Butterfly Chaser Photography

I just LOVE LOVE LOVE Sarah from Butterfly Chaser Photography. She is so wonderful! Here's proof:

I look horrible in this one, but its a great one of DH!



Madison



Natalie


Kenley


Colby


Check her out @ http://www.butterflychaserphotography.com/
(my headed photo is new from her as well)

Beautiful Park Weather

We have been going to many parks around town.. today we loaded up with a picnic and met Daddy at Research Park.

Eating lunch..



Kenley taking a stroll...


Messy Cheeto boy..


The girls..


I like this one of Natalie..


You could tell the ducks were fed earlier b/c they did not want to eat the kids bread. Poor kids, they were so upset! LOL!

What beautiful weather we have had!

What a beautiful weekend!

The town feels like a ghosttown here in College Station, Tx.



Students are on spring break and you can actually drive without saying a curse word under your breath about other drivers! :)

My baby boy is off with grandma (since Friday) and I miss his SO much!! However, the girls and I have had a great time together. Daddy has been fishing and bringing fish home like crazy.. so we got out yesterday and had a little girl time.

We had lunch at Jason's Deli, and then shopped at Pier 1, Bed Bath & Beyond, World Market and Charming Charlie's.. almost went to Cold Stone but figured I really didn't need that! :)

So now we have TONS of fish in the freezer to fry.. it was such a beautiful weekend and I can't wait for Colby to get back home!

Ready for Vacation!

I am so ready for vacation! I love love love my kids, but 4 kids can wear you out!! Last year we took a cruise with our good friends M & S to Cozumel.. we had such a great time! So this year we are doing it again only 7 days this time to Jamaica and Grand Cayman Islands. SOOO Excited! This will be my 5th cruise.. with hopes of many many more!



A friend of mine left today for her cruise and the fog delayed her trip! Made me sad to think about how sad she is! But it has given me cruisin' fever very badly!!

ahhhhhhh I can already hear the waves!

Our Kids Closet Sale

The Consignment Sale is up and running!! I am so excited to be putting on this great event! I love finding great deals on childrens clothes, shoes and gear.. this is a great opportunity for anyone to do the same all while making money as well!!

My site is:
http://www.ourkidsclosetsale.com/

Come join us!

Birthdays, Birthdays, Birthdays

I have one birthday in jan., and the rest of the kiddos are all in Feb! So this month is all about the birthdays! Fortuntely, I am able to do one party for all 3 this year.. but next year I don't think I will be able to get away with that!

They chose Chuck E Cheese (again) and I'm hoping next year for something different!! :)

My Valentine's baby turned 2, Kenley will be 3 tomorrow, and Natalie is turning 6 on Friday.

Then we are done for the rest of the year until Christmas again!

This photo is from just one year ago. Amazing how a year changes a child!

Time has gotten away from me again! ;)

I have been soo busy lately.. I've made my own business selling childrens items for customers.. and it has really kept me busy. I am also putting my time into organizing/running a children's cosignment sale here in College Station. It is April 16-17th at the College Station Conference Center. I am getting excited about it. I LOVE what I do!

I'd love to see you there. You consign your gently used childrens items and earn lots of fun cash! Its really quite simple.. and then you can shop the sale as well, and find lots of great things for your kids at 50-75% off retail prices! Email me at ourkidsclosets@live.com, or find Our Kids Closets on Facebook!

Madison's 9th Birthday

Madison is 9 years old..
We had her party today at Artic Wolf here in College Station. We had them have a "snow" hill for Madison outside b/c she was so sad she didn't not have snow this year. It was a hit with the kids!








Somebody got Kenley!! LOL!









My sisters came in, and the girls really enjoyed that. They were a great help with the kids!




She kind of had a monkey theme.. we skipped the colorful icing b/c the dye in there taste awful! Why don't they fix that I wonder?!



I made these cupcakes this morning before the party.. they turned out ok looking, but were pretty yummy!









We had a ton of fun but I'm glad it's over, so stressful! Next month comes Natalie, Kenley and Colby's bdays..
more pics of the kids:










Madison, Kenley and Natalie.. this was a few weeks ago at Madison's dance performance at the George Bush Presidential Library

Holidays are over!

We have survived the holidays.. the girls are with their dad in Beaumont this week. I miss them terribly. Kenley and Colby have been having fun in their rooms though, LOL.

Doug and I traveled down south and I came back up while he duck hunted. That man does nothing but duck hunt in the winter! Fortuntely he buys me things when he leaves so he keeps mama happy... haha! The kids got spoiled as usual for Christmas. They got tons of toys.. their bigger gifts they scored was a new trampoline, a new John Deere Gator, and a new playhouse.

Natalie got the golden gator award at school. Only 6 kids are chosen throughout the year, so we are pretty proud! There is a ceremony on Jan. 7th to honor her.

I've been trying to get the house in order for the New Year! Staying organized is my resolution for 2010! Four kids can get you very disorganized. :)

Doug and I went on date night tonight to Red Lobster. How in the world 2 people can rack up a $70 meal is beyond me! Oh well, it was very good!! Then we walked around Barnes & Noble. We didn't feel right without the kids, so we left and went and got them. LOL



Only 2 more days to 2010, so crazy to think about!

Just some pics..

Pictures of recent happenings.. :)

My 4 beautiful kids..



My kitchen after I painted





My princess who is almost THREE!

Santa's Wonderland

http://www.santas-wonderland.com/

We go everywhere to Santa's Wonderland, here in College Station. The kids just love it. However, each year it gets more and more popular which brings even larger crowds.

This year we waited.. are you ready?.. 2hrs and 10 minutes to get OFF the feeder road into the park to see the lights. 2 hours and 10 minutes with 4 bored, tired, fussy and hungry kids!! The lights were great as usual, but we ALL agreed to skip out on them next year. The kids enjoy Santa's town enough for that.

Excuse my pictures, they are horrible. I was using a new camera and didn't have the settings fixed...

The girls around the campfire...



Kenley loved the animals!



Natalie and Mom



Colby



I will stop with the pictures, they are pretty bad aren't they! LOL!