tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-55227933432186508742024-03-18T23:48:09.093-05:00TexasMackstexasmackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613177719675891865noreply@blogger.comBlogger540125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522793343218650874.post-88619683621826733802013-11-26T16:29:00.001-06:002013-11-27T23:09:46.886-06:00Happy Slacker Mom HalloweenI'm usually on it when it comes to Halloween but this year I was a slacker for sure. I had all these grand ideas for costumes that I kept thinking of for months and the closer Halloween got, the more and more I realized that coming up with three costumes and all the effort into putting them all together was a little bit more than I could chew off. So it was the Halloween of hand-me-downs. I'm telling you....slacker mom.<br />
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So the only real effort that was put into this year's costume was Nolan's surfboard which was 100% done by my husband. I know that my girl fish looks like a boy fish so that's why we slapped a bow on her.<br />
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Years ago we were invited to be on Good Morning Texas for the boys' costumes. So why not reuse them if they got us on tv, right?<br />
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There was absolutely no way that anyone was getting that candy bucket out of my baby girl's hands. She was holding onto that sucker even if she had to drag it.<br />
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We were fresh out of white face paint and sunscreen soaked into his face. So what do you do in a pinch? Oh if you could have only seen Nolan's face when I told him at the end of the night that he had diaper cream on his nose all night. Priceless.<br />
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So as I walk around the neighborhood feeling guilty about how I should've put more effort into their costumes, I look at my sweet babies walking up to each house and guess what? They could have been wearing sheets with holes cut out for eyes and been every bit as happy. Seriously.<br />
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Having Gram and Pop here from Kentucky made it even more special because it's the first time ever that they've been able to join us. They stayed with the kids while Justin and I went to New York. I owe them my life for that one!<br />
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Here's some fun we carved up the night before Halloween. What fun!<br />
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Landry was into it the most, believe it or not!<br />
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And here are a couple of my favorite. I didn't get one of Campbell. Probably because the kids had to be super still! Which it's a miracle I got one of Landry!<br />
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Knowing how long it takes me to accomplish things, I better start working on next year's costumes!<br />
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I figured I better blog about this before it's Christmas time. My parents and I packed up Landry and headed to Dallas to go check out the Dallas Arboretum. I've always wanted to go to check out if I want to use it for one of my photo session locations.<br />
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Even though Dallas is only an hour away, sometimes it seems like it's across the country now that we have kids. Even when we went this particular morning it took us nearly two hours with traffic.<br />
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But all traffic complaining aside, it was amazing. And 100% worth it. I'm totally sold on using it for locations. It was seriously my fall fantasy land.<br />
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All my favorite colors exploded everywhere. I don't know what it is about fall that gets me to this ultimate happy place but it does it me every single time.<br />
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The funniest part was that there were literally hundreds of pumpkins a gourds and my daughter always seemed to find the ugliest ones that had warts and hold them for the pictures. It made me a little happy though that she didn't judge based on beauty.<br />
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We had lunch there and it was literally the perfect fall day. I'm so glad we made the trip. Love that we discovered a new little jewel not too far from us. I'm just sad that Justin and the boys weren't with us. We wanted to go back over the Thanksgiving break but this nasty weather has pretty much ruined those plans.<br />
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So eternally grateful for the memories made doing things like this.<br />
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Everyone at this point knows that I'm psycho for fall. If you didn't know, you will soon be convinced.<br />
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I <strike>torture</strike> pump my family up about the patch every year. Actually, usually if there's anyone being tortured it's usually me and my husband, who's a good sport to every session that I drag him along to. He seriously deserves a medal.<br />
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We've gone to a patch I think every year since Nolan was a toddler but Halls Pumpkin Patch is our absolute favorite patch. They have the best fall setup ever and the kids absolutely love it. It's like fall threw up everywhere. My fall spastic meter is off the charts. I can smell pumpkins a mile away. It's my party trick.<br />
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While I'm loving every single second of my new role where I work from home/am a full time Mommy/designated chauffeur/full time photographer, the only bummer is that October is full of soccer games, practice twice a week, photo shoots galore, and it all coincides a little with my fall freak obsession. And all this rain is really literally raining on my fall parade. Seriously, why can't it rain at night only?<br />
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So we changed things up a bit and headed to the patch during the week which is a first for us because this family knows ain't no one keeping Mama from her pumpkin patch. But now, I gotta say I won't do it any other way. It was a ghost town compared to what it normally is on the weekend, where you have about 50 people photo bombing every photo. Your kid screaming because he wants a ride on the tractor and people giving you stare down because you want a picture of your kid's 8 seconds of fame on that tractor. But wait, they're not looking. Look over here kids...oh, just forget it. <br />
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The food is delicious. Don't believe me?<br />
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Exhibit A:<br />
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There was no getting that corn out of the grip of her chubby dimpled hands. Here are the other 1,957 reasons why I'm obsessed with fall.<br />
