Our wonderful Memorial Day Weekend!!

This weekend was one of the best we have had in a long time!

Full of friends, fun, crawfish and pooltime!

It was a nice reminder that despite the heat in Texas, I really love summertime!

We started off Saturday celebrating my best friend, Melissa's Birthday!

All of our boys (which are pretty darn cute if I must say!!)

waiting to leave for Dodie and Skotts!! It took all of 5 minutes for all the kids to head straight for the pool!

Me and my main squeeze!
Landon and Austin
Partners in crime for another self portrait!

I made fruit kabobs that were so yummy!

The had 65 lbs of crawfish! CRAZY! This was round one!

Coach Skott taught Landon how to peel his own crawfish (after many times of Landon asking him to peel them for him! lol)
Look mom...I did it!

All our Louisiana family would be so proud!

Now thats just gross!!!
It was a great day...Landon spent 6 hours in the pool and we were both exhausted by the end of the day!

On Sunday we headed over to Landons friends house! They went to Montessori together for 4 years! These boys are something else..they will all be going to summer camp together, I wonder if I should warn someone! haha

Day 2 in the pool!

Taking a break from their 7 hour pooltime!

They had a blast jumping in the pool!Check out the faces! :)We had the best bbq and pina coladas!! Snack time!
On Memorial Day we headed to the Purvis house! They wanted to go swimming AGAIN! I'm hoping we wont be needing the life jacket much longer though! With all this swimming, he should be a pro in no time! lol

Korbin and West Vivian and the fruit kabobs! They were such a hit earlier that I decided to make more!

I think this last picture is proof that we were exhausted by Monday night!

I hope you all had a wonderful Memorial weekend too!

One more day!!!!

The Cystic Fibrosis-Great Strides walk is finally HERE!!!

We are going to Cara's dads tonight for pizza and beer (yes, that's how us Texans do it!!), and the big walk is tomorrow morning!!!

In case you haven't been paying attention (lol) or are new to my blog, please visit HERE to see what all this "Cara" talk is about!!

Our team is up to 35 members and has raised $9,420!!!!!

We are shy ONLY $580 from our goal of $10,000!!!

I'm here LAST minute to ask if anyone can help us reach that goal! Every dollar you could donate gets us closer and is greatly appreciated!!!

I am so proud to be a part of this hard working team!

I finished our (Lissa's and mine) shirts this week and cant wait to join the team in the morning!

Heres a sneak peak!!! :)

Of course there will be more pics coming soon! (as long as I don't look too crazy and sweaty! lol) Its supposed to be in the 90's, so we will pray for low humidity!!

Please help us make CF stand for Cure Found!

Here is the link to my page...

http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/StephanieRussell

Thanks so much for all of my friends and family who have helped me reach my personal goal!!!

Thank you too for all the prayers that have been said for my sweet friend, Cara!! I cant wait to give her a big hug tonight!

Catching up a little...ok, maybe alot!!

OK, so I have been slacking!!! I dont know where the time goes, but I thought I would blog a little update!!! We have been having lots of fun and of course BUSY!!! :)

Landon and Myles...so sweet! Landon and Tay playing miniature golf!
Playing on Grandpa like a jungle gym!!They love their Mammy!!April 24th we had our school carnival! I was at the school from 9:00 am until 9:00 pm! Boy were we exhausted, but it was so worth it! There was so much put into their carnival, and I was very proud to be a part of the team!

Landon and his buddy with their "scars!!"

Nana and Landon taking a pizza break!

Skylah at the painting station!

Miss Jones and Landon..she is such an amazing teacher..she sure has set our standards high for the next years to come!

This past Friday was Field Day! It was the hottest day this year (92 degrees) I was very glad it only lasted an hour! lol I AM NOT ready for summer time weather!!

All the kindergartners were assigned a 5th grade buddy to help them get around to all the stations! Landon had such a sweet guy helping him!!

Potato Sack Races

My little man!

Super Stallion!

Miss Jones and her "Bears" (and yes, that is my "gangsta" in the middle making that crazy face and the sideways hat! lol)

The rest of these pics are random ones that I never posted!

Corky and the kids goofing off!

Landon and I at Check E Cheese!

Landon and Aunt LissaSweet Gavin and Steppie!!

Skylah

This is the new obsession in the house! Crystal and I both got new laptops, and the kids LOVE them! They sit next to each other and play games!

Ready, set, GOOOO!

So there you have it..lots of fun pics!

I still cant wrap my head around the fact that there is only 3 more weeks of school left...I am not ready to have a 1st grader! lol

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Happy Mothers Day to all of you!!!! I hope you have a wonderful day!!!

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and last but not least,

guess what is one week from today????????????

Yep...the Cystic Fibrosis Great Strides Walk!!!!

In less than one week I get to see this pretty face

and be a part of Caras Corps!!

Our team has raised 70 % of our goal!! WE have one more week to reach that goal of $10,000 and I KNOW we can do it!!!

Please visit

www.cff.org/great_strides/stephanierussell

to help make CF stand for Cure Found!!

Every dollar counts and I know Cara and I would be so grateful for anything you could help out with!!

LOTS of pics to come from the walk next weekend!!