tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81407960252617070762024-03-19T22:15:01.235-07:00Welcome to our crazy, wonderful life!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger73125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140796025261707076.post-9394336317436929952014-04-01T10:26:00.001-07:002014-04-01T19:26:12.999-07:00Thoughts from a Church Kid<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">The church I grew up in was a beautiful group of people. They raised me. They loved me and taught me and watched me grow. Besides the wonderful memories of the people there, that church building felt like a 2nd home. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">My mom was the secretary and my dad was the "youth director." We were very "involved" as some would say. We were at the building when the doors were open, and we were at the building when the doors were closed(my parents would be up there working on something, filling communion trays, making copies for classes or other random "church duties). So we kids would sneak to the auditorium for a game of hide & seek. Or we'd sneak into the kitchen and eat the communion crackers & drink the grape juice. I think we really thought we owned the place.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">While there are good memories from there, there are some negative as well. Being a family that was so involved, people came to my parents a lot to complain about things. Of course, they, thinking kids aren't paying attention, would start ranting and I would overhear. Songs are too fast. Songs are too slow. Preaching is boring. Preaching is too charismatic. Someone said one wrong word. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I heard gossiping. I heard people that I looked up to talking badly about CHURCH LEADERS. Gossip!! And it was about ministers and elders. Those who have been CALLED by Christ to serve were being talked badly about. Don't get me wrong...I dearly LOVE the church family that raised me. But they were imperfect people, as we all are. I often wondered, if all they do is complain about our church, why are they here? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">James 1:26: Those who consider themselves religious and yet do not keep a tight rein on their tongues deceive themselves, and their religion is worthless.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I think too often we "rate" scripture just as we do sins. The scripture in James says their religion is WORTHLESS because they can't keep a rein on their tongues. "But I don't steal...but I don't lie...but I don't murder..." But even still...not controlling our tongues makes our religion worthless. Do we really think so?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Maybe it is time we really put some value on that verse. And we really think about the importance and impact our words have. Are you complaining? Do people know you as someone who just sits around and complains? Do they know you as someone who belittles the people who pour themselves into the lives of others so they will come to know Jesus or know Him better? Do you pick apart every detail of what happens within the 4 walls of your church building? Do you constantly criticize the way things go or don't go? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Or do you encourage those around you? Do you try to build others up and love those who need it? Are you SO busy with spreading Jesus' love to your brothers and sisters as well as your community that you don't even have TIME to pay attention to what others are doing, much less spread gossip about them? I know many will say we need to rebuke our brother when they are sinning. But that is not what I am talking about. I am talking about complaining about things that are not even IN scripture. Instead, read these:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">We can't keep rating sin. We can't keep kidding ourselves to think that gossip is not bad for us, for those who hear it, or the church. Maybe it is time we take a long hard look in the mirror and decide to change today? In the wise words of Ice Cube...maybe it's time to "Check yo'self before you wreck yo'self."</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Christmas time is here! It truly is the most wonderful time of the year. We have busted out the Christmas PJs...decor is up, gifts have been bought...now it is just time to enjoy the season! </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We are really intentional with trying to be more Jesus, less Santa with Christmas. But, just in our daily life, we try to be about more Jesus, less world. But at Christmas time, I don't want the kids to get wrapped up in "me me me!" I want them to be servants of Christ every day, all year long. But Christmas time is a GREAT time to really focus on being servants. There are SO many opportunities to serve at Christmas, because EVERYONE is all about helping others at this time of year. And I LOVE that. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">With the gift giving that comes at Christmas- I just want them to know that Jesus truly is a gift to us. The grace He offers is a precious, perfect gift. It is far better than any gift we could ever get. And so far, Owen gets it! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;">He summed it up perfectly while decorating the tree. He was putting an ornament on that looks like a wrapped gift and he said "Mommy, Jesus is the REAL gift and the best gift there ever will be."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"> My heart about exploded. I was so thankful that he's listening and understanding. I hope he is falling in love with our Savior! </span></span></div>
