Eight Below

Today we all had a great afternoon snuggled together watching a movie on t.v. But, let me tell you why.

My mom came up for the weekend and was loading up the car to go home. Campbell and I went outside to help her and Carley sat down on the couch. Chris went back to our room for some reason. Anyway - when Campbell and I came back in from outside to help mom get the last of her things, I looked over and saw Carley crying on the couch. I said, "What's wrong, sweety" and she sobbs, "they had to leave that dog all by himself!" Mom then told me she was watching Eight Below and it was the part where all eight dogs had to be left behind by the researchers and they all seemed to get out of their collars except for "Jack." His collar was on too tight and the others couldn't get it off him. So, they had to leave him there while they ran off to get food. Carley was soooo upset. She had my mom, me and Chris crying for her!!!! I had to tell her that end was actually happy, but for now, lets go out and tell Nana goodbye.

When we got back inside, we were wanting to put them both down for a nap, but she really wanted to watch the rest of the movie. I have seen that movie many times (because it is good, but mainly because of Paul Walker! YUMMY! ) so I knew it would be hard for her since a couple of them die. But, we decided to sit there as a family and watch it together anyway. One minute we laughed, one minute we were amazed at the adventures they go through, and the other minutes we cried our eyes out. Especially Carley! She is sooooo emotional at movies. I have to admit she gets that from Chris who cries quite often in movies if I do say so. However, I am the emotional one at anything related to animals. SO, in this case, she could have got it from me. ;)

I guess the point of this post is that we were reminded of Carley's sweet and caring nature! She would just get so upset for the dogs, and then turn around a laugh and cheer for them! We just love her to pieces!

Easter Weekend!

We had a great Easter weekend and mom and dad's house this year!! We went to an egg hunt at mom's church then to my sister's Cowboy church on Easter Sunday. Naturally, since Blogspot puts photos in reverse order of how up upload them, the sequence is all off. :)

Carley fishing at the lake Easter afternoon

Such concentration!

Boat ride on Ester afternoon

Bath time with "BB"

At the egg hunt at mom and dad's church

Campbell standing in front of the Baptism trough at the Cowboy church. REALLY!!

So handsome in our cowboy hat... and v-neck sweater HAHA!

Pony rides at the egg hunt

Petting zoo at the egg hunt

EASTER BUNNY!!!!!!!!

I love this one! Campbell and "BB" watching the Carley and Blanch play Wii!

Egg hunt at Chris' school

Carley's class at preschool

Campbell's class

Drs. McDreamy and McSteamy Got Nothin' On Me!

So much to say..

Hi all! Or, should I just say Hi to Danielle, Stephanie, Kristen and Ronna, as I think they are the only ones who ever read this blog. HA!

We have had a busy couple of weeks lately, but all is well! Carley got her ears pierced a couple weeks ago and looks like such a big girl. My battery is down on the camera, so I will download pics soon. Nana (my mom) and I took her after her soccer game and before we did some spring shopping at the Allen Outlet Mall. I was afraid she may chicken out since the girl doing the piercing had rings all over her body, but Carley sat there like a champ (I guess I was the only one kind of scared of her!) :) Afterwards we went shopping and it just felt like she was so old to me because she had her soccer uniform on with flip-flops - a lot like how you see the older girls sometimes. Crazy, I know, but that combined with pretty ears just made her seem so grown up!

Campbell is his usual, crazy and entertaining self. He has started coming into our bed to sleep by me at nights. Last night I was still watching t.v. when I hear the pitter-patter of bare feet and the swish of his diaper running down the hall. His head was down and he ran right into our room, around to my side of the bed, and climbed up and went right back to sleep. After about 15 minutes, I took him back to his bed. Then this morning, I woke up a little before 6 a.m. and there he was right beside me!! I guess I was cuddling with Chris or something and was more on his side of the bed, which is why I didn't feel Campbell until this morning. A little while later I was up and hear Campbell yelling from my room, "Stanley, get out of the bed! No, Stanley!" It was quite funny!

Fort Worth Getaway

Chris and I took the kids on a quick getaway to Fort Worth, and had a GREAT time! On Sunday, we went to the Stockyards. After the stockyards, we surprised the kids with a hotel stay so they could go swimming. Our hotel had an indoor, heated pool - it was indoor, but NOT heated! The water was freezing!! The hot tub was nice, though. :) On Monday, we went to the zoo and it was a blast! We saw so many really cool animals. Most of them were awake and moving around making it easy to see.. only the big cats were lazy and sleeping a lot. Here are a few of the 88 pics I took over the two days. HA! They are no order because it took so long to upload that now I really don't feel like switching them all around. :)

The giraffes!!

The kids loved the kangaroos. Here is a fun statue in the "Outback" they liked.
We bought seed sticks to feed the parakeets!

This dude was one of my favorites.. incredible!

Here he is walking in front of Carley.... when we circled back around to see if more of the big cats were awake, there were muddy paw prints that ran down this part of the glass. Can you imagine being in front of the glass when this tiger jumped up on it!!!!!!!

Sunday night after the Stockyards we ate dinner in Billy Bobs. I thought there was a restaurant in there, but it was only a small one. The burgers were really good, though, and that is all we really wanted. Here are Carley and Campbell dancing on their chairs to the music. (At least it wasn't the table and all their clothes were on. :) )

Back to the zoo... have you ever seen a rainbow butt? This just amazes me.

The gorillas were awesome!

Carley teaching Campbell how to stand like a flamingo.

The kids LOVE pillow fights with daddy when we stay in hotels! It is their favorite part.. and the pool, of course!

Back to the Stockyards... this is the daily cattle drive.

I like this one!
Carley dressed up like a "captive white girl"

Campbell would not get on ANYTHING to ride.. except this quarter horse... it really was a quarter.. $25
Posing with Cowboy Gotch!

Go Pink Pizzazz!

Carley had her first soccer game today and loved it!! Her team, Pink Pizzazz, did so well and had so much fun! Chris and I are shocked at how well Carley did - we didn't really know how it would go since neither of us are soccer fans at all. She is a natural, let me tell you. The coach of the other team even came up to us afterwards talking about her. Her team is awesome.. such sweet little girls and we can't rave enough about her coach. Coach Merry is fabulous with kids, which is probably the main reason they enjoy it so much!

Facebook

Hi All! I know it has been a while since my last post. First of all, my camera is broken, so I haven't been able to take many pics. Second of all, I have spent the last three nights on facebook! I am NOT addicted, however it is fun to catch up with people I haven't seen a really long time! I don't really understand it all yet, I must admit... From posting on "walls" to sending and "Easter Egg", it is all a blur. But, I am getting better. However, I really don't see the point in updating the world on what you are doing at that very moment. ;)

We are looking forward to Carley's first soccer game on Saturday at 3:30. Her team is the Pink Pizazz and she is really liking it! Campbell had Western Day at school today and looked SOOOOOOO cute in his black cowboy hat I went to Walmart at 10:45 p.m. last night to buy!!!! Oh, the things we do for those we love!

Have a great weekend! I will post more pics after I get a new camera... AGAIN!!!!!!! Hope everyone is doing well!