Dallas Trip- Phase 2& 3

So this is going to be a super quick wrap up 

I got stuff going on

You're Welcome

Day 2 in Dallas was spent with besties

Bethany

Ilan and Castel

I love having boys the exact same age

 It was suppose to rain all day

So we opted for the mall

Bookstore

Lunch

Carousel

 Christian's first ride

He loved it

 Since by early afternoon it hadn't rained

(thanks mother nature for making us miss the zoo)

We opted to head to Central Park in Frisco

The boys needed to RUN

One of my absolute favorite places in town

If you have never strolled through there

Please do

Day 3 of Dallas

PARTY DAY

First stop

Chuck-E-Cheese

Castel's 3rd birthday

Never been to a party at the CEC

We often go for lunch and playing on a Tuesday afternoon

BIG DIFFERENCE

Party central + rainy Saturday=

crazytown

 Colton and Castel

So sweet

(FYI-for anyone living in the area, Bethany buys her cakes from the baker in downtown Mckinney..best cakes EVER)

 Next Party

Infinite Bounds

Where we did Connor's last year

And where I would do every party if we still lived there

For our old neighbor

Milla, turning 4

 This is Christian and Trace

Milla's baby brother

about 7 weeks younger

Look at my white boy

And chunky boy

 This is where my camera was getting blurry

Piece of crap

I don't think Milla has any girl friends

It was all boys, unless related

Party number 3

Mine

Dinner at The Keg

YUM

Linda, Tony, Amy, and of course Mark

joined me

This is Linda and Tony

I could do an entire blog on the life of Tony

I will have to share some stories some time!!

He is CRA-ZY

 After dinner we went to the Hub to finish watching the game

And play a little JENGA

 Darren and Tanya joined us there

They never miss out on a game challenge

And Amy lost this round,

But we did all share of loosing

Ok my blogging peeps

I might not be posting for a few days

I am doing laundry today so that I can pack

I am headed to Memphis/Mississippi tomorrow

My Mawmaw only has a few days left

She has been in a nursing home for about a year now

suffering from Alzheimer's

But she developed pneumonia a few days ago

She refuses to eat and take medication

Most people her age don't recover from pneumonia

Please please keep her and my family in your prayers

Stay Out of the Water

Dallas Visit-Phase 1

Packed the bags

Loaded the car

Picked up Con from school

Ready to go

Dallas Bound

We actually made great time

It's an easy drive

And now that the boys have their headphones,

A peaceful one

We decided to eat dinner at the hotel restaurant

Me at a restaurant with 3 boys

Alone

And it's not McDonalds or Chick-Fil-A

SCARYVILLE

The boys did GREAT

Damn I'm good

Now up to the room for bed

I got everyone to sleep

Unfortunately....

not everyone stayed asleep

Christian either does not like strange places

or sleeping in his play pen

It was a loooonnnnnggg night

But our first full day "home" was spent with Ben

Connor's bestie soul mate

These 2 are inseparable

We spent the entire day with this beautiful family

The big boys were non stop

And sweet Sophia being all girly and motherly took care of Christian

I put Christian down for a nap in Samantha's room

Went in to check on him and found 

 He had opened Sam's drawers and pulled out clothes

 After about an hour of quiet play

He finally fell asleep

Back at the hotel 

I bathed the little boys

 I sweetly remembered it was at this very same hotel 

that Christian had his very first "big boy" bath

And now I can barely control him in the tub

I know my sis just puked a little in her mouth at the thought of hotel bathtub

Don't worry

I washed the germs off

See

Christian is having fun

It's all good

But better than the tub....

The cool air blowing those little blondie hairs

Sam brought Con to the hotel around 8

She heard the other ones crying screaming

And refused to leave

She climbed right up into the bed with Colton 

And calmed him down

Now that's a friend folks!

It was 9:30 before the little ones were asleep

And a couple of hours later

Christian was up again

For the night

It was then that I swore I was never traveling alone with them again

EVER

But I am sure I will

Phase 2 of our trip later

Staying aFloat

The boys and I went to Dallas Wednesday after school

I had to go to the Dentist

YAY no cavities

And the boys had play dates scheduled

Mark came down Friday after work

We had 2 birthday parties Saturday

And my birthday dinner that evening

We are home and worn out

At least I am

I am now trying to get back into the swing of things

Funny how only a couple of days off of your routine can mess you up

Laundry is piled up again

Grocery shopping had to be done late last night

Sheets are dirty

And I swear I am 

NEVER

TRAVELLING 

ALONE

WITH THE BOYS

AGAIN

EVER!!!