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</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140796025261707076.post-1287470138637061412013-12-09T09:17:00.002-08:002013-12-09T09:18:25.964-08:00Fall Shenanigans!<div style="text-align: justify;">
We had a great Fall around the Kelly house! Owen's soccer season ended right around the time it started to get chilly out, so that was perfect timing. He wants to play again in the spring and I can't wait! I love watching him play, and of course I liked the social hour with the other moms at practices. :)</div>
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The first fun thing that *I* did this fall was go to Dallas with some gal pals for a girls weekend & a JEN HATMAKER conference!!! And we got to meet her!! Oh my word. Ok, let me just say this...she is a person that God has used as a tool to reach me to change my life. I could go into so many other details, but I won't. Basically my entire mindset about some things has changed and things have been revealed to me and my life has been turned upside down. No big deal or anything... ;) But in amazing ways, and I am so grateful and so humbled.</div>
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<i>Here I am with her crying like an idiot! And blubbering ridiculousness about my love for her and her writing. Seriously. #lame #fail THANKFULLY, she was all, "awww!! I love you!! Gimme a hug!!" Ummm..you don't have to ask me twice!</i></div>
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<i>I was finally able to get it together and just smile for a picture. She is a PEACH! She really is my new BFF but she's just kinda busy right now...its just hard to stay in touch & stuff...</i></div>
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So after being uplifted, staying in a hotel with friends, staying up late, nice dinner out to eat, shopping & strolling with gal pals, it was back to reality. Whomp whomp. ;) </div>
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So our family kicked off Fall pretty much with Halloween. We had our annual Halloween party at our house and invited our friends over to eat, play and then go trick or treating. It was a blast as usual!</div>
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<i>Sweet friends!</i></div>
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<i>Davis, Reed & Owen were Jase, Si & Willie from Duck Dynasty!</i></div>
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<i>Here is the crew with their little duck, Beau :)</i></div>
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<i>Beau sporting his little punkin shirt!</i></div>
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<i>We took advantage of the great fall weather & pretty colors for family pictures! I love them and am so blessed and thankful for my sweet family!</i></div>
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We finally had a free weekend so we loaded up with Michael & Bekah and all the kids and headed to the deer lease! It wasn't quite what we had envisioned. Bekah & I were dreaming about sitting outside in our camp chairs reading books while the kids played. Yeah. Not so much. The weather was LITERALLY freezing. And it was raining all day so we pretty much sat around inside. However, it was still a very relaxing trip and was fun to get away!</div>
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My cousins have started coming to our house to celebrate Thanksgiving. One family lives in Oklahoma and another lives south of Houston, so our house is about half way. It allows them to see each other and not have to drive so far. And it allows them to see all of us! So I hope it is a tradition that will continue! We had a small Thanksgiving at Michael & Bekah's house. We celebrated with them, her parents and her grandparents. It was a relaxing day! Mom & Dad drove in late that afternoon from their trip to Disney World with Matt & Jen. So we were glad to get to be with them on Thanksgiving as well.</div>
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<i>Cooking with my cousin Carrie!</i></div>
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<i>Beau turned 5 months old on Thanksgiving Day!</i></div>
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One Sunday afternoon, our family and many others from our church went to Boles Children's Home to help decorate their campus for Christmas. It was a great day of service! We decorated the front fence & entry gate, several cottages, a Christmas tree in the Admin building and the entire rec center. We had fun while doing it!</div>
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Wow! Already a month since I last blogged. Welcome to life with 1 hubby, 2 kids, soccer practice, family obligations, work, church, pre-school events, social life.....</div>
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Our Beau boy is 3 months old! He's sweet as can be. He is really a perfect baby. He rarely fusses and is SOOO easy to make smile. Most everyone we know can get him to smile. It is so sweet. He loves to be talked to and he really loves his big brother. Its so sweet to see him watch Owen and smile at O's silly antics. </div>
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In other news...Owen has started soccer and LOVES it! It is so fun to watch him at practice and at games. He does great in practice, but does not have much "hustle" in him! It's so funny to me to watch because he's just enjoying himself, not too concerned with being better than anyone. In the games so far, he is not very aggressive with "getting in there", but when the ball gets close to him, he always gives it a good, strong kick! He smiles most of the game, and to us, that is all that matters!<br />
