CHRISTMAS 2008

MAKING COOKIES WITH NANI
THE KIDS WITH PAPA AND NANI- XMAS EVE

ME AND THE KIDS

TITI PRINCESS

GRIFFIN & COUSIN ZACH AT X-MAS EVE

TITI OPENING GIFTS ON XMAS EVE

THE KIDS ON CHRISTMAS MORNING

OPENING GIFTS FROM SANTA

GRIFFIN OPENING LOTS OF TOYS

TITI IN A BOX

PAPA SHOWING GRIFFIN HOW TO DO REMOTE CARS

TITI SNOW BUNNY

GRIFFIN EATING BIG BIG ICE CREAM AT OUTBACK

WELL I CAN HARDLY BELIEVE CHRISTMAS IS ALREADY OVER. ALL THE PREP WORK AND NOW IT IS OVER. BUT WE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY! NANI AND PAPA CAME AND ARE STILL HERE FOR A WEEK, AND WE HAVE BEEN HAVING BIG FUN. WE GOT READY FOR SANTA BY MAKING COOKIES AND TREATS AND EATING LOTS OF GOOD FOOD.

ON CHRISTMAS EVE WE ORDERED FOOD AND ME, JASON, THE KIDS MY MOM AND DAD AND JASON'S PARENTS AND COUSIN ZACH ALL CELEBRATED AT OUR HOUSE. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE AND SO CUTE TO SEE GRIFFIN AND PEYTEN INTERACT WITH THEIR COUSIN. AND THEN THAT NIGHT THE KIDDOS GOT TO OPEN GIFTS FROM JASON'S FAMILY AND THEY HAD BIG FUN.

THEN ON CHRISTMAS MORNING THE KIDS GOT TO OPEN ALL THEIR GIFTS FROM SANTA AND WE PLAYED ALL DAY AND THEN MY MOM MADE YUMMY TACOS FOR DINNER AND GRIFFIN ACTUALLY ATE.

SINCE THEN WE HAVE BEEN ENJOYING OUR FAMILY AND JUST SPENDING TIME TOGETHER WITH EVERYONE. WE HAD A GREAT HOLIDAY AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ALL THE GOOD TIMES WE WILL BE HAVING IN THE NEW YEAR. IT WAS A GREAT CHRISTMAS FOR US SINCE WE HAD 2 GREAT KIDS TO CELEBRATE WITH- IT ONLY GETS BETTER FROM HERE!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

UNTIL NEXT TIME.....................

School Play and Party Days

GRIFFIN MAKING CINNAMON ROLLS WITH DAD
GRIFFIN LOVES TO COOK

TITI PRINCESSGRIFFIN AND AUNT KIM AT BABES OPENING GIFTS

JASON'S FAMILY AT THE XMAS PLAY

GRIFFIN'S CLASS ON STAGE

MY LITTLE MAN WAS NERVOUS UP ON STAGE

TOO CUTE IN HIS SANTA HAT

GRIFFIN'S CLASS PARTY

SO LAST WEEK WAS A BUSY WEEK FOR THE KIDS. ON THURSDAY WE HAD GRIFFIN'S CLASSROOM HOLIDAY PARTY AND IT WAS LOTS OF FUN. SINCE I AM ROOM MOM I HAVE TO PLAN ALL THE ACTIVITIES FOR THE KIDS. WE DID 2 CRAFTS AND ATE SOME YUMMY FOOD. TITI HAD FUN TOO. SHE LOVES TO GO TO GRIFFIN'S CLASSROOM B/C ALL THE KIDS GIVE HER LOTS OF LOVE.

THURSDAY NIGHT, WE HAD GRIFFIN'S SCHOOL HOLIDAY PLAY. JASON'S MOM AND DAD CAME AND SO DID KIM AND MATT BECTON. GRIFFIN AND TITI DIDN'T NAP THAT DAY SO IT WAS A VERY VERY LONG DAY! BUT ONCE WE GOT THERE ALL WAS WELL. THE KIDS IN HIS CLASS ARE ALL 2 1/2 SO THEY PRETTY MUCH JUST STOOD UP ON STAGE LOOKING OUT AT ALL THE PEOPLE. BUT THEY SURE WERE CUTE. I MEAN IT IS A LOT TO ASK OF 2 YEAR OLDS TO GET ON STAGE AND SING 3 SONGS!!!!! MY BOY STOOD UP THERE LIKE A CHAMP IN HIS SANTA HAT! TITI HAD FUN TOO LOOKING AT EVERYONE IN THE CROWD.

