Girls trip to Canton

For the last three years for Kelsy's birthday we have taken a girls trip to Canton, TX for the trade days.  We have a blast every year.  I had to miss last year because I had shoulder surgery two days before we were suppose to go.  I was pretty excited about going back this year!

We left early Thursday morning at 5am.  There were 5 of us going together and then Paige was meeting us there.  Kelsey, Dana, Leslie, Abby and me were quite excited to leave the kids behind for a couple of days and shop til we dropped!

We made our first stop in Snyder for a photo opt for Team Tomi.  Our sweet friend, Tomi, is battling Breast Cancer and when she has a Chemo treatment we gather either at her house or the hospital and cheer her on to her treatments.  Since we were on the road we took a picture to cheer her on.

The laughs had already started by this time and I don't think it ever stopped til we got back home.

We made our way to Canton around lunch and started shopping!  It wasn't to crazy on Thursday but by Friday in was insane!  I heard this was a record setting year in attendance for Canton this year.  We had a great time shopping but I must say it was SOOOOO HOT!  It was close to 90 degrees all weekend but we still had a great!

On Friday, we ran into some of our husbands favorite hunter's.  The Duck Dynasty guys.  We met Phil's brother, James.  He wrote a book about Phil and how he started Duck Commander.  It was so fun to buy an autographed book for James. 

After Canton we came into Dallas and shopped some more.  We went to dinner at the Galleria and had pedicures that made our aching feet all better.  The next day we shopped at North Park and then finished our evening with cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory.  We all ordered a different flavor and went back to the hotel and rented a movie and shared cheesecake.  It was so yummy and fun!

I had a great weekend with some really amazing and fun friends!!  Thanks Kelsey for having a birthday and having a girls trip!  We shared a lot of laughs and made some great memories! 

Halloween 2012

For Halloween this year we surprised Farrah with her costume, Ariel!  I think this is going to become a traditation.  I like Farrah not knowing what she's going to be for Halloween.

It started in September when she started getting "Farrah mail" in the mail.  Magazines and flyers that she would look through for hours.  She already knew she wanted to be Ariel but know she had a magazine with all the accessories....shoes, gloves, wig and a crown.  She even had all her little girl friends costumes picked out.  Madi is Rapunzel, Maci is Cinderella, Peyton is Snow White, Molly is Aurora, and Ava could be Belle.

Farrah was driving us crazy!!  Everyday we had to look at this magazine and she would tell be exactly what she wanted and what everyone would be.  We had told her that since she already had the Rapunzel costume, that's what she would be this year.  This girl was so persistent and everyday she would say she wanted to be Ariel not Rapunzel.  She would look at me and say "It's ok Mommy, Daddy will buy it for me."  I think she already had us figured out...haha! 

So a could of days before Halloween we went and bought her the Ariel costume.  I hid it from her til Halloween and she was so excited when we surprised her with it!  I must say, she was one beautiful Ariel!

Pumpkin Patch Fun!!

The last couple of weeks James has worked some crazy late hours and he worked all day Saturday.  So today when Farrah woke up from her nap, James announced we were having a family date night.  He told us to load up in the car for some fun so away we went....to the Corn Maize!! 

We love the corn maize!  This year, Farrah is old enough to really enjoy it.  She had a blast!  We rode a cow train, fed the animals, went on a hayride and did the kiddie maze.  It was so much fun to watch Farrah and experience this through her eyes. 

Our pumpkin!

Greatest family pic ever....Haha!

Kiddie Maize

Feeding and petting the animals.

Cow Train....Farrah didn't want to ride by herself so mommy had to ride.  Haha!!

Hayride!!  Picking our pumpkins!

 

 

Thanks James for a family fun night....it was much needed!! 

Busy time of year!

This past month has been CRAZY!  This past week we had two conferences back to back.  Farrah has KDO two times a week, swimming lessons on Mondays and Wednesdays and then gymnastics on Tuesday afternoon.  So needless to say....its C-R-A-Z-Y!!

I haven't been updating the blog much so this update will mostly be pictures that I want to remember.  I promise I will be better about updating!

Farrah started her gymnastic/dance and is loving it!  I think she likes the gymnastics a lot more then dance!

Farrah has been quite the mess lately!  She wanted to help with laundry and I turned around and this is where I found her......

the South Plains fair was in town a couple of weeks ago and we met up with some friends and had some fun.

We also put our house on the market a few weeks ago and hopefully we will be getting an offer soon!!

Farrah had the honor of meeting Princess Belle at a friends birthday party!  She was super excited and I think a little shocked when she walked in....haha!! 

