Sunday at the Horse races....

On Sunday we decided to spend the day at the horse races with my parents. We got box seats so that Payton would have plenty of room to play and entertain herself in the air condition. We had a wonderful time and she was so good ... and she didn't even have a nap. Nick was awful at betting on the horses ... he didn't even win one race... luckily we aren't high rollers and only bet the wimpy $2.00 bets.

Mom, Dad, Nick and Payton

Picking out her horse!!!!

A day at the lake!!!!!!!

Nick and I decided that we needed a little adult day of fun ... so we asked my parents (Thank You!!!) if they would watch Payton for the day and we headed out to the lake. We met up with some old friends and just relaxed for the afternoon. We hung out and swam, ate lunch at sneaky petes and just rode around the lake. It was a great time and it was nice to catch up with Justin and Rachel. A storm was heading our way ... so we managed to get off the lake and home within 10 minutes of the downpour... Thanks to Nick for being so anal about leaving so quick!!!!! If I would of gotten my way ... we would of been stuck in the water in the middle of the lake during the storm ... I guess sometimes, the men are right(don't tell Nick I said that)!!!!!!

Nick and Justin- Now you see where Paytons gets her pale white skin from ... hehehe

Thank You George Bush!!!

There isn't a whole lot to thank President Bush for lately ... I mean ... he is not the most stellar president that we have had. BUT ... we can definitely throw him a huge Thanks this week. Thank you for the govt. stimulus check that we received in the mail this week. We spent on a beautiful flower bed curbing!!! We love it!!!! Can we have another????

Payton and Wubbzy ... her new BFF

Payton has had a new love ... its a cartoon on Noggin called Wubbzy. She is pretty obsessed with it. While shopping on-line one night I found these Wubbzy crocs thingys ... you know the things you put in the crocs for decorations. Well ... of course "she had to have them!!!! " So today I put them in her crocs and showed them to her. She then decided that they are her new favorite thing ... she wouldn't even let me touch them without flipping out. So naturally when it came time to go to bed ... she still wouldn't take them off. She ended up going to bed with her shoes on!!! She was so funny ... Once she fell asleep, I snuck in and took them off ... but of course I had to snap some pictures first!!!!!

Payton saying her animal sounds!!!

My baby is just so smart ... here she is saying her animal sounds. She is distracted by the TV ... so the video is not perfect, but gosh ... she amazes me everyday with the stuff she picks up. She has also started to recognize the letters in her name.. I personalize everything. I can't tell you how many dresses, shirts, etc. have her name on them. She also uses only personalized sippy cups so she sees her name often ... so I guess its wearing off. She now points to the letters in her name and says what they are and "gets it right" ... YIPPIE!!!!!

Happy 30th Birthday Becky!!!

I know that it seems that all I am posting lately are birthday parties ... but it is exactly what our weekends are consisting of these days. Today is our friends Beckys 30th birthday. In the past 6 months we have become very good friends with the whole Conser Clan ... We absolutely LOVE hanging out with them ... and the kids play so well together :) We are truely blessed to have these wonderful people in our lives. Becky ... don't get a big head now :)

So Chuck threw Becky a 30th birthday party today and we had a wonderful time. We brought over the bounce house for the kiddos to play in and they all had so much. It was a great party and he did such a GREAT job organizing such a event without to much of Beckys help ... I was very impressed :)

I wasn't able to get a bunch pictures of the party b/c my camera battery died within 30 minutes of getting there.... :( .... but here are a couple of the kids playing!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BECKY!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Jackson and Taylor!!!

On saturday we went to pool party to celebrate the 2nd birthday of Jackson and Taylor. This party was so cute and the kids had a wonderful time. They set up several kiddie pools and sprinklers all around the yard. Payton would run from one pool to the next to the next and so on. The set up was great and Alicia's yard is so amazing!!! After the party we came home and I hoped that Payton would take a wonderful nap but she took a 10 minute cat nap in the car and then once we were home ... she refused to nap anymore. So ... the afternoon consisted of me entertaining her and trying to work on her digital scrapbook(I am so behind) ....

Happy Birthday Jackson and Taylor!!!!!

Eating a sucker!!!

Fun in the Sun!!!!

On the way home from the party ... the girls were holding hands ... they are just so CUTE!!!!!

The sweetest thing

I just wanted to share the sweetest thing that happened to us last night. It was about 8:45 pm and were we just sitting down to watch some TV after putting Payton to bed and the doorbell rang. Nick of course goes and gets his gun .. hehehe(He is so silly sometimes but I just don't bother to tell him not to anymore ... I would be wasting my time). But when he goes to answer the door there is a sweet little girl and her mommy. They live on our street a couple houses down and they stopped by to give Nick a Thank you police goodie bag that she made for him at Vacation Bible School. She was so sweet and it just made his day!!!! She colored the bag herself and put a little thank you for all you do note in it... it was so sweet....

Just one of those days .....

Have you ever had just one of those days where you just can't seem to get a break and nothing seems to go right ... well this was the day for us.


To start the day off ... Nick gets a call that they are going to change his shift at work ... right now he has the best shift ever and of course once they move him, he will have to start working every Sunday and every other Saturday :( ... this is pretty upsetting as Payton and I have gotten so used to him being around and we were getting spoiled. I let him pick if he would go back to nights or stay on days and he did decided to stay on days and that's good news!!!


Then this morning I hosted the June babies birthday party for our moms group and although the kids seem to have a great time ... I was in a pretty lousy mood. I am a planner by nature ... its who I am and what I do. I hate to depend on other people because it seems that when you do this ... they never come through for you. I spent hours making hula skirts and putting all of the stuff together to make this a great event and all I asked of the other June moms was to help with the food. Well ... we ended up with only about half the food arriving, no one coming to help set up and the other moms helping to clean up. I was to say the least very irritated. I know that not all moms are as anal as I am about everything being perfect ... but c'mon people ... how hard is it to bring the one little thing that you were asked to bring since you were supposed to be helping host this event. And the to top it all off ... my keys disappeared ... WTH!!!!! Now Nick has to sit around all day tomorrow waiting on the Locksmith to change all the locks in the house and we have to get both cars locks changed out too ... what a huge pain!!!!

I did manage to get some good pictures of Payton at the party though ...





After the party and naptime ... we decided to go take the jetski to the marina ... mind you that Nick just picked it up today from the shop ... and we dropped it in the water and it started ... and then stopped ... ggrrrr.... So now its back to the shop again. Hopefully this will all be warranty work and we will get reimbursed for it all, but we will have to wait and see.


Needless to say .. I am really glad that this day is coming to a close and I hope not to see one like this for a very long time. I am back to work tomorrow ... oh joy ... Goodnight all!!!!

Happy 2nd Birthday Payton!!!!!!

I can't believe my baby is 2 years old today!!! In some ways it feels like she has been here forever ... I really can't remember how life was before she was born (although I do think it must of been rather boring) but there are some many ways that it seems like she should still be my little baby ... not a toddler!!!! We had a perfect birthday for her today!!! First we had Paytons birthday party. It was at Grisham Farms and it was so AWESOME!!!! Payton just loves this place .... she was so tired when it was time to go ... but still didn't want to leave.

Payton and her friends!!!!

Mommy, Daddy and Payton

Hugging the baby Goat!!!!

Feeding the big goats ... she could of done this all day!!!

Playing on the tire swing!!!!

Petting the turtle!!!

Swinging!!!!

After the party we headed home for naptime.... Payton was so wound up that she wouldn't take a nap ... so we let her play with all of her new toys and jump in the bounce house. She loved playing in the bounce house with grandma ... and everytime she wanted to go back out she would yell ... PLEASE grandma PLEASE ... it was so funny!!!

We had a WONDERFUL day and we were so happy that we were blessed to be able to spend it with our family and friends!!!! Thanks to everyone that spent the day with us and for the great presents.... we had a blast and love each and every one of you!!!!

Birthday Week of Fun - Day 3

Day 3 of Paytons birthday week was just as busy and fun as Days 1 and 2. We started the morning off but going to play at Going Bonkers. This is Paytons favorite place to play we thought it would be fun to drag all of her grandparents with us as well. Some of our friends met us up there and we had a great time playing!!! This place is always perfect for the morning and then home for a nice long nap!!!!

Climbing through the tunnels with Daddy, Grandma and Grandpa!!!!

Sliding down the slide!!!

Playing and looking cute!!!

Grandma sliding down the slide!!!! I love this picture!!!!

Payton and Savannah wore their BFF's shirts we had made for them, but everytime we would try to take a picture with them together to show the shirts ... they would start to cry!!! It was so funny .......

After playing and naptime .... Payton got up to see her birthday present from her grandparents ... her own dining room table from pottery barn kids!!! She loves to sit at these toddler tables and its just the perfect size for her!!!! It fits perfectly in our breakfast area and she LOVES it. She already passed up the highchair for lunch and ate there!!!!

After lunch Grandpa and great grandpa took Payton on a walk and to play at the park!!! This gave me the perfect opportunity to do something for myself so ... we went for pedicures!!!! My feet were so gross ... and this was so much needed!!!! Thanks for taking over grandpas!!!!

Giving Great Grandpa kisses!!!!

We had a great BUSY day .... we finished up all the last minute details for her birthday part tomorrow ... I still can't believe that she is going to be 2 tomorrow ... where does the time go!!!! Anyway ... its late and we have a really big day ahead of us tomorrow ... so good night!!!!

Birthday Week of Fun - Day 2

Day 2 of our birthday week of fun was a blast!!! We started the day out meeting our friends at the frisco splash pad. Payton just loved it!!! I wasn't sure how much she would take to it but as soon as we got there she went right in. She loved to try to drink the water out of the fountains as they sprayed her in the face.

Waiting for the water to start spraying again!!!!

Playing is so much fun!!!!

After we played at the spray park ... we went to McDonalds to eat lunch with our friends Julie, Christopher, Alicia, Mallory and Savannah.

Once lunch was over it was time to go home ... We had some very special guests waiting for us ... Grandma and Grandpa Briant and Great Grandma and Grandpa Leasure came into town for Paytons birthday!!!! Payton was so excited to see them and is loving how fast they all jump at her every whim. She keeps going to the back door saying "please outside please" and giving them her sweet little smile and so far its worked everytime!!!!

Swinging on grandpa!!!

Playing outside!!!

We decided to give Payton her big birthday present today ... so she could enjoy it with lots of people here to play with her!!! She seems to really like it although I don't think she has figured it out completely yet. Here she is with Grandpa playing with her new VW car!!!

We surprised Grandpa Briant with a little 60th birthday party tonight since we weren't able to celebrate with him last month when he turned the big 6-0!!!!!! so we decorated the house and had his favorites .... Margaritas, Fajitas, and cake!!! Here's the family toasting in his honor!!!

Happy Birthday Wayne!!!!

We had a great day!!!! I can't wait to see what day 3 has in store for us!!!!

Birthday Week of Fun - Day 1

Today starts Paytons Birthday week of fun!!! Nick and I both take a week of work off to spend just with Payton ... we try to squeeze all the fun stuff we can ... and so far so good!!!

We started off the day meeting our friends Becky and Gybson to go to Amazing Jakes. This is a new pizza fun place (kinda like Chuck E Cheese on steroids). We had a BLAST at this place. Payton and Gybson play so well together and where one goes the other follows ... We ended up playing through nap time and stayed there until about 3pm. This place has a toddler area for this little ones to play, a carousel, a train and a plane ride. Payton loved all of them so much. She loved to ride on the train yelling Cho Cho .....

Payton looking so cool in her shades!!!!

Payton and Gybson on the Carousel

Payton and Gybson on the train!!!

Payton, Gybson and Becky on the plane!!!

Payton loved the train!!!

After Amazing Jakes we went home for about a hour and then off to gymnastics. I didn't think Payton would take to gymnastics today since she didn't have a nap but she was awesome ... she listened and participated .... I think a alien must have came and taken over her body!!!! Anyway we had a great time at gymnastics and then we were off to home for dinner and night night!!!! It was a great 1st day of birthday week fun!!!!

Payton and Savannah - Best Buds!!!!

Payton is fearless .... look at the scared look on Alicias face!!!!

Amber pushing Payton on the rope swing!!!

Swinging high in the sky!!!

Kissing Savannah good-bye after gymnastics!!!!