Easter

We went down to Pearland to celebrate Easter. We decided to do it on Saturday because it was suppose to rain on Sunday. We had a fantastic dinner of brisket, mashed potatoes, bread, corn and lots of yummy deserts. After dinner, the dads and older kids went out to hide the easter eggs and baskets. The tradition is to hide the baskets and they can't pick up any eggs until they find their baskets. I hid Spencer's basket up in a tree.






Tarren got his basket right in front because he is still little. He loved his basket and everything in it. He would pull out one thing and play with it then pull out the next. He only picked up one egg and then put it in his mouth.





After the egg hunt is done, they bring out the confetti eggs. It is fun to try and avoid being hit. No one is immune...not even Tarren. The confetti gets everywhere. It goes down your pants and sometimes you won't find it till hours later. I found some hiding in Tarren's diaper later that night. It is fun to smash the eggs, but it is a pain trying to get all of it out of your clothes.



On Monday, Spencer put a tire swing up in the tree in our front yard. It is fun to swing in. You can actually go pretty high. The first time Spencer pushed me I went so high my legs got scraped up in the tree branches. Spencer trimmed the tree so that won't happen any more. Tarren loves to swing in the tire swing.








Tarren is starting to walk a little better with help. He is using his walking wagon more. He is also standing up on his own without holding on to things. It is only for like 15 seconds, but it is something.

YEA FOR CLAPPING!!!

I had to post this little story real quick. So, yesterday at church before Tarren got sick all over me, he was alseep on my chest and he sat up with his eyes still closed clapped four times and layed back down. He never even woke up. Yes, my son sleep claps. Unfortunately for him, I think he is doomed when it comes to sleep walking/talking. Spencer slept walked as a child and I slept walked and talked as a child. I still do talk in my sleep according to Spencer. So...it should be a fun time for us. I do remember hearing funny stories of things I did in my sleep and I wish I could see them. I guess here is my opportunity. Yea for sleep walkers!!!

Spring Break 09 cont...

On thursday, we went to the zoo.





We went to the petting zoo. Tarren would just pet the ears of the goats.






We saw the piranhas. They had this neat tunnel you can go in.






On Saturday morning, we got up and went down to the park to go swimming. It was Tarren's first time in the water and I think he loved it. He enjoyed splashing around.





After that, we went to the rodeo. We sat on the tractors, went to the petting zoo, went to the farmer's market, got to see a live birth of a calf and we saw Brooks & Dunn that night. It was a blast. Oh and we got to have our fried twinkies/milky ways. Tarren was sooo good during the whole thing. He clapped along with the music and even tried to dance. It was cute. He is really getting good at the clapping thing. He loves to do it all of the time. On the way home, we were listening to a cd I bought that has a bunch of kid songs on it and Tarren was clapping along with the Bingo song. It was sooo cute. This whole week was a lot of fun and I am sad to see it end. I will be excited for when the summer comes. We can have more fun and exciting trips.

Spring Break 09

I was going to wait until the end of the week to post, but I figured the post would be way too long and I would probably leave out a whole bunch. So, I am posting a little at a time. Yesterday was the first day of Spring Break and it was nice to just relax at home. It was just Tarren and I for the most part. Spencer had to work. We went to the DPS to change the address on my drivers license and yes it has been two years since we moved to our house and I haven't changed it. I just haven't made the time to get it done. Unfortunately for me, I have a class B (so I can drive a bus) and I can't just change my address over the internet. So, we were there for about an hour. It wasn't too bad. The best part about it was that I didn't do my hair...I just bunned it and they had me take a new picture. So, that should be a lovely turnout of a picture and I get to keep it for 3 more years. After that, we went home and took a small nap. I LOVE naps!

I went for a jog with Tarren to the park. After I finished my run, I went inside and got paperwork so that we can go swimming on Wednesday. It should be pretty new and exciting. We went to the playground after that and he LOVED it. We tried out the swing first and I had to literally unpry his fingers to get him out. We probably would still be swinging if he had his way.

