Two New Additions

We had a great memorial day weekend...Saturday we played around the house and then off to the mall to go shopping. We were trying to find shorts, shoes and shirts for Trevor and Heather for our vacation but...we came back with these instead

Copper and Candy

Kind of expensive little animals but with a little help from a gift card from last year and the extra money from the govt they are now Fuxas

Sunday we went to the driving range as a family to get dad ready for his golf day on Monday. They had a putting green so the kids practiced that while dad hit the balls really far. That night we had another camp out at the house with all 4 of us. Somehow the 3 pallets that we had set out for myself and the kids turned out to ONE big share on mommy's pallet, at one point in the night Trev said he saw one head and 2 sets of feet!! They were sleeping upside down for some reason?? We couldn't find a good movie at the Red Box so we opted to watch a KK and Connor movie. It was from 2006... it was fun and the kids really enjoyed it, I cried a little when we watched Connor crawl for the first time.

Monday it was off to Nini's pool for me and the kids and daddy was off to golf to try and win back the trophy from a fellow co-worker. The kids did really good in the pool considering it was the first of the season. KK almost went under the water and Connor at least got in several times. He had more fun watching Josh and his friend dunk each other under. When we got home we had a 1st place golf winner in our presence. The trophy is safely resting in our entertainment center for the kids to see, dad will take it back next week to proudly display it on his desk!!!

Another big milestone this weekend was BOTH children took showers, sounds small I know but WOW!!! They were washing the car on Saturday and Connor got soakin' wet and thought it was funny so after ear plugs for KK she decided she would try too... we told her it was like taking a shower so off to the bathroom for her to prove to us she could and 2 showers later, she is a Pro!!

This was one of our better extended weekends that we have had in a long time. Our sweet, polite, patient KK is back after taking a sabatical for 2 months. Her and Connor are getting along again and it is SOOO nice.

A funny from Connor today was he and Trev were putting in dishes in the dishwasher and Connor was trying to close it before they were done, so Trev told him not to close it and Connor proceeded with "You know better than that" Think he has heard us say that to KK a few times!!!

A few pictures from the weekend

Connor is not quite heavy enough (28lbs) to pop the balloon. And to think all of this time we have told him to be careful not to sit on the balloons they may pop. Then when we are trying to pop it, NOTHING!! Is this where kids stop believing everything their parents say??

Visit from Grandma and GG

It has been awhile since I have posted anything. Life is a little crazy. The big cool thing that has happened since Connor's birthday is that my grandparents came to TEXAS to visit. The kids and I left work and school early last Weds to go spend time with them, Aunt Mimi and Aunt Mary... Billy was in town as well. We had a great visit, I went back the next day to visit with them and have some adult conversations, since the kids were at home with Trev.

On Friday, I went to Chicago with 10 other co-workers to the NRA food show. It was a great time. We were searching for new equipment for the new stadium, so we were very busy. We did have time to get all dressed up and have dinner at Trumps' new hotel at the restaraunt, Sixteen. It had only been open 2 weeks... service was GREAT food was pretty good but the best part was the VIEW! It overlooked the lake and was right in the middle of downtown Chicago. We went to 3 other Great Restaurants, a latin one, Cuatro, an american cuisine, MK and an italian one, Tuscany at Taylor. All of them were Great. This was the 3rd time in 8 years that I have gone on this particular trip.
It is Memorial Weekend and we are very excited for the extra day off. Trev is going to play golf and tomorrow I think he is going to watch the NEW Indiana Jones movie. He is getting some much needed alone and guy time. 4 days; 1 birthday shopping, 1 birthday party, 1 volunteer shift at the church, 1 grocery trip, 2 days of work and getting the kids ready, and picking them up and he is definitely deserving of time off!!!!! They sounded like they were having a great time every time I talked to them.
The pictures below are from the night with Grams and Gramps(the names I call my grandparents). The first one though is KK in a dress that Grams had made for me when I was younger. KK wore it to school and told everyone that her mommy had worn this dress. Grams loved that she had it on. KK styled it a little different than when I wore it... but it was still cool to see her in it. I have a family photo on my dresser that actually has me in this dress.

Silly faces by the boys

The lighting was a little off because I messed up the camera.

Always something with me and the cameras.