Eye Staring

Zeke just came up to me this morning, grabbed my face between both of his hands and stared into my eyes for about a minute, then said, "you have green eyes........Papa & G.G. have green eyes." Then he told me to look up at the light and said, "yep, those are green alright."

Matt's Channel 11 News Debut

Just finished watching Matt on a the evening Channel 11 news. He was featured in a news segment about changes in social studies curriculum for the state of Texas. The newcaster interviewed Matt while he took the kids to the park in the Heights...so because he had kids with him the news guy thought Matt would know something on this topic? Very funny to listen to Matt share his "insight" on social studies curriculum.

Kaelyn Trying On Her Dress

K is going to be the flower girl in October for Matt & Reecie's wedding. Reecie borrowed a dress from a friend for K to try on so we decided to take a few pictures outside of her house. Kaelyn was quite impressed with her new princess attire.

The only problem I have with these pictures is that she looks WAY TOO BIG in them...where is my baby?

The Annual Noelle/Kathrin Birthday Bash

I spent an exciting Friday night out with some of our life group to celebrate Noelle & Kathrin's birthdays. It was a fun evening filled with great company, yummy food and good conversation. The only drawback was the restaurant had the air going at about 50 degrees so we just about froze to death. Other than that...we had a great time!



Valerie & I modeling the jackets we stole from Ross.

My Little Lipstick Lover

Kaelyn snuck into my office the other morning to try on a new lip creme shade. She came into my room looking ever-so-guilty...we can always tell when she is up to something that she knows she shouldn't be doing because she has this face that says it all.

For those MK lovers out there...Kaelyn is modeling the new summer lip shade line in "Raspberry Ice" while I am wearing the new "Malted color". I am so fortunate to have my own little Mary Kay helper living right here with me to give her opinion of the new line. :)


I just can't imagine where she gets this cheesy grin from (look at above photo of Val & me)..ha!

A Visit with Tootsie

On Sunday the kids, Reecie, Matt and I had the opportunity to have lunch with Brad's great aunt, Tootsie. We picked her up after church and went to a neat little brunch restaurant in the Heights called Lola's. The kids were so excited to see her and in Tootsie-fashion she insisted the kids have a yummy dessert after their meal. They chose to share a root beer float (Brad's favorite too). They were ever-so-slightly keyed up after the sugar boost! HA!

Getting Married!

My baby brother Matt is getting married! I realized the other day that I never sat down to share this exciting news with everyone, I know..I have been quite a bit behind on the blogging.

Reecie & Matt dated for 7 years through high school/college. Then they took a 7 year break. Mom & I always used to kid Matt about how much we ALWAYS liked Reecie...the other girls he dated in between just weren't up to the "Reecie-standard."

I am super thrilled because now I have a SISTER...yippee! With Brad being an only child once we met....I've never had another (extended) sibling outside of Matty. Yeah...a new sister for me...SO FUN!! :)



Here is the proposal story shared via Reecie.
The last weekend of March Matt really wanted to get out of town at least for the weekend and he suggested Austin. We got to Austin late Friday because I really needed to work late but we were happy to just getaway for the weekend. Saturday we woke up and went jogging around town lake and then had breakfast. It was BEAUTIFUL outside and Matt suggested going to Mount Bonnell for a quick hike. He told me that it was pretty short so I was a little surprised when he brought his camelback with us but didn’t think much about it. Once we were at the top of Mount Bonnell we could see over the lake and city sky line. There were a lot of people around and Matt kept trying to find a more secluded spot. After we sat down he opened his camelback and then told me he brought champagne… he quickly told me that he brought me another present and needed to ask me a question. It was very sweet and the day was amazing and of course my answer was "YES".

Reecie & Matt plan to get married in Carmel, California on October 16th
We are all VERY excited about a fun, destination wedding!