And the winner is......

Emma! That is correct, she won a very important election today. Her ballet teacher elected her to go on pointe shoes. This is a HUGE milestone in a ballerina's life. Emma has been waiting for this day for 10 and a half years she says. We are so proud of her!!!!

Two Weekends, Two Trophies Each!

What a fun weekend! After enjoying Halloween and Field Day on Friday, the boys had a baseball tournament in Pearland this weekend. They won the championship....so yet 2 more trophies to make room for. After last weekend's 2nd place finish Nicholas and Dylan were already excited. But two weekends in a row....and winning 1st this weekend - too much fun for 7 year olds.

After the tournament finished on Sunday we met Dennis, Christy, and the girls for lunch and then hung out at their house for awhile. Their little cousins Addie and Kaitlyn just love having the big kids attention. It was nice to relax and hang out with them - we don't get to do that often enough!

Busy Friday!

Field Day and Halloween.....all on the same day! It made for a busy, but really fun Friday for the kids.

Pumpkin Fun

Check out Marcelo's awesome (and time consuming) pumpkin creation!!!

Vegas Baby!!!!

So my wonderful husband took me to Vegas for my 35th birthday. We stayed at the Bellagio for the first time - it was spectacular! Then he surprised me with tickets to Elton John the night of my birthday. This was such a cool show. I highly recommend it. We knew every song and he is such a showman. I will never again hear an Elton John song and not think of the wonderful weekend we had. We hung out by the pool, played a lot of blackjack, slept, ate at a few buffets, and played some more blackjack. We even came home ahead which is always nice! We have had a series on marriage at church for the last month or so. One of the things our pastor always talks about it taking care of your marriage so that you can be good parents. My husband certainly treated me to a wonderful grownups weekend that I will always treasure and cherish. I think we both came home refreshed, relaxed, and really connected. He is so awesome to plan alone time for us since we really spend most of our free time doing kid stuff.


While we were gone my parents took care of the kids for the weekend. This was no easy feat with the kids regular schedule. However, this weekend the boys played in a double elimination baseball tournament out in Spring. They ended up playing in the championship game, after coming into match play 0-3. That is extremely tough to do! My parents and Emma sat through 4 games in a row on Sunday - WOW! We were truly sad to miss out on it, but the boys were SO excited that Nana and PawPaw got to see them win a trophy. PawPaw was great and texted us updates so we knew what was going on. They ended up losing their last game and coming in 2nd. But, they got their trophy so they are happy! What a blessing we all have in my parents - they are truly awesome with the kids and they all enjoy each other so much. On another note, Emma is getting really excited for her role in the Nutcracker. They have finished learning all of their part and are now rehearsing and refining it. She is going to be so beautiful and we are all counting the days until we get to see her dance.

One in Eight

One in Eight women in America will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. What this means is that approximately 12% or one in eight women who live to age 85 will be diagnosed with breast cancer sometime during her lifetime.

Our tennis league did a Play for the Cure event today - wear pink, play hard, give green. It was fun to get out there and play in honor of all those we have lost to breast cancer and for those we know fighting it. It was touching to hear everyone's stories of how breast cancer has affected their lives. There was no one there that didn't have a family member or friend that has suffered from breast cancer. I was proud to be part of such a wonderful group of ladies. We raised a ton of money for a foundation in Houston called The Rose, that gives out low-cost and/or free mammograms to women who cannot afford them. Check out this wonderful organization.....consider making a donation and help save lives!

http://www.the-rose.org/

Happy 20th Dad and Susan!!!!

Today is Dad and Susan's 20th wedding anniversary. So, I guess you could say it is a special day for me as well since it is my 20th anniversary of having Susan for my mom. I'm so blessed to have them in my life as parents and so blessed to have had Susan as my mom for 20 years. I love you both....Happy Anniversary!