Believing Everyday

The 3 kids today

2009-10-01T18:08:00.000-07:00

Just thought I'd post pics of the 3 kids from today! Been meaning to post and have taken lots of pictures lately but just not much time to work on the blog lately!

Birthday

2009-09-28T07:40:00.000-07:00

Austin blowing out candles on his favorite carrot cake!

This is Austin's best friend Brandon. Saturday night we went to ride go carts and play video games.

Kori Jade getting ready to go out for Austin's b-day. She told me her hair first this time- instead of mine!! How thankful we are to live with our stylist!!

Kendall stopped by to wish Austin a happy birthday! And she even sang to him all by herself!

Avery enjoying a cupcake! What a cutie!

Austin turns 11!

2009-09-25T16:11:00.000-07:00

Here is Friday morning when Austin got up for his birthday! He chose banana bread for his breakfast. Of course I still made him eat fruit first to have a bit of balance! It is just so fun having a birthday in the house. He had a wonderful morning and then went to school. Kori and I went to Whole Foods to pick up the cupcakes we ordered and took them up to school. So fun seeing all the kids so excited to have an afternoon treat. Austin had football practice Friday evening so we celebrated the rest on Saturday. I shall post about it!

Presli and Dylan

2009-09-24T08:36:00.000-07:00

I know this is Presli and Kori but last weekend we had the pleasure of watching Lindsey's kids. We were so busy playing this is the only picture I got. Sorry Dylan! Was a wonderful night and all the kids made it awake to the very end! Kori was still fired up when they left and stayed up until 11!!

Football

2009-09-24T08:26:00.000-07:00

Ok- going to do so much better with posting.... starting now! Here are pics from last Saturday. Played on a beautiful field in Grand Prairie. Lost this one but they are all a blast to me! And Kori is always so good! She didn't have friends to sit and play with this game but she just sat and watched. I'm very excited Corey will be at the next game. Unless their later afternoon he misses them because of work. But he took off Saturday to celebrate Austin's birthday.

little bumblebee

2009-09-16T18:56:00.000-07:00

My cute little bee! This was Kori's bumblebee tutu for the last two Halloween's.

A few pictures from the week

2009-09-10T12:37:00.000-07:00

Had to put a small ponytail in Samson's hair to make his growing out manageable!

Our sweet friend Presli.

This handsome boy who just turned 5 with Kori. Dylan is very tall and very adorable. Kori said mama I love Dylan!

Kori at the Parks mall sitting on the kitten.

Pink Poodle

2009-09-09T12:42:00.000-07:00

Ok so I was way early on getting Kori her Halloween outfit! She is a pink poodle. This afternoon we tried it all on since we picked up some pink tights. It is absolutely adorable. She wanted to lay by the dog and kept saying "Samson, I'm a poodle too"!

Marshmallows

2009-09-06T06:59:00.000-07:00

These are the best marshmallows ever! We use them for smores and rice crispy treats. As I'm looking at the word crispy I'm trying to remember if the kellog brand cereal is spelled with a k or a c. I don't use that brand so I know my brand spells it with a c! lol Anyway you can actually eat these mellows plain and they are yummy! The thought of eating a big jet puff one sounds really gross! Corey said its funny I would take a pic of a bag of marshmallows!

Football

2009-09-05T19:33:00.000-07:00

Where is the football weather?? Will we ever wear jeans and a sweatshirt? Austin is #81 as you see and so stinking cute! We lost today but I must say Austin had some great plays. Also makes me want to run and tackle people! Take note we are the Arlington Sooners so we are top to bottom Sooner color. Hmmm... not my first choice. lol!

Play

2009-09-04T06:44:00.000-07:00

Just had to post more kitchen pics. Buying her the big kitchen for Christmas last year was the best thing she could have gotten. Only because not one day passes where she is not in it. And I mean for quite a while! The third pic is her and Samson first thin in morning. She has always ran out there and talked and sat with him the second she gets up but now she brings them a blanket to lay on. It is sooo sweet.

Whole Foods

2009-09-03T07:52:00.000-07:00

To bad I didn't have my camera this past Monday Funday. I had an appointment in Dallas so of course afterwards we went to Whole Foods on Preston. As you know Whole Foods is one of our favorite places to be! And only the only place we will eat out at. lol Anytime we are out of town we know where any Whole Foods may be. Anyway the new relocated one on Preston was so nice! I will be thinking of it in a bit when I am at out home Whole Foods here in Arlington! I guess its not a reason to pick up and move to Dallas or is it- since they are soon getting Pure Bliss there???

Friends

2009-09-03T07:46:00.000-07:00

Well this is from last Friday. After we took the girls to a little splash park Kendall came over for a bit to play. I just realized I'm making no time to blog and was more surprised to see I have not even been taking pictures! I really have to work on more pics of Austin. With him not being home and around me all day it is hard. He is sooo adorable in his football gear and I'm going to take pics at the game this weekend. They played at the huge field in Bedford last week and i whipped out my camera for it only to say no memory card! ugh! It was a fun game because the field was so big for the boys and it was dark since it started at 8.

Army Man

2009-08-28T07:16:00.000-07:00

Austin loves to put on these Army clothes that use to be Corey's and just pretend all kinds of cool stuff! He has done it for years. He came in from outside last night and just looked so adorable! I told him he needs to wear those when he is laying on the floor wrestling the dog! Can you believe our puppy is getting so big? He is taller than Kori when he stands. He is only 4 mos old but such a big sweetie!

So much fun

2009-08-27T18:30:00.000-07:00

This is going to be quick because I'm sleepy but Wednesday Kori and I went to the water feature park in Mansfield and she had such a blast! It was realy a great time just watching her excitement!!

Fifth Grade!

