I'm an Auntie!

Angie & Audra (July 04)

Proud Parents
(pic also taken July '04)

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My best friend, Audra, who is a Texas girl at heart currently lives in California. She is an amazing friend and I love and miss her SO much. She just sent word that her first baby was born. Hunter James was born this morning at 6:52am and weighed in at 10lbs 23 inches long.
Wow!!! He is a big little man!! I will post pics as soon as I get them!

I so wish I could be there right now...I'm wiggling my nose, but it isn't working. HA!

Wordless Wednesday ~ I love my guys

Ant Protector Shoes

I could not stop laughing at this silly girl.

She was walking around with bowls on her feet. She made up this silly name for them.

There were no ants in site, but they got the name 'ant protector shoes'.

It takes a little balance to perfect the walk.

The kids were playing in the pool at Auntie's house Labor Day weekend. I had to take the bowls out of the pool because Hayden drinks out of them and coughs and sputters. You think he'd learn and stop choking on pool water. Nope. I'm glad we found another purpose for them.

So if you have extra plastic bowls just hanging around the house...

favorite things about fall~~~fmm

I could go on about Fun Favorite Fall things, but I will choose just a few.

You should choose a few too!

Go visit Amber's blog and link your blog to MckLinky! It is really fun, and a fabulous way to meet bloggers just like you and I. I have met so many great blog friends. It is wonderful to know there are other mommy's out there like me that need advise, or are just looking for a new recipe.

Here are my fav's

new fall nail polish colors...I'm thinking I like purple

back to school...Layla loves to learn

cheaper electric bill...bye bye TX summer HEAT

fall air...oh how i love curtains blowing in the breeze after a hot TX summer




football...need I say more?



grilling grilling & more grilling...we do it any time of year.


fall is always more fun b/c Texas summers get so hot.




What do YOU love most about fall?

Friday Night Lights

Me, Christal, Hollie & Jessica

I grew up in a small town in Texas, and I wouldn't change it for anything. You know, the kind of town where you are cheerleader, play the flute in the band, run cross country and still manage to find time to work at the grocery store and participate in One Act Play/Drama. That was me, and where I come from we all really did a little bit of everything. It seems like now a days most kids just focus on one or two things.

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Secretly I want my kids to go to a small school and have the same feelings I had growing up. You know everyone and everyone knows you...and your business. That might not always be so good, but we were always looking out for one another. I had amazing friends and still talk to many of them today.

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There is just something about the sound and feeling of sitting in the stands watching a team play football on a fall Friday night. Not just any field, but THE field where my classmates and I formed memories that last a lifetime. Some of those friends I will never see again. Some of them I have the amazing privilege of hanging out with often. I have goose bumps now ;)

Gary and I are totally addicted to the TV show Friday Night Lights. It is an amazing drama series that gives me goose bumps every time I see it. It takes me back in time and I felt that feeling sitting in the stands on Friday night. It was a fun night !!

I love football and I have since high school. After going to the game I felt energized. It was an amazing way to get me in the football groove. It was like a pep rally and I am was totally prepared for college football's premiere day on Saturday.

Bring on the NFL and more fall football...Woohoo!!!

Sassy Pants

This is Layla's outfit choice for school today.
She is very adamant about dressing herself.
She has a fun sense of style.