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And just when we were headed home, I got my biggest fall fix with this.<br />
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And that's a wrap on Fall Obsession 2013. texasmackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613177719675891865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522793343218650874.post-59763257134001329002013-10-03T12:27:00.000-05:002013-12-17T12:29:31.369-06:00Lego land birthdayThis year we decided to offer Nolan to either have a party or invite one friend over to spend the night and that we would go Lego land. Thank goodness he chose Lego land. Don't get me wrong, I love to throw a birthday party but with his party only weeks after Landry, a little break in party planning was nice.<br />
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My parents came to watch Landry and we took Nolan, his friend and Campbell to Lego land. I gotta say that I don't understand the fascination with legos, but I do love how much they creativity out in my boys. They could play with them for hours. <br />
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I'm not sure who had the most fun out of all my kids...including my biggest one.<br />
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My favorite part was seeing the the little Lego towns that looked just like DFW. Way too much. Of course I would love the part that remind me of a doll house.<br />
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I gotta say, I'm really sold on this kind of party. I'm hoping we might just be able to talk him into something like this every year. texasmackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613177719675891865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522793343218650874.post-30052915256577272652013-09-20T11:53:00.000-05:002013-12-17T12:29:10.489-06:00Landry's 2 year old photo shootI got a crazy idea to try something for a photo shoot for Landry. You know anything that involves a 2 year old, balloons and a creek might be a total torture fest. But I'm a gluten for punishment so I did it anyway.<br />
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We needed a way for the balloons to stay put in the creek so we tied them to sticks which we were proud of ourselves for coming up with that idea. Well too bad we didn't think about how they'd constantly be floating around and we would have to keep chasing them down the creek.
Pair that with a little toddler who hated the water and it's a miracle that I was able to catch anything of this girl.<br />
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Either way, all the trouble, frustration and hilarity of it all was worth it. I absolutely adore these photos of her. I hope my kids don't remember all the craziness involved in these shoots but just appreciate what I did to remember their childhood.<br />
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Oh the things I put them through for a good pic.<br />
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This baby girl, the one who I didn't think I would ever make it through with my pregnancy, is now full of life, so stinking adorable and everything I prayed for in a daughter. She's changed so much in two years. I'll never forget the HORRIBLE record-breaking summer that I was pregnant with her. I still have to whisper about it because just talking about it makes my ankles puffier and my toes turn into little Vienna sausages. Stretch marks, muffin top, cankles and all, she was 100% worth it.<br />
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I found this little outfit for Landry before she even turned one on mega clearance for $10 at Gymboree . It was a 2T and so it was decided before she even turned 1, that her 2nd birthday would be a strawberry party. That is the most I have EVER been ahead of the game and it was by accident. And then, as luck would have it, I found loads of strawberry stuff on clearance at the end of the summer last year in the Target dollar spot. The strawberry tablecloth was $2. I found strawberry notepads, coasters, sticky notes all for 30 cents! SCORE!<br />
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I made the little strawberry banner for her using my Cricut. That thing has paid for itself tenfold. And I made the birthday hat out of paper and a ton of ribbon. I've gotten pretty handy at making those after making them for several photo shoots.<br />
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Hello adorable $10 outfit. <br />
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All the fun tags for the goodie bags and the sandwich headers cards were made by Justin, of course. I tell him it's time to open up an Etsy shop with all the artwork we've done for our kids parties over the years.<br />
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And most importantly, another amazing creation by Amanda with the strawberry cake. </div>
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Not only was beautiful but tasted amazing too. This is Landry's yummy face. </div>
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After eating cake, we opened up presents and this little girl got a lot of babies and has been playing with them ever since.<br />
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She wanted to open all her gifts immediately.<br />
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My baby girl loves hard and it was so precious seeing her hug everyone because she was so excited to see all her friends and family. She was missing them over the summer.<br />
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And we've made a video of each of our kids' first year. We watch it on their birthday as a tradition for our family and just reminisce about how little they were. They absolutely love it. Poor third child...it took almost to her second birthday to get her first year done but it's done, that's all that counts, right?</div>
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Happy Birthday Landry Kate.You have completed our family and I'm so so grateful to all the joy and love you've brought to our family. We love you so much. texasmackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613177719675891865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522793343218650874.post-19208861835163533392013-09-05T13:37:00.000-05:002013-09-06T15:04:24.108-05:00Family Camp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Athens, TX is sacred ground for me. It's where my camp journey began. I met friends there in 5th grade and am still really close to them even now. That feeling I got at camp was a mountaintop high every year. It's unexplainable but so so meaningful.<br />
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Justin took Nolan two years ago when Justin lead music at a camp but this year we heard about Family Camp. I was a little nervous about how it would go with Landry. The thought of bunk beds, play pens and more had me a little worried about the logistics of it all.<br />
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But it was amazing, in so many ways.<br />
