Picture Day

Yesterday I scheduled an appointment at Picture People for my kids to get their picture taken. Little did I know that today was going to POUR down RAIN!!! So when we got to the mall it wasn't raining, but with my luck it was POURING when we were ready to leave. So I waited a little bit and then just ran to the car. I used the back of the expedition as a roof over the stroller so that I could shield the kids some from the down pouring rain. Luckily none of us melted...too much that is. Jayce thought it was way fun to get wet and he was laughing the entire time. Ryleigh didn't care either way. She was just glad to be with us :)

For Halloween this year I, along with the help of my mother-in-law, made the kids costumes. Jayce is going to Mickey Mouse and Ryleigh is going to be Minnie Mouse.


While we were there getting pictures I also decided to get Ryleigh's 4 month picture made. They turned out cute, but I wish the girl would have used a different background than white. The picture is super white and needs some contrast. Oh well...I was a little out of sorts with doing the changing of clothes and all that non-sense, so here's what we got for our sweet baby girl's 4 month pictures!

I've just got to say that I LOVE THIS DRESS!!!! My sister-in-law got it from an online garage sale and it is just the cutest!!! Ryleigh looks so precious in it. Thanks sis for such a great buy!!

Christmas in October?!

Monday night was an awesome night!!! I got to experience Christmas in October. My husband is notorious for doing last minute Christmas shopping. One year he got so busy with work he had two of our friends do his Christmas shopping for him because he was too busy to do it (this is when he worked at Fellowship). BUT this year he was very proud to do his Christmas shopping before Halloween and he even let me open my present. His reasoning was that I would see the withdrawl from the bank account and freak out that that much money was gone. He was probably right. So Monday night he came home with this!!!!

Ever since I have known Layne, which is 9 years now, he has wanted to convert me to become and apple user. I have always used a PC. But recently, I have been getting frustrated with things about my PC and he would say "if you had a mac then that wouldn't happen". So one day I told him, "well then get me a mac!!" I think that he was surprised, but I didn't think that he would actually do it. He's pretty awesome! It is definitely something to get used to, but so far so good. I am pretty sure he has converted me over to the "dark" side :) Way to go honey, it only took you 9 years! :)

Another wedding weekend

This weekend we had another wedding to attend. It seems like we don't go to weddings for a long time and then all the sudden we have a bizillion to go to. But with going to weddings, we get cute pictures of our kids. I have to say that I think that my kids sure are cute and look great all dressed up!!!! Ryleigh wore a dress that her Aunt Steph bought her. She looked great in it!! I think I am going to get her four month pictures taken in it. Jayce wore the same suit that we bought him from Sears. I will say we will have gotten our money's worth out of that!!! This weekend we went to some family friends wedding. It was downtown and the FASTEST wedding I have ever attended. The wedding was literally MAYBE 10 minutes. I don't think that the minister had done many before. He acted a little nervous and he forgot to tell us to sit down. Everyone stood for the whole thing! It was fun though.

She was taking in all the people and the loud music!

Jayce was not into taking pictures with Daddy

But he loved taking one for Mommy!!

Nana and her granddaughter....(not a very good one of either people, but it was the best I got.)

Look what I can do

Yesterday Ryleigh rolled over from her back to her belly. Once she got on her belly she screamed for me to roll her over. I didn't get her on her belly, but it was cute. She kept rolling over after I would put her back on her back. What a big girl!!

4 months old

I'm a little late on this post, but on Friday the 16th Ryleigh was 4 months old!!! Where has the time gone?? Ryleigh is so much fun and I love her more and more each day. She's a total mommy's girl!!! I haven't taken her to the doctor for her well check-up so when I do I will post her stats.
Ryleigh loves to watch her brother. She thinks he's totally hilarious. She enjoys laying on her playmat, but HATES to be on her tummy. She does sit ups and can roll onto her side from her back. She's almost made it over, but is going to hate it if she does make it over. She is super happy and rarely cries. She's a great sleeper at night. She's very laid back and enjoys going where ever whenever. She wants to sit up SOOOOO bad. She wants to watch what's going on and doesn't want to miss a thing. Ryleigh has started mimicking people. The other day she was copying my mom and they were practicing pooching out the bottom lip. She's going to be really good at that and get whatever she wants from her daddy. Her smile melts my heart!!! She skrunches up her nose when she smiles really big. She smiles whenever I walk into the room and gets super excited! She is also quite the talker. She can be so noisey sometimes, much louder than her brother. I just LOVE her so much!!! I can't wait until she gets big enough to play with Jayce. They are going to have a super fun time with each other. Here are some pictures my 4 month old princess.

