Keep'n up with the Jones'

Christmas Eve

2011-12-24T22:00:00.000-08:00

We always have Christmas at Mom's house on Christmas Eve and we always have the best time! Since our original family of 3 has grown, it just gets better and better!!

Christmas Eve morning we met my friend Sarah at iHop for some yummy breakfast before she left for Oklahoma. It was so nice to catch up with her and when she gave me my super awesome pony blanket...my day was complete!!

After breakfast we headed home to bake a few items and load up the presents for Mom's house. Mamaw, Papaw and Kaila joined us and boy did we have a good time laughing!

Here is the family sign I made for Jerm and Diana

Bird got some new boots!!! They looked great on her!

Mamaw got a cool metal bulldog

Look at all of these presents! These kids are a little spoiled by Grandma!!!

I love our annual family pictures! What a special time of year to all be together and enjoying each other's company. We are blessed to have such a wonderful family!

I was so busy helping the kiddos open presents and play with their favorites that I didn't even take any other pictures! Jerm made me a super cool red cross out of marble, Grandma got Eric life jackets, Kelby a Cookie dog plus tons of other stuff and Hunter got a cap gun and lots of other stuff. Hunter really believes he shot a bird in the backyard too! It flew behind the fence so Eric told him he shot it but they couldn't go look at it! You should see the looks I get when he tells people about his real bird he killed!!

Christmas at Dad's

2011-12-23T22:30:00.000-08:00

On Friday night we had Christmas at my Dad's house. Christmas fell on a Sunday this year so it was nice to be able to get togther a few days early so that we could all relax and have no where to rush to. Isaiah and Winter went with their Mom on Christmas Eve so it was great to have them there with us too!

Baeleigh and Kelby ready to open some presents!

The kiddos being so patient and waiting to open presents

Here we go!

Hunter loved his train set that goes "choo-choo"!

Kelby is my little artist and absolutely loved her crayon melter!

Jeremy and Diana

All of the kids playing with their new Leapsters

Diana and Kiley posing for some pics!

This is one of my favorite pictures! Mamaw and Justin wearing Angry Bird hats!! Mamaw didn't know that you are supposed to make the same face as the hat you are wearing!!

Grandpa, Winter and Madison

Check out Tre's new floating shark thing

The whole group!

We had such a fun night and I really enjoy us all getting together and having family time. The kids love playing with all of their cousins and it makes my heart happy to see them all play together!

Carriage Ride

2011-12-22T22:00:00.000-08:00

On Thursday night we kicked off our Christmas Break with our traditional family carriage ride! This is our 3rd year to go ad we look forward to it every year. We start off the night with some yummy Famous Enchilada's and then head over to the Country Club for some fun! Starbuck Carriages really take care of us and have the best carriages and horses!

It was so cold so we were all bundled up

Granny and Papa sat backwards but Hunter was there to keep them warm

JJ wore Granny's hat! Loved it!!

Who is that scarry guy in a mask that jumped on our carriage???

Oh wait...it's just Eric keeping warm!

One of our favorite trees!

Can't wait untile next Christmas to do it all over again!

Christmas Sweaters

2011-12-22T07:37:00.000-08:00

Since today is our last day at work before Christmas, we decided to make it Tacky Sweater Day! We have had so much fun this morning laughing at our sweaters! Sidney forgot to wear hers so lucky for her, I had those glittery stockings in my desk drawer so we pinned them to the front of her shirt! She was so excited and thankful I had those!!

Joanne, Sheila, Myself, Sonja and Sidney!

Love these girls and so glad we all look spectacular!!

Christmas Program

2011-12-21T19:00:00.000-08:00

Connie video taped the kids Christmas program because when we all get there to watch, they usually end up goofing off more then singing! This cracks me up and I'm so glad that I will forever have it!!

City Bus Ride to see Santa!

2011-12-20T18:00:00.000-08:00

I was so excited that I got to take off Monday to ride the city bus with the kids and Mrs. Connie to see Santa at the Mall! This will be or last year most likely to get to go with her so it was extra special this time!

Isaiah and Hayden

Kelby, Colin and Jackson

Hunter and Kelby

Amber, Parker, Connie and Winter

We went to the food court and had some yummy pizza after we saw Santa!

Fab Five Christmas Party

2011-12-19T19:00:00.000-08:00

Sunday evening the girls and I met at Olive Garden for our annual Fab Five Christmas Party! This year we decided to do a Pinterest Christmas so we had to make the gifts. We always have the best time and I look forward to this each year and love spending time with my girls!