2009-08-25T08:07:00.000-07:00

Monday morning was our first day of fifth grade. Wow! Where did the other school years go? Kori was not going to let Austin get his first day of school picture by alone so there she is with him in her pj's. Kori was concerned that Austin must be scared since he is all alone(meaning without me). Austin has great teachers this year- I have known them for several years since we workout together. Austin said himself that he will be extra good this year since he would be embarrassed not to be since I see his teachers often! Ya!!

Back to School and Church

2009-08-24T20:29:00.000-07:00

Well this past weekend Mema came back to visit. It's always so wonderful having her here but its never long enough. Sunday we left Kori here with Mema and we just took Austin to church. It was nice to be able to focus on him a bit extra right before his new school year started. Before service started they had all of the kids go up on and around the stage. I wish I would had brought the camera. It was an amazing sight. We then had a back to school prayer for our kids and it was just the greatest feeling. I was so thankful for Austin to be a part of this much needed prayer at our church. I felt so tearful and as I'm writing this I'm not sure why I was trying so hard to hold the tears in!! I also learned every Sunday counting all 3 services we have over 2000 kids come through the youth department. Incredible!

Kori and Kendall

2009-08-18T20:14:00.000-07:00

Time has flown by and I have not posted anything! I didn't know where to even start and thats when I seen this picture from last week of Kori and Kendall (Eva's baby). They decided to play in Samson's kennel. It is so sweet and cute to just sit back and listen to te conversations of two 2 year olds. During play-doh time Kendall started singing "Jesus loves me this I know"- and Kori joined in! So so so sweet. I see a beautiful friendship forever!

Circus

2009-08-15T13:46:00.000-07:00

This past Wednesday evening we went to the circus! It was so much fun. Corey already knows exactly where he wants us to sit next year! lol The kids both loved it and we were surprised Kori sat in her chair the whole time except when she seen the man who was walking around selling "hats" she said she wanted one to daddy. She is wearing it up in the picture. What a great show- of course the next day I had to look online at what the protesters were saying about the elephants and even after being directed to the PETA sight I still didn't see anything wrong but hey we all don't see everything the same, do we??

Girls

2009-08-12T10:35:00.000-07:00

This is Kori sitting with her new friend Maddie at Austin's football game. And Maddie's sister. They sat in this little circle for half the game looking and playing with Kori's baby. It was sooo cute! Kori was so proud you could tell. I love that she is loving babies. A natural little mama!

Football

2009-08-12T06:27:00.000-07:00

I just can't find the time to post!! Anyone who I talk with knows I keep saying football is taking over!! With 4 practices a week and now a game every Saturday and driving we spend about 12 hrs a week at football! Last Saturday was our first pregame. We lost by 1 touchdown but it was really cool watching him on a real football field this year. Austin played the entire game which was a big deal because they have over 30 players. I was so proud!!

Big Girl Bed

2009-08-02T18:18:00.000-07:00

This is Kori's first "real" bed! It's so cute. I figured a platform bed would be perfect in case of a roll off. And she picked out her own bedding. As you see it was a good choice. Now every since she was about 14 months old she came to sleep with us! Surprising we were a bit sad to move her out. I had no clue how she would do but last night was night 3 and she has slept all night until about 5 and comes to our room and I love her little voice saying mama and waiting at our bed! I have to add how wonderful Sunday has been today. We had to be at church by 8 :15. yikes!! VBS kids sang for us before service. I learned that we had around 900 kids this year at VBS and 455 volunteers!! That is Amazing! God is doing wonderful things at Crossroads!

Skateboarding

2009-08-01T06:22:00.000-07:00

Austin saves his money and seldom will buy anything. Every now and then when he decides he wants a bigger item I always remind him of how much money he has. And usually he quickly decides maybe he doesn't need it! But last weekend he decided he wanted a nice skateboard. So this is what he and his friend Jared have been doing lately. He's pretty good! Corey got him the awesome helmet. He has decided to wear that one on his bike to instead of his bike one. I have seen Austin in the shirt he has on in the picture everyday this week and I loved it! That is the VBS shirt this year at church. It was an amazing week at Crossroads this week! I can't wait to see the show the VBS kids put on for us at church tomorrow. All the huge animals our church had displayed everywhere were the one's from Cabella's!! Who knew you could rent them??

Water Balloons!

2009-07-31T05:53:00.000-07:00

At Kroger they have all the summer fun on sale so I picked up a big tube of water balloons. Yesterday Austin and I filled a bunch up and played catch while Kori threw them and cracked up when they broke. The picture of her is right after getting hit with one. It was a lot of fun- especially when Austin took over the job of filling them up! We will have to do some more very soon!

Lots of Cooking

2009-07-30T08:17:00.000-07:00

This is the kitchen that Santa brought for Kori last year. I can't believe how much cooking she does everyday. She cooks all through breakfast and after she eats dinner everyday. And of course at other times from day to day but breakfast and dinner she will be in there for quite a while. She now even makes dishes and drinks for Samson. It's a bit messy in there and we all take turns organizing it. I told Austin this morning it is one of his chores today. Anyway- a big kitchen was a great investment!!

Summer!

2009-07-29T13:41:00.000-07:00

Look at theses cuties!! Summer can be a lot of work. lol But also an opportunity of work to shape the kiddos. I really got to laughing at a few challenges I had with the kids today and was thinking how exciting it will be to throw another little personality into the mix. This afternoon we get to meet Eva and the girls at the gym. Ya!!

Bath Time

2009-07-29T09:18:00.000-07:00

Corey works late on Tuesday nights so he got home about 10 min before the kids and I from football practice. Football ends at 8:45 so it makes a late night for Kori. Corey had her a bath ready lit with candles so it would be relaxing for her and then she could quickly get to bed. How sweet I thought. Corey always thinks of thoughtful little things. And by the way- nice looking arm daddy!

