peace out man

we tie dyed shirts with melissa and alexis last week. and one day this week we all wore them to the park. melissa was kind enough to snap this pic of the three of us in our same same shirts :)

snoozing

have i mentioned it was in the 80s today? so while grace was playing in the driveway, i laid out a quilt (remember making it mom? :) ) and creighton hung out on it while we watched her. i looked over and he had fallen asleep so i covered him up and grabbed the camera. i am a little jealous, though, i'd have loved to sleep outside with the breeze on my face.

stop and smell the flowers

this will start off as another griping about the weather. it is march. we are dressed in shorts, tank tops and heck, sometimes nakey. gah!

since she looked so stinking cute in her new summer clothes.

and creighton was sleeping,

and the iris are in bloom - seriously, blooming? it's not even spring yet!

i decided to take grace outside for a few pictures. she's a cutie isn't she?

awesome lighting

the bonus to being outside at sunset is awesome lighting for photos. thankfully everyone cooperated.

85 in Texas

it got up too 85 degrees today so yes, those are two naked babies you see and yes it was weather appropriate!

this morning melissa and i took creighton and her daughter alexis to the horse detachment's rehearsal. they practice twice a week and it is open to the public and FREE! it was great to watch and a great way to entertain kids. you can tour the barns 24/7 and did i mention FREE!

we had dinner over at melissa's and spent a long time playing in the front yard. today was somewhat of a freak day as it will only be in the low 70s tomorrow and the rest of the week.

tag i'm it

ok so i've been tagged by shannon and the rules are:

1. go to your 6th photo folder and post the 6th picture

2. post it and describe

3. tag some people

soooo this is my neighbor loretta making fortune cookies at my house about 6 weeks ago. we were making the cookies for our valentine's boxes for our hubbies. that'smy arm up there in the corner.

oh and grace had the stomach flu that afternoon so by the end of the day i had a lot of puke and cooking laundry.

and.. tag goes to laura, loretta, and gabs

volunteer of the month

i was honored tonight as the volunteer of the month for 3-8 cav at the first cav volunteer recognition ceremony. melissa and alexis came to video and take pictures for us. grace, creighton and alexis all went to childcare and melissa and i stayed for the ceremony.

first cav's rear detachment commander ltc (p) sauer and mrs bolger (general bolger's wife) presented each volunteer with a first cav necklace and a very nice certificate in a folder. it was a nice ceremony.

lots of people from our unit were there as well which helped make it special. :) oh, and since i knew this would be a photo op, i went and got beautified -- notice the new cut and color?

pics of us

a pic of neilson

http://www.forthoodsentinel.com/story.php?id=267

here's a link to an article about the recent events. if you look in the included picture you can see neilson as the third person in line.

i am evil

i make my children wear dorky headbands in hobby lobby and i photograph them. yes, you may start an organization to save my children from their heinous mommy.

mmmmm

grace and our friend alexis love to eat popsicles. the other night they were trading tastes and it was supercute. poor creighton had to look on with longing -- it won't be long before he can have a popsicle too!

new game

grace invented a new game today to entertain little man. he was sitting in the bumbo with the tray and grace would put the play food on it and tell him to eat whatever he wanted and he would swipe it all off with seriousness. it was funny to see them play. they really do love each other and have a good time making each other smile.

baby ballet

grace started ballet last week. the classes are offered through the post child and youth services. since neilson is deployed we get 4 months of classes free! double yay. so we are trying ballet this spring. so far she's had two classes and really enjoys it. she is the oldest in her class and it shows in her coordination. her teacher is a very nice young lady who trained with the alvin ailey dance company.

happy days and pictures

just a couple of pictures. the individual pictures of the kidlets are just us hanging out at home. the others are from grace's valentine's party at school.