Christina's "Suprise" Party

We had a surprise party for Tina on Saturday the 25th, she was somewhat surprised, but thanks to people who can't keep secrets, (ahem Carla and Colleen), she had already figured out most of it. It started out with 5 of her closest friends coming over to our house, from here we went to Double Daves and ate dinner. MMMM Pizza Rolls!!!! After that we headed over to Abigaile's Treehouse, the Bed & Breakfast that I booked for Tina's party and sleep over.



It is such an impressive and lovely place!! We booked the 3rd floor and it had a hot tub and loft and king bed. It is owned by Lindsey's mom, Lisa. I watch Lindsey's little ones during the day and they are like family to us!
We had wonderful Strawberry cake from Sweet Memories!! It was absolutely beautiful!

The kids enjoyed a lot of time in the hot tub and then running around outside! We all had an awesome time!!! The boys went home and then the girls giggled in the loft all night long, while James and I slept in the bed, which was so comfortable!!!

Thank you to Lisa and Lindsey for the wonderful location for our party!!! It was amazing!

Homecoming '08

Homecoming was this weekend and all the kids had a wonderful time!! I am just going to include some pictures of the night. I was so happy for them!!









So pretty!!!!

Quick Update

I have not updated in awhile, but things are going great with school for the kids. We have not really done anything exciting, because James has been gone with work a lot. Right now the kids are at Young Life, and I am just updating this. I will definatly have more to update as the month progresses. I am so excited for Tina's Birthday and for Halloween. I will post lots of pictures from both!!! I probably should also ad that Tina got her braces off in July and that we miss Jamaica terribly!!! Here's a new picture of me and Tina from my 10 year high school reunion!!!

Jamaica

Well we just got back from Jamaica a couple weeks ago but I have been so super busy I have not had the chance to post about it. We had so much fun. We left Monday morning on the July 7th, our flight left Houston at 9:05 a.m. The flight was great, no problems. We had yummy bananas and bran cereal for breakfast on the flight. We then go to the airport and had to wait to go through customs. It took us an hour and 1/2 to go through customs and both Tina and I got really sick and felt like we had to throw up when we got through customs finally. So we spent some time in a tiny yucky bathroom while James got our Luggage. Once we cleared customs with our luggage we found our FunJet coordinator and he pointed us to the bus that was to take us the hour and 1/2 to our hotel.

The bus ride was beautiful and educational. We stopped along the way to rest and eat a little. And took tons of pictures of the beautiful mountains and houses built into the hills.







We finally arrived at our destination, The Royal Decameron Club Caribbean. It was breathtaking and the people were so nice. We were upgraded to a beach front hut. When we got to our hut we were surprised that it had one bedroom, bathroom, living room and a loft with two beds for Tina. and about 30 feet out of our door was the ocean.



We had an incredible time eating the amazing food, drinking, playing pool games (with Chris, Frisky & Frost), watching the shows, watching the other guests, laying on the beach, swimming in the pool, swimming in the ocean, and just enjoying eachother and the crabs haha.









When we finally left on Friday. Chris from the pool games gave us a hug bye! We really didnt want to leave we loved it there so much. It felt like a little peice of home, and we had to leave it behind. We will definatly go back next summer.

Our Flight home left at 1:20p.m. and was very awesome. We had chicken sandwiches and m&ms. When we got to the airport it took a total of 30 mins to go through customs and get our luggage. We then took a shuttle to our car, and drove to the Woodlands where we had dinner at Landry's. Then home to Bryan. We loved Jamaica. Irie!!!!

Bar-b-Que

We had a Bar-b-que this weekend and invited some of our friends and family. James made brisket and sausage and I made beans and homemade mac and cheese. It was soo good. Miss Cindy brought sopapilla cheescake (delicious) and Lindsey brought a key lime pie (also delicious). Tina and James were asking for more of both last night. After we all ate the kids went swimming and we all just hung out and talked. It was so much fun and so relaxing. We never really get to do things like this because of James's work schedule. So it was a Saturday filled with good friends, good food and good times. I couldnt ask for anything more. Thanks so much to everyone who came and just completely made my day. It really helps take my mind off of my 2ww (two week wait) which goes by so slowly. So we spent all day sunday just hanging out and cleaning up. Tina keeps asking if we can do it again next week. lol

New Car ;)

So I have been much better. I got my stent out and have been pain free for about a week. Exciting. James finally came home after being gone for three weeks. This was his weekend off so we decided now would be a good time for him to get his car. He bought a '91 Ford Mustang, it is red. Beautiful and really nice. I will post a pic later. Caleb started his job on a farm and Tina has been hanging out with friends. We put up our pool today which is exciting because we can now start swimming a lot. James is in a golf tournament at Bryan Municipal Golf Course. So while he is doing that Tina and I are swimming and shopping for stuff to take to Jamaica. That's what we have been up to lately. I have to finish some landscaping outside but our grass looks amazing and so do my roses! Which is exciting in itself.

Days go by

I have been really sick passing a kidney stone. So nothing is really going on right now. I had surgery to break up the kidney stone and I am healing nicely. James is gone with work, and finals are coming up for the kids. So we are just hanging out at home. I will probably be having a garage sale sometime soon. We could never really get through it all without the great friends we have here and my family. Thank you guys for being here for us and helping us out. I really need to write a lot more but Tina is trying to make me watch a movie. So more later. love

My doctor put in a stent when I had my kidney stone surgery on Wednesday. The stent can be kind of painful, so I am still taking some pain medicene. James is gone with work and has been for awhile and wont be back until June. I miss him so so much, but we get to talk every day which I love. We have absolutely no groceries. So my grandma is coming over tomorrow to take Tina grocery shopping for us and we made a list. Yay! We'll have some food to eat. We have been relying on friends to bring us dinner for about 3 days and when that was all gone tonight we were like OMG we have no food. lol Luckily Trey came by (to pick up his laundry) and went and picked up some dinner for us to eat. I didnt go grocery shopping before my surgery because I thought I would be fine afterwards, but the pain meds and the stent make it where I can't drive anywhere, so I try to take it easy. There is an end in sight though, because I get the stent out on Thursday. Hopefully James will be home soon!!! When I am feeling better Tina and I are going to go to the Woodlands Mall, before I get my kiddos that I normally watch back. I miss them tonsss.