of course, You have the Denotonites..There was a guy yesterday walking around with a big sign over his head that said FREE HUGS.. Funny.. It's intersting how you veiw things differently when you have kids. Before I would have ben like sure give me a free hug. NowI'm like kids lets go that way away from the Child molestor. Probably just a nice guy having fun, but that mom instict is on high radar in crowded places.

Its just a super fun place to spend the afternoon. It use to be bring anything you wanted in to "grounds". Now, they say no coolers. That didn't stop people from thinking. THere were people with Wagons full of beer and food. There were people with tents set up with tables and tables of food. If you have never been you should go, Every year in April.

This is Landry using spray art
and Lukas making something with Clay

Were looking good!!!

2009-04-21T19:42:00.002-05:00

Wishing you a happy Hippity Hop!!

2009-04-12T11:46:00.007-05:00

Happy Easter!!! Christ our Lord has risen today! alleluia..
come on everyone sing...

Ok maybe not. Sorry Easter isn't Easter with out That song.So this has been the year. This is the year we have really focused on what Easter is and not the bunny and the eggs. This is the year the kids have gotten it. They are starting to understand what its all about. Landry actually listened to the preacher and has been asking questions. Questions mommy has been having a hard time answering, and there goes that childlike faith. Luke just believes. The only question he has is why is there a Easter Bunny? Good question. I got no idea.

Now not to say we haven't had our fill of gold Old Fashion Easter fun.

Nothing says Loving like blue lips

Easter Cookies

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Yes for those of you looking closely.. That is a gun in the Easeter basket.. Yes we are "that" Family..

What do you mean I forgot the trip?

2009-03-22T20:54:00.008-05:00

I forgot nothing.. It seems my computer did not want to coperate with My trip bloging so Here's to catching up...

SPRING BREAK 2009!!!!
In case you missed the last post, Mine and Jason's 10 year wedding anniversary was March13th. ( Yes we did plan that its Always the week of Spring Break or right around there)So what did we do??
SAN FRANSISCO BABY!!!
We left Monday morning had a 3 hour lay over in LA where my dad met us and took us out for lunch (thanks Dad) We got to San Fran around 9:00 Monday night. We went out got some Thai food and headed back to the hotel. Which BTW was awesome. It was an old inn and we had the penthouse suite ( thanks again mom and dad) When we got there the lady said " Oh you upgrade to penthouse" Imagine a asian accent there
We say no .. she say yes.. no. yes.. no .. yes..NO!! .. yes see here .. My parents had called and upgraded us. Ok Collaborative AWWWWW.
So Tuesday we headed out bright and early out the hotel door at 9:00. We had a cruise to Alcatraz at 11:00 plenty of time right.. HA HA.. nope..We walked to the pier. On the way we say this beautiful Cathedral it was breath taking. Unbelievable!!
We hung out there for a while. Then headed up up up to the pier yes. That's right up to goto the pier, because everything in San fran is up hill..
Alcatraz was very cool we were there a couple of hours it was neat. Jason LOVED it. Then we went to the Warf to shop.. AHHH my place.. History.. HEH Shopping AHH.. WE shopped and saw the sights . Went on cruise out and under the Golden Gate Bridge. That thing is HUGE. Then we rode the trolley, Yes I hung off the side and said the San Fransisco treat.
Tuesday was St. Patty's day and being that I am a red headed we were looking must celebrate. It's the Law.. So we asked around and headed the Castro, which is the Homosexual area of San Fran. It was defiantly eye opening. Or Eye closing depending on what we were looking at.
Wed.
We rented a car and headed up to NAPA.. Lets just say we had a grape time.. HA HA oh come on it was too easy..Seriously. My cousin Jay had set us up at this winery that treated us very well. IT was a small place and they gave us a half glass for each wine. We came out of there with 8 bottles in tow. 6 of which Jay gave us as a Anniversary present. Thanks Jay Boy. Then Jason poured me into the car and the rest of the day is a litle blurry..
Thursday . Time to come home.. Back to real world but only for a few hours.

Then we are off to go camping and four wheeling and a new addtion of Dirt Bike riding.
No I dont have any pics of this my hands were over my eyes most of the time. Landry is now on 2 wheels!!! EEKK... He fell probably 50 times but he got up each time and started it back up. There were only one or twon of those I was actually concerned over but still, nothing like watching your "baby" scream by you on 2 wheels.
Ugghh My poor gray hairs

10 Years Seriously!! It can't be!!

2009-03-12T16:49:00.004-05:00

I seriously can not believe we have been married for 10 years. It seems like just yesterday We were hanging out on the top of cool beans. Where oh where did the time go. So here is the background info.. Jason and I met in college. I was soooo not looking for a boyfriend I was having a good time. We kept seeing each other everywhere I turned. It was like God kept putting him right in front of me and I kept saying hi and moving on to the next party. The very first nigh we kissed I knew that He was absolutely totally and completely different then anyone else. They say you can tell with the first kiss , I never bought into that kinda stuff but, I had those butterflies that don't go away and the daydreaming about him that I had never had before. He was the one.I still get those butterflies when he comes home from work and I get that first kiss of the day. He is my night in shining armor.
He is my personal comedian, He can make me laugh like no one and nothing else can. He is always always always looking out for Me nd the boys. I am his # 1 priority and I know it. He works very hard so that I can have and do what I want to do. He never complains about what I have ( shopping) or have not ( housework) done. Oh and here's the best part he thinks I am most sexy with a baseball cap and hockey Jersey on. You gotta love that. He loves me for exactly who I am and has never expected more. I am sure he would not complain if he came home to a clean house , well behaved kids and dinner on the table but what do I look like June Cleaver?? I gotta say in 10 years that has never happened.
He is the best .. I am so grateful God hand picked him just for me. I love you honey with ALL my heart.

2009-03-08T20:46:00.001-05:00

Happy Birthday Schylomylo!!

2009-03-05T21:57:00.003-06:00

So .. 17 years ago.. I get this call.. Melissa its time.. Tell her I am not getting out of bed its too early!!!
No seriously.. Lets go!! WHAT!!! ARE YOU KIDDING ME!! EEEKKKK!!!!