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Seeing my husband play guitar for the camp always warms my heart.<br />
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I want my kids to love this place like I did. It's not like it's hard. It kind of just happens when you open the car door.<br />
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Watching my kids eat s'mores....well it's on my parent bucket list.<br />
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Watching my kids sing camp songs and loving every minute of it. Another check on my list.<br />
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Even though it was a weekend camp, we filled every minute of that time with family time. And even better that we made homemade ice cream. It was more like a sugary liquid but you know I didn't turn it down.<br />
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Painting a family portrait, which now welcomes you as you walk into our entry way.<br />
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Swimming in a lake and pool had us worn out in no time but something about camp...it's like the trees give off a little bit more energy and you breathe it in and can't help but keep going.<br />
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For that entire weekend, we bonded as a family. TVs were not around, phones were put away, video games weren't anywhere to be found. Although board games were played. It was glorious.<br />
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So grateful for this place for what it's meant to me and my prayer continues that my children will have this place mean as much to them as it has to me.<br />
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The weekend reminded me that family time is sacred time, it's holy time.<br />
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Amen.texasmackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613177719675891865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522793343218650874.post-74243761206356541472013-08-08T17:13:00.001-05:002013-08-08T17:22:33.217-05:00Making lemons out of lemonadeIt's no secret of mine that my least favorite season in Texas is the summer. It's miserable. I'm talking I need a shower after checking the mail at the curb.<br />
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I think my true hatred of summer was official after two of my 3 kids were born in September. Having to make it through the brutal summer with double cankles and toes that resembled plump sausages has me a little bitter still.<br />
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So when I began my journey into photography full time officially in June, I knew that I needed to come up with a mini session that would be short and sweet because of the heat but would scream summer.<br />
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Here's a little video of my little sunshines.<br />
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I made lemons out of lemonade and dreamed of doing lemonade stand minis. My friend, Kelly, just replaced her fence and had a yard full of old fence wood that was perfect for the job. Justin amazed me so much by building this stand. It was exactly as I envisioned and I am so so thrilled with how it turned out.<br />
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These flowers are actually weeds but perfect for the location and with the sun coming through, it almost made me forget that we were doing a session in 100 degree heat. What you can't tell, is that this field is pretty much in the ghetto, but hey, it works.<br />
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We decided at the last minute to do these with my family and I did a trial run first before I did sessions with clients. It's a good thing, I realized which props needed some tweaking and used an inhumane amount of hot glue, super glue and velcro.<br />
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And wouldn't you know in complete Forced Family Fun fashion that after our session was done, what doesn't start? My car. It's dead...like really dead. Fortunate for us we had a guy who was riding his bike introducing himself that he was straight out of prison ready to help us. Say what? That was a little frightening to say the least. <br />
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Luckily, even in the ghetto, you can get a jump and be on your way soon. How is it that our car batteries die at the worst times i.e. bring Landry home from the hospital.<br />
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I joked that God was smiling down on me on catching this pic. There is NO head swapping on this pic. Even with props blowing all over this field and the car battery dying. It was worth every single second.<br />
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texasmackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613177719675891865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522793343218650874.post-17132906203527395352013-07-20T22:37:00.000-05:002013-09-07T22:38:25.028-05:00Amarillo by morningEarly this summer we planned on taking a trip to Colorado. Justin's grandmother who had been ill for over 6 months suddenly took a turn for the worse. We decided to cancel our trip because we had a feeling she wouldn't make it long. Our instinct was right and our dear sweet Rosie passed away.<br />
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As part of our trip to Colorado, we wanted to stop in Amarillo and visit my grandparents. It had been since last summer that we had seen them so it was definitely time. So since our trip to Colorado was cancelled we took another weekend just to go and visit them. I'm so glad we did. <br />
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We made it in really late Friday night, but we filled our weekend with some quality family time. My grandmother's yard is amazing. She works so hard on it everyday and it shows. Her grass it like carpet.<br />
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And my kids love it too. They play like crazy barefoot and all because when else can you feel like you're walking on carpet outside in Texas?<br />
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It warmed my heart to see my kids playing her in backyard and loving on my grandparents.<br />
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And can you believe that I grew up in Amarillo and I've NEVER been the the Big Texan?<br />
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That's blasphemy in those parts. While we waited for what seemed like eternity for our food, they had some really great music and the kids loved it and we even got to see someone attempt to eat the 72 oz steak in under an hour. He didn't make it by the way. <br />
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Losing Rosie really helped remind us how precious our grandparents are to us and I feel so lucky that I still have some of mine.<br />
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My grandmother is so beautiful, trendy, lively and so generous. She's always volunteering at her church and to help others. I hope I can be her when I grow up.<br />
