Birthday Celebrations

I can not believe my baby is 5! His actual birthday is April 1st, no joke! Hubby decided to take a day of vacation on little man's birthday so we as a family could celebrate together. Since little man's big birthday wish was to go to the Lego Store that is exactly what we did. First, we had breakfast at his favorite place The Egg and I. He ordered a turkey sandwich with lots of tomatoes. We really enjoyed each other and took our time. Ahhh....hubby and I had more than just one cup of coffee. Now, that is a good time! Once we finished our lovely birthday breakfast it was off to the best place in my son's opinion, The LEGO Store! Oh boy, what an experience. Little man immediately found the "expert" to ask him where the Star Wars section of the store was located. Hysterical! I believe we were there for an hour. Just staring, wishing, hoping and dreaming of all the wonderful "stuff" we could create. It was by far one of my most favorite days! Oh, the memories I tucked away in my heart that day. No photograph could capture what my heart was feeling in that moment. However, here are a few pictures of my little man at his favorite store. Enjoy! 

love him running to the store

oh what to pick 

sweet

Look at the star fighter or ummm x-wing(I am learning)

so happy!

Drew's Party!

June 22, Friday early evening we adventured out to our new friend Drew's birthday party. It was an outside event at a Dinosaur Park. Yes, you heard that right! It is a sand and water play park. The sand has fossil bones laid out on the sand. The water park has a whale sprinkler for the area. I know a whale is not a dinosaur but that is what they call it here. Actually, the real name is Champion Park. The park itself is huge so they have named it by the variety of activities that are available. Pretty cool huh? My son loves Drew! They are in the same bible class on Sunday's for 2 hours. We have enjoyed this friendship with the family as a whole!

So sweet! 

Sand time or maybe plotting ;0)

Drew's sister, Payson. 

She is NOT afraid! Right in the middle with the big boys!

" I prefer my own stick, daddy!" 

Gifts!!!!

Thank you Drew for an amazing time! 

If My Blog Could

Write me a letter it probably wouldn't be a very nice one. It would have words that involve neglect and unloved in it. Though I personally have not meant to do those things, I have! So here is my apology. I am so sorry for the lack of attention that you have gotten lately. However, I am sure there will be more times in the future where I will slip.

Sincerely,

A wanna be blog writer


Now, that I have THAT off my chest we can move forward. So where have I been? Everywhere, no where, somewhere and well here! The last 2 months have flown by so quickly that I have to really stop and think about where all the time has gone. We(book club) finished One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp and An Invisible Thread by Laura Schroff. I LOVE book club! We all have different opinions and are able to bring them to the table with respect for each other. This group has really helped me step into some roles that before I would not have considered. I thank them for loving me! Our latest, greatest challenge and I do mean CHALLENGE is 31 Days to Clean(having a Martha house the Mary way). Oh ladies, it is waaayyyy more than "just" cleaning. It will be interesting what is "uncovered" in the next month or so.

Our lil man finished his first year at his new preschool here in Austin. He really enjoyed his year! He made good friends that we have had a few play dates with them already this summer! I know I mentioned before that he turned 4 but I never posted about his birthday gathering. It was just us! GrandParents became ill that weekend and we had only invited a few friends. Two of his friends were from the neighborhood who moved away on the same day as his party. Bummer! The other two we invited were from out of town so we told them we would catch up on another weekend. Part of me felt bad but it was just an unusual set of circumstances that were out of my hands. One lesson learned is whether we have many friends or just us as a family, he stilled enjoyed himself. It saved my pocket book for sure!

Son calls this his Dirt Digger Cake or better known as The Construction Site Cake 

Another lesson I learned was about his gluten free cake or at least the baking process. I need to double the recipe for a height purposes. It was not as thick as I needed for this particular theme but it was still very good! 

Then we celebrated Easter! This year we had time to decorate our own eggs. It was a lot of fun! 

Of course it  was all about Spider-man. I am not sure what made him latch on to Spider-man but he did. I think it may be the cool colors and mask!


Stay tuned for more updates and hopefully it will be sooner than later. I pray all is well in y'all's precious homes.

lots of love

No Joke!

He's 4!!!!!!!!!

at 4 mths old

Through the years(sniff sniff) I have tried to take many photos of him in this chair. It is fun to look back through them to see how much he has grown. Funny at 4 mths he barely fits the length of the chair and at 4 yrs old he is almost bigger than the chair! Children grow so fast! That is the part of motherhood no one really tells you about. If they do, most of us were NOT listening. A wise woman once said " the days are long but the years are short!" This is so true! Below I tried to post the pictures that were exactly on his birthday or within one to two days of it. I came very close. So Happy Birthday to my very active, creative, fun-loving and tender boy!

4 mths old

5 mths old(my fav outfit)

1 yr old

2 yrs old

3 yrs old

My 4 wishes for you my sweet boy...

I wish for you JOY

I hope you learn to LOVE

I pray you Know GOD

and embrace WISDOM

I love you the most-est...

~mom~

Birthday Party

I know it has been awhile but I have been one busy momma with birthday party planning and all. I had family from out of town come just to see my lil man turn 2! My brother and sis-n-law came all the way from Montana. Anyway, the cake turned out good. I was even told that it tasted good. So, thank you Daicia and Carly for giving me the courage I needed to do something I always wanted to do! We had a great time just visiting with friends and family. I think the kiddos enjoyed the egg hunt as well. I was told that the blue icing on the cup cakes made the parents think of the smurfs(lol). So, here are some pics from the big day. Thank you to my friend Molly for taking them for me!

This is my favorite picture of that day.

A fork is very important for an egg hunt! lol

Lil cuties!

The Elmo cake!

a smurf enjoying his cup cake!

sweet boys

The big gift!

Having the party at the clubhouse with a park area close by was GREAT!

Of course balloons are a must at a party!

I really enjoyed the day! It was so much fun watching the kiddos play on the park area, eat blue icing, hunt for eggs, and seeing friends gather around just because of my son. That to me just makes my heart sing with JOY! Thank you to all who helped me make this day a great one! God bless!

Happy April Fool's Day and Happy Birthday to my SON!!!!

It is so hard to believe you are 2 today! We are so blessed to have you in our life. Today, I pray that you will have a wonderful day. I hope it is full of laughter and JOY!

4-1-08

1 HOUR OLD!

4-1-09

1 year old

4-1-10

2 years old

BTW I was going to turn all the photos upside down for April Fool's Day but thought that would be too much!!!

blessings...