Katy Mom

Play It Safe Day!

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

Click on the picture above to get more info!

Home, kids

Rockin' the Ranch this Sat!

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Facebook and KatyMoms

Hello! I have been extremely absent from blogging lately, but I am getting back to it. Yes, I am still adjusting to becoming Lori, church planter's wife~mother of three~new friend to some~old friend to others~2nd grade homeroom mom~daughter~katymom. I have spent many lunches at Chick-fil-a lately, and found myself gazing at all the moms. We all have different stories, yet so much in common. We all feel so crowded at times, yet alone at other times. Overwhelmed, yet lonely...well, the truth is, we are all the same deep down. We want to do everything well, and keep it all in balance, and not one of us has it down perfectly. We all love our families madly.

So, I'm back to it, ladies! I created a Facebook group today, with the intent of reaching even more KatyMoms. So, join up and share your ideas, favorites, and questions! Get connected!

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Festival Time!

Downtown Katy transforms tomorrow as the city celebrates the Rice Harvest Festival! We take the kids every year and have a blast. It is especially a great time if you are new to Katy, as the streets are lined with local vendors and locally-owned businesses. You can shuttle from Katy High School, or try to find a space in the area. Did I mention the carnival food-always a treat! Once again, the weather will be ideal-so get out and enjoy Katy! Click here for more info.

Have you been before? What do you love about the Festival?

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~ A yummy Thursday night in Katy ~

This Thursday night in Katy is a yummy one! Here is what I mean.

First ~ Race For Cakes takes place tomorrow night from 6-8. Fitness buffs and pancake-eating couch potatoes in the same place... it doesn't get better than that! If you are looking for me, than don't look any farther than the kitchen. Most of us will be doing a 5K run, walk, or dog-drag before we feast on a pancake dinner. By the way~the weather is supposed to be perfect! For more info, visit The Crossings web home.

My idea for dessert (because don't you always have dessert after pancakes?!?) is a visit to ColdStone Creamery, where they are hosting a Make-A-Wish fund raiser. The World's Largest Ice Cream Social is Thursday night. You get to give to a great cause, and dine on free ice cream (which actually tastes better than the ice cream you pay for...I'm just sayin...). Make sure to check the Cold Stone site for details!~

~Sorry I have slacked off with the blog-I will spare you details of the post-Ike snotty colds and stomach virus that has rested at our house.~

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Friday Favorites!

How cute is that button? I have a new partner in Friday Favs, and she is all the way around the world...in Australia! Felicity is hosting this same carnival down under, so make sure to visit her little corner. I told her that I will be stealing her idea for this Friday...

What is your favorite thing about Katy?

If you don't live in Katy, then about your town...

I love that we are a nice size town with a small town feel...and of course I love my church!

Make sure and enter the giveaway ~ time's a wastin'!

Link below to your little corner and we'll pay you a visit!

Friday Favorites

WFMW Giveaway-another Virtue Pack!

So glad that Works For Me Wednesday is back! So, I want to celebrate with another giveaway. I am going to giveaway another Family Times Virtue Pack! Our parents at The Crossings use these in their homes, and we love them. You can read about them at the last giveaway post here.

TO ENTER: Pick a virtue from these ~ Kindness, Patience, Orderliness, Peace, Joy, or Courage. Leave your choice in the comments section below. If you mention this contest and/or Katymom.com at your blog, let me know and I will make sure to enter you twice!

The contest will end Sunday night, and I will announce the winner Monday!

Click that cute button above to experience the full carnival!

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Second Grade!!!

We officially have a second grader in our home! We have been praying about this day~and for Ms Corley~for a while now, and so far so good! I took Bethany to school with no hiccups, and hardly a tear. She found her desk right away and was ready to tear into her new supplies-that's my girl! We are blessed to have a brand new school~again~and even got to be there to watch Mrs. Fleming cut the ribbon!

This is the plate Lissa bought for Bethany back in kindergarten-such a fun tradition!

On our way... Mrs. Bonnie Holland

See my little sweetie in the middle?

Ready to start a great year!

Before we left...

Before I left...

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Friday Favorites!

Friday Favorites

It's Tax-Free Weekend here in Texas! It's also time for another Friday Favs-and I am spotlighting my favorite little Katy shop, Saturday's Child Resale Shop. I love to support local businesses, and this is a good one! In fact this weekend, they are honoring tax-free pricing, clothes are 35%off, shoes are 20% off, and if you mention Katymom.com, you get an extra 10% off! So, it's the perfect weekend to drop in to this not-your-typical resale shop. You'll love it!
So, here's my question ~

What is your favorite local shop? Where do you feel like you get a great deal?

Answer this question over at your blog and link up below so we can pay you a visit! If you don't blog (yet :)) leave your bargain in the comments!

Friday Favorites

Friday Favorites!

Friday Favorites

It is a typical Texas summer down here ~ HOT! So, here is my question...

How do you like to beat the summer heat?

Below is where you link up - Just post about your Fri Fav on your own blog, and then come back here to type your blog's URL in the box below. Make sure to mention Katymom.com in your post, so everyone can benefit from all of the entries back here. Pretty easy, and everyone benefits! I am hoping Friday Favs will cast out all kinds of new information - I love fresh ideas! Please leave a comment to let me know what you think!

Here is my one of my favorite cool summertime activities ~

We have some close friends that live in a great neighborhood that has a huge Texas-sized splashpad. I love the more relaxed atmosphere around the shallow "swimming". There happens to be a great small pool next to this Pad-it even has a shipwreck slide. We are so grateful that Claudia invites us to cool off with her little sweetie, Kendall! Today was the perfect day to head over to SplashPad Texas ~ Thanks Claudia!

Aloha Friday poses another interesting question!

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