September 2010
- Spent Labor Day Weekend at the Lake with great friends. Did a lot of boating, camping and only got into 'minor' trouble....Let's just say Bob now has his own personal buoy somewhere in Lake Lewisville!!!
- Jansen lost her 3rd tooth...it was the 1st one on top. Incredibly akward looking, but still so cute!
- Saw KISS in concert with great friends. Was an amazing concert!!! If you ever get the chance - see them!!!
- Celebrated Auntie Shan's 41st birthday - and man is she rockin' her 40's!!!
- Celebrated the twins' 32nd birthdays at a daytime Rangers game in a suite with lots of friends. It was a blast!!!
October 2010
- Daddy couldn't make it, so Grandpa Bob and Uncle Bob accompanied Jansen to school for 'Donuts for Dad' Soooo cute!!!!
- Loaded up the fam and headed to San Antonio to visit my BFF Sherril and her family. We went to Sea World, had great fun at the San Antonio Yacht Club/resaturant, went to the Riverwalk where Gracie FELL IN THE RIVER!!! It was such a fun trip!
- Took the kids to the State Fair where Jansen won the Pee Wee Rodeo for the 2nd year in a row! She won for Barrel Racing. Kennedy also took home a trophy! Our little Rodeo Girls!!!!
- Accompanied Jansen and her class on her first field trip. We went to a Pumpkin Patch and had a blast!
- Jansen got to cheer on the field for the Berkner Rams! She did cheers with the Cheerleaders, did cart wheels, jumps and even got into a pyramid or two. She was so excited and did such a great job. We were so happy that Meme and Granddad came to visit and go to see her!
- The Texas Rangers made it to the World Series!!! Though they lost to the Yankees in the end, it was an exciting time and we're proud to be Rangers fans!!!
- Halloween was lots of fun this year. Auntie Shan and Auntie Bresha spent lots and lots of time putting together Hudson's costume - a Fire Truck! It was an absolutely amazing costume! They did such a great job! Jansen was an absolutely perfect Beauty Pageant Queen, complete with sash and tiara!
- Had Jansen's birthday party a few weeks early this year to avoid the Holiday mess. We celebrated at a Natatorium and the kids had an absolute blast! We swam, slid and lazed in the river. Big thanks to all of our wonderful family and friends who came to celebrate!
- Mikey and I spent Thanksgiving Day at the Cowboy's game in a private Club right on the field. We were 10 feet from the players and could literally hear them talking and plays being called. It was such a fun time!!!!! And then we celebrated Thanksgiving with my family that Sunday, so we got the best of both worlds!
- Thanksgiving weekend, the kids and I headed down to Waco and spent the day with my BFF, Amy Wille and her family. It's always so much fun to hang out with old friends who you can just relax and be yourself with. I am so blessed to have so many great friends that I've known for 20+ years. THOSE are my girls!!!!!
- Did some CRAZY Black Friday shopping with Shannon. I know it's out of control and all, but I have so much fun shopping on Black Friday - even if I don't buy very much. It's just something I look forward to every year! This year Shan and I were the only one's to brave the crowds, but we had a blast!!!
- Jansen turned 6 years old! I still can't believe how grown up she is! We celebrated with Lunch at the American Girl bistro and had a blast! Meme, Auntie Tammy and sweet Ella Grace were able to make it to town for the event. We had such a great girl's day!
- Jansen got 1st place for Kindergarteners in the Jingle Bell Run at school. From what I was told, she WIPED the other kid's plates clean! That's our girl!!!!
- Jansen lost her OTHER top tooth, so officially 'all she wants for Christmas is her 2 front teeth!'
- Attempted to Potty Train Hudson....FAIL! Even told him that Santa wouldn't bring him presents...yea, that didn't work either : (
- Tried again 2 weeks later and SUCCESS! We are a diaper-free house!!!
- Poor Mikey got Pneumonia. He was miserable....I was miserable. It was not a fun time in our house!!
- New Year's Eve was an absolute BLAST!!! We took the Karaoke Cab to Las Colinas Country Club. We karaoked our way the whole time and had so much fun with the cab driver - Francisco! At the Club, we dined on steak and lobster, drank lots of vino and danced, danced, danced! Francisco picked us up and we karaoked our way safely home! It was one of the best NYE's we've ever had!
- Got Jansen's 1st report card and she did great! On a scale of 1-3, she got all 3's and two 2's. She's doing such a wonderful job in Kindergarten! We are so proud of her!
- Celebrated Breann's 31st birthday with an overnight girl's trip the Choctaw Casino! Rachel and Janis joined the 'Fearsome Foursome' and we had an incredible time! Too bad the drive home was not so fun, as we got our first snowstorm of the year!
- Hudson turned 3! He's such a fun, happy, silly little guy. I can not believe the stuff he comes up with to make us laugh. He's a little stinker, but we enjoy every minute of him!
- Had Jansen's first Parent-Teacher Conference. Her teacher couldn't say enough nice things about her...she's a leader in the classroom and often helps fellow students with their work, is very polite, is above level on all subjects AND scored the highest grade on the Kindergarten Math Benchmark test! Way to go baby girl!!!!
- Mikey, Shan, Bob and I made our way to Fort Worth to meet Shawn and Amy Myers for some yummy Joe T. Garcia's for dinner and then the Fort Worth rodeo. We had so much fun and then there was an ACDC tribute band concert afterwards. We danced and cut up and had waaaay too much fun!
- Happy, Happy 4th Birthday to my sweet niece, Kennedy Ann ~ January 21
- Celebrated my 34th (dear lord!!!) birthday! Kay and Larry came to town and we also did a belated celebration for Hudson, since it snowed on his b-day. We went to Magic Time Machine and had a lot of fun. Jansen ran around most of the night trying to get autographs from the 'characters'. I was surprised at how good the food was and how much fun we had. We will definitely visit again soon!
- MAJOR Ice/Snow storms in DFW and the schools were shut down for a total of 5 days! It was absolute Mayhem....and just so happened to be the week that Dallas was hosting the Superbowl!
- On one of the 'nicer' days of the snowstorm, the kid's opened up a Hot Chocolate stand in the front yard. Sure, nobody was out to see it or buy from them so daddy and I were their only customers, but they still treated us very professionally!
- Jansen raised $255 for the Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser for her school. All proceeds go to the American Heart Association. She also picked up 1st place out of all of the Kindergarten girls for best jump roping. She practiced for 2 weeks, so she put a lot of work into it...I'm so glad she got to see that if you work hard for something, good things will come!
- My mother joined Facebook. I think the world stood still!!!!
