Vacation/Thankful

I officially have a week of vacation this week. I love my job and all, but I was in need of a break! 9 DAYS whooo! My dad came and got Houston Saturday morning and they spent the whole day together while I went shopping. When I picked him up, dad had gotten Houston another pony. What? He never spoiled me like that! Houston named him Diego and they rode all day. Houston told me they went to McDonalds and played and played outside and it was the best day of his life! AW, I was so proud of dad. So we went home and Tim had loaded a bunch a junk stuff from the barn on the trailer and we went to the auction. We drew numbers and were seller number 6, which is not bad. Last time we were #12 and didn't get home until 1 am. We sold everything from 9-930 and made almost $300. WOW! I am telling ya, it was junk! We had some furniture we wanted to sell, so we talked to a family that owns a store in Brownsville and they followed us to our house at 10pm and bought our furniture for $70 !Christmas CASH!! No, really we put it all into Houston's bank account. Every time we have a garage sale or something, we always donate it to lil Hou Boo. Before the auction even started good, Houston was wanting his Paw. So I called dad and luckily he came and picked Houston up, they headed to the airport to pick up mom and he spent the night. She was so surprised to see him. She has been in Arizona for a week visiting my grandma. We were all suppose to fly out this week, but her boss wouldn't let her off so she had to go alone:(. Yesterday, I went to get Houston and we headed to a friend's birthday party at Gymstars. It was so much fun and Houston loved it! Today we are headed to Incredible Pizza to play. Tim is actually off work this week too and that never happens. He works all the time, so it was great when he woke up and surprised us with breakfast. Anyway, gotta go, but since Thanksgiving is this week, I wanted to share what I am thankful for.
-My family
-God and my church home
-My friends
- My house and vehicle
-My job
THANK YOU LORD JESUS FOR ALL THESE BLESSINGS!

a few pics from Halloween 2009

Me, mom and Houston

Houston as a "cowgirl"! - Not really, he just wanted to wear a wig.lol

Tim, me and Houston

Hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!

Happy Halloween

Wow! It has been over a month since I blogged. I mean, I have been super busy with school, Houston's soccer games and practices and other things going on. I started to blog a few weeks ago and never published it! What is wrong with me? I have got to get my computer to where it will load pictures faster. So today we had Fall Fest at school and it was alot of fun. The kids got to do arts and crafts, face painting in the gym, eat pizza, concessions and dance. They are so cute to watch. Then we went back to our rooms and had our party. Well, I have 15 kids in my class and I had 10 parents show up. It was so nice and I think everyone enjoyed it. Then I sent my babies off to art and celebrated with Houston's class. They had just woke up from nap, so it was so quiet and calm in his room. I got some cute pics of him and his teachers, friends, and his buddy Keshana. I think she is a drama queen. He talks about her all the time. We went trick or treating in Somerville square, then won a free oil change and car wash at Midsouth auto in Somerville. AWESOME!! Tonight Tim had to work the Briarcrest game, so me and Houston met up with friends at church and hung out at the fall festival. It was fun but I was so drained from everything I finally talked Houston into leaving. We are supposed to have a soccer game at 9am tomorrow but who knows with all this weather. Well, I finally had a few minutes to blog, so I hope I can get back on track. Have a safe and Happy Halloween everyone!!

It has been awhile!

Well, it has been a long time since I blogged. I have been busy with work, Houston's soccer schedule, and other activities going on. Houston had his first soccer game last Saturday. He really had a hard time with all the crowds and all the big kids on the other team. He got on the field and froze! Would not move, run, kick or anything. He just cried. We talked about it afterwards and he said he was shy! Go figure, Mandy Collins son shy??? Anyway after that we all went to the Germantown festival and did some major shopping. FUN! That night we went to the Delta Fair and rodeo. It was so much fun and Houston rode every ride he was tall enough to ride on. I think that is where I got sick cause I woke up Sunday morning and could not even get out of bed. I slept all day Sunday, went to work Monday and slept all that afternoon. I was weak all week but made it. Houston had 9 kids in his class out on Friday. Saturday he woke up with a high fever so off to the weekend clinic to get him checked out. luckily he had no flu or strep. Thank the good Lord. They said give him Tylenol and he should be fine! UGH! So he has been on Tylenol all weekend. I woke up this morning feeling crummy once again so I am headed to bed shortly and lil man has been asleep since 7:15pm. Oh yea, he had another soccer game on Thursday night against his cousin Abbi's team and his team won. He actually did not cry, hewas shy but stood on the field. Then coach let him kick the ball from the line at the very end and he did awesome. I was one of those proud soccer moms! Anyway, hope yall have a blessed week!

Happy Labor Day weekend

Another busy week in the life of the Collins' family. Houston is doing great with his medication and his stomach issues. Praise the Lord! Thank you everyone for your prayers. Friday, the kids were out of school and teachers got a much needed break. We had a short meeting and had the opportunity to finish up paperwork and work in our classrooms. Friday night Houston and I went to watch the Briarcrest High school football game while Tim worked the parking lot. I got some yummy BBQ nachos and after the game, we headed home to bed. Saturday we ran errands, went shopping, and took Houston to Build a Bear for doing so good in school so far and for going to the bathroom almost daily this past week. There was one day he couldn't go and I have got to try and get him an appt with a specialist. Anyway, he chose a puppy dog and picked out her a soccer outfit to wear, since he is in soccer. This is his first sport other than horse shows. He was really upset when we found out him and Abbi would not be on the same team. They got split and when we tried to work it out, Abbi couldn't practice on his night due to dance. So he gets this dog and decides to name it Rosebud, like the dog on Air Buddies. He loves that movie so now we have a girl dog that plays soccer named RoseBud.

Saturday night we went to the Redbirds game. This is the last weekend they are playing so we decided to take advantage of it and make it a night. It was a double game due to a previous rain out, so we left after the first game and headed to the Peabody to check out the ducks. Houston misses his ducks and wanted to check em out. We went on the skyway and hung out for a bit. We walked around downtown for a while then headed home. On the way to our car, we almost witnessed 2 car accidents. People were squealing tires and cutting others off and one child almost got hit when some car went on the curb right in front of the ball field. Guys were screaming trying to get into the luxury car rental place and we decided it would be best to hit the road.

Today we went to church and heard a fabulous message about Heaven. Gosh I can't wait to get there!

Enjoy the pictures from our night out last night and have a safe and happy Labor day!

This is Tim, Houston and I on the Peabody rooftop

Houston in front of the duck palace

The family at the Redbirds game


Houston and RoseBud (she even has shin guards)

Mad because he left his High School Musical stickers in the car