Reese's Barney Birthday Party

Miss Holllywood!

Ashlyn's Dance Recital

Chuck E Cheese

Why didn't I think of this???

Don't you just love trying to get every inch of your wiggling baby or toddler's body covered with sunscreen? It's such a joy! The mom that invented this product is a true GENIUS!!!! This will make applying sunscreen SO MUCH EASIER!!!! Yeah it's a little pricey, but I'll pay extra just so that I don't have to deal with that oily, greasy, wiggly, screaming child! Thank you to whoever came up with this idea!!!Developed by Pediatrician Moms, Babysafe Sunscreen Towelettes make an outing with baby a walk in the park. These soft wipes are saturated with a gentle, sweat-proof, broad spectrum SPF 30+ sunscreen that's enriched with Vitamins E and B5, marine silk, aloe and oat to protect, soothe and moisturize baby's skin, made with a pediatrician's knowledge and a mom's loving care. Each wipe contains enough sunscreen to cover baby from head to toe, with no fuss and no mess. They're a dermatologist-approved way to keep baby protected from UV rays at any age, anywhere, anytime. pure and honest

Ashlyn's Graduation

Annie, Ashlyn, Grayson, and Olivia

Ashlyn was a beautician in the skit. Her part read:
I want to be a beautician,
and you know what I'll do,
I'll wash and cut and curl your hair,
and make you look brand new.


Aren't they adorable?!? How is it possible that my little
girl starts kindergarten this year? =(

Britt's Surprise 30th Birthday Party!!!

Happy Birthday Honey!

Can you tell they are feeling PRETTY GOOD!?!?

Me and Kerry

Britt and his Sis!

The guys singing "You don't have to call me darlin' DARLIN'!"

Britt and Marty K, doing their duet! Ha! =)

The girls singing karaoke.

At Hoopie's! What a CRAZY FUN place!

At the Artist's Cafe before we went out.

Lazy 5 Ranch

Kellie and I took the kids to the Lazy 5 Ranch on Saturday. Neither of us had ever been and we both really enjoyed it. I couldn't get over all of the animals they had! And best of all you can feed them from your car. They will eat right out of your hand! Ashlyn LOVES animals so she thought that it was the coolest thing ever! Her and Madison both loved it, but Brennan wasn't so thrilled about the animals coming up to his window. I'll try to post some video of our adventure later this evening.

growing, growING, GROWING

Ashlyn's pose in this pictures makes me giggle! She is such a DIVA! =)

They have both grown and changed so much over the past few months. I just can't believe that Ashlyn starts kindergarten this year. It just doesn't seem right. June is a busy month for her. She has her pre-school graduation, dance recital, and her birthday! I've been wanting to go to the beach, but I guess we're going to have to wait until July because every weekend in June is full.

Brennan is a 13 1/2 months old now and he hasn't started walking yet. I just knew that he was going to be an early walker, but I was very wrong on that assumption. It won't be much longer though. He could walk on his own now if he would just let go, but he still has that fear of letting loose. He's finally off of the bottle as of 4 nights ago! It's a bitter sweet...............No more bottles to wash or formula to buy, but my baby isn't a baby anymore! :( It's funny because you miss certain things about having babies, but there are other things that you couldn't be happier to see gone like - spit up, waking up to feed them 3 times a night, diapers (can't wait to get rid of these), buying expensive formula, waking up at the crack of dawn, etc. Oh the many joys of parenhood.

A Sign From Above

Ashlyn and I just happened to walk outside yesterday afternoon and this is what we saw. It's got to be a sign from Heaven! I told Ashlyn that it was Mammaw Drum. Notice the aura in picture #2? How weird is that? And I love first picture with Ashlyn reaching up to for the rainbow!

One Year Later

Mommy............What did you DO????

Those were some of the first words that I heard this morning as we were pulling out of the driveway. Well ok not the first words. The first words were - hurry up, get in the car, we are going to be late, no I'm not going back in the house for that, Brennan quit throwing your food everywhere, Ashlyn help me. It's always total chaos in the mornings trying to get 2 kids ready with one crawling down the hallway screaming and one running around either being the happiest child you've ever met dancing and singing all over the place or the whiniest child on the face of the planet who you wouldn't be able to please even if had the biggest piece of chocolate known to man! Back to my story. As we were driving down the driveway I hear Brennan dumping his entire cup of dried strawberries and bannans in the floor so I turn around to look to se how bad the mess is and to tell him no when all of a sudden................BAM!!!!!!!!!!!! I face forward to see what has happen, and hear the little voice from Ashlyn. "Mommy, WHAT did you DO???" OH CRAP!!! We have a six foot fence around our backyard with a gate that encloses the driveway. I had just ran into the fence post that's connected to the gate and knocked it down! I put my car in reverse. Step out to take a look at the damage. My car isn't too bad off. It's pretty scratched up, and one of the lights is broken, but other than that there are not dents or anything like that. Now the fence is a different story. It looks pretty sad! I woke Britt up out of bed to come look at the mess that I had made and he could not believe that I had run into the fence. Really, neither can I! I feel like such a dummy! We just got our State taxes back last night too and I was looking forward to a little extra spending money since all of our Federal went to bills. Oh well, it looks like that check will be going to my car and fence repairs now. I'm such a ding dong!

