Weekend of Estrogen!

I had the opportunity to meet with all my sisters, sis-in-law and mom at my sister's house in Austin...and what a fun weekend it it was! We all left our kids at home with the hubbies (except for Janet, who hosted. Her hubby and kids were there, but they were GREAT sports) and so it was TRUELY a relaxing, girl filled weekend. Here are some of our activities:
We went on the river-walk in Downtown Austin with all the dogs (it doubled as a dog park too).

My cute nephew Noah posing on the walk (I love this pic)

Stevie Ray Von (sp) the musician (Austin is famous for music/live music).

A little bit of texting...

A WHOLE lot of gathering and talking. Talking until like 2 AM every night! We just couldn't stop!!

A cool gazebo

Turtle Tree

Girlie Pic! I heart my fam!!

Me and my niece Emily (and a random dog)

Em turns 9! I ended up frosting the cake and then making a crack in it. It was a disaster, but it still tasted good! HA!
Austin, Noah, and Em by the river

Some other activities NOT pictured:
Eating some good Tex Mex food. Best shrimp tacos of my life.
Eating of donuts (might be the best EVER) My donut had fried bananas, cream cheese and brown sugar on top. Others ranged from peach, to chocolate raspberry, to quadruple chocolate...can you say YUM!?
Church
Visiting the kids at school for lunch
Pedicures (OH YEAH)
PTA lunch for school (I did more PTA stuff away from home than I do AT home)
Shopping
Sushi Night
Bowling
I feel so relaxed, rejuvenated and like I can be a good mom and wife again. What an AWESOME weekend (well it was actually 5 days) with an awesome family! I missed my kids and hubby a lot and this trip makes me appreciate them even more!

Fun in Feb

A bed made by Syd and Wes for "baby" Landon

For Valentines day we had some friends come over and frost cupcakes. It was a messy good time!

We went to our favorite local beach and hiked around, and threw rocks in the ocean for hours! Can you see Aaron, Syd, and Wes among the rocks? Wes is camouflaged...

Mr. Rock-Thrower-Man


After this picture he sat down in the water and got soaked and sandy, but had a marvelous time!

Fun with Uncle Danner
Aaron did it again! He made a fly fishing bench/table so he can organize his mess, I mean, materials. This boy has mad carpenter skills!

Adding to the Family

If you haven't heard, we are expecting baby #4. I am around 14-15 weeks due July 17th. The technician said it was a little early, but she is pretty sure the baby is a boy! Poor Sydnie. She is still at school and so we haven't told her yet, but I have a feeling she will take the news kind of hard. She wants a little sister! We are very excited though! Landon and this little guy will be 2 years apart (almost to the day) and they will be good buds. Here are some ultrasound pics. I think he looks like a teddy bear/alien, because that second picture his face looks like a bear (with his arms up). LOL! Warning: the quality of the pics are bad...I don't have a scanner.

Bringing Chaos to Order...

My VERY talanted husband made me 16 foot shelves (well, two 8 foot shelves) for my garage! HOLY COW, they are AWESOME. Well, the pics speak for themselves...take a look!!!
Before:

During:

After:
Yes, yes, we were living like PIGS before, not something I like showing off, but NOW, I am not so embarrassed. Not 100% organized but 200% better than before (excuse the file cabinet on the end, we have to find a place for it still). My honey is SO handy to have around. He is also in the process of building a fly tying table. Pics on that one later! Thanks for making me one happy gal honey!

Entertainment...

I have gotta say that having kids is pretty HILARIOUS. One minute I want to collapse out of exhaustion and the next minute I am laughing so hard I can't stand it. These kids are pure comedy (when I don't want to kill them). Anyway, these pics are entertainment to me...
Wes and Lando srike a pose. The other day Wes fell ALL the way down the stairs, from the top. He was in quite a bit of pain but he was okay. He had a mondo bruise across his shoulder and back. Then he rammed his face into the window sill and got a black eye (which you can almost see in this pic). The poor kid is just one big bruise.
The boys watching the rain...wow, didn't know how dirty the window was until I posted. How embarrassing! :D
They do this a lot. Push each other around in the laundry basket for hours. The other night, Landon stayed in the laundry basket for an hour AFTER they were done pushing him. Serious cheap entertainment for the rascals.
.Landon loves being naked and he also loves wearing his shoes. When I see these pictures I laugh my head off...he is so COMICAL!