Park City

Aaron and I had a great weekend in Park City. Thanks Renee for keeping the kids.

You can take the girl out of Texas but you can't take the Texas out of the girl!

The day is fast approaching. In 13 days we will be leaving the proud state of Texas! I have lived here all of my life and am hesitant to leave its greatness! :) We are excited for the adventure and family that Utah will bring but sad to leave the friends, family, pride and hospitality of Texas.

Happy Halloween

We have so enjoyed our Halloween this year! Beckham was a crabby crab. He hated the costume! I just told people he was in character. Sophia had two costumes. A princess pirate and a turtle. In the words of Sophia..."Mom, I just change my mind a lot." :)

I CAN DO HARD THINGS....DAY 1

A few months ago I read a blog entry on the sullengers blog titled "I can do hard things". I loved the post and it has stuck with me. When I read the blog I did not realize how dependent on this phrase I would soon become.

Today has been a hard day. I have repeated this phrase in my head over and over. I hope I soon believe it.

I CAN DO HARD THINGS!

My gallbladder no longer loved its home inside my body. It decided to rebell and consequently caused me a lot of pain. As most of you know my diet is not always the healthiest and so........I probably used my gallbladder often. I lobbied for a gallbladder transplant but my efforts fell on deaf ears. I am a bit nervous about life without this organ. But like it or not, here I go.

Pirate Party!

(Let me first apologize for the underlining of this font. I cant seem to figure how to get it off. Yes, I have a college degree but yet can't seem to find the underline key on blogger.)

We had a party for Sophia's birthday. It was so much fun!!! Sophia requested a pirate themed party and it couldn't have been more perfect for her. Here are some of the party goers jumping the day away.

Arrrg Captain Max, Captain Jaxon and Captain Sophia!
Even Beckham joined the pinata fun. Look at that pinata. Whoever said pirates can't be pink?
Everyone enjoyed the cupcakes, especially Maddie. :)
This picture of Sophia makes my heart melt. This is why we had a party. For this amazingly beautiful, fun, happy little three year old.
Dressed to party! She is such a fun mini-me. :)
Cupcakes and cupcake toppers.
Rice krispy treat pirate popsicles. These turned out so cute. (Thanks for your help Lanni.)
We have been so blessed to have such great family and friends. We loved sharing the day with you. Thank you for loving my little pirate girl . :)

We are living the good life this summer. It is full of pools, never ending watermelon, friends and the occasional tackle!


Sophia and Beckham are good buddies. Beckham loves to climb all over a Sophia and the crawl or "frankenstein" away waiting for Sophia to catch him.
Here they are in their jammies posing for a photo op before bed.
Beckham walks around with a burp wrag in his mouth about 60 percent of the day. It is pretty darn cute :)
Sophia and Aaron "resting the couch" before bedtime.
Beckham loves to open his mouth wide and smash his face into any part of you that you will let him. Sophia kept letting him do it to her and then she would tell him (while shaking her finger) "No! No! eating people, Beckham!"