NEW YEAR, NEW BLOG RESOLUTION!

OK, SO I KNOW IT'S A NEW YEAR AND I HAVEN'T POSTED A BLOG SINCE WELL AFTER THANKSGIVING, BUT I PLAN TO CHANGE THAT! MY GOAL IS TO GET AWAY FROM FACEBOOK AND FOCUS ON MY BLOG MORE!!

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START!!! I WISH I COULD SAY THAT CORBIN IS WALKING EVERYWHERE AND NO LONGER NEEDS ME TO CARRY HIM, BUT THIS IS NOT THE CASE!!!! HE CAN WALK (LIKE A DRUNK), BUT ONLY ON HIS OWN TIME!!! IT WOULD MAKE MY LIFE SOOOOOO MUCH EASIER (I THINK) IF HE WOULD CHOOSE TO WALK ALL THE TIME!!! HE CAN CLIMB A SIX FOOT LADDER, ONTO HIS ROCKING CHAIR, THE COFFEE TABLE ETC..., BUT HE CAN'T WALK TO THE CAR ON HIS OWN (HE CRAWLS)!!! I'M PRETTY SURE HE IS MAKING THE RULES!!! MY NECK AND SHOULDERS CAN'T TAKE MUCH MORE OF HOLDING THIS 27 POUND LITTLE BOY!!

CORBIN LOVES READING

BOOKS!


COLLIN IS BACK IN SCHOOL AND IS QUITE HAPPY! EVERY YEAR IN JAN. ELP (HIS SCHOOL) BRINGS IN SNOW! THIS YEAR THEY ADDED A SMALL SNOW HILL FOR THE KIDDOS TO SLED DOWN. IT WAS A BLAST FOR BOTH THE KIDS AND PARENTS!!!

COLLIN GETTING READY TO THROW

A SNOW BALL!

THE ROBIN CLASS AT ELP!

COLLIN ALSO RECENTLY HAD A SLEEPOVER WITH A COUPLE OF HIS BUDDIES (BROOKS AND ARTURO). ARTURO WAS GREAT AND WENT TO SLEEP AROUND 9PM. COLLIN AND BROOKS KEPT MRS. LAURA UP UNTIL 11PM LAUGHING AND ACTING SILLY!!! THANKS MRS. LAURA! I OWE YOU BIG TIME!!

THE BOYS GETTING READY

TO GO TO SLEEP.

ARTURO SLEEPING:)

BROOKS AND COLLIN THINKING

OF WAYS TO STAY AWAKE!!

AS FOR JEFF AND I, WE HAVE JUST BOOKED A TRIP TO MEXICO (IN MAY) SO WE ARE BOTH TRYING TO GET IN SHAPE BEFORE OUR TRIP!! JEFF IS DOING AWESOME (HE DOES P90X EVERY NIGHT)! AS FOR ME, I HAVE DONE A FEW ZUMBA CLASSES AND WALKED ON THE TREADMILL A FEW TIMES, BUT I HAVE A LONG WAY TO GO!! IF YOU ARE READING THIS POST, PLEASE EMAIL ME, LEAVE COMMENTS, AND DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO TO KEEP ME MOTIVATED!!!!

I WILL SPARE YOU THE PICS OF JEFF AND I!! LOL!!

LONG TIME NO POST!

OK, SO IT'S BEEN A LOOOOONG TIME SINCE I HAVE POSTED ANYTHING!! HECK, CHRISTMAS IS ALMOST HERE AND I HAVEN'T POSTED ANYTHING SINCE BEFORE THANKSGIVING!!!

ANYWAY, THANKSGIVING WAS GREAT! WE ATE WITH JEFF'S FAM EARLY AFTERNOON AND THEN WE ATE WITH MY FAM LATER THAT EVENING. MY DAD AND SISTER WERE IN TOWN FROM OKC AND WE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AND THEY SPOILED THEY BOYS THE WHOLE TIME!!

THE SAT. AFTER THANKSGIVING WE GOT ALL THE CHRISTMAS DECOR DOWN AND DECORATED ALL DAY AND NIGHT!! WE TRIED TO GET AS MUCH DONE WHILE THE BOYS WERE SLEEPING, BUT WE DID WANT THEM TO HELP WITH THE TREE SO WE SAVED A LITTLE FOR THEM. I'M NOT SO SURE THAT WAS SUCH A GOOD IDEA AS FAR AS CORBIN'S CONCERNED! JEFF AND I TURNED OUR HEADS FOR ABOUT A SECOND AND HE WAS AT THE TOP OF OUR 6 FOOT LADDER!!! LATER, WE FOUND HIM UNDER THE TREE TRYING TO UNPLUG ALL THE LIGHTS. POOR THING, HE JUST WANTED TO HELP!!! (YEA RIGHT!!).

