Spring Break Pics

Waiting in the back of the suberban for mom to
load the stoller for the stockyards! Later that
night we ate at Catfish Sam's. ...mmmmm.....


Ty pushing Olivia at our friend's the
Rupert's home. They have a GORGEOUS
backyard!

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Olivia chillin in the stroller waiting for the train to leave.

While Pop and Ty road the Turantula Train around

Fort Worth, Liv, Cita, and mom shopped and ate fudge :)

WOOHOO CHOO CHOO!!! Ya think Ty is excited?

All Aboard!

The talking Tree at The Rain Forest Cafe

The Giant LIZZARD!






My Maternal Grandfather reading to Ty in the waiting room at Aunt Linda's office. We surprised her for lunch!

Later that day we went back to 'Paw Paw's" house and Ty thouroughly enjoyed his dog Lulu








Cita, Great Aunt Linda and kiddoes

It rained one day so Cita made us play-dough!

Ty got his first dental check!






Sister is so silly!

The Lucas sisters surprised us with a visit and what a ball they all had in the sandbox!

21 Day Challenge

I have always heard that it takes 21 days to form a habit or discipline. I had the t.v. on today for special Liv time while Ty was down for rest time. We were playing on the floor and I heard a preview for an upcoming Oprah show where she is challenging a member of her staff to go without complaining for 21 days!!! She, being Oprah, responded with, " I think it would be hard to go 21 hours!" I have been pondering (that word shows my current location coming out in me doesn't it?!) the idea ever since .

I have a dear friend named Denise, whom I admire for SO many reasons, but mostly for her genuinely positive spirit. I have always wanted to be more like her in that way, well many ways actually. I think I do well at it when things are for the most part normal and good but things like my house being on the market and just not whole lot of showings has given me the revelation of how negative I can be when things are not going my way or on my time frame.

All of this leads me to take that challenge on myself in hopes of forming a habit of being positive. I would like to open that challenge to anyone who is reading. If you accept, comment so. We will have to go on the honors system and report if we are out of the game, myself included. I tend to be more successful at goals when there are others keeping me accountable.

I know that this something that God has always expected of me but I struggle and want to change. I will blog again in 21 days regarding the challenge to report the outcome. Those I see on a regular basis, feel free to call me out on anything you see or hear. I really want to know! I am mostly scared to tell Trent about it, but I know he will hold me to it which is what I need!

Have a great weekend!

Pictures from this past month

Sister used a spoon for the first time tonight! She did great! The rest of these were all taken over the course of the past month. I laugh because everytime It got quiet and I got suspicious of what havoc was going on.......I found them looking at books together! I was SO pleasantly surprised! Well we are off to spring break- hope everyone has a nice week!

update from the land of DIRT- YUK!

Explanation of these pics is written later below. I don't know how to put them where I want them within my writing!

Well we are all still dealing with the effects of breathing in dirt over the past two weeks. Olivia had a real hard time two weeks ago. She ended up with a severe double ear infection right after dealing with a tummy bug :( The good news is she is on the mend and eating better than ever! Its like she is making up for lost time! Yea for that, let's just hope it shows in her weight! I would love to turn her around and into a real carseat before she is two!

Trent's girls's came back from Temple placing third! It is the best they have ever done as a team in their conference despite the fact that they all played the worst he had ever seen! The weather wasn't real cooperative either but if they regain focus and all goes well, Tyler should be even better! I am so proud of him and the leader, example and coach that he is.

We had a great time spending time together this past weekend. We rented a few movies, and snuggled on the couch while going through SEVERAL boxes of kleenex due to all the sinus problems we are having!

There is a group of girl friends that I have been doing a casserole swap with over the past couple of years. Its really kind of deceiving to call it 'casserole' swap because a lot of the things exchanged are not exactly casseroles! I have ended up with some great crockpot meals, lasagna, chicken pot pie, etc. Anyhoo... there are 8 of us and we all make something freezable and get together to assemble/exchange about once every three months. It's great- I spend about $40.00 and go home with 8 different things to put in the freezer! This time another 'Taylor' joined so we will have 9!!! Well I decided to do Green Chicken Enchiladas this time. I made my monthly trip to Walmart Friday night ( yes monthly, a whole other post in itself) and had no place to store everything so I went ahead and made them yesterday afternoon. Ty was a great helper and did the stirring for me! This is the first time I have actually let him help in the kitchen. I am a little controlling I guess and learning to be more patient with the mess that might come along with that. Yesterday, no mess and he did a great job! I thought it was a monumental picture! Our exchange is not until next weekend but I will just take and help others assemble. If you do not already do something like this you should get a group together to, it doesn't matter how many and it saves you SO much time as well as money!

I have a few pictures that I will post later but March is going to be a full month for us and probably won't be blogging again until it is over. We have a class party this next weekend, Spring Break, a trip to the ENT for Olivia, as well as lots more tournaments. Basketball is over so no more reffing or stating for Trent! Yea for that! Those days he is in town we will be able to enjoy him! Happy March everyone!