Our nice waiter took our picture at the restaurant for us!

Dana got us these cute blocks that spell our last names

Sarah made us these cute plaques with our family pictures on them

Thana made us cute picture frames with Fab Five written inside

Amber made these cute earring/necklace holders to hang on the wall

I am so blessed to have such great girls in my life! I know that they would do anything for me and have always been there for me!

Thanks for such a fun night girls!

Connie's Party

2011-12-19T18:30:00.000-08:00

Sunday afternoon was Connie's Christmas party at Chuck-e-Cheese! We always love going there and now that they have some new games they kids love it more!

Hunter playing away!

Kelby and Addison

Jackson and Hayden

Bryson and Colin

Everyone eating some pizza!

Grandpa, Kelby and Winter

Thanks for such a fun party Mrs. Connie!!!

Santa Comes to Burk

2011-12-19T18:00:00.000-08:00

Dana's in-laws won a special auction package where they got to have Santa come for a private party! My kids had no idea why we were going to Burk but were sure excited when we got there!

Took Kelby just a little bit but she finally warmed up to Santa!

Santa gave all of the kids a toy out of his bag!

Thanks for such a good time Dana!

Kaylee turns 5

2011-12-18T12:00:00.000-08:00

Saturday Kaylee turned 5 and had her party at the Gymnastics Sports Center. I was not feeling well still so didn't really take any other pictures!

Happy Birthday Kaylee!

Grinch Party

2011-12-17T12:00:00.000-08:00

On Friday after lunch, Kelby's class had the best Grinch party. Everything was green and the kids had a blast!

This is Kelby's friend Carly and her dad Carter

Kelby and Mrs. Hutchinson

They are such a fun class and I love getting to go help out!

Fantasy of Lights

2011-12-14T21:30:00.000-08:00

On Wednesday it was unseasonably warm so we decided to take advantage of it and head out the fantasy of lights at MSU. Dad, Lisa, Isaiah, Winter and Mamaw went too so we had lots of fun!

I miss having the animals at the manger scene!

Christmas Town (aka...Grapevine!)

2011-12-11T23:30:00.000-08:00

After we left the Gaylord, we headed over to Downtown Grapevine to Main street. It was so much fun and festive. There were lights everywhere and so many neat stores to go in.

The kids enjoyed seeing all of the lights!

Look how pretty Main street is decorated!

Kelby loved the statues

This was a neat exhibit that was narrated by music.

They wanted to of course ride the polar bear as well!

We had such a fun day trip to Grapevine!!! Thanks for coming with us Granny!

Shrek the Halls!

2011-12-11T11:30:00.000-08:00

On Saturday morning, we headed down to the Gaylord to see the ICE exhibit Shrek the Halls! We love Shrek and were really looking forward to it!

When we got there we ate at this neat but weird mexican food place inside. The kids had fun sitting by the river walk

Their poinsetta's were so pretty!

They had all of the reindeer dressed up and they were so cute!

After lunch we headed to the back of the resort to get ready for ICE!

We were way better prepared this year with what to wear to stay warm!

Hunter of course wouldn't do the ice slide but me and Kelby did! It was so fun!

I love how the dragon looks like it is going to get Granny!! Totally didn't plan that!

I love the manger scene at the end made of the clear ice

Kelby wanted her picture in front of this tree but wanted the WHOLE tree in the picture! She looks so tiny!

They loved the automatic rotating door!

We had a great time as usual at the Gaylord and one day will book our trip early enough and be able to spend the night!

Jones's Annual Party

2011-12-10T11:00:00.000-08:00

On Friday night we hosted our annual Jones' Christmas party at our house. We always have the best time and I love that each year we get to add more memories and funny stories to tell the next year. We had our first party back in 2004 after we got married so its fun 8 parties later to talk about stuff that happened even the first year!
We are blessed to have such wonderful friends and we wouldn't trade them for anything!!!

Tara and Jennifer

Sarah and Kristi

Sherry and bf (went blank on his name all of a sudden!)

Mark and Eric (he looks like a chipmunk because he shoved food in his mouth!)

Sandy & Ryan

Myself, Chelsea and Thana

Sandy and Danny

Fab Five!

The girls!

This year I wanted to do somthing different so where do you turn to for ideas?? Pinterest of course!! I found the most fun Minute-to-Win-it game and boy was it fun. They were all Christmas themed games and we had a blast playing them.

This is the throw the giant marshmellows into the wreath bucket.

This is the Nut Stacker game!

