Slow Seasons

I have been sick, but I've been feeling better. i pulled a muscle in my back but it has finally started to stop hurting. Tina and I have made a pact to be more healthy and give up fast food. So far we've been doing pretty good. I'm proud of us. We've been walking every night or every other night at the park. Well I walk and Tina and Carla and Colleen Run/Jog. This was James's weekend off so we just stayed at home and layed around and I rested my back. That's about all that's been going on with us these past two weeks.

SummerTime!!!!

So the time is here for us to decide what to do with our summer vacation!! We have been planning on renting a condo in Port Aransas for the week and hanging out on the coast with friends and having a good time, but the $$$$ was completely outrageous. So I took the money we had planned to use there and tried to put it to better use. We got a great deal on a 5 day 4 night stay in Jamaica!!! Yay!!! So I guess it is Jamaica here were come. I'm really excited because I have been to Cozumel so many times but never to Jamaica. I think we will love it lots and lots!!!!

Teenagers...what are they really good for??

So I have been teaching Tina drivers ed consistantly for the past week. Let me tell you is it boring. Sorry State of Texas, but geez. She's almost ready to take the test for her permit. Yay!! for her I guess. Not for me. It's just something to make me even more worried about her. Not only is she God know where doing God knows what but she drove herself there!!!! lol I'm having a little trouble letting go. What happened to my sweet sweet baby girl?? They really do grow up so fast. She's learning really quickly which I knew she would. We have to get the transmission fixed on the silver car because that is the car she is going to learn to drive on. So once it's fixed, she's going to start paying us for it and then it's hers in November when she gets her license. So keep thinking of us.

2008 So Far

I haven’t been really good at keeping up with blogging lately. So I thought I would start 2008 off right!!
March has been pretty eventful for all of us so far. On March 1st James and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary by going to 7f Lodge. It was so much fun and so so nice. We both loved it!! Our actual anniversary didn’t come until the 12th, but on the 10th James gave me a gorgeous pair of diamond earrings. He thought he wasnt going to be home for our anniversary but he was.
For spring break, the 2nd week in March, Christina went to Port Aransas with Carla & Colleen Roberts. They had a really great time and came back with lots of really great stories.
The weekend of March 16th James, Stevie, Trey, Caleb, Tina & Alecia all worked on building a sidewalk in front of the house. I added some pictures of it to my profile under Our House. It looks really nice!!! I spent that time at the hospital with my grandma, grandpa, mom & uncle Jim. My grandma had some complications from a medicene they gave her for her really bad allergies. She is all better now though and was released that Sunday.
March 18th, my uncle passed away. It was very hard on my Grandma, he was her brother. I have been trying to be there for her & help her. Yesterday we drove to Fort Worth for the funeral and spent time with our family. It was a nice visit and a beautiful service.
Hopefully next week I will be able to go over to my Grandma’s house and do some cleaning. She has a really bad cough from allergies. Which I am completely sure are bad for everyone this time of year. Tina started having a cough earlier today. I think she is getting bronchitis, because Connor has it. So we shall see. She’s running a little fever.
During all of this weekend excitement our Civic also broke down. It’s the transmission. Bleh. So when our income tax comes in that is what it will pay for. Right now James is borrowing his mom’s suburban, because I really am not getting up to take him to work at 4 am. Hopefully everything will settle down next month, or maybe not. I start teaching Tina drivers ed next week. :) Think of us!!! & as always we love you so much:)

Meet the Minors

This is my first official family blog. I have been blogging on here and on myspace for awhile. I thought this could be an introduction blog. :) Our family currently consists of James, Me (Courtney), Christina & Caleb. James and I have been together for five years this August, and we just celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary March 12. James and I met many years ago, when he was still in high school, and we talked for a really long time. I never really wanted to date him because he was 4 years younger than I was. We developed a good friendship that just became something more over time. I think that is the strongest foundation for a relationship.

We adopted our daughter Christina in October 2005 when she was about to turn 13. She had already lived with us since she was 11. Christina is my biological half sister. She's 15 now and a freshman in high school and I love her to death.

My brother Caleb came to live with us in August of 2007. He's 16 and a Junior in high school. So far the transition has been pretty hard. We are all adjusting. So far things have been hard, but then we knew they would be.

Through this all we have tried to make everything feel like family. We work really hard to always be there for our two kids and to help them feel like they have a home here with us. We also have more members of or family. My brother Trey who is 19 and works with James.

My cat Teddy who is 6 years old and like a child to me. I love her so so much.

Christina's cat Kitten. He's 4 and fat.

James's dog Mollie. She's a blue heeler and was born on our wedding day 3/12/2005.

Christina's dog Mocha. He's a Shih-poo and he is 1 year old.

James's cat Jean. He's a shelter kitty so I'm not sure how old he is but he is sweet.

This is our family:)