Most wonderful time of the year

Ok, so we survived Christmas, it was busy but we made it! We hung around the house on Christmas Eve until 5 pm when we had to go to my mom and dads to celebrate Christmas with my dad's family. Christmas Eve day, we set up our new flat screen TV and a lady came out and bought my changing table I posted on craigslist. Yay! It was just taking up space. We have been posting and selling things off craigslist all month and have done great! Tim has actually been cleaning out our woods and is selling cedar posts too. He has had quite a bit of business. The good thing is these people drive from far away to get some posts. One guy drove 4 hours out here, others are about an hour. God is so good, because selling all this stuff that has been in our barn has brought us some Christmas cash.
Christmas day we woke up and opened presents. Houston was so much fun this year. He was so shocked that santa left him a note and ate all his cookies. He said, momma,"Santa knows how to spell my name" So funny. Anyway, we headed to granny's for our annual christmas breakfast. Well, it usually starts at 730 and we showed up at 845 and guess what? Not one single homemade biscuit was left! UGH! I bet we get there on time next year. It is just hard with little kids, my cousin does her Christmas the day before so they don't have to rush on Christmas morning. We may try that next year. After that we went to Tim's parents house to open gifts then we went to his aunts house to eat lunch and open more presents. After lunch, we headed home to nap. That night my parents, Tim's parents and Holly and Steve came over to see Houston's loot. Our puppy Scooby is really growing. He has gained a little weight and is a mess. He is really good about going potty out, but has gotten to where he wants to play and chew on everything!
I did a little after Christmas shopping, the day after Christmas and found some deals. Alot of things were picked over, but I got some stuff when I was out returning some stuff that Santa brought duplicates of, yes, he has a bad memory and brought something twice. We also had to return the digital camera that was not very good. For 39.99 you would think it was a decent kids fisher price camera.
Lastly, I want to ask for prayers. A 19 year old girl was killed last night at hwy 195 and 193 in Williston. She was hit head on by a driver who ran the stop sign. She was trapped and unconscious and then she later passed away to go home to Jesus. She went to church with me and her twin sisters go to school where I teach. The mom is a great friend of the family and they work at the horse sale we go to every month. This girl was a great Christian and always smiling and happy. She volunteered at all the church events and even played the role of Mary in the church Christmas play this month. Please pray for God to give the family strength through this tragedy! Thanks and I hope everyone has a happy new year in 2010!

Christmas time

Ok, so I am not a blog quitter, but it seems like I am always super busy. Now that I am on Christmas break for two weeks, I have no excuse, right? lol My break started out kinda rough, but praise God, it is better now. Houston has had croup and then he got a high fever. He has slept for the past 2 days and finally started moving around this afternoon. It is so scary when your little one is sick. I went to lunch with my friend Melissa yesterday since we had a half day at school and we were talking about Houston getting a puppy for Christmas. Tim and I have not had any luck finding one, but I guess you can say God works in mysterious ways. I left Melissa's house, (which by the way, she has teh best Christmas decor) and was on the way home when I saw a darling puppy running down the road. I rounded the corner and stopped. He was looking at me with those sad eyes and he was all alone. I got out and picked him up and asked the neighbors if anyone had gotten a new puppy. They said no, but had heard some commotion down at the bridge the night before. People are bad about dumping animals off on our road. So of course, who do you think ended up wanting to keep this baby? ME! I talked to Tim and since Houston was sick with a fever and croup we decided to give it to him to cheer him up. He was feeling so bad, he held him and they slept all afternoon. This baby is so precious and seems to be a good natured puppy. Anyway, today Houston stayed in bed all day long again, but I got some cleaning done and I had a chance to be lazy with the new puppy. By the way, his name is Scooby. Houston loves Scooby Doo! I am so excited about Christmas this year but just not in the mood to shop. I have done little shopping and really don't care. I know I am terrible, right? lol Well before I close, I just have to tell you guys what Houston told me about Christmas this week. We were talking about Christmas being Jesus' Birthday. He knows that Jesus' home is Heaven and he knows that Jesus is in his heart. I was telling him that we will bake a cake and sing Happy Birthday to Jesus on Christmas morning, kinda like a birthday party. Houston got so excited and said, wow mommy, Jesus is coming down here? to my house? It was so precious. I am so proud of him and his relationship with the Lord. Praise God we are allowed to freely worship Him. I hope everyone has a Merry Christmas and remembers the true reason of why we celebrate CHRISTmas! Jesus is the Reason for the Season!