Samson

2009-07-27T20:46:00.001-07:00

Here is Samson last week laying in the kitchen. He's getting so big! Today was a big day for him because we had a dog trainer come out to the house to show us some things we could be doing with him. It went great and the kids got to practice with her here. We are excited to have some ideas on training him differ commands as we had not a clue where to start. He is doing good but I know he would sleep later if nobody was leaving for the gym early everyday but we can't miss our workouts so he will just have to be an early riser!

VBS

2009-07-27T20:36:00.001-07:00

Another week gone already???? I think I missed some days of blogging! This week is VBS at our church. Everyday from 9 until 12. The church had so many cool things out- so here is Austin in a few settings. It felt so good walking him in today and seeing the hundreds of blue t shirts that they were give to wear. The kids all had such big smiles. I left and was so thankful for all the wonderful people giving their time to make it a fantastic week. The youngest age to be dropped off is 3 and I told Corey next year Kori would be old enough and at the same time we were like no way would we or she be ready for that! Bless her heart its probably only hard for Corey and I!

Ready for some football?

2009-07-17T10:55:00.001-07:00

So I really wanted a picture of Austin in pads and helmet since last night was first padded up nite. This was Corey Tuesday night after he brought pads home. Last night as usual we were in a rush to get out the door that i didn't get the pic. Austin says take it another time! Austin survived the heat all padded up! Funny how he never even mentions the heat, only I do. lol I took Samson with us to practice because Kori said it would be fun. Needless to say it was not to fun. Over 100 outside even at 8 and he was hot and wanted to run around with all the kids!

Mom take a pic of us!

2009-07-13T15:35:00.000-07:00

Mom take a pic of us is what Kori says everyday to me as she gets positioned by the dog. I always grab the camera because she is so serious about it. Bust as I downloaded pictures it was so funny to see I have so many of Kori sitting by Samson in the kitchen.

Time for a pool!?

2009-07-11T15:06:00.000-07:00

Corey was in this plastic pool to! After I took the pic I asked him can this be the year we get our pool in the back?? Since we have talked about getting a salt water pool in our back yard during the off season. And Corey said probably we will probably need to enjoy a plastic one for another summer! I was just laughing thinking if we all get in this baby pool will we be able to handle ourselves in a big one??

Samson and Jake

2009-07-10T09:00:00.000-07:00

Eva and the girls brought over this morning to meet and play with Samson. They are 3 mos apart. Samson was a bit scared of his new big friend but was getting use to him at the end of their play date. Jake is 6 mos old and is so good looking! Samson ran to Eva's lap in that last pic. He knew he was at a safe place!! Eva really wins our kids and now our dog over. Ya Eva- kids and dogs love you?! That's suppose to be a good sign! lol

Video games!!

2009-07-08T14:19:00.000-07:00

Summer video game time is here! Kori gets sooo excited when Austin has friends over. Today I tried to tell Kori that Austin was having friend time and he said mom she can be up here! How sweet! I just finished putting food in the new fridge. Love it- I never thought I'd have a freezer on the bottom fridge! Thanks daddy!

Bye Mema!

2009-07-07T13:05:00.000-07:00

Awww! Yesterday was time to say bye to mema. Always a hard thing to do. We always take a pic outside before she goes and mema as you can tell is not smiling. She says we have to say goodbye before we get in the car. The time went by so fast when she was here I did not have time to post. Lots of playing went on and I love having Corey home an extra day. We got to spend a bit of time alone running around. Friday nite mema and I went to movie tavern for a funny movie. One downer was our fridge went out! Its only 2 yrs old but had a freon leak and is a goner!! Should we feel bummed?? Maybe but we actually picked out a much larger one and are pretty excited for it to arrive tomorrow. Anyway- bye mema! I'm pretty quick to start planning for her next trip down right after she leaves!

Miss U Austin!

2009-07-01T16:51:00.000-07:00

This pic is from Turner Falls but just missing Austin! He will be home on Sunday. Lindsey will be driving him as her parents live by Austins dad. That great because we can give baby Presli her bday gift on her bday! Have not had time to post as we have been so busy with house things and it would help if Corey and I didn't visit for an hr before we get started on projects! At 10pm. lol Mema comes tomorrow!! Ya! Always a very exciting time for us when she is here. We try to really take care of her like I wish we could all the time. Corey and I are going to sneak time alone here and there. We are going to work out together on Saturday for the first time in a yr or so.(I plan on being REALLY sore! Corey is way to hard on me! lol Friday I am going to the salon for a real appointment instead of our kitchen!! Happy week!

Smiles!

2009-06-29T12:17:00.000-07:00

Monday Funday- Busy Busy! Wanted to post this real quick- Kori thought this was super cool. Daddy in the crate. I had to run and get the camera. Been so busy painting and staying up way to late and early gym is hurting!!

B.A.R.F

2009-06-25T06:27:00.000-07:00

Biologically appropriate raw food(barf). lol Cracks me up so I thought I'd put it in here. After spending to much time researching what we should do and feed our dog he started the barf diet a week ago.This is Kori this morning sitting by him while he eats his raw chicken wing. Seemed funny at first but makes great sense. Unlike wishing the kids could stay small forever Corey and I both want the puppy to be his full size quick!!

Baby Presli

2009-06-24T12:57:00.000-07:00

Kori calls Prseli baby Presli! After all Kori is 2 and Presli will be turning 1 very soon. We were very excited to watch Presli this morning while her pretty mama went to have Corey do her hair. We took her to Ella Bella to meet Kendall and Avery at story time. Samson may be feeling left out today since there was just not much time to play with him with 2 toddlers here!