Schyler was born at 8:20 or something like that, He weighed 6lbs and 8 ozs and had a head full of hair. He was the ugliest baby ever.. Sorry its true, but My life would NEVER be the same. I love him more than words can ever say. He is by all accounts my first born son. People ask .. What do you mean you have a 17 year old.. ok I don't have a 17 year old but when your best friend comes to you and says I'm having a baby and can't stay at home. She moved in.. I graduated early.. We planned baby showers..We were soo excited he was coming. I really had no idea the impact he would really have. I couldn't see past the next couple of months much less 17 years down the road.

Schyler has always been our family. There really is no other way to explain it. It did at time take explaining say when he was 2 and he called me meme. ( short for mommy) and Dora MaMA and my Dad , Dad. That always got as few weird glances. We even bought him a shirt at one time that said my mommies love me, now being older and a small bit wiser I realize boy I bet that could have been taken the wrong way.
Schyler the poor kid went everywhere with us. He was cruising Kemp when he was less than a year old. He made more laps around malls than I care to admit. ( sometimes past certain spots just to show him off) Yes, we were that bad. We loved him and we were so proud of him.
Then.. Can you believe this ... The little shit Grew and do you know what. The older he got the more we fell in love with him. Little turkey!!! I have to say He was the coolest kid ever. He was going on Harley rides at 5. He had his first motorcycle when he was 8. He just was a cool kid. He very very rarely got in trouble and when he did get in trouble it wasn't something bad.It was things like him thinking he was a puppy and not staying out of the dog door. It was like drying the fish off because they were cold. Yep he did that, We had goldfish that were like 10 years old, schyler somehow got them out of the tank and dried them off. Or better yet, LyDora and I had a final at the same time one semester. It wasn't going to take either one of us a long time and we couldn't take Schyler into the final so, We took him to a fraternity house that we were little sisters to. Thinking hooper ( lydoras big brother and Scott would watch him) .. We showed up later and they had taught him to say " I love big hooters".. Yep we were on the ball. Its amazing the kid turned out as good as he did. He really is a great kid. He is a super Star soccer player , A jr. At Lake Dallas and is starting to look at collages. What happened, Why is it I can remember the day he was born like it was yesterday. I expect to go pick him up and us go play at the park!
Ok I could go on and on but pictures are called for so Enjoy the Slide show .

Schyler .. I love you I hope you have a great birthday and I promise to embarrass you even more on your 18th Birthday..OHHH wait 21st birthday.. BWAHHAHAH...
I LOVE YOU!!

catching up..

2009-02-21T17:24:00.003-06:00

Our week was crazy so here I am catching up..

Dennis Lee and the Funky Monkey .. Formerly known as NANA PUDDIN!!! This is by far one of the coolest kids shows in town.Every year he has a different theme . This year it was all about outing good stuff in our body. Good Food . Good Thoughts .. and doing things that would make God proud. He even said something about kids wearing their pants to baggie. I laughed. We have seen him about 5 years now and every year its really a good message.

Luke and Landry both got autographs. Luke loves his red hat and wears it all the time. The kids wear the pj's after we went to Baskin Robbins for some ice cream.. On a school night!!! Crazy push over mommy
Just Hanging out with our Best Buddy.
Our little group had their Valentines day party at Win Kids. Luke goes there every Tuesday for class but it was a special treat to hang with our buddy.

Jump Jump Jump

Luke has come such a long way.. He was timid for the longest time now he runs from one end of the gym jumps off the trampoline and falls 3 feet into the foam block pit. He Loves it . It is his favorite thing.

Membership has its advantages.

When your Daddy is the Assistant Principal of one of the major high school in town you get to do things other kids don't and sometimes if they are lucky, You get to take you cousins along.

This is a dress Rehearsal for ALL SHOOK UP and Marcus. I pulled all 3 kids out of school early to go to it. We were there early enough they got to go backstage and meet the performers.

They also got to ask 1000 questions of the Orchestra personnel. That was probably more educational than anything they would have learned that last 45 minutes of school. They asked them how this worked and how that worked and got to see the behind the scenes of play. Then they got to watch the play. IT was AWESOME!!! These kids are talented!!

This guy is "Elvis" He was very talented and the girl was the girl he wanted.

Flash forward

2009-02-18T07:39:00.002-06:00

Landry and his bestest buddy both made A honor roll for the semester. Yipee!!

I know it's second grade but hey when you have an ADHD kid, You get excited over him actually being able to finish his work and get and then get an A.. yipee !!

Landry and Ty have been best friends since they were 4. They were in T-ball together and Ty's Mom ( carol ) is really the only person I have ever trusted with Landry for a long time. (With all his allergies and stuff, he doesn't go far from home.)

I can so see this exact pic 10 more years from now with High school diplomas.. OMG!!!

Our most Favorite teacher ever!!!

Just another boring night out with a few friends

2009-02-15T21:18:00.005-06:00

Yep that's me hanging with my boys... Ronny Dunn and Kix Brooks..

The concert Saturday night was AWESOME!!!

We had a great time..

It was really one of the best concerts I have seen in awhile..

They played all the good ones.. Old and new..

Jason even serenaded me with My Maria which he always changes to my Melissa.. Reminded me of when we were dating.. too funny!!!

They sang Only in America and had a flag backdrop then they had a member of each branch of the military come out and then they shot out red, white and blue streamers It was awesome!!

Dallas World Aquarium!!

2009-02-11T21:03:00.004-06:00

We are so Excited to be back!!!

We are jumping for joy!! The time I had allotted to catch up our computer died so here I am catching up..

** Did You know that the reason Flamingos are that color is because of the shrimp they eat?? *** See us homeschoolers learn cool stuff too!!!

We are hanging with our best buddies at the Dallas World Aquarium.. Very Cool place !!

AHHH Ponder the meaning of life...

Or wondering how can we get to the top and slide down the waterfall.. Not sure which one.. I'm guessing the second..