This is the stack the cups to look like a Christmas tree game!

This was the hang the ornaments on the yard stick standing on top of the papertowel roll game.

We had such a fun night and I can't wait until next year!

Santa House - Daycare

2011-12-08T19:30:00.000-08:00

Although I didn't get to go with Kelby's class, Mrs. Connie's group went at Noon so I was able to meet them for the Santa House. It's always an adventure anytime you take all of these kiddos out of the house!

The whole clan!

They just look like trouble!

Listening to Santa read The Night Before Christmas

Icing the cookies!

Isaiah and Winter

Decorating the ornament for the tree!

All loaded up in the van!

Santa House - Ben Milam

2011-12-08T19:00:00.000-08:00

On Thursday morning Kelby's class got to go on their first field trip! I was kinda bummed that I couldn't go but Mrs. Hutchinson took lots of pictures for me so I feel like I was there!

The whole class!

Listening to the story

Icing the cookies!

Decorating an ornament for the tree!

Afterwards they walked across the street to Station 1 where Uncle JJ works and took a tour of the station. Wish JJ would have been working that day!

Kelby had such a fun time and I can't wait until the next field trip when I can go!

Let it Snow!

2011-12-05T20:00:00.000-08:00

On Monday morning, we woke up to SNOW! The kids were so excited and I knew it probably wouldn't be there after school so we thew on some hats, boots and jackets and went out in our pajamas!

Who cares if you have on pajamas in the snow!

Look how pretty those snow flakes are!

Jones' Christmas

2011-12-04T21:30:00.000-08:00

Every December the Jones family gets together for a Christmas party. They don't celebrate any other holiday's together so it's the one time of year they all get together. I hate it that Lee Roy could not be there this year (nor last year) to see all of his siblings but at least we had fun!

The Jones' really love playing card games so that's how we started off the afternoon

The top 2 winners and loosers had to sing a Christmas Carol for the rest of us!

The whole group!

Lady A Concert

2011-12-04T11:30:00.000-08:00

On Saturday night, Mom and I went to the Lady Antebellum concert at the MPEC. We had such a great time and it was fun to hang out with Mom!

They really put on an awesome show!

50 Years of Service!

2011-11-30T11:00:00.000-08:00

On Wednesday afternoon, Papaw retired from his Civil Service duty with the Airforce. Combined with is Active Duty Service, he gave 50 years of his life the USAF. WOW...that's a long time and a huge commitment! We were so proud of him and I was so proud to get to be there.

The whole family that came to cheer him on.

30 years ago my Papaw retired from Active Duty on this same stage and I was there then too only I was a few months old. How neat that I was there again this time just a little older!

Mamaw, Kaila and Papaw

Papaw coming in for the ceremony

This man standing next to Papaw gave a good speach about all that he had done in his civil service time. I had no idea how many very neat things he had done. Lots of planning and ideas for many different types of aircraft. He was also the go-to guys when any questions came up. He knew it all and they said that he will be kept on speed dial for all of his knowledge!

This was such an emotional day for my Papaw as you can only imagine. 50 years of your life doing the same thing and now it is time to move on. My Papaw is such an awesome man and he will be greatly missed at SAFB.

Mamaw got an award too

Papaw received many awards one being Civilian of the Year!

Of course we got to have cake!

Congratulations Papaw for a job well done! You are an amaizing man and I am super proud to call you my Papaw!

Family Photos

2011-11-28T20:30:00.000-08:00

On Sunday afternoon, Mom met us all downtown for some fun family pictures!

Here are a few of my favorites!

Deason Thanksgiving

2011-11-26T11:00:00.000-08:00

This year we had Thanksgiving on Friday evening so that we could all be there. The family just keeps growing and spreading out so this makes it easier on everyone.

It was fun all getting together and just hanging out!

Just relaxing!

Look at these sweet girls!

John and Laurie

Hunter and Chelsea

Papa's 80th Birthday is in December and since Joel was here we decided to have an early birthday party for him.

All of the kiddos!

Apparently Scotland hates wearing clothes

Still a kid at heart!

Jackson Turns 6!

2011-11-26T10:00:00.000-08:00

Jackson had his 6th Birthday party at the Plex on Friday night and the kids had a blast!

Dad and Jackson playing a race car game

Hunter loves playing games with Quincy

Birthday boy and Hayden

Dad and Isaiah hit the jackpot!

Isaiah doing a little dance!

Cake and Pizza time!

