A Great Trip to the Fort Worth Zoo

By the time we got to the giraffe section, the kids were exhausted. They were getting whiny and ready to go home. We weren't finished though, so we continued to venture up to the lions. OH MY GOODNESS, there were millions of people up there. That is when we decided to pass everyone as fast as we could and go home. We didn't even get out of the parking lot and our little man was fast asleep. Man I love peace in the car!



This picture is for my hubby. He grew up on a farm and as a farmer's child. He loved it, but sure has turned into a city boy. I talk all the time about moving out to the country where it is quiet. He doesn't like that idea at all. He always tells me it is to far from everything else in the world. Makes me sad at times, but then glad at times we aren't stuck in the counrty as well though. I loved this picture and it was takend in the Texas section of the zoo.


At the zoo, they have this neat exhibit in the Texas section. While we were in there, they had to sit in the tunnel. Oh what a mess my two kids are, but a blast to have around at times even when I want to adopt them out.






We rented a two person stroller. That was the best thing we did. Cole is only three so he can't make it forever walking, but neither can Emma who is six. She eventually got tired and it was nice that she actually had a place to ride. Sure hope they have something like this at Disney World or we are going to be in big trouble.






The kids are sitting on this huge lizard in the new exhibit. They really liked it.




Over spring break, we decided to hang around the metroplex and do things here with the kids. We took them to the Fort Worth Zoo. Wow, there were millions of people there. Too many and we won't be returning there over spring break ever again. Hopefully anyways. The kids had fun. They are standing right here in front of the new exhibit. They had to go in and their daddy survived. He isn't a snake person, but he did survive the exhibit.

Amarillo Trip to see the Smith's and their beautiful home!

We had a great trip up to Amarillo in March this year. I am really late in blogging because oh my gosh has our life been CRAZY this semester. We left Friday night, but about midnight we arrived about two hours from their house and couldn't go any further. We were exhausted! So we stopped at a hotel in Childress. Everyone slept in a king size bed. We sure won't be doing that again. NOT AT ALL! Josh and I both felt like we were being slept on top of by two children. YUCK! It was hot!

So we got up Saturday early and finished our trip. We were so excited to finally make it and see everyone. Later that day, Heather and Jackie surprised us with going to the museum in Amarillo. Neither one of us have ever been there. It was a blast! Especially to go with the Smith family. THANKS for taking us. There were so many fun things to do there. We enjoyed it so much that we decided over spring break we were going to try out the new museum in Fort Worth. We loved that so much that we became members. When we finished the muesum, we went to the park and feed the ducks bread. I think the ducks were feed so much bread from everyone else, that they really didn't have a desire to eat our bread. Cole thought the bread was for him to eat. YUM! He is a little bread eater though. Then we walked over to the playground and played.

We had fun sitting and visiting with the Smith family. They have a great church. We got the opportunity to go to church with them on Sunday. We have a really hard time when we wait till really late to go home and then have to go to work the next day. Especially now that Emma is in school. So we left right after church. I hate that we didn't get to spend much time up there. Hopefully this summer we will get to see our niece Taylor and spend some much needed time with Heather and Jackie.

We love all of them!

Josh Got a Job

YEAH, Josh got a job. He will be the director of Muenster band. He is extremelly excited. So we will see how it goes. I was hoping that he would get a job closer to home, oh well. He will love it. Just thought I would share the fabulous news!

Wow

Man life has been CRAZY!

Cole has finally learned how to potty in the toliet! YEAH! We are super excited. He can make it all through the night. Now we just need to master pooping. Well I guess that will come with time, hopefully anyways. He doens't want to wear diapers or pullups anymore. I have tried on a occassion because it is easier, but he clearly states NO! So there we go I guess. Just underwear.

Emma is almost in first grade. We had a rough start in the beginning. Made some changes throughout the year, and now she is doing wonderful. She is reading books, writing complete sentences, and growing so much. Can't believe we have a six year old. Seems like yesterday when Josh and I got married. Oh well, they do grow up. The other day she signed my brother's card for his birthday and wrote a complete sentence. She even sounded it all out without needing our help. We were excited. Such little things excite us around here.

