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Day of Surgery Pics..

Mels recital!

Surgery went great!

We wanted to let everyone know that we are home and AG did great. Dr. P said that she did great, it only took like 10 mins, but her adenoids were large and most likely the culprit of all her problems.
We are so thankful to all who prayed and lifted us up today. We surely felt at peace the whole day. Mom only had one crying spell as they took sweet punkin away.
We are very happy to be home and are looking forward to a healthier AG.
Love.

DAC w Santa and Cousins

AG to have surgery

AG has been struggling with constant sinus infections for a couple of months now. So in order to help our little sweet punkin out we are going to be having surgery this Friday at Cooks Children's in FW. We both feel very comfortable with this decision as well as the doctor that is performing the ear tubes, adnoidectomy and a sinus irrigation.
I will hopefully post updates as to how she is doing.
We know that God has his wonderful hand in this surgery and that she will be much better off because of this procedure.

RR in town..

Ok, some of you who know me well know that I love RR. She seems like such an awesome person and she has inspired me to cook. I started watching her when after I had AG and she has led me to find my passion for cooking. Not only did she teach me skills for cooking she gave me confidence to get in there and just make something. That to me is 85% of cooking, having the confidence to get in there and just do it!
Well, I was reading the paper the other morning and guess what she was coming to Southlake. Oh my goodness, that is so close to me. So of course, I went to see her.
And can I tell you that she appears just like she does on TV, nice, warm, welcoming, and just friendly. She seems like you could hang out with her for hours and be in amazement. Or at least I could. Anyways, here are a couple of pics of her at WS this past weekend.

Xmas decor in Nov

OK, OK... I know, I have been a little "gung ho" this year. But I am just in the mood. I have put up most of our decor this year, besides our big family tree. I figure I will wait till this weekend or something. I just love this time of year where people are in better moods and it is all about sharing and giving back to Christ, for allowing his only son to die on the cross for each of our sins. We have it so wonderful, that I wanted to make sure that this year everything was put in perspective. Our church services this week have been so powerful and wonderful that it has definitely helped put me in the right frame of mind.
Love to you all and I hope you enjoy some of our decorations.

First day of school

Both girls did great at school today. M just ran in and had a wonderful day. She loves her teacher and it seems like it was the right decision to bring her back to FOTP. Such an amazing school environment and church. I feel completely blessed to belong to this wonderful church.
AG did great as well. She is still on antibiotics and antihistamines so she got a little tired before lunch. Apparently she was asleep in her chair before lunch was served. So sweet...
Tomorrow is our big Thanksgiving feast up there so that will be tons of fun... looking forward to some good eating!

Sick days

Both the girls have been sick and are on antibiotics..... AG with a ear and sinus infection and M w an ear and eye infection. Yes, you can imagine how we needed to get outside yesterday! Actually the girls have been very good considering there state right now.

E is doing well. Working very hard and long hours. This new time change is a struggle as the girls get very tired prior to him getting home at his normal time.

Me I am fine. I am basically now my own employer doing contract work. I think I will really enjoy this new opportunity.

Looking forward to the months to come. Well off to dance.

Halloween 07

I can not believe it has been a month!

Wow, where to begin? Well lets see, I started my new job and actually had to leave it due to M. not doing well at preschool. I know it is random, but she was really struggling. But as with anything, something better has come out of that opportunity. Let me just say, what a wonderful company RR is. They truly care for their employees and are completely willing to work with each individual schedules. Thank you J and J for being so awesome to me.
With that being said, I am not contracting with RR to help them clean some databases up from the house. That way M and AG can go to MDO and I can work. It is just the best of both worlds.

Lets see, Halloween, was a big hit at our house. M was Snow White and AG was a nurse! Both looked so adorable. I will post a slide show later.

Recently, both girls got sick. But that didn't stop us from having fun at Aunt JuJu's wedding last night!

The 'Stang

So today I started my part time job at RR. I have been struggling with this decision as to whether or not I should return to work even part time. Well today was not easy by any means, but the girls did just fabulous! I am so proud of them. Each did great and had a good time! What a blessing. I have prayed as so many of you have as well about this decision and I hope and pray that God will bless this decision for our family.

Other things that have been going on are... We just got home from a family vacation to Destin, FL. It was incredible. The water there is just as clear as you can imagine. We were right on the beach and have to say it was pure heaven. I absolutely love the beach so much. We have been blessed this year to be able to go to Padre and then Destin! What an amazing family we have. We enjoyed the trip so much.

