More Birthday Pary Pics....

Lincoln spent a lot of his party time being rolled around in this barrell,

and of course being thrown in over and over into the sponge pit....

One of his highlights was passing out the goodie bags as his friends were leaving...

Circle time: Everyone got to go in the middle and introduce themselves by doing their special skill.
Parachute....

Nervous Lincoln biting his nails....

Lincoln's Third Birthday: Success!!

The Parachute!!

Birthday Boy!!

Practicing his skills...

Blowing the candles...

Lawson had fun, too!!

Lincoln's party was SO much fun. He had an absolute blast. He had 15 freinds come, plus some younger siblings around Lawson's age. Mommy's and Daddy's came. I'll post more pics at a later time, but here are a few highlights of his Gymnastic's Party ..

Guest Bath

Ron is remodeling the guest bath this weekend. He will put new wallpaper/border, frame in the mirrow, put new towel holders, etc... Pretty much a complete makeover. Can't wait to see how it is going to look.
For those of you that hadn't seen the bathroom, it is the guest bathroom but also the boy's bathroom. And it was wallpapered pink and white striped, and not very attractive at all.

Lincoln, Lawson, and I spent the afternoon at Chuck E Cheese for a birthday party. This little girl is in Lincoln's gymnastics class and also his Sunday school class. Good Times!!

When they wake up, we will head to the Flower Mound Holiday Stroll.... Can't wait, it's a bit cold but we will bundle up....

Lincoln's party tomorrow!!!

Ho Ho Ho

Went to see Santa today at Grapevine Mills Mall. 5 hours later, now we are home. The boy's loved sitting on Santa's lap. When Santa asked Lincoln what he wanted for Christmas, he said "a magazine".

Cold Cold

Just woke up, it is whopping 21 degree's outside, wow. First thing I thought was I'm so glad Justice is somewhere warm and not outside here.

They are still asleep, but when the wake up we will bundle up and go see Santa at the Mall!!

Then Lincoln and I will put together the goodie bags for his bday party. He has been involved in all the planning processes so far which is fun. We went last night and he got to pick out all the "goodies" for the bags, and will be able to stuff them today. He is an excited almost 3 yr old! Party in 2 days.

Tomorrow he will go to a friends bday party at Chuck E Cheese....
Baby's up.

Lawseeee

Little Bit of SAD news

Good Bye Justice, thanks for all the good memories!!

Bad news for us, but good news for our kitty Justice.

Today, Justice was adopted. It was just getting too cold for Justice outside here, so I located her a good home. The women who adopted her is an older women living in a town home. It will just be the 2 of them. She will get lot's of attention, and she will stay warm. Her name is Donna, and Donna already emailed me some pics of her in her new home. I have to say, she did look pretty happy:

This is Justice in her new home tonight: we sent her with her favorite kitty bed!! Lincoln and I are very sad tonight.

Random Info

1. Didn't leave the house today, trying to get all back in place after our weekend of remodeling!!
2. Ordered cake for Lincoln's bday party, and picked up decorations/favors. By the way, please let me know if you are coming. Haven't had many RSVP's, not sure how many coming. It's going to be soooo much fun, it's all Lincoln has been talking about. It is going to be "Wild West Cowboy" theme.
3. Will be at Winkids by 9am for Lincoln to take a trial class, a sports class. Then we will come right home and Lincoln has a playdate here with Ben (Debbie's son).
4. Taco's and Jen's spanish rice recipe for dinner tonight. Lincoln had his first Candy Cane. Loved it.
5. I've sold over 75 things on ebay now. Having fun doing this.
6. On Saturday, we will watch a Christmas parade here in FM, and in there is a BIG Christmas Festival here that afternoon: they are bringing in real snow, santa, real reindeer, train rides, you know all that really fun stuff!! So, if anyone comes in town this weekend, we can go to this....
7. Better get to bed. Good Night

Quote of the Day

It is good to be children sometimes,
and never better than at Christmas,
when its mighty founder was a child himself.

(Charles Dickens)

Mom and Dave

Mom (Ron's) and Grandpa Dave will be heading on their

journey over to our place starting on Tuesday.

They will arrive in Flower Mound around the 15th.

Please keep them in your prayers for safe travels.

We can't wait to see you!!

