4 YEARS OLD

Happy 4th Birthday Brooks and Burkley!!!

We love you and can't wait to see what's in store for you this year and in the years to come.  Seems just like yesterday...

Daddy and I love you MORE!!! 

 

 

Just Build It

It took us well over a year to decide what we wanted to do after we sold our house last May, but we FINALLY made a decision. We have decided to build on our property and I'm super excited!  Below are the "proofs" to our house plans-we made a few minor changes and are currently waiting for the final plans.  They should be in towards the end of this week!  I'm SUPER excited about building another home of our dreams! 

Let the building begin!!!

Published Author Added to Resume...CHECK

Again, sorry for the lack of posting latley.  I've tried to blog several times this week, but for some odd reason, I am unable to see the insert picture icon.  Weird.  I really wanted to post pictures of our house plan proofs.  SUPER EXCITED! 

Another something exciting...as of today, I will be adding published author to my resume/Vita and I'm super thrilled.  The last week of ABYDO training, we had to write an extensive piece and submit it to a journal, magazine, blog, etc. in hopes of being published.  Not knowing what in the world I was going to write about, stressing about completing the last 2 assignments for my grad school class, and packing for a week at the beach, I sat down and began writing about surviving bed rest.  I had so many thoughts running through my mind and I honestly wanted to just finish the paper, submit it, and be done.  I finished it and submitted it to a magazine and a well known Multiples Blog, Multiples and More.  Little did I know that I would get a response from the editor from Multiples and More telling me that they LOVED it and wanted to feature my article.  To say the least, I was super surprised.  It's nothing special and no where near as good as the first paper that I turned in for the training (I posted it on my blog...Blessings from the Couch).  Although it comsumed 3 weeks of my summer, thank you ABYDOS for this AWESOME opportunity!  Head on over to www.multiplesandmore.com and read How to Survive Bed Rest!  And yes, I'll sign autographs for free this time!!!

XOXO
http://www.multiplesandmore.com/guest-blog-posts/how-to-survive-bed-rest/

8 Years of Bliss

Happy 8th Anniversary to US and many, many more! 

Shamu

The week after school was out we (myself, B&B, and my mom) set out for a quick trip to Aunt Kathy's house.  We had been discussing Sea World for quite some time and I knew I wanted to take the kiddos, but with ABYDOS consuming most of June, beach trips in July, and then returning to work in mid August, we decided that week would be the week!  Thank goodness the weather cooperated for us...it was overcast pretty much all day until about 1:30...and after that it was BLAZING HOT!

Not sure what to expect when we arrived...but in AWE of the 1st show!

Look how BIG this guy is!



Shamu! 
We sat in the SPLASH ZONE on purpose because B&B wanted to get SPLASHED, but we didn't get splashed.  I think that was a good thing too because everyone said the water was salty and fishy smelling...and I wasn't real hip on feeling salty and smelling like a fish for the 2 hour ride back to Austin!

Azul!  This show is AMAZING!

Brooks and I waiting in line for the Shamu Express!

Brooks riding his 1st ROLLER COASTER! 
It was a kiddie ride, but I'm not going to lie, that thing twisted and turned-well, maybe more like jerked. 

Nea, Mommy, Brooks, and Burkley

Mommy, Aunt Kathy, Brooks and Burkley

Nea, Aunt Kathy, Brooks, and Burkley

We had a SUPER fun time at Sea World and we can't wait to go back and do it all over again soon.