It's all about the outfit...

"I Did It Mommy..."

A has been expressing interest in the potty lately. She has been asking to go before bath time and a few other times throughout the day. We have started putting her on the potty before bath, but mostly she just sits there. Well...last night she asked to get on the potty again and I took her off and put her in the bath tub, she cried the whole bath. After bath she asked to go again so I let her. "I did it mommy" were the next words out of her mouth. She did it! She went potty!!! I was so excited. Tonight she did the same thing and went potty again! I can't believe it because she is not even 2 years old yet. Maybe we will be diaper free by Christmas? We are very excited about the pay raise we will get with not having to buy diapers anymore.

It's The Weekend...

It's the weekend and it's off to a great start! Last night we headed out with our good friends to Oktoberfest in Walburg, TX. I have to say I was pleasantly surprised by the band. It was a different sound then I am use to but they were great! We all had a great time. The camera was acting up so we were not able to capture the night as well as I had wanted. Saturday morning J headed out to run the Livestrong 5K and will ride 90 miles in the Livestrong ride tomorrow. He has a busy weekend. As for me...let's see...I plan on getting a pedicure and manicure later today, do a little shopping, and watch some good college football! It's going to be a nice relaxing weekend. We are so proud of J for rasing money for the Livestrong ride and going out there and joining everyone in the fight against cancer! Thanks J!

Oktoberfest!

So tomorrow night we are headed out to Walburg with the neighbors for Oktoberfest. This will be a first for me. Not sure what to expect, but I will make sure to take the camera and capture it all in photos. Not sure what types of pics I will get...haha...we shall see. All I know is there will be "beverages", this works for me. After the loooooonnnnnnnggggg week I have had at work I am ready for some "beverages". Okay so I started early tonight and am having wine with chili, yep chili, it's cool here (not cold). I know what cold is, but 65 degrees is about as cold as I like it to get. That is why I live in South Texas ;-). If it were up to me I would live on a beach in the Caribbean and be content all year long!

FOOTBALL!!!

Texas Tech plays A&M today...let's just say "GO RED RAIDERS!!!!".

Call out the search party, I lost my keys!!!

Have you ever lost something and really didn't know where it was, when all along it was right under your nose? Okay good, I am glad I am not the only one. Well let's just say after making a trip to the HEB Tuesday night I couldn't find my keys!!! I knew they were in the house because I had gotten home for the HEB. I searched for 2 days for them, thank you J for walking me through what I did after the HEB. During this 2 day adventure I managed to go through the garbage 2 times, yes 2 times...did I find them, no...what a waste to have to sift through 2 bags of garbage! I had looked through my purse, drawers, counter tops, kiddos stuff, and my work bag several times. Well J came along and said "Did you check your bag?", I replied "yes, several times"...something made him check it again and wouldn't you know he found them!!!! They had fallen into the front of my bag where I didn't look. Nice, huh? So I guess I will leave the detective work up to him from now on and wear my keys on a chain around my neck. haha!

Friends, Sun, and Arizona!

What a great weekend we had with some great friends of ours...it started off on Saturday morning when we got up and got on a plane to visit some friends of ours in Arizona. Justin and Amber moved out there with their 3 great girls back in July. By mid-July I had booked us on a flight to visit them in Oct. and well time flies and we are already back from the trip. We will be planning our next one very soon! Saturday was great we sat around their pool catching up and then around 7PM our "driver" picked us up to go to Barcelona, the place in Scotsdale, Arizona. We had good food, live music (a former American Idol singer was on stage that night), and fancy cars that I don't even know the name of. We had plenty of beverages and ended up back at their house by 2AM...for those you in Texas that is 4AM our time, yep we had been up about 24 hours...it was GREAT!!! On Sunday, when we finally all rolled out of bed, (did I tell you there were not kiddos this weekend!!!) the guys went to Starbucks to get us all drinks and we sat around and talked about what we wanted to do that day. We got dressed and headed down to Margaritaville. It is next to the stadium and wouldn't you know Dallas Cowboys were playing Arizona Cardinals that day...so we got our game on and cheered on the Cowboys at Maragritaville (they lost, but it was fun anyway). We enjoyed some great "drinks" while we were cheering on the game and pissing off the Cardinal fans by cheering loudly ;-). It was great! We ended our trip by stopping at BevMo (the local liquor shop) to restock then Amber cooked us some of the most wonderful steaks I have ever had. We sat out on their patio next to the fire pit and drank, laughed, listened to music, made smores, and had a great time! It was good to see our friends and get away for a nice relaxing weekend. We are hoping to meet up in Vegas soon...the plans have begun! Thanks Taylors!!! It's always good to see my BFF and my boyfriend!

Ironman

Well this past week has been super busy! T is having a great time in soccer class and A loves going and running around watching her "Bubba" do soccer. As for our weekend Aunt Mimi came up and we went to a carnival in our neighborhood with our cousins and then today finished out the weekend with watching Jeff and our friend Brian complete the Austin Longhorn Half Ironman. For those of you who don't know what an ironman is let me tell you...it's 70.3 miles that include a swim, bike, and a run (half marathon run at that!). We are so proud of boy guys. This is Jeff's
3rd completed half ironman. The kiddos are getting really good at spectating at these events. Aunt Mimi and I agree that we need more family though to help out at these events. Unfortunately they couldn't make it this time so we did it alone and realized how much we do appreciate them there ;-). As for the athletes, what an accomplishment!!! Jeff and T crossed the finish line together, this was a first at the half ironman for Jeff to have T cross with him...maybe a new tradition? Maybe a look into the future for the full ironman that he is signed up for in Kentucky next September??? We shall see...