Romance and Birthdays

I love vacations! Thus the blog name......:) Kim surprised me with a romantic trip to Galveston Moody Gardens just "because". The light show was beautiful. He's still got it!

This is the view from our room.

Then on the way home, we stopped by Pearland for Curtis' 1st Birthday! That was a fast year! He's such a ham! We gave him a red wagon which he loved. The party was a hit for everyone but mostly for Curtis himself. I was surprised when he dug into the cake......but without his hands! Guess he knew about the trough nights the Schwartz family used to celebrate! What fun!!! Kim's brother, Denny, his wife, Jane and daughter Megan all were able to join us for the party. We are so blessed to have them close by.

Jillian.....you did a great job planning and decorating! It was a fabulous 1st birthday! I just don't know how you're going to best this one for his 2nd! We are so proud of you and your job as Mommy. You and Jacob are such fabulous parents. God certainly blessed Curtis with you both.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Merry Christmas to all! Today we celebrate God's greatest gift of all...his son! Rejoice!!!

Christmas Day at our house is unusually quiet. We celebrated last night by opening gifts, eating lasagna and going to mass. It was a wonderful day! Nothing like Christmas with a baby!! Curtis did not disappoint us. He enjoyed his new "couch" and toys. So much fun!!! He even behaved in church. What a trooper! I've posted lots of pictures in picassa but here's a teaser with him playing with the gift that my mom and dad gave him on his fold out couch.

The Woods family had a wonderful surprise.......Kristy's sister decided to have her baby early and delivered Trevor yesterday afternoon. Exactly when her other two kids wanted him born! Merry Christmas to them! :) I know that Grandma & Grandpa Wood were extremely excited to be here for the delivery. Our most sincere congratulations to them all!

Talk about Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Well.....let's just say it was the Happiest Thanksgiving of my life!!! I'll start at the beginning. My mom and dad came in to visit us for the week. That in itself is a reason to give thanks! I loved having them here! Then.....Kristy offered to cook for us! Another reason to give thanks! I had to make my famous yeast rolls which didn't turn out very well. I put them in a warm oven that turned out to be too hot so they all fell - 3 batches worth!!! Oh well......back on track now......Thanksgiving day at Dan's. Much to my surprise, Dan offers to say the Thanksgiving blessings. Anyone who knows my #1 son, knows that he loves to joke around. Well, he's giving his prayer and thanking our good Lord for the family, food, football, troops, children, Kristy's sister and her unborn son Trevor, and then he says "And thank you Lord for the baby in Kristy's tummy!" I about flew across the room. Of course, they all had cameras aimed at me for my reaction! I don't think I disappointed them! I made a total fool out of myself and I'd do it again! I'm sooo excited! Another grandbaby to love and spoil! So you see why I'm so darn excited!!! It was such a wonderful surprise. I know that they will make the best parents!

As for the visit with my parents.....it was a wonderful time. I continue to ask everyone to pray for my parents to move nearer to us. I worry about dad caring for my mom. She seems to be falling more and he can not continue to lift her from the floor for much longer. I would love to have them here!

Thanks to all!

So it's been a month

Ok already! Here's a new blog! Let's see......I went to the Quilt Show.....Kim finished football....we got to babysit Curtis. That's about our entire life. What can I say? Hmmm....still going out to eat on Wednesdays for wings and beer with one of the greatest couples on earth. (That's a shout out to you Todd & Jill!) And let's see...it's Thursday night and we're watching Ugly Betty, Grey's Anatomy and ER. That's about our life!!! Sad huh? I've got to be honest....we like it that way! We're still hoping we can get to Hawaii this summer but we'll see! Here's one of the cutest pictures taken of one of the cutest little guys to ever walk the face of the earth!

Looking forward to Sunday when my parents are coming from Florida for turkey day. We give thanks that they can still drive here. I'm eager for them to see Curtis. I'm hoping I can talk them into moving here. I just can't imagine dad taking care of mom much longer. It's got to be hard. He is such a loving husband to mom! I am truly a blessed woman! Surrounded by great men!

Well, I'll try to not wait another month but honestly I'm a boring old lady! HAH!

Rescued pictures

Yee-haw! Our lost pictures from our Wyoming trip were "rescued" by Wolfe photo. Take a peek at them in our Picassa folder.

Our prayers go out to Jillian and Curtis. Poor little Curtis has a really sore throat from some weird virus....hand & foot? Guess he needs to keep those cute little tootsies out of his mouth! JK........lots of love to you all.

Love,Love, Love those babies!

We had the privilege of babysitting the sweetest little lady I've met in years, Ana Lavine. Curtis was in love with her as were we. We continue to pray for the entire Lavine family and their personal struggles. Check out this precious little girl with the most beautiful woman and young man you'd ever want to meet!

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Labor Day!!!

ah yes......sleeping in....watching morning TV while reading the paper....life is good! I love week days off! I must admit, I'm missing Jill, Jacob & Curtis. They've been in San Diego with my niece and her family. Looks like they're having a blast by their pictures. Poor Kim has had to work everyday. Such is the life of a Texas HS football coach.......hopefully the weather will be good enough later today for a bike ride.

Had to put some pictures of Curtis in San Diego. He's got to be the cutest little boy I've ever seen (and I have no prejudices at all! HAH)