Then the questions of WTF is this doing in the Aquarium???

AHH the highlight of the trip the shark tank!!! They ALL LOVED the shark tank.. Its pretty cool!!!Almost like you can reach out and touch them...

We were all Smiles!!!

chinese NewYear

2009-01-27T12:35:00.005-06:00

Yesterday was Chinese New Year, so we headed tot he Science place to Celebrate.

They had a Dragon dance, and then Let the children either beat on the Drums, Cymbals or Dance. Luke of course wanted to bang on the drums and do the cymbals.

We learned a lot about Chinese New Year that I didn't know and had a good time.

Then of course it was time to save the world..

Ahh winter in Texas

2009-01-20T19:55:00.005-06:00

This weekend was a little on the chilly side but not bad enough to keep us inside just cold enough to make us want to put jackets and hoods on little ones who are prone to ear infections.

Nothing to bad.. Tomorrow is suppose to be 70 and 80 by Thursday. YIPPEE. I have this friend who lives in Chicago. Maham Moments Who has pics on her blog of whats going on there. So, I told her I would put pics of whats going on here...

Rock Angels becouse Snow angels are a foreign concept..

The Derby

2009-01-12T08:22:00.006-06:00

Last Saturday was the Pinewood Derby. For those of you who live in a cave or have not been exposed to this insane event, I will do some explaining..

You see if you have a cub scout this is the event of the year.The scout is given a chunk of wood and some tires.

He is suppose to make a car out this chunk o wood, paint it , put weights in it and race it. This is usually a father son thing. Not good for Mommy's who are obsessive about the pinewood derby. Ok so I have a confession to make, The only reason I wanted Landry to do scouts is so that we could do the pinewood derby. You see once back on once upon a time time... Mommy won this Huge trophy for pinewood derby. That later got taken away but that's another post.

Then schyler won with his pinewood derby car. Soo, this is like a rite of passage at our house.

Ok back to the story... Landry and daddy get this block of wood and Lukas they do a sibling race.

For weeks .. WEEKS people they work on this block of wood. Finally it is done 2 nights before the race. Well guess what happens Landry comes home and starts playing with his car.. Yep you guessed it..

Yep that's right all you cold people those are shorts in January..

CRASH!!!!!!!!! WAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Landry drops his car, wheels fly off, rocket boosters fly off, wood breaks..

CRRRRAAAAPPPP!!!! ok this would be a good lesson, nope not going to fix it, hysterical sobbing.

Finally Jason calmed me down and said we would glue it back together. oh I felt much better.

Lets just say the glue job didn't hold and had to be done again and again,so our pretty little car not so pretty and so not going to win.. Ok that's ok good lesson for landry.

Saturday..

The cars..

The kids..

The Trophies..

Needless to say landry didn't win. He almost won 3rd and I'm still not sure how his car even made it down the track much less fast enough to almost win 3rd. I thought it was going to fall apart again before it hit the finish line.

The Track

Ok but the kicker to this is the Dad's, The dad who showed up with his sons in egg foam lined plastic case. The Dads who stood over by the cars and analyzed each one and made plans for the next year. The Dad who this is his last year so thought he would share some his racing secrets with us. Really who is this is suppose to be for??

Happy 2009!!!

2009-01-01T20:47:00.003-06:00

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!

The kiddos..

Ok does that seem weird to anyone else.. EEKK. I mean we realized alst night that there is a very real chance our children will see 2100.. Weird huh..

Landry singing to Rockband.. He is a brooks and Dunn Fan!!He is much better at guitar..

And this is the way Lukas brought in the new year. With about 25 people all around him, singing and yelling he didn't care. He was O-U-T

Happy new year everyone!! I hope there are many blessing that await you!!

Mery Christmas and all that Jazz

2008-12-28T21:38:00.007-06:00

Ok Ok I know I've been busy ... Sorry ..

So here goes...

Merry Christmas everyone!! I know a tad bit late but when you here about the last week you will understand why we are late..

So the kiddos got out of school on Friday the 19th ..

Sounds like a great day to have a Party.. Why not.. So we partied until late late Friday night. Have I mentioned that I LOVE my Sunday school ..

Saturday. We tried to recover.. Yep we were suppose to work at CCA at 9:00 in the morning. Yep that didn't happen.. We were suppose to go Ice skating at 12:30 .. nope that didn't happen either.. We did make cookies for Santa that was my big accomplishment for the day..

Sunday..

Church and went to North Park with the thought that we would go see the trains. I would have awesome pics of the train but my Camera craped out on me right when we got to the door. %)(*%# 30 minute wait .. 45 minutes down here and my &%()*) camera stops working.. %#)*@

AND we were suppose to go from there to the Galleria to go Ice Skating.

WE didn't make it to the Galleria but hey that s ok

Instead I actually made it back to church in time for my class that I really enjoyed.

Monday..

Once again the plan was to go ice skating but...

My father had to fly out to Arizona on short notice so, Ice skating got put on hold until umpa could be there. The boys went to Camp at Winkids. They LOVED it. It was great, they had a great time Jason and I finished up some Christmas shopping. Everyone was happy.

On Tuesday.. We had a big surprise for the kids. We had rented a Hummer Limo with 2 other couples from Church to go look at Christmas lights.

They were so excited. It was so much fun. We went to highland Park and looked around. OMG!! those houses are huge and they know how to " do Christmas".

Finally on Wed. We went Ice skating !! My dad came back late Tuesday night and so Wed. we were off. It was incredible empty in the mall. I was shocked. The kiddos had so much fun. They love to skate. Luke gets tired quickly but now that we know there is a medical reason for that it makes it easier for us. We can prepare b/c we know that it is going to happen. Home and get ready for Church and Santa..

Reading the Christmas StoryGetting ready to put out reindeer food

That's enough for now. I will update more later.

Merry Christmas

Oh how did I get the pics. My mom and dad let me open an early present knowing my camera was on its last legs . yipee!!

No tornados this year!!!

2008-12-20T16:28:00.003-06:00

This ...

