Day 4 of NO School~ "Fun Times"

It's Friday 2-4-11.... and NO school again for the 4th day in a row. Who would have thought we would wake up to a winter wonderland in Texas. We all thought it would be like the rest of the week and be stuck inside the house due to all of the ice. This was a perfect day for sledding... sledding with a 4 wheeler. The kids had a blast and the adults did too! Well, except for me because I am not taking a chance with my recent foot surgery! We are so blessed to have such great neighbors! :-)

LOVE this.... This was very late Thursday night.... More like very early Friday morning!


And this is what we woke up to on Friday morning.... :)

Big bro' & Little bro'

CHEESE!

Before.... After!!!

Who wears shorts & short sleeve on a day like today? JON does!!!

And... Who dresses for a day like today? I DO!!! :)

I can tell they are up to no good.....

HMMM... What to do?!?! The start of a GIANT snowman!

Addie & Jeff

Enough pic's MOM!

Jon, Jeff & Jake and Julie & Julie~ love that we are all J's!!!

Greg is ready to go! And it's Jon's turn!

Julie & Macie

Jake

Jared

Me & Macie~ out of the snow! Macie, Addie & Julie

Mommy & Jared..........Jon & Julie

Venturing Out on Day 3 of "Snow Days" 2-3-11

We are probably crazy to venture out today in this CRAZY Texas weather, but it was for a good cause. I had a scheduled follow up dr's appt and we have to eat, right? So, why not just combine the 2 and call it a day. It took us FOREVER to get to my appt and we ended up being over an hour late. It ended up working out though because half of the patients had cancelled their appointments. The appt went great! :) I have come a long way since Dec 30th... I am starting to cringe even thinking about that day! And in order to get "caught up" on my blog then I just can't avoid it. :) Our next stop was at IHOP for a Yummy late breakfast!

***Foot Surgery will have to be a "Separate" post! ***

Of course I didn't take my camera with us today but thanks to "modern" technology I have a camera right on my phone. I think we all do these days but I have to mention it was the camera on my phone that these pic's were taken with because they aren't the best quality. BOOO Blackberry! :(

I will have to start letting Jared take his iTouch when I don't have my camera because it takes much better pictures!

For those of you that know me.... I LOVE taking pic's of myself with my phone! :) It is ONLY because for some reason I get a HUGE kick out of laughing at myself and my silly expressions!

~In the car~

~IHOP Pics.... Love my boys! And love that Jake "wanted" a pic of him in my glasses~

Can't wait for my Blog Makeover!!! :)

Little Update....
I know it has been a little while... Well, a LONG while! But thanks to my friend Amy, I have found the perfect person to do my blog makeover. My goal is to start fresh for 2011 and I know I am already behind for Jan, but I can't wait to get started again. Not sure why but I want to start fresh with the makeover! haha :-)

Stay tuned to see what beautiful work Faith does over at "A Design of Faith" http://adesignoffaith.blogspot.com/

Now I am left to try and decide how to "CATCH UP" on my blogging. My last post was Sept 09.... Yikes! That is alot of catching up... Maybe start with Jan 2011 and then work back?? Maybe go back and do one month at a time to try to catch up on all the old stuff? It is completely overwhelming because my purpose of the blog was suppose to be a keepsake for my kids and our family scrap book.

Jake was looking at our blog the other day with me and said, "WOW! That was my Batman Birthday Party!" That was 2 years ago too... The excitement alone in his voice is totally worth me catching up! I CAN do it! I CAN do it!

Dallas Cowboy Family

We went to Jon's parents last Sunday for a cookout and to catch up with some old friends. I can't believe these are the only pictures we got. It is getting harder and harder to get everyone together to stop for a picture, so if I can get one I do and if I can't.... it is not the end of the world.

The few we got are pretty cute and serve as a fun memory of the day. Gary grilled the BEST steaks, vegetables and baked potato's. Oh... and I can't remember who brought the dip but it was So good! It was a new Hidden Valley dip called fiesta ranch. YUMMY!!!

We got to visit with Jon's family, his brother & girlfriend Nicole and his sister Angela. Ron and Terry came with one of their daughters Ashley and her boyfriend. What a super cute couple! We have been friends with them for years and years. And Bruce and Cheryl were also there and we have known them for a real long time as well. It is so nice to reconnect with old friends.

And I even got an offer from Ashley for some future babysitting for Jared and Jake. WHOO HOO! :) That makes my day just saying the words.

