busy, busy April...

Ok, let's get started...especially since I started this blog on the 14th and it's now the 20th!!!

We've had a somewhat busy April so far.

This past weekend was nice, even though the weather was a bit yucky at times.
Saturday was cousin Mick's 2nd birthday party. We had a nice time and the children had a ball playing and running outside in the sprinkling rain. Lunch was hamburgers and hot dogs on the grill and a caterpillar birthday cake for desert. Mick really liked the wooden fire truck we gave him and a metal dump truck that he got to. Happy 2nd Birthday Mick, We love you!!!
Also Saturday we bought Hunt some new tires(shoes). He got some tennies, black sketcher type and brown sandals. Man...kids shoes are just as high as adults!!!

Sunday we did some things around the home and meet Ken and Kelley for dinner.

Last Friday I had a Dr appointment. More on that later.

Hunt and I attended the Vendor Fair on Thursday the 16th that the KECPTA set up. There were alot of interesting things and even some animals to. We saw a macaw, a spiny lizard, a chinchilla and a hedgehog.

We didn't make it to our Orthotic appointment on the 2nd. Hunt's orthotic didn't make it in. We did however go and finally pick the brace/orthotic up on the 9th. Hunt has been doing just fine with only one brace. I admit I was a little worried about it at first. We had to go pick up Hunt's new insert Thursday to.
Hunt will see his PT on the 23rd. She's had a busy schedule as well.


Last Wednesday Hunt, Kelley and I drove out to a little farm and picked some strawberries. The drive wasn't too far at all and I love to go to "pick your own" farms. There's just something about picking your own produce. I love it! It reminds me of my childhood and the gardens that we had. Hunt enjoyed going to...although I think he enjoyed playing with some of the bugs there more than picking berries. Next month their blackberries and beans will be ready for picking and you can bet we'll be there to pick our share. I washed, patted dry and froze the berries for later use. Kelley and I plan on trying our luck with canning. So strawberry jam will be a tasty treat to try soon. We also want to try pickles, pickled okra, tomato sauces and a few more. I'm excited about this new "adventure" we'll be participating in.

Ready for some pickin'

Hunt picking berries.

And running...

Showing me his strawberry.

Checking out the plants.

Holding a yummy berry.

Taking a rest.

Hunt and Mama.

Lookin for bugs!

Still looking...

Mama this is heavy!

Look at all those berries!
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Hunt sitting by some garden boxes full of lettuce.

Sign to the farm.

We picked up some fresh radishes to.

Our own little garden is still hanging in there despite a couple of really hard rains. And a small amount of hail. I did manage to cover them up twice when the hail hit. Thank goodness I had enough clay pots that were large enough to cover the little leafy darlings. Hang in there guys...mama loves you!

The KECPTA Easter party was lots of fun.
The kiddos enjoyed some crafts and coloring. During snack/lunch the Easter Bunny showed up! He greeted everyone and posed for pictures with the brave children. Hunt was a champ, but some didn't take to the long eared, hopping guy so well.
After bunny photos we headed outside for the Easter egg hunt, waited for the Easter Bunny to give the OK and they were off. Running and snatching up eggs as fast as they could. Each child got to grab as many eggs as they brought.
Off to the playground they went after the egg hunt. Below are some pictures of that day along with the rest of our Easter photos...slideshow version.

Hunt and I dyed Easter eggs on the 10th and I made strawberry cupcakes on the 11th. Both were taken to Grandma and Papa's house for Easter lunch.
The Easter Bunny made a visit to our little home here in Texas and left our little monkey boy a basket full of goodies. He was thrilled to wake up Easter Sunday and see his basket filled to the rim with sweets and trinket/toys.
Around 10:00am we left for Grandma and Papa's for more Easter celebrating and visiting. Hunt and little cousin played together and got to dig through their baskets that the grandparents made up for them. Then it was time for lunch. We had a variety to choose from and it was all tasty. There was ham, brisket, sausage, hash brown casserole, deviled eggs(courtesy of our egg coloring on the 10th), baked beans, rolls and for desert our cupcakes and strawberry shortcake. It seems there was a strawberry theme going on. Maybe because it's strawberry time of year and we were all ready for the yummy red fruity goodness.
Finally after lunch was gobbled up it was egg hunting time. Because of the rainy weather and muddy-ness outside the boys had to hunt eggs inside. None the less it didn't bother them one bit. Papa took them outside to play in the deer blind/stand while the rest of us hide the eggs around the house. When all the eggs were hide and (strategically...haha) placed in came the boys to get the game underway. This was little cousins first egg hunt, but Hunt's 3rd(he's getting to be a real pro now!). Hunt took off and was filling his basket quickly to the top. Little cousin was slowly getting the hang of it and had a close run for Hunt. With all(or at least we hope all) the eggs were found, the boys sat down in the floor and went through their stash. And what a stash it was. More goodies and such than 5 children needed much less 2.
See above slideshow for photos of the Easter fun...