Plus this...

With a litle bit of this...

Equals this...

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Its official I have lost my mind!!!

2008-12-16T08:20:00.004-06:00

Iknow you are all saying we knew that a long time ago. HA HA see I can hear you in my head. Oh wait my mom told me not to tell people that.

Scratch that..

So why have I lost my mind..

I put my beautiful, intelligent, happy boy on a motorcycle Saturday and said "Go for it Dude"

HAVE I LOST MY MIND??

This is Schylers Yamaha 80. Schyler got it for Christmas when he was 8 years old. Schyler Wrecked it 2 hours after he got it.

It has been sitting in our garage for the last 8 years.

Landry has been asking when he can ride it for the last 5 years!!

When he was around 3 or so I would take him up and down the street on it. He loved it. He asked to go everyday. It became a reward. Well Saturday, we finally gave in. Could be that he reminded us Schyler was his age when he got it. Could be that I LOST MY MIND!!!

In reality he did great. I of course did not take any pics of him actually doing this could be because I was trying not to have a heart attack. I mean this is the kid that is now on Four Wheeler #5. He has flipped, run into thing and gone off the side of a hill and we thought Sure lets move him up to 2 wheels.

Like I said he did great. He acted like he had been doing it all his life.

Mommy on the other hand not so sure about.

Oh how they grow..

You sooo want to be me ( again)

2008-12-08T08:17:00.004-06:00

Ok back in December of last year I posted about the day of parades. The day we had 3 parades in one day. Well, you will be glad to know we cut back this year. We only did 2 parades. and six flags.

Saturday poor toad got up super early and went to downtown Dallas to save a perfect parade watching spot. It was 34 degrees when he got there. He loves us. So when we got there hours later, we had a perfect parade viewing spot on the curb. Thanks toad. He had even bought the boys these too cute reindeer on a stick so they can walk Rodolph. They were so happy it was great!!

We left there in a flash to get to the other parade, Landry and Umpa were riding in the Lewisville Toy Run. There was probably 2000 bikes in Old Town lewisville. Landry was very excited.

After the motorcycle parade we walked around in old town. They had bounce houses. NOOO.. Ornament decorating, Face painting, Ice sculpturing, Ton of booths and puppies. We ALMOST got another dog. Had Jason been there we probably would have walked out with a 6week old Great Pyrenees puppy. They were sooooo cute.

We left there ran home took some medicine because Landry is still a litle sick on top of all this. and we are off to SIX FLAGS..

Six Flags is all decked out for Christmas. I love going to six flags at Christmas, the lights are beautiful. The boys LOVE the snow hill Luke wanted to ride again but we hit it at just the right time and when we went to go get back in line it was over an hour wait.. Umm NO.. sorry kid.

It was a super fun time and always puts me in the ho ho ho spirit.

Check out my big boy!!!

2008-12-04T09:21:00.002-06:00

Last night was one of those nights you try not to forget. You try to remember every second because you know this time is so short.

We went to Micheal W. Smith and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. Landry, Jason and Myself. It was amazing, It was awesome, It was totally cool to see my little ADHD kid that can not sit still to watch a movie be totally mesmerized by the orchestra.

My Husband did a great job finding seats, We were in the Chorale terrace on the first row in the center. There were only 5 orchestra people between us and Smitty. Landry sat holding on to the rail most of the night.

WE looked over at him during O come all ye faithful and he was playing it on his legs (that's one of the songs he's working on)

Landry has been asking and asking for a suit. Yep??? OK so I found him one at a consignment store. He had to wear it last night. He looked sooo CUTE!!

Yep, My little redneck, four wheelin, karate kid, loves to wear a suit and play the piano.. Makes you wonder what he will be when he grows up.

The best part was when Smitty ( that Micheal W smiths nickname for you none Uberfans) stood up and did his see ya next year thing. He turned around to look at the area we were sitting and landry was waving and he pointed at him and waved. It made Landry feel so special.

Very cool night.

Tis the season to be insanely Busy...

2008-12-01T12:10:00.004-06:00

I know I know I took a long break.. Hey what can I say.. It's the most wonderful, crazy busy time of the year.

Turkey was great. For the 4th year in a row , we have served Thanksgiving dinner to the less fortunate at Church. I hate that word less fortunate, I mean really it makes us the " more fortunate " seem all high and mighty. I would prefer those down on their luck ,those have hard time right now anything else. I would say homeless but most were not homeless just in need of a good meal.

Anyways, I love the fact the my kiddos think this what you do. They have never known any different. They think that this is just what you do. Like getting a foster kid Christmas It's just what you do. Come on people Share the Christmas spirit out there. Nothing makes you feel more joyful than to help someone else out.

*** Time for a Soap box time out****

sorry about that...

Onward...

So Friday .. yep we were the crazy people up at the butt crack on dawn to go shop.. WE HAD @ SHOPPING CARTS OF STUFF AT TOYS R US!! YES 2!

Then we went to Walmart, Jc penny, best Buy, Target, Dicks, Academy, Old Navy, Lifeway, Kohls ( NEVER NEVER GO to Kohls ) all in all a successful trip UNTIL....

We realized we forgot half of each boys list .. Oh well off we go again another day..

Friday night..

Ft. Worth Parade of lights!!! It was awesome.. Cold but Awesome..

Saturday..

We were suppose to got 6 flags but decide it was to cold. So instead we went to Bass Pro Shops .

Its all decked out for Christmas. The boys played games for FREE.. Made ornaments for FREE

and could've seen Santa but that's a different post.

Saturday night we headed to Grand prairie to look a t the Prairie Lights. It was defiantly worth the drive..

Happy December everyone.

Lets have some elfen fun!!

2008-11-29T13:20:00.001-06:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

You better watch out

2008-11-02T13:21:00.003-06:00

You better watch out world . HERE THEY COME. They are armed and dangerous.. Trust me on this one they can do more damage when they are not trying to then any kids I have ever seen. Just ask the poor guy who walked into Luke doing his form. Now think about how tall Luke is.. NOT GOOD...
Scream is Landrys best friend. I think it hilarious hes in the pic..