We walked the Susan G. Komen, Race for the Cure for a dear friend. 

I've had some really fun dates with Farrah while her daddy is busy teaching CHL classes!  She is the only one eating donuts in the family so its a special treat for her!

Every year we try to visit the Pumpkin Trail as a family and we always have fun!! 

It's been fun and we are having so much fun making memories with Ms. Farrah!  She is growning so fast and not looking like a toddler anymore!  She is such a fun and spirited little girl!! 

International guests....

Things have been a little crazy around here for the past two weeks.  Two weeks ago we had a friend from the Czech Republic here visiting the United States for the first time.  We call me Czech Michal because we know so many Michael's so it just made it so much easier.  (Yes, he spells is without an e...haha!)

Michal came in for the weekend and we had so much fun with him!  Two months ago I started a new workout called Crossfit and Michal loves Crossfit as well.  So there were a couple of days he went to the gym with me and I think he was surprised how much harder it was here in the states.  

This weekend there was a Crossfit competition here in Lubbock and Michal decided to compete.  He has been working hard for the last two weeks and training really hard.  James, Farrah and I went on Saturday to watch him compete and cheer him on.  He did so good and he competed in the individual men's group and won 2nd place!!  

 

While Michal stayed with us, Farrah adopted him as her big brother.  It was the sweetest thing!  She always asked about Michal and invited him to do everything with us.  I was pleasently surprised how Michal really looked after her. 

This weekend we had our friends from Norway stay with us.  Sean, Hannah, Isaac and Elizabeth have had a pretty rough weekend.  Isaac was sick with the stomach bug and then came down with strep...poor guy!  Then Hannah became sick with the stomach bug but I have to say, these guys were such troopers!  Farrah had a blast playing with Isaac and holding Elizabeth every chance she got....haha!

Sean and Hannah are about to do a church plant in Norway.  I can't wait to hear all the exciting things that God is going to do through them and for the country of Norway! 

Dad's 60th surprise party....

For weeks my mom and I have been planning my dad's 60th surprise party.  Last night we had some of my mom and dad's closest friends and family join us at mom and dad's house.

The plan was for James to take dad to a movie to get him out of the house and bring him home later.  Once I knew dad was out of the house, I headed over to start decorating for the party and help mom with the last details.  I had so much fun decorating and knowing this was going to be so special for my dad.  The party started at 6pm and guest started showing up and the plan was for dad to return home around 6:15-6:30pm.  No problem, right?

At 6:30 we still had no dad and no James.  I called James and he said, "Well he should be about 10 minutes away."  So after 10 more minutes, mom called dad.  Well dad of course didn't know the plans so he was having fun in Lubbock by himself.  He decided to go shopping while he was in Lubbock!  Mom told him he needed to come home and dad finally arrived around 7:30pm!!  I called James and told him about dad and to ask where he was.  We laughed so hard!  James didn't know how to get my dad back home without telling him about the party and he just assumed that dad would go right home. 

After dad finally came home, we had a great party!  There were so many friends and family that had traveled a long way and it truly blessed my dad.  We are so blessed to have such a wonderful dad and a grandad for our children! 

My dad came home saying "I'm sorry...I didn't know!"  I guess you could say we pulled off the surprise party....haha! 

Family and friends who came.

Dad's favorite kids ;-)

The whole gang!  (You can't see my brother-in-law, Lance, very well...sorry!)

My uncle Eddie and my grandad came.  We sure missed my other uncles Ken and Kim!

Thanks to everyone who came to celebrate my dad!  He was has been blessed by you more then you'll ever know!

 

Game Day!

I have to admit that football season is one of my favorite times of the year!  As a family, we love going to the Texas Tech games.  This time of year reminds me that fall is just around the corner so that means cooler weather!  We also love Friday night football games.

Yesterday, we took Farrah to the season opener of the Tech football game.  We had so much fun watching Farrah.  She really gets onto the game and cheers her little heart out!  She loves the "boys", the cheerleaders, the band and is always looking for Raider Red and the Masked Rider.  This year they added fireworks when Tech scores and Farrah really liked that.  She kept asking for the "fire"......haha!

This is one tradition we will keep as a family!

 

 

 

This picture cracks me up!  If you know Farrah at all and her LOVE of popcorn you know she is one happy girl!  I bought the smallest popcorn they had and of course is was huge, but you should have seen her face light up when I handed it to her.  She said "This is all mine?!?!"  She ate more then half of that big tub of popcorn all by herself!