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We love you Great Grams and Grandpa! <br />
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<br />texasmackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613177719675891865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522793343218650874.post-22944274065939843112013-07-16T16:23:00.000-05:002013-07-16T16:23:31.517-05:00It's SuperCam! <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Superheroes seem to be a reoccurring theme in our house. The kids were superheroes for Halloween last year and the boys wear capes weekly, if not daily.<br />
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So it was a no-brainer that Cam would want a superhero party this year. In years past, I've had a <a href="http://texasmacks.blogspot.com/2011/06/c-is-for-cookie.html" target="_blank">cookie monster</a> party at our house...<br />
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Last year we had a <a href="http://texasmacks.blogspot.com/2012/07/kentucky-derby-party.html" target="_blank">Kentucky Derby</a> party at church.<br />
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They took a lot of work but they were well worth it. Don't even get me started on how long those sock horses took me. I normally have it at home or church because I'm so dang cheap but this year with working two jobs, the thought of planning a party on top of all that just about did me in. <br />
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This year, I was a total slacker and just had it at a Trampoline park. I literally showed up with a cake and two table decorations and plates.<br />
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But Campbell's cake was crazy cute. I could've just had a party all by myself diving into that thing. A teacher friend made it and it was ridiculously good. <br />
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Campbell has talked about this birthday for weeks now. He loved having his friends there to share it with.<br />
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And his hair was dripping with sweat by the time we left the party.<br />
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The <strike>kids</strike> Justin loved every second.<br />
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I can't believe that my Campbelloni is 5 years old now. Cam gets really shy when everyone sings him Happy Birthday. He loves attention but on his own terms. <br />
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So the moral of the story is that my kid couldn't care less where he has his party. He smiles ear to ear just the same. He loves it when we have it at the house, church, or trampoline park. All he cares about is that we're doing something to recognize his birthday and celebrate him.<br />
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Sometimes, we have to give ourselves a little slack as parents. I read a quote recently that said, "Behind every great kid is a mom who's pretty sure she's screwing it up." Amen. <br />
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He acts like he's never been swimming in his life and is quite ok with never swimming again in water over 6". So pool time has been pretty torturous this summer until last week. It seemed like with Nolan we always had to start over every year but Cam was pretty fearless. We tried not pushing him but he would just cling to my neck like I was sticking a cat in water.<br />
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Finally after about 6 trips to the pool, we're back to at least wearing floaties. Hallelujah. Baby steps....baby steps. I didn't get too many photos of our pool time because he was so terrified and all hands needed to be on deck. <br />
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What do I love most about the pool? That it wears my kids out!<br />
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I've been eyeing this skirt on Pinterest since Landry was a baby but I knew it was well above my skill level. My friend Kristen is way more talented than me and decided she was ready to tackle it. So we did a crafty swap. She made the skirts and I made the shirts and bows. I got the way better end of the deal. But I do vote them as the cutest patriotic outfits ever. I'm glad Landry's is a little big on her because that means she can wear it again next year!<br />
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My mom made the cookie patriotic pops and they were a bonus cute photo opp. The kids were eating them faster than I could take pictures though.<br />
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Grandma always comes with cute pinwheels and decor to make it feel festive.<br />
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I love that you can just smell the grill throughout the day on the 4th of July. Burgers, dogs, corn on the cob, potato salad...it all just feels American. </div>
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I'm so thankful for this country, for our freedom...I do take it for granted way too easily.<br />
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And it's not the 4th without loading up the kids to watch fireworks. We have definitely had our mishaps over the years trying to watch them but we've finally found a great place that has a 360 degree view of all of them across town.<br />
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Glow sticks, pinwheels, and patriotic colors blazin'.<br />
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While the fireworks weren't as close as they normally are, the kids loved being up so high that they could see about 10-12 firework shows going on a once. There's something so American seeing all these mini celebrations going on all around us. <br />
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And I think we have a little pyromaniac on our hands. Should I be scared?<br />
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<br />texasmackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613177719675891865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522793343218650874.post-4946857093724592652013-06-18T00:17:00.000-05:002013-10-05T00:20:21.161-05:00Kentucky visitWe weren't planning on going to Kentucky this summer but Justin's amazing and remarkable grandmother passed away. Without thinking twice, we changed our route to go to Colorado for family vacation to head to Kentucky to be with family.<br />
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Rosie...what an amazing lady. I'm not exaggerating when I say that I've never met a more positive person in my life than our "rosy" Rosie. She always saw the best in everything....I mean everything. She was pretty remarkable and quite a spunky, lively thing right up until the last 6 months of her 92nd year of life. She was the type to wave at the door until she saw your car gone and even stick her head in the window of the car because she loved that we visited her. It was so precious.<br />