HERE ARE A FEW PICS FROM THANKSGIVING AND FROM OUR DECORATING EXPERIENCE WITH TWO BUSY BOYS!!

COLLIN & CORBIN

RIDING THE 4 WHEELER

AT MEKA'S HOUSE

THANKSGIVING DAY

MY MOTHER N LAW
ENJOYING HER WINE WHILE

WATCHING THE KIDS

CORBIN AND COLLIN

CLIMBING THE LADDER

COLLIN DECORATING OUR

CERAMIC CHRISTMAS TREE

COLLIN'S 4TH BIRTHDAY

LAST NIGHT WE CELEBRATED COLLIN'S 4TH BIRTHDAY! I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT I GOT A LITTLE SAD THINKING ABOUT HOW THE PAST FOUR YEARS HAVE GONE BY SO FAST! COLLIN CONTINUES TO MAKE US LAUGH DAILY WITH THE CRAZY THINGS HE DOES AND SAYS! HE HAS BROUGHT SO MUCH JOY TO OUR LIVES OVER THE PAST FOUR YEARS.

1ST BIRTHDAY

2ND BIRTHDAY

3RD BIRTHDAY

4TH BIRTHDAY
WHAT HAPPEN TO MY BABY:( ??

JEFF'S FAMILY CAME OVER TO HELP US CELEBRATE LAST NIGHT. COLLIN REQUESTED PIZZA, CAKE, AND ICE CREAM SO THAT'S WHAT WE HAD!! THANKS GUYS FOR HELPING MAKE HIS DAY SO SPECIAL!

COLLIN'S BIG "STAR WARS" PARTY WAS AT PUMP IT UP A FEW WEEKS AGO. THE PARTY TURNED OUT AWESOME AND HE HAD A WONDERFUL TIME! COLLIN IS SO BLESSED TO HAVE SUCH GREAT FRIENDS! AS A SURPRISE, WE HAD MY BROTHER DRESS UP AS DARTH VADER AND MY SISTER N LAW DRESSED UP AS PRINCESS LEIA. THEY HANDED OUT THE LIGHT SABERS AND PARTY FAVORS AND DID AN AWESOME JOB! THANKS UNCLE BEAN AND AUNT LYNDA!!

HERE'S A VIDEO FROM LAST NIGHTS CELEBRATION!

A SHORT WINTER EVENING :(

AS MOST OF YOU KNOW I'M A HUGE FAN OF COLD WEATHER AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THE THREE DAYS THAT WE GET HERE IN TEXAS!! I THINK THE FIRST DAY WAS THIS PAST FRIDAY AND I WAS SO EXCITED!!! SO LIKE MANY OTHER TEXANS DO WHEN COLD WEATHER ROLLS IN, I HEADED TO OUR LOCAL WAL-MART TO GET HATS, GLOVES, WOOD (FOR THE FIRE PIT), AND MARSHMALLOWS(FOR SMORES OF COURSE)! WE INVITED OUR AWESOME NEIGHBORS OUT TO ROAST HOT DOGS AND MARSHMALLOWS BY OUR FIRE PIT ( THE ONE WE ONLY GET TO USE THREE TIMES A YEAR!). WE HAD A GREAT TIME CHATTING BY THE FIRE, EATING OUR TASTY HOT DOGS, AND DRINKING OUR ADULT BEVERAGE OF CHOICE (I TASTED A NEW HOT WHISKEY CIDER DRINK...YUMMY). IT WAS A WONDERFUL WINTER NIGHT IN THE WOODLANDS (THAT DIDN'T LAST FOR LONG)! CAN YOU TELL I'M A LITTLE BITTER ABOUT THE WHOLE WEATHER THING!!!

HERE ARE A FEW PICS FROM THE COLD WINTER EVENING!

COLLIN AND KENNAH


KARLEIGH AND NICOLE PULLED

KENNA AND COLLIN AROUND FOR ABOUT

30 MIN!! THEY WERE FROZEN WHEN

THEY GOT OUT OF THE WAGON!!

JEFF TRYING TO STAY WARM

IN FRONT OF THE FIRE!

(BY THE WAY, HE HATES THE COLD!)

I THINK CORBIN ENJOYED

THE COLD NIGHT AS MUCH

AS I DID!!

CORBIN GETTING COZY

IN FRONT OF THE FIRE.

ROASTING MARSHMALLOWS

FOR OUR YUMMY SMORES!!

OUR AWESOME NEIGHBORS!

