Monday, September 29, 2008

Can you tell...







That our son is amazed by all musical instruments?

It started with Daddy's drums.












Then his little "weeano" (Piano) on GiGi's back porch.











Of course he mastered PopPop's keyboard....

















Now it's Daddy's guitar.



Greg just bought a really nice mandolin that I'm sure Adom will love as well. Pictures of that to come soon...




Goof!

Ya he's got some big shoes to fill...

Have you noticed how big Adom is getting? None of his clothes fit him properly, kids resale here we come!
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Whole Foods Market



Okay, granted I can't afford to shop here but some day I will!

I love trying new recipes with different kinds of ingredients, so what do I find?!

A Whole Foods BLOG!

They've got all sorts of great videos and recipes on this blog and I am so excited I found it. It's called Whole Story and it's under my fellow bloggers' list.

The challenge now?

To find the ingredients that they call for (or similar) in my friendly family neighborhood grocery store!

The search is on...

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Curious George



Yesterday while I was browsing at Target... which I love :)

I found Curious George the movie on sale for $10!

Brought it home put it on for Adom and let me tell you he loves it! But so do I!

It's just about the cutest kids movie I've ever seen and bonus it has an awesome soundtrack by Jack Johnson!

So if your kids haven't seen this one, go rent it or better yet buy it while it's on sale!

I love it when Adom likes movies that I don't mind watching, cuz let me tell you I'm soooo tired of Baby Einsteins I could... be sick!

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Seasons


So apparently fall is here... really?

There are little clues everywhere that something is changing but like the saying goes here in Texas, "If you don't like the weather, stick around."

This picture to the left was taken in Ireland I love the contrast in it. The vibrant green and then the beautiful autumn leaves.
So seasons aren't just about weather... life has seasons as well.

As I'm sure most of you know.

I've talked to a few friends in the last couple of weeks that I had lost contact with over the last few years. All we could talk about was how fast time goes by now and how things just don't slow down!
It seems like the minute Greg and I met God put us on hyperdrive. But certain seasons seem to go by as slow as molasses then you look back and think, man that time in my life went by so fast and I learned so much from it.

Graham Cooke came to our church about a month ago and I've been transcribing that conference for the church office. So I've been typing everything that Graham spoke to the church and it's really been ministering to my heart. He spoke a lot about resting in God's peace and using God's peace as a weapon against the enemy.

Everyone has circumstances in their life that may be hard to go through at the time but God is teaching you through these circumstances. This is how Graham put it, "Somehow what’s happened is the circumstances become bigger than anything else but the circumstance is there to give you a bigger revelation of who God is. So sometimes we need to turn our back on the problem so that we can face who God is and what He wants to be for us because what He wants to be for you is who you get to become." I love that God is always showing us a part of Himself so that we can discover through that more about who we are in Him.


Most people are going through some kind of transition. It's hard. But it's a stretching time for us and God is revealing things to us about ourselves that we didn't know about ourselves before. He is always making us stronger. He is always good. No matter what.

I hope this makes sense, I tend to ramble sometimes but I wanted to share my thoughts with my family and friends.

Graham said that our hearts are always engaged with the Lord's eyesight! I had to think on that for a while but it truly amazed me.

Monday, September 22, 2008

It's torture!

Adom obviously hated getting his haircut but he stopped crying long enough to answer what color the car was haha... I think he was over exaggerating just a bit with all the crying!

Haircut







The "before" shot.




This weekend we took Adom to get a haircut...






in the past either Verna (GiGi) or I have done it.






But we figured the place down the road that is just for kids would be alright with him since they have cars and cartoons playing the whole time.






We were wrong.






He screamed the whole time.










During...




















During...





TADA!

Saturday, September 20, 2008

The Dreaded Pea


Ah, the dreaded pea... you shall surrender to it's power!

After Adom and I got back from Kerrville we started THE FOOD WAR!
I was sick and tired of having to make seperate dinners for Adom everynight when I was making such nutritious and yummy dinners for Greg and I. Not to mention it was quite a strain on our budget having to shop for seperate groceries for him.


So it was hard....

really hard.

He is a very strong willed child and I knew this task was not going to be an easy one. But I had to keep reminding myself that I know whats best for him he doesn't.

So after a couple of days of whining and fits and screaming ( I could continue with this)...

He broke!

He is now eating things that he would never have touched before! Before he wouldn't eat many fruits, but now hes eating raspberries, grapes, apples, bananas, peaches, pears, and so on and so on. Hes also eating vegetables!


Hallelujah praise the Lord!


He loves Peas, who knew?!


All that said the War is far from over, we've just won a few battles.


To those of you who gave me so much support through all of this (you know who you are) THANK YOU!

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Disney World or Bust!


I don't know if he's getting ready for Disney World or School...

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Finger Painting

Adom loves to Finger Paint!

On the way home

We were fortunate enough to be able to stop and see our good friends the Gossmanns'. Sadly Jeff was not there but we got to visit with Gabe and Kelli for a couple of hours. I miss these people sooo much and it was such a blessing to get to see them for a little while. We love you guys!


I don't think Gabe was too happy with Adom being in HIS chair! LOL
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Monday, September 15, 2008

Happy Birthday Ben!


