Toes, Lion King, and Toddlers!

Great title, yes?  I think so!

Lion King - I took my parents and Dean's parents to see the Lion King (AWESOME!!) with a surprise!  We "bought a brick" for the Hobby Center!

 And, it's in a GREAT Location

The show was GREAT! Highly recommended!

Me and My mother!  She is so prety!

So,on to Toddlers, because it's fun!  Jake found an almost empty paper towel roll, had about 3 or so left on it...

 

That's how to empty a paper towel roll!



AND, now on to TOES!  Ever since my mother took me to get a pedicure a few months back, I feel almost naked without fancy toe polish!  So, I've been experimenting!  Here's my latest, GO TEAM USA!  All it needs is a little Ralph Lauren Logo and it's perfect!  (NOT!)

TTFN!

OMG! it's been a while!

So, I think it's time to update the blog, so here's whats going on....

I've been busy doing nothing.  Nothing i tell you can keep you really, really busy!  Ever feel like that?  I know I do!

Anyway, here's what's happened since April...
Easter was AWESOME!  we had a lovely Easter Celebration, AND, Jake LOVED the Easter Bunny!  Even if she was a young teen in a very hot bunny costume who would NOT play with the kids because she was too hot!  :)  Alls well, he loved it and we got this great picture!  YEY!

We lost a dear family Member mid April.  Aunt Lorainne, we love you and miss you! 

We discovered Jake LOVES playing on the Splash Pad in our neighborhood! And, drinking the water!  YUCK!  Jake No... oh well...

Muffins with Mom at Daycare the Friday before Mother's day.

Dean and I celebrated our 17th Wedding Anniversary!  Yey to us!  We enjoyed going shopping at Academy to replace the mouth piece on Dean's Camel Back because Jake broke it that morning, then we ate at Cheddars for lunch.  It was really nice!

Memorial Day + Heat + Splash Pad = AWESOME FREE FUN! (I'll have to add a pic later!)

June broght the AIM BBQ, was a great deal of fun seeing all the babies turned toddlers and hearing the great news two of the families we adopted with are going another round!

AND, summer retreat with my mother and the other Holy Scrappers!  This was in Galveston again, which the Retreat space isn't great, but we sure did have FUN!

Father's day fun - Donuts with Dad the Friday before Father's day! And, we went to the Zoo for Father's Day! (will post pic later - worth it!)  Dean was pulling Jake in the wagon that was tied to his wheelchair, and didn't hit ANYTHING!

Food Drive at work!  Came in 2nd place!  We build buildings out of food, including Stark Tower, and we donated almost 2300 items of food (includes items and cash donatoion of just over $1200)!!  yes, we ROCK!!!

now, I've caught you up.  :)  Going to the Ranch soon!  Will blog about that next!

Crochet some more!

Just updating on my crochet stuff!  I have a crochet web site, I've been meeing to link it to this blog, which I probably will someday.  Anyway, my patterns are ALL FREE and I'm going to be featured in an eBook soon!  Cool!

All Free Crochet Afghan Patterns

He's BAAAA-aaaaak!

Last March, Dean and I came to a difficult decision.  Jake was 3 months old, I was about to start work again, and well, we needed help.  So, to make our lives a little more managable, we decided to let our Awesome Dog, Buddy, go visit my parents for a while.  They graciously took him away from us middle of March 2011.  It was really, really sad, and I was not happy about it.  But, a big 75lb dog and a tiny 10lb baby do not mix.  Not that Buddy would do anything on purpose, but that tail alone can knock ME down, let alone a tiny baby.  So, for the good of us and Buddy, he went to live on the Ranch for a while.

This turned out to be for the best since we had some medical stuff happen last year, so we had to have him away from us for a whole year.  We are all find now, and missin our ole Yeller, so we called and said HEY!  Bring him HOME!  So, Buddy came home last week!  And, wouldn't you know it, Jake and Buddy are already best good friends!

My three "men" outside enjoying the weather and the freshly mowed lawn!

Fetch it up Buddy!

Buddy dropped a piece of dog food, so naturally, Jake picked it up...

... and put it in his bowl for him!  Awe, how sweet!  Good Dog Buddy!

It is so nice having our Dog back home!  He had to get used to all the "city noises" for a few days, but lemme tell you, I feel about 100% safer knowing our early alarm system is in the back yard again!  

Blue Jeans and Cowboy Clothes

So, it's HLSR time.  For those of you NOT in Houston and have never been involved with it, that's the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo.  I grew up going there every spring, great memories of staying in our silly little camper with NO generator in the parking lot in the shadow of the Astrodome, in the camping spots reserved for Committeemen, directors, exhibitors, etc.  We would go to school, drive there after, and then sleep there, and drive to school the next morning!  Let's just say it was a really great time!  I believe just after I graduated from HS they stopped having the campsites in the parking lot due to the lot always filling up.  They don't have to worry about that anymore as they use the old Astroworld site that is now just a big pasture with NOTHING on it as overflow.  (That's a whole different story!)

Anyway, last summer I volunteered for Habitat for Humanity and got paint all over my best good wrangler jeans.  SOOOOO worth it, but now I needed a new pair.  So, that's what I did over lunch today, got some new Wrangler Jeans.  I was SHOCKED and AMAZED that in a store this size...

SOOOO much stuff!  Notice all the pink hats...

There is only ONE jeans booth for, well lets just say "AVERAGE SIZED WOMEN" (just so you konw, the average size of jeans women wear is 14).  Most of the ladies/juniors jeans were sizes like 1/2 or 29 x 34 (tall and skinny models need only apply), AND, some of those were priced over $100!  Yes, they were really cute and OF COURSE I wish I could wear them, but HELLO?  What about the larger mass of women (yes pun intended) that need bigger jeans?  Just asking!

Oh, and also, to all my LUCKY friends who have LITTLE GIRLS, and this I mean with the upmost respect.... YOU SUCK!  Out of that whole store above, there was a half a rack, yes only 1/2 a rack of little baby boy clothes...

Yes, this is it, 1/2 of this rack is baby boy, OOOOOOO!

Which of course My mother has already bought most of it for my son, so to make my husband happy I'm sure, there was nothing new for me to buy for my boy. 

But, the staff there was great and they have EVERY style of boot you can think of there, which makes sence since it IS Cavender's Boot City.  :)  And, the Jeans I got do fit quite well!  Wrangler Aura really really fit me well!  No gap in the back, mid rise (thanks!!!), boot cut (duh!) and sliming.  What more could a girl ask for?  "Pair of jeans that fit just right!"

Anyway, I feel better now, and I'm ready for the Rodeo this weekend! 

THE END