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

soccer

Houston and Abbi and their very first night of soccer practice.

Houston in action

again

Abbi trying to keep Houston in line.


Houston fell in love with soccer

Here are a few pictures of Houston's first soccer practcie he had tonight at Piperton Baptist Church. Hopefully he and Abbi willget to stay on the same team. Thanks to Sandy McDaniel for all your help this week.

Not what I had planned on a Friday Night

Here he is with his stickers

He was nervous but I was trying to make him laugh

Ok, so I love this last picture. Check out his back side, he was flashing everyone and didn't have a care in the world.

This has been a hectic week. I had an inservice on Tuesday from 415-715 pm, Thursday was Open House until 7 pm so Friday all I could think about was going home and doing NOTHING! I told myself I was gonna relax. Well, if you don't know, Houston has always had constipation issues since he was little and he only goes to the bathroom once a week. Well it had been two weeks and he still hadn't gone. He woke up Friday morning and was saying it was hard to make his pee pee come out. I heard him but didn't think much about it. Then at school I heard him telling another teacher he couldn't pee pee. When we got home, I called Peds East and they said more then likely I would need to take him to the ER. They called back and said yep, head to the ER for diagnostic testing. Tim was working the Briarcrest football game, so we got in the car and headed to Baptist East. To make matters worse, my phone battery was very low and after all the chaos of finding a hospital (our insurance just changed) it only had one cell left. We got to the hospital at about 545 pm and finally got released at 1130 pm. Houston was so brave, he wasn't complaining and talked to all the nurses. He kept telling them he was not staying, he was going to the football game. Finally they put him in a room and did Xrays which showed he has a damaged colon and he had a major buildup. I know nasty, but it is scary how bad it got! Then they came in to administer the enema. omg, I have never seen one and my poor baby just broke down and cried. (I would have too if it was me on that hospital bed). We carried him to the bathroom to do his thing for 25 minutes. But praise the Lord his stomach had gone down and he felt so much better. He got to go to the treasure chest and of course he chose stickers. His nurse loved him so she gave him 8 packs of 2 each. I heard his ER doctor tell him he was taking too much, but the nurse snuck them back to the room. lol Pray for him to get on a schedule. He has to take Miralax (a special prescription kind) for the next 4 years since he has been like this for 4 years. I gave him a dosage earlier and he has not gone yet, so please pray that this works because it is stressful on both him and I. Thanks guys

long week

This has been a long week and it is only Wednesday. We had a child at our school who had a gun and accidentally shot himself last night and it has been hard on both the teachers and students. I can not even imagine what the family is going through. Everyone please pray for this family right now. It is so hard.
I have a child in my class that fell off the slide at recess on Monday and broke his wrist. I felt so bad for this poor baby. He is so sweet and was so tough when it happened. His name is Xzavier and he will be out all week. Tomorrow he is getting his cast so please pray for him as he goes through this.
Other than that my class has been a pretty good class so far. I have a few I have to constantly stay on but other than that, it seems to be going well.

Here is a picture of Houston with his pawpaw riding the golf cart at Briarcrest. YES, they think they rule the place. It was Richard's Birthday so we hung out for a while.

Another picture of Houston with his new backpack at BIG SCHOOL.

Also, Houston and his future wife Amber at her birthday party at Incredible Pizza. We had unlimited game play for an hour and they were ready to play!

Here is one last pic of my baby boy standing in front of his big school. Jami took a cute picture of Cayden like this and I loved it so I stole her idea. The sun was in his eyes so he said he needed his sunglasses. He is so excited about school. I just hope he stays that way. He tells me every day that he had a great day and he absolutely loves playing with his best friend Cayden.

Back to school/Birthday/Busy

This week has been really busy. I tested Kindergartners all week and Houston had his test and his 1st day of Pre-K. I have 15 kids in my class this year and I am excited about getting the year started. I posted a pic with only 12 kids. I had one absent and 2 more kids that were transferred out of another teacher's class Fri afternoon into mine.

