Happy 4th Birthday Mad Dog!

We love you big guy! Where has the time gone? You are my baby boy and I hope you never outgrow your sweet chubby cheeks and your low, scruffy voice. Hugs and kisses...Mom

Stockyards

A visit to the Stockyards with Cayden's 4th Grade class.The kids got a lot of history on Texas and saw a real cattle drive right through downtown Ft. Worth.

Fall Activities

Pumkin Patches here are a bit like Christmas tree lots. They just set out a bunch of pumkins (grown elsewhere) along the side of the road and call it a Pumkin Patch...Cayden was disappointed in the lack of scare factor associated with any mazes (ie. not like the Haunted Corn Maze in Eugene!)<

They did have some cool pumkins, though. These are called "Fairytale" pumkins...

All the ghosts and goblins, did not have to worry about being chilly here in Texas.

Pre-Ballet

I wish I could have gotten some closer shots, but this little girl will not hold still for me at all and they were all a blur. So I was hiding behind a door to get these few. Bless her patient teachers, but I do have to say it is pretty cute and comical to watch!

Sidebar returns!

Ok, so I figured out my sidebar problem and then my background went out on me, and suddenly came back with no help from me, so I'm beginning to think I have a haunted blog! But at this point I'm so happy I figured out the sidebar problem I'll take the ghosts. I have a few new pictures that Jason e-mailed from his phone and thought I would share them.

This was taken at my neices wedding in July...

These are a few more pics from our Disneyland Trip...

This was our last trip to the Oregon Coast and we actually had sunshine, someone was a poser...

Cayden and Preston on their first day of school at Bransford Elementary in Colleyville, TX

My last few pics

Happy Birthday to Cayden and London and Makenzie in September...

On our plane ride to our new home in Texas...they look thrilled don't they?

We are still ALIVE!

I know it's been a while...OK a LONG while but things have not settled down a bit! Today was the kids first day of school in TEXAS! Wait, back-up, that's right. We moved down to Texas on the 16th of this month, leaving our Eugene home still for sale and moving in with Jason's parents until it sells. So I will digress...What a summer. We kicked it off with a Stanley family reunion to Sunriver and had a great time with lots of cousins. I had a neice get married in July in Utah, we went to Seattle to visit family and in August we went to Disneyland with the boys and Jason and I ran a half marathon to raise awareness and money for Musculur Dystrophy. As soon as we got back we packed up to move...it has been crazy to say the least. We are happy to be back in Texas and look forward to getting more settled as soon as our home sells.

London's Photo Shoot

My friend and Neighbor Deana, did a photo shoot of London at her house when we had only 15 minutes. London was not very cooperative unless we showed and gave to her a piece of chocolate after every shot. It was quite an experience, and I can't believe what a chocolate addiction she already has...I have NO idea where she got that from...

This was the "Give me more chocolate or else" look!

Fiesta and Prom

May has proved to be a very busy month already...Emi has gone to 3,yes THREE Proms. We have had Family fun night at Preston and Maddox's Preschool which was a lot of preparation but a fun night! We had a neighborhood garage sale and sold a bunch of stuff, Cayden had a jog-a-thon and ran 4.5 miles, way to go Cayden!! Jason ran his first Full Marathon, almost 6x Cayden's distance. I was tired just cheering him on. We had mother's day Parties at Pre-school and Finally opened our pool for the season, this is all on top of karate, cubscouts, piano lessons, birthday parties, church meetings, 2 sick kids, Doctor appts, and did I mention 3...Proms!

This is Cayden, very serious, doing the Flamenco, at Fiesta!

Cayden is on the right, fighting over the girl...

Mother's Day at St. Thomas

Maddox's party was very sweet and he was so excited to give me the things he had made and they are so precious....

These are Maddox's wonderful pre-school teacher's Mrs. O'Neil and Ms. Bliss, they do a great job.

Preston's class went to Pottery Quarter's and we painted ceramics together, it was a lot of fun. This is his teacher Mrs. Dietz. She has Preston all day most days of the week, Bless Her!!

Spring

Anyone know how to get a picture of 4 WILD Children? Because I think it is near impossible! This was before we left for Trace and Devery's wedding. These kids never lose their energy...




Yea! The sun has finally come out!
My little Girl...she's growing too fast!