Sweet Crosby

Just a cute picture of my nephew Crosby!! He's getting SO big. This is from a ranger game last month. I hope he can slow his growing down because he's so cute at this age. Love you Bitty!!

1st Day of 2nd Grade

A little late but here is a pic of sweet Dylan on her 1st day of school. She's having a great year so far and is even still making straight A's! I just hope she continues to like it and it doesn't bcome boring like last year.

Day 2

Day 2 was SO much fun!! We spent the morning on the beach then went back to eat lunch an get naps. We went back out in the afternoon. And then that night we went crab hunting!! I think the adults had more fun than the kids!! We caught a TON!!

Our big crabs!!


Dyl and Hayden burried.

Skye and Hayden playing and chatting in the sand :)



Aunt Jess and Uncle David with Hayden and Skye.

Yikes...self portrait....

Hayden playing......

Sweet Skye and her famous blue bucket!

Haydie Bear playing

Vaction 2011 (Day 1)

This year we went to Galveston. We stayed at Pointe West and we will definitely be going back!! Thanks Shelly for recommending it!! It was VERY nice and really big! Day 1 was a a short day at the beach, because we didn't get there until about 5. But, the girls had a blast in the 3 hours we were out there. Skye wasn't too sure about the water, but she loved the sand buckets and sand. My girls just ran and ran and ran!!

Sweet Skye!

Checking it out.....


Taking her bucket to the water!

Running......



And running....

Awards and Last Day of School

Late post, but wanted to post anyway. The last week Dylan was in school they did an award ceremony. I am pleased to say Dylan got DISTINGUISHED A HONOR ROLL!!!!! The "distinguished" part about it is that she never made below a 95 on her report card all year! She also made her goal for her Accelerted Reader program and got to go to the party at the water park. Nate and I couldn't be any prouder of her because she worked very hard all year! We are now onto 2nd grade!

Dylan with her award and medal.

Getting her medal...


Getting her award.....CONGRATS!!

The last day of the year party was a blast!!!! Landy, Amy, and I worked exceptionally hard on this one! We did a treasure hunt! The kids LOVED IT!!!! We made treasure maps out of paper sacks and even burned the edges to make them look weathered. We had 7 rhyming clues.

1. When you are sick, she'll fix you up quick! (Nurse Stone)

2. When the bell rings, you go here to sing! (Music Room)

3. This is the girl with the reddest hair, get your next clue under her chair! (Dylan)

4. He never means to do any harm, look in the locker of the boy with the broken arm! (Peighton)

5. When you're thirsty you drink H2O, get your next clue you don't have far to go! (water fountain)

6. This is the place you check your points for AR, get your next clue you won't have to look very far! (computer lab)

7. This is the room surrounded by glass, go look for the beans covered in grass! (Teachers lounge)

It was SO MUCH FUN!!! I'll definitely be doing it again next year!

Reading a clue at Dylan's desk.


Filling up the bottle at the water fountain.

2nd place....We'll take it!

Guess who's going to the City Tournament........THIS GIRL!! We beat the 1st place team on Sat. moving us up from 3rd place to 2nd!! We are done with the regular season before everyone else because we had a much tighter schedule (playing 3 games a week). The official word will not be released until the 31st when the other 2 teams are done playing their last 2 games!! I could not be any prouder of Dylan's playing ability this year! She truly has natural born talent esp. this being only her 2nd year to pick up a glove and ball. She is 1 of 2 players in the league that has hit a homerun. The girls were SO excited when the ump called the game that they were jumping around hugging eachother. All Dylan keeps asking is if her pic will be in the paper because my mom saved all my newspaper clippings from my city tournaments when I was younger! LOL! Congrats Icebreakers!! Ya'll definitely deserve it!!!

Mother's Day

My Mother's Day this year was a little different than usual. I got to go to the Rangers game!! They played the Yankees and sadly lost because our pitching was WAY off. Overall, I ALWAYS have a great time at the ballpark and get to go quite often simply because my sweet Daddy has season tickets. Unfortunately, I only spent the day with Dylan because Hayden isn't old enough to sit through a baseball game :)

Me and Nate

Me and sweet Dill-Pickle....Poppie bought her a new Rangers hat...SO CUTE!

Getting the field ready for play.

The Garcia Wedding

May 7th was the big day for Whitney and Casey!! It was a great day! Hot but fun! After a few hair issues with some of the bridesmaids we were ready to go! Congrats Whit and Casey!

Beautiful Whit!

Cammy, Jenna, Kaylee, Me, Kinley, and Hayden gettin our groove on!

First dance as husband and wife.....SO SWEET!

Zoo Time

We had a gorgeous day today so I decided to take the girls to the zoo. Sad to say, but, we haven't been in quite sometime, so they were very excited to go!!

Hayden and the "pink birds" as she was calling them.

Sweet Dylan too!

The Orangatan was sleeping with his face pressed right up against the net. If you look closely you can see his face.



My sweet sweet gifts from God. Sure do love these 2 to the moon and back!

A Couples Bridal Shower

This past Sunday we had a couples bridal shower for my best friend Whitney and her soon-to-be husband Casey! It was SO much fun and it was nice to get together with everyone before the actual date. 18 more days!!

This picture was too funny not to show!


Jaedyn Faye Garcia.....the best part of Whitney and Casey :)

oh and sweet Emilia....she just melts my heart!



Last but DEFINITELY not least....the bride and her maids...LOVE THESE GIRLS TO PIECES!!

Opening Day

Softball season is finally here!!!!! It's one of my favorite times of year!! Dylan has moved up in the league so she is now playing Coach Pitch. She's playing catcher this year instead of 3rd base and I think she really enjoys it! Nate and I both played catcher for a few years and it was always one of my favorite positions! She got a double her last at-bat, but struck out the first 3 times. There were very few hits on both sides because all the girls have moved up from tball this year. They sadly lost their first game in an extra inning but there will be plenty more!!

Dylan batting. Great swing!!

Catching. The girl at bat is a friend of hers from down the street, Bailey!

Hanging out in the dugout.

Dylan and Brody!

Icecream Days

Friday was such a gorgeous day!! The icecream truck even came down our street! Hayden got to enjoy some Dora icecream. Poor Dylan was still a little under the weather with strep. I'm itching for summer now and I think it's not to far off!

Whitney's Bacholorette Party

March 19th we went to the Fort Worth STockyards for Whitney's "last night out"! It was SO much fun but I know I was very tired the next day!! Thanks ladies for a great night out!!

"Buy me a beer, the end is near" Too cute!

Gina, Cammy, Shelly, and Laci headed to pick everyone else up!

Laci, Me, Shelly, Whitney, Gina, Carrie, and Cammy

Shelly, Laci, and Me

Congrats Whitney and Casey!! Can't wait for the big day!!

Baba is 80

Last Tues. (March 1st) was Nathan's grandma's 80th birthday! We love our Baba SO very much and get to see her every Sun. after church. I'm so glad to have Nate's grandparents in my life because my grandparents are gone. I'm also very happy that my kids have BOTH sets of great-grandparents to spoil them. I never had that. Here are just a few pics of the evening.

L-R Zach, Clayton, Dylan, and Hayden......Red hair runs in the family :)

Zach, Hayden, Dylan, and Clayton

Zach, Clayton, Baba, Dylan, and Hayden

Booboo turned 4!!

My favorite little boy Brody (AKA Booboo) turned 4 yrs old Feb. 15. I cannot believe he is 4!! Please stop growing Brody!!

Cool Cat!

Hayden on the Tumble Bus


Hayden hitting the Spiderman pinata

Dylan hitting it too

And Brody hitting it