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Loving this time with my sweet boys. This moment in life right now is PERFECT. We have the "big" kid who does activities like soccer and karate that are fun to be a part of and we still have the little baby to snuggle and love on. This is the moment that I wish life had a pause button!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140796025261707076.post-77830732495125465562013-08-19T11:41:00.001-07:002013-08-19T11:41:34.590-07:00Owen turns 4!Our big boy is 4! Time has gone by so fast. It seems like just yesterday that he was being born and now he is 4 and has a baby brother! I am LOVING 4. He can be very ornery, but he is becoming a little person and it is so fun. I can have actual conversations with him now and he gets it. It is so neat to watch his little personality grow.<br />
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<li style="text-align: justify;">He is HILARIOUS. I have sooo many stories of funny things he says & does. </li>
<li style="text-align: justify;">He wants to be a pediatrician or a fireman when he grows up.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">He loves music and singing and he loves going to the movies.</li>
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<li style="text-align: justify;">He can be a pest. He loves to play tricks on people and sometimes he irritates his cousins with his pesky ways!</li>
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For his 4th birthday, (since I was off on maternity leave), we went to Shreveport to do some fun things and see Daddy since he was working there that week. We went to Sci-Port which is a super cool science discovery museum for kids. He loved it! Then, that evening, we shopped at Bass Pro for his bday and he picked out a Wii hunting game. We met Super Aunt Mandi, Tim, Michael & 2 of Mandi's nieces at Joe's Crab Shack for dinner. It was a great time celebrating our sweet boy with friends!</div>
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Obviously by my lack of recent posts, Beau Landon is here! He is perfect in every way and we are so thrilled that we've finally met him! (and I am soooooo glad to NOT be pregnant anymore!) ;)</div>
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He was born June 28 at 2:28 p.m. and was 8 lbs, 13 oz & 21 inches long!</div>
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The labor & delivery was pretty uneventful & smooth. (PTL!) The only minor hiccup was the anesthesiologist came in to give me my epidural, then suddenly had to leave. I got a little upset because I was thinking, "RELIEF is here!" then..JUST KIDDING! But once I just started focusing and breathing some more (and a little bit of "happy juice" in my IV line helped too!) I was better. Then shortly after that, got the epidural, progressed more and started pushing! One hour later, our sweet angel boy was here!</div>
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WOW! I feel like time has flown by because I am already 30 weeks! I've felt great from 2nd trimester until now. But now, I'm starting to be really "over" being pregnant. Ha! Getting up is a process, bending over is a process, rolling over is a process, standing on one leg to put my pants on is a process...I could go on! </div>
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For the past few years, Matt and I have helped coordinate an event at LTC (Leadership Training for Christ.) This year was no different! It is a weekend that we look forward to every year. It is just a great time with our church family, and then we wrap it up with an AWESOME church service with 3,000+ people on Easter Sunday.</div>
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Owen has gone with us every year and it is fun to see him really enjoying it now. As a baby, he just strolled along with whoever would carry him or push him in the stroller. Now he is big enough to walk all over and he really enjoys watching the puppet shows, dramas and even the choruses.</div>
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<i>The night time festivities: spinning each other around in the "spinny chair!"</i></div>
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Just truckin' along! 25 weeks and still feeling great. Beau boy is doing LOTS of moving & kicking. I can really feel him when sitting still at my desk and laying down at night. I love it!</div>
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I am 23 weeks along & still feeling great! Matt & Owen both have felt Beau kick/move so that has been fun! </div>
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Owen is still really into the pregnancy and is usually very careful about accidentally hitting or running into my tummy. I think he will be a GREAT big brother! It was not our plan to have them so far apart, but now I am really enjoying that Owen is a bit older and can somewhat understand what is going on. He asks lots of questions and really seems to get it. I have showed him pictures from Babycenter that shows the baby in a mommy's tummy (not any graphic ones, of course!) and I think that helps him visualize it better. I'm feeling great but already ready for this summer to hurry so we can meet our boy!</div>
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Woo-hoo! I am 20 weeks along and feeling great! Feeling rather large, but, that just goes with the territory! ;) </div>
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I'm feeling my little Beau boy move around and kick here & there. The first few times I felt it I was kind of startled! I had forgotten what those little movements felt like. At first he was just moving right before lunch and when I would lay down to go to sleep. Now I am starting to feel more movements throughout the day. I love it! </div>
