Signs you have a little boy in your house...

I couldn't help but take a picture when I saw this.... I collect Willow Trees and when I found one of them holding Batman the other day I literally laughed out loud! This must be a sign that you have a little boy in your house! Priceless!

Where have we been?!

I can't believe it has been a month since I posted! Actually... I can believe it! November and December are kind of a blur to say the least! The final push to finish the house at the end of November was beyond stressful. Not because we had any problems (thank goodness!) but just because there were people working around the clock and we had to be there daily, as we could, checking on things and monitoring the finishing touches. It was really exhausting running up and down the highway between, Salado, Harker Heights, Temple and The Grove. Work was very busy during this time as well and as I look back now I am so thankful we pushed through all that... it was totally worth it! I am happy to say the house is finished and we moved in the first weekend in December! We didn't take any time off for the move but had lots of help from family and friends. I will say the POD we stored everything in was WONDERFUL! It was perfect for our situation and I would totally recommend it! ANYWAY, what a blessing to spend Christmas in our new home! There will be more posts later with house pictures, Christmas pictures, New Years, etc.
On another note... I am starting a new project next month. I will be taking a class through the Region here to get my teaching certificate! I am very excited to make this change! It's a bit scary thinking about changing professions after being in the mortgage business for 10 years! But I know I will love it. The class will be three nights a week from 5:30 to 9:30! YIKES! It's only about three months long so I think I can handle that. Some of you may not know this but I am not so much a night owl these days! I am usually in bed and asleep by 9 so I think I may have to take coffee to class! If you went to elementary school with me you may remember Mrs. Curtis...??? I don't remember what grade... maybe 4th...anyway, she was one of my all time favorite teachers! Maybe it was a sign... now I am on track to be Mrs. Curtis and hopefully touch childrens lives as she did mine! YEAH!


Check back soon~

Babies! Babies! Babies!

I want to congratulate two of our friends that both just had babies!!!

~Scott and Liz Payne just had their first baby!
Allison Elizabeth was born today weighing in at 8lb. 9oz.

~Beau and Ashley Whitaker just welcomed their second daughter on Saturday!
Kaydence Reese

We are so excited for you both!!! Congratulations!
These two preggos met at Owen's birthday party and were due within a couple of weeks of each other. We will have to get you all together again now that the girls have arrived!

Green River Ordinance's video!

My cousin's band has made a video! Check it out!

http://www.mtvu.com/music/video-premiere/green-river-ordinance_come-on/

We have always joked about my sister and I being back up dancers when my cousins got to the point of making videos... unfortunately, I didn't get a call for this one :( Maybe next time!
You can also visit their official site at www.greenriverordinance.com

Batman Begins

I got Owen the Dark Night Batman costume for Christmas. I don't know where his fascination with Batman came from... He has a cup with Batman on there and Aunt Kelly got him some Batman PJ's (complete with a cape) for his birthday. We don't have any Batman movies and if there is a cartoon I am not aware of it... but you would think Owen knows all about it! He gets so excited about his Batman stuff. I held back the costume as long as I could because I knew once he put it on he would not want to take it off. It is already a battle to get him out of the PJ's on the nights he sleeps in them. (I have to admit he has worn them to school once or twice... hey, you have to pick your battles! And I am pretty sure it is not the first time a two year old has worn his PJ's to school)

ANYWAY, here are some photos of the first time we tried on the costume. He was so funny! He didn't want to put on the full suit... he told me he was "too big" but I think it was too hot for him. So that is why you only see him here in the cape and the mask. I tried on the mask first to show it to him and he insisted that I "put Batman on his nose". So here you go....

After running down stairs... he jumped off the bottom step and gave us this first pose... pricless!

Apparently, Batman does a bear crawl.

Another Batman pose...

And then the muscles came out ;)

As you can see... he put on quite a show! He was running around giving us his best Batman impression... it was great!!!

Sea World

We lived in San Antonio for a few years when I was a child so you can understand how excited I was to share the magic of Sea World with Owen! I waited all summer to try to avoid the heat and we finally decided to go with the Faskes in October. We started off with the Shamu show and Owen thought that "big whale" was pretty neat. There weren't many rides he could ride but we did manage to get him on the log ride and he really liked it! He wanted to go down that "big mountain" again and again! We got an annual pass so there are several trips in our future :) AND I CAN'T WAIT! We were all exhausted by the time we made it home but it was well worth it! Sea World anyone?...

Ashlyn (John's niece), Owen (would not look at the camera), Cason, Erin and Anna (John's niece)

Back row: Parker :)

A Nashville Wedding!

My cousin Matt got engaged last week! We just met his girlfriend last month. Her name is Brittany and she fit right in with the family! Looks like we will be going to a Nashville wedding next February! I can't wait!!!!