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School Picture Day '09

It can be a little stressful, but I love school picture day. I even got to drop Bethany off at school this morning, and I loved seeing all the little ones completely decked out. Precious! Well, here is my girl, all ready to go...and of course little sister needed in on the action :).

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Bethany is a Bus Rider!

Today Bethany became an afternoon bus rider(afternoon only b/c the am walk to school is daddy & Betha time :)), and she couldn't be more thrilled! The munchkins and I waited for her outside-because our weather was pretty merciful today :)-and Avery was thrilled to see her big sister bound off the bus. Taylor was mainly afraid of the huge loud yellow box that moves, but was glad to see his main squeeze too. When I tried to take some pictures of the kids together, he kept leaning in to kiss her. When we got inside, Avery hugged Bethany and told her that she missed her so much today and then asked her what she did at school. The three of them have such a sweet, loving bond.

  

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Avery's first solo birthday party

Over the weekend, Avery attended her sweet friend Brooke's 3rd birthday party. Brooke's mom sent leotards and homemade tutus with the invitation. Needless to say, it was one precious evening! You can visit Amy's online store, Hullabaloo Baby, to see why I think she is so talented! Happy birthday to one of the sweetest little girls I know!

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Taylor the Dancing Machine

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How was the first day of third grade?

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Watch out 3rd Grade!

I just dropped off the most precious 3rd grader I know. I am so proud to be Bethany's mom, and I know she'll have a great year! I am praying for all my teacher friends, and now I get to add Ms Tomberlin to that list. What a privilege! She greeted Bethany with a huge smile this am, and I am so grateful to get to know her.

Here are some pictures from our morning. I wish I had one of the sweet face I saw as I went to "wake up" Bethany this am. She was sitting up in her top bunk just waiting patiently for me to come get her. What a sight!

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Play It Safe Day!

This sounds like a great way to hang with your family for an end-of-summer-family-night.

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The Greatest Show On Earth!

We had a spectacular time at the Ringling Bros & Barnum & Bailey Circus last night! It was nearly overwhelming-so much to see and everything was exciting. I highly recommend the 6:30 PM, FREE Animal all-access Preshow. We experienced being within feet from the elephants, tigers, horses, goats, mini horses, dogs, and even a potbelly pig. Between you and I, this may have been one of my favorite parts of the evening. Then, until showtime, you are able to walk out onto to the big top floor and see all kinds of shows. The clowns and other cast members come out to take pictures and sign your program. They have a dance party, juggling shows, and even some of the animals make appearances. I was SO impressed by the cast and the way they seemed to love their job entertaining the children.

At showtime, we went to our GREAT seats, and hunkered down for what was truly a memorable evening. I cannot begin to describe everything we saw. I thought I had seen everything before, but this show was packed with new stunts and surprises. I preferred anything to do with any kind of animals. From dogs, to tigers, to elephants, and even a porcupine, it was great! Of course the clowns were impressive, and the acrobats will blow your mind!

Would you like some cheap tickets?? All you need to do, thanks to MomCentral, is pick out your tickets at Ticketmaster, and enter the code MOM in the MC Promotion box at checkout. You will be able to purchase 4 tickets for $44! Any additional tickets will only be $11 as well.

It is highly worth it-even Taylor (15 mos) was completely entertained and captivated. Come back and leave me a comment if you decide to go, and then let me know what you think about the show!

This is my little man Taylor dancing to the music--he loved it!

  

Rockin' the Ranch this Sat!

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Celebrating Mother's Day!

What a weekend! Matt swept me away to the Hill Country all. weekend. long. If you know us, and/or you know what it is like to pastor a church plant, then you know this is a BIG DEAL! God has gathered some wonderful people, and He has named this group The Crossings. I am loving that over the past several years, The Crossings has become a church. I now that sounds so obvious, but for a long time I felt like it was still this thing that Matt was putting together. Now, it is a church-a gathering of God's people. It does not rise and fall around an earthly pastor. Amazing. They had a great Sunday without us! Mark did a great job preaching, Amy handed out goody bags for the kids, my mom prepared roses for all the ladies, Godfrey led worship, and there are so many others that make every Sunday possible--the church!

Back to our getaway ~ Of course our first stop in San Marcos was Freebirds. We spent Friday evening walking around downtown Austin, and woke up to a Cafe On the Square breakfast Saturday morning. We drove around to all the different places we lived in San Marcos, wandered around on the texas State campus, and shopped the campus bookstores. We lunched overlooking the river at the River Pub. We had a great time in Gruene! Of course we walked through the shops, the General Store (have to order a root beer and a creme soda), and heard some great country music at Gruene Hall. We had to revisit our first-date-place, the Gristmill! Seriously, the grilled chicken tastes like steak. Really. It was so hard to come back to reality, so when we got back to Katy we went to see Star Trek-loved it!!

I have to admit that I was itching to hug my babies! I came home to smiles, "I missed you"s, and even a new snow cone maker. I am so blessed to be a mother, and I am so blessed by my mothers! Mine and Matt's mom watched the kids all weekend for us. My step-mom is an incredible blessing in my life. I love my Mema-what a spitfire! Mothering is an area of my life where the Lord has chosen to bless me like crazy. Thank you Lord!

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