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This is the best time of pregnancy, in my opinion. I am still feeling good, but not huge, hot & miserable yet! So far I have gained 11 lbs. from my very first visit. So I feel good about that, but I read the other day I can expect to gain a pound a week from here on out. I'm hoping not, but we'll see! I'm also trying to get in some exercise here & there, but not being as consistent as I'd like. I am just trying not to stress too much about that part and just enjoy this chapter. </div>
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When I was 13w5d we found out that our little baby is a BOY! We went to a place and paid to find out early. I just wanted to know soon so we could get his room done early while I was still (relatively) small and feeling like decorating. This summer before he will be born will be full of birthdays and the hot heat (ha!), so I just wanted to get it marked off the list. </div>
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So this past week, I went to my actual doctor for my 19 week sonogram which showed he is STILL a boy! I have to say I was a tad nervous that since we found out so early, there might be a chance that the original sono tech was wrong. But she wasn't! So we are still having our little Beau Landon!</div>
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<i>One new thing since the last pregnancy- 3D ultrasounds! Look at his little face! </i></div>
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Our appointment to find out whether our sweet baby #2 is a boy or girl was today, January 4, 2013! The day before, Matt's mom, Nonna, called and texted everyone in the family to get their votes on whether they thought we would have a boy or girl. </div>
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<i>Here is the final vote! Tied 10-10! Then, we realized we forgot Owen, who said BOY. So it was ahead 11-10. Then, we realized we forgot Logan E., who said GIRL. So we were tied again! 11-11!</i></div>
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Nonna, Poppa, Uncle Hunter, PaPaw, GiGi, Aunt Bekah, Davis, Mikah & Reed met me, Matt & Owen at SonoCare at 9am to find out 'WHO' we are having! The sonographer looked around at the baby's head, and then showed us the feet....I was thinking, WHO CARES, lady! Show us the important body part!! haha! </div>
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<i>Sweet little profile!</i></div>
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FINALLY, she said "Oh! There we go!" And I said, "Do you know what it is???" She smiled and said "Yes!" And just sat there??? I was like, "WELL WHAT IS IT?!?!" haha! She smiled big and said, "It's a......</div>
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We all erupted with "YAY!!" and giggled and laughed! Of course I started crying! I was so excited! I would have loved a little girl but I reeeeeally wanted a little boy! </div>
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I really feel like God gives you what you get for a reason. Who knows what that reason is, but I'm thrilled that he has chosen Matt & I to be parents of two little boys! </div>
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I have SIX tubs of clothes up in the attic of boy clothes that I'm thrilled to go through again and get to use again. AND- they will be the right season since this baby will be a summer baby like his big brother!</div>
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So far, we think his name will be Beau Landon. Landon is Matt's middle name and we just like the name Beau. We'll see! If I don't hear a name I like better between now & then, that is what it will be!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Since this blog's main purpose is documentation for our family, I wanted to log a few things Owen has said lately so that we don't forget them. He is just SO funny and is always making Matt & I laugh. He also says the sweetest things, too!</span></div>
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Today was our very first ultrasound for baby Kelly #2! We heard the little heart beat and got to see the little "gummy bear." I just loved it! When we first saw Owen, I just started crying and was so emotional. With this one, I smiled really big and just loved looking at it. Matt mentioned that in the car that I didn't cry this time. I said, 'I know. Poor baby. He/she is already getting treated like the 2nd child!" Haha!</div>
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Here is a pic from this week. Only 9 weeks and I already have this crazy bump! With Owen, I was about 15 weeks before I started showing. I was scared it might be twins..haha! But, today's doctor visit proved that it wasn't. So yay for that! It is funny, with Owen, I couldn't WAIT to wear maternity clothes and just BE pregnant. Now, I'm like nooooooooooooooo!!! I am not ready. But, such is life. So bring on the stretchy, comfy, elastic!</div>
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The doctor said baby looks great and she'll see me in 4 weeks! Easy peasy so far! Thankful & blessed. Prayers for a smooth pregnancy and healthy baby are appreciated!</div>
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We had so much fun this Halloween! Owen, being 3, is really fun now at holiday time. He totally "gets" it and understands everything. It is so neat to watch! He trick or treated like a pro. He knew JUST what to do! Ever since this spring when we took him to Medieval Times in Dallas, he loves to pretend to be a knight. So that is what he was for Halloween. </div>
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This is our first holiday season in the new house & new neighborhood. So we decided to host a Halloween party for friends. We trick or treated then just had dinner together. Our neighborhood is PERFECT for trick or treating. It was a lot of fun!</div>