Our favorite Jelly Fish....

Can you tell who the 2 clowns in the family are??? Landry and Hailey are 2 pes in a pod. Luke and Harley are 2 peas in a pod. How we each got one crazy kid and one calm kid I dunno...

Pumpkin pumpkin and more pumpkins

2008-10-29T13:04:00.010-05:00

Through the years at the Pumpkin Patch...

Luke was a whole whopping 3 weeks old when he went to his first pumpkin patch.. yep that's a real pumpkin. yep and thats me the good mom who saw a photo op and put her 3 week old baby on apumpkin to begin with..

Wow what a difference a year makes..

I know its sideways.. I was so not going to go back and change it now..But here we are at 2.

Last year..

This year..

Landry at 5..

Landry at 7..

This year...

Their hair use to be the same color of the pumpkins but it has lightened up so much..

It's ONLY 8:15...

2008-10-22T08:10:00.003-05:00

You gotta be kidding me... There is no way it is only 8:15...
I have dogs that decided to treat themselves to the pantry.. Yep that's right .. I am running around doing stuff and I hear a strange noise .. Its the &%(*# dogs licking the wrapper of the honey buns they have decided they deserve.. Someone really needs to tell them they are not people.. they are DOGS.. I think they missed the memo...

The jeans saga continues.....

Lay out Landry's clothes for today.. Wind pants and a tshirt..
No go.. He wants jeans...
Your wearing jeans tomorrow b/c you are going on mission after school so you need to wear jeans and your shirt.
DO you have anything cooler I can wear today??
Well.. You have these black jeans, I don't think they look very comfortable but whatever...
Well does it match this shirt.
Yes Landry they match that shirt.
Ok.. but can you make sure that my jean for tomorrow have rough spots that are like holes in them..YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!!!!!!
I just fell over on the bed.. I can't win!!!

What the $%$*( ???

2008-10-21T07:55:00.002-05:00

Ok believe it or not its starting to get a little chilly here in texas.. Ok it's going to be in the 70's one day last week it was in 70's.
So Here I go getting out jeans and long sleeve shirts. I have this way to cute pair of dirty washed jeans with the worn spots in them for luke ( the worn spots that I paid extra $$ for) I thought they were so cute..
I put them on him..

He throws a fit. They look old .. He doesn't want to wear something old.

No luke mommy bought them that way, They are like Schyler's. Its what all the big kids wear.( yep I'm trying to use peer pressure here.)

Well, I don't like them.
Pleeeeassse just wear them today and I will find you some with out holes or show you schyler's.
FINE!! if you know luke that was not a happy fine. But he didn't want anyone to see him..

I mean seriously!!!

AWWWW...

2008-10-17T20:42:00.002-05:00

Ok I feel much better now.. Thank you THank you thank you....

Hey A... I need your email..

Yea.. I feel so loved...

ok so I lied..

2008-10-17T15:33:00.004-05:00

Ok maybe I was bluffing but come on people..

hello .. are there any people???

Ok as promised Last week was crazy . I had plans to post but then it got crazy ..

So This is mullins week in review...

Sunday .. The air show..

Things you should know about the Mullin family if there is an airshow in a 75 mile radius we will be there. I was 9 1/2 months pregnant, having contractions and we were at an airshow in the 100 degree heat.. Landry wasn't born for like another week after that but you get the point here..

SO Sunday we headed to see the Thunderbirds...

They were great but after you have seen the Blue angels at home over the ocean its hard to compare...

Monday ..

Six Flags with our buddies!!!!

School .. what school... we were learning about centrifugal force and gravity and stuff right???

Tuesday.. Homeschool Day at Sharkarosa...

Ok this was just way too fun. WE love this place. Where else can you actually pet a ring tailed Lemar .. and listen to everyone chant I like to move it move it.. It was great..

W saw so many animals. There is no way I can put them all on here. The cool thing about Sharkarosa compared to a zoo is at shrakarosa they let you pet all the animals and give you a lesson on each animal at the same time..

There was also a snake guy there this time that had 10-15 snakes. Luke was petting one but I missed the photo op.

They have a safari tram like thing that takes you out to a pasture that has horses, camels, deer, large rodents, pigs and a few other things.

They also have a barrel train for the kiddos.

Its a very fun and educational place.

WE saw White Kangaroos..

WE saw something else that was cute...

WE saw Zedonks...1/2 Zebra .. 1/2 Donkey .. Wouldn't it be interesting to see how that was made???

And of course the camels..

Ok people I am about to go on strike..

2008-10-16T14:42:00.001-05:00

If I don't get some comments that someone out there is actually reading this .. I'm going on strike..

Our Wild and wacky weekend..

2008-10-14T22:20:00.005-05:00

Ok ok so weekends around here are anything but calm but this week our weekend has spilled over into our week..

We will just start with Friday..

Friday was the battle of the AXE.. TEXAS STADIUM. who has a high school football fame at TEXAS STADIUM!!! It's crazy I know but ... It's texas and its football.. They did make a movie about us people!!! and a t.v. show which is now off the air but don't get me started on that one!!

SO MARCUS WON!!! yipee!!!

Landry hanging out with the "crew" Those would be the guys who run around with the marcus flags. do push up when marcus scores and carry around a gun to shoot out t-shirts..

Saturday ..

T-ball....

Football.. Did I mention this was TEXAS..

Then off to the school carnival..

It was so coll this year. It was all outdoors and tons of games and rides and grease music and a twist off and hula hoop contest.

pie throws..

dunking booth

and off course the Ferris Wheel!!

More to come..

Sunday the Air show....

Why would anyone ever want to goto school ...

2008-10-09T16:18:00.003-05:00

Especially when these are your classmates!!!

check out the tounge..

WE are flying with the eagles at the Gainsville Zoo.
If you have never been to the Gainsville Zoo, It's about 40 minutes north of Dallas. It's inexpensive and has a super big playground in front and a train. Yep for all those crazy train kids, a real live ride on train!!I doesn't get any better.