We had to leave early to get out the Eric's family Thanksgiving but we had a great time! I hated that we didn't get to see him open his presents

Thanksgiving Day

2011-11-25T10:00:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving Day was very rare for us this year, we only had 1 place to go!! It was great to be able and hang out most of the day at one place. My Mom's family had theirs on Sunday before Thanksgiving (no, I didn't get any pictures) and Eric's family was on Friday.

It was a beautiful day so the kids enjoyed playing outside and riding bikes up and down the street.

Tea Lee, Mamaw and Winter relaxing on the couch

Jim and Maddie

Isaiah eating one of the hard boiled eggs he made!

It was so nice so we sent the kids out back to eat

Shirley and Greg's youngest son, Alex

Naomi and Abyela

The whole clan that was there that day! We are still missing some to make this a complete family pic!

All we are missing is Eddie but he had to work :(

Mamaw with some of her Great Grandkids! Amanda kids are missing!

Some of us cousins!

Thanksgiving Prayer

2011-11-23T14:38:00.001-08:00

I saw this on another blog and just loved it so I wanted to share it on mine!

Lord Jesus Christ,
I praise and thank you for my parents and
my family and friends,
whom you have given me to cherish.
Surround them with your tender, loving care,
teach them to love and serve one another
in true affection,
and to look to you in all their needs.
I place them all in your care,
knowing that your love for them is greater than my own.
Keep us close to one another in this life
and conduct us at the last to our true
and heavenly home.
Blessed be God for ever. Amen.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving and be THANKFUL for those around you!

The Jones Family

City Lights Parade

2011-11-20T16:30:00.000-08:00

The weekend before Thanksgiving we always enjoy the City Light Parade in downtown. Mrs. Connie always has a float and the kids enjoy getting to go play the games they have set up down there. Again this year, they had the option to pay for a "play all games" bracelett so the kids really had a good time!

They love the trampolene thingy!

They got to ride the bull!

The Sherriff's department had their large tank down there and since no one was manning it, the kids were all climbing on top of it! They got told later to get down once the guy came back!

Ready to watch the parade!

Amber, Parks and Hayden joined us too!

Winter was very excited for the parade :)

Connie'e super cute float

She's such a cute snowman!

Granny, Papa and Hunter

Santa Claus always marks the end of the parade

Tea' came home with us after the parade and wouldn't you know it, she brought her pajama's just like Kelby's! The girls were so excited that they were matchy matchy!

Family Fun Night

2011-11-19T11:00:00.000-08:00

Ben Milam had their Family Fun Night on Friday night and we had so much fun! The kids got to play games, eat cotton candy & pizza and jump in the bounce house all night!

They loved the blue kind!

Big thanks to the PTA for putting on such a fun night. I won the bid during the silent auction on a cute basket with a snowman bead in it for my bracellet! So much fun!

Thankful for Mrs. Connie

2011-11-19T10:00:00.000-08:00

This year for our Thanksgiving luncheon with Mrs. Connie we went to Pizza Hut. Connie is leaving on Sunday to be in Boston for the week so it was easier to go out to eat. We had so much fun eating there and the kids were so wound up and excited about it.

Mrs. Connie is the best thing that has happened to my kiddos! She loves them like they are her own and we wouldn't trade her for anything!

(wish I would have gotten a picture of her!!)

Hunter's Soccer Party

2011-11-15T21:30:00.000-08:00

Hunter's team had a fun party at Chuck-e-Cheese! The boys got to play and eat some yummy food!

All of the Tigers!

Sandy bought these yummy cupcakes!

Cool trophies!

Thanks for the black icing!!

Kelby's Soccer Party

2011-11-14T19:00:00.000-08:00

For Kelby's soccer party, we rented out the Gymnastic's Sports Center and the girls had a blast playing after their last game!

Kelby is just like a monkey when she can hang upside down! She is always saying she can hang like a sloth! A sloth...strange kid!

Coach Krisit has some mad gymnastics skills!

All of the girls!

Kristi is such a great coach and even better friend! Looking forward to many more years coaching together!

Cool girl soccer trophies!

Fall Soccer Pictures

2011-11-13T21:30:00.000-08:00

Our fall soccer pictures turned out so cute!!! I am such a PROUD soccer Mom!!!

Kelby and her team, the Ponies

Hunter and his team, the Tigers

Tigers Last Game

2011-11-13T16:00:00.000-08:00

I'm so proud of the Tigers for a great first season of soccer! Hunter had so much fun this season and can't wait until next year!

Hunter is a GREAT hard kicker so he kicks the ball in a ton!