Allergy Doctor

We had Brennan's appointment with the allergy doctor yesterday. He does have eczema, and she believes that he is having these bad flare ups due to some sort of allergy. Starting as of last night this is our new daily routine. Every morning and evening spritz the problem areas with water and then rub prescription derma oil onto his skin. Keep his body slathered with Eucerin cream as much as we possibly can. We have to switch him from Clariton to Zyrtec, 1/4 tsp in the morning and at night. Change his soap and shampoo to only Dove sensitive skin. Use free and clear detergents only and NO fabric softners. He goes back in one month for allergy testing. One thing that did stand out to her was the fact that we first noticed the rash on the day of his birthday party. We thought that it was from being out in the grass, but she seems to think that he could have an egg allergy. Egg allergies are pretty common in younger kids. She said that most of the time the first symptoms are noticeable at their first birthday because they dive into their cakes, which of course contain eggs. Some kids even end up going into anaphylactic shock and are taken to the emergency room to find out that their 1st birthday cake has caused them to have this serious reaction. Thank goodness Brennan's case is not this dangerous though. We'll find out in a month if this is even the case and if it is then we'll go from there. There are so many things that contain eggs, but we'll deal with it, and more than likely he'll grow out of it in a few years.

Friday Ramblings

I have been in the most silly and bitchy mood at work for the past week. I know that you are wondering how there can even be such a combination, but trust me there can! I think that I've just gotten to the point where I've had enough of the BS and I'm putting my foot down. The straw that broke the camels back was last Friday. We have a UPS pickup, which means that UPS comes by here every afternoon at 3:00 to pick up any shipments that we have going out. The label machine is in my office, so anything that goes out is brought to me. Well everyone knows what time UPS comes, but for some reason nearly every single day someone brings a package in my office after 3:00 to be shipped out. Then poor Robin has to run it by the UPS store on her way home because some dumb-ass can't have there crap together by 3:00. So Friday I had enough. Trevor was the poor soul who happened to walk in my office that day at 3:03 and boy did I let him have it! Side note - Trevor never, ever brings me anything to ship UPS, but he was the ONE on THAT particular day, so he got an ear full from me! Bless his heart! Then Sean, bless his soul too, brings me something to ship out. I made a very loud announcement to everyone that "starting NOW anything brought into my office after UPS has picked up can take it their damn selves! Robin is not responsible for something that you waited until the last minute to do!" I was FIRED UP! I threw a few more curse words in there. No one has seen the wrath of me like they did that day! At least now people know that they are not going to run all over me! It felt really good to tell it like it is! Those guys tucked there tails between there legs and ran like scared puppy dogs! Very Funny!

Have you girls checked out the new consignment store in Denver called Deja Divas? If not get in your car and go there NOW! It is like no other consignment store I have ever been to. It's set up like a fancy boutique...........but only it's consignment so it's CHEAP! Yesterday Robin and I went on our lunch break. I bought a Bebe top for $10, a pair of Steve Madden heels for $12, and BEST OF ALL.........................Y'all aren't going to believe this.............................A Dolce & Gabanna purse for $24! BELIEVE IT! I don't know if it's a knock off of the real thing, but it looks like the real thing and even if it is a knock off they still run around $100 or more! Run people! You have to go check out this AWESOME store!!!!

I have a great Soap Opera post that I will hopefully be posting in a few days! I have to wait to make sure that it's ok from a certain friend to post it first, but it will BLOW YOUR MIND!!!!! STAY TUNED!!!!

Random Pictures From Girls Night

Me................In DESPERATE NEED of a glass of wine!

My two Bi-atches

Nothing better than a glass of wine when you've had a screaming baby for about an hour straight!

This picture of Ida is PRICELESS!!!

#1 She is not a dog fan and Rudy LOVES her! He gets on her lap every time she's over at our house!

#2 She looks like she's doing some sort of yoga pose

#3 I love the expression on her face! She looks like she's in deep Ida thought.

Hanna Montana!!!

Ida spends the night at least one night a week with me. Hanna comes over that night also for girls night. It's always one of the night's that Britt is working. We cook supper, have some wine, play with the kids.....................Just have us a GOOD OLE TIME!!!! Here's some pictures from this past weeks girl's night.

Pappaw and Brennan on the Lawnmower