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When we knew that Rosie wasn't doing well, we talked to the boys that she would be passing soon and Nolan opened up about how he was scared about dying. I told him that was nothing that he needed to worry about now. Rosie was nearly 100 years old and had a long happy healthy life. Then he said, "Yeah, and I'm only in the ones place." We went from sadness to hysterical laughter in seconds. I love that about my children and I know that Rosie was laughing in heaven about it. <br />
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It really was a celebration of her life and the boys loved seeing their Kentucky family. They love visiting Gram and Pop's house. While we were there we decided to make a real trip of it and spend time with the fam and just hang out.<br />
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We took the kids to the Kentucky Horse Park and it was a blast. We packed a picnic on a gorgeous day.<br />
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After our lunch, we caught the horse parade and even had a chance to pet them. </div>
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And it's not a Kentucky visit without an ER visit. In case you're wondering why Landry has a boo boo on her head. She had a fight with a solid oak wood chair and the chair won. Her 4 stitches prove it. Of course my baby girl is the first one of my kids to get stitches. I can't believe how great she was during the stitches. She cried more about the numbing medicine than the stitches. </div>
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Neala Rose...named after Rosie. And how appropriate is it that she's perfectly rosy too just like her great-grandmother.</div>
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We managed to squeeze in celebrating Melissa (my sister-in-law) and Campbell's June birthdays too.<br />
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And even in a game of corn hole.<br />
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Our little crew is learning to become travelers after all. Well, everyone but Landry. One day she'll watch movies and sleep, right?! Lord, please let that happen one day.<br />
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So grateful for this time in Kentucky to celebrate the beautiful long life of Rosie and to see family. <br />
<br />texasmackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613177719675891865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522793343218650874.post-76772452579583328042013-06-16T11:29:00.001-05:002013-07-08T15:32:53.493-05:00Happy Father's DayFeeling so blessed on a day like this like I have such amazing men in my life that have loved me, cared for me and been there for me in every way.<br />
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Where do I start to explain what an amazing father he is. He's so hands-on from diaper changing, playing catch, coaching soccer teams and the list goes on and on. </div>
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texasmackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613177719675891865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522793343218650874.post-42456064108730416532013-06-11T14:57:00.000-05:002013-06-11T16:04:51.680-05:00Pre-K graduationI don't know what it is that Campbell always seems like a baby compared to Nolan. Even on the same birthdays, Campbell just seems younger than Nolan did. It's some messed up mind game that my brain plays on me.<br />
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Nolan is a September birthday and Campbell is a June birthday so Nolan was almost a whole year older than Campbell when going into kindergarten. It seemed like Nolan would never start kinder and with Campbell, it's hard to believe he's already starting.<br />
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Campbell is a total ham at home. He's sooooo LOUD....like deafening. Then when he's in a group of new people, he completely shuts down. His birthday is at the end of the month and he's already talking about how shy he gets when people sing "Happy Birthday" to him. He keeps asking if we can just eat cake and not sing to him.<br />
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So I was pretty nervous about his Pre-K graduation. I just knew that he'd bury his face in some teacher's leg or run off stage, but my baby proved me wrong...big time.<br />
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Check him out! I couldn't believe it myself!<br />
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He was up there, no fear, acting like it was just part of his normal routing to perform in front of 100 people.<br />
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<br />texasmackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613177719675891865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522793343218650874.post-70653963370008864262013-06-08T22:00:00.000-05:002013-07-08T22:01:20.364-05:00First and last day of 1st grade Nolan just finished up his last day of 1st grade. It's so hard to believe I have an almost 2nd grader!<br />
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Here he is on the first and last day of 1st grade. Good to know that he wanted to be an astronaut at the beginning of the year and I asked him now and he said he wanted to be a ninja.<br />
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He said this was the pose that they made him do for school pictures so he did it completely unprompted. Can you tell he's a photog kid? And is it just me or does he looks like he's in high school here? <br />
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First grade has been a great year. He's an amazing reader and his artistic skills always amaze me. I'm so so proud of this sweet little boy. It's a little bittersweet being the end of the year at Chisholm Ridge because Nolan has done so well, learned so much and had great teachers both years. I'm praying for an easy transition to his new school. I loved being able to peek in on him during the day every now and then and just blowing him a kiss in the hall when I saw him pass by. He still waves at me like he hasn't seen me in weeks.<br />
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Ok I have to stop talking about it or I'll start crying.<br />
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Here's to a new chapter in both of our lives. texasmackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613177719675891865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522793343218650874.post-73932241112208821162013-05-30T23:11:00.000-05:002013-06-11T16:07:51.374-05:00Butterfly kisses<div>
I don't talk about it much on the blog anymore but every now and
then I feel compelled to share something about this journey of healing
after losing my sister to breast cancer last year when she was only 41
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I'd like to say each day it gets easier, but I think it got way
worse before any sign of sunshine appeared. Details of my nieces that I
can't share have been the most heartbreaking watching them pick of the
pieces of losing their mother way too young have been the hardest.