Hunt's dentist appointment went very well. His teeth looked great! YAY!!! And he did superb! They took X-Rays, cleaned, vitamined and thoroughly inspected each one. The only thing I need to do is floss him...ughhh! I hate to floss myself except when I have a food particle stuck or something. Of course he was an angel when they were doing it, but at home...hahaha! We'll have to work on it.

I finally got around to taking Hunt to see the Easter Bunny and get our yearly Easter photo done. We had had things going on and had not had a chance until the 7th. We'll see how the scanned photo comes through...

The Casa Manana play was cute and funny. Hunt sat and watched it without trouble and enjoyed it. I thought it was kind of silly, but all the kids seem to like it, not just my crazy child.


Our Canton trip on the 4th was SUPER!!! I came back with a few goodies. Take a look...what do you think?????

One wooden cross I will be grouting shells on and the other two wooden and metal will be painted and stacked on each other. Like a three layer cross. And I've been wanting some colorful huge, chunky and gaudy looking beaded necklaces for a while. One is just beads and the other has beads and a placket that says "Mom's Rock" on one side and "My Kids Rock" on the other.
Also that beautiful baby quilt underneath. I also bought Hunt's friend Rebecca a oilcloth bag and had her name embroidered on it. Oh and a oilcloth mat to go under Hunt's easel.

See how cute they are worn together!!!

Oh and I'm excited to finally have a hair appointment on the 22nd. I just hope it turns out good. I'm crossing my fingers(and toes)that it will turn out how I imagine it. I'll try to get a photo of my current, un-styled, hair before the day and then an after picture...only if it looks ok. I know, silly, but I'm strange like that.

Here is a photo of the little puppets Hunt and I made for Rebecca's birthday to go with her bag and scrapbook. And the Birthday card hunt made for her.




And just 5 short days until we leave for vacation! Yee Haww!...

well hello there...

Well good Wednesday to you...

Where have I been?...not updating lately huh? I've been getting lazy and been tired alot.

Wow, and it's now April. Can you believe it????

So here's what's been going on...

On the 22nd we planted our garden. Oh that was some fun. It was originally my little task, but thank the Lord hubs helped me. We were both a little sore the next day. He tilled it up, fenced it off and helped plant. We planted a blackberry bush, a blue berry bush, tomato plant(I'm wanting to do a few more), strawberry plants(that I fear are barely hanging on), some onions, a yellow squash plant and some taters. I'm working on more radish and peppers. And will try our carrots and cucumbers again.
Hunt tried to help, but got more in the way than anything. But we did let him have some hoeing and digging time.
Zoe hasn't messed with the fence at all from what I can tell, so that's a good thing!
Here's some pics I took of some of the garden fun.

Hubs tilling.

Hunt's dirty feet.

Hunt hoeing.

Another dirty feet photo.

Hunt doing more gardening work...haha.

Planting.

More dirty feet.

Our little blackberry bush.

The finished little garden.

And another dirty piggies pic.

On this same day we made a trip to Lowe's to get a few more supplies and stuff. At Lowe's we saw some good friends that we hadn't seen in a while. It was really good to see Amy and Steve and the kids. It's weird because we only live like 5 min from each other. We planned a family dinner night at some point coming up to catch up and spend some time with each other. Isn't it funny how time flies and passes before you know it.

March 26th was grandma's birthday. We joined the family at Carraba's and had dinner. It was a nice time, but the food could have been better. Hunt and little cousin didn't even eat their pizza. And Hunt is an all out pizza man. You know something isn't right when kids don't touch pizza. Hunt painted grandma a card and signed it. And Hunt and I made her a memo pad/pen holder box thing. We also gave her a GC to Kohl's.

Hunt painting Grandma's card...a flower.

Painting her gift.

The finished present(we stuck on stickers that says grandma, and cute saying).

We had planned a camping trip for this past weekend, but because of the weather and cold temps we decided to postpone it until later, probably in May since April's weekends are full. And thank goodness that we did! We did however spend the weekend at the lakehouse. It was fra, fra, freeeezing! I would have been miserable in a tent for sure. The weekend was spent mostly watching movies indoors and a trip to Walmart. Sunday Hunt finally got a chance to play outside and run some stink off of him! He had fun ridding his 4 wheeler and running like a mad man. He was ready to blow off some steam. It's no fun at all being cooped up indoors for a few days when you're 4. And it's not much fun to be cooped up indoors with a 4 year old who needs to get energy out either. C R A Z Y !!!!
Looking over the lake made me wish for warmer weather. I'm ready for some boating and swimming! About another month and we'll get the boat ready for summer fun.
We'll see how everyone does with skiing, boarding and tubing this year. We all had fun last season that's for sure!