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A special treat, not a trick: We are having another baby!!!! We are SO thrilled! We found out on Halloween, so that night, after the party, I changed Owen into a "big brother" shirt and had him go walk out to the living room where the fam was standing around talking. I told him "This is your special shirt, go tell GiGi to read it." He said, "What does it say?" I told him I'd tell him later. </div>
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Once they read his shirt, there were squeals and giggles all around. It was great! We called the other family members who live out of town to tell them. Everyone was so thrilled. Finally, Owen said, "WHAT DOES MY SHIRT SAY?!?!" Haha! He realized it must have said something exciting by everyone's reactions! So I told him "Mommy has a baby in her tummy. You are going to be a big brother!" He was SOOOO excited and started screaming and running around saying "I'M A BIG BROTHER! I'M A BIG BROTHER!!!" It made me cry. It was so sweet & special! </div>
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We are so blessed & thankful and excited about a new addition to our little family! Little one should be here around July 1. Thank goodness for having the neighborhood pool this year! ;)</div>
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So Matt's cousin is married to a country music songwriter. How cool is that?! He is the main songwriter and executive producer for Brad Paisley. But he has also written songs for Darius Rucker, Josh Turner, Lee Ann Womack & Blake Shelton(maybe more?). He's had over 20 songs hit top 20 and several #1 hits. He has even won song writer of the year!<br />
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Both Chris & Shanna are EXTREMELY gracious, kind, giving people who I enjoyed getting to know better over the weekend. We are wanting to plan a trip some time to go visit their neck of the woods in Nashville. I'm ready to go now! ;)<br />
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So, anyway, they were coming to Ft. Worth and invited the cousins to tag along! We made our way to Ft. Worth & got to see Jerrod Nieman & Wade Bowen. We were able to get on Jerrod's bus and check out all the pre-show stuff and see how he "lives" while on the road. It was a super cool experience and we are so thankful to Chris & Shanna for inviting us! Here are some pics from the trip!</div>
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<i>Friday night backstage with Jerrod Niemann</i></div>
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<i>The sisters in law! Clockwise from bottom...me, Heather, Erin, Melody!</i></div>
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<i>Wade Bowen performing.</i></div>
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<i>Matt & I with Wade Bowen. </i></div>
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<i>His show was not as "rockin" as Jerrod's, but still great! </i></div>
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<i>I enjoyed visiting with him...he has 2 little boys and we got to talk golf. It was fun!</i></div>
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<i>I LOVE this man! We had SUCH a great time. </i></div>
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<i>We missed our Owen boy but had a ton of fun with it just being us. </i></div>
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<i>We need to do this more often!</i><br />
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<i>Many thanks to Aunt Bekah & Uncle Michael and Nonna & Poppa </i></div>
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<i>The weather was great for a BIG garage sale at Mom & Dad's new casa. While we were tagging & setting up the night before, the boys found antlers, a flashlight & a toy gun. Therefore, "Deer hunter" game was played all evening. :)</i></div>
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<i>We all made fall wreaths for our doors. </i></div>
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<i>My Fall Wreath</i></div>
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<i>Pumpkins on candle holders...great idea, Pinterest! :)</i></div>
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<i>Bekah brought us all a cute pair of socks for Girls Night IN! :)</i></div>
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<i>Close up of my wreath. Turned out SO cute! I love it!</i></div>
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<i>My cousin Carrie had her SWEET baby girl, Adilyn Grace, so we headed to Houston to meet her! Road trippin' with my boys! What we do best! </i><br />
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<i>Just a pic of the back of my camera of Miss Adilyn. PRECIOUS PRECIOUS angel! More pics (and better quality!) can be found at www.facebook.com/mandlphotography</i><br />
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Back in Tyler it is FAIR TIME! We had a blast together just the 3 of us. Sometimes it is so nice to do things together without a big group. We had corn dogs for dinner and spent under $100! ha! Pretty successful for a night at the fair! Owen loved the little pig races. He is still saying "soooo-weee pig!"<i> </i></div>
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<i>My sweet lil family!</i></div>
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<i>His Halloween costume came in the mail! :) He loves knights ever since we took him to Medieval Times. There is also a show on Nick Jr. he likes called "Mike the Knight." So this costume is perfect for him this year. </i></div>