We went to the purple bouncy monster next. We pretty much got kicked off by a bunch of other kids. They were hovering and kept asking when we were going to be done. So, I just let him bounce a little and then left. Yes...I was bullied by a bunch of 4 &5 yr olds.

Our next stop was the slide. This wasn't as exciting to Tarren as I thought it would be. He seemed a little bored.

Last of all, we played in one of the tunnels. He wasn't quite sure what to do.

Today we went to the Blue Bell Factory. I have never been and this trip was probably more for me than it was for Tarren, but I think he really enjoyed it. Spencer, his mom, his brother, Tarren and I all hopped in the car around 9:30 this morning. We went up to Brenham. When we got there, we were really surprised at how long the line was. It weaved out into the parking lot. We got in line and were told that it was a good hour and half before we weould make it in. So, we stood in line. As we were in line, I decided to take a picture of Tarren and I actually caught him in the action of his new thing...putting his finger up his nose.

We finally made our way into the factory and it was really neat to see how everything works. After we came out, we ate our icecream...

played with the bucket and rode the cow...

we played frisbee and played on the train...

And last of all on our way out, we played with the bluebonnets

It was a very fun and exciting day for all of us. We left with a tummy full of icecream, lots of pictures and a t-shirt for all of us.

Another month...

So much has happened in the last month and I have not posted. So...here it is. At the beginning of the month, Spencer threw me a birthday party. It was great to see all of the fam. Spencer got me a beautiful ring with my birthstone in the middle.

He also got me a gift certificate to a spa. I am waiting to use that until I reach my workout goal. I would rather not have someone give me a massage and get to feel all of my mushy fat. I can't wait to use it though and I am hoping it will be by April. He also got me a fantastic pair of new shoes. LOVE THEM!! They go with almost everything!

So my birthday was a blast! I got everything I could ask for and more. Our next exciting day was Valentines Day. Spencer surprised me at work with a beautiful flower arrangement. The best part about the flowers are that they are made of wood. I can keep them FOREVER!!! :) I keep meaning to take a picture but I keep forgetting my camera. On Valentines Day, we stayed home and Spencer cooked a fantastic dinner of steaks, potatoes and corn. YUMMY!!! He got me a pair of earrings to match my ring.

At 91/2 months, Tarren finally crawled. He has gotten much better since the beginning and much faster. He will follow you around like a little puppy. It is cute.

It is amazing how fast they grow and develop. This month has been a great month! I am excited for March to come. Spring break is right around the corner! Yeah! We are hoping to go and do a few fun things during that week of vacation. We will see. :) I am sure there will be plenty of pictures to post. Spencer is taking Tarren on a Father/Son campout in a couple of weeks and that should be interesting. Tarren loves being outside, so I am sure they will have a blast. I haven't quite decided what I will do while they are gone. I have two weeks to think about it, but I am sure I will come up with something to preoccupy me. I will miss my two men!

How fast time flys

It is amazing how fast time flys. Tarren will be 9 months on Saturday. It does not seem like that much time has past since I had him. He is growing like a weed! He has his two bottom teeth in and is starting to get one on the top. He loves to chew on EVERYTHING! He loves to try anything that we are eating. When we are eating, he will just stare at you until you give him some. Once he has had a taste, he sits there with his mouth open ready for more. It reminds me of a baby bird. His personality is coming out more and more everyday. He is one funny little boy! His expressions are priceless. He still is quite the chunk. We are hoping that when he starts crawling it will just drop off and he will even out. He is not quite crawling yet. He wants to! He will start to try and lean that way and get up on one knee but once the other one comes out he plops to his belly. He is really good at scooting on his bottom. I put him down at one place and when I come back he is all the way across the room. He is trying to pull up on things, but he can't quite figure out how to get that much weight off the ground. He trys to pull his whole body up with just his arms. Yeah, that isn't happening. I do love that he is sooo huggable! He is just so squishy! I shall call him squishy and he shall be mine. He shall be my squishy! (For all of you that watch finding Nemo)

(At grandma's) You can see his two teeth.