FRIDAY NIGHT WE WENT TO BABES RESTAURANT FOR DINNER WITH THE BECTONS AND THE KIDDOS AND IT WAS SOOOOOOOOO GOOD. I AM GOING TO HAVE TO TAKE MY MOM AND DAD WHEN THEY COME. WHILE LIVING IN BOSTON I MISSED EATING ALL THAT YUMMY COUNTRY COOKING. GRIFFIN SAT IN BETWEEN KIM AND MATT AT DINNER AND PLAYED BY THE CHRISTMAS TREE AND HE ATE 2 PADS OF BUTTER FOR DINNER- YUMMY! TITI WAS TIRED SO SHE FUSSED THAT NIGHT- POOR TITI.

SATURDAY WE HAD A LOW KEY NIGHT AND TODAY WE RAN A BUNCH OF ERRANDS. WE ARE EXCITED FOR NANI AND PAPA TO COME VISIT US TOMORROW FOR CHRISTMAS. WE HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT CHRISTMAS.

UNTIL NEXT TIME...............

Weekend Update

GRIFFIN AFTER HE ATE A CUPCAKE AT ETHAN'S PARTY
ME, D, KRISTEN, KIRSTEN AND TITI

TITI WITH KARA AT THE JORDAN PARTY

ME AND GRIFFIN

THE KIDS HAVING FUN WITH THE BECTONS

WELL, WE HAD A VERY BUSY WEEKEND. JASON HAD HIS WORK PARTY THURSDAY NIGHT AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES AND THEY HAD A GREAT 80'S BAND, THE SPAZMATICS- SO MUCH FUN!!!!! JASON'S MOM AND DAD CAME OVER AND BABYSAT THE KIDS FOR US SO WE COULD GO AND DANCE TO SOME 80'S MUSIC.

FRIDAY, JASON WAS OFF OF WORK SO WE RAN A BUNCH OF ERRAND AND THEN THAT NIGHT WE TOOK THE KIDDOS SHOPPING. IT'S ALWAYS SO MUCH FUN TO GO SHOPPING ON A FRIDAY NIGHT AT 8PM-SO KIDDING! THE MALL WAS PACKED! WHAT WERE WE THINKING!

SATURDAY DURING THE DAY WE HAD PLAY GYM WITH THE KIDS AND THEN THAT NIGHT WE HAD KARA AND JAY'S HOLIDAY PARTY AND............WE TOOK THE KIDS WITH US! IT WAS LOTS OF FUN. GRIFFIN AND TITI LOVE TO SEE KARA AND JAY AND OF COURSE KIM AND BECTON. THERE WAS LOTS OF YUMMY FOOD AND I THINK GRIFFIN HAD A LITTLE TOO MANY CHAMPAGNE SOAKED RASPBERRIES :)

SUNDAY WE HAD A BIRTHDAY PARTY TO GO TO IN SOUTH LAKE. MY FRIEND KRISTEN'S SON WAS TURNING ONE AND THEY HAD SUCH A NICE BIRTHDAY PARTY. BOTH KIDS HAD TONS OF FUN PLAYING OVER THERE AND EATING CUPCAKES. IT WAS A REALLY NICE BIRTHDAY PARTY AND KRISTEN AND SAM'S FAMILY WAS SO NICE TO WELCOME US TO THEIR HOUSE.

WE HAD A GREAT WEEKEND AND WE LOVE THE HOLIDAYS WITH BOTH KIDS! THIS WEEK GRIFFIN HAS HIS SCHOOL PLAY THURSDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY I HAVE TO PLAN HIS XMAS PARTY FOR HIS CLASS. BIG FUN THIS WEEK.

I THINK THIS WEEKEND WE ARE GOING TO HAVE A LOW KEY WEEKEND BEFORE CHRISTMAS! MY MOM AND DAD ARE COMING THE WEEK OF CHRISTMAS AND GRIFFIN CAN HARDLY WAIT. HE KEEPS ASKING FOR THEM EVERYDAY.

I HOPE EVERYONE IS HAVING A VERY MERRY HOLIDAY B/C I KNOW WE ARE!

UNTIL NEXT TIME.................

Weekend wrap up

Me and Denise (my little sis)
stara in the theta kite :)

Me and Kim

Denise and Stara

Denise, Kristen, Me, Stara, Kirsten and Kim

So this weekend we just had a nice laid back relaxing weekend. On Friday, Kim had Theta ornament exchange at her house so Jason and Becton took the kids to dinner. And i bet you can guess where they went...............

