the whos down in whoville...

Our little (well actually quite grown up) Miss Kailee is performing this weekend in the Katy Jr. High production of Suessical the Musical. She plays a "Who Father". I wasn't able to take any photographs during the performance but here are a few of her after the show was over! She did a fantastic job! It was a good show!! She had a fun costume...that pink hair is awesome isn't it?!! not wanting to show her face and do the picture thing...it's a must though...gotta scrapbook these moments!!ok...fine she will take a picture...and because dad gave her the look....the look that says....Mom is gonna wait all night to get her pictures so please cooperate now so we can all go home!The boys wanted in on the picture taking too! They were proud of their big sis!Posing in front of her sign...you can add notes and good luck wishes to the actors!!Kyler insisted on one more picture...right before the flash Kyler got his toy in there...now I know why he "needed" one more picture!! ...Isn't Kailee beautiful...I love this pic of her...Shawn says it's a little to old for him...but I think she looks gorgeous!!!

Mother's Day weekend

Ok...so here is the deal...I decided that I have been a mom long enough that I really should get 2 days!! So I turned Mother's Day into Mother's Weekend! It actually started on Friday so really I got 3 days!! Friday, Shawn took the boys camping for a Fathers and Sons camping trip that our church does. This was Kyler's first time being able to go...he was super excited!! Also on Friday Kailee had rehearsal until 8:00pm so I went to dinner with some friends and then picked her up...she had to get right to bed cuz she had to be up at 3:30am & be to the jr. high at 4:30am for a trip to San Antonio with her choir. {They sang and then spent the day playing at Fiesta Texas...when she got home at 12:00am she was wired & talking soooo fast about her fun day....her choir won the whole competition and took home the mega huge trophy!!!} So after being up to take her I finally fell back to sleep at 6:00am and then slept in until about 10:45...when I heard Shawn and the boys coming in!! I declared my Mother's Weekend idea to them and told them what I wanted to do for part one (Saturday)...which was to plant some flowers in the yard and get the yard looking nice for summer. We spent most of the day working and making it so pretty! We still have some things left to do but it is looking much nicer and I love the flowers we planted!! Shawn and I ordered some take-out and watched a movie...The Prestige...pretty good. Since we had to wait till midnight to go get Kailee we figured we may as well watch a movie to pass the time! Sunday...part 2...we went to church and when I got home there was a sign on the garage door that said "Do Not Enter...go through front door!" So when I came through the front door there was a sign...Austin and Ty greeting me and Welcomed me to The Mother's Day Inn...I had to sign in and get my "Room #"...Ty led me upstairs and "carried" my bags for me {aka...my purse} He showed me around my suite and showed me my "walk in bathroom, with make-up provided and my walk-in closet that already came with clothes" After I changed into my comfy clothes....I was told to sign up for my lunch time and also for any spa treatments I wanted {the living room was the spa} ...a little side note...Austin had cleaned the entire downstairs too!! I signed up for my lunch and while the chef {Shawn and Kyler} were preparing a turkey wrap with a side of Mangos. My spa man {Tyson} brought me a diet coke and then gave me a foot rub and a backrub! Am I the luckiest or what!!!?? After lunch I got lots of coupon books, sweet cards and lots of loves and kisses. The kids let me take a nap in my suite. We had dinner later in the "Feast Hall" which was fabulous!!! Grilled chicken and mushrooms & onions with brown rice and roasted corn on the cob!! Yumm-O!! We made a few Mother's Day phone calls and then went outside to enjoy the beautiful evening! It was a great day!! I am the most blessed mom ever! My kids are fantastic (my hubby too) ...my weekend was perfect! I couldn't have asked for anything better!!! Austin making me chocolate chip cookies. And of course Kyler made me some Wiggles!!So here are a few pics of the boys camping!!
Austin took this picture of the deer they saw while camping!The boys found a lizard last week...so here they are all taking turns holding it! As many of you may know...I don't do lizards...I hate them! So these pics were from a distance using the ever useful zoom feature!!