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So my parents have moved from Houston to our little East Texas town!! We are so thrilled! I feel sad that they left my older brother, his wife & family behind, but at least we are in 1 town (only 2 miles apart!) when they come to visit. </div>
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<i>On August 12, Owen & I (and sock monkey) headed down to Houston with Dad to help him get the last load of their things. I'm SO glad I was able to do that. They still had a TON of things left.</i></div>
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<i>The next morning was August 13, Dad's bday! My sweet sis in law, Jen, made pancakes </i><i>and put a few candles in Dad's. We sang 'Happy Birthday' to the birthday boy then headed over </i><i>to their old house to get busy working!</i><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivaGZv7TkzVbUl9g03Cwi4D5RyYOdoyqcAj1TaXM89cjZbU_i-PR3X0BgZhCX4kIEOvUqVO7gLhauzebUFEPhIbNvdPUIU9W3cCzJuK9BObA_0vSL7T0tblF8g3qA-MwoRY2eX04tabdL8/s640/blogger-image--2112630939.jpg" /><br />
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<i>Goodbye, 19807 Big Timber Drive in Humble! It was a great house for my parents and my Granny,who lived there in a garage apartment with them before she died. </i><i>Many memories were made here and to me, it is always a bit sad to move on from any house, but also exciting to create new memories in a new place!</i></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140796025261707076.post-67750803060909892182012-08-27T11:31:00.001-07:002012-08-27T11:39:14.185-07:00Owen turns 3!August 4, 2012, we celebrated Owen's 3rd birthday! We had our family & friends over for snacks, cake & swimming! The kids played upstairs in the play room for a little while, then we sang 'Happy Birthday' and cut the cake! Everyone snacked on snacks & cake while Owen opened presents. After that, everyone changed & went swimming. It was a great day!<br />
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<i>The AMAZING cake my mom in law & sis in law made! </i></div>
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Still a ways to go but slowly I am getting there! I notice the biggest difference in my face, arms & tummy. I still want to see more flatness in the tummy & a little less mass in the underarms! ha! BUT, as a good friend told me, "stop focusing on what needs to be improved and be proud of how far you've come!" So, I am taking her advice! </div>
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I am proud that I have gotten up (almost) every week day morning for the past 3 months at 4:35 a.m. to work out. I'm proud that I have made a habit of eating more fruits, veggies, lean meats and "good" starches. I'm proud that I drink a lot of water! </div>
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<i>My sweet family!</i></div>
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<i>First fill up! Just under 35 bucks. My van filled up for about $65. So this was cool, too!</i> </div>
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Looking forward to enjoying the rest of the summer...may have to take a weekend trip to Galveston now that it won't cost us a fortune to drive down there!! :) </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8140796025261707076.post-39754182549500976382012-06-26T10:36:00.004-07:002012-06-26T10:38:52.562-07:00Fun days off! Since we spent all our extra cash on furniture for an entire house this year, we are not taking a big vacation. :) <br />
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<i>Lawson, Davis, Owen & Reed</i></div>
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<i>My sweet boy & I enjoying the fun day together!</i></div>
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My mom was in town with her friend Bonnie & Bonnie's granddaughter Caitlin. Matt was out of town this weekend, so we had fun girl time! We watched movies and shopped and ate junk food! Ha! <br />
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We watched The Proposal (always hilarious with Sandra Bullock doing the Indian Dance thing singing "To the Windows to the Walls"....we had to watch that part a million times because we laughed til we cried...but then we also watched The Vow, which I haven't seen before. It was SO good. </div>
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On the road again....on Sunday morning, Mom, Bonnie & Caitlin jumped in Mom's car & Owen & I hopped in ours and headed BACK to Houston for my cousin Carrie's baby shower. I got NO pics from the shower! :( I was enjoying myself too much I guess to think about it!</div>
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My sweet travel buddy! He does SO well in the car. His first road trip was to Houston when he was only a few weeks old. I was going stir crazy while on maternity leave & Matt took the whole week off so we went down for a few days out of boredom! haha! He was perfect in the car then has has done well ever since. He never complains or fusses. At one point on this trip, he was playing with a wet wipe & making it sing & dance. I'm SO thankful for his cute imagination and how he entertains himself so easily. I LOVE LOVE LOVE this age & do NOT want to forget it! He brings us so much joy and right now is saying the funniest little things. He keeps Matt and I laughing all the time. We love you, sweet Owen boy! </div>
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<i>Our favorite place to stop for a quick potty break on the way home- the rest stop in Jacksonville! After leaving the 'big city', I love stopping here to take in the scenery and just be thankful for where we live. I LOVE Houston. Don't get me wrong. It will probably always feel like "home" in a way. But I'm SO thankful to be in East Texas and live in such a pretty place! :)</i></div>
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