Everything goes in the mouth...

The dog would go in his mouth too if he could catch her.

He still sticks his tongue out when you get him too smile.

He loves going to grandma's!

When it comes to Spencer and I, not too much has really happened. I was called to be the camp director for our ward. I don't know what it is, but this calling seems to keep popping up for me. In our last ward, I was called to go to camp. I think that it might have something to do with the fact that when I was a young woman I really did not enjoy camp that much. It is funny how that works. However, I might not even be able to go if the camp is too late. It will either be the first or second week in August. If it is the second, I won't be able to go because I start work on that Wednesday. We will see. We are almost done with basketball season. I have 3 more weeks and then it is on to tennis. I still can't believe how fast the year is going. Spencer is still working for Preventive part-time and going to school. We are looking forward to the warmer weather coming up so that we can start going to the park again and playing basketball and tennis. We have not been exercising as much as we should. Anyways, that is about it.

Oh the fun of after Thanksgiving Sales!!!

Spencer and I have been talking about getting a new t.v. for a very long time. When we saw the Wal-mart ad, we knew that the time for buying a t.v. had finally arrived. We didn't want to miss out on this sale! We went to Thanksgiving lunch at Aunt Estella's and then we headed back home around 6. My mom agreed to watch Tarren while we went to Wal-mart. We dropped him off around 9 and went to Wal-Mart. I know we are crazy! We found out where everything was suppose to be and went to the main area to sit. We were the first there. The line started to form around 10:30...so we weren't the only crazy ones. We played cards and made friends with the people in line. Around two, Spencer left to go sit by where the t.v.'s that we wanted were going to be placed. I stayed in the line I was at for the portable dvd player and there was a chance that my cousin Ricky wanted a 50" plasma. Around 4 a.m., the line was huge and people were starting to get anxious. This older hispanic lady came out of no where and sat next to me in line. We were all really confused. She had her grandaughter with her too. They asked the girl next to me where she got this vacuum and when she told her the grandaughter asked us if we would move the cart. We thought she meant the cart in front of her...so the girl said yes. When she left, we all started talking about it and tried to figure out if she was cutting or not. When she came back, I asked her what she was doing and told her the line was way back there. She acted like she didn't understand me. I got the lady behind me to ask her in spanish and she still just ignored us. Word travels fast and people down the line started getting worked up about her cutting. When the manager came out, they were all up there complaining. The hispanic lady tried to say she was there at 10:30. Well, the manager just ignored her and when he handed out tickets just passed her up. So, it all worked out. I got a ticket for the t.v. for Ricky. He came up there at 4 and we just said he was going to pay for it. No one fussed or anything. I got my portable dvd player and headed to the front to find Spencer. It took me at least 15 minutes to try and make it to the front. I can not believe how crowded it was. I felt sorry for the people in line because there was no way they were going to get anything.

Spencer's experience was a lot different. The t.v.'s were just stacked in the aisle. There was suppose to be a line, but it really was just a big crowd. People started coming out of nowhere and pushing and shoving...so before 5 Spencer just went ahead and grabbed our t.v.'s off the stack. He went and got all of the toys we wanted too and made it to the front to check out.

The car was stuffed to the top. We went to Academy afterwards and got a ping pong table. It was sooooo heavy. We had to put it on top of the car. When we got home, we started to set things up. It was like Christmas!!! I got to take an hour nap and Spencer didn't go to bed until we all went to bed at 6:30 that night. It was fun and crazy at the same time.

On another note, Tarren has started to get his bottom teeth in. He is sitting up really good by himself, but he is not crawling yet. He will scoot with this face on the floor, but he just can't get that big body off the ground. It is probably better for us. We can kind of keep him in one place.

I think that is all that has happened since the last time I wrote. Only three more weeks till Christmas break!!! I can't wait!! It has been fun being home with Tarren these last few days.