What I Wore Wednesday

On Thursday. Ahem.




My new scarf that I just finished last night. It's my first infinity scarf and even though it makes me too hot I really like it.

The shirt was an Old Navy $3.99 find, just a cozy t shirt with little ruffles. Jeans are a funny story. Y'all remember when I found some great bargains at Old Navy a while back? One of the steals was a pair of jeans I bought to give Jennie, who is pregnant with a little girl! Did I tell y'all that? Anyway, I found a pair of maternity jeans for $.47 and gave them to Jennie but she didn't need them so I had every intention of giving them to someone else until...

well...

I tried them on. The rest is history.


They are fantastic. And I'm not one bit embarrassed. I mean y'all they are COMFY.


Found these at Old Navy too. They had been returned that day and didn't have a tag so the gal gave them to me for $8.99. Sweet.

The toughest two I know

First, because she's the younger victim, let me show y'all what happened to Joy while her momma was gone




The sassy band aid is covering multiple scabs. But that's not all.


My poor girl fell at the park.


Isn't that the most pitiful little nose you've ever seen? Sean said she literally skidded on the sidewalk on her face. After one minute of crying, he said she did this.


Like, "Well, I'll be alright. It ain't that bad. Let's keep playing."

Her brother also fell that day and scraped his finger and cried for ten minutes. One finger. I totally believe that he outcried her tenfold too.

The other tough one is Joy's daddy. He has been telling me that his foot has been sore for about a month. Last week he showed me a knot on the outside of that same foot and I told him to go to the doctor. He went this morning looking totally normal and came home like this.



Turns out he has a stress fracture in his foot. Does anybody else find this weird? That he was just milling around like normal and all and didn't realize there was something BAD WRONG with his foot?

K good I'm glad I'm not alone.

Basically if I have any issues in the next week or two I can't complain at all.

Postcards from the edge (of Texas)

The cousins that play together stay together





Beautiful views





Their house is painted fun colors





The horse (dog) that lives with Henry and Sally





Working out





Practicing gymnastics





Olympic training





"Posing for pictures is sooooo uncool" (Charlie)





Feeding ducks, however, totally cool





Walking with Popeye is also cool as long as he goes where they want him to





Bosom buddies





Yum really good authentic Mexican food





The jammies jam





Road trip princess

We got home last night and proceeded to sleep about 14 hours. I'm so happy that I could go visit my brother and sister-in-law and their kids. It was definitely a vacation for me. As I snuggled into my own bed and dozed off in my hubby's arms though, I found myself thankful to be back home where I belong. Funny how a trip can do that for you...an escape and a pull back home at the same time.

It's nap time. Night night.

Down South

Missing this little ranch hand and her brother and especially her daddy


Flashlights=a lifetime of happiness


We've walked around the neighborhood and fed ducks and seen turtles


I love the humidity here. Never thought those words would come out of my mouth but at home it's so dry that only my hair is thriving. Everything else is so dry it hurts. Here the moisture is thick and steamy, just like this Texas girl needs for a winter break.


Henry has lots of trains.


The End.


Daytime view of the duck pond


Charlie: Mom look it's ducks and turtles and a parrot!"
Me: huh
Charlie: yeah mom there's a parrot!
Me: where
Charlie: over there
Me: honey that's a duck
Charlie: well


Sally and Popeye chillin


Graham's fish tank that consumes his living room.


It's pretty cool really but he says it's so time consuming nobody should try it at home. I didn't argue with the fact that I can't handle more animals.

Okay we're off for whatever adventure today holds. Y'all have a happy new year's eve!

Best buds and a burrito to go

The best buds


The burrito to go

Road trip

We made it to south Texas where my brother and sister-in-law live after a long car ride. It's the longest trip Charlie has been on (8 1/2 hours) and she did as well as I thought she would! Of course it helped tremendously to have Nattie and Popeye in the car with us. Um that's actually the only reason it went so well I'm sure.



"Mom, where's Joy? Where's Ty? Where's Daddy?" What can I say she likes us to all be together.


Ahhhhh cozy


Dude road trips rock


Snacking on road trips are Momma's favorite part too.

I'm excited because my nephew doesn't normally warm up to me during the short visits we see him but tonight he wanted to show me around his house. He showed me his room and where he likes to work out with his daddy. And he sat on my lap. In other words, I'M IN.

Night night y'all.

Merry Christmas part 2

Well like you we've been going a little crazy this Christmas. If you're of the .01 % of people who doesn't go crazy then you probably ought to find a new blog to read because we're not going to get along.

Now that that's settled, let's get to the Christmas re-cap, shall we?

Last week, we started potty-training Charlie while also training Ty at night. (no pull-ups anymore.) We survived. So did the kids! In fact I'd venture to say we're all better people for the process, because like any spiritually pruning process, it ain't fun until you get to the other side and see what God was doing that whole time when you thought He'd gone on vacation. It's like that really--we lost sleep, cried, worried, got peed on, pooped on, and our lives revolved around who'd had enough apple juice that day and so help you if you gave the wrong kid, (the one who doesn't need juice or any added fiber,) the apple juice. Sean can tell you that I crossed over to the controlling side of things last week but I happily returned to my normal state just in time for Christmas celebrations. Thankfully the attention turned to the kids and toys and playful excitement instead of what we'd been focusing on. Just in time, the birth of Jesus reminded me that even the tiring days and nights of parenting pale in comparison to the gift that raising kids really is. Sometimes I um...need the reminder. Christmas was wonderful. The days leading up to it and the days after it were too.

Life is slowing down again and looking back, we are grateful that we have had family so close to us to celebrate with. We laughed and hugged and sang, (well, Ty sang thanks to his karaoke machine that Santa gave him,) we made fun of each other, we watched movies, got sucked into watching Minute to Win It, and soaked up lots of help from grandparents. We came home today after burning up I35 between Nattie's house and Mimi's house, unpacked bags, put the girls to bed and got a call from the showing service that there were two different agents wanting to view the house with clients. It was an action-packed day since we'd already started taking down decorations and dragging the very dead tree out when we got the call. Since we are home the day seemed relaxed too.

Since I'm all about adding chaos once something slows down I'm gearing up to go visit my brother and his family for a few days. I'm taking Charlie and since her longest car ride so far was from Denton to Waxahachie--normally an hour but that day was 3 due to bad traffic--this will be her first true road trip. I'm sure she will love it and she'll especially love getting lots of playtime in with her cousins that she rarely gets to see. Let's hope she does as well as I think she will!

I'll be in touch throughout the week but I'm not promising anything of substance.

Oh who are we kidding.

Has there ever been substance here?

Good night.