We've got so much planned for April. Hunt had an appointment with Dr.Packwood(his eye specialist) today. Everything seems great and he cleared him of further visits. YAY!!!! That's one less visit for mama to remember. I can mark those off my day planner!

Tomorrow we have to go pick up Hunt's new insert and brace. We'll see how he does with one of each. He's never had this before and always had both feet in the same thing. I'm crossing my fingers that he takes to them well. We've never had any issues with him fighting us to wear them...ever.

Friday is the KECPTA Easter party. I'm sure to have way to many photos, so stayed tuned to see the fun we had.

Hunt has a birthday party to attend on Sunday. One of his little friends will be turning 5! Happy Birthday Rebecca! Hunt was invited to come and is excited. This little friend is the one that holds his hands and gives hugs and kisses. So sweet! We've been making her some special little gifts in addition to one we'll pick up Saturday. We hope she likes them. I'll post photos of them shortly.

Next Wednesday Hunt has his 6 month dentist appointment. This was the one we had to reschedule since January. He's been doing wonderfully at brushing his own teeth...what a big boy!

Then that Thursday the 9th is a Casa Manana play Rockin with Mother Goose.
Aunt Kelley is going with us so I'm sure we'll have an awesome time!

Then Easter the 12th at grandma and papa's. Hunt and little cousin M will hunt Easter eggs and we're sure to stuff our faces with some Easter goodies.

Little cousin M's birthday party is the 18th. He'll be 2 years old! Wow! Happy Birthday Cousin M!!! And I don't know if I've mentioned it or not, but cousin M will be a big brother some time around May 9th. We will have a little girl cousin to play with and enjoy.

On the 21st Hunt has an appointment with his PT Dana. She hasn't seen him in about 6weeks to 2 months. She'll see how Hunt is handling the new inserts and braces.

Then on the 25th we leave for vacation! Yippee! We'll be gone from the 25th through May 3rd. As I said before we're heading to San Antonio and maybe then a few days at the lakehouse.
And( this is too much)on the 30th of April hubs and I will celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary! Can you believe it 15 years! Man has it been 15 years already? Whoo Hooo! It sure doesn't seem like it.

Aunt Kelley has a birthday coming up on the 28th. I've already decided what goodies she'll be getting. I'm sure she'll like um.

Sometime soon, this week or next we'll go see the Easter Bunny. And I want to get some bluebonnet pictures this year to. So maybe next weekend on the 11th I can talk hubs into taking us to find a good patch. I've seen a few areas, but none that looked really great. We may need to make a little trip of it to find good ones. Last year we missed them due to lack of rain fall. This year seems to be looking good.
And the pick your own farm that's in Arlington says they open in April, so we'll soon make a trip that way to. I need to be sure what they have and when we can go first. I can't wait!

And lastly Kel and Steph and I will be making a little trip East this Saturday. We'll be heading to CANTON!!! I just love Canton! Steph's son and Hunt will be tagging along to, so it won't be just the girls this time. Oh well, it's Canton, who cares!!! I try to go every chance I get...kiddos or not!!! HA! I've got my eye out for a few things, so we'll see what we end up bringing back.

I know this posting was kinda long...thanks for hanging in there.(word of caution..i didn't check for grammer or spelling on this post..hahaha)

Catch you soon!...

what we've been up to...

Happy "Late" St. Patrick's Day to everyone. I didn't get a chance to catch up on the blog until today...so I'm behind a bit.

Hunt had an orthotics(sp? I know I should know this...right?!) appointment today. His PT wanted to see if he needed new shoe inserts or maybe try some short braces again.
His right foot is doing well, but his left ankle still wants to turn in. I think Deborah, our orthotics woman, wants to try Hunt in an EOS brace on the left foot and a new insert for the right. It will be kind of weird I would think. He's always had both feet in the same thing whether it was a brace or an insert. We'll see how it turns out. We go back to see her on April 2nd to try the new ones on.
After the appointment Hunt wanted to try out some new goodies that he got.

A bubble gun and holster...it worked ok


Of course we had to ride our tire horse and try it to.

A roly poly playground.


We also painted.

My photo of Hunt making a silly face.

Hunt's photo of me. Nice job bubba, where's the rest of my head and face???