Ponies Last Game

2011-11-13T14:30:00.000-08:00

Kelby has come so far this soccer season! Coach Kristi implemented a chart for her goals to acheive during each quarter and she has been amaizing!

She is quite the little soccer star these days!

We had such a great season this fall! Good job Ponies!!

Ben Milam Thanksgiving

2011-11-10T18:00:00.000-08:00

On Thursday for Lunch, Ben Milam had a family Thanksgiving lunch that everyone could come to. Kelby was so excited to wear her Turkey shirt and for me to join her for lunch!

I snuck into her classroom to get a few pictures of the kids before lunch. Their turkey hats Mrs. Hutchison made them were great!

My lunch buddy who I am super thankful for!

Our good friends Gena and Carly!

Playing outside after lunch!

The food was not the best so I'll know better for next year but it was still very fun to be with Kelby during her special lunch!

Christmas Magic

2011-11-06T19:00:00.000-08:00

Every year I get so exctied about Christmas Magic! It's the first official even to kick off the holiday season and there are so many wonderful vendors there to shop with! This years event was great as always and we had lots of fun working our shifts and shopping!

Erin and I working our decoration sales shift!

Trick-or-Treat

2011-11-01T21:00:00.000-07:00

After Mrs. Connie's party we headed home to get ready to trick-or-treat in our neighborhood. We always have so much fun when our friends come over to go with us!

Baeleigh, Kelby, Madison, Hunter and Isaiah

Winter, Noah, Madison, Isaiah, Baeleigh, Kelby, Hunter & Ethan

Some of the houses in our neighborhood go all out!

Winter was so tired but warm in her lamb costume!

Kelby's Candy

Hunter's Candy

We had such a fun night!

Not pictured for our fun night were Eric, Chelsea, Granny, Amanda, Sandy, Ryan, Sheila, Gigi, Grandpa & Myself!

Connie's Halloween

2011-11-01T20:00:00.000-07:00

Every year Connie has such a fun Halloween Party for the kids. She has fun food, yummy cake and lots of fun games for the kids to play.

Check our her super cute cake!

The kids all looked so cute!

Fun games!

We love Mrs. Connie!

Iron Man and the Unicorn (aka. Hunter & Tessa!)

Isaiah's scary teeth!

Trunk-or-Treat at Colonial

2011-10-30T21:00:00.000-07:00

This year Colonial had our first ever Trunk-or-Treat night in the church parking lot. We were so excited when Amber's small group asked us to be apart of their fun group!!

The kids were excited to wear their costumes a day early!

Kelby and Carly

Parker was a cute super hero!

Gena, Carter and Carly were the cutest bat family there was!

We didn't decorate our car as much as some of the other cars but it was still cute! Too bad Eric was sick and had to miss all of the fun!

Willy Wonka and his umpalumpa were the best!!!

Kate was super girl!

The kids with Jackson and Addison!

The kids with Paxton and Asher from our soccer team!

The kids with cousin Ethan!

A Carving We Will Go

2011-10-30T13:30:00.000-07:00

On Saturday night Tarah and Mark invited us over to their house for a fun pumpkin carving party! We ate some yummy yummy food and enjoyed an evening with great friends.

This monster cake was so cute!

Eric was helping to take all of the tops off the pumpkins.

Paul and Maisey

Paul and Dominic were the official pumpkin guts drillers!

Kelby got a cool kit that had glitter and rhinestones in it...Eric sure did help her "bling" out her pumpkin!

I invested $4.97 in this cool automatic carving tool and I was so glad I did!

Briana and Dom had some cool pumpkins!

Ashley and Megan

So many cool pumpkins!

Here's our three: Phineas, blingy pumpkin and my Harry Potter one!

Such good little pumpkin makers!

Ben Milam Dress Up Day

2011-10-29T22:30:00.000-07:00

On Friday, Kelby's school got to dress up and boy was she excited! She was the cutest bumble bee in her class!

Mrs. Hutchison sent me their class picture! Such cuties!!

Wedding Pictures

2011-10-26T21:30:00.000-07:00

Meegan Weaver was the photographer for JJ & Chelsea's wedding and she did such a wonderful job on the pictures!!! Here are some of my favorites that she took!!! (They are low resolution but you can still see how cute they are!!)

You can see more pictures and the super cute slideshow at her website as well by clicking here!

I can't wait to hang them all over the house!

