Happy 5 years ♥

Wow! What an incredible 5 years we have had! I have loved every year more and more and more. I have an amazing husband that loves me for who I am, he is the best example of Christ for our family that I could have ever asked for, he provides for us and will always be my best friend till the end!

Where it all began ~ 04/23/05~ Galveston, TX


Our journey to Parenthood: Laney Capri Hayes ~ 05/30/08



We celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary this weekend in San Antonio.. just the two of us. It felt like we haven't been able to get away just the two of us in a very long time. We definitely enjoyed ourselves.. of course lots and lots of great food, comedy, spurs vs mavericks playoff game, relaxing by the riverwalk, shopping and just time by ourselves.

Brazilian Steakhouse ~ 04/23/10


At the Spurs game!



And of course Laney had a ball while we were gone staying with Nanny and Papa.

Her first braid this weekend!


And of course fun in the hot tub in her yellow bikini her dad picked out :)

New Pics

After rescheduling several times because of the rainy weather, we finally had an afternoon yesterday where the sun was out so we took advantage and had our pictures taken by Cassandra. Cassandra took Laney's pictures when she turned "one" and they turned out so cute, so who better to take her "two" year pics than her. We went to Tech and roamed the campus and found several great locations. I must say it was a bit windy but you can only tell by my hair... it was all over the place :)













We are packing up and heading out for our 5 year anniversary trip tonight. I couldn't be more excited to spend quality time with the love of my life!! I LOVE time alone and we just don't get enough of it!! I have truly been blest with a BEST FRIEND! He is so loving, gracious and patient with me!!!

Moms Birthday

We decided to surprise Nanny for her Birthday this Monday! We met the family at Shoguns in Midland and then headed back home right after. Lots of driving but it was well worth it!

Happy Birthday Nanny! OR Hoppy Birf Day (if you ask Laney) :)





Laney was a little scared of the fire and the chef throwing around utensils. It was quite hilarious.. she was jumping out of my mom's lap almost! This was her fourth time at a Japanese Steak House so she should have been used to it.

Ups and Downs

We had alot of ups and downs today but at the end of the day nobody can make you smile like this little girl!!!
We love her more than she will ever know!
Thank you Laney Capri for putting smiles on our faces :)

Easter Festivities

We had a fun filled Easter weekend. We drove to Midland so that we could visit with our family. We started the festivities Thursday night with some turkey burgers and family time. Friday we had an Easter egg hunt and cookout at the park . Laney really enjoyed hunting Easter eggs this year. As a matter of fact we came home with four baskets full of goodies. Just what we need.. lots of candy! Saturday we over to Nana's and had another Easter egg hunt and cookout. We enjoy hanging out and visiting with our family. We are very blessed to have such a great family. Sunday we went to church and hung out just us three. We cooked a yummy lunch and spent time relaxing. All in all we had a great and busy Easter!!

Laney with her Elmo Easter basket


Laney and her cousin Aiden riding all by themselves. Laney loved it so much she even drove it all by herself.


Laney getting the hang of the Easter egg hunting thing :)


Hot tubbin fun!


Cousin Parker and Laney at Nana's house


Second Easter egg hunt


This was Laney Easter Sunday


We hope that everyone enjoyed their Easter like we did!

Last Easter!

I thought I would post a few pics from Laney's first Easter. Our little girl was 11 months old and I cannot believe how much she has changed.





Last year it was too cold to go Easter egg hunting but it didn't really matter since Laney couldn't really hunt them anyways. She had an Easter egg hunt at her daycare last year and all the kids just sat there looking at the eggs... pretty funny actually. We are so excited about this year! Laney is starting to understand alot more and we are really excited to tell her what Easter is all about. I know that she will have fun attending the Easter egg hunts we have planned to go to but we will not lose sight of what the holiday is all about.

Through his death, burial and resurrection, Jesus paid the penalty for sin, thus purchasing for all who believe in him, eternal life in Christ Jesus.

We hope everyone has a wonderful Easter celebration!

Friends :)

Our great friends Nathan and Dene and their sweet little girl Raylee came to visit us this weekend. Laney was super excited to have someone to play with. I told Laney way ahead of time that Ray was coming to visit so we heard about it for days. She kept saying "Play with Ray" and "Eat Ray" (which means Eat with Ray). Next time I will just let the visit be a surprise :) Lil Ray was just the perfect size. She has grown up so much! She was crawling all over the place so Laney thought it would be fun to crawl too. They laughed, danced and played their little hearts out. While the girls were having fun of course Landon and I enjoyed our great company too. Steaks, games and visiting!!

We took the girls to the park across the street from our house and they had fun going down the slide, swinging and riding on the police car.





And of course they had to take a bath together ;)


And they played and danced with the Fridge Farm.





We are so thankful for such great friends :)

Weekend in Dallas!

Laney and I packed up and headed to Dallas the last weekend of Spring Break with my sisters, mom and grandparents. Laney did very well in the car... thank goodness. She has never liked riding in the car but with five people entertaining her she did great! She slept several hours on the way home but only twenty minutes on the way there. Go figure!! My sister that lives in Tyler met up with us and lets just say that Laney is spoiled rotten!!! Anything Laney wanted she got. She didn't go to bed until after 10:00 every night and would wake up the next morning ready to go. I guess that what family is for :)

We shopped till we seriously dropped. Laney was such a trooper. She kept saying "Shop".. pretty cute. I think she is going to be like her momma... loves to shop.. her Dad better watch out :) We went to San Moon on Thursday and thank goodness it wasn't near as busy as the weekends usually are. We went to a few malls and of course ate at some yummy restaurants.


Aunt Chelsea (or CheChe as Laney would say), Laney and Me


My sisters and Mom- Love them!!


Taking a free ride in the luggage cart!


Laney trying to eat a corn on the cob. She did pretty well!


We definitely missed Landon while we were gone and we were very excited to see him! I think he missed us too. He had flowers waiting for me, dishes done and a fruit tart waiting to be eaten. Such a great husband!! We celebrate our five year anniversary next month and we plan on going to San Antonio for a quick weekend alone! Can't wait!!

Mommy and Me

Last week we had a day of painting toe nails, watching cartoons, drinking coke (which isn't usually allowed) and eating popcorn.. just us girls! Pretty great afternoon with my lil girl :)











My 2 favorite people :) After church on Sunday

Feels like Spring!!

This weather has been GREAT! It is exactly what Laney and I needed... fresh warm air. We played at the park (right across from our house) just about every day this past week. It is such a nice change to be outside rather than to being cooped up inside. I have definitely learned while staying at home with Laney that she is an outdoors type of girl. She would much rather be outside running, playing, jumping and laughing than to be inside doing crafty stuff.. such as coloring and painting. So all I can say is... bring on Spring!!!!

Here are a few pics of our visit to the duck pond this weekend. As you can tell she was very excited about the ducks!





Watching her dad and mom throw the bread. She did not want to even touch that bread but enjoyed us doing it.





Now off to the park!







She was going to tell the ducks goodbye.. with or without us!


We hope everyone has a HAPPY HAPPY Spring!!