Pump It Up Partay

My little boy is officially 4! I know people say this all the time, but where has the time gone? Truly, I am shocked I am the mother of a 4 year old! We celebrated with friends by having a party at Pump It Up. They all a had a blast and I even got to have a little fun as well. I thought we would share some pics with all of you in blog land:


My little pirate, Arrr.
The birthday boy!

Happy Birthday to you! He had a WallE cake that was delish. All four candles were blown out in one try! That lung strength was inherited from my side I am sure.

Reese being her true self, as only she can. (You all know what I am talking about)

Sadly, this is one of the many goofy faces I have been getting with picture taking lately. Is it so hard to give me a normal smile?

Yea for birthdays! I know next year will be here before I know it.

Christmas Photo 2008

I felt sorry for this Santa. It will be fun for Reese to look back on this in 20 years!

Just Pretending

Last week I put in a movie for Ethan after I put Reese to bed. As I was getting everything ready, Ethan said to me, "Mom, I am just pretending to be tired, ok." I left to go fold laundry and came back 5 min. later to find this:
He pretends VERY well don't you think? Priceless.

When did this happen?

I was reading my friend Emily's blog today and came across her post about Brittney's song "Hit me Baby One More Time." She informed her faithful followers that her career launching song is now 10 years old! Really?! Really?!...yes really people. This prompted me to start thinking of other things. I was watching college basketball last night and thought to myself. Wow, those players look like they are about 12. Then realized that 12 for them was not all that long ago and most of them still have a "1" in front of their age! This brought me to think of professional players. I remember when I thought they looked old...I mean most of them actually had facial hair! Now they are all starting to look young to me too! Not to mention most of the tv shows I grew up on are like 20 years old. So, where has the time gone? I tell you what folks those Golden Girls aren't starting to look so golden any more...more like older sisters.

My Hubby

I have been tagged by Emily to do a post on the man known as my husband. Far be it from me to not accept a tag. What can I say about the love of my life. I know all of you may think that I married him for his fame on building the Lake Jean Neusdtadt sign. Shocking as is may be, this is not true.I will have to tell you there are actually some other great qualities to this man. He has a great sense of humor for one. He can leave you in stitches and I love that we have our own inside jokes. Also, who doesn't love a man who shares the same enthusiasm about Halloween you do. This is one of my favs. He did such a great job on that wardrobe!

Since we live in the dark ages, I was not able to scan a cute picture of us on our wedding day. Believe me, I would have rather put that on here because I was a lot thinner in those. This will have to do. Bear in mind this was before our dieting days. Anyhow, despite some of the little spats we do have, we have so much fun when it is just us. One of my favorite times is when we are able to take trips together.

Probably my favorite quality about Kyle is the fact that he is a GREAT father. I could have not hand picked a better dad for my kids. He is very involved in every aspect of their lives and always wants to help where needed.

Kyle is and always will be the very best friend I could ever want. I truly love him with all my heart. He is a great Christian, leader, father, friend, and provider. Hey, who wouldn't love someone who could bring free drugs home. :-)

In 10 Years

As I was taking this picture, I had a flash forward of Reese as a teenager. I am pretty sure this will be an accurate image. Talking on the phone with Chase while IMing Ryanne, Haley, Alli, and Kendall. She is such a little social bug.

Happy Halloween

San Antonio

Last week we went to San Antonio during fall break. We were actually there for the National Dental Convention. I had signed up for it a year ago long before I knew I was going to quit my job, so we ended up just taking in the sites with the kids. This was the first year I didn't even step a foot into the convention. It was weird. I think it was my last one...at least for awhile. The kids had a great time. We spent the first day at their Children's Museum. It wasn't spectacular, but it was new and fun for the kids. Ethan even learned how to milk a cow. Reese, I am so proud!

They had this really great mock grocery store. It was one of the best ones I had seen.

Yummy TexMex The River Boats

Reese and I on the boat. I don't know why I have this creepy face going on.

Kyle got to meet a couple of great past Cowboys players.

We ended our time in at Sea World. The kids LOVED all the shows and the Dolphin Cove.

A Fun Visit

A couple weeks ago I had one of my oldest(as in a long time) friends some to visit me. It was the first time since I have lived here that she has been here. We had so much fun! We did a lot of site seeing and even some shopping. I was really excited about getting to see all of the tourist sites, because I have not seen ALL of what this city has to offer. I find that when you live somewhere you don't ever take advantage of all the places most people who visit flock to.
What visit to OKC would not be complete without a trip to Bricktown. We had dinner at Toby Keith's. We later did the WaterTaxi.