Christian may have drank from a cup

HOORAY

Could the end of nursing be in sight?

I must have left my camera cord at the MIL's house

So as soon as I locate a spare I will post pictures and stories

Today I could scratch my eyeballs out

What ever is in the air

I no likey

I have sneezed a half million times

I know, that's alot

But it's true

I swear

I have counted

We have been invited to our first birthday party here

HALLELUJAH

And it's a costume party

BONUS

Connor hasn't stopped talking since we returned

OK, so he never stops

Not even in his sleep

Swear it!

You can't make this stuff up folks

Colton hasn't quit whining

What's new right

Since he had the terrible 2's, 

We are praying for terrific 3's

Is it possible?

OMG

Cried my eyes out watching Oprah yesterday

She had a couple on....very cute couple

3 kids, ages 5, 4, and 2

Dad was working

Mom and her mom took the kids to a parking lot fair kind of deal

Headed home for naps...

Got stuck in traffic for construction and a semi hit them at 55 MPH

Reader's Digest version

All 3 kids died (1 boy, 2 girls)

The parents, thru major depression, promised each other not to commit suicide and leave the other alone

Almost 1 year to the date of the accident

They had triplets

1 boy, 2 girls

Chill bumps?

Love is the Air

Not my Love

Not my Air

But my friend Thomas

He got married on Sunday

In Tulsa

It was small and sweet

We made the 2+hour drive out there to

Skelley Lodge

And found these gorgeous views

It was truly a peaceful place

Thomas told me it used to be a hunting lodge

But now it is rented out for weddings and such

I

of course

had to sneak in a few pictures

Even though it irritated the crapola 

out of the hubs

See they don't always cooperate

Back to Thomas

and HIS wedding

It's not always about me

All though I think it should be

The ceremony was outside

with nature as the decor

and the breath taking views

I had to stand back by the lodge 

with my little chatter box boy

The above 2 photos were the only ones I got

My hands were busy

What can I say

After the ceremony

We ate and played around

The big boys played football with the other kids there

Including Thomas' new step sons

And that was a moment for me

As I stood over on the side dancing with Christian

Watching my other babies play

It hit me....

This is what life is about

NOT

running errands

NOT

watching a football game alone

NOT 

tag teaming with your spouse so you can go to Target kid free

NOT

wondering what you are missing

But...

watching your kids play with new friends

and

spending an evening outside knowing that everything is right

in your world

OK geez....

where did all that sappy crap come from??

Back to my normal bitter self

AKA

Debbie Downer

Love these brothers

Wore these little shoes
Cute
Didn't even hurt my feet
But my heels slipped in them non stop
Which makes it very difficult to walk
Not as difficult as heels at an OUTSIDE wedding though

Suckers kept sinking into the ground

And wanted to share the groom's cake
Ok
well nevermind
The freaking pictures aren't working now
Stupid Computers!!!

I will try and show it later
Headed to Dallas tomorrow after school
We have 2 birthday parties to attend this weekend
And I am hoping for a birthday dinner with some friends

Toodles

1st Trip to the Pumpkin Patch

October is one of my 

FAVORITE

months

of them all

The weather is turning cooler

The leaves start changing to their gorgeous fall colors

My birthday occurs

(all though sometimes I try to forget)

There is Halloween

and 

PUMPKIN PATCHES

We usually go at least once a week

I remember last year it was so wet

But still we went

We run around

We get lots of baby pumpkins for art projects

We dress up and take pictures

We went this week to 

Southern Hills Christian Church

They just have pumpkins for sale

No bells and whistles

But that's all we needed

I have found a a few patches/farms in the area

I am going to try and visit one this weekend

when daddy can join us

They cost money

SERIOUSLY???

I have never paid to visit a PP before

But we'll give it a whirl

And this little pumpkin is....

Enjoying his first Halloween

NOW WASH 'EM

BOYS

I'm such a slave driver

Time for painting

And since Christian can't paint yet

He entertained us with music

I love October