Seeing my mother experience the unimaginable of losing a daughter has
also been agonizing. At times, I'm not the "fun" and "cool" aunt
anymore, I'm more of the rolling-your-eyes-at-me-<wbr></wbr>because-I'm-acting-like-your-<wbr></wbr>mom aunt.<br />
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The hardest times are the ones that I just wish she was here to see
something or ask her something about what she would want for her girls. I go with my gut but I throw in a good "you should know better" for good measure like I know my sister would.</div>
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Most recently, my oldest niece had her senior prom. Prom...it's a
huge event in the life of a teenager and here she is about to graduate
high school and my sister isn't here to see it. Talk about
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I remember right before Tonya died, when we knew she was terminal, Tonya and I were talking about how expensive Madison's dress was for her junior prom. Tonya said, "Well, I'm not going to see her in her wedding dress, so I told her to get it."<br />
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I'll never forget that.<br />
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Madison looked beautiful in her dress that cost more than my wedding dress. (Since when did that happen?)</div>
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I'm not sure how she made it all night in those shoes. Those are what I call 15 minute shoes.<br />
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As I'm taking Madison's pictures, I look over at my youngest niece, Avery,
who is holding this big beautiful butterfly in the middle of this
urban/industrial area. I asked her where she got it and she said it was
just sitting on the ground a few feet from us. I'm not talking about one
of those tiny little butterflies, I mean this butterfly was showing off
it knowing it was so huge and beautiful.<br />
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For those of you who don't know, my sister's middle name means
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That butterfly stayed on my niece's hand for at least 5 minutes,
and then went to each girls' hand. It stayed nearly the entire time we
took photos. I've had small whispers of her presence since her passing,
but this wasn't just a whisper, this was as good as Tonya just showing
up and saying, "Hey girls, what's up? It's me, Mama and ain't no way I'm
missing my baby's senior prom."<br />
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I can't shake this from my mind. I know that without a doubt it was
her. And how perfect that even after her death she finds a way to still
be a mama, because more than anything that was what was most important
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So I know next week when my niece is walking across that stage
to get her diploma and in everything in her life thereafter that her mama, without a doubt,
isn't missing a thing. She's there and just when we think she's missed some life event,
she sends us a sign to say, "I'm here."<br />
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I'm so grateful for this visit from her even as brief as it was.<br />
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"Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it became a beautiful butterfly." (Proverb)</div>
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What's better than a snow day? Well, no snow day but having Good
Friday off on a BEAUTIFUL day to go spend time with my family. I called
up my best friend, Angi, and we went to go ride the train in Trinity
Park. It's so cute and my kids love it. I had never taken Landry to ride
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So Angi and I and her younger sister gathered up our daycare crew
and took a ride. I get a little nervous watching kids at parks. I'm
still a little traumatized from our park experience two years ago when
losing <a href="http://texasmacks.blogspot.com/2011/03/park-panic.html" target="_blank">Campbell at the park</a> for what seemed like an hour but was only
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entertain our kids. I'm so thankful for that. I'm dreading the years
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Popcorn and a $3 train ride, it doesn't get much better than that if
you're a kid. Heck, it doesn't get much better than that for me as an
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Landry and Rylan are forced BFFs...whether they like it or not. They seem to like it.</div>
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Best birthday party ever by the way was when we had Campbell's birthday party there well minus the June heat. But what wouldn't I do for this face?</div>
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So one day over spring break while I was editing photos, I had pangs of guilt. Motherhood does that a lot to me. I was sitting at the computer with the blinds open watching this beautiful day unfold from a window and I dropped everything, packed a lunch, loaded Landry in the stroller and we headed to the park by our house.<br />
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It was so beautiful outside. Spring and Fall always have a fight every year to see who will win first place in my heart as my favorite season. So far, Spring is not disappointing.<br />
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Some days whatever is on the agenda has to be wiped clean and you have to enjoy what you have right in front of you. I hope my kids remember me as a hard worker, but more importantly, I hope that they also remember that I also dropped everything and played with them too.</div>
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Oh c'mon Summer break. You're so close, I can taste it. </div>
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I had a small taste of summer over spring break and it was
glorious. We fit in the Fort Worth Stockyards with my best friend, Angi,
and her sisters. We look like we're running a daycare field trip when
we get all of our kids together. I do photo shoots a lot down there but
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Every day they have a cattle run down the middle of Exchange. We've
always wanted to try it but have never had the chance. The longhorn
cattle walk down as the kids watch. I think we built it up like it was
going to be some kind of amazing City Slicker scene. After it was done
in about 2 minutes, the kids asked, "Was that it?"