Happy Birthday Ben! We love you!





When I think of Home...




I think of my Aunts and Uncles.















Specifically my Aunt Pat Pat and Uncle Whimpy and Aunt Peggy and Uncle Jay. I don't think I have one good memory from my childhood that doesn't involve one of these wonderful people.






Yes I grew up in Camp Wood but when I think of home I think of Leakey. I spent so many weekends and summers here running barefoot through sprinklers and feeding baby goats with Dr. Pepper bottles :) Aunt Pat Pat would wake me up in the morning and bring me coffee (milk with a little drop of coffee) in bed. Then for dinner she would make me Rice-a-roni and brownies.




Ah, those were the days!




My Aunt Pat Pat and Uncle Whimpy ( I called him Uncle Whoopy) raised goats and so everytime a momma goat would leave her baby I got to feed it and name it. I still remember every single one of those goats!




That being said, I love taking Adom there now. So thats what we did last Sunday we drove to Leakey. We went to church with Aunt Pat Pat that morning then went back to the house for pot roast and mashed taters and macaroni salad :) Then Adom's cousin Sydney came over to play with him and he sat on the porch and talked to Uncle Whoopy for a very long time! haha!




It was so nice we had such a nice visit. I still feel like a little girl when I'm at their house, and I love it!










When I think of the country I think of dirt roads,














And cattle guards,




rusted machinery in fields,










water sprinklers and clothes lines,









And of course the Frio River!


















Reunion with Cousins











Saturday while we were in Kerrville my Aunt Peggy hosted a swim party reunion at her house for the grandkids and great grandkids. Every summer and Christmas when I was little all of my Uncle Jay's grandkids (who were around my age) would get together for slumber parties, swim parties, tea parties, you name it we did it. We also went to Fiesta Texas every Christmas for their "Texas Christmas". Some of my favorite memories are from these times. So Saturday's swim party was for all the great grandkids. It was actually a swim/slumber party but because Adom was the youngest kid and the fact that hes 2, well I thought it would be better if we didn't stay the night :) But we had a great time getting to see everyone and Aunt Peggy throws an awesome pool party with 50's rock n' roll and everything!



Nana got Adom a bubble bar-b-que pit! It was soo neat and it made tons of bubbles!













Action shot of Caleb

Catching up...

Warning: Lots of pictures to come in the next few days!

I know I haven't posted anything in soooo long! It's been kinda crazy around here the last couple of weeks. Adom and I made a trip to Kerrville last weekend to see some family that we hadn't seen in a while. It was a very busy trip and we didn't get to see everyone that we would have liked to see :( But it was a good trip!

So I'll be catching up on that weekend with pictures of what we did and everyone we saw. Stay tuned for more information...


On the way down to Kerrville we stopped in Georgetown and had lunch with Aunt Kristi, Uncle Ben, Bella, and Landry. It was great to see them and the kiddos got to play for a little while, and it broke up our trip very nicely.
I'm really blessed that Adom is such a good little traveler the trips are usually very easy. Except for the occasional wardrobe changes caused by unlimited amounts of juice! Juice keeps him happy when we're in the car and when I'm alone with a 2 yr old on a 5 hour journey I like to keep him happy :)

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Remembering


I remember the look of panic and terror on my high school spanish teachers face.
She wheeled a T.V. into our classroom and turned it on as plane #2 hit.
I was a sophmore in high school and I know it didn't affect me then like it would affect me now.

I now understand why parents rushed to the school to take their children home. I understand why they let school out early. And now I understand why my parents wanted me to be home and with them so badly that night.
Since that dreadful day 7 years ago I find myself more and more affected by it as I get older. Especially now that I am a parent myself.

God Bless the brave people that risked their lives for other lives that day, God Bless the families that lost loved ones my prayers are with you all.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Happy Anniversary!



Happy 3rd Anniversary to Ethan and Amanda!

This picture is from 2 christmas's ago, sorry... we seriously need new pics of all of us together!

Hope you guys have a great anniversary!

Love ya!

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Cheese!

Everytime Adom sees a camera now he says CHEESE!

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Happy Birthday Kristi

Happy Birthday Kristi we love you!




I hope it's ok that I used this picture from your blog I don't have any recent pics of you!
Have a great Birthday Week :)

Tuesday, September 2, 2008

Museum Trip

Just a few more pictures of our trip to the musuem. We found Adom a Rodie (if you watch Scrubs you know what I'm talking about) stuffed dog at the gift shop. And of course pictures of ourselves and as always Adom thinks we're completely insane when we do this haha.



Museum of Natural Science and History

Monday we went to the Musuem of Natural Science and History in Fort Worth. They had an amazing dinosaur exhibit with lots of hands on experiments for kids. They also had an entire room dedicated to a play area for the kiddos. There was a child size ATM and mail drop box. They are renovating their entire musuem so this exhibit was temporarily in the Cowgirl Hall of Fame museum. I would have like to see that part of the museum but Adom was really tired and cranky by the time we left. Needless to say we had a lot of fun this past weekend and can't wait to take all our friends and family to visit all these wonderful places when they come to visit ;) Hint Hint!