Having homeschool fun!!

2008-10-06T12:58:00.003-05:00

So to get Luke to practice his letters and #'s we tried this new trick. He wrote letters and #'s for an hour.

I know crazy mommy.. Yep its shaving cream..shhhh don't tell his daddy..

WEEKLY WINNERS!!!

2008-10-05T19:44:00.003-05:00

state fair fun

THIRD DAY !!!

2008-10-03T08:31:00.003-05:00

So my dear sweet wonderful husband surprised me with Third Day tickets this week. It was Jars of Clay, Switchfoot and Third day. Seeing that this is the 3rd time in a year we have seen third day in concert I thought he had lost his mind b/c these were not cheap tickets.
We got there 4th row and it was awesome. They put on a great show as always and so did Switchfoot. Switchfoot put on a real rock concert with running out into the audience and everything. It was an awesome , spirt filled night.
Anyway, Thank you my dear Sweet awesome hubby. I love you..

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Landry loves this band they are his favorite..

Why I love Texas

2008-09-30T07:39:00.007-05:00

Longhorns down mainstreet

Waterparks on September 28th

And those cute cute cowboys..

funny

2008-09-26T08:10:00.001-05:00

HA HA HA!!! Serious flaw in the calculating...

As a 1930s wife, I am
Very Superior

Take the test!

Happy birthday baby boy

2008-09-25T08:56:00.004-05:00

Hard to believe on Monday Luke turned 5!!! How did that happen?? 5 year old are big kids..

Where did my baby go??Luckily I did not have to ship him off to Kindergarten this year and I get to stay home and play. Right now he is stringing moon sand from one end of the house to the other. Thank goodness for hardwood floors.. eek the thought of getting this stuff out of carpet..

On Sunday we had his party, swimming of course. It was great, I counted 15 kids in the pool once. EEEK

Monday we spent the day doing exactly what luke wanted to (kinda)

First was a trip to see Grandma...

Then we had to go bounce on the lightning McQueen bounce house..

Hanging out with pretty girls and cool cars..

and swimming with Crazy Aunt BrendaAnd of course Presents!!!!

Who can Chicken Dance!!!

Happy Birthday sweet angel. We love you more than you could ever know

Weekly winners

2008-09-21T09:37:00.003-05:00

Butterflies butterflies everywhere!!!
Who knew butterflies liked watermellon ??

a little about methodist...

2008-09-17T08:05:00.003-05:00

Ok so here is your religion class...

Methodist like to party. We think of it as our little glimpse of what heaven will be like minus the alcohol. Sunday was celebration Sunday at Church. Big Church lunch after service, bounce houses things like that.

I dropped of a perfectly normal child to Sunday school and...

This is what I picked up...

2008-09-08T18:35:00.007-05:00

EKKK I've been tagged ...

Rules--List the rules.
Tell 6 "quirky" things about you.
Link the person who tagged you.
Tag 6 others.

Leave a comment to let them know.

1. Tom Boy almost to a fault..notice the word ALMOST... Hey I've been in a skort for 2 days now. I'm making progress.

2. My kid is ADHD for a reason his mommy made him that way.. We do not and can not stay still nor do we want to...

3. I love Bread. I know carbs.. but I could live off bread alone.

4. I have to eat breakfast before I eat anything else, It has to be cereal or pancakes, or something like that. no eggs YUCK!! ( haven't been able to eat those since I was Pregnant with Landry)

5. I make my husband stop at any and all children's museums with in the state even on vacation. I will even make us leave a destination early so we have time to stop. Same with Airshows.

6. My goal when we are out four wheeling is to see how muddy I can get mean d everyone else with me and how many times I can make my husband scream Melissa don't go thru that and pull me out. :) but I guess that kinda goes with #1.

7. Since 1 and 6 are so close I thought I would throw in one more.. I hate to cook .. Can't stand it .. But I love to bake. Anytime we are stuck at home we will make something usually something that can be dies a different color or have candy worms put in it.

I have to thank my friend Renee over at Whitaker Legacy for tagging me.. I would in response tag.. Deb, Kim, Holly, and Cathy.

Oh how they grow!!!!

2008-09-08T08:12:00.003-05:00

Ok seriously..

I put a brick on his head it didn't help.

I stopped feeding and watering him. no luck.

How in the world is he getting to be so big?

Thank you God for letting me watch the man you are creating from the boy that was part of me.

First Day of school

Testing for Purple belt...

Being Commissioned as an acolyte. Yep they are going to trust him with fire in the sanctuary!!!

For the Love of Caden!!!

2008-09-02T13:30:00.007-05:00

Finally the wait is over.. baby Caden has come to visit.. who is this baby you have been waiting sooo long to see you ask??

I hear you ...

go ahead everyone together...

Well, Baby Caden is my cousin Douglas' little boy. Growing up we were inseparable.. Every summer I would go spend time there and then he would come to Texas at least 2 times a year.

Right now he is in his 3rd tour in Iraq. He left in March and will return in December.

But enough about him the important part of this post baby Caden

Baby caden is 14 months old and only 16 lbs!!! He is so stinking cute and looks just like his daddy.

My boys immediately fell head over hills in love with him.
Of course they think his daddy rocks becouse he flys jets. Landry wanted to keep him..

They got here late Friday night and left Monday. What a way to celebrate labor day weekend then hanging at the pool with your family.

you see ..shhh.. this is a secret... can you keep a secret...

My family is the mafia .. we all live together in clumps.. Except for 2 certain family parts that have moved off.. How dare they!! Anyways so labor day was like 20 people in the pool and a few on the sidelines for 2 days.. How much fun!! you know you wish you were part of the mafia.. ok ok enough talking on to the pics..

see the mafia looks like fun!!!

GO COWBOYS!!!!

2008-08-20T21:22:00.004-05:00

Tonight we went to the first open practice for the Dallas Cowboys in 17 years. We got there 2 1/2 hours before the practice was suppose to start..

Right when they opened the gates .. thinking we would be one of the first in line...

You can stop laughing now..

