In case you were wondering.....

...Elisabeth's party was a lot of fun. I think I might be a bit crazy but fun. Everyone showed up and only one little girl went home. We stayed up until 1:30 am and the first girls were awake by 7:00 am. That makes for a really short night. But fun. ...Beck had his party at Chuck E Cheese. He got lots of great presents and is so proud to be three.
...he is the only one of my children who is afraid of Chucky but still wanted his party there.

.......the cake was a bust. The cake part was too moist and soft so the fondant was too heavy and made the bottom of the cake smoosh. So live and learn. It did taste good so he liked it. I needed Angela to come help me.

and......I got it!

YiPpeE!!! I finally got it. I went out today and bought one of these
for my this I love my camera. I think it is safe to say it is my favorite toy. and now it is even more my favorite toy because it has a new gadget. I can't wait to to take some more pictures this weekend.

Hope you have a great weekend full of BIG fun!

Happy Birthday Beck Garmin!

Well it is birthday season around here and we have yet another birthday to celebrate. Happy third birthday Beck. Beck is definitely the entertainer of the family. He gets in lots of trouble but probably not as much trouble as he should get in because Josh and I baby him way too much. Beck always has a smile and a sparkle in his eye. He loves his big sister. He loves Diego and cars and boats. Of all my children, he is the biggest Daddy's boy. Beck is really tall for his age so people often mistake him for being Gates twin brother. But he is only three. Three sounds so old! Beck loves coke! (Go ahead and gasp. Yes, I give my children cokes even when they're less than a year old. I love them, too.) If you click on this picture and get a closer look, you can see the coke running down his chest. He was so happy and proud of his big boy drink. He is not quite two in this picture.
Two year old in College Station at the Atkinson ranch.
Beck loves Concan. We can't wait to go again next week.
When you ask Beck who's boy he is he rattles off "Momma's boy, Daddy's boy and E-maw's boy" (E-maw is how he says grandma. He loves my mom and asks me daily to go to her house)
He looks so big in this picture. Here, he is almost three.

Brand new Beck in the hospital. Hogan just had to give him a kiss.
Aggie Beck. They are all Aggies for now. Hopefully they will stay that way.
Beck was always happy and fat. His big head didn't seem to bother him a bit.
Eighteen months at David and Sarah Grove's house. He already looked so big.
Sweet boy! We love you!

One of those days!

Today has been one of those days. Josh has been out of town since Monday morning and I am worn out. The kids seemed to be extra grumpy today and everything seemed to go wrong. I couldn't even send the kids outside because now that the rain from "Dolly" is gone, we are left with mosquitoes the size of hummingbirds. The yard man showed up at 7:00 this morning and started mowing which in turn woke all of us up. I understand he likes to get started early to beat the heat but really 7:00 is so early. Then I was getting the snake out to let the kids hold him (no, we did not find the snake I am hoping he found is own way back to the wild, instead my sweet sister got Elisabeth a new one for her birthday since Elisabeth was so sad about the first one being gone) and I was holding him and he pooped on me. It was so yucky! Hogan cried all day because he just can't understand why his birthday is last. I tried to explain to him that he has already had two more birthdays than Beck but he wasn't buying it. I have misplaced my scissors and tape from when I wrapped Elisabeth's presents a couple of days ago. So... I had to wrap Beck's presents with a pair of two inch scissors and a one inch tape dispenser. Terrible! Beck really wanted a golf bag for his little bitty gulf clubs and I can't seem to find one small enough anywhere. I know they make them because I have seen them before. and did I mention I was up at 7:00. Ok now that I have vented I will get glad in the same pants I got mad in and tackle Beck's birthday cake. I don't know what I was thinking when I decided that I could make this: Mine will never be this good, but I will attempt. I'll post pics when I'm finished. I hope it goes better than the rest of my day. I can't believe my baby is going to be THREE! I'll have birthday pics for tomorrow.

Funny Story

I had loaded the kids up in Josh's truck to go out. Gates and Beck were in the back. Gates was trying to help Beck buckle his car seat. Beck was fussing because he didn't want Gates' help. He wanted to do it all by himself. Hogan was going to ride in the middle in the front, but was turned around on his knees coaching Gates as to how to get the car seat buckled. It was kind of crazy with all three of them talking at once and then Beck crying...so I asked Hogan to turn around and mind his own business. Hogan promptly said "Yes mam, but I don't have a business. Isn't that a job?" I cracked up laughing. Hogan thought it was great that whatever he had said made me laugh and he laughed too. He still doesn't get what I meant.

As promised more Elisabeth. Happy Birthday Baby!

Sweet baby about 16 mo. She is sitting on the swing in front of our old house ready for church.
3 yrs. old and a flower girl in Brandon's wedding. She was perfect.
eight months after church at the lake a set her in a fold up chair. She was checking out her shoes.
3 yrs on the city bus. She went with my sister on a home school field trip. She thought she was so big.
5 mo Christmas card pic. (Before the glasses) She got so chubby. I just realized that she looks a lot like some of my baby pictures. I never really thought she looked like me as a baby.
Brand new. 6 lbs. 8 oz. She was the tiniest baby to me. I can't believe she is so BIG.

Happy Birthday Elisabeth Anne!!!

I have tons of pictures to post but the flash drive was giving me grief so I had to go ahead and post these and will add the rest later. I can't believe she is seven. Wow, time has flown. Elisabeth is the sweetest little girl. She is alway helpful (sometimes bossy but mostly helpful) She loves music and singing and dancing (we raising a good 'ol church of christ girl LOL). She takes such good care of her brothers and is so giving. There are so many things that make her so wonderful, but most of all, she loves Jesus. (Age 4)

(First day of Kinder)
(Age 6)