A week full of fun!!

My lil swimmer in Mimi and Nanas jacuzzi

Like mother like son!! lol

Last week Lissa, Trina and I took the kiddos bowling and to play laser tag!

The bride to be and maid of honor!! :)

Purple Princesses..Jordyn and I

The kiddos getting ready for laser tag!
Aunt Lissa and Landon showing off thier muscles!

Justin loves his Aunt Stephie
Quintin and Landon..BFFs
Friday we headed to Grandpa and Mammys in Lafayette

Landon and his brother Tyler

Playing rock band!
Happy Birthday Jacobof course he had to get a ride on Grandpas harley!!Sunday we went to the skate park..Tyler and Jacob are really good, so Landon wanted to try it out!

(to be honest..skateboarding makes me incredibly nervous!!)

Landon, Grandpa and Tyler
We had a WONDEFUL weekend (yet again!!)

I have to say that I proudly have NOTHING planned the next 3 weekends!!

I'm sure stuff will come up, but nothing major..no parties, bab showers, out of town trips, circus, ect!

I guess I better get my butt going on my scrapbooks...I sure do have ALOT to catch up on!!

Can you believe its almost August?!?! I guess all this complaining about summer made it fly by!! lol

Hope you have had as magical of a summer as we have so far!!

The Circus

We went to the circus last night! I was actually pretty impressed..it was just SUPER long! It was almost 10:00 before we got out of there! All in all though, the kids had a great time!! Hope you enjoy the pics..they are kind of dark, but you get the point! ;)

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend..we are off to Lafayette this afternoon!

(I know..we NEVER stop..I have to try and get all this in before school and soccer start next month!)

Thursday Thirteen ~ Music

13 of my favorite songs right now!

1. Best Mistake I Ever Made ~ Kevin Fowler

2. One Step at a Time ~ Jordin Sparks

3. Texas Angel ~ Honeybrowne

4. Tied Together with a Smile ~ Taylor Swift

5. All I want to do ~ Sugarland

6. Leavin' ~ Jesse McCartney

7. Summertime ~ NKOTB ;)

8. Better as a Memory ~ Kenny Chesney

9. Bring on the Rain ~ MercyMe

10. Pocket Full of Sunshine ~ Natasha Bedingfield

11. The Little Things ~ Colbie Caillat

12. Viva la Vida ~ Coldplay

13. Gunpowder and Lead ~ Miranda Lambert

Wordless Wednesday

My 5th set of letters to do! (yes another Addison!)


The actual rug that goes with the bedding!
The next one I have to do are a short name..thank goodness! ;) After 2 Addisons and a Brooklyn, my painting skills are maxed out! lol

The Smile Award!!!

I received The Smile Award by the wonderful Tam @ MommaSong! ( a few weeks ago!!) I am very honored by this smile award, because that is what I try to do all the time..be happy and smile!! No not always, but why stress over the small stuff!

Here is what Tam had to say...

"Next I want to pick Steph from http://www.steph-landon.blogspot.com/ SHE loves her SON! She is up beat! SHE IS down to earth and real! Another blog I stalk often! Something about her blog Just the TWO of US....it says it ALL! The love for her life and son I was instantly drawn to her blog!"

How sweet is she?!?!? Thanks so much Tam...I really appreciate it! Her blog is great! Her love for books, honey (haha), her husband, and family is amazing!

This award was created by a very talented and inspiring young lady in the Blog World!
She restores my faith in this Generation!
These are the rules:


1. The recipient must link back the the awards creator (http://www.thebabblingsofmere.blogspot.com/)
2. You must post these rules if you receive the award.
3. You must chose 5 people to receive the award after receiving it yourself
4. You must fit the characteristics of the recipient of the award, as posted by Mere.
5. You must post the characteristics of a recipient.
6. You must create a post sharing your win with others.
7. You must thank your giver.

Characteristics for the Smile Award:
1. Must display a cheerful attitude. (not necessarily at all times--we are all human)
2. Must love one another
3. Must make mistakes
4. Must learn from others
5. Must be a positive contributor to blog world
6. Must love life
7. Must love kids

NOW I have to pick five bloggy Friends to bestow the Smile award on!

1.Amy at the Brat Pack- She has been one of my daily reads for some time now! She makes me smile for sure! Her oh.so.witty. ways!! She loves her brats (most of the time!) lol She has 4 beautiful girls and is always up to something with one of them (pyromania, hiding bear identities, extreme parenting, picture buttons!!) You deserve this award girl just for being you!!!

2.Indy at Not talking About It, I'm just saying- Another long time read of mine! She just has a way of blogging that I totally relate to!! Thanks for always being so real!! She has 2 adorable boys as well!!

