a few more pix from Texas

around the house. last time w/ favorite sitter desiree. daddy's fini flight. myah asleep while reading (with princess gloves on, no less). yoga with the kids.

throwin' a ton at ya...

i wrote a little bit at the bottom of all these out-of-order (backwards) pictures...enjoy!

hey everybody, hi there. sorry i haven't posted in forever...i think the three small kids reality has set in and i can barely even find time to go potty alone, so obviously the bloggin' is at a snail's pace. well, it feels like a lot has happened since i've blogged last-so i'm just going to post what we've taken pix of and leave it at that. don't really have the time to make comments about each pix this time...our packers/movers are coming in one week and we've got a LOT to do before then. and on that note, this may be the last blog from texas...hang with us and once we're somewhat settled in (in alabama), or at least when we've recovered from the 13 hour drive, aaaahhhh, i'll try to get in the bloggin' groove again. hope you all are well and hope you enjoy all the pix below...

under construction

as you may have noticed, i somehow messed up the right side of the blog page. i found another website that has more backgrounds, etc. i thought i was doing it right-to change this current one-but obviously wasn't. i'm going to give it another shot later...

sassy flops

buy a pair of flops. get some coordinating ribbon and yarn. (thanks for the yarn tip, KB!) tie the ribbon/yarn in knots up and down the straps. open the yarn pieces to make em fray-ey and fluffy. give all the pieces a little snippety-snip and wah-lah! you've got yourself a CUTE pair of sassy flops!

well, i came across a website that i'm hooked on...makeitandloveit.com

from that site, i've found lots more cute sites; mostly of stay-at-home moms who SOMEHOW find the time to be oh so creative. anyway, this site shows tons of 'projects' and teaches you how to do them too. it kinda got my creative juices flowin' and i wanted to do something crafty, so i had a few friends over to make these flip flops for our daughters. i haven't made these since high school, but i do have to say they blow the ones i made back then way far away. here's some pix (thanks to karissa, my BFITW; she told me to add the pix of each step, like they do on these fun websites i've found...)

backyard fun

here's myah and eli watching a cricket. and patient little ethan just sitting in the shade.

bein' silly

here's eli spankin' daddy's booty (a dance move) and the big kids taking time from their dance fever to pose in their shades, then eli looking like SUCH a big boy! karissa-i think he looks like bryson in this last picture-do you see it?

my baby boy...

okay, so i HATE being pregnant-but am oh so thankful that i had my prayers answered and was able to be pg TWICE-praise you, Lord! and so i don't necessarily love the super-newborn stage, and i reeeeally don't like what my hormones do to me for the first 3 months after i give birth, altho now i know that Zoloft helps :), and yes, i'm 35 years old, buuuuuuuuuuuuuut, are you ready for this? (mom and dad, sit down-better yet, don't read this next part)...i told kevin today that i want another baby! WHAT?! did i just say that? now let me make something clear: not anytime in the near future, and maybe i should say, "i COULD have another baby. i wouldn't mind it IF we had antoher baby." again, not in the next few years!-but i'm really loving my baby boy Ethan and i love his little-ness and cuteness and sweetness. he's turned a big corner in the last month and is such a good little dude! (i would have loved him just as much had he stayed in his 'difficult stage') but i think i'm learning how to deal better with the challenge of all these little people; and i feel much more calm and relaxed. so why not have another one? perhaps this is God preparing me for our frozen embryos-as in, one or some may 'take?' who knows? i could be wrong, maybe little Ethan is our last one (remember, kevin just had a vasectomy), and if that's God's will, i know it's right. until then, i'm going to enjoy every minute of this little baby guy and we'll just wait for His timing and His will.

wooooo-weeeeee, Big E

eli looooves wearing any of myah's shoes on that he can fit on his monster-paw feet. here he is in her 'gotcha day' gift; the shoes are so, so pretty-we got them for her while in china. and ya know what, by the looks here, they even look pretty on BOY feet! ha, ha eli-he cracks us up!!!