Surprise, Surprise, Surprise!

Matt's birthday this year was lots of fun! I planned a surprise party for him. Before we left for Matt's party, that he didn't know about, we took a picture of him and the kids.

I am such a lucky girl! Cute kids, cute hubby . . .
I surprised Matt for his birthday at one of our favorite restaraunts. I can't believe I had him fooled, but he was speechless when we walked in. It was a great time with good friends. Unfortunately, I cannot publish all the pictures because persons who think they are funny flashed MWWC gang signs in most of the pictures. :)



Phil didn't want to be in the picture and Julie wouldn't look.
Allison and Julie and I enjoyed our chocolate martinis VERY much!

Some other January highlights;

Paige got to start eating solids. Below is her first taste of oatmeal. LOL!

Just like a girl, she talked to me the whole time.

Here is a precious picture of our handsome boys before church one Sunday.

And last but not least, our sweet baby girl! She has grown so much, I can't believe 6 months have already passed!! She is the sweetest baby. Now if she'd just sleep through the night . . . ha!

Christmas has come and gone!

Wow how time flies! I was shooting for once a month to make entries, I have so much to put on here that I will have to take it in chunks. :)

Kyle turned 4 on the 15th with a fireman themed party. He got to go to the firestation for a personal tour with the firemen. He was pretty speechless the whole time we were there.

We got to go to Colorado for Christmas. We got lots of great pictures, but I'll only post a few. Once we got there the weather was beautiful and we did a lot of sledding and four wheeler riding.

It was a great trip. We were reminded how blessed we are with our families, on both sides. The whole trip was magical and specially blessed (since we almost didn't make it!) The boys loved the snow and all the special time with Mimi, Big Daddy, Uncle T and Aunt jamie.

What a Wonderful Christmas!

I am blog illiterate!

Soooo . . . I had to change our address. Then I tried to put halloween pics up and failed; actually I just got aggrivated and quit. :)

Here you will get Halloween pics even though we just celebrated Thanksgiving. A day late and a dollar short as usual.

Here we have Captain Hook, Peter Pan, Tinkerbell (held by Random Pirate) and Rex Kwon Do, famous from his short scene in Napoleon Dynamite. Halloween was very fun for all!

We got to go to Six Flags the first weekend in November. It was a special trip through one of our best friends with no lines for any rides. We were there ALL DAY with NO NAPS. We had a great time, and the boys loved it. They rode as many rides as they could including the Runaway Mine Train - "wow mommy! did you see me?"

We were not in the car two minutes before D crashed, he was out before his head hit the seat. K was close behind. We finally had our first really cold weather. I found out that I have a real live babydoll. She is wearing a sweater that belonged to me - too cute!!!!

Thanksgiving was very low key for us here in Farmers Branch. We had a great time seeing MD's family, but we were so busy talking that we hardly took any pictures! Some funny moments were K & D with cousins L & J sword fighting. Since J is only 18 months old it was pretty funny with him in the mix. Uncle Tim played the tambourine with E as she tried to play a piece on the piano while laughing hysterically. D decided that he wanted "a piece of wine" from mommy's glass. We are so blessed with our families and family-in-law, we love you guys.

Check in again soon, I'll try to do better. ;o)

"The Cake Builder" ~ my new title given by boss K

Traveling, traveling!

The kids and I have been gone a lot lately! All trips to see grandparents and other family members.


First we went to Nacogdoches to see Grandpa, Gran Kate, Grandad and Gram. The boys always love to play at Gram and Grandad's because they have a great backyard to play in.







While in Lubbock, the boys made a birdhouse with Big Daddy. As you'll be able to see from the pictures, they had lots of fun and it is very colorful.
"BIG DADDY! Yellow and blue make green!" - K








K went to his first red Raider football game with Daddy, our friend Mr.R and Big Daddy. They had lots of fun, mostly tailgating, but at the game too. Mommy didn't get to go, but I heard that my son was quite a "chick magnet." Not really what I wanted to hear, but since he loves to dance (and there was lots of dancing) I am sure he attracted attention. :) He absolutly loved it and I think his dad has officially created a Red Raider football fan.




PJ showed Nanie her cute smile and was loved on and spoiled by everyone.




Thanks for visiting our blog. I am going to use initials to protect the kids, who knows who's out there and you all know who they are anyway. :) I'll keep up with it the best that I can.

:) The Stevens