I have a prayer request also. I have a friend that lost her baby this week. Please pray for this friend to have strength. They were gonna find out the sex of the baby this coming up week. This really upset me because I know how excited they were.

We are getting ready to head to a birthday party at Incredible Pizza, then do some shopping. I have got to get a new camera and today is Tim's dads birthday. Happy Birthday Richard! Tonight is the horse show and I am hoping that we will be able to make it back so he can ride his new pony Mickey.

Anyway, hope everyone has a great weekend!

Houston's pony and ready for a routine

Here is a picture of Houston and his new pony MICKEY!

Ok, so I am so ready for all my kids to be at school and be in a routine. Today I had 1 child show up. She was so sweet and helpful but I am getting a little bored. It is kinda nice to have the day to get things done and this week has been so laid back. I mean, the most kids I had was yesterday and it was 3. NICE! Anyway, I had another child transfer back to Central to my class today. She went to Jefferson and hated it, so her mom brought her back to us! Yay. I heard she is a sweetie.

Last night was the last night Houston got to spend the night with mimi on a school night. He was so excited. It was kinda sad today getting him and knowing she won't be keeping him anymore just as my babysitter. Time flies. Anyway, Houston is still talking about school and can't wait to go back on Friday.

Oh yeah, So Houston dropped my camera the other night and I can't even take pics with it. It has really given me a hard time, the past year so now I think I am gonna go and get a nice one. A friend suggested the Nikon and I am seriously considering spending the money, cause as of right now, I have no camera for pics on Friday! UGH! Well, lets pray I can find a dependable one.

Houston's first day of Pre-K

Today was Houston's 1st day of Pre-K at Central. He was so excited. I only took two pictures because he drooped my camera last night and broke the darn thing. I guess I will go get a new camera before his real FIRST day on Friday. It took two and shut down and still will not open! Anyway, we were on the way to school talking about his Brigance test and he started to throw up everywhere in my car. I mean the child was so nervous he continued to be sick almost until we got back home. I ran in the house, gave him a bath, changed his clothes and got his spare carseat out. We then headed back to school. He did great, he was shy at first, but was so cute every time he would wave to me when he saw me in the hallway. Gosh I love that child! He has really grown up. Anyway, when we got in the car this afternoon, he informed me that he had a FOLDER and it had to be brought back EVERY DAY AND EVERY NIGHT mommy. He said Ms. Jodi said DON'T FORGET! lol. I just dropped him off at mimi's for the night. Getting ready to take a long bubblebath. Night yall

My Classroom Finally Finished!

This is my manipulatives and storage area on the side wall. This was an open classroom for part of the year last year. These walls were so ugly! Yellow and cork board. They were freshly painted this summer. Needless to say I was estatic!This is a view of my dry erase board, message bulletin board, interactive bulletin board at the back, and discipline board with the 5,4,3,2,1
This is where I teach whole group. Also, my class library and cozy area.

This is a view from the door of my classroom.

So, I think I finally finished working in my Kindergarten classroom. I know there are still minor things to do, but the major work is over! Whew! I have been busy this week with inservice, K-testing, Pre-K orientation, Tim's dad's surprise birthday party, Beau's 4th Birthday party and Ava's 1st Birthday party. Also, we actually got Houston another pony this week. He is cute. Black and white paint named Mickey. We also went to WalMart and got Houston's school supplies. I am so glad that is over because it was a madhouse. I guess that is what I get for waiting until no tax weekend. Anyway, here are some pics of my classroom. Enjoy!

Prayer Request

Please pray for the Zent family. I have known this family since I was a child. Mr. Bob died tonight, he lost his battle with cancer. He hasn't had it but for a few years, but I know that he will be in heaven at a better place. He was a member at First Baptist Fisherville. (my church) and he had 2 sons that are in their 20's. My dad was one of his good friends and my sister rodeoed with his son James. Please pray for strength for everyone at this difficult time. Thanks

Tired Tuesday

So last night I stayed up until 1:30 am and woke up at 5:45 am. Needless to say I was exhausted all day today. This morning we had an inservice county-wide breakfast at the high school with some boring guest speakers and then an awards ceremony. I got an award for having perfect attendance for the past 2 years with a check and I also got an award for having 100% Greatest Average Performance in Language Arts, Reading, Listening and Math on the TCAP test for my grade-level(Kindergarten) across all of Fayette County. I was so shocked and excited at the same time. I worked my tail off last year and felt I deserved an award but was so surprised that I got it for 4 areas. Only me and another teacher who is a veteran teacher and awesome got this award for Kindergarten. Hers was for 100% in Language Arts. Anyway, that was a way to pep us up for the school year! Go Hornets!