(KIM AND DANIEL)

SANTA IN THE WOODLANDS!!

SANTA HAS FINALLY ARRIVED IN THE WOODLANDS TEXAS!

TONIGHT WE WENT TO THE ANNUAL LIGHTING OF THE DOVES AT TOWN GREEN PARK. WE GOT THERE A LITTLE LATE SO WE DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO DO MUCH, BUT WE DID GET TO SEE SANTA ARRIVE BY BOAT ON THE WATER WAY!! WE WERE SO CLOSE THAT COLLIN GOT TO SHAKE SANTA'S HAND AND HE WAS VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS!! SANTA YELLED OUT TO THE CROWD "HAVE YOU GUYS BEEN GOOD LITTLE BOYS AND GIRLS?" COLLIN'S REPLY WAS, "NOOOOOOOO!"...AT LEAST HE'S HONEST!

WHILE WE WERE WAITING FOR SANTA TO ARRIVE, JEFF WAS WAITING IN LINE (30 MIN LINE) TO TAKE COLLIN DOWN THE BIG SNOW HILL! WE THOUGHT THAT COLLIN WOULD BE ABLE TO RIDE ON JEFF'S LAP, BUT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE. WHEN THEY GOT TO THE TOP COLLIN LOOKED EXTREMELY UNSURE ABOUT THE WHOLE THING...TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, FIREWORKS STARTED GOING OFF JUST AS HE REACHED THE TOP AND THIS REALLY FREAKED HIM OUT!!! HE WAS SO SCARED OF THE FIRE WORKS THAT HE FORGOT ALL ABOUT BEING AFRAID TO GO DOWN THE HILL ON HIS OWN!! HERE IS A VIDEO OF COLLIN AND DADDY GOING DOWN THE SNOW HILL TOGETHER.

LOVELY LIVIA

LITTLE LIVIA


THE PROUD BIG BRO!


LITTLE LIVIA HAS ARRIVED!! MY SISTER HAD LIVIA TONIGHT (NOV. 14) AT 5:04...SHE WAS 6 POUNDS AND 14 OUNCES. SHE IS TOO PRECIOUS!!!

I LEAVE FOR SAVANNAH TOMORROW AT 1:50 AND WILL RETURN ON TUESDAY NIGHT. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THIS PRECIOUS LITTLE MIRACLE! I HOPE I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH A LITTLE GIRL! I WILL POST MORE PICS IN A FEW DAYS.

LUSCIOUS LIGHT SABERS

VIP LIGHT SABER!!

THIS WEEK WAS COLLIN'S VIP DAY AT SCHOOL. EACH CHILD GETS TO TAKE HOME THE CLASS MASCOT (RUBY THE ROBIN!) FOR THE WEEK AND THEN ON WED THEY GET TO BRING IN A SPECIAL BIRTHDAY SNACK TO SHARE WITH THEIR FRIENDS. I HAD NO IDEA WHAT I WAS GOING TO MAKE SINCE I CAN'T BAKE TO SAVE MY LIFE!! COLLIN IS HAVING A STARS WARS BIRTHDAY SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE CUTE TO COORDINATE HIS SNACK WITH THE THEME OF HIS PARTY...WHAT WAS I THINKING???? I DECIDED I WAS GOING TO DO CHOCOLATE COVERED LIGHT SABERS. I TRIED A PRACTICE ROUND ON THURSDAY AND I WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL AT ALL!! I COULDN'T EVEN MELT THE CHOCOLATE RIGHT!! I CALLED MY MOTHER N LAW IN A PANIC AND SHE OF COURSE CAME TO MY RESCUE!! WE SPENT THE DAY ON TUES MAKING THE LOVELY LIGHT SABERS FOR MY LOVELY SON!! AS YOU MAY NOTICE FROM THE PICTURE, THE BLUE AND RED ONES WERE THE FIRST BATCH SO THEY DON'T LOOK AS PRETTY AS THE PINK AND PURPLE. THEY WERE YUMMY AND I GUESS THAT'S ALL THAT MATTERS. I THINK I WILL CHOOSE SOMETHING A LITTLE EASIER NEXT VIP DAY!! THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP JUDY!

HERE ARE A FEW PICS OF COLLIN AND RUBY'S WEEKEND TOGETHER. HE HAD A HARD TIME PARTING WITH HER WED. MORNING!

RUBY TOOK CARE OF COLLIN

WHILE HE WAS SICK

MEKA TREATED US ALL TO A

MOVIE ON SUNDAY.

"MADAGASCAR"

COLLIN AND HIS

COUSIN CADEN

COLLIN, DYLAN, AND

RUBY WAITING FOR THE

MOVIE TO START.