Welcome Back Home :)

I flew back into on Thursday of last week from being gone on a work trip and went straight from the airport to Laney's (first) open house at school. She was so excited to show us all that she has learned and made. The first thing she did was pull out her ipad that is assigned to her name and showed us all the learning games she plays daily. She can work that thing better than I can ;) Then, they personalized their own container just for their parents. In the container was all kinds of snacks they had made just for us. I couldn't tell if she made the food for us or herself because she was digging in.. lol. We received her first report card and were so proud of all the good reports. We started off the first week a little rough (she is a talker) but have been so proud of her improvements.

Then Friday, I left the kids again with Landon to go to girls night. I don't get out for girls night often so Landon was so supportive and encouraged me to go (even though I felt a little guilty at first). I went to my friend Sarah's house for wreath making party. It was so much fun. I made my mom a wreath and have intentions of making myself one.. just haven't had a chance yet. Hopefully I can get mine done before fall is over with. So glad I went to fellowship with my friends and made new friends too :)

(I defintley could use a little more practice)

Saturday, my sister and grandparents came down for a surprise visit. So laundry, cleaning and all the other things that I wasn't able to do the past week, had to hold off yet another few days. We made time for pedicures, manicures and the kids of course had to spend the night at my moms house since Aunt Mammie was down!!

Fun at Miss Cayce's Christmas store. Kipton isn't into Santa once again this year. Maybe next year will be the year ;)

A fun plate I had to have. You switch out the attachments for each holiday and special occasion.



Not often I get a picture with 2 smiles :)

Just a fun picture... our first fire this season!









And that's enough rambling for me :)

Airsho Fun!

I spent a week in Denver, CO last week for work, so I have fallen behind on alot of things, blogging being one of them... not to mention house work, laundry, cleaning, etc.

So here is a post from the weekend before last.

We took the kids to the airsho for the first time and I believe they had a blast. We went with family and that made it even all the more better. Kipton loves planes already, so to see them in action was so cool for him.

Here are a few pics to recap our fun!

Big 2 interviewed Landon at the airsho on the new rocket that is going into space and he ended up being on the news. He just gave his input on what he thought about it. We waited up for the 10 o'oclock news Sunday night and sure enough there was my man.. haha. For some reason it makes you feel special to be on the news ;)

Miss him {them}

My precious little nephew has started daycare. Such a bittersweet day. My sister was so lucky to get to spend 8 weeks with the little guy and now it is back to real life. I miss Jhett so much. I hate being almost 7 hours away from them. I have wanted to live closer to my sister and I miss her dearly and now that little Jhett is here it makes me long even more to see them. I know Jhett will do great in daycare and will make lots of friends. Praying the transition is easy for the both of them.

We love you Chelsea, Jeremy and Jhett. I don't think we can wait until Thanksgiving to see you all!!!!

Kip, Kippy, Kipton?!?!

I realize that the last two posts were all about Laney, so here is one all about Kipton.

If I were to sum this little boy up into one word it would have to be character. He is such a character. Always making us laugh :) I told him on our way home from daycare the other day, I love you Kipton Wayne. He said I not Kipton Wayne, I Kippy. Well excuse me little Kippy I will keep that in mind.. ha!

He loves every sport... he loves baseballs, golf balls, footballs, anything he can throw or hit. He loves knocking down decorations and knocking me or his sister in the face.. lol. He is all boy. But he also has another side when he plays with his sister and cousin Parker. He likes to play dress up with them. We were playing with cousins and he comes out of the bedroom with bright red lipstick on... oh my! I think his daddy and uncle nearly fell over.. this too shall pass. Daddy works very hard with him on the manly things. He has an awesome arm when throwing, very good at hitting his golf balls and has a pretty hard punch (thanks to his daddies lessons) but he does know he can only practice punches on daddy now. He makes some crazy noises too... manly grunts and growls (hilarious).

Excuse the hat hair ;) oh and the bright red lips..ha

Pushing cousin Liam around

This sweet little boy loves his sister to death. He wants to do every single thing that she does and say every single thing that she says. It is so sweet and I pray that this relationship they have going will continue like this forever. They of course have their moments of not sharing but that is only expected.

He had to wear his sisters googles.

We have included Kippy in on our nightly bible story reading and praying now that he is a little bit older and able to comprehend it better. His prayer every night "Jesus, I love you. Amen". Love it :) You can also ask him where Jesus lives and he will say in him, in his heart and in the sky.

This little Kippy will always be loved by this momma!!

Laney's Awards

We attended Laney's first award ceremony of Kindergarten. They have an awards ceremony every six weeks (can you believe six weeks of school has already gone by?). The purpose of the awards is to praise the kids that have done well in certain areas and it is also a reminder of what the child might need a little work on. Laney received a perfect attendence award (I was surprised we haven't missed for being sick.. lots of new kids = lots of new germs..eeek), a best effort award and an award for having no strikes in P.E. (so not getting in trouble). Landon and I were so proud of her. She defintley deserved ice cream afterwards. I think I heard her mention to several people after that she got ice cream.. without Kipton. I guess she thought she was pretty special.. and that's because she is ;) I am so glad she is loving Kindergarten and is always ready and willing to learn more. Smart little cookie!!

Proud Mommy and Daddy

Mrs. Putman's Kindergarten class



Our little ice cream date

My little Fishy

What a whirlwind of a week already. We started Laney in swimming classes at COM. She goes two times a week, which is going to keep us busy busy. She has always loved the water and really not scared of it but I felt it was important to get her some lessons so she is real comfortable with it. She loved her first lesson but her brother on the other hand was not happy at all he couldn't get it. He can start in Decemeber when he almost three. Hopefully he can hold out until then :) They do parent tot lessons but I would rather him be by himself with a teacher. Plus I am not feeling up to being in a bathing suit twice a week for some reason.

Kip and I waiting on his sister to finish her swim lessons.

Laney jumping in from the side of the pool.

For now Laney is hoping to join a swim team but we will see how she feels after lessons. She is also wanting to start gymnastics again and play soccer. We have an active little girl on our hands.

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!!!