Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Santa

Jeff took Jules to see Santa on Sunday.
This is a picture of a picture, so not the best quality... (and Susan, you'll find this dress familiar too. She LOVES IT!)



We had a busy holiday weekend.
Jules loved the Parade of Lights... Like jumping up and down, clapping and screaming "Merry Christmas" to the parade participants loved it.

We went Saturday morning with our friends Susan and Kenyon to see Tangled at the Flapjacks and Flick thing that the Movie Tavern does. :-)

Saturday afternoon, we put up our Christmas tree... and it literally took us the rest of the day (except for nap time). We watched Polar Express afterward, and Jules was entranced by it. Afterward, she was ready for Christmas to be TOMORROW.
I told her we have much too much to do for it to be tomorrow!

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Holiday Pics and Family

Yay! I love family pictures.





While Uncle Buck was in town, we took family pictures.
These are the images from the cd.


Ella didn't like it much when they changed her clothes. :-)

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Cute Pictures

A friend of mine offered to do some fun Halloween portraits for Jules. She's building her portrait business (already has a great wedding photography business). Here are a few samples...



Thanks Erin for some truly fabulous pictures!
Check out the photographer's website here.

Monday, October 4, 2010

Ella

Baby Eleanor Katherine (aka Ella) was born Thursday, September 30th.
Weighed 7lbs, 11 oz. She's a perfect little bundle...

Sweet Cousins

Thursday, September 30, 2010

BABY BABY BABY

My sister is going to have her baby today! I'm so excited that I can't stand it. Probably going to leave work early. :-D

Monday, September 20, 2010

Ballet/Tap Class

Jules was really looking forward to her new dance class. She thinks she's having class with our friend, Caitie (my friend and cousin's daughter). Unfortunately, we're on the waiting list for Caitie's class (earlier in the day)... but Jules loved the class... and took Caitie not being there in stride. :-)

She followed directions well, stayed on task, and most importantly, really enjoyed herself.

Friday, September 17, 2010

Hoping not to lose it...

... my sanity, that is. Usually, I'm a very sane person… but sometimes, I think I’m LOSING IT! I have a very full life. Jules is starting dance class and piano lessons. (she did great with piano lessons yesterday!) I’m in school part time, have a full time job, involved in my church and my softball league starts next week. Plus, my sister is about to have a baby and my mom must depend on others (often me) to drive her around until she’s seizure free for six months.

All that being said, I am literally losing it, sometimes. I have lost my wallet twice in the last ten days. Both times, it has been returned with everything in it. Blessed beyond measure. I couldn't be more fortunate. This last time, it was found in the trash can at work. The housekeeping staff noticed that it was there. I need to be more careful. I’ve been overscheduling myself and inadvertently booking two things on one night. (sorry friends!) I’m going to have to slow down or I really am going to go insane.

The other day, I left work early, went to class, drove home from Denton, stayed up later than normal to do homework for the following day's class… dozed off a bit and then woke up for a while. Couldn’t go back to sleep once I got back to bed. Needless to say I drank a lot of coffee the next morning.

I’m moving in with my sister (temporarily) this weekend. I'm waiting for my niece to arrive… and helping her in any way I can. Except for a couple of kids' birthday parties, school and softball, my schedule is clear (that doesn't really leave a lot of open spaces anyway!). I'm going to try to slow down for a while. I’m going to take time to calm it down and be in the now.

I'm so glad it's Friday.