Yep, hooters!!! The kids love that place. So anyway, they had a nice time at dinner and then they came back to our house and hung with kids :)

While the boys took care of the kids i was at kim's house down the street for our theta gathering. It was fun to see all the girls and share some good stories and make out with a new ornament :)

The pictures from our party are above :)

Saturday Jason took the kids to tumble gym and then we ran some errands. That night we were all pretty tired so we decided to go to IKEA and we spent about 2 hours there looking at everything and then we ate dinner at IKEA and it was time to come home. BIG Saturday fun at the post house.

Sunday, we ran some more errands and here we are.

This week on Thursday Jason has his work party at the House of Blues and I still have nothing to wear! Looks like me and the kids will be going to the mall tomorrow :) Then Friday, Jason is off of work so we will have a nice long weekend together.

I promise on my next post to put pics of the kiddos :)

Until next time................

THANKSGIVING PICTURES

HERES THOSE THANKSGIVING PICS I SAID I WOULD POST :)

THANKSGIVING BREAK

NAKES TITI
WHAT AN ASS

THE FAM EATING WINGS

MY BOYS

LADIES MAN

SO THANKSGIVING BREAK COMES TO AN END TODAY, AND IT WENT BY WAY TO FAST. WE HAD A GREAT WEEK AND NOW WE ARE COUNTING DOWN UNTIL CHRISTMAS. MY MOM AND DAD CAME TO TOWN MONDAY AND WE JUST HUNG OUT WITH THE KIDS UNTIL THANKSGIVING. AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE PICS ABOVE WE HAD A LOW KEY THANKSGIVING AT HOOTERS............JUST KIDDING! BUT WE DID GO EAT THERE ON KIDS EAT FREE TUESDAYS. YEP MY BOY LOVES HOOTS SO THE WHOLE FAM WENT. THEN FOR THANKSGIVING WE CELEBRATED HERE WITH MY MOM AND DAD AND JASON'S PARENTS STOPPED BY. THEN FRIDAY WE BRAVED THE SHOPPERS AND WENT TO THE MALL- YEP WE SURE DID. THEN THAT NIGHT WE ALL WENT OVER TO JASON'S PARENTS HOUSE TO CELEBRATE AGAIN. IT WAS NICE TO SEE GRIFFIN AND TITI PLAY WITH THEIR COUSIN ZACH OVER THERE AND TITI LOVED CHASING AROUND JASON'S PARENTS DOG (HE HAS A LONG TAIL AND OUR DOG DOESN'T HAVE A TAIL). SATURDAY JASON TOOK THE KIDS TO TUMBLE GYM THEN WE ALL HUNG OUT WITH MY MOM AND DAD. THEN THAT NIGHT ME AND JASON ACTUALLY WENT OUT WITH ONE OF JASON'S FRIENDS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND AND WE HAD LOTS OF FUN. IT IS ALWAYS NICE WHEN MY MOM AND DAD COME TO VISIT B/C THEY BABYSIT FOR US. TODAY WE PUT ALL THE CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AROUND THE HOUSE AND PUT UP THE TREE. GRIFFIN LOVES CHRISTMAS TIME AND WE HOPE TITI WILL TOO. TOMORROW WE ARE TAKING THE KIDS TO GET THEIR PICTURE TAKEN WITH SANTA. I HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT THANKSGIVING.

I HAVEN'T DOWNLOADED PICS FROM THANKSGIVING YET SO WHEN I DO I WILL BE SURE TO POST THEM :)

UNTIL NEXT TIME......................