But hey what do you expect from people who name their kid Landry..

Landry and Harley scooted their way down to the first row!!

Everyone say " Hi, Tony!!!"

And of course Jason ...

Hair today.. Gone Today...

2008-08-19T23:34:00.002-05:00

Before.......

After.........

It looked like a mop on the floor...

SCIENCE SCIENCE SCINECE

2008-08-13T09:22:00.006-05:00

Come on .. I'm building dendrites... or clowns not really sure which on this helped.

On Friday we went to Dallas Science Museum. Trying to get a little education in this summer.

We learned about centrifugal force.

We did a little geography..

We did some artifact digging and math

And we saved the world!!

BUT THE BEST PART WAS.....

We made CLOWNS!!!!

Then because I have a little scientist oh I mean clown .. He was picked to go on stage and walk the tight rope. One of our best buddies said he looked way to natural up with those clowns.

Who said learning can't be fun!!!

VBS and time off

2008-08-04T09:37:00.002-05:00

Last week was VBS and for the 4th year in a row I was the crazy music person. I am so not musical I can not sing. However, I am the music person.. go figure.. I think its because it can be completely quiet in the sanctuary and I can get 400 kids screaming their little heads off. Its a gift I know.. You just wish you had it.. SO I spent last week coloring 400 kids hair with the color of the day. Bouncing beach balls around and seeing which grade/class can sing the loudest. I was more sweaty at the end of opening assembly than when I had spent hours at the gym. I loved it . It was great.
Our church rented out Sun Valley pool Saturday night and all these random kids came up and were giving hugs and high 5's and I had no idea who they were. I figured they were VBS ers but??? See I am a celebrity in my own little mind.
SO this a busy week on fun and frolic I will be back to posting. YIPEE..

GO speed GO.. right to the drug cabinet

2008-07-25T21:59:00.003-05:00

Ok seriously... First who makes a 2 + hour "kid" movie.. SERIOUSLY!!!

I took 4 Children to see Speed Racer today. This movie is the most Seizure inducing movie I have ever seen. It did keep my ADHD kid in a trance.
THere were more lights flashing and sounds crashing than most fun houses.
I mean really if you have a kid susceptible to seizures they need to put a warning on this movie.
I personally think it was a little over the top for a "kid" movie. It was scary .. had bad guys.. had killing.. not the best choice.
Ok It wasn't horrible like I said it kept 4 kids locked in for about an hour an half which is worth my $1 anytime but, then one by one I started loosing them. By the end of the movie I was like its just 5 more minutes.. I had to find out if Racer X was speeds brother. ( you know its all about me) .

I'm sure the people around me loved us by the end. kids were up .kids were down . kids were looking over the back of the seats. 2 + hours of sitting .. come on.... Get Real

2008-07-20T08:49:00.006-05:00

Walking off into the sunset...

footprints that are disappearing too quickly..

Maybe I can keep them little ....
Brothers sharing a beautiful sight...

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8 days in Paradise ( or close enough)

2008-07-17T22:07:00.002-05:00

2 days traveling there....

Jellyfish everywhere..

Thunderstorms everyday...

Finally getting to go on the beach...

Seeing the Blue angles over the Ocean..

The Smile on my kids Face and time to reconnect as a family..

PRICELESS!!!!!

Ok I know a little cheesy but.. Destin was AWESOME!!

We Had great time.. Landry loved the Ocean.. Luke loved the beach.. we went 6 days in a row..
Ok so everyday there was a thunderstorm.. one of those 4 people on the same beach as us were struck by lightning. not good..

My fearless child went out amongst the huge # of Jelly fish to try to boogie board. He did a really good job and really got the hang of it.
Luke looked at the jellyfish and would not get in the water the rest of the trip.

The Blue Angels were Awesome. They were sooo close and soo cool. Both boys loved it.
We also went to the Navy base in town and saw all the planes and such.

Ok so a short day by day

Day one: Drive.. goto Vicksburg Miss.. note to everyone.. don't goto Vicksburg with a history teacher...
Day 2... WOOHOO get to Florida.. stop at he USS ALabama.. ( Navy war ship.. once again not a good idea with a history teacher)

Get to Florida goto the beach b/c the kids are dying to see it. Most beautiful white sand

Day 3. Beach until it rains .. shop .. more beach

Day 4.. Pensacola air show.. Us and 300,000 of our closest friends go to Pensacola to see the airshow. It was crazy people were everywhere. I live in Dallas and I have never seen this many people in one place ever!!
BIG HUGE THUNDERSTORM show cancelled bummer we go to the Flight museum.. that was cool

Day 5. Pensacola air show rescheduled.. Defiantly worth the wait. It was awesome.. It was too cool.. I've been to lots and lots of airshows. This one was by far the best I have ever seen. It was too cool!!

After the show drive to Destin to take pic of boys on beach at Sunset. ( they will be your Christmas cards so you have to wait)

Day 6. Goofy golf and go carts .. this place was a lot like Mountatia in Plano. The boys liked it. The golf was super fun. Luke drove a go cart by himself . Everyone had fun.
Then we went to Lunch at Gator Island. Fed the gators, held the gator( ok fearless held the gators Luke would not even go in the room) Then we went to the beach the rest of the day, I caught a Jelly fish !!! then went to these shop that had a kids kastle type playground. It was tons of fun lots of BIG boats there.

Day 7. Beach.. Beach... and more Beach.. not a jelly fish in sight water you could see for miles. We were there like 6 hours. It was tons of fun

day 8. DRIVE 14 hours home...

Day 7. Went to the beach ..

We had a great time .. I will post pics some other time. soon...

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2008-07-05T15:04:00.001-05:00

Happy fourth of July !!

2008-07-05T13:36:00.001-05:00

Ok its the 5th.. we were a little busy yesterday. I know you are all shocked that Iwould have a day packed of stuff to do but hey its my 2nd favorite holiday. Here is just a bit of what we did on our trip on over the fourth. Enjoy!!

This is what happens when you use bribery!!!