Weekend in San Marcos

This weekend we went to San Marcos to watch my brother play football against Texas State. It was a fun weekend and we got to see a lot of family and friends. We left on Friday and drove in terrible weather. It rained SOOO hard on us the entire way there. We didn't end up doing much on Friday since the weather was so bad. Layne was hoping to go over to the Wakeboarding park, but needless to say, the rain ruined that idea. When we got to the hotel, we were pleasantly surprised to see my Uncle Guy and Aunt Shannon who flew in from Las Vegas. They were so excited to come in an watch Jeff play football. We hung out with them at the hotel until our family friends, The Walton's, drove in from Fort Worth. Then once everyone was there we picked a place to eat dinner. Friday night we went to Roadhouse and then hung out at the hotel with everyone. It was so much fun to see everyone. Saturday morning we woke up to COLD weather. So we checked the weather before we left so that we could pack accordingly....the weatherman said that it was going to be 75 on Saturday...well HE LIED! It was sooo cold on Saturday....luckily I brought some warm clothes for the kids, but I did not pack hats or gloves or anything like that. We started tailgating on Saturday around 11. It was super fun, but pretty chilly. I really wished I had a hat for Ryleigh...what was I thinking?!?! So I just bundled Ryleigh up with a blanket. The football game against Texas State was awesome!!! We had so many people there to support my brother. Most of his games are in Louisiana or in East Texas, so since it was in San Marcos, a lot of our family and friends could come to the game. My brother's team was doing awful at one point...they were losing like 44-24, but somehow they all the sudden came back and it was 44-42. Then they tied it up...and went into over time. They had the ball first and scored a touch down. Then Texas State got the ball...they scored a touch down also, but MISSED the extra point!!!! WOOOHOOOO...they WON!!!! It was sooo awesome...and great since we had so many fans there. We spent Sunday shopping at the outlet mall. It was kinda rainy, but we still had a good time...Sunday was also my dad's birthday so we celebrated that with him as well. Here are some pics of our fun time in San Marcos.

Uncle Tommy, Uncle Guy, Dad (Greg)
My dad and his two brothers
One flew in from Las Vegas and the other drove in from West Texas.

Aunt Tommie and Aunt Shannon
Tommy's wife and Guy's wife

Some of our gang tailgating

Me and my girl tailgating before the game. This was Ryleigh's FIRST football game!

Jayce walking with his hands in his pockets...such a cutie!!

Jeff kicking off to start the game.

Ryleigh in her Southeastern outfit

Aunt Linda giving Ryleigh a bottle before the game

Katie hanging with Ryleigh

Jayce missed his nap on Friday and Saturday--so he was sleeping on Daddy during the game.

Jayce cheering on the Lions...he was so hilarious. He would yell when everyone would yell. He tried so hard to say "Go Lions!" and he would clap his hands and yell "touch down."

Uncle Guy and Jayce

David, Katie and Ryleigh
(my kids can pretty much sleep through anything!)

Caitlin (Jeff's girlfriend) and Ryleigh

Scoreboards....1st one is when they caught up...it was a miracle!!! 2nd one is when they tied it up and the third is when they won in overtime!!!

WINNING!!!!!

Here's the super uncle after his big game!

Aunt Shannon and Ryleigh shopping on Sunday

Happy Birthday!

It's a day late, but we were out of town this weekend.

Happy Birthday to my sweet, wonderful Daddy!!! I am so blessed to have a dad like him. He's also a great PawPaw. He loves his grandkids so much and I am so blessed to have a dad who wants to be around his grandkids all the time!!! Thanks for being so awesome and such a great dad!!!

Girls Night Out

Monday night me and some of my girl friends from church had a girls night out...no kids...no hubbies...no responsibility. It was so great!!! We had a couple drinks, tons of talking, laughs, and LOTS of FUN!!! We went to Main Event and bowled our socks off. We only bowled two games, but we sure had a great time. I love having girl time and was in desperate need of it. I'm so glad that I have some awesome girls to spend time with and enjoy life with.

I am also so blessed to have an awesome husband who will let me have some time to myself and will watch our kids. No complaints, no questions. He's pretty amazing!! I had a great time and I know the other girls did too. I can't wait to do it again!!!

Me, Anna, Danielle, Joy, (her daughter Penny), Tracy, Jenn, Ashley, (Lisa was taking the picture)

Anna and I in action

Jenn posing after her bowl