Thoughts to get offf my mind before bed....

Next Friday, Lincoln will get his cast off. He (and Me) is so excited!!! Lately it has been driving him crazy, he says it feels like there are fire ants under his cast, it's so itchy. And the sponge bath thing is getting kind of old.... We are just ready for him to be able to return to his normal activities. An arm cast at 5 yrs old is kind of a bummer....

Had to get Lawson's hair cut today to even up his own hair cutting experience.

Nanny and Grandpa Dave will be leaving next week. We will miss them so much, it's so nice to have them around. We wish they would settle down near us....

Nanny and Grandpa D took the boys to McD's today for playtime... They stayed and played for about 3 hrs!! Thanks guys, then they took a 3 hr nap... It was great (I napped too).

Ron has been officing (apparantly thats not a word according to my spell check..) from home, in his new upstairs office, so that has been a pleasant experience.

Other than that, I'm off to bed!!

Quick Video of Lawson

It's a Taylor Day Today

One of Lincoln's Bestest Buds spent the day with us, and boy did they (and me) have a fun....

It's nice to have another girl in the house once in awhile...

The Happy Couple

My "silly" husband.....

A Mothering First For Me

So....This is what I found today...

A certain somebody decided to chop a chunk out of his hair.

I won't mention any names (LAWSON).

It came right off the top of his head, I didn't realize how long it was there....

Funy thing is, he did a great job.

Swing Time

How can we spend the whole day today outside playing, it's 75 degree's. Perfect. Actually Lawson and I were outside playing by 6:55am (still in our pj's). It reminded me of a summer morning. We will head out to open gym at Win Kids this afternoon then go watch a HS Basketball game. Good Times.

New Bird???

Poll on left... Should we let Lincoln get a new little pet bird in his room???

New Testament

One of my few New Year's Resolutions, is reading the New Testament for the New Year. This is actually something my church is doing as a group, and we have been given daily readings and Pastor Kevin will post his thoughts each day on his blog pertaining to the readings.
Of course, I have read the New Testament in the past, but am excited to read it again since I am understanding the Bible much more nowadays...

More of my resolutions to follow shortly....

I've got to go cuddle up under my electric blanket and catch up on my Matthew readings.

What is your New Years Resolution?

McSlides

A 5 yr old just can't enough of the slides at McDonald's...

Even if they have a broken arm (shhhh don't tell his dr I let him do this...)

Piano Lessons and More

Lincoln can't be on the soccer team this season, because of his arm... We will put him back on the team in the Fall, if he is still interested....

So, I arranged him to start taking piano lessons. He met his new teacher yesterday, and she will come over tomorrow to check out our piano and just to get to know Lincoln a bit. Then when he gets his cast off, they will begin weekly lessons. He is pretty pumped up about this!!! He already has been practicing to impress his teacher....

Lawson will continue this semester with Win Kids.... And I am also going to register him for swim lessons now that he is 3. So by the time swimming season gets here he will be good and ready to swim in the water. He already taught himself how to swim last summer....

Ron has started his new traveling position. This week he is in Pittsburg, Cleveland, and New Jersey. So far he likes it (it's day #2!!). His upstairs attic to office conversion is done and it looks great. It's even complete now with office furniture: desk, filing cabinets, and bookshelves... You should come over and check it out!!!

Today I got a hair cut and highlights... Boy was I overdue for that!!! Wish I could have done that before the holidays... but better now than never. I just finished the book Light on Snow by Anita Shreve. I really enjoyed it: it was a quick and easy read, you should check it out at the library. Now I am reading the new Wally Lamb book, The Hour I First Believed. His last 2 books were on my favorite all time reads (This much is true, she's come undone...).... I love how he mixes psychology with family history with humor with Faith. I really enjoy his style... But this book is huge, it's over 700 pages.... just started it while I was getting my hair done....

The Whole Gang

Here we are, the whole gang at the Houston Family Christmas party.

For some more shots of the get together, go to Courtney's post.

Happy 3rd Bday

Just three years ago, you entered our life. And nothing has been the same since, in a good way of course. You were such an easy newborn. You slept all the time.... You took 2 four naps, and slept through the night.... God new what kind of baby I needed at the time... I was packing and unpacking moving from Houston to Dallas...

In honor of your 3rd Birthday, here are 3 things that I love about you...

1. Your, big blue eyes, how can it not be???
2. Your determination and persistence. You get this from your father. You never give up...
3. Your cute sense of humor.... he he he... Including your laugh and the sound effects you make.

HAPPY 3rd BIRTHDAY LAWSON SAWYER!!!!

The Big 3

Lawson's 3rd birthday is tomorrow (Jan 6th). We had his home/family party tonight since Ron will be out of town tomorrow. He got a game boy, now he won't have to try to steal Lincoln's all the time....

Happy Birthday LaLa

Happy Sweet Sixteen to my neice Lauren. I can't believe you got a CAR for your birthday, and that you can actually drive it!!! You are like the daughter I will probably never have.... Hope you had a great day, and a great 16th year. Don't forget to make good choices, and you left here without us having "our talk".....

Come back soon and Happy Birthday once again....
PS.... Also Happy 30 something Birthday to brother in law Mark, today.... AND Happy Anniversary to Tom and Courtney a couple of days ago....

The Birthday Song

Happy Birthday Lincoln and Lawson!!!

Birthday Swing

The boys got to swing (really high) at the birthday party, while their friends threw foam blocks at them....

Big Bday Bash

The boys big birthday bash at WinKids has come and gone. There were about 35 kids there, and of course the boys had an absolute BLAST. Lincoln having the broken arm didn't effect how much fun he had! They came home and opened up their ton of gifts...

Aunt Jen, Auntie Sue Sue, Lauren, Nanny and Dave also were in town to help them celebrate!! We had a very fun and eventful weekend with our out of town guests.

I'll be posting more pictures of the party soon, but here are a couple of the boys...

Happy Ann

Amongst all the other recent celebrations, today is Ron and my 6th year wedding anniversary. Just 6 yrs ago from today, we were married in an outdoor wedding (70 degree's)

in Boerne Texas.

I was smothered with gifts for some reason this anniversary, Thanks Ron!!

Happy Anniversary to the world's greatest Hubby. It's been a great 6 years....

Happy New Years

We hope everyone had a great (and safe) NYE celebration, and New Year's Day. Our was great, Nanny and Dave treated us all to a meal at Macaroni Grill.

I'm really looking forward to 2009.

I think it's going to be the best year yet. Having a 5 and 3 yr old is going to be a complete blast.... They totally crack me up...

They are growing up too quickly, we need to squeeze as much quality time in as possible....I can't believe Lincoln will be in Kindergarten next year (and Lawson in preschool....)

I need to sit down and write out my new year's resolutions...

(Sue is coming in tonight, Jen tomorrow, and the Lucek's on Saturday. For the boys bday party..)

Mom aka Nanny aka MIL

The boys LOVE their Nanny..