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It's a good thing that there was plenty more to do like mazes,
trains, and lunch. It's a major perk that my brother-in-law owns a
mechanical bull, ponies, and a train down there. I should be down there
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Landry was a trooper for the most part, but one thing I've learned
is that once that girl is out of the stroller, good luck getting her
back in. She's in this independent stage and goes full blown
fit-throwing if you try to buckle her back in. Like people are staring
at me if I'm trying to put her back in the stroller. She makes friends everywhere she goes. I can't imagine where she got that with having such a introverted family (insert sarcasm). <br />
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Landry loves babies. Even though Rylan is totally older than her,
my little Amazon girl, takes on her motherly personality and hugs and
snuggles her like she's the older one. Poor Rylan looks like she might think Landry is a little too much with her lovin'.</div>
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My kids (and this mama) were WORN out after it was done. I don't
think Landry even made it out of the parking lot before she was asleep.
How is it that 2-3 hour outings wear me out like I've just run a
marathon? Guess that's the feeling when your kids are this little,
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I don't edit every single photo like I used to. Shhhh! Don't tell. I just can't keep up with it anymore. But I picked a handful to edit of my favorites from the day. </div>
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Well, I’m super late on this seeing that basketball
season has been done for about a month now. I could make a hundred
excuses why I’m so late. I work two jobs, have three kids, blah blah
blah but then you hear it from me nearly every month
because that’s about how often I write posts anymore. I’ll save my
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My husband, Justin, has a slight obsession with
basketball, but when you grow up in a state that lives and breathes it,
it’s just in your blood. Plus, the fact that he’s 6’4” had coaches
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This is the second year that Nolan’s played. While
he may not be the most coordinated on the team, I gotta say that he
shown a lot of growth. He was one of the youngest on the team, which
made him look short….something I not used to. He’s
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I’m not proud to admit that my most competitive
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yelling-at-the-refs type of parent but I do tell my kids to hustle.
Nolan was a great hustler. In fact, I think that sometimes
he was more concerned with racing the other kids to the other end of
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Probably the cutest part of the whole season was
Campbell wanting to go to every single practice to watch his bubba and
wearing Nolan’s jersey from last to every game. He said that he was
tricking everyone that he was on the team. He wants
to play so badly but we’re going to wait a little longer since it takes
so much coordination for him. Landry was the sweetest little cheerleader at every game and it actually really kept her interest, amazingly enough! </div>
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I have so many fond memories of Easter growing up.
No matter how poor my mom was being a single mom, I sported some frilly
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Landry is the boss of the family. Last year, I found
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It was pretty simple considering that I just used
the same outfits for the bows and sewed them bowties to match her
outfit. Don’t be impressed. They took 20 minutes to sew them both and
involved straight lines which is the only type of
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We were woken up at 3 a.m. by Nolan who threw up in
his bed. Nothing says "Happy Easter" like a little 3 a.m. bath and load of laundry. That was a fun way to start the holiday. I was
worried that Easter plans would be cancelled but he never ran a fever
and was running around when he woke up for the
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Campbell completely missed the Easter egg hunt so he was moping until sweet Jack snuck up and secretly emptied his basket into Campbell's. How sweet is that? It made Campbell's day. </div>
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Justin’s sister, Rainey, was in town to visit for a
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I know that people say to savor every moment
because time just flies but Easter is always pretty hectic. Trying to
get three kids dressed for church, trying to tend to three kids during
an Easter egg hunt, preparing lunch, dealing with
meltdowns from naps being skipped all make it pretty exhausting. I love
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what it means and I want to relay this to my children. I was trying to
have this magical parental moment of explaining that Easter isn’t about
bunnies and candy, it’s about Jesus dying on
the cross for our sins because he loves us that much. After I’m
finished explaining it I asked the boys, “Isn’t that amazing that God
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Campbell replies, “Well except for that dying on
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loving us and dying in the same sentence. I just love these moments.<br />
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I hope that I can do a better job explaining that whole "dying on the cross part." There's always next year, right? <br />
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Thanks mom and dad for working so hard on Easter for the kids and for lunch. Exhausting means we jam packed in the memories. texasmackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613177719675891865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522793343218650874.post-4047429958837342572013-03-15T14:45:00.003-05:002013-03-15T14:45:39.973-05:00Jammie daysIn the process of starting my new photo gig, my own family snapping and blogging has gone to the back burner. So now that we're on Spring Break, I made sure that I picked up my camera even if we were all still in our jammies.<br />
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Every morning this little sunshine is smiling and she spoils me rotten. She sleeps in til 9:00 or 10:00 on the weekends and breaks. She's like her mama, she loves her sleep.<br />
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With the time change, she even slept until 11:00 am! Whoa! She'll be sleeping til noon when she's in college.<br />
