april showers... and flies!!

oh where oh where did the month go?? we've been busy that's for sure. :) the month has come and gone SO fast. wow. cj is 11 months old today. he's roughly 25 lbs, 8 teeth, and pretty much walking. he is so busy and fun... just the happiest, silliest little personality. we are so blessed.




in mid-april, we went to supercross with our riding pals, as well as the perkins' and cousin aidan. everyone thorougly enjoyed the races.

this is a pic of randy, kaetlyn, aidan and craig walking in to the event.

the following week, i decided to have some baby k time and picked up the little sweetness from school at lunchtime. she had eaten, but i hadn't so we went to a restaurant and i got lunch. she got ICE CREAM!!! lucky kid! after lunch we went to my work for a couple hours, where she entertained my crew, then we went to see the movie 'How to Train a Dragon.' she loved it so much she cried for an hour afterwards because she wanted to see it again.... craig took her back to see it again on sunday... rough life she has.

while craig and kaeltyn were at the movie, i tried diligently to catch cj's preliminary walking on camera. not so easy when his steps were so unpredictable... i did get some cute footage though.

FRIDAY!

i just LOVE this picture of cj so i had to get them it up here. :) last night craig and i got a sitter so we could go ride 3 wheelers with the grown ups for a little bit. on the way home i was explaining to kaetlyn that kalee was a girl that was going to come stay with them and play with them for a couple hours while we were out. 'but mom,' she said, 'who's mom is going to stay with us?' she couldn't quite get the concept. it was really cute. 'you mean she's going to make me dinner? and cj dinner? how'd she get so big already? why is no mom going to stay with us?' cute stuff.

craig and i had fun and the time passed quickly. kaley enjoyed the kiddos and said she would be happy to do it again anytime, so that's a good thing. she's the 16 daughter of a woman that works at the kids' school.

tonight we are leaving for houston for the weekend. tomorrow night we're going to watch SUPERCROSS with our traction friends. should be fun times and the kiddos (and daddies) will enjoy it tremendously!

TGIF

easter weekend

unfortunately i didn't get any pictures of our family dressed up for eater morning. we were a little off kilter (more than usual) on easter morning. kaetlyn woke up at 6 am! and hung out with my dad till me, craig and cj woke up. she messed up the entire basket, egg hunt, blah blah because she was awake. then it was a dash to get ready for 9 am church, etc. oh well! we still had a good time, and fortunately they are still to young to know the difference.

we had an action packed week though. my dad came in town on wednesday night and stayed through sunday. craig and i both took friday off work to have some family time. our list of activities for friday and saturday included children's museum (kaetlyn says buseum), strawberry farm & austin zoo. not to mention, adult dinner out (thanks to tina for watching the kiddos), easter egg decoration, a wonderful easter lunch, and 3 wheeling! and lets not forget the best part - quality family time and memories shared...we were busy!

cj is such a trooper he just hangs with us and soaks it all in. sleeps where he can and absorbs the rest. wide eyes. he really wants to keep up with his sister and tries on many occasions to play with her. pretty funny. i will have to get this on video soon.

when dad got home he sent a really funny email titled 'Easter from a 3 year old: Kaetlyn Perkins.' This is what it said: 'I asked her Saturday night what happened on Easter. Kaetlyn's reply: 'Jesus got on the cross, then the eggs come.' Oh well, close enough.' Funny kid. We made it through the zoo in 1 hour, including the petting zoo and we circled that 3 times! She was so excited, running from one exhibit to the next... 'daddy, what's in this one? wow, take a picture daddy...' then on the to the next as fast as she could. it was so cute. i think we broke a record.

all of the pictures from the weekend are on the Web Album in the folder titled Easter 2010. Here are a couple cute ones, but there are many more.

so busy

i'm a little disappointed in myself. i've just been so busy i haven't had time to include all the updates i plan. i have them in my mind, but they don't all make it down here as they should. where is all the time going? we've had so much going on.... life is full and we are enjoying every minute of it... well, almost. ;P in all seriousness life is great.

i'm starting to see kaetlyn as a little girl, rather than a toddler child. she is becoming reasonable and sweet... most of the time. her vocabulary is very cute and she impresses me regularly. she loves her brother and is helpful, but is also very independent. there are so many stories... its hard to pick which ones to share.

cj is growing up so quickly. he's a happy boy and his personality is really starting to come through. he like to play games - like chase, patty cake, and keep away - and laugh and i can tell that he's starting to understand english. he babbles a TON, but no real words yet... he also sings, and dances... just WAY too cute. right now he is the only baby in the nursery, so he and his teacher are spending time with the one year olds. apparently he loves it.

yesterday cowboy bob came to school with his pony for the kids to take pictures. from what i hear, it was a cute event. they let cj sit on the pony with kaetlyn. i can't wait to see the pics!

riding at the hills

the weather was BEAUTIFUL this weekend.... i know i'm skipping some stuff, but i just have to get this one in. so yesterday, we went riding. kaetlyn was oh so excited! when we started going, i stopped and waited for her to ride with me and she said, 'i don't want to ride with you mommy. i wanted to ride all by myself.' i was just following her on the track, so i told her that i was just taking cj for a ride... LOL independent little snot. after she finished riding, she said, 'i need to go to the dr to figure out why my thumb hurts so much.' i explained that almost everyone's thumb hurts after riding for a while. that throttle can hurt!

the slideshow from yesterday will show that kaetlyn got a hold of the camera. the 2nd half of the pictures are from her vantage point.... so cute!! i am so greatful that we've found a family activity that we all love... and a good group of friends as well. blessings abound.

happy anniversary!

this week was also craig and my anniversary. 7 years! as you can see from the many posts that march has been very busy... hence the reason i have not had time for blog entries.

happy anniversary to craig. i love you. looking forward to 77 more years. :)

my birthday

yesterday was my birthday as well.... (i know i'm posting a lot today, just have a ton to catch up on) i had a perfect day! i took the day off work and spent time to myself getting stuff done around the house and enjoying some quiet. it was wonderful! when craig got home we went and got the kiddos, picked up shrimp fajitas and had a little birthday party. kaetlyn was so excited for my birthday... she could barely contain herself and keep secret the gifts they picked out for me... 'mom, we got you beautiful earrings,' she whispered in the morning on the way to school. 'are you supposed to tell me this kaetlyn?' i inquired. 'no, mom... daddy said its a secret,' she informed me. here is a pic of my wonderful earrings:

i love my life. i am extremely blessed and am thankful for my husband who went out of his way to make my birthday special.

brithday parties

over the weekend we went to houston to celebrate logan, barbara, and my birthday. my mom also joined us for the festivities. we had a fun time and the weather was beautiful. cj very much enjoyed his dinner:

silly sock day

the kids' school had a week of festivities last week:
monday - crazy hair day
tuesday - pajama day
wednesday - silly sock day
thursday - teddy bear day
friday - bicycle day

kaetlyn in her silly socks:
on friday she actually brought her 4 wheeler helmet to school in place of a bicycle helmet and everyone got a huge kick out of it. btw - those socks didn't make it home in one piece.. both of them had holes in their heels from being on top of her shoes all day... all in a good day's fun.

the next pic is just two of a series of sibling pics gone awry. fun times.

Torn Race #1 - Kaetlyn and the Umbrella

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this is just hysterical. the weekend was a blast, but sunday it was very rainy and cold. what a mess. check out the link for Traction Racing Family to see more pics and videos from the weekend. my little girl is the cutest thing ever!!!!