Not even going to to go there......

I'm not even going to write about how much at suck at blogging because the 2 of you that read that already know! So instead, I'll get to the good stuff....updated pics of the kids and a quick catch-up on our lives.

 

So, as you can see the kids have grown and are super cute (not that I'm partial or anything!) These pictures were taken in late September in Round Rock. We were down there celebrating Lolli's 60th birthday and decided to have family pics taken. I love the way they turned out, lots of personality was shown for the camera guy!

 

We are in the heat of 2nd grade for Ramsey and Bubba's last year of preschool, sniff sniff. They are both doing great and loving their teachers and classmates! Bryson had a successful soccer season in the fall and played his first season of t-ball as well. He loved both sports and is going to play both in the spring as well. He also goes to gymnastics every Friday with a few of his buddies, they have a great time and come out with red faces and sweaty heads.....which makes for an easy afternoon! Ramsey kicked some major booty in cheerleading in the fall. She is petite for her age so she was the "flyer" for her squad and LOVED. They all worked really hard this year and placed 4th in competition! So proud of those Pirates!

 

Dustin has had another successful with Covidien and was recently selected to the President's Club again. This means we get to go to COSTA RICA in January!!!! So proud of him and the amazing things he does for his territory, co-workers and clients. He is such an amazing provider for us...I couldn't be luckier!

 

I'm enjoying my last year of staying at home. I am really hoping to start on Etsy store online in the spring so that I don't have to go to back to work.......no worries, I'll keep you all updated on that, I swear! I've been beyond blessed to stay at home with the kiddos for almost 5 years...its time to contribute financially. maybe. hopefully I can just win the lottery between now and the fall!

 

That's the update for now. I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

 

 

FamCation 2012

We recently went with 4 other families to Lake LBJ and spent 5 wonderful days on the lake. 23 of us fit into the cabin and I think its safe to say we all had a WONDERFUL time! We had 2 boats and 2 jet skis and we all fit on them and spent hours out on the water. 

Below are some pictures from my iPhone. I'll try to update with some pics from my real camera later this week. We are ready to go back and can't wait to plan our next adventure with these awesome people! 

Our own awesome private pool.

Dustin on the Hinshaw's jet ski with Bryson and Brock. "How's your momma 'n them?!

Ramsey and Bryson with Maddie and Ava

The kids tubing!

Clean swimsuits lined up to dry on our deck.

Random

Just a few things that are on my mind on this Friday evening at 10:45.

Dustin is currently "prepping his meat" for the big smoke out tomorrow. The pit will be running ALL day. As in 7am to 11pm. SO FAR we will be doing 2 briskets, a pork shoulder, sausage, chicken and probably a pork loin. I REALLY wanted some turkey but apparently that's not a hot ticket item for grocery stores to carry in the middle of June. So, our house will smell like hell a BBQ pit for the next few days.

The kids haven't been to bed before 9:30 all summer. It's starting to catch up to them.

I've heard "I'm hungry" or some variation of that at least 2,619 times this summer so far. We are only 2 weeks in.

My friend Christine wrote a funny blog about our trip to Houston. Our meaning we were supposed to meet up at least 2 times and NEVER did. Typical. Yet, ok with us.

I've decided my favorite saying is and always will be "Bless her heart". You can basically say anything you want about a person and as long as you follow it up with that you're all good.

I have a zit. On my chin. I am 32. This seems cruel to me.

I also am a fair shade of fried. Got a bad sunburn yesterday. I'm basically a hot mess.

I watched a friends one-year-old daughter today. It was awesome. Not awesome enough for me to open the baby shop but still fun. Bubba even got into "babysitting" her. I thought he would completely ignore her.

It's now 10:50, not bad for 5 minutes.

G'night!

Welcome to Summer!

We are one week in and having a GREAT summer so far. School ended for the big kids last Friday and we kicked off summer with a pool party at our friend Elyse's house! Right after we left there we loaded up the car, took the furry friends to the boarder, and hit the road for the Woodlands! Of course we had to stop at Buccee's on the way and get some grub.

We spent the week with Jenni, Brian, and Davis and had such a great time hanging out with them. It was so neat to see the cousins playing together so well. Bryson just LOVES Davis and Davis so patient with him. They watched 800 movies, had dance parties, went swimming, visited the Natural Science museum and lots more. Oh, and we were able to watch Davis play 4 baseball games.....that was HOT but he played really well. His team made it to the championship game but lost. We also took the kids to an Astros game....the Astros lost (NOT shocking) but we had a great time.

Now that we are back home and unpacked (the worst part about going on a trip) we are going to get settled into our summer routine. I forsee lots of pool time, gym time, play-set time in our future.

The pictures are out of order and not great quality since they are from my phone but enjoy none-the-less.

I hope your summer is packed full with all the fun things in life! (And lots of vodka if not!) 

Angela and Matt's Wedding in Buda

Auntie Ang and Uncle Matt tied the knot in a perfect little wedding on May 11th in Buda. We are so excited for them and thrilled Angela is a Wilson now!!! Brynnlee slept through the entire service but eventually woke up for some pictures. I didn't get ANY pictures of the reception at their house but the 2 families did a great job coming together and making it a special day for them. We are so thankful that God put Matt in Angela's life and we look forward to seeing them grow old together! We wish them their own "Happily Ever After!"