MSU Homecoming

2011-10-23T15:30:00.000-07:00

This year for MSUs homecoming we grabbed Amber, Hayden and Chelsea and all went up for some tailgating and fun football watching! We don't go to very many football games so it is always fun to get out and support our Alma Matar! They had an undefeated season this year so it was a fun game!

H Moffia!

All matchy-matchy!

Kelby's friend Carly was there too because her sister is in the band! The girls had lots of fun playing together!

Kelby's Reading

2011-10-21T19:30:00.000-07:00

Kelby finished her 2nd reading folder this week so we she got a certificate to Texas Road House for a free kids meal! She was so excited and wanted to go right away!!

She is such a super reader and we are so proud of her!!

Kindergarten Picture

2011-10-18T21:00:00.000-07:00

Kelby got her pictures back today from her very first school picture day!!!

She is so stink'n cute and makes her Mommy proud!

Country Fun

2011-10-17T22:30:00.000-07:00

After we painted pumpkins, we headed out to Granny and Papas for a delicious roast dinner. The kids love coming out here because they can just run wild! When the weather is gorgeous like it was, Eric gets the 4 wheeler out and takes them for rides. They even saw deer tracks and then put out some corn for them.

Kelby and Isaiah watching from the top of Papas truck

Isaiah had a good time riding with Uncle Eric

Some day we are going to get us a mule to keep out there so several can go at one time!

Pumpkin Time

2011-10-17T21:00:00.000-07:00

On Sunday afternoon we went over to Amber's for our annual Pumpkin Painting party with our friends. The last few years has been at our house and I was excited when Amber offered up her back porch for the fun!

We picked up Isaiah for the fun also!

Amber was showing us where she painted her toe nail that had fallen off!

We bought fun faces for our pumpkins!

All of the kids turned out so cute!

Wedding Time!!!

2011-10-16T22:00:00.000-07:00

The wedding has finally gotten here and we are super excited!!! Thursday night was the rehearsal and the dinner at Olive Garden! The food was wonderful and Chelsea looked so pretty!

Granny, Papa and the kids were playing with something on their phone while we were practicing!

Friday morning we all went over to the Wellington and started decorating!

After lunch we headed over to Du Nouveau to get our hair done!

Shelly has her own little room so it was fun to see everyone pile in there to watch!

It looked so great!

Next Kelby and I went over to Scottye's side of the salon to get our hair done. This was Kelby's first time and she looked so cute once he was done!

I didn't have my camera once we got there and started getting ready because I was too busy rounding up kids and stuff. I did grab this quick one of the kiddos sitting in the lobby area. Kelby is missing her jewerly but still looks beautiful. Hunter was so handsome in his tux too!

I grabbed this pic of them leaving in the limo as they left for Dallas and then Mexico! Can't wait until the get back and tell us all about their honeymoon and fun stuff they did!

Can't wait to post some of the super cute pics on here that the photographer took later on!

Painted Ponies Pumpkin Patch

2011-10-16T21:00:00.000-07:00

On Friday we took our annual trip to the pumpkin patch with Mrs. Connie! Since it was also wedding day, I had already planned on Kelby being out of school so she was super excited to get to go and not miss it! This will be our last year to go with Daycare as next year Hunter will be in school as well. Sure will miss our trips like this :(

First they painted their pumpkins!

Winter hung out with Quincy most of the morning!

They they went on a barrell ride!

Then we all got to go on a hay ride!

Then they jumped in the bounce house!

Kelby wanted to crawl on top of the hay bail and I'm she did because it sure made for some cute pictures!

Then they rode some ponies!

Their pumpkins all turned out super cute!

The whole group and their matching shirts Connie made!

FallsFest 2011

2011-10-02T19:30:00.000-07:00

This years FallsFest was a huge success and we had lots of fun! I had to do a ton of actual physical labor doing all of the signs but it was still fun! Mom, Diana and Kaila helped me so of course we had fun!

Sarah tried to ruin our picture so I had to share it!

Some of my favorite League girls!

I had fun on my mule this year since we had to lug around so many t-posts!

The kids loved the Touch-a-Truck area

Josh Abbott Band!!!

Leland let the kids take a picture on his bike!

Kelby liked the butterfly tent

We had to go to the petting zoo because Kaila was going to face her fear and touch a cow...well, it was a small calf!

It didn't even move when she touched it!

On Saturday Kelby decided she wanted to do the zip line so we got her all suited up!

Her and Kaila are ready!

Kaila loved it!

Kelby chickened out!

Anxiously waiting for KC & the Sunshine Band!!!

They were awesome!!!

Circus!