3.Kendra at A Superhero, Princess & a Monkey- One of my newer reads, but one that I am so happy I found!! She is just great! :) She takes amazing pictures (it helps her kids are so cute!!) She always seems so up beat! Thanks for giving me another great read Kendra!!

4.Kristen at Loving Our Simple Life- Can we say this woman loves her family and children?!?! Um..YES! She also takes beautiful pictures all the time! Always positive and happy! I thought of you as soon as I got this award!!

5.Rachel at Clumsy Me, Oddity-She was one of the first blogs I was reading! OK, she doesnt have her own kids yet, (well, Vito!!) but she is SO IN LOVE with her neice!!! (stephs daughter!) She also always has the most random funny things happen around her or to her!! Definitely always finds the happiness in life!

Well girls, I hope you like this award as much as I do!! Thanks again Tam!!!

George Michael Recap!!

Well...Just in case you missed the last 5 post..haha...

I went to the GEORGE MICHAEL concert last night!!!!!!

To say the least it was awesome, wonderful, and fantastic!

My wonderful friend Natalie and I headed out to the Toyota Center and decided to park 5 blocks away for cheaper parking (and we were an hour and a half early!)

Once we got the the gates, we stood there for 1/2 hour until they decided 5 MINUTES before the doors open that NO CAMERAS were allowed!

So we took a picture and walked our happy asses back 5 blocks to the car, dropped off our cameras, and then walked the 5 blocks back! (I'm not bitter!)

Once we got in we asked where our seats were, and a lady headed us in the right direction. (OR NOT!) We walked literally 360' around the entire place. Our suite was DIRECTLY in front of where we asked for directions!!

Once we got in our suite though it was well worth it!

Free drinks...and very comfy seats!!
Like I said..we had no cameras, so I had to work with what I had..my "crappy picture taking" razor phone!! Hey..it proves I was there and looking at his sexy dancing self!! ;)
Can you see him?!?!?!?

(believe me..I am super embarrassed by these pics, but whats a girl to do!...I knew I had to blog about this!)

and there he is again!!
I have one HUGE complaint though...he DIDNT play

I want your sex...WTF..how do you not play one of your biggest hits?!?!

I found this pic online..this was the actual stage of the concert...the stage had 3 parts with a light show the whole time or old videos! (gotta love the old cross earrings! lol)

Natalie and I are concert junkies..we have been to Limp Bizkit, Counting Crows, Christina Aguilera, Destiny's Child, Kenny, Matchbox 20, Tim McGraw, NSync, Britney Spears, and probably a few more together over the years! (and she is also one of the ones going to Madonna w/ me in November!)

I had to steal this one of the internet since I was robbed of taking one myself!!

PS...I am actually hoarse..I have no voice today..tell me how embarrassing that was at work telling people where I was last night! haha

Wedding and Aquarium pics! (finally!!)

Well, I finally got most of the wedding pics from everyone! My cousin got married in Austin a few weeks ago and I was in the house party. It was such a GORGEOUS wedding.

My uncle and his wife own, Mesa Ranch in Austin..if you visit or live there, you must go eat there..it is such a GREAT restaurant! Here is some of the fam eating brunch the day of the wedding! (this picture does nothing for the place..they are remodeling this location and about to open in August!)

One is on Mesa Dr and one is right off of I-35!!

Michael and I before the wedding!They actually got married in the same chapel Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey got married in! It was such a beautiful place!

The Happy Couple..Mr and Mrs Ray cutting the cake!!

Aunt Lane, me, Mimi, Aunt Barb, mom, and DeeDee at the reception
Me and my beautiful mom! It was so sunny!

Me and uncle Kevin the day after the wedding at the breakfast!
Mimi and I Then last weekend my mom called and asked if we wanted to go to the Aquarium! We headed to lunch on Sunday and then stood in line forever to get in! lol (it wasnt too bad, it was just so hot!)
On the Shark voyage (that broke while we were in line so we got cheated!)

Nana and Landon on the ferris wheel!!!
From the top of the ferris wheel! Our beautiful city..Houston, TX!!
Alligator riding!
My sweet angel!

Scuba Landon!!
Could he be any cuter?!?!
Just the 2 of us!!! (he is so animated!!)
He actually started VBS this morning, and said that he loved it! He came home with his offering in his pocket...should I be worried?!?!? lol They ended up not doing offering today, so he's off the hook!!

We have lots coming up over the next few weeks, so I'm sure theres lots of pictures to come!

Most importantly (well, not really, but for the moment it is!!)...

I'm OFF TO GEORGE MICHAEL tonight!!

Recap tomorrow!!