Monday Funday

2009-06-23T08:14:00.000-07:00

Monday funday went way to fast as usual. I just wish we could have a whole week here with Corey at home! One cool thing was we took Samson to Dr. Eva's with us for our adjustments and she gave Samson an adjustment! How cool is that? Your pretty amazing Eva! Just should have brought the camera though just like when Kori got her first one as a baby. We are trying to get mema's room painted and finished before she gets here. I think by the time Corey and I have any time we get to talking to much and only little gets done which means we will be doing a lot right before she gets here!

Happy Fathers Day!

2009-06-21T17:48:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Kori and I made daddy an angel food cake like we have done a lot of other times except this one did not turn out. What happened??? Same recipe as always. So we got rid of that and ran out to get choco chips to make cookies! Daddy came home with flowers for both of us girls. Kori loves it when daddy surprises her with flowers. She couldn't wait to show him the cookies and say"we have sumbin for you"! It was a great morning at church and a good afternoon outside. Happy Fathers Day!

Love my dog

2009-06-20T06:28:00.000-07:00

Love my dog is what Kori says all the time now. We will be at the store and she will just say love my dog mama! Austin called yesterday and asked if Samson remembers him. We decided for his papers his full name is Samson Coaco Callahan. Love it! I have always called Corey Coaco at times since I have first met him. And being Samson is dark brown I thought it was perfect! And... Corey did pick his first name. But its really going to fit him well. Already he is getting big and strong and alot of hair, just like the Samson he is named after!! We love you Samson!

Sweet

2009-06-19T06:06:00.000-07:00

I was looking through some pictures and this is last week I think but I wanted to throw it in. Avery and Kori hanging out with their band aids on. Avery is so sweet- really a little mama! Well realizing its Friday AGAIN already Kori has jumping class this morning so off to that. Looking forward to Fathers day weekend. Kori is excited to make dad a cake. She has already told him! Do 2year olds not keep secrets?? lol

Busy Busy

2009-06-18T10:16:00.000-07:00

Well Austin is at his dads for a couple of weeks and the days just seem so busy! Look how big Samson is already! Only have had him one week and he seems a lot bigger. Yesterday Kori and I went to pick up Austin's football pads and Kori of course tried them on and said I want to play to. I wish I would have had my camera yesterday as we got to spend time with our very good friends Kendall and Avery and of course Eva! I need to get a new picture of all the girls up!

Funny

2009-06-17T06:51:00.000-07:00

I thought these were just cute funny pics. Kori couldn't wait to try on Austins goggles. There are a few playgrounds through out the park so that is a very funny one of Austin swinging. And the last one I just loved how darn cute the car looked with the wagon on top! That is what the cabins looked liked which Kori called our little house.

Turner Falls

2009-06-16T06:30:00.000-07:00

This was one of my best times I've had at Turner Falls this year! I was not ready to go home. I was prepared for anything since we were bringing a puppy we've had for only a few days but he did amazing! Lots more pics to post later.

Checking Out!

2009-06-13T08:23:00.000-07:00

We are checking out today for a few days! Off to Turner Falls to the cabin until Monday afternoon. Always a fun get away. Lets see how Samson does! I should be able to get great pics of everyone since we will finally just be all together. Austin took some really good pictures of Samson and Kori in the wagon. We were having him practice riding since that is where he will need to be a bit.

Samson info

2009-06-11T11:55:00.000-07:00

Ok- I didn't have much time to write about the new baby earlier when I posted pics. He is way easier than I anticipated! He slept all night in his crate and is doing great on a leash. I'm not letting him roam all over until he matures. Thanks to the breeder and Eva for giving me great tips because I would have been clueless and its going really smooth! Kori thinks the crate is for her to. It's really funny. Last night we made a late night Whole Foods run to pick out treats and dog food. Couldn't decide on treats and Corey said just get both we are new at this. lol We will be taking him to Turner Falls on Sat. for a few days. Hoping he will like the wagon!!??? I have printed a lot of reading on natural pet care to read on the drive to Oklahoma so maybe we'll feel a bit more confident soon!

Welcome Samson!

2009-06-11T06:45:00.000-07:00

Found our puppy!

2009-06-10T09:08:00.000-07:00

Our puppy comes home today! He is 9 weeks old and is a very chocolate male standard poodle. Need to add handsome to. Pickup is at 3 and about an hour away so going to postpone nap until the car ride. I'm thinking Austin will nap to since he had a friend sleep over last nite. Back to the snaps he wanted to go buy a bunch last nite and him and his friend Brandon were entertained with those for a couple hrs. Their ideas were endless. I am very happy to say no more researching for the dog! I am very tired of the computer now! Of course a bit more research now that we have him on natural health care for our new furry family member!

Snaps!

2009-06-09T12:47:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to post real quick a picture of the kids throwing snaps. They had a blast- Kori learned quickly its funny to throw by Austin's feet. We will be picking up more soon!

Hour of Power!

2009-06-07T15:47:00.000-07:00

The gym- today was body pump but I use to find spinning a real challenge and 4:55am I hop on my bike close my eyes and pray for an hour of power and focus. Works every time, its always a time to get lost in the music and enjoy the pain!! Not a single other thought. Best therapy out there! lol Normally I don't say my hr of power prayer before bodypump but did today. Needed the boost and then finished it off with some hard stair stepping. After I got home we went to Lowes and bought about 70 bricks for a project on our patio and I picked them off the cart and would hand them to Corey and Kori Jade said"mama soo strong"!! Sweet baby girl! Daddy told her you have the strongest mama out there! So nice of Corey but what he doesn't know is that when the gym hurts sooo bad and I can't think I can do anymore I think of Corey at the gym pushing as hard as he can and knowing if he were with me he'd say keep going you can do it!!