Welcome Jen

Welcome Jennifer Mary to our family in 1973.

I was 2 1/2.

I actually remember getting this picture taken!!

I was so excited to be allowed to hold the baby.

Me and younger sister Jennifer, bundled up playing in the snow in Illinois.

Wrappping up weekend

W.O.W. What a weekend. Ron sucessfully put in real wood flooring in both our study and in Lincoln's room. It looks great. We will get to Lawson's room later. I sucessfully kept the kids a

way and entertained during this process. The whole house right now is out of order, so I'll be working on getting everything back to normal.

Remember that Pumpkin patch I liked so much? well, in December it is a tree farm you can visit, with all the same fun things for the kids to do. These are some pics of Lawson at the tree farm yesterday, you can tell that he was just tooooo cold. But, he had fun playing in that little house.

Lincoln went to a birthday party on Saturday, Lawson and I also had fun there!! Lincoln's party is just a week from today. He is sooo excited. When I asked him what he wanted for his bday, he said, "a pumpkin, a ball, and a little present for Lawson". Boy, is he going to be surprised!!

Lincoln will perform in a Christmas program on Wednesday for his bible study class. Hopefully Ron will make it, and we can video record it.

December, Already??

I can't believe it!!

Lincoln's party is already next weekend!!

Got lots to do, this is going to be an awesome month.

Nanny and Grandpa Dave will be on their trek over here soon.

Reaah and Jeremy will be here to visit Dec 18-24!!

Going to the Nutracker on the 20th (Reaah and Jer too)

Hosting Ron's work party here

OK, Ron will be putting in wood floors in the

study and both boys rooms over the weekend.

I will not have access to the comp due to this,

so I'll check in with you on Monday!!

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND

When Mommy Was a Little Girl....

3 months

Sue's 1st day of Kindergarden, I cried when she left.

High Chair, my mom still has this high chair...

I think in this picture I look just like Lawson. I am on the left.

Good Job A plus

Lincoln had a visit to the dentist today. He had NO cavities, and the dentist said that he looks perfect! He had his 1st full cleaning and flouride, the works. Of course, he was very cooperative. This was his 3rd visit to the dentist already.

His dentist moved offices, and we went to the new office, I just could not believe it! In the waiting area they had: a media room with full screen theatre surround sound: 3 levels of seats, they had a play area with a tree house/slide, an area for parents with a free coffe bar, huge "massage chairs" for the parents waiting, an arcade room for the kids, on and on. Can you believe this in a dentist office?? Everything here is not only child freindly, but they cater to the parents.... Nice...

Snow Day

Lincoln really enjoyed his 1st Snow Experience. He kept looking for Santa Claus, associating S.C. with the snow. Mommy wasn't prepared, he doesn't have any mittens!! Need to get some of those for the boys right now (online)!!!

White Stuff??

What is that cold white stuff falling from the sky?? Yes, it is actually SNOWING here in the Big D!! Lincoln loves it. Let him play just for a bit since he is just getting over being sick.....

2nd Bithday

Me opening up gifts on my 2nd Birthday.

Fun, Fun, notice the fancy wrapping paper (newspaper!!)

Bath Time, 1971

At Thanksgiving we were all laughing at this picture.

We thought it looked just like Lincoln and Lawson.

It is Sue and me, me the baby....

We even asked Lincoln, who is this?

And he said "me and Lawsy".

Sister's

Sue on left, me on right. Ages 2 and 4...

(Mom is scanning me lot's of childhood pics, so more to come...)

Flashback #2

My Dad holding Sister Sue in red and me with the afro on right.

Put Your Best Foot Forward

HE WALKS!!

Lawson is now officially a walker.

Last night for Ron and I, he walked across the room on two different occasions.

Then today he just decided to get up and walk everywhere....

He has great balance and coordination so he rarely falls and gets hurt. Yeah, Lawson!!

PS: Went to the DR, boys ok, upper respiratory viral stuff....

No ear infections.

More allergy meds for Lincoln and both got decongestion type things...

Looking forward to a speedy and 100% recovery..

1973

This is me on Easter in 1973. I was Linlcoln's age. Now you know where he got all his curls.....

Under the Weather

The boy's are both officially sick.

We have a doctor's appointment at 2:30 this afternoon to confirm this!