2011-09-22T21:00:00.000-07:00

On Wednesday evening we all loaded up with Sarah and her family and went to the Shriner's Circus! We had a great time and the kids really enjoyed themselves!

Kelby got her face painted!

Isaiah and Hunter were in shock at all of the cool stuff going on!

Thanks to Sarah's "way with words" we got awesome seats!! These tigers were so close to us! The creep tiger trainer was too!

After Quincy joined us we got a group picture!

We all loved the elephants

We had to stay until almost the very end so that the boys could see the dirt bikes do all of the cool jumps and tricks!

Isaiah's face when they would do all of the dangerous jumps was great!

Sweet Boys!

2011-09-19T20:00:00.000-07:00

On Sunday we went out to Burk to play with Dana, Reid and Maren. We haven't been out there in a while and Dana ALWAYS has the cutest fall decor out so I was excited to go play!

I stole this picture from Ambers blog and I'm so glad she took it!!

Pre-Wedding Luau

2011-09-18T15:00:00.000-07:00

On Saturday night some of Chelsea and Jeremy's friends and Eric and I hosted a fun Luau for them in preparation for the wedding celebration! The house we had it at was AWESOME and even though it poured on us all night we still had a great time!

Here are the cute invites I made!

Cute little hawaiian dressed bride and groom!

Eric and I

Lyndsay and DJ (aka JD)

We quickly moved the party into the barn due to the storm rolling in and I'm glad we did!

Chelsea and Leslie

Amber and Dave

After it was pooring for a while we wanted to go sit on the back porch and watch the rain. We ran all the way there and then when it started lightening so close to us, we went back to the barn! We are a little water logged in these pics!

The barn (that's 4 times bigger than my house!) had a giant flat screen on the wall so you can see that all of the guys were interested in football!

Us girls played a fun game of Catch Phrase and had a blast!

Pioneer Reunion Parade

2011-09-18T14:00:00.000-07:00

Due to the wedding activities this weekend we had to miss the Friday night rodeo and when we planned on going on Thursday instead, both kids were sick. I hate that we had to miss our anual event but at least we still got to attend the parade on Saturday morning! Granny got Kelby some new boots this year so the kids were all ready!

Such a cutie!

On the square after the parade they of course had sand art! I hate sandart but the kids just love it so we had to stop and make something!

Hunter got to go with Granny to the parade on Friday as well and here is a picture she snapped of him and Papa

Chelsea's Lingerie Party

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This weekend was a busy for the wedding couple! On Friday we had Chelsea's Lingerie shower and then on Saturday was the Luau!! She got some super cute stuff on Friday night!

Super cute bride panties!

The giant Mrs. Jones ones I made her!!! I love iron on letters!

And of course I got her something cute too!

She's says she does not have a small but! Her face cracks me up!

All of her cute stuff!

They played a fun game at the end, which I of course won!, and she got to open this bag full of FUN stuff!

The party crew!

Isaiah turns 5!

2011-09-12T20:00:00.001-07:00

This year Isaiah is here in Wichita Falls for his birthday so he asked if he could have a real swim party! I of course said yes but wasn't planning on the first cold front of the season to come in quite so early and make the water super cold! The kids didn't mind too much but boy was I cold watching them!

Laura surprised us and showed up with Kolby and Kiely!

The birthday boy was a little cold!

Kelby has learned to surf!

Cousins Kiely and Baeleigh

Some of Isaiah's friends from Mrs. Connie's came too!

Cousin Madison

Sweet Jaden was laughing at me!

Aunt Laura keeping the birthday boy warm!

What's a party without a pinata!

Connie made him this awesome swimming cake!

Isaiah and Mrs. Connie

Blowing out the candle!

Mamaw and Jaden

Isaiah loved the new guitar we got him!

Fall Soccer!

2011-09-12T20:00:00.000-07:00

The Fall Soccer season started this past Saturday and it wasn't the best start to the season but it was a start! Kelby's game was at 11:30 and she wasn't feeling the best. The other team had on the same color uniforms so we had to wear these pretty ugly pennies too!

Taking the field for the kick-off!

Kelby's turn and you can tell by the look on her face how excited she is!!

This is how she spent most of the game. Poor baby :(

Hunter's game was at 4:00 and I was so excited for him becasue this was his first game ever! He was so excited as well and loved wearing his uniform!

Coach David talking to them before the kick-off

Hunter was kind-of scared of the other team and told me that "Those blue sharks were mean Momma and kept taking my ball!" We have got to toughen him up!

Water break!