Austin's friend Zach invited him to go tubing today so after today and 4 hrs of football camp yesterday I'm thinking he is going to be worn out and in need of a trip to Dr. Eva!! Which by the way Eva did I mention you are going to be our new vet??????? (please)??

Dog!

2009-06-06T06:37:00.000-07:00

We are getting a dog! I have spent so much time lately trying to find our new dog. A chocolate standard poodle. I received one call yesterday that there may be one we can put a deposit on that was born Thursday night. It may be a week before we find out so we are praying this one will be for us and if not we'll know he wasn't for us. This breeder said their are black ones due June 25th so we'll see. We are ready to get the word and go get him some things. I told Corey I don't care on the name- I just really wanted him to be dark chocolate.

Time Flying

2009-06-06T06:24:00.000-07:00

This is a pic of Kori at her last jumping class at pump it up. Wanted to throw it in. I've gotten behind on blogging as its just been a busy time. Tuesday somebody broke into our house while I was at Austin's school all day. So that took up a lot of the week- just the doorman a few days and the shock!! A friend of mine ask me how Corey took it because she said he usually seems a bit reserved and wondered how he reacted. When I really started thinking about it I realized just how thankful I am about how Corey reacts to all situations. CALM! lol In return it makes me feel that way to. I have never seen him act out of control no matter what has happened. Watching someone yell out of control back in April had made me think wow I have never heard Corey yell. Anyway Praise God!

Fourth Grade Party

2009-06-02T09:59:00.000-07:00

Austin had awards in the morning and his end of year party pretty much the rest of the day at the rec center. So it was another big day in the sun for Kori. I can not believe another school year is done! Austin had a great school year with all A's and B's. Good job Austin!!

Six Flags

2009-06-01T09:48:00.000-07:00

Monday funday was Six Flags!! We surprised Austin and he was very excited. This was Kori's first time there and there is quite a bit for her to ride. There were not any lines at the rides! That always makes it soooo fun. Austin and i would run and just hop on. Before Austin rode any of the big ones he wanted tp ride some small ones with her. I thought that was so sweet. After over six hrs I thought how wonderful the day was. No nap and alot of sun and Kori was just as pleasant as she was when the day started. Not one whine! Sweet girl!

Scooters

2009-06-01T06:29:00.000-07:00

It's so cute when Austin and Kori ride their scooters together! Austin does some really cool tricks and Kori will jump on hers trying to copy. Austin makes it look so easy but I just can't manage it the same way he does! Today we are picking up Austin early to surprise him with a six flags day! He is going to be SOOO surprised!

Suddenly taller?

2009-05-29T14:49:00.000-07:00

These are from Kori today. Maybe its her clothes but watching her play today I thought did you grow over night?? She just looks taller today! Maybe that was the cause of her 3 hr nap yesterday!!

Ya! Friday!

2009-05-29T06:41:00.000-07:00

I was realizing I haven't had time to post these past couple of days. It's been a busy week but I can't even think what all has gone on! Wednesday we did our weekly playing with Lindsey, Dylan ,and Presli. Always such a great time. I look forward to getting to hold Presli every week, she is so sweet and has the biggest smile just like her mama! I keep trying to encourage Lindsey to be busy so she can drop off that baby at my house!! But if anyone knows how hard it may be to drop off their baby- that would be me!! lol since I have only dropped off Kori one time at Eva's! And one other time Lindsey came to our house to watch Kori for just a few hours. Thursday we got to meet Melissa's baby girl Claire. She is only 9 weeks old so she seemed so small. Amazing how you forget tso fast how little they are. She was a really pretty baby and mama was glowing! Kori rocked her in her carrier and said later she wants her OWN baby! All in good time if its God's will I told her! Going to a water feature park for toddlers if its open today so I will have to take pics to post. This sunny summer weather is just wonderful!! It makes me hardly be able to wait until we got to Turner Falls to the cabin for a few nights and get to spend time with daddy!

Monday Funday

2009-05-26T14:36:00.000-07:00

Just wanted to post pics of 2 of my cuties from Monday!!

Breakfast

2009-05-26T14:30:00.000-07:00

Here we are at breakfast! Finally grabbed the camera this time. Kori hops on Austin's chair and scoots to the side and waits for Austin and then she tells him "there is enough room to share". How cute and the great brother he is he sits in the space provided!!

Good Times

2009-05-24T11:14:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was really a great refreshing day. Kori and I had a slow morning and then went to Whole Foods to get food for grilling. Kori had a great idea to pick out new fingernail polish while we were there. She picked out a very bright pink that is super cute. We couldn't get home quick enough to paint her fingers and toes. She got to wear both of her swimsuits yesterday. The brown she put on last night and its hard to tell in the pic but she is eating an onion. Eating it like a fruit strip.lol!! Daddy got home and he sent me off for a really nice pedicure and took out Kori for errands. After pretty flowers and a wonderful card and then a pedicure I was like wow I must be being a fantastic wife!! Corey grilled some great dinner and after Kori went down we sat out at the fire pit and made smores. Sooooo good! The chocolate bar I bought at WF was 91% coaco so I told Corey eat up its good for ya! Anyway good times! Looking forward to summer evenings outside.

Walmart

2009-05-23T06:36:00.000-07:00

We are one of many families who make many evening Walmart trips. Last night being our second night to go to Walmart during Kori's bedtime! What are we thinking?? Probably not our fault since the new on is SO close. We bought Kori a plastic pool and Austin we thought we'd surprise with a new scooter! So it was a fun trip. As we were in the parking lot and Corey was tying the pool to the rack of the FJ I just laughed to myself thinking how much I enjoy these silly things like watching him get it all tied up. Well the laughter may have come from thinking of last year when we got her pool home. It was the same pool in pink but we didn't have the FJ Cruiser and we put it on top of the Grand Prix and and held it w/ our hands sticking out the window!!!!! People were laughing and so were we! But its the things like that where I am so thankful to have Corey because we have quite of few stories like that! Anyway- no Walmart tonight! We have planned to cook out and lite the firepit and let Kori swim in the dark. Austin would love that because he loves the fire but he is gone for the weekend.

