Jungle Girl

The last day of each swimming session the kids get to swing off the big rope into the pool. This is a much anticipated activity. It is fun to watch too! Chris and I want to take swimming lessons just so we can get a chance at the rope. I got Rachel on video this time. She has really perfected her swing. She used to let go right away and there was no swing, but just look at her now!

Happy Birthday Granny!!!

We hope you have had a great day Granny!! We had fun playing with you this weekend at Ian's house!

Happy Birthday Ian!!!

Our sweet nephew, Ian, turned one year old this past Saturday, so we loaded up and went to Ft. Worth to help him celebrate. He had a great party! Our kids really enjoyed helping him play with all his new toys.

Aunt Alanna and Uncle Chrisy with the birthday boy.



Kate was helping Uncle Beaubie put together Ian's present. We have decided she needs a car too. Every time we turned around she was sitting in Ian's car waiting for somebody to push her around.


Ian with his Mommy and Daddy about to blow out the candle on his cake.


He did not like cake!! Go figure!

Here is another bad picture of the Stansell grandbabies. The kids are still winning and the Mommies are still trying. We have decided to have a family portrait made of all of Chris's side of the family in April. This is probably a very good indication of what it is going to look like plus a bunch of frustrated parents!!

It is 90 degrees today. You gotta love February in West Texas!

Be My Valentine

We found Luke's monkey Memaw Linda!

This year for Valentine's Day Johnnie and I got together and planned our own night out with our husbands. My parents and Grandmother came to sit with the kids so we could have our night out. The kids were so excited! The four of us went to eat steaks at Clear Springs Cafe and then to watch the movie, He is Just Not That Into You. The dinner was great, but the move not so much. It was unanimous about half way through the movie that the movie was horrible, and we should leave and salvage the rest of the evening. So we decided to go get some ice cream! We had a fun time, and it was a special treat to get to go out with Johnnie and Aaron. We have never had a double date together, but I hope we get to again soon!

Luke and Rachel each had Valentine's parties at their schools. They enjoy making the boxes to collect their loot, getting the little cards from their friends, and eating all the candy as fast as they can. For their Valentine's gift from us I took Rachel and Luke to Chuck E Cheese with a friend of mine and her kids. They played games and ate pizza until the money ran out. Chuck E Cheese is always a fun treat for them. Kate stayed home with Daddy and did not know what she was missing. I know we won't get by with that next year.

Spaghetti Dinner, YUM!!!

Here are some pictures of Kate thoroughly enjoying her dinner last night. I must make some great spaghetti!
She is making sure she did not leave anything in the bowl.

Look at her forehead.

She had banana yogurt for dessert. She fed herself with that spoon. Do you notice that she licked the yogurt container clean too? She has a circle around her nose.

Rachel being silly.

Wonder who taught Kate to make the face two pictures up?

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On a different note, Luke went to the eye doctor yesterday, and he will not have to get glasses for another year unless we notice any changes. His eyes have not gotten any worse in the last six months and he sees well enough for a 4 year old to run and play and start to kindergarten. He inherited his Mama and Daddy's horrible eye sight. Poor kid!

Shaggy Gave Luke a Black Eye

Shaggy gave Luke a black eye last night. How you ask? The details are rather vague at this point. All we know is Rachel and Luke were rough housing, and Rachel hit Luke with Shaggy. I guess he was hit by Shaggy's pointy nose. Poor Luke has to walk around with a black eye now as proof his sister beat him up! Rachel won that round. Luke's eye looks bluer in person. He has an eye doctor appointment on Friday, so I get to try and explain his eye to the doctor :)

A Date and Brad Paisley!!

Chris and I had a rare date night this past Sunday. My Mom came and stayed with the kids while we went to Lubbock for some shopping, dinner, and a Brad Paisley concert. We had a GREAT time!! When I say we I mean mostly me about the concert. Chris swears he enjoyed it, but he is not a country music fan and did not know any of the songs he sings. Brad Paisley puts on a great show! He is a funny guy and has a very technically advanced show with videos and lights. There was one part where he sang a duet with Allison Crouse and you would swear she was really there. The way he used the video of her made her look so real. He is touring with Darius Ruckard and Derks Bentley, so we got three concerts in one.

Thanks Mom for watching the kids! I hope they were not so bad that you won't come back!