From Courtney L

Courtney L just sent me these pics from Thanksgiving...

Aren't they cute???

Christmas Tree Time

Our Big Boy Santa Claus. This will be his 4th Christmas!!

He is really having fun with it this year. He asked if Jesus was coming to Thanksgiving Dinner at Aunt Jen's. Now, he has all sorts of questions about Santa Claus.

He was waiting and watching for Santa Claus today out the front window...

Lawson's 1st Christmas this year. He is going to LOVE opening presents.

I know this because if you can see that he is sitting on a wrapped present,

it is no longer wrapped!!

Here is a sample of what he is going to want to do to the ornaments...

Then this!!

We worked today on getting the tree and decorations up.

We still have a ways to go, but here are some photo's of the fun....

Baby sitter

Yes, Ron and I got a babysitter tonight.

Miss Francie, the sophomore in college is the daughter of Miss Nancy, Lincoln's most favorist teacher at our church. I mean Lincoln really really loves miss Nancy, she was his vacation bible school teacher for a week, and if we go to service on Saturday nights she is Lincoln's teacher, and then she is also his teacher when I go to MOPS. She is soooo sweet, and is so complimentive of Lincoln, always saying how "joyful" he is...

Anyway, her daughter has fallen in love with the boys at church, and is studying to be a kindergarden teacher.

To make a long story short, she came over and we went on a date.
We went and had fondue at The Melting Pot. We are still S. T. U. F. F. E. D. We decided that we need to get out every once in awhile..... And what an easy night for a babysitter. Lawson went to sleep before she got there, and all she had to do was play with Lincoln a bit before she put him to bed. She said she got all her Christmas cards written out!!

Boys a little under the weather. Both grouchy for 2 days, Lincoln had a 100.1 this afternoon, and Lawson vomitted pretty bad earlier.... Hope they are fine tomorrow.

Lawson is no longer taking 2-3 steps, but now is taking 6-7 steps. He gets really proud of himself...

Good Night!!

Happy Turkey Day

Grammy with all 5 Grandkids, possible Christmas card picture??

Lawson and cousin Bristol had fun playing together!!

Hope that everyone had a great Thanksgiving. We are thankful for all of you,

our family and friends.
We went to San Antonio to spend the holiday with my side of the family

and Jen and Marks.

I was a GREAT trip!!

There to celebrate were: Jen, Mark, Piper, Sue, Matthew, Lauren (La La), The Flower Mound Four, Kirby, Tom, Courtney, Bristol, My Mom and Herb, Marks parents: Sallie and Dan, My Dad and Evelyn (flew in from Chicago)

Dinner was Awesome

Had a fun traditional ornament exchange

The Wedding

Something I am thankful for:

In January, it will be our four year wedding anniversary.

WOW, we have done a lot in four years!! Love You Ron!!

Great Weather Today

Lawson blowing "rasberries". Boy, can he make some really silly sounds!!

Is this car supposed to be a double decker???

Static Baby!! (enlarge pic to see the full effect!!)

Couldn't pass up the opportunity for some good ole outdoor playtime!!

Name Change

Thanks for all your great suggestions.

My new blog name is:

The Flower Mound Four

Who will the prince choose?

Sadie or Jen?

I think Sadie, let me know your pick.

My Monday

Lincoln went to his 3 hour gymnastics camp today. Apparantly he had a great time, and judging by the l.o.n.g. nap I got out of him afterwards, he must have really had a great time. Meanwhile, Lawson was at home entertaining himself by going under and out of this chair skirt around 30 times. Easy to entertain!!

Thanksgiving Six

Sunday Six - Thanksgiving

1. Do you like to eat Turkey?
Yes.

2. Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving?
We want to be big like God, and play with play doh.

3. What other foods do you eat at Thanksgiving?
Turkey, pizza, juice, we play, ummmmm, that's nice.

4. Which would you rather be, a pilgrim or an Indian?
Pilgrim, I made a pilgrim hat. What is an indian?

5. Where do you celebrate Thanksgiving?
Aunt Jen's!! Aunt Jen's house!! Who is going to be there??? La La, cookies?

6. Do you have a special tradition for Thanksgiving, if so, what is it?
Yeah, I don't know. You know what it is, mommy?? Stop typing, tell me what it is...