Tea' came over from Tre's game and this picture just cracks me up! Her game was earlier that morning but she still has on her cleets!

Yeah Tigers!!!

Labor Day at Lake Grandbury

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Every year my Aunt Cathy and Uncle Norman invite the whole family to their house on Lake Grandbury for Labor Day. My kids love going down on Sunday night and staying at their house and this year was super fun because Ethan, Sandy and Jaden rode with us too! We had a great time visiting in the car and only got off track one time!

It's become a tradition for Cathy to make her little pizzas and you get to put your own toppings on it. The kids really love it and they taste soooo yummy!

The boys found Abyela and Naomi's play clothes and thought they were cute!

The lake is so low this year so the boys had lots of room to fish from the waterfront area

Kelby loves sea shells!

Cathy is a school teacher and always enjoys reading to the kids before bed!

My cousins: Sandy and Cliff

Amanda (Cliff's wife) and Cathy preparing lunch in the kitchen

Martha and sweet Jaden

Amanda, Abyela and Charlotte

Isaiah's new hair style!

The weather was absolutely beautiful on Monday so everyone enjoyed sitting out side talking

Getting ready for some lake fun

Abyela and Kel

Super cheesers!

Mamaw, Gigi and Winter

Eating some yummy hamburgers for lunch

Naomi is now my friend because I snuck her a cookie before lunch!

Hunter loved jumping off of the dock this year!

Ryan and Ethan jumping in together!

Mamaw and Cathy going for a boat ride

This is the life!

Isaiah and Pepaw

If Jaden were in this picture I think it would a good Andonian Christmas Card contender!

Kelby made me tube FOREVER!!! My arms were about to fall off!!

She even made Grandpa do it with her again!

Cliff and Amanda enjoyed a fun canoe ride to check out the parts of the lake that were so low

Chelsea's Bachelorette Party

2011-09-06T20:00:00.000-07:00

For Chelsea's Bachelorette party we all loaded up and headed to Bricktown in OKC for a fun weekend! All of the bridesmaids and her friend Donna came and it was so much fun. Being the "oldest" of the group and the only Mom, made me feel a little old but I was able to hang with those young'ns just like back in the day!

Once we got there on Friday evening, we checked into our awesome hotel and then walked down the street to The Melting Pot. It was such a fun restaurant but we had so much food!!

Cheese Fondue!

The Love Martini's weren't bad either!

The chocolate protion of the dinner was my absolute FAVORITE! Here is what our ying yang fondue looked like!

This sample tray of yummy items is what you dip in the chocolate!

After we finished dinner we headed down the street to the Sky Bar for some drinks on the balcony. It was lots of fun until Chelsea looked over at our hotel and saw some boys on the roof! She thought this looked liked a "fun" thing to do! So, we headed back, changed clothes and headed up to the parking garage. I was so nervous while watching them figure out how to get on the top of the building! The Mom in me came out and I yelled at them until them all came down!! Crazy girls!

On Saturday we had to get up at the crack of dawn (really only like 7:00) because Chelsea has forgotten how to sleep in! We went down stairs, had breakfast and then she wanted to take a nap!! After or naps, we headed to the mall for a fun day of shopping and Chick-fil-a!!

For dinner, we got all fancy and walked down to Abuelos (soooo yummy) for dinner!

Chelsea made us all paint our nails super sparkly!

I hate that this one turned out blurry because we were so cute!!

Waiting in line to get into Murphy's Piano Bar!!

This was Chelsea's "piano pose" so I had to show her how it was done below!

Brittany's 80oz drink!

One of Chelsea's dare cards was to write her name on a guy in lipstick! This guy looked the least hairriest so we chose him!

Lyndsay and I bringing back the overhead clap!

Chelsea had to perform on stage since she was the Bachelorette!!

We had such a fun time and now I can't wait for the wedding day!!!

HH100 Trail Run

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This year I challenged all of my girls to run in the Hotter'n Hell Trail run with me! It is a 10K and we had so much fun! I did not train one bit as I have been busy with Insanity and boy did I struggle! I did finish but walked the whole last 2 miles of it. Oh well, there is always next year! The others however, did awesome! So proud of them and hard they worked to make good time!

Amber, myself, Thana and Diana

Muscle poses!

Spirit fingers!

Finally finished and in under 2 hours!

Diana won this cute pair of toe socks for getting a blister!

Amber asked a vendor if I could have a pickle because she knows how much I love them! It really made me feel better!

Sarah was close by providing some Starbucks!

This course is such a fun challenge and next year I will be much more prepared!