This afternoon, I took Houston to the doctor for his physical for Pre-K this year. He did great, he now weighs 43 pounds and is 42 inches tall. He got to see his favorite nurse Jeannie. She is a doll and he adores her. Dr. Newman says he is in the 75% for height and the 90% for weight. Anyway, I have got to get on bed early tonight due to lack of sleep last night. Houston is spending the night with mom, so I am trying to get stuff done without him in the house.

I have a prayer request and praise. A friend (Melissa) of mines boyfriend(Dustin) was in a car accident today. I think he is okay, but his truck is not. Praise God he was okay, but pray he gets everything straightened out and taken care of. This just makes you think you never know what each day brings. That is why we need to pray for others because not everyone is always this lucky.

Happy 4th Birthday Houston!

Houston and his new friend STAR.

Today is my baby's 4th Birthday! Happy Birthday Houston Franklin Collins. Anyway, he wanted to eat at the "roll place" (O Charleys) for his birthday dinner, he loves that place. We ate steaks, and they were so good. Then went to Chuck E Cheese to play games, he had gotten a birthday email with 20 free games, so we took advantage. He had a blast as usual. Later we went to Build a Bear to use his gift certificate that he gramma (aka Mrs. Freddie) gave him for his birthday. He got the cutest little Jack Russell dog named STAR and dressed him in a Memphis Grizzlies Basketball jersey, shorts and tennis shoes. He is adorable. After our fun filled night, we came home and after his prayers and bedtime story, he crashed. I even called him into my bedroom to show him something 5 minutes later and he was already asleep. Poor child, I have drug him around all summer and he is trying to get back in the routine of getting up early. Which leads me to say we got up at 545 am this morning because it was my first day back at school and he has to go to mawmaws until school starts. He did good getting up though, he pepped right up. Hopefully he will continue to have this positive attitude. Well I almost have my classroom complete, I finished my bulletin boards today. I will try to take pics tomorrow. Well, it is 1120 pm and I have got to get a shower and get in the bed so I can make it to inservice tomorrow. Good Night everyone

Houston and Chuck E Cheese

Another Birthday Party

We have been really busy these past few days. I worked in my classroom on Thursday morning and worked registration that afternoon, then the tornado came in town. Wow! Thank God we didn't have much damage at our house. We lost a tree and a duck. We think she got blown away. So sad, the other ducks miss her! Anyway, I have been house sitting for the neighbors all week and planning Houston's family Birthday party. Oh yea, I also got my car back and thank the Lord, it looks normal again. Now let's just pray no one else hits me again. It is a dent magnet! UGH! We were at WalMart yesterday and a buggy had hit the new bumper and it was scratched. Tim got some wax and buffed it out. Also, our new neighbors had this awesome block party last night too. I mean NICE! They have an indoor swimming pool and a theatre in their house. So I dropped by to introduce myself and stayed about 45 minutes until Tim called my cell phone telling me to come home all our guests were showing up for our party. Well, we had fun last night, got to spend time with family and friends. Here is a few pics. The last thing I wanted to blog about is tomorrow August 3rd. Well, fiest of all, it is finally Houston's 4th Birthday! He is excited, we have been partying for 2 weeks, and it is also the first day back to school for teachers. BOO :( I am not ready for all this time off to end, but kinda ready to get into a routine again. Well hope everyone is having a great weekend!