All in all we had a wonderful afternoon with amazing people and Delicious food!!! :)

BOYS will be BOYS!!!

That is all I have to say about this picture. :) We were trying to get their attention to snap a couple of pictures and they were having more fun digging in the pool filter.

Our "Dallas Cowboy" Family
Mommy & Jared

Mommy & Jake

Me & My Hubby :)

~I think this is so cute!~

Catching Up... :)

I am about to play a game of catch up.... IN OVER DRIVE! :)

So stay tuned for tons and tons of new blog post. Or so I hope! The more I think about my blog the more I want to catch up and keep it up to date. My goal is that I will be able to make blog books for the kiddo's to have to look back on when they get older.

Wish me luck! I have a ton of catching up to do.

Momo's Surprise B-Day Lunch

In June we celebrated Momo's birthday (Jon's grandmother) with a surprise lunch at Uncle Julio's in Allen. She had no idea that this was planned and it was a huge surprise to her.

We had a real nice turnout. Four of her five children, most of her grandchildren and several of her great-grandchildren came to celebrate this special day.

~We all missed the few of you that couldn't make it. Uncle Victor, Steven and Anthony~

We are so glad to have been a part of this and we have a ton of pictures to look back on to remember the day.

Jon & Momo

Our Family

Uncle Steve

Jared, Jon & Julie

The Gang....

The Hurtado's, The Born's, The Solano's & The Barber's

Jon, Julie & the boys....

Momo

Gary, Diana & Angela

Johnny & Jake

Marissa & Mike

L to R... Jared, Julie, Angela, Gary, Diana, Momo, Rudy, Steve & Marissa

L to R...Valerie, Allisa, Abby, Johnny, Jake, J.D, A.J, Cameron & Adrienne

Julie & Angela

Momo & Jake

~My post wouldn't be complete without a picture of Momo & Jake.... I think they were both ready to go home and take a nap :)

Momo & Jared

Uncle Rudy

Valerie & Julie

Father's Day

We had a great day on Father's Day except for the fact that my step dad was horribly sick, so we didn't get to see him. That was a total bummer!!! We decided that we would take him out for dinner once he got to feeling better.

Jim~ We love you so much! You are an absolute blessing to not only my mom but to myself and my family. We love you more then you will ever know and you mean the world to us!!! :)

And Happy Father's Day to my wonderful husband. I feel so lucky that you are such a fabulous husband and even a better father. Our boys think the world of you and you are such a role model for them. Thank you for everything you do and we love you so very much!

Also, Happy Father's Day to Gary, my father in law. We love you so much and we hope that you enjoyed your day with us.

The kids made Jon some really neat things. They love their daddy so much!

Daddy & The Boys
~Jake made his daddy the little tie and the sunflower pot~

~Jared made his daddy a 12 page book full of his favorite things he does with him~

Jon & Jared~the day before Father's Day... They headed out early for a fun day at Six Flags and then some fishing. It was just the 2 of them, so Jared was on cloud 9

Aunt Angela & Jared

The Boys~playing in the pool at Grandma & Popo Gary's house

Jared & Jon

My precious baby was exhausted!!!

Jared & Popo Gary

Grandma & Jake

Jared & Grandma

White Rock Bike Ride

I finally convinced Jon that bike riding is fun!!! Jared, however, is not fully convinced. It might have been a better experience for him if we didn't have to stop 10 times to air up my front tire. :)

Thankfully my wonderful hubby brought the air pump or we would have been completely out of luck. LOL! I know they make the small air pumps that you can carry in your backpack, however, we had the good old fashioned air pump. Check out the 2nd picture... I just realized you can see where Jon had rigged it to his bike. :) Very funny!

Jake was with his Grandma & Popo Gary, so we headed over to White Rock Lake for a bike ride. It was an exhausting 14 miles but for the most part we had a great time. We came across this mommy duck and her babies and it was so cute. So of course, we had to stop and get some pic's.

Jared & Mommy~ yummy treat on a hot day Daddy & Jared Cutie Pie Little family of ducks

He did it again!

Again, I find myself trying to play catch up... :) I could not leave this event out though. Jon and I are so happy that Jared cares so much about school. And having such a wonderful teacher was an added bonus. :) We love you Mrs. Baldwin!!!

We are SO proud of Jared for getting straight A's again this year. What a huge accomplishment. We love you so much Jared and we are truly blessed to be your parents.

Ta Da!

Our Family
Me & Mom
"What a beautiful lady she is"

Jared & Mame

Jared & Mrs. Baldwin

Jared receiving his awards :)