 The Happy Couple!

 Beautiful Brynnlee

The Wilson Family

Life as we know it.....

So, Spring is coming to a close and summer is creeping up on us! Soccer season is over for the FC Cobras,  they had a great season! Lots of laughter at those games and some frustration too (ie: when Bryson cries on the field and tries to cling to Dustin's legs) but all in all the boys had a great time! Ramsey has one more game this weekend and then she is done with her season......and possibly soccer for the rest of her life. She just really isn't that into it and thinks she may go a different route in the fall. She is already signed her life away, and our money, for cheerleading in the fall so we will see what we have time for!

Anyway, no more soccer and now on to swimming lessons!!! Bryson starts next week with his BFF, Noah. Noah is truly a fish in the water, helps that he has a pool in his backyard, so I'm hoping his skills will rub off on Bryson!

We officially have 20 more days of 1st grade of left!!!! I can't believe my baby girl is about to be in second grade. I am so sad that she will be in a whole new pod next year and won't be with the babies of the school.....seems silly I know but now she is like a real kid!

Once school is out I plan on packing our days with some gym time for me, some swimming and then family time at night, hopefully riding bikes and scootering around the 'hood. The weather has been so awesome lately, we've been so spoiled! Lake trip is planned, a trip to California is planned and then the girls river trip is in August!!!! WOOHOO!

Pictures on next post! That's all I've got for now!

Easter 2012

We had a GREAT Easter weekend complete with soccer, Gramps in town, Meg's confirmation into the Catholic faith, food, friends and more food! How freaking cute are my kids, by the way!

Spring is for Soccer!

A few weeks ago the Bettencourt's came to visit us and watch the kids play some soccer! It was awesome having all of us under the same roof.....except for Matt, we missed you! We LOVED having a baby in the house and Miss Brynnlee is the cutest thing ever! Ramsey loved watching her and oohhing and aaahhhing all over her. (Don't be getting any ideas about our love of babies, this factory is closed!) We look forward to seeing them again soon, on the boat this summer! :)

Spring Break

So, back in December or January Dustin got a wild hair to take the kids skiing over Spring Break. We checked out a lot of New Mexico Mountains, talked with friends and decided on Red River. My parents came with us, which was a HUGE blessing because Dad was great chauffeur and Mom helped with the kids and food so much! Anyway, we had a GREAT time and will for sure be doing it again next year. The kids were ok with ski school, Bubba cried when he saw me and said he didn't like skiing but then woke up the next morning wanting to go. The best part for the kids was that after the slopes closed they offered tubing down the bunny hill. The kids LOVED it and even went by themselves a few times. Red River is such a cute little town, I highly recommend it for new skiers and those with small kids. Enjoy a few pictures!

The living room of our condo.....it was a nice place and we hope to get the same room next year!

We woke up Sunday morning to 3-4 inches of beautiful fresh snow, made for a GREAT day of skiing!

Bryson waiting to tube down the hill.

Ramsey in her tube

The kids ready to hit the slopes!

Grand Cayman!!!

I get to brag on my husband for just a bit here! Dustin, and his counter-part Randal, kicked some major work butt last year and qualified for the President's Club for Covidien. This means that the 2 of us got to take a week long vacation to the Ritz-Carlton in Grand Cayman. I can't even begin to tell you how amazing this trip was. We were beyond blessed to go and are so thankful. Next year's trip is to Costa Rica.......you better believe I am pushing Dustin to have another awesome year!!!!!

Oh, and GREAT BIG THANKS to my mom for watching the kids for us! They had a great week with Grammie!

Enjoy a few pictures!

Catch-Up!!!!!

Ok, I have had a lot of troubles with this stupid blog but for some reason I think it is working again! Let's try it and catch-up on a few things since it has been OVER 6 MONTHS since I've been able to post anything! (make sure you scroll down to see our Chicago pictures that I tried to post months ago)

• Ramsey started 1st grade and LOVES it! There is a huge difference between kinder and 1st, she has REAL homework and even spelling tests!
• Bryson is at school with is best buddy Noah and loves it! I have to register him this week for next year already, seems way too soon to me but I think I say that every year! :)
• Dustin is working is butt off but in 2 weeks the 2 of us will be sippin' on drinks ocean side in the GRAND CAYMANS BABY!!!!!!!!! To say that I'm excited it the understatement of the year!
• Bryson had surgery in August for a dermoid cyst that popped up above his left eye. He is truly one of the bravest/strongest kids out there. He flat out refused pain medication and it never even seemed to bother him. I'll try to post a picture of that at some point.
• I had sinus surgery in October and have been breathing ever since! Why did I not think that breathing was a necessity!
• Christmas was awesome this year. Lolli and Pops drove up the weekend before Christmas and we had Christmas with them....exposed Lolli to sushi and now she is addicted! Then my WHOLE family came up to Frisco for Christmas and we had a wonderful time. All 12 of us stayed at our house and it was so neat to see the kids create Christmas memories together.
• In November our sweet niece Brynnlee was born! Angela and Matt are great parents and she is the cutest thing ever! I thought she looked just like Ramsey when she was born but you know how quickly babies change. She is just adorable and we only wish we could see her more often.

That's enough for now! Love you all and I hope to keep you updated!!!!