2008-06-26T21:35:00.000-05:00

Ok so to try to get Landry to goto bed and stay in bed. I told him he could have a mohawk for VBS if he would just goto bed... He has been asking for months...well.....

The funniest part was when he jumped in the pool this afternoon and it stayed up.. He looked like a shark swimming around..

This is what would happen if I had a girl

2008-06-23T08:19:00.000-05:00

God doesn't make mistakes.. He just doesn't.

Jason and I tried for a girl..

We charted .. we planned .. we only ate tomatoes .. all that good stuff.

We did this for over a year people...

WE got Luke.. not Lyndse Faith

Nope Lukas Hayden

BTW do you know how hard it is to come up with another good boy name when you used all of the good ones up on the first kid, my only regret is that he is not Lukas Scott but, I just am not a big fan of the name Scott. I kinda like the person he would be named after *wink,Wink* but not the name .

Anyways, so Landry and Luke had hockey last week and Harley tagged along.

When we got there I said do you want to try, she said sure. kinda.. ok maybe she said UHH and I said great put this on..

SO here is my attempt at having a girl....

and this is her attept at Ice Skating.. Landry pushing her around in the chair.

and this is her attempt at doing it by herself

The look of terror and then laughter...

2008-06-17T22:05:00.000-05:00

Ok so today it rained... ho hum what to do on a rainy day.. hmmm..
maybe the storms have passed..
check radar...
maybe...

ho hummm what to do on a rainy day..
we were suppose to be building our patio so we had all the wood out to stain it and it rained so can't do that until it dries out..

ho hummm....

6 FLAGS!!!! there will be no one at six flags and its 75 degrees!!!!!

WOO HOOO

Out the door at 1:00 YIPEE...
by the way this conversation was happening at 12:30ish

So we head to six flags. Its a beautiful day.. Cloudy not hot no one in line anywhere.

We head to the new big ride (last time we were there it was a 2 1/2 hour wait so we said no way) this time there was a 20 minute wait.. the longest line of the day by far...

Landry and I jump in line .. Luke looks at it and says no he want to goto looney tune land...

Daddy and Luke are off to looney Town land.

Mommy and Landry ride. It was OK no big deal.. not very exciting really.. I was very much let down. I expected something much better.. a lot of hype not much bang...

ok so we go on every other ride in six flags.. no kidding every single ride.. except flashback

We sat down on flashback.. Landry had that look of terror. they pulled the harness over him..
They were checking the harness on everyone and realized someone did not so much enjoy the ride on the last ride and left a little present..

so everyone got off and they had to shut the ride down while they cleaned up said present..

Luckily.. or I think Landry may have left another present..

Anyways, so Its 7:00 we are getting ready to leave because we have ridden every ride in six flags.

Luke starts chanting .. TONY HAWK...TONY HAWK...Luke do you want to ride Tony hawk..

YES!!!

Ok stand in line another 20 minutes....

BTW..Luke would not have been tall enough with out shoes on..

Get on the ride .. it goes up up up.. Luke's singing .. not crazy about going backwards but its ok.. Then we head down ..
Ok so we learned something.. If the cart is off center at all it spins alot.
not good.. poor little Luke...

he did ok.. His lip did turn a little red from biting it..

we stop and ask him if he liked it.. he said it went really fast..

So they have this neat little thing were they video tape you as you are riding .. its really cool. Its19.99 for a dvd so we didn't get it but you saw the whole ride. It was hilarious. Mean sicko mommy thought it was so funny. Poor little Luke had these big eyes... Landry was over there the whole ride making faces in the camera..

So. we get home.. bath. bed..

Lukie what was your favorite thing...

my #2 favorite thing was Tony Hawk... Who knew.. I figured I had scared him for life..
I doubt I will get him back on it any time soon but hey at least he tried it..

May you have cupcake dreams

2008-06-05T08:29:00.000-05:00

Yes thats what I said. Here in our house we don't have champagne dreams no we have cupcake dreams. Yes at 3:01 exactly last night Luke starts screaming at the top of his lungs he wants a cupcake. Why didn't he get a cupcake!!!

Me ( being the good mom I am) nudge hubby to go deal with screaming child. Not real sure what he is screaming about just hear screaming Thru baby monitor..

Thru baby monitor I hear:

Jase: shhhh

Luke: I want a cupcake

Jase:sshhhh

Luke : Give me a cupcake too

Jase: Luke it is 3:00 in the morning you can have a cupcake for breakfast.

This makes mommy sit straight up int he bed and run into the other room!!!

Mommy: WHAT !!!

Jase:shhhhh

Luke : I want a cupcake.. Louder now

Mommy send hubby back to bed he has obviously lost his mind. Who promises a 4 year a cupcake in the a.m. ??

Mommy: Luke wake up.. Lukas ...

Luke:.. Half awake. Where did the cupcakes go??

Mommy: We will try to make some tomorrow if you go back to sleep right now..

Luke : out like a light

Mommy: back to bed...

This morning there is no mention of the "c" word anywhere in our house..

Bestfriends and the ballgame

2008-06-03T21:20:00.000-05:00

So landry has been blessed to have his best friend (Ty) in his class for the last 3years. They played t ball together when they were 4 and Carol ( friends mom) and I hit it off. So guess what, We liked spending time together so the boys had no choice but to become best buddies. Now they are going to be in the same class next year.

Last week we had a friend from church give us tickets to The Frisco Rough riders corporate appreciation day. It was awesome. The kids had so much fun.. There was 10 different bounce houses. They got to go on the field and play with the rough riders. They got autographs from all the rough riders it was just one of these days I hope they will remember forever. Oh how does this tie in to Ty, He went with us of course.

I was looking at Jason's yearbook last night and I noticed alot of kids in the senior dedication page where the families had done it together. Pic of kids when they were like 4 and 8 and 10 together all the way to seniors .. Makes me glad to know my kiddo will have a friend like that. I do. I have a friend (lea) from when she was 3 years old. I was 5. I was in her wedding last year. Its just nice to have someone to share that history with.

Ok.. I must have nirvana head because I am so rambling..