busy bees

from mid-may till now we have been going non-stop - hence the lack of blog updates. let's see:

5/15 - perkins' family visit
5/22 - cj birthday party
5/29 - memorial day weekend camping trip at hidden falls adventure park - marble falls, tx
5/30 - HAPPY BIRTHDAY CJ!
6/03 - mom arrives in austin to stay with the family while i go to a work conference
6/11 - TORN Race #3 - Greenville, TX
6/18 - camping trip on Granger Lake in Tayler, TX

there are many pics and events to report...i don't even know where to start. boy are we having a fun filled and BUSY summer... and it is already flying by.

most pics are uploaded in the perkins' family web album: http://picasaweb.google.com/home

some are also here: http://tractionracing.shutterfly.com/pictures

will get better again...

so behind! but so big!!

i can't believe it's been almost 1 month since i've updated... bad me!! so much has happened and we've been very busy... at work and at home.

most importantly, cj celebrated his first birthday on may 30! wow has the year ever flown. stats look like this:

weight - 25 lb 9 oz (75-90%)

length - 29.5 inches (50-75%)

8 teeth (working on molars)

words: uh oh, hi, ow, mama (i'm told he says AMEN at school but have yet to hear it. he also tries to say woof woof, meow, quack)

he LOVES music and dances by bopping up and down and waving his arms from side to side. he walks, high fives, blows kisses, and plays the 'how big is cj' game.

he is busy busy and wants to get into everything he's not supposed to. he's a sweet heart though, and a happy boy.

more catch up to follow... just lots going on!

From 2010_06_13

padre island

padre was lots of fun!! good friends, good food, good beach, good pool! it was nice to get away, although much to short. too many great pics to narrow down to only a few. :)

pudding is yummy!

summertime!

we have been really busy this month! i have had 3 trips for work: Oregon, Groves, TX, and an overnight Leadership Management seminar in Austin. craig has been busy acclimating to his new job. he is really enjoying it and starting to do very well. in the midst of all of this, we went to LA for my brother's 30th birthday, mom came to visit, and we have had various other outtings and events with friends. on father's day, we went to cori, trey, and remi's house and swam and bbq'ed and had a lovely afternoon. yesterday, we visited with jake dunham (an old friend of craig who moved to indiana). craig's work also had a grand opening and invited family members to visit their new facility. it is a very nice office and all of his co-workers were very friendly and we had an enjoyable time. earlier in the month, one of my employees had a little dinner party, and below are some great shots of kaetlyn. she thoroughly enjoyed herself! she is becoming quite the little person.... she LOVES nemo.... (momo). she is talking very well and it seems like she says new things on an almost daily basis. she also is able to piece some words together! 'where'd it go?' 'let's go!' 'hi chuck' are several examples. we switched her to a new school on june 10th. it is absolutely wonderful! by the 3rd day, she did not cry when i dropped her off. on the 4th day, she was waving bye-bye before i could finish signing her out! on thursday when i picked her up i asked her, 'did you have a fun day?' and she said, 'fun day.' craig was worried about the transition, and it has gone better than we could have hoped! next weekend we are going to port aransas to the beach, so i hope to get some good pics of kaetlyn and remi playing.

here are the pics from belen's empenada party:

time flies!!!!!!

we have been so busy that i have not had time to update this blog. i feel terribly guilty, but can't do anything except try to do better from this point forward!

past few weeks activies are as follows:

in mid-may we went to Lake Buchanan with kim and jared. kaetlyn and i went for a brief swim, but it was a bit overcast, and she had been under the weather so i didn't want to get her too wet. Here are some pics of our trip to the lake:
the following weekend we went to LC for megan's high school graduation and then stopped off in houston on the way home to celebrate rachel's birthday. pics from this fund weekend in slideshow below.

since our trip to LA/TX we have enjoyed some time at home... housecleaning, organizing, and such. kaetlyn and i have spent our evenings taking walks and going to the pool. she loves swimming!! she's crawling and standing and bruising herself daily. the stairs are new found fascination as well. we're having a blast, but can't take our eyes off of her for a second! here is a picture of her first busted lip as well as a couple others: