Happy 8th Birthday Big Girl!

When did this happened? Natalia is 8 years old! Hard to believe that she already is 8. Someone...please make time stop. It's going by way too fast.

Tuesday evening, the day before her birthday, Papi and Mami came to Beaumont to help Natalia celebrate. My parents offered to take her anywhere for dinner and she chose...take a guess...Chick-fil-A (like mother like daughter). Later, they went to Barnes & Noble.

The next day, Natalia was supposed to go with Daddy, before school, to play tennis (like they have been doing once a week for some time now) and then out for breakfast, but she was way too sleepy from the night before. So, Daddy cooked her a special breakfast and I made her some chocolate covered strawberries and cherries (her two favorite fruits).

Papi and Mami brought her McDonalds for lunch, per her request of course. Later, they picked Natalia and Carson up from school and they went straight to Chuck E. Cheese to continue celebrating. Will they ever get tired of Chuck E. Cheese? ~I'm really not sure...

Immediately after all that, we headed to Sartin's for some bbq crab! Natalia's favorite! After all you can eat crab...we ended Natalia's special day at Marble Slab!

O.K. so all that was good, but then Grannie and Papaw hosted a little family party at their house on Saturday night. We had hamburgers, fruit, chips, cookie cake, ice-cream and lots of toppings. The kids enjoyed the slip and slide and just spending time with their cousins Solomon and Tytus.

And finally, Natalia celebrated her 8th Birthday with her friends from her soccer team, school with her bff, Hannah! What fun time they all had. Every girl got the piece of their choice and painted it however they wanted.

Natalia & Hannah (BBF)

Oh yea, and this is a photo just to show you that yes...Natalia has a mom. I DO exist!

MeeMaw Turned 89!

Dave's grandmother turned 89 on February 1st.  We all went to Kirbyville to visit and celebrate her birthday.  She is such a sweet lady, always has a great sense of humor and loves to joke around.  Several of Dave's cousins came in from out of town (some even from Jasper and Lumberton) for this special celebration.  It was nice getting to see everybody again.

MeeMaw with all of her great-grandchildren!

MeeMaw and all the grandchildren plus spouses.

Papaw Stovall, uncle Joe, Grannie Stovall, MeeMaw and uncle Keith

You've gotta entertain your kids somehow, so Dave came up with this swing!

Cannot leave the woods without shooting a BB gun!!!!

On the way to Kirbyville and our way back, Natalia was stuck to this book!

Cowboy Carson!

Carson chose a Cowboy Party to celebrate his 5th birthday!  Grannie offered her house.  Thank you Grannie and Papaw for everything.

All the cowboys and the cowgirl.

Family Picture

Pin the tail on the donkey.

"Happy Birthday to You!"

Roasting Marshmallows for S'mores - Yum!

Enjoying the fire after the party.

Carson Turns 5!

Unbelievable! How can Carson be 5 already? 

He had such a good birthday. His birthday was December 4th. I know, I know, I can't believe it has taken me this long to blog about such a special occasion. December has just been a very busy month. I guess, better later than never. Anyway...

We had a special birthday breakfast and he received his birthday gifts from us. 

Right after I dropped him off at school, I went back home to fix his room.  He got his big boy bed.  Thank you Grannie and Mami for all your help.  I could have not done it without them!  

Dave and I picked Carson up early from school and took him for a special lunch at Tokyo Japanese Steak House.  At first, he wasn't too sure about the fire, but by the end, he was enjoying himself.

Right after lunch, my parents took all of them to Chuck E Cheese and to the bookstore.

Later that evening, we went to Chili's, the restaurant of his choice.  

What a wonderful time!  

Luke's 3rd Birthday Party!

I'm telling you, I had the perfect birthday party all planned out, until Luke said, "No, me want a Wall-E party!"  I tried to convince him that a Cowboy party would be so much fun.  

Anyway, here are some pictures of his party...

He had a blast! A big thanks to all of you who helped Luke celebrate!

Luke's Special Day

The "Happy Birthday" banner, we use for every birthday, was hanging on the doorway.   His gifts, from us, were on the table waiting...  I was in the kitchen preparing a special birthday breakfast when Luke woke up.  Luke looked so pleased when he realized that it was his special day.  We ate breakfast on special Wall-E plates.  After breakfast, he opened his gifts.  

Luke was opening his gifts, while Carson wished Papaw a Happy Birthday!

It was a crazy day.  His birthday party was the next day (Saturday, October 4th).  So on Friday, we had to get things ready.  A big thanks to Elizabeth who helped me prepare for the big day.  

Luke enjoys helping getting the house ready for his party.

After a long day of a lot of work, we headed to Papaw and Grannie's house to celebrate Papaw's and Luke's birthday with a yummy dinner and cake, of course.

Singing "Happy Birthday" to Papaw and Luke.

Overall, it was a great day.  I just can't believe my baby is 3 already.  How did this happen????

Look How Old Luke Is!

He is definitely my third child.  Last Thursday, one day before his special day, I woke up and realized that I had not prepared anything to celebrate his birthday at school with all his school mates.  You know, with Natalia, oh...everything was homemade.  With Luke, well...he almost didn't get a thing.  I felt so bad, so I ran to HEB after I dropped everybody off and bought whatever I could find, thus his blue fingers :0).  Oh, the moms all thanked me for all that blue frosting (sorry moms and teachers)!

Luke does not even know who Spiderman is, but hey, a cupcake is a cupcake...right?

Anyway, I have to go now so I will not be able to post more about his birthday and his birthday party.  But, watch out...I'll be back with lots and lots of posts.

Double Whammy!

The kids love Chuck E. Cheese and Peter Piper Pizza. I'm glad, because on Saturday, we attended two birthday parties - one was at Chuck E. Cheese and the other one was at Peter Piper Pizza!

The young lady standing next to Carson is Kayla, my cousin's step-daughter. She was great, she babysat my children all night long at Peter Piper Pizza! ~Thank you Kayla!

Pawpaw Stovall is 90 Years Old

Pawpaw Stovall is Dave's grandfather. On Saturday afternoon, the whole family got together to celebrate his 90th birthday. It was good to visit with him and other relatives we don't get to see very often.

Happy 90th Birthday Pawpaw Stovall!

Dave turns 34!

The kids and I left San Antonio early Friday morning and made it to Beaumont just in time to help Dave celebrate his 34th birthday. - Happy Birthday Dave!

Luke & Carson giving Daddy his birthday gifts!

Natalia giving Daddy two shirts, which according to Natalia, "he desperatly needs!"

Dave & Carson have been talking about shooting the BB gun. So today was the day. As you can imagine, they had a blast!

David - showing off!

Luke's 1st time!

Carson's 1st time shooting a BB gun!

Look - he did it! All by himself!

Anyway, after all that fun, dinner was quickly approaching. Since it was Dave's birthday, it was up to him to choose where we were going for dinner. Well, we kept asking him where we were going and all he would said was, "I'm trying to figure that out." He put it off until it was too late. Being that it was Friday evening, there was a long wait everywhere he called. So, finally, he chose Hamburger Depot!

You see Luke's face? - This is how a few of us felt about Dave's choice!

Dave's favorite!

Happy Birthday Dave! We love you!