Corey

2009-05-22T09:59:00.000-07:00

I just do not have many pictures of my big Corey! Big Corey is what Austin calls Corey which Corey loves! Last night I shot this pic real quick so I could get him on. I am going to get some pics of him this weekend for sure. In fact I think summer is about the only time I take more pictures of Corey. Anyway- Friday! Praise God for the weekend. Such a treat to have daddy home. He has been working to much! I know that is a blessing but we miss him!!

Field Day!

2009-05-20T12:29:00.000-07:00

What PERFECT weather for field day!! So fun seeing all the kids so excited! Lets not forget the excitement Kori Jade had either!! She made a lot of little friends quickly. Austin did really good. I was cracking up when I seen his class t-shirt had turned into a muscle shirt. How cute!

Summer Fruit

2009-05-20T07:09:00.000-07:00

Last night I was feeling run down and never ran to the store like I planned. Its very seldom that I will ask Corey to stop after work- especially when he gets off at 8 like on Tuesdays. I told him to pick up fruit for Kori's breakfast and he brought home this beautiful organic pineapple, cantaloupe, and oranges! Well when she got up she wanted all 3 so it was a morning of fruit cutting.

Outside Fun

2009-05-19T07:14:00.000-07:00

Just trying to post some pics! This was yesterday on our back patio. We played in the sandbox, did some chalk drawing and sat at the outside table.

Water Park in May

2009-05-17T06:18:00.000-07:00

What a great day Sunday was! We woke up a bit late and was moving slow. We needed to make early church because at noon the church had Hawaiian Falls rented out until 7 and Austin and his friend were VERY pumped up about it and wanted to start the swimming fun right at 12. In May??? BRRRRR I was thinking we were moving to slow and were maybe going to miss church. All I needed to hear was Corey say we really need to make sure we get to church. So 35 min I had us all up fed and dressed and in the car. So thankful for Corey to making sure we were where we needed to be!! Kori got to do some errand running with daddy alone which she loves and I did gym and cleaning and even lounging while they were out! Austin crashed soon after swimming and we let Kori stay up way to late! She is just so sweet though. She was twirling in circles and we ere watching again Business of Being Born. Love that and now its been playing on Showtime. I was reminded just how blessed and thankful I am for knowledge Corey and I have received about the things important to us!!

Joe Joe's

2009-05-14T14:15:00.000-07:00

Joe Joe's is what Kori calls Austin't action men. Austin has always called them Joe's. She LOVES it when she gets to play them with Austin. Austin styill plays them every evening at least- but normally without Kori! Today after school he must have been in in a great mood to let her play with them to! Kori and I had a great day of shopping. She was soooo excited to go get new shoes and she found two great pairs at Stride Rite.

After bath

2009-05-13T21:19:00.000-07:00

This is the first pic I have taken in a few days! Just thought she looked so cute after bath tonite. I am going to do so much better remembering to take pics next Wed. when we play with Dylan and Presli. I once again today brought the camera on our playtime at the park but didn't remember to get it out.

Monday Funday

2009-05-11T05:32:00.000-07:00

Not to much going on this past Monday Funday but fun of course! Slept in and skipped spin class! Felt good. lol A guy came out and fixed 2 rock chips on the car window. Then we went to Central Market and we ended up walking the whole store for a while. Amazing how much fun we have at Whole Foods and Central. Its like its our first time there every time. Since Coreys weekend is Sunday-Monday yesterday was still Mothers Day since your suppose to get the weekend. So one more day I didn't have to clean or cook! Ya!

Happy Mothers Day!

2009-05-10T16:24:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful Mothers Day! One of my favorite church days. Corey missed it since Kori was just not wanting daddy to leave her today at church. Praise God for the way daddy cares for her. It's very sweet. I on the other hand was getting to hear truth about mothers and hearing encouragement much needed! How refreshing. I want that picture to keep growing. Being a mommy feels more and more important everyday. Thank you family for making me feel so special today!

Thankful!

2009-05-08T06:11:00.000-07:00

This morning got really busy. I did spin class from 5-5:30 and then Bodypump for an hour. After that I had to pick up something from Kroger. I rushed home to get the pancakes going because Friday is one of our pancake days. Austin eats first and that's when I realized we only have a bit of maple syrup left!! I don't use any because I like almond butter on mine and of course Kori eats hers plain but..... what about Corey?? I felt sad about that and he said its ok I can eat them plain. I knew this would be the only time Corey could sit and eat all the way until he came home from work. I told Austin eat get ready and wait for me by the door because I'm running out to store #2 all by 7:30! Of course by little helper runs for her shoes and off we go for syrup. I got to laughing on the way home from taking Austin t school because I had done 2 gym classes, 2 stores, made the cakes, the lunches and had Austin to school all by 7:45. It really hit me how thankful I am to just be able to do all that. Physically and mentally!

What a great day!

2009-05-06T10:54:00.000-07:00

Today started with Kori getting her hair done before her jumping class. How blessed to have daddy as a personal hairdresser! After lunch we met Lindsey Dylan and Presli at the park. I wish I had a pic to post. They are a stunning looking mama and kids. I really thought wow!! The park was fantastic and I could probably never get enough visiting time with Lindsey. I sure did not want to give Presli back to her! I got to hold her the entire time almost! Later that day Eva and I tried a differ class at the gym and Austin and Kori got to play with Avery and Kendall. I couldn't help to feel so thankful for getting to spend time with great friends today! They are just as beautiful inside as they are out. Praise God for them!!

