My Dad's 40th

On Friday January 2nd, my dad turned 40! (yes, he was 14 when I was born, it's a long story) My mom worked for months to plan out the perfect night. And she succeeded! It was surprise after surprise. They started off in a hotel in Fort Worth. She had made plans for them and a couple of their close friends to go to dinner. Little did he know that there was 35 people waiting at the restauraunt to surprise him! He showed up and we celebrated. Then we all told him goodbye and my mom and him headed back to their hotel. Surprise number 2, my mom rented a hummer limo and it came and picked up family. We then headed to his hotel where Security stopped him at the elevater and told him there was a problem and brought him outside. Obviously when he saw the limo he realized, but as he opened the door, we all yelled "surprise" again! We decided to go dancing. You see my dad grew up dancing. When he was in college he traveled with a hip hop band and was a dancer. So dancing is one of his favorite things to do and he probably only really gets to do it less than once a year! I don't think I have ever made it to 2am dancing because I always get tired way earlier, but we were having so much fun they literally had to ask us to leave when the club was closing. My mom did amazing planning the party! I think she has really set the bar for 40th birthdays in the family! Here are a few pictures. My cousin took almost 400 pictures of the night. If you are friends on my myspace or facebook you can see alot more there. (I know the pictures are layed out really weird, I don't know how to fix it)

Christmas

It was absolutely wonderful this year! I saw so much family that I haven't seen in awhile. We did our extended family Christmas Party at my parents house and it was a huge success. Lots of food, lots of love and lots of laughs! I have some great video's from that day, however, my laptop will not read my HD memory card, so no video's online untill I figure that one out :(

Then we spent Christmas Eve and Christmas at my parents house. We have done this every year since we have been married. It seems weird, but we have never spent Christmas morning at our own home. Sometimes we think about changing the tradition, but never do and I am always glad we didn't change it. We have so much fun at my parents house! The kids had a wonderful christmas. They deserved it. Last year we did a very low budget Christmas, so we made up for it this year. Grandma and Grandpa got them bicycles, a air hockey table and other little things. Daddy got them real golf clubs, which I informed him if he was going to buy them he would absolutely have to take them golfing so they weren't waisted! Their aunt Brittany got them personalized coloring trays and lots of accessories, and I of course got them tons of stuff during my trips to wal-mart, target, and toys r us! My parents and sister got Brad a golf bag that he has been wanting, and I of course have my video camera from them. All it all it was a wonderful Christmas! I hate to say it was because of the gifts, but they sure did bring lots of chear to the house. The kids woke us up at 6am and we were opening presents before the sun even came up. Here are the pictures from the day.

What a wonderful day!!

This day has been amazing! I woke up to a text that said Bradlee and Tyanna did not have to be at school until 10am. So I went back to bed and woke up at 8:30! 2 extra hours is huge, I think school should always start at 10am. Then I was headed to get my hair done. Ashten and Tristen were with me. I stopped by my moms house on the way to get a baby gate that she was giving me and my sister was there and wanted to keep Tristen. Yeah! Only one baby at the hair appointment! So now my hair is dark root free. Then I headed up to my dads office to borrow a digital video camera that he said he just bought for the office. I needed it for the kids Christmas Program Thursday night. Well, he couldn't keep it a secret. My parents had just bought it for ME for Christmas!!! They bought it for me, then Sunday I asked if they had one I could borrow and they had to say yes because the kids program needed to be recorded! So I was on cloud nine! I have been wanting one since I got my Iphone. Someone told me the Iphone had video and indeed it does not. Then I got home and there were two UPS boxes on the porch. One is Tyanna'a doll house and one is my last two stockings from Pottery barn! Now my fireplace looks complete. I am on top of the world today! My house is clean and I only have a couple of loads of laundry to fold. I wish every day felt this great :)

My new video camera


Our cute little stockings

Tis the season....

I absolutely love December! Even though it's cold and I don't like cold weather, it is probably my favorite month. I have been online so much trying to find the best deals for all the gifts we need to buy. I can't wait until the kids get to open all their presents. I was raised with tons of presents under the tree and it was always really exciting and I plan on doing the same for my kids. It's funny, growing up I always thought my parents spent thousands of dollars on each of us, but now as an adult I look back and realize it was nothing like that. Point is, it felt that way and that's how I want my kids to feel! One thing different is, my kids believe in Santa! I never believed in Santa. I like it and it's fun, but what happens when they find out??? Oh well, we'll deal with that when it happens. For now, Santa is bringing Bradlee Moon Shoes, Tyanna a doll house and a teddy bear, Tristen a car toy! I'm not sure what he's bringing Ashten, I know I'm getting credit for the play kitchen, Lol!

In just one year

I really can't believe she is one. This year has flown by. We threw a small party which kind of made me sad, but it's not like she will remember it. The only thing she will remember is these pictures of her digging into her own chocolate cake!