Is it March?

Oh my where did the months go?? Its already MARCH!! We leave for vacation to Disney World in a few short days!!! The boys are so excited and can hardly wait. As for me...the planning and packing are enough to make me want to stay home! I know it will all be well worth it once we get there and get into the excitement of it all.

Todd Michael got to experience his first Valentine's party this year. He thought that delivering his little Valentine's into his classmate's "shoebox mailboxes" was the greatest thing ever. I sat there watching him (with camera in hand of course) and was amazed that he knew every child in his class' name! My 4 year old can read?! He's a genius!!! Hee hee!

Where does the time go?

Today is Jansen's 9th birthday! I just sat there at work this morning, remembering the events of that day back in 1997. How excited and nervous I was to become a mom. I remember laying in that hospital bed wondering what his face would look like, or if he was for sure a boy! I will NEVER forget the unbearable pain of childbirth without drugs, but I will ALWAYS remember seeing him for the first time. And somehow, all that pain just diminished the second they placed him in my arms. I love this picture. It reminds me of the exact moment that I became a mom. Happy Birthday Jansen, I love you very much! XOXO Mom

I've been "Tagged" by Tracy!!!

I've Been Tagged!
Thanks Tracy, for making me update my blog! Hee hee!!! Let's see here...

Four jobs you’ve had in your life:
1. First job was working for a photographer making appointments out of a bridal shop my sister was a manager at.
2. Second job...worked at a bakery when I was in college (loved writing names on birthday cakes!)
3. Third job as a nanny.
4. Fourth job was as dictaphone typist for an insurance company (thankfully its where I gained my fast typing skills!)

Four movies you would watch over and over:
Pretty Woman, Funny Farm, Miss Congeliality, and Grease

Four places you have lived:
1. Hopewell, Virginia
2. Jacksonville, North Carolina
3. Temple, Texas
4. that's it so far!

Four TV shows you love to watch:
Big Brother (in the summer), Survivor, The Amazing Race, and The Biggest Loser

Four places you have been on vacation:
Orlando, Florida; Nags Head, North Carolina; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Galveston, Texas

Four websites you visit daily:
2 Peas in a Bucket
Neopets (help my kids get points)
Some site with a couch game that Johnna showed me (its addictive)
My work website...www.fbctroytx.com

Four of your favorite foods:
Pizza (with lots of junk!)
Fudruckers Hamburger with swiss cheese, onions and mushrooms
My mom's pork roast, saurkraut and dumplings
A good steak on the grill!

Four places you would rather be right now:
Virginia (visiting my mom), Hawaii (seeing the Pearl Harbor memorial), Arkansas (to visit my friends), in my bed with my warm, white, goose down comforter!! Hee hee!

Four bloggers you are tagging:
Cori, Susan, Shawn, and Flo!

Christmas 2005!

Ho!Ho!Ho! Santa was here :-)

Santa found his way to our house this year...via Nebraska and Virginia (boxes from Grandma's)!! The boys certainly got spoiled this year...AGAIN! :-)

Making Christmas Cookies!

What fun we had making Christmas cookies this year! The boys LOVED making goodies for Santa's!

Christmas Party....4 year old style!

Remember Christmas as a child...the fun and excitement of shredding the wrapping paper?? This year, at Todd's Pre-K party, they had a book exchange. He was quite upset to open his book and find it to be a GIRLY Cinderella book!!! OH the nerve!! He didn't even get it opened all the way before throwing it on the floor, crossing his arms and pouting! Thankfully, another little girl with a Thomas the Train Book (Todd's favorite) traded with him and all was good! Such drama as a 4 year old!! :-)

Courage...

Todd was invited to a friend's birthday party at a gymnastics place. It took him several, frustrating tries to be able to jump across an opening onto the trampoline. Once he did it, he was SO proud of himself and ended up wearing himself out! LOL

In the Big Band!

Brady joined the middle school band this year, playing the trumpet! He auditioned and got first chair!! He's doing really well and sounds pretty good. These pictures are from his recent Christmas concert.

SOOOOO grown up!!!