The Lucky Winner!

Thanks ladies for all of your AWESOME captions! They all made me laugh! Casey laughed as I read through all of them tonight, but one really caught his attention!!!

Lindsey!!!

Way to add "daddy" in there! I think hearing his name made him feel special! He said that we would for sure be using that picture for blackmail!!! Congratulations! I'm pretty sure I have your home address, but if you don't mind go ahead and email it to me again please! :) As soon as I get your address I'll put your giftcard in the mail! :)

Thanks again ladies for playing!

So the story behind the potty picture..... This was our first trip to TX in panties, and I swear 15 minutes on the road and she's crying POOP! She saw me put this new potty in the car, and just had to try it out. Well, this picture was about the 5th time we stopped for her, and she never did go poop that day. She just kept telling us she had to go in her "special potty" I told her I was about to throw her "special potty" in the trash! Not sure I'll let her see me put it in the car next time. And let me just say, our road trip took ALL day...literally!

Contest

Does anyone have a GREAT caption for this photo?

In honor of the kids starting back to school, and us moms and dads needing coffee more than ever I decided to have a contest. The winner will receive a $20.00 gift card to Starbucks. Just leave your caption in the comment section. I'll ask Big Casey which caption is his favorite without telling him who it belongs to. Whoever he chooses wins. The contest will close on Wednesday, August 18th at 10:00 pm CST.

Sweet Landon

Today marks the one year anniversary of Baby Landon's death, and we dearly miss him! It comforts me to know that if he can't be here on earth, that he is in the arms of Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! When I think of Landon this is the image I see. Our thoughts and prayers are with you Taylor and Valerie!

Company Picnic

The kids look forward to Casey's company picnic every year. The company rents out a family fun center where they have miniature golf, bumper boats, go karts, arcade games, lazer tag, paintball, and rock climbing. Anna lives for rock climbing, and it was first on her list.

I am so proud of Anna and the things she tries. I'm just not sure as a kid that this would excite me at all, but she absolutely gets a thrill out of pushing that buzzer every time!

Not sure if you read my blog Stef, but maybe this is one of those not so perfect pictures! :) Lol!

This was the only picture I got of Bub that night. He likes to take off and play lazer tag while I'm with the girls.

Anna is acting like she is going to spray Neen and I with water! Good thing she didn't!!! It was too early to get soaked!

Neen's first ride on the bumper boats. She loves boats! She even has her own "boat" keys Nana gave her! :)

Anna loves to have her face painted.

We played lots of games that night, but we have to go back to cash in our game tickets for prizes. The line that night was way too long! I was so glad we didn't get any push back, but it does mean another trip, which probably means more FUN!!!

Not company picninc related, just something I don't want to forget.

Neen's favorite color is red. She even wants a RED birthday party! That should be easy! :)

Neen calls all spiders itsy bitsy spiders, and all other flying bugs she calls buzzy bees.

Trip to Tx

Last week we drove to Tx for a few days. We had a great time, and it was so fun to see friends and family! We did lots of swimming in Nana's pool, we bought school shoes, Anna and I got our hair cut (thank the Lord). Amanda took us to her favorite, and now my favorite sno cone place. We went to the Barnum and Bailey circus, and we got to go to one of our favorite fast food joints....Chicken Express. We didn't make it to Cane's this time, but next time will come soon.

Before we went to Tx Nana decided to clean the pool. She fell and broke her wrist in 5 places. She had surgery last Tuesday and they put 3 pins in her arm. Who ever knew that pins were 6 inches long? Ouch!! She's doing ok. She's having a hard time getting dressed and fixing her hair, but she is still driving to work each day! She is one strong woman!!

It was so nice to see my brother Taylor! Neen loves him to death, as do ALL the kids. He painted us some AWESOME pictures while we were there! I can't wait to get them hung on the wall. He and Valerie are supposed to come and see us soon! We can't wait!!

It was also nice seeing Valerie! She and I always have so many laughs. You know, because we're from that same "ERA" LOL!!! She keeps Taylor in line, and the kids love her!

At the circus. We had a Zing Zang Zoom Time! ;) Thanks for a great night Nana!

The girls decided they could see better on the boys shoulders! Thanks Uncle Andrew and Daddy! Watching the elephants paint was so fun!

Amanda, how did it turn out that I saw you 4 out of the 5 days we were there and I didn't get a picture of you or your belly? Makes me sad, but we were so happy to spend time with you! Thanks for spending time with us, and bringing us doughnuts everyday! Boy....we miss doughnuts.

Speaking of doughnuts.....I had some test run before we left to go out of town. When we got back my results were already in the mailbox. :( It seems my cholesterol is way high, my triglycerides are just as high, and my vitamin D is super low. So...it looks like a lot of lifestyle changes are coming my way starting 2 days ago. :( I'm kind of excited though, because I've been wanting to get "healthy" for awhile now. No better time than when a doctor says JUST DO IT!!!!

It has been a week!

It's been a whole week without the paci, and it has been so much easier than I ever expected. The strep throat and UTI Neen had did put a kink in things, but not too bad! Last Friday was a hard night. It took her 2 hours to fall asleep, and she kept telling me....but I'm going to sleep mom, but I'm going to sleep. She thought as long as she went to sleep she could still have her paci. She slept through the night, and I was soooo proud of her! The next day was touch and go, but she did GOOD! She would ask for her paci and we would remind her of her bear and she'd frown and go on about her business. The last few days the paci has not even been mentioned, and Creamy bear sits nicely on her bed during the day.

And her teeth.....we can already tell a difference! :)

Thank you all for your prayers and support!

Ode to Paci:

I loved my paci night and day.

My friend and comfort along the way.

Now that I am two years old.

I have to be yet strong and bold.

I gave my paci's all away.

I don't need them another day.

by: Neen (kinda ;)

Thanks Amanda...

..for helping me get rid of that photobucket message, and for creating a BEAUTIFUL new blog for me! I hope it didn't take up too much of your "work" time! Maybe it even helped the day go by faster! What would I do without you?

Just for fun:

circa 1985 I was 8 and Amanda was 2.

Look at those bangs! Classic!

Circa 2001 Amanda's senior year of high school! Don't be fooled! I had already had Casey and the skirt didn't fit. What is it with the hips widening? ;) It almost fit.... only the button in the back did not fasten. :)