Monday Funday

2009-05-04T16:41:00.000-07:00

Austin and I ran to Whole Foods today and he picked Kori a treat out of the basket when you check out since she wasn't there to pick her own. He picked the little orange(that's what he called it) I think its a clementine?? Anyway I was so shocked that she could peel the whole thing by herself! She is just growing up I guess!

Yes Austin is using an ax!! Corey and him were chopping some cedar for our fire pit. How could I forget marshmallows from Whole Foods?? Austin did a good job but I was scared watching him!! As any mother would be, right?

Brother love

2009-04-30T06:41:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I realize Austin has way more patience than I thought. Kori of course thinks the chore of trash and recycle is way more fun than Austin thinks it is. This is them this morning and instead of Austin running it out he takes the time to go VERY slow as Kori carrys one end. It's very sweet watching them together. She wants to do (and say-oh no) everything Austin does!!

Mornings

2009-04-29T13:41:00.000-07:00

Every morning Kori gets up and only wants mama for about 10 min. After that she will stand on her own. lol I first make Austin's breakfast and while I do that Kori will help put together Austin's lunch. I think in another half yr she can just wake up and do it all herself! I put it all out and baggies next to it and she puts it all in bags. Now she has been doing this close to a yr. It's sooo cute and she loves it. After that Kori will drink her protein and then go brush her teeth with Austin. Her and I then take Austin to school and we come back home and make Corey's lunch and then his breakfast. After Corey leaves Kori drinks her wonderful goats milk while I sit down to eat. We have quite the morning routine!

Smiles

2009-04-28T15:40:00.000-07:00

Two of the pics were from the mall today. I told Kori last night at bedtime we could go to the mall in the morning to play. First thing when she got up today she wanted to get dressed and then she said "ready for mall"!!! The other one is Monday Funday and its my Corey and Kori playing in the rain!! That is one awesome thing about daddy- he does all the fun stuff like that I would never do! Thanks daddy!

Play-Doh!

2009-04-27T06:14:00.000-07:00

This is how my kitchen table looks everyday now! We play so much play-doh at my house I don't even pick it up everyday. And I mean all of us! You should have seen the play doh pizza I made yesterday! lol Corey to be expected is very creative and his things make him look like a professional play-doh player. Simple cheap and endless hours of entertainment!

Glasses

2009-04-26T06:13:00.000-07:00

Austin just got his new glasses in the mail yesterday from mema. He had gotten a new eye exam when we were up there. He only needs to use them for reading. The past two yrs he hadn't worn any as he said he didn't need them! He's actually excited about these ones so we'll see how it goes. This picture is this morning of him reading when he got up. Handsome Austin!

Wagon

2009-04-24T18:58:00.000-07:00

Corey has been asking me to order this wagon before our Turner Falls trips this summer. He LOVES the tires. lol Of course I thought its to expensive so before ordering it from Walmart I checked Craigs List and there one was! Used twice for a third of the cost. Praise God for always taking care of our needs!

Veggie Patrol

2009-04-24T06:42:00.000-07:00

I have been thinking quite a bit lately just how much I am thinking about and monitoring my families intake of veggies! Knowing that I'm the one who thinks and prepares all the meals I know I'm responsible if enough veggies are not being ate. And with kids it can be a challenge. Although even at time Corey is like I think I need more salad! Poor Austin- just when he think he is eating alot of them then I start talking about maybe needing more green leafy ones or some other colors that we hadn't had in a while. For the first time with Kori the other day I even had to tell her the famous line of "well if you don't eat your veggie first then there is nothing else". That one has always worked for Austin. Being that Kori is home with me all day she gets veggies at lunch. I start thinking of Austins lunch and I think ok after school snack will be 2 differ fruits! lol So thats how I started thinking I am on veggie patrol everyday. I told Corey its funny but this is a huge part of my job taking care of my family veggie needs! As usual(and thankfully) he answers with "one more reason I can only be with you" Awwww!

Money For Jesus

2009-04-23T06:52:00.000-07:00

This was so precious I just wanted to put this in here. First let me add this was one of our pancake days. Everyone gets up so excited when they see the pancakes making! Kori came down the hall as I was making them and wanted to help. I was holding her and I heard her say "money for Jesus mama" She was looking at some money Corey folds a certain way for tithe that he hadn't put up yet. I know Corey has told her all about the "money for Jesus" before.
Thank you so much to daddy for showing our kids daily about giving to Jesus first before anything else.

Hair

2009-04-23T04:36:00.000-07:00

Last night Corey had an updo class and he asked me to be his long haired model. How fun! Believe it or not this was the first time we have ever dropped Kori off anywhere to be babysat. I dropped her and Austin off at Eva's at 5:45. She did great! Why would I even think twice about it? She LOVES Eva! Austin I think loves her more than he though to. He's wondering when he's going back!! I had a nice time at the class being with Corey. Not working with him anymore I forgot how awesome it is watching him work. He is so talented and I love watching him. The hair was fun. Kori will soon know its such a blessing to have our own personal stylist!

Daddy's girl

2009-04-22T08:42:00.000-07:00

We came home yesterday from Kansas and it was 90 degrees outside!! We were so happy to feel the hot sun and to be back. Normally Corey works until 8 on Tuesdays. We got back at 11am so we had the whole day with him. Kori wanted to be and play with daddy all day! That's not the norm so he was soooo happy. Kept saying it was his lucky day and even motivated him to get alot done since he has a little helper. It felt very strange for me not to have her at my side all day. I missed her! Austin waited for his friends to get home from school so he was out playing football until 8. 5:30 I thought well I will just go to the gym! I didn't know what to do with myself without my little shadow. So happy to see daddy glowing though as Kori followed him all day!