On the way home, AG decided that she was not in the mood for sleeping, so we ended up driving from FL to Gulf Shores, AL (thinking maybe next year we could try this place out,) and then to Jackson, MS. We left FL around 930 arriving in Jackson around 8 pm. As mentioned previously, AG didn't want to sleep so she screamed and cried and basically kept everyone up, so we loaded the car and started driving at 230am. Yes that is right!! I felt so bad for C and D. It was miserable, but I must say thank goodness for McD's! Their coffee saved each of us! It was so delicious!
So we made it back to Rockwall around 1030 and home to fw by noon! Who knows what was wrong with AG, but since we have been home the last two nights have been great!

We had our roof replaced also!

We also got E's mustang to the house! I will have to post some pics!

All in all, we have had a busy last couple weeks!

Hope each of you are doing well!

Church this past weekend..

I absolutely love our church, FOTP. However, I cannot tell you how much I truly love to watch E play the drums at church. It is so amazing to me that everytime is like the first time. I have watched E play the drums for over 7 years now and I can honestly say I am so proud of him. It truly is his passion and he has a great love towards playing. In church this past weekend, I actually took my camera so that I could take some pictures and record him playing... The quality is not great, but I hope that you enjoy it as much as I do.
Ok, so uploading a video is having some kind of trouble, so how about I post a couple pics....

Hot tub at our house!

Past weekend

SPI Vacation

Been busy....

Sorry that I have not written in a while. I was on vacation with my family for a week in Padre, and have just not gotten back into writing on the blog. I took over 500 pictures in Padre, but I will only post a couple.



M is doing great. She loves the beach and playing with her cousins. AG just made a straight beeline for the water, with no regard to her safety! It was fun to watch her enjoy the beach for the first time in her life...

Fun in the pool at our house!

The girls had so much fun in our pretend pool! It was great to see them so happy and full of life. I always say that I wish we had a pool. But honestly it will never happen and also it is not the right time for us either (kids are a little too small!) But I am glad that our kids can have fun in 3-4 inches of water as 5 feet!

Fun at the pool

Thank you D. for letting us come over and swim with you and the other ladies of the LG. It was a blast! You are such a blessing to our family. We love you guys!

Fun at the house pictures...

WOFC pictures

This past weekend, I had the special privilege of attending the Women of Faith Conference in Dallas. It was an amazing time, and a joyful experience. I took a couple of pictures of Sandi Patty and Nicole Nordemon. I guess I was too inthralled to take pictures of the actual speakers. My bad. Anyway, it was a great time and I thank my motherinlaw for having the fabulous idea. I hope that this can become a tradition for all the women of our family to attend this conference. It would/could be an amazing bonding/family time. So ladies mark your calendars for 2008! Thanks for making it a great year!

New bedspread!

I know this is uneventful, but I am posting this for a few friends that I have told about this and I am looking for their opinions. (you know who you are!) Let me know what you think.

Blog slacker... MySpace hacker

If some of you have been wondering why I haven't posted in a while, it is because my sister in laws have gotten me hooked on MySpace. What a whole new world......
Anyways, I am going to post a couple of posts today to catch each and everyone of you up!

M first day at dance

First day of Dance for M

Well the day has finally arrived. M started dance today. I am pretty sure it is about the cutest thing and one of the proudest things I have ever witnessed. Maybe because it is not my gift, (dance) but for what ever reason, it was incredible to watch M to learn how to dance. I will put a slide show up so you can see the pics that I took.

Busy weekend!

Well our weekend started off with a bang! We got invited, graciously invited to Medival Times by T and K C. We had such a great time, catching up with them and watching all those beautiful horses!

Then it was off to Nana and Poppy's house to drop the kiddos off for a sleep over while mommy and daddy had a night on the town.

We got back to FW and went out with some of E.'s co- workers! What a blast we had. Wonderful food, company and good times.

Then on Sunday, I was up at FOTP early selling cookbooks, then going to service, then watching the 3 year olds. Whew, I was worn out. But the weekend was over yet.

We then drove to Rockwall to get the girls, and ended up eating dinner at the County Line right there off of Lake Ray Hubbard! It was awesome. Thank you Nana and Poppy for watching the girls!

We love you very much!

M in dance

Yeah... New car!

Yeah, here is my new car! I am soooo excited about her. It was a little sad saying bye bye to Red yesterday but my new car is just so pretty. Or at least I think she is....

We went into Madisonville yesterday to get her and drove back yesterday as well. The girls did fabulous in the trip down and up! It was a long day for them.

Thanks Dad for meeting me in town there and helping me yesterday! And thanks E for believing in me and trusting my instincts! I love you!

Daddys Birthday!

On July 24th E turned 31! It was a fun evening at a new Mexican food restaurant! Happy birthday honey! We love you!

Hard working men!

This weekend we had my Dad come up to help E pour a concrete slab for a soon to be spa. They did an excellent job and it really does look great. Thank you Dad and E for working so hard to get it done so quickly. Here are some pictures of them working and the finished project! It took 25 bags of concrete, which these guys did by hand! Pretty awesome!