Some new posts: Showering Anne Mother's Day Luncheon Happy Birthday Papa C! MS 150 Carrie's here! Easter 2011

For all of the stubborn grumpiness that Caleb exhibits, he can still be pretty cute… he thinks "definitely" is "defidantly" and I refuse to correct him everytime he says the dinner prayer on the food he describes my food as "glorious" he made me probably 10 Mother's Day cards including a poem all declaring how…

Quote #1 this afternoon:  He gave me a bug hug and KISS and said "Did you know that you have to kiss if there's a weed on a light?"  HUH?  Then I realized what he means… Every December we go and find mistletoe, cut it down and tape to the light fixture in our entry…

Clearly the vacuum was feeling a little overworked.

Samuel has to take a city building creation to Kindermusik this morning. You Dallas-ites should appreciate my historic contribution. 🙂

Last weekend, Anne's cute friends threw her a sweet baby shower.  It's so fun getting to anticipate these sweet "firsts" for my brothers and their wives.  We always enjoy getting together with Anne's sisters and mom – lots of laughs and good times.  Congrats Anne (and baby Graham!!).    

I enjoy being a part of our very casual neighborhood playgroup.  There is no set schedule – when someone wants to host and/or invite people out, they post it on a facebook group and we come if we can.  Love that kind of group! :)  These are a sweet bunch of mom's and several kiddos…

We celebrated another big 60th b'day at our house the Friday night before the MS ride.  My dad turns 60 on 5/15 and so we celebrated with La Hacienda fajitas, a tres leches cake (recipe to follow) and fun times as a family.  Jacob had a yucky cough, so M & O stayed home with…

The MS 150 is an annual bike ride held to raise funds for the National MS Society here in Texas.  It consists of 2 days of road-biking totaling 150 miles (from Frisco to Fort Worth).  Derek has always loved biking, and his dad Verdi suffers from MS, so it was a natural fit 4 years…

And because the novelty has not yet worn off, he asks us if he can do it! And it’s NOT self-propelled!