Weekend Update

TITI ALL NICE AND WARM
MY BOY LOVES HIS ELMO

STARA AND TITI

THE KIDS WITH STARA & KIM

SO THE FAMILY HAD A NICE RELAXING WEEKEND. FRIDAY WE HAD DINNER WITH KIM AND BECTON AND THE KIDS LOVE TO SEE THEM. GRIFFIN ALWAYS GETS A SMILE ON HIS FACE WHEN WE HANG WITH THEM. SATURDAY JASON TOOK BOTH KIDS TO TUMBLE GYM, SO THEY WERE ALL VERY TIRED- POOR JASON! 2 HOURS OF KIDS AT THE TUMBLE GYM :) SUNDAY WE HAD LUNCH AT THE DALLAS GALLERIA WITH MY FRIENDS KIM AND STARA. THIS WAS STARA'S FIRST TIME TO MEET THE KIDS AND SHE DID GREAT! I AM JUST SO GLAD THAT NEITHER KID CRIED OR THREW ANY TANTRUMS SINCE THEY HAD NEVER MET HER BEFORE. WE EVEN GOT A MENTION IN HER BLOG :) (CHECK OUT RANDOM RANTINGS ON MY BLOG PAGE). SO ANYWAY, WE HAD A NICE LUNCH AND IT WAS GREAT TO CATCH UP. I AM PRETTY MUCH THE ONLY ONE OUT OF MY DALLAS FRIENDS THAT HAS KIDS EXCEPT MER SO IT IS GREAT THAT MY CHILDLESS FRIENDS MAKE AN EFFORT TO HANG OUT WITH ME AND THE KIDS- I HAVE GREAT FRIENDS!

TOMORROW MY MOM AND DAD COME FOR THE WEEK SO ME AND THE KIDS ARE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO SPENDING TIME WITH THEM. I WILL BE SURE TO POST PICS FROM OUR FUN-FILLED WEEK.

UNTIL NEXT TIME.........................

I am thankful for.........

MY LITTLE COWBOY FAN
MY LITTLE INDIAN

TITI PRINCESS

MY LITTLE TITI AND HER FAMOUS SMILE

SO WITH THE HOLIDAYS UPON US I HAVE BEEN THINKING ABOUT EVERYTHING THAT I AM THANKFUL FOR. I AM THANKFUL FOR SO MANY THINGS THESE DAYS THAT I COULD PROBABLY JUST GO ON AND ON BUT I WON'T. BUT I WILL TELL YOU A FEW THINGS THAT I AM THANKFUL FOR.

I AM SO THANKFUL FOR MY FAMILY. I HAVE THE BETS KIDS EVER. SURE THEY AREN'T PERFECT, BUT MOST OF THE TIME THEY ARE PRETTY DAMN CLOSE. GRIFFIN SURPRISES ME EVERYDAY WITH SOME NEW PHRASE OR SAYING AND HE JUST MAKES MY DAY. TITI LIGHTS UP MY MORNING WHEN I SEE HER SMILING FACE AND SHE IS STANDING UP IN HER CRIB AND THAT LITTLE SMILE AND GIGGLE- SHE GETS ME EVERY TIME. I JUST COULDN'T IMAGINE MY LIFE W/O THESE LITTLE BRATS!

I AM THANKFUL FOR JASON AND ALL THAT HE DOES FOR US. HE IS A GREAT HUSBAND AND AN AMAZING FATHER. THE KIDS BOTH WORSHIP HIM AND THEY GO CRAZY FOR HIM, AND VISE VERSA. WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE HIM. HE'S THE BEST.

I AM THANKFUL FOR MY PARENTS. MY PARENTS ARE CRAZY ABOUT THESE KIDS AND THESE KIDS ARE CRAZY ABOUT THEM. I KNOW TITI IS LITTLE AND DOESN'T GET IT YET BUT I CAN TELL SHE LOVES THEM. AND THEN THERE IS GRIFFIN, HE IS CRAZY ABOUT MY MOM AND DAD. HE TALKS ABOUT THEM EVERYDAY AND REALLY MISSES THEM. HOPEFULLY ONE DAY THEY WILL LIVE CLOSE BY. FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT HAVE FAMILY NEAR BY, DON'T TAKE IT FOR GRANTED!!!

I AM THANKFUL FOR ALL MY FRIENDS HERE IN DALLAS AND NEARBY- YOU ALL ROCK!

AND I AM REALLY REALLY THANKFUL FOR TIVO. I DON'T KNOW HOW I EVER LIVED BEFORE W/O TIVO. TIVO IS AMAZING. I MEAN I LOVE THE FACT THAT I CAN RECORD 5 SHOWS AT ONE TIME AND THEN WATCH MY SHOWS W/O COMMERCIALS-GENIUS!!!! NOW I CAN WATCH ALL MY TEEN BOP SHOWS WHEN THE KIDS AND JASON GO TO BED. THANK YOU FOR TIVO.

I AM THANKFUL THAT NEXT WEEK MY MOM AND DAD WILL BE HERE FOR A VISIT B/C THEN I GET A BIT OF A BREAK :)

SO FOR NOW THAT'S IT......UNTIL NEXT TIME...............