Josh resigned from Chico. He has been looking really hard for a new job. We are considering going over seas to teach. We will see how all the pans out. Josh isn't too sure about it but the pay sure is nice. What a neat experience for the family as well. We did find out today that he has an interview with a school on Monday. It is a little further from home than we would like, but we will see what happens first. Only God knows what our plans are. Sure wish he would give me some insight on it though. Oh well, I am only along for the ride.

My job seems to be taking over my life this year! It is driving me nuts. Also girl scouts has taken over. Man I am SOOOOOOO ready for summer! Here it comes in 25 days! YEAH! I know have sixteen students. It is a really full class. Especially with three and four year olds. So summer, please get here soon.

We are all so ready for summer. In July we get to go to Disney World. Cole ask everyday if he can go that day. We have to sadly say no and there goes the fit. So he is definitly ready! I am ready to see the look on everyone's face when we go. I have been before but Josh hasn't. It is going to be like a little kid in a candy store when he enters the park. I am excited to get to share this experience with him.

We had a church fish fry at church on Saturday. They really should do that more often. Hopefully over the summer we will get to enjoy some more time with our church family!

Hope everyone has a great week! I hope to post some pictures this evening.

Bowling with LaLa and Don Don

We went bowling with LaLa and Don Don. We had a blast. They are fun to be around. We really miss them lately. Being so busy and not really making time to go see them. SAD! Anyways, we went bowling in Arlington at this really cool bowling alley called Alley Cats. They turn the lights out around the alleys and so you bowl in black light. The kids loved it. We will have to do it again.

Here are some pictures of everyone bowling. I bowled as well, but sure didn't want to post pictures of a fat lady pushing a ball down the lane. So no pictures of me. LaLa just hung out with us and laughed at us. Then we had fun just sitting and laughing and talking with her and Don Don.






Cole is getting ready to go push the ball down the lane. He is very independent as well and wants to do it all by himself. NO HELP!



Emma is here modeling her shoes and her silly face.

Life with Emma

A lot of things have happened in our life since I have last posted. Emma has started school. We can not believe she is already in school. Man, where does the time go. We feel really old to have one in school now. She loves it at times, then there are times it is really a struggle. Josh and I have struggled emotionally with the fact that we don't think she is getting the right education. We wanted to move her to another campus to help her be independent and them treat her as a student and not a teacher's child. That isn't happening because of some other things. I won't go down that road. It has been a really long day. But overall we are very proud of her. She has come a long way since she started. It is very hard for us to believe that she is six already. Emma is very head strong just like her mother. She doesn't have a problem telling you what she thinks. Not sure where she gets that from, ha ha. She is growing up way too fast and before we know it she will be grown and in college. I think at this point we really need to slow our lives down. We are so busy with her. In the fall we went and signed her up for girl scouts. Well they had about ten girls, but no one wanted to be the troop mom. So what does the sign on my forehead say, sucker. They saw me coming. So I talked with a friend and we decided we would do it together. So here we go. Wow, it has been one year and it isn't even over with. We have gone and gone and it never seems like we have a weekend at home any more. Girl scouts really keeps us busy. I guess in the long run, it is a really good way for Emma and I to grow together. We are having fun and that is all that matters. We just finished selling cookies. Man I am soooooooooooooooo glad that is over with. It was a pain in the rear end! Really! Emma was the top sales person out of her troop. Thanks to her PawPaw who ordered 120 boxes and sent them over seas with him to the soldiers. Bet those soldiers really enjoyed some cookies. We still have a few weekends where we have to do some clean up sales, but no more cookies just hanging out at my house. YEAH! They sure were yummy, but sure don't look very pretty on our tummy.

Cole "The Plumber"

I am way behind on posting on our blog. I took a three hour nap after school today so I am rested and can't go to to sleep. So we will see how much I catch up on.

Cole is such a delight to have around our house. He is calm for the most part, until he gets mad. Then wow, what has the devil brought us. He loves to help his Daddy with things. Wherever Daddy is being "Handy Manny." Cole is sure to follow, unless he is asleep. Cole is definitly all boy.




Here is another picture of Cole helping. He might be a plumber in the future. Who knows what God's plans are for him.