Then we headed to the Oklahoma National Monument and Museum. I had been the Monument, but had never been in the museum. I was highly impressed! For those of you who have not been, it is a MUST! It was very moving. We took a pic outside...I kinda felt funny about smiling in this pic considering, but I didn't want to look mad either.
Another must, a visit to the world famous Pops! I hate this first pic cause it looks like the cheeseburger I ate went straight to the love handles!

No one was around to take our pic together, so we had to improvise
Come back soon Heather!!!

Your Highness

Reese and I walked by a mirror in our house today...

Me: Who is that there? Is that Reese?

Reese: No, it's a princess

Apparently I had royalty in my presence and had no idea, so cute though.

Lookin Good girl!

Oh that hair! Well, at least she has great fashion sense.

Rock On!

Click on the pic and enlarge to see a closer look at my mini rocker. It is pretty funny!

I LOVE the Fair!...ok, well just the food

Yesterday the fam headed to the state fair. What and event it was. I have found through living here that the fair is either love or hate. I am definitely a lover of the fair and it's fabulous artery-clogging food. I noticed if you go more toward the morning there is less, um...well, you know the type of people I mean. Anyhow, we participated in all the activities, including this questionable one in the picture. Ethan really wanted to ride this camel though. I wasn't going to let him, but Kyle is way more of a softy than myself. Such a good use of $5 dollars huh? This year they had a LOT of new restrictions on the height requirements. This was only one of 4 rides we could find for Reese to ride. I am not kidding people she was like so close to being able to ride all the kiddie rides that her pony tail touched the line but not the top of her head and they STILL would not let her ride. The worst part was she knew what she was missing so there were several melt-downs.
Woohoo the ferris wheel! I felt really bad for the college love-birds who had to ride with us, but they were great sports.

Sonshine School

Here are my kids all ready for their first day of Sonshine School last week. They are so excited and love every day they get to go. This is me while they are away at school:

Also Meet....

the newest member of out family, Murray. He is our 7 week old cutie and we have only had him about a week. Ethan adores him and is the best helper. Ethan even named him. I thought he did a pretty good job, despite the fact that his first choice was Ethan. When he suggested Murray, I thought....that's a pretty good name, but we are watching Wiggles WAY too much! Don't you just want to cuddle with that sweet little face!?

Happy 2 Years, Reese!

My little girl turned 2 yesterday! We celebrated with a small family gathering. The theme this year was "butterfly" ( thanks Audrey for the info on where to get the cupcakes!) It was super cute! She got a little trike, a playhouse, and a lot of dress up clothes. (her new fav) Reese played Cinderella all night long. There may have also been a little boy involved in the dress up fun too, but pics were not allowed. :-)

Meet....

My newest niece, Brooklyn Shayne. Mom and baby are both doing great. Val was only in labor for 3 hours and pushed for 15 min. We should all be so lucky. She was born on Thurs. at 11.30am. Brooklyn weighed 7lbs 7oz. and was 20 in long. What a sweetie!

Oh, Reese

Today was my first official day as a SAHM. I say that because today is the first day I would normally be working and am not. Reese obviously knew this and decided to initiate me into my new job title. She added to her count of what I have now titled " What can Reese put in her nose today?" This time it was a bead. Not as big of a deal as past items, but this time I could not get it out by myself and Kyle was not home this time. Luckily his new job places him in Edmond so he is super close. I ran over to his clinic and he had it out in a matter of seconds. Relief. So now our running count is 6 items (that we are aware of), including this bead and also cheese slices( which I had failed to mention until now). Stay tuned people, I am sure there is more to come! Oye!

A Proud Moment

While we were in Wyoming I took the opportunity to have Ethan get his teeth cleaned for the first time. He has let me look at his teeth and sat in the chair, but never a "real" check-up. I was beaming through the whole appointment. He did so GREAT ! I knew he would do better if someone else would do the honors instead of yours truly....in case you were wondering why I just didn't do it myself. What a big boy! (sniffle sniffle)

Some Wyoming Fun

Sidewalk chalk seems more fun when this is your backdrop.... Casper has this really fun restaurant with all this great memorabilia outside. Check out the size of my kids next to these things!

"Hey there little lady. You from around these parts?"