It was a nice day yesterday at the Botanic Gardens in Fort Worth. We walked the grounds, took many photos and enjoyed what little flowers were in bloom. Some friends from KECPTA group joined us there for a pic-nic lunch. Hunt played ball with some of the boys and ran wild. We did pretty good considering he is still clumsy. We manage not to fall in the pond, but did come home with some skinned knees and wet shoes and socks(he just had to step into a small stream).
What is it with boys and getting as dirty or wet as possible??? If it's a mud puddle, water puddle or small area of water boys WILL find it! I mean I looked over today to see Hunt climbing the huge pile of mulch and fertilizer at the gardens. I mean the stuff even had an odor to it, but none the less he was on top of it playing "king of the mountain". And forget about the 100 signs telling everyone to stay off the flower beds and to stay on the sidewalk...I know I told him so many times I can't even remember the count.
All in all we had a good time, but were ready to head home and get a nap shortly after we had our lunch.


One of the moms brought a strange type of rice/sushi roll today. So I HAD to try it. It was a piece of spam wrapped up in rice and rolled in seaweed similar to a sushi roll. It wasn't bad, just different. I can't remember the name of it though. I'll have to ask her again what it was called.

Let's see... Tuesday was "green" day. And being part Irish I always try to at least wear some green or do something special to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day.
Hunt and I meet good friend Steph for lunch downtown. We took Hunt to Uno's pizza. It was tasty and I knew Hunt wouldn't complain. We did a little catching up and had a good visit.
Hunt and I made some Irish Soda Bread. It didn't turn out too pretty. And after reading the recipe I discovered that I DID NOT follow the directions!!! What a dork I am. I totally forgot to add the salt and I didn't mix it the way the recipe told. Oh well. It was really simple to do.
I had some with butter and it taste fine.


I'm also contemplating on getting my hair cut and colored. Here's what I would LOVE it to look like...

but...you know how that goes. I'm tired of it and want a change. Right now it's to about my bra line and it's just there. Nothing cute, fancy or anything. Just plain B O R I N G !!!

A little over a month to go until we go on vacation. Yippee!!!

That's really about all that's been happening around our neck of the woods.

Catch you all later...

rainy friday...

Well, here we are at the end of the week. Ready for the weekend to start.

It's been raining here in North Texas off and on for 3 days and although we really do need the rain to fill up the lakes and such, I don't care for the "lake" in our back yard. Water still standing as the rain falls. Our poor flowers and seeds drowning in the wetness. I can already tell we'll have to plant more.

Maybe all this rain will bring us lots of Bluebonnets this year. Last year was a sorry year for them. Not many at all.

Daddy came home early today, around 12:45. He needed to take off some overtime from the past two days. He had to pick up and drop off some "guests" down towards Huntsville in Dayton. This required an overnight stay. He left Wednesday morning and came back Thursday afternoon. For those of you that know what hubs does for a living know what I mean when I say "guest".

We haven't been doing much this week due to the rainy cold weather.

Today I decided that we had to get out of the house for a while so Hunt and I had lunch at Chick Fil A. Later we may run up to Walmart to grab some necessities...such excitement I know.....

getting ready for Spring...

So is everyone getting a little accustom to the time change yet?

Daddy is working first shift for a while so for him to have to get up early is a big change, not to mention having a time change on top of that.

Our past weekend was a nice one. We celebrated daddy's birthday on Saturday. The old man is another year older...(ahem)! Hahaha!

Hunt painting daddy a birthday card

Hunt and I made a guitar pen and pencil holder. We bought it at Michael's unfinished and decided to do some painting on it and decoupage. It turned out really cute, but I can't seem to get Hunt to leave it alone. He's always picking it up and strumming it like a real guitar. Of course since we made it, I'm not sure how well it will hold up. So I kindly ask him to put it down...and that it's just to hold pencils and to look at. He's not convinced that it isn't for a jam session!


We also got daddy a book. The title is Long Rifle . It has to do with a sniper over seas in Iraq and Afghanistan. Right up daddy's alley. He loves military books. Also there was a guitar game that he wanted, but it's not released yet. So I told him that when it comes out we'll go get it.

Daddy holding up his birthday card from Hunt.

Hugs!

Not sure what Hunt is doing in this photo.

Helping daddy open up his present.