Mema

2009-04-21T14:57:00.000-07:00

We had been visiting Mema in Kansas this past week for her birthday. What a nice break! Austin and Kori adore Mema. This trip Kori decided she wanted to take a lot of mema's things home to our house. Mema was fine with it!! As you see Kori is the only girl. There she is with her handsome brother and cousins. The other pic is mema Kori and Austin at the Bass Pro Shop. Austin is to excited about his fishing pole.

Kansas Park

2009-04-17T08:37:00.000-07:00

A couple pics from the park Friday. Kids had a blast and it was one of the warmer days we were there.

Easter!

2009-04-12T20:15:00.000-07:00

What a wonderful day! We went to Sat. nite church that our church added for Easter so we slept in today! 8:30! How nice. Kori was very excited to dress up and go to church on Sat. I think it felt much differ than early Sunday church. This afternoon Kori went on an egg hunt in the backyard and thought it was so much fun. She was running!! Austin was gone for the weekend at his dads but came home with a new skateboard. Already full of tricks! Maybe it was the pound of jelly belly's he ate?? lol What a wonderful weekend!

Easter eggs

2009-04-09T10:14:00.000-07:00

Corey blow drying his egg! He can make anything look perfect. So creative and full of great ideas! As you see Kori thinks its sooo funny.

Austin hard at work. He was busy making multi colored eggs. He soon was shirtless as he was getting pretty creative himself!

This is Kori waiting to get started. We were like where do her patience come from??? Corey said all the EFA's she takes!!

Well done!!

Car fun

2009-04-07T17:45:00.000-07:00

Kori loves to play in the car and she usually gets to on Mondays when she is in garage working with daddy. This Monday we finally got the patio furniture so she was sooo excited when we took out her car seat to fold the seat down. A lot of play room! I thought she looked so cute here sitting in the front.

Jump

2009-04-07T17:00:00.000-07:00

Kori can talk all or one of into jumping with her everyday! This is this afternoon after Austin got home from school. Austin has no fear and after years of jumping he can do some really big tricks. I am shocked by the balance Kori has because I will jump as high as I can and she jumps right along and keeps herself up.

Farm

2009-04-04T10:49:00.000-07:00

We drove out to the Keller farm to pick up milk and eggs. It always feels so peaceful at the farms. Here is the kids petting the goats. Austin wanted to stay and I was thinking how nice it would be having a whole day at any of the farms we visit. Such a change of pace. The excitement of Kori screaming "animals" is so neat.

Sweet Sound

2009-04-04T07:58:00.000-07:00

This morning I heard the sweetest sound. It was about 6am and Kori was asleep beside me. Of course it was really dark in the room. I awoke to the most precious giggle. I soon realized she was sleeping and laughing away in her sleep. I really needed to hear this, this morning. I snuggled her and thanked God.

Onions

2009-04-02T14:26:00.000-07:00

This is Kori yesterday when we were preparing dinner for the evening. I always let her help with every meal whether its stirring shaking the spice in or putting the veggies in after they are chopped. Well yesterday I told her you may not want to be the the onion because it sometimes will burn your eyes. Se kept saying she was ok and when I looked at her I saw these precious eyes!!

Pump it up

2009-04-02T06:28:00.000-07:00

Kori started a 10 week course called jumpstart at Pump It Up yesterday. It's every Wed. at 9:00. She loved it and kept saying class fun!!!! That slide is sooo big and I must brag Kori being almost the youngest and smallest was only one of two who climbed on up alone and made it! Go Kori!

Handsome

2009-04-02T06:24:00.000-07:00

Austin before school yesterday. They had class pictures. Austin is so handsome I don't know what I'll do with him!! We get so many calls from little girls. Most of the time I don't even tell him! He says its boring to sit and talk to them. Good!

Nice day

2009-03-31T19:45:00.000-07:00

What a great day today was. Last night was up several times. I'm thinking it was teeth because she was fine today. Not even cranky! Now me on the other hand around 10am was feeling REALLY sleepy. I blame that on the gym at 5:30 after only a few hrs of sleep. Who knows what it would take for me to really think I should just skip the class!!?? So at 10:30am I told Kori mama was tired and that I'd be joining her for nap today. I said let me know when your ready(hoping it could be like 2 hrs sooner than normal) lol!! Like 10 min. later she said "I'm gonna hop on in" meaning bed. She is so sweet that I don't even have the words to explain! After nap we ate and believe it or not went and looked again at patio furniture. Then Ulta which she loves that store. Thought we'd do that one before school let out because Austin would be asking to wait outside! We picked up Austin and then went across the street to walk around the cemetery. My kids love doing that! I must admit I like it to even though I've read all the stones several times. They chased grasshoppers. To cute!

Hard worker

2009-03-31T05:21:00.000-07:00

Monday was great as they all are! Kori gets to spend a lot of time with daddy getting much more dirty than on her days only with me. They were busy digging trying to get the dirt ready for a garden. Yummy! I got to go and relax a bit alone getting my pedicure Corey set up for me. Much needed. We also shopped some more for patio furniture. I insist on whatever we may buy that I check out every store to make sure its the best deal. Sometimes twice!! But Corey loves my bargain shopping so he didn't mind looking once again.

Lazy day

2009-03-29T16:19:00.000-07:00

It was such a great Saturday for being so cold out. Corey had to work of course but Austin and Kori and I decided to wear pj's and stay in for the day! If felt so cozy. I had considered a fire on this cold April day but realized I had just cleaned out the fireplace a few weeks ago! In the afternoon Kori was asking Austin for some bathtub fun so the great brother he is he filled up his tub and threw his trunks on!

Ouch

2009-03-27T12:08:00.000-07:00

The pain you just have to take sometimes! Thought this was too cute!