Memorial Day weekend fun!

On Friday after school we all jumped in the car and headed down to the Houston area for a weekend of fun! First stop was to Katy...after battling holiday traffic for 5 hours. Thankfully the kids did great in the car! The kids got to go fishing and take a ride on Pop's tractor...always a good time. On Saturday early afternoon we headed to Gramp's house on Lake Conroe...after they dropped me off for a much needed massage. :)

The kids had a blast on the boat (well, except Teaghan...she wasn't as big of a fan) and then we headed down the road to friends with a big inflatable slide/pool. That was a BLAST and I definitely think Gramps needs one of these for his backyard. ;-)

On to pictures!


Teaghan all decked out and ready to go:


Garrett waiting for take off!


And we're off!


Enjoying the breeze:


Mommy with a not very happy toddler!


Swimmin' in the lake




This was more Teaghan's thing!






And I just love this...here is Teaghan on 5/29/08 and on 5/28/09. AMAZING!!

Hooray for May!

I can't believe that it's already the middle of May! Everything has been so busy lately that it doesn't even feel like the end of the school year is near. We ended April with our 4th anniversary - we enjoyed a steak dinner at home this year. Gone are the days at the Palm, but we had a great evening. May brought Gabriel's birthday on the 6th...LOVE this picture!



We had a conference with Hayley's teacher last week - she's doing great! She has definitely improved in all areas since the start of the year. I can't believe how much she has grown up this year.



Garrett has been playing t-ball this year, and poor thing, he thinks it's boring! I think he'd much rather be doing soccer or something more active - that's the plan for the fall. He needs to run!! He is still loving school and is looking forward to kindergarten in the fall. He's reading skills are just blowing us away...he's our Mr. Smarty pants!



William is FINALLY potty training! He's 100% tt trained...and 0/50 on #2! Oh well, I'm just glad to get him out of diapers. He'll get it soon enough!


Teaghan is almost 20 months old and just cracks us up. Her vocabulary is improving so much, and she's turned into quite the diva. Always has to have a bow in her hair, and she's actually started picking out her own outfits. That is interesting for me...I'll take her into her closet when I get her up in the mornings and will pick an outfit out, and she'll tell me "uh uh" and points to the one she wants. Too funny!



I'm doing well - just trying to keep up with kids homework, laundry, meals, etc, etc! Last week 3 of the kids were sick, of course all at different times in the week, so I was playing nurse for a week to Garrett, Hayley, and Teaghan. They all had different illnesses, just to change things up for me. :) Gabriel and I have been job hunting for me - we have been praying that the right job comes available for the fall school year. It has been made very clear that my time at home has to come to an end, so we're preparing for everyone to be in school next year, Gabriel and I included. :-)