Fall really?!?

Another fun weekend in the books. Landon and I helped out at the Baker Hughes appreciation clay shoot on Friday. I was happy since that got me out of the office for the day. It was rainy and a little chilly but I enjoyed time with my hubby and even got to shoot Landon's a gun a few times. Well, let me rephrase that.. Landon made me shoot his gun a few times.. lol.

We just recently started helping out in the Junior High ministry at Stonegate. This weekend they had Genesis weekend. There were 180 kids that signed up to participate. They stayed in host homes Friday night and Saturday. Landon and I were team leaders in the activities on Saturday. We had a great time getting to know some awesome kids. Landon and I have always had a heart for youth kids, so we are excited to get involved with this ministry. This weekend was all about connecting and I feel we did just that.

Sunday, Landon fixed Kipton's bed into a big boy bed. He was so excited. I think I heard, "I big boy" 20 or so times. He took a nap in it Sunday afternoon and got out of his bed once, I told him to go back to bed so he doesn't get a spanking and he was out within 10 minutes. Then, last night he went straight to sleep without getting out of his big boy bed a single time. I was so shocked. He has always loved his sleep so I should have expected that from him. Laney was so different though. It took her a long time to adjust to being able to go to sleep without getting up a million times. And even still she will get out of bed for anything... she is thirsty, she needs another kiss, another hug, she is scared. Crazy how they are so different but I love them all the same ;)

Fall.... I cannot believe it is that time. I just haven't been able to get into the groove so far. I am not really looking forward to getting out fall decorations. I might just not... not sure yet. We did buy some big ol pumpkins at Sams for the kids to paint and that was fun, a mess, but fun. I am for sure loving the cooler weather though!!!

We did buy Halloween costumes and I am not sure they will last until Halloween. Both kids persist on wearing them every day. Here is a sneak peek of Kipton's.

Cousins, cousins and more cousins

This past weekend we hi-tailed it to Abilene to celebrate my grandmothers 71st birthday. She loves when we can get all the family together because it rarely happens these days with everyone's crazy schedules. We rented out a restuarant Saturday since there was so many of us. Luckily that gave the kids freedom to play and make as much noise as they wanted.

2nd cousins... (minus a few)

Then Sunday, we watched Parker and Liam (the kids cousins) so their parents could move and unpack things into their new home. The kids played so well together. I love that they decided to not move to Houston, so that the kids can grow up together and have plenty of time to see each other.

Fun car ride with all four :)

My favorite pic ;) Liam loves his uncle Landon.

Now, here is to a crazy week and weekend ahead ;)

Lately ;)

So, Kindergarten is going pretty well these days...besides the fact that my little girl likes to talk therefore tends to get in trouble. Starting off Kindergarten, Laney was excited but she also wanted to make sure that Landon and I knew that she was going to be shy at first. We told her it's ok to be shy, alot of the kids the first few weeks will be shy. Her teacher calls me the 2nd day of school to go over some things and she lets me know that Laney is not shy, she has made all kinds of friends. At this point, I am happy that she has adjusted so well. The 2nd week of school I learn that she has gotten moved to 3 different tables because she likes to talk. So, Landon and I have a serious talk with her. making sure she knows when she needs to listen and when she can talk to all her new friends. She has done so much better this week and has gotten a smiley face every day. What can I say... this girl likes to talk just like her daddy :)

She has also become very independant. She begs to ride the school bus (which just isn't going to happen) and when Landon drops her off in the mornings she stops him about 4 rooms down from hers and tells him, dad, I can walk by myself from here. Lil Miss Independant.

A little kite flying fun!!

Thanks for all the prayers, thoughts, texts, flowers, and messages regarding my hearing problems. I realized I hadn't really posted any updates until I recieved a sweet message on facebook asking me about an update and telling me that she had been praying for me... how thoughtful!!!! Anywho... after having blood work ($5,000 worth.. holy cow.. luckily insurance paid for all but $72 of that) those tests all came back negative, I then went to have a MRI. Scarey.... I laid in this huge table with horrible louds noises, freezing and all I could think about is what is wrong with me and then of course cry because my baby was starting Kindergarten the next week and songs kept coming on that reminded me of her. I recieved a call that same afternoon from Dr. Patel and he said my MRI came back good. He couldn't see any problems besides allergies. Praise the Lord!!!!! I still have unusual hearing loss that he just doesnt have an answer for.. The only thing he is thinking is.. genetics. I am now in the process of testing out different hearing aids and what a pain... I can hear better without the hearing aids at this point. But the Dr keeps reeasurring me that this will be a process and he wants to make sure I am 100% positive that they help me hear before making this huge purchase... yuck!! So again, thanks for all the prayers through the process. I think I want to cry just about every time I walk into Audio Acoustics for an appointment. ha!

That's about I can come up with at the moment. Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Go Red Raiders!!

This weekend Baker Hughes (both mine and Landon's employer) hosted a tailgate up in Lubbock at the Tech game. Landon was signed up to work it so we decided it would be fun to have an overnight trip without the kiddos. We left the kids with my mom and left early Saturday morning. Landon had to help set up the tailgate shindig, so my friend Darci (who's husband also works for Baker) decided we had a few hours to go shopping. So we left for a few hours, showed back up and all the work was done... now just time to sit and relax. The guys made some delicious fajitas and we got some nice visiting in. After all the hard work for them cooking in the heat for customers, potential customers, employees and just random people walking up that wanted free food and drinks, we then got to go inside and watch the game. We actually got rained on the first 30 minutes so the game was delayed but man that rain sure did cool things off.

We were so thankful for our family who watched the kids for us. It is always so nice to get away and enjoy just the two of us. When we returned Laney was begging to stay the night at Parker's (her cousins) on Sunday. She said, "Did you get a nice break from us, you can always leave us again." Haha... I would say both kids had a fun time with their grandparents on Saturday and their Uncle, Aunt and cousins on Sunday. The kids were wiped out.. so Kipton took a two hour nap along with mommy on Sunday ;)

Go Red Raiders!!!