Hump Day

I have had a busy week this week. Next week teachers go back to school and I am NOT ready! I have gotten spoilt this summer sleeping in and running around. I have been trying to get back in a routine this week and have done pretty good. This morning I woke up at 6:45 and read my Bible and had my quiet time with the Lord, cooked Houston breakfast, picked up around the house and now I am getting ready to go shopping with mom for Houston's birthday. He will be 4 on Monday August 3rd. It is so hard to believe how fast they grow up:( Anyway, I dropped my car off yesterday to get a new bumper since some lady backed into me at a red light with her trailer hitch last week. We met Monday and she gave me cash, yesterday I took it to the shop and I get to pick it up this afternoon. Yesterday I also helped Katie in her classroom for a few hours, then we went to lunch and hung out. Last night I tried Jazzercise with her and it was really fun. I thought it was gonna be alot of bouncing around, but I really enjoyed it! Katie is actually working on getting certified to teach it so maybe one day I will have the motivation to join. I want to go, but don't want to drive all the way to Collierville after working all day. Anyway, Houston got some really great birthday presents at his party last Saturday and today, one cool present we have been playing with is his hot wheels race track from his girlfriend Becca. He talks about her all the time but acts shy when he sees her. This track is awesome yall. It does not take batteries which is even better. It has 2 tracks to race, you just pull each gear back and they go a lap around the track. So much fun, even adults would love it. I am just sad they didn't have all these neat toys when we were little. Well, I am gonna get ready, my mom will be here in a few. Haapy Hump Day to everyone! Oh yea, it is Houston's best friend Cayden's Birthday today. Happy 4th Birthday Cayden!

Party Time

Today was Houston's 4th Birthday party. We had it in Collierville at the Spray Park and we had 18 kids show up. It was so much fun. We got to spend time with alot of people that don't see often. It was kind of hard keeping up with all the kids because there were 4 different parties going on, but we were lucky enough to have 4 tables and the pavillion to ourselves. Houston had a great time and got some awesome stuff. Next Saturday he is having another party at our house but it will be more family and friends. Hope everyone is having an excellent weekend.

Favorite Picture Friday

This is one of my fav pics of Houston. It was Christmas 2008 and he got his BB Gun.

Not a good day

Today was horrible. I went to Kids Town Consignment sale at the Agricenter and stood in line to check out for 2 hours. Then went to Chick-Fil-A to get Houston lunch and some idiot backed into me. O yeah. We were at the red light and she decided she did not want to wait. So she backed up without looking and hit my front bumper with her trailer hitch and tore my bumper up. I was so mad, I couldn't find my phone and she exchanged info with me but did not want to call the cops. Now I have gone to get estimates and she wants to use the cheaper one that wants to PATCH the bumper. NO! I refuse to have my bumper jacked up. UGH! Well I needed to vent.

We did go to the Redbirds game last night and have the BEST time ever as a family. The weather was great and they actually won too. Here is a pic from last night of the fam.

spinning

Last night I went to DAC with a friend and worked out, then did the SPIN class for 1 hour! Needless to say I am hurting today. Um, yea, I am so out of shape, but you got to understand spinning with the resistance at an 8 out of 10 and standing and pedaling at high speeds can be painful. I think my bottom was too big for the seat cause today, I haven't gotten out of bed yet. It was so cool though. The room was dark with glow in the dark paint on the walls and iridescent colors. The beat of the music was fast so I think I tried to do too much on my first night. John told me I can't quit though, I got to try it at least two more times. I may shoot for next week, there is no way I can be ready by tomorrow. Luckily, my mom kept Houston last night, so today I am taking it easy before I have to go get him. Gosh, we only have a week and a half before it is back to school. I can't hardly believe it. Time flies when you are off work. Hope everyone has a Happy Hump Day.

lazy day

This weekend was a lazy one. Saturday we went to Houston's horse show and he got a 4th place ribbon. YAY! There was 8 kids in the class and he got 4th. Pretty good considering all the adorable competition he was up against. Anyway, I was proud. Today we went to church and came home to enjoy the beautiful weatehr outside. It has been 78-82 degrees all weekend and it is FABULOUS. Houston made my heart melt this afternoon. We were talking about his birthday coming up and how big he is getting. I told him,"I don't want you to get big Houston" He looked at me and said,"mommy, don't worry I will keep you forever". Gosh I am so in love with that little man!

Just catchin' you up on the fun we've had this week!

Houston's first visit to the DentistMembers Night at the Zoo


Pink Palace



Buggy Ride


Chuck E. Cheese


Visiting Mrs. Freddie