Person and Item of the week

I just got off the phone with Bill and got an inspiration. I'm going to take time every week on my blog and write about people and things that I love. So here is the first one. I've known Bill a little over ten years and have grown to love him very much. He is such an inspiration, he is always willing to talk and wants to know what is going on with us. He is loving and he lets those he loves know of his love for them. I really appreciate this and think it's a wonderful quality. He is also always up for a good time and is funny. My boys both love him and always want to stop by the airport to see him (they think he lives there). He is quite unselfish and always finds a way to get to see us frequently. I have listened to countless stories from Chads youth of things he did and places he went and almost always Bill was there. Bill took the time and was friends with his kids and his kids friends too. Whether it was paintball, basketball, movies, road trips you name it Bill was there. Subtly teaching Chad how to be a good righteous man. So, this weeks props goes to Bill. I've learned a lot from your example and I love you man!

These are my fleece socks that my mother-in-law Nan gave me when they were last here. I've worn them almost everyday(I wash them at night). It's been freaking freezing here lately, 30's and 40's~! I know, crazy...this is completely un-acceptable. I survive the boiling summers so I can wear flip-flops throughout the winter. There is hope though by Monday it's supposed to be in the 70's.

We caught a leaperchaun!!

Chad has always likened getting a picture of a baby smiling is like catching a leaperchaun. Well in Dallas, TX this day we gotcha!!

Lily's big day

Lily was blessed by her daddy this last weekend at church. During the blessing Chad reports that Lily was quietly looking about and even smiling. We feel so lucky to have this little girl in our family. We love her so much.

Here are some of the people that stood in the blessing circle, my dad, Austin, Chad and Bill.

Here is Lily with her cousing, Blaire.

We had such a fun weekend with everyone here. This is Chad's mom, Victoria holding Blaire and Chad's sister, Patrice holding Lily.

We had to get some muscle flexing shots in...

Adventures in the greatest city, NYC...not

Why do people think that NYC is the greatest city on earth. It's stinky, people are rude, there are a zillion people there, I feel like I need to be dipped in Purell just from standing on a sidewalk, did I mention that people are rude? On another subject, a picture is truly worth a thousand words...



We are totally better than those Rocketts

Owie and Luke danced on that piano at FAO Schwartz

This is his tough guy pose.

Josh, (my little bro) and Owen sledding down Jason's (my older bro) front lawn.



Where's Waldo?






What I won't do for a photo. My greatest concern is for my shoes.





Favorite present that Santa brought Owen...the Chewbacca backpack.

Favorite activity... time together around the table, awweee.



Favorite photo... Lily's smile caught on film.

No time to blog...guitar hero is calling

Some of my "finds"

I thought I'd post some pics of my trash to treasure finds. Below are a couple of em.

I got this round side table off craigslist for thirty bucks! I refinished it and there ya go. You can't see it really well but it has great turned legs that are really pretty.

This is an antique that I got at a yard sale in the uber rich neighborhood next to mine. She was moving and wanted all new furniture at her new house so, everything goes! It was a hay day! I got it for seventy-five and didn't do a thing to it.


This was bought in Canton which Texans will recognize as the worlds biggest flea market. I got it for sixty bucks and had it re-upholstered (this is it's third fabric...I have a hard time with fabric choices sometimes:)). The drive home was pretty uncomfortable too. Two hours of this jammed into my Pilot, poor Owen was literally underneath it...what a sport. The table next to it is from a clearance center for fifteen bucks!!

This room was done totally cheap. I got the furniture from an unfinished furniture company and stained/painted it myself. The upholstered trunk is from an antique mall and was only fifteen bucks and it only cost me another thirty to have it re-upholstered! You can't see it from this angle but on the other wall are some cubbies that look just like the one's from Potterybarn.

The chair is from Crate and Barrel but I got it at a yard sale had it re-upholstered and viola. The side table is from a clearance center and was a steal at $40 bucks!

This is one of my garage sale finds, it was ten bucks and I painted it then antiqued it and put on some new knobs. Now it's my sofa table.

What would Freud say?

So, last night I had a dream. It was semi-disturbing. I dreamt that I lost all three of my children and...my ipod. And when I was telling police about my missing children I was equally concerned about my missing ipod. Am I a bad mother? Or do I just really like to rock out?