Brian's party

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Brian had been deadset on having ALL the boys in his class spend the night for his Birthday...God help us! Last night we did just that! Matt and Brian received a 12 man tent for their Birthday's from Gaga & Papa so Brian had a campout...complete with hotdogs and s'mores! Papa joined us for the "fun" and we had 10 boys sleeping in our backyard. We took them to the big playground in our neighborhood to wear them out, ate our hotdogs picnic style, played a few fun games before returning home. Were they tired yet...nope!!!!! Next up...presents and s'mores over the firepit! Between that and these boys running around my yard with every weapon we could find we thought surely they'd be tired...nope!!!! It wasn't until about 11:30 that everyone was finally sleeping! No worries...3:30 AM arrived and they were all back up!!!! I went our there and promptly sat outside the tent listening to "Is she gone yet?" and "How much longer is she gonna be out there?" for a good 45 minutes before they gave up and realized that I can indeed outlast them :) By 6:15 the sun was up and so was the party...back in bandannas running around shooting each other! 8am brought us the whole lot of them trying to escape OVER our LOCKED fence and getting caught by Craig :) By 5:30pm...every single one of us were asleep on the couch from all of our "fun"!!!!

The good news is Brian had an absolute blast and it IS OVER...the bad news is I am already preparing myself for Matt's campout next year!

Mommy & Matt's Birthday!

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March 18 is the day I get to celebrate giving birth to my sweet Matt...oh and it's my Birthday too but I gave up celebrating it! (The beauty is I'll never get older!!!) Since we had literally just returned from and exhausting but super fun Spring Break, Matt & I had no big plans. We went to church (minus Brian & Daddy since Brian was in serious need of an attitude adjustment and was summoned to yard work!) and had a Birthday breakfast at Ihop afterwards. Matt told the waitress it was "mine and my Mommy's Birthday) so they came out singing "Happy Birthday to Matt and his Mommy" complete with chocolate cake :) We got home, changed and headed as a family to Lowe's (seriously the fun never ends around here) where we spent a small fortune on replacement grass and mulch...and then we got to come home and put it all out!!! Later that evening was spent at the movies watching Matt's choice "Big Miracle"...great movie! Being that it was a Birthday, we actually decided to not be cheapskates and let the kids have popcorn and candy...so go figure...no one was hungry enough to go out for a Birthday dinner! Matt had his heart set on BBQ so takeout for Matt it was :) The rest of us had ramen (seriously wasn't kidding about not celebrating my bday anymore!!!!) Tomorrow will be spent celebrating Matt's Birthday with his class and then finally having our Birthday dinner at Matt's choice....SaltLick BBQ!!!

Spring Break

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Spring break has come and gone and WE HAD A BLAST! The boys and I spent the first half hanging at home...destroying the place, going to Waco to see the zoo, the oldest suspension bridge in the state and the Dr. Pepper museum, playing at our local "dinosaur park" (think massive sandbox completely covered with huge dino bones buried under the sand waiting to be excavated...we dug so deep we hit water!), meeting Aunt Kel and the girls in Brenham for lunch and the Bluebell Ice Cream factory tour, hanging at gaga & papa's with LOTS of pool time, having a GIANT family Birthday party celebrating Daddy, Aunt Christie, Mommy, Matt, Brian, Aunt Kel and Aunt Key (and now Mackenzie too!!!), watching our precious Abby's Baptism with a fun lunch afterwards and ending with football in the yard before heading home to wake up and celebrate Mommy & Matt's real Birthday!!! Phew...I am exhausted just writing about it and I still have to decorate for Matt :)

Matt's Party



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So TV marketing clearly gets to Matt...he insisted on having a party at Chuck E. Cheese this year after seeing about a billion commercials advertising for the ticket machine a new ticket with worth 1000 tickets! Matt was determined to get in that machine and get that ticket...so a party with four friends at Chuck E. Cheese was tonight's agenda!!! Holy cow did Matt have fun...that little guy was literally beaming in every picture I took of him! He had an absolute blast running around the place with his friends, winning tickets and dancing with Chuck E.!!! When the big moment came...Matt was literally visibly nervous...his eyes were on the prize and then the wind started blowing. HOORAY...Matt caught the 1000 ticket coupon and the party was officially a HUGE success!!!! I still cannot believe my Moose is turning 7....I need a brick on his head!

Lots going on at school...



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Holy cow...BUSY few weeks! The boys competed in PSIA...a private school academic competition, Matt has been on two field trips, Brian has been on one field trip, (Mommy went on all the field trips) Luke had Texas Day at preschool which I co-chaired this year, Craig had a Birthday, Basketball finally ended and we went right into baseball for Luke and football for Brian/Matt, and Matt is having a Birthday party Friday night  .

So PSIA...They were chosen in their classes to go to the competition based on their grades and work ethic. Craig and I were so proud that they were chosen and both boys really enjoyed the day away from school with their friends, touchpads and DS's. The best part of the day came when Matt placed third overall in the the Central Texas region in creative writing!!!  

Field trips have been so fun! Matt and I went with his class to the dentist, and then I went with both boys to the Texas State Aquarena for a glass bottom boat tour. Going on one field trip with both boys was definitely the way to go...I love killing two birds with one stone!!!

Texas day was as fun as ever! Luke was an adorable cowboy and had a blast spending the day with Daddy, Gaga and Papa. After five years at the preschool, I took my turn as a co-chair and spent the day hosting the cookout. Matt also had a great time at their Texas Day which Brian unfortunately missed due to a stomach bug and then was greeted at school by Daddy, Luke, Gaga and Papa which both boys to go to the social studies fair which both boys had entered.

Craig had a very low-key Birthday which was exactly what the Doctor ordered! He worked a 1/2 day, went to the boys school and then we had a fun family dinner at Chili's with my parents...Happy 34'th Craig!