We had lunch at Red Robin..yummy...Saturday! Have you ever tried their Campfire sauce? Oh man how I love it! I'm so picky at eating sauce and I don't like mayo or mustard or even salad dressings. But this sauce...ohhhh boy! I do LOVE it! We were told by a waiter a while back that it was bar b que sauce and mayo mixed together. I'm scared to try to recreate it at home. So if anyone out there has ever heard of the "true" recipe for it...forward it on PLEASE!!!
For dinner daddy wanted to go to Sweetie Pie's and have some beef. Which was fine with me. It's probably the best steaks that we've found in a long time. You have to make a drive out to Decatur, but they are worth it. And don't forget if you go to get a slice of their pecan pie. Ken and Kel went to dinner with us.
We took some of the cake pops that Hunt and I made to enjoy after dinner. Everyone thought they were good, but I thought they could have been better. I think it was due to the fact that the icing I used to mix with the cake was a whipped type and not a simple frosting. They turned out kinda cut. I didn't have a cookie cutter that was needed to shape the cupcake shape. I had to shape them by hand.

Hunt helping make cakepops...







They kind of looked like mini cupcakes.

Of course Hunt had to try one! Look at that mouth...



After dinner, and since we were half way there, we decided to run up to the lake house. The lake was really down. We all could use some rain I know. With it being this low we won't be able to use the boat ramp at the lake house. We'll have to drive it around and launch it at a public ramp on the lake. Sort of a hassle.
But being there at the lake did make me miss the boat and I decided to start a count down until boating season. We usually get it out in May, so that means it's something like 53 days...yay!!! I'll be ready to throw on a swim suit and spend the weekends there. I'm sure we'll go up again before May. We'll need to do some cleaning up and mowing soon. Awww...those fun summer days!!!

Sunday was spent here at home. Although we did take a trip to Lowe's. I love Spring. And getting ready for it is nice. We needed grass seed and fertilizer. And I wanted to get some stuff for the garden and flower beds. We should have brought the truck...we came back with fencing and t-posts as well as bags of soil, seed, fertilizer, bird feed, flowers, plants, garden tools and other odds and ends. Hunt even got his own little person rake, hoe, shovel and trowel.

Today Hunt and I cleaned out the front flower bed and planted some flowers as well as the peony bulb and poppy seeds. Peonies and poppies are my favorite! I hope at least one comes up, but I'm not holding my breath on it.
Hunt was fascinated with the snails and grub worms. I took a few photos...






I guess that wraps up the past few days for us.
Have a good evening and we'll talk at you later...

boring...

A very slow week around here for us.

Not much going on at all... boring...

We made some sweet egg carton caterpillars in addition to our workbooks and other small craft and art activities.


Daddy finally got his truck back Thursday. Yay! Fingers crossed...we won't have any more problems. It still comes up with a mechanical code. It could be due to the power box that he has on it. It's a box that gives the truck more power to go faster and pull better. Hubs says he needs to contact the manufacturer and ask them about it. Maybe there's an update that needs to be run.

This coming Saturday is daddy's birthday. Hunt has started a birthday card for him and he'll finish it up later today or tomorrow. I'm planning on making some cake pops. They're really cute and seem easy enough to make. Tomorrow Hunt and I will go out and get his gift. We're meeting friends for dinner somewhere...hubs choice.
I'll post some photos of the pops if and when I get them made.

I've been so lazy lately.

So that's about it, told you...not much going on...

weekend, in a nut shell...

Here we are again, back from the weekend and ready to start the week.

It's still been pretty quiet around here. With not too much going on.

Saturday we attended a retirement party for two of hub's co-workers in Burleson. The couple worked together with hubs and both were retiring to their ranch near Hillsboro. Everyone meet at Spring Creek Bar-B-Que around lunch time and had lunch and visited. Invitation was given to us by the couple to come out and visit them sometimes. Go fishing in the lake or let Hunt ride the tractor or tend to the cows. So we'll have to make a day trip there sometimes.

After lunch we went to a TSC(Tractor Supply Company) store and then to two feed stores. TSC had some sweet bunnies they were selling, I guess since Easter isn't that far off. Hunt kept asking if we could buy one. I told him that I didn't think so. He had a nice time of petting them over and over and over.
At one of the feed stores I purchased 2 small tomato plants and some small onion plants as well as a small brussel sprout plant to. I thought what the heck...give um a try...since my tomato seeds didn't sprout anyway. So now I need to keep them alive until I think we won't have any more frosts so they can be planted outdoors.
At the other feed store hubs bought a small practice rope for Hunt and some fresh eggs.

Sunday we had dinner with hub's parents and brother and sister in law and little cousin. We went to Joe's Crab Shack and had some steamer bowls. Mine had 2 kinds of crab legs, sausage, shrimp, a corn on the cob and some new potatoes. It was VERY good and I ate it ALL!

So that was it, our weekend in a nut shell. Not too much. It's pretty sad that here lately the most I write about seems to be food...

Have a good week!...