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Her brothers absolutely adore her. I love that Nolan reads to her and knows the tricks of distracting her instead of telling her no. We're still working on Campbell on that one.<br />
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Lazy days mean we're homebodies and the older I get the more I just love being home with my family with no agenda.<br />
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She definitely rules the roost and we have to bring her back down a few notches when she goes super nova on us with her fits.<br />
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But then she flashes us this grin and we melt. Works every time.<br />
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I see this face making a reappearance during her teen years. <br />
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Hopefully they'll be mixed with see little smiles like these. Happy Spring Break!texasmackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613177719675891865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522793343218650874.post-11710584811372792962013-03-02T21:58:00.000-06:002013-03-02T21:58:33.289-06:00Circle of Life continuesSanta brought Nolan a bike without training wheels when he was 6. We rode it and I thought it would never happen but we finally got him to ride that thing a year later. It was just a couple of weeks ago that he could ride without one of us running right next to him.<br />
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I remember a particular photo in Justin's baby book as I was watching this proud father/son moment. I told Justin that it reminded me of the photo and I just had to grab my camera so I had it for Nolan's baby book one day.<br />
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They were both 7 when they really learned to ride a bike. The one on the left is Justin circa 1981 in Kentucky and Nolan now in 2013 in Texas. .<br />
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I think the only difference is that we didn't believe in helmets in 1981! I hadn't seen this photo in years, and honestly I was trying to just get the darn thing in focus. Lucky break that it was the same angle and that Justin and his dad are both sporting beards! Twilight zone. Welcome to my life every holiday when I'm with him, my father-in-law and brother-in-law in the same room at the same time. </div>
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Too bad in years past we've had boots for everyone. This year my boys outgrew their boots but Campbell didn't let that stop him from dressing the part everywhere else. Nolan said, "No fair, why does Campbell get to dress up? I want to wear my Buzz Lightyear costume." Apparently, he thought that the Stockyards were the same as Halloween.<br />
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We held our noses and checked out all the animals. Landry was mesmerized by them all as you can see in the photo above. There was no taking her eyes off that cow. She sure was rockin' those boots.<br />
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The boys couldn't go home without riding rides of course. All those rides scare me to death because I see how they fold them and put them in a suitcase when they're done. I can just see a screw falling out and throwing my kids out of it like a boomerang. Thank goodness they want to stick to the kiddie rides still.<br />
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Nolan walked the plank while Landry and Daddy watched. Yep, that's a Hot Wheel band-aid she's sporting after a moon walk act she pulled. The tiniest little scratch but that sucker would NOT stop bleeding. By the end, she was looking and acting ragged and so were we. <br />
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So maybe we're not the country folk we pose to be, but we're Texan. So that pretty much means we belong anywhere where tractors, cows, and horses are. Or at least that's what we tell ourselves. texasmackshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02613177719675891865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5522793343218650874.post-24099143481178540392013-02-03T21:05:00.000-06:002013-02-03T21:05:23.896-06:00Kentucky visit Ok, this is just downright embarassing. I know it's February and I'm posting the LAST of my Christmas pictures. But one day, years from now my kids will be glad I did it even if it was a month late.<br />
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After we finally made it to Kentucky, it was a great trip! Twenty and a half hours in the car with three children 7 and under made for a very exhausting two days.<br /><br />The lucky thing is right when I get to Kentucky, I’ve got lots and lots of extra hands for help. My oldest niece adores Landry and she loves her just as much. She’s so great with her and she was exactly what I needed after hearing the word “mama” at least 645,938,297 times in the car.<br /><br />I’m pretty sure that the boys favorite place on Earth is being at either one of their grandparents’ houses. They love spending the night and LOVE spending the night in bunk beds at Gram and Pop’s house. I was scared that no one would sleep with all three sleeping in the same room together, but they did surprisingly well.<br /><br />
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<br />It snowed while we were in Kentucky and that meant another snow day fun day. Since my kids hardly see it, they love playing in it. I like looking at snow next to a warm toasty fire, but not so much being out in it for more than 10-15 minutes.<br />
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We jam packed a lot in 3 days but managed to squeeze in an adult movie (thanks to a very patient mother-in-law) who babysat my kids.<br />
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Speaking of others that babysat Landry. My sweet niece babysat Landry. I mean she literally took care of her and watched and entertained her more than anyone that I would pay for babysitting. I love seeing their relationship grow and I love that Landry has a break from her brothers and gets to see her girl cousins.<br />
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The boys love playing with their cousins and all their new toys. Before we ever pull out of the driveway, they start talking about how much they’re going to miss Gram and Pop and how they want to come back.<br />
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<br /> The drive back was smooth and uneventful! Hallelujah! We actually made it back in record time.<br />
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