been a very long time!!

It's been so long since I have been on here! Just finished reading all my old entries!! Made me so sad see how much they have grown!! Time is really flying by so incredibly fast!
A lot has happened in the past few years!! I'll be updating our blog in the next few days and will do a better job of posting!!

Liv Turns 4!!

I can't believe how fast the years have gone by!! Four years ago today, we had our first bundle! She was perfect and beautiful and still is today! It makes me sad to see her growing up and not "needing" me as much but at the same time is so exciting! She still "needs" me but just in many different ways! She is the light of my life and I enjoy every minute with her....trying times and all! She is funny and creative, loves dancing and drawing, loves her family and Jesus....and makes me proud of her everyday. She has finished her first year of preschool and loved it and now will start pre-k in the fall! This past weekend was my cousins wedding and how ironic it was that the weekend she turns 4 she also has her first dance with a boy! It gave us a little taste of what was to come later on down the road! Although Liv was very much a surprise to both Terry and I, it has been the BEST surprise we have ever had! She is our princess and we thank God everyday that he chose us to be her parents.

Seven Years!

Today, Terry & I are celebrating being married for 7 years! It doesn't seem like we have been married that long....that's a good thing, right??
I am so blessed to have him! Yes he has his faults...several of them:)...but at the end of the day I could not imagine my life without him or where I would be if I would have not met him 12 years ago this August! He is a wonderful husband, daddy and friend! We have 2 awesome kiddos and a growing business! God has been good to me and my family!
Happy Anniversary Terry!! I love you!!

Zoe turns 2!!!!!

Today Zoe turned 2!! I cannot believe how fast time has flown by!! It seems like yesterday that I had brought her home from the hospital! She is such a blessing and I love her to pieces!! I can't imagine my life without her and all the drama that comes with her! She is full of life and eventhough she is so demanding and bossy, she shows me the happiness that every day should bring. She loves her passy. She loves puppies and baby dolls, and loves to get a little dirty and play with toy cars. She doesn't talk much but still says plenty. She loves her big sis and follows right along in her foot steps. You ask her how old she is and she will tell you 3...guess she really does think she is as old as Liv! I thank God for these 2 years and am so excited to see what the next year will bring. I love watching my babies grow up but at the same time I wish they would stay little forever. Here are a few pictures of Zoe from day then til now!

Valentine's Day

Our Valentine's weekend was spent in Oklahoma so that we could be at 2 of our neices birthday parties. We have a neice that was born on February 14 and one born on February 15, a year apart. We had a great time! Before leaving town Friday though, Terry came home with a dozen red and white roses for me and flowers and a teddy bear for the girls. They loved it...and I did too! Its hard to believe that 8 years ago this Valentine's Terry proposed! After almost 5 years of dating, I had thought that it would never happen! It did though and I am thankful for him! He is a awesome husband and daddy. Not everything is always perfect but I cannot imagine how my life would be without him and my girls! Valentine's Day is not my favorite holiday but it is a special one. And to prove my TRUE LOVE for Terry...for Valentine's Day this year, I bought him tickets to Kenny G! It will be torture for me but Terry has always liked his music so we will be heading to WinStar Casino next Friday night for the concert. (and maybe some slot machines!!) I hope everyone had a great Valentine's Day!

This past week we had some extremely great weather! The girls and I took advantage of that and spent almost the whole day both this past Thursday and Friday outside! We had a couple of picnics, played ball, and went to the park. It was so nice!! Although we are in an ice storm warning now, with this Texas weather I am sure we will be outside playing in a few days!

I know that I have not stayed on top of this blog thing but you must know that the holidays are tremendously busy for us!! The month of December was total chaos! From the first week of the month having a very sick Zoe to graduations to Liv's choir program to graduations to a bad car accident to Liv's school program to a stomach bug that attacked Terry and I to Christmas to New Years and EVERYTHING in between.......what a very hectic month!! It seemed like my favorite time of year was very hard to enjoy!
December 13 made it that way when a kid ran a red light and nailed us in the side while I was making a left hand turn. It wasn't just me that the kid had no regard for but also my sister-in-law who was 7 weeks pregnant at that time, my 2 1/2 yr old neice, Zoe, Liv, and my mom. God was absolutely watching out for us that day seeing that we all walked away with only bumps and bruises even though it totalled out my suburban. The stresses of having a paid off truck totalled and looking to add another car payment to the budget were all I could think about! God has blessed us though and it has all worked out just as He promises!
Christmas did turn out to be a very wonderful time for us! We started on Christmas Eve morning when we open presents at my moms house! All Liv had begged for from Santa for well over a month was a "potty baby" that sits on her potty and then lifts her hands in praises that she "tt in the potty!!" To save ourselves from seperating 3 girls in an argument....Liv,Zoe, and my neice all 3 got their very own potty baby! They got so much stuff I think that it took the majority of the day undoing those twisty ties in the packages and putting stuff together! We spent the day at moms and then went to my Grandaddy and Grandmothers house that night for supper and a visit from Santa. Liv was the only one who liked him though so he didn't stay long. We read the Christmas story and sang Happy Birthday to Jesus before the girls opened more presents and then headed back to moms to spend the night.
We went to Terry's parents house for Christmas Day. The girls found more presents from Santa and enjoyed playing with their cousins. It was a whirlwind of 2 days but we had a great time!
December 30 was a great day too!! I became an aunt for the 5th time but this time to a nephew!! We are so excited about this baby boy but can see that he is in BIG trouble with all of these girls. See...counting all the cousins.....on my side we have 6 girls and on Terrys side there are 8!! You can see why we fear for the little guy!!
New Year's was pretty uneventful. When you have kids you can't really go do to much! We stayed at moms and played her new Wii system. It was good just to stay in and have that time together.
We all made it home finally this past Saturday after spending almost a full month in Oklahoma. It feels really good to be home and get back into the routine of things. If I can just get my kids well from a nagging cough we will all be good!!
I hope everyone had a great Christmas and New Years!