our crazy Texas weather

Here are some pics I snapped on Saturday morning. Shawn and I were sitting on the couch talking...all the kids were playing in the backyard and Kyler came running in to tell us that the sky was crazy! "He said that one side of the sky was black and one side was sunny and it was the craziest thing he ever had seen!" Shawn and I went out to see cuz he insisted that we needed to see it! It was pretty cool. We saw the actual front of the front rolling in. You can see from the pics that it went from sorta light to dark in a matter of about 3-4 minutes. There were the coolest looking clouds though. **Later that day it turned out to be absolutely gorgeous...you couldn't have hand picked a more beautiful day...and we had a blast that night at our friend's Crawfish Boil!! The kids had fun swimming...Shawn ate waaaayyy too much crawfish and later declared he had the "meat sweats" and I enjoyed good food and good friends!!** {did I remember my camera for the fun night of swimming and crawfish eating??...nope...just got pics of the clouds!!}

people must think I am the most....

inattentive mom!!! Shawn was outside mowing the lawn, Kailee and Austin were playing, Tyson was riding his bike and I thought Kyler was ridin' in his Wiggle car. I was still inside picking up a few things before heading out with everyone...I turned around to look out the front window and this is what I see!!! Kyler climbing the Stop sign!! He thought it was soooo fun and was extremely proud of himself that he could actually touch the red part! He is such a goofball!
Ty riding his bike.Kailee and Austin playing racquetball...like their ball?...you'd think they couldn't miss it...but they chased it down the street quite a few times last night!!Oh that dreaded time of the month...HAIRCUTS!! I cut all the boys hair...not because I am too cheap to pay for it to be done...cuz I would gladly let someone else do it....I just can't find anyone who will do a good job! I always end up coming home to fix it...my OCD gets in the way and I need them to have all the hairs on their heads cut and not have any strays...call me crazy!! Anyway...Austin requested a mohawk...so here is it...he got to have it just long enough for a few pics and then we kept on cuttin'!

School Projects

Ty and Austin both had projects for school they worked on last week and we polished off over the weekend. Tyson had to make a habitat and include and animal that laid eggs. The anilmal had to be made from a plastic egg, so he decided to make a Toucan in the rainforest. Kailee was a big help but Ty did an awesome job and was super creative with his ideas too!! AND of course he had to add a snake...what project is complete without a snake to make it great!!
Then Austin had a report on Rutherford B. Hayes. He did lots of research and then had to put his info on a strip. He had 4 sections of info...he did a really great job and I learned a few things about our 19th president along the way. Now if I can hang on to any of those little tidbits of info maybe I can appear to be smart next time Austin and I have a battle of wits!! {yeah right!}

how many of you are there?...

So I saw this on a friends blog and I thought this was interesting...

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 3 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

only 3 of me...I feel so special!!
Also...I am playing catch up! Always a day late and a dollar short! I have been so busy working that there hasn't been any room left for any extras...between orders to fulfill and my regular mom duties...it can make a girl tired!! Anyway...MK nominated me for an award a while back and I am just now getting to it..isn't she so sweet!

So I am going to pass the award on to...
*Angie...cuz she is so sweet with her comments and she is a blogging super hero!
*Carly....cuz she thinks I am better than Martha Stewart
*Heidi...cuz well....she knows why!
*Emily....cuz I love readin' her blog it makes my day!

Kyler's 5th birthday party!

Here are some pics from Kyler's birthday party last month. We just invited his 3 closest friends and went to Inflatable Zone and then to McDonalds for lunch and cupcakes! He had a great time...only 4 kids....it was way manageable! I still can't believe my baby is 5!! We are going tomorrow afternoon to sign him up for kindergarten!
Kyler & Adam






Kyler & CharlieKyler & Jordan