Soccer Practice

Noah, Coleby, Anthony, Jaden, Cameron, Landen, Kramer, Diego, and Andrew :)


Coleby

Landen cheering for the team :)

Our Park Adventure...and some Fam Pics :)

Nick and I took the boys for a picnic at Bob Woodruff Park last weekend....here are a few pics of the "boys" feeding the ducks :)

Awwww :)

The duckies...

This way Daddy.....

Here are some pics of my hero....Aunt Hazel!

The boys and their Great, great Aunt Hazel

Hugs!!!

I absolutley adore this woman!!! She is a true hero!

Best Friends

Steven M. Bird May 28,1983-July 23, 2003

I wanted to share a story.

Nick obviously had a hard time dealing with Steven's death. It wasn't until this year that he actually came to terms with the situation. It was the "anniversary" date and I decided to get out pictures of Steven to show the boys. I don't really know why....but it felt like time. They immediately understood that he was Daddy's best friend and they can't see him because he is in Heaven.
Coleby asked what happened to him...and immediately answered his own question with "Mommy, did he get a boo-boo on his nose?" Even though I was sad...I had to laugh a little at his question. (His brother got a boo-boo on his nose and had to go to the hospital once and it was scary to him!) I simply told him that he was in an accident and that he went to Heaven...which is as much as a 3 year old can really understand.
Coleby especially LOVED sitting at the desk and looking through pictures of "Uncle Steven". Landen was a little more reserved. He spends a little more time thinking about things and it wasn't until later that night that he asked..."Why?" That question is a little tougher to answer...but just as my Mom always told me "God had other plans...".

It brought me to tears when Nick came home and the first thing that the boys said was "Daddy, we saw pictures of you and your best friend..." He was surprised, but he actually smiled. I think it makes him feel better that the boys know about it all.
Oh, and Coleby thinks it's so cool that he's named after him.

Kids are such a blessing. They always know just what to say to make you smile and make the worst situations bearable.
We were SO blessed to have Steven in our lives.
We are blessed to have so many good memories of him....and so many great stories to tell our kids.

An Early B-Day Present for GG, DG & Nana :)

We had to take these a little early because that's when Chera was available & we LOVE her....so after we got home from Houston...the 2nd time, we scurried off to Quorum Park in Addison for our photo shoot and here ya go!
We hope you guys enjoy!
Happy Early B-days!
Prints to come :)

http://chera25.com/galleries/81609Brooke/

Anyone else that would like prints, let me know, we have the cd ;)

Mine & Nicks Fancy Schmancy Dinner & then A Night Out ;)

Nana & Papa got Nick & I a gift card to Truluck's (Awesome seafood/steak place in Addison!!), so we went out for a Date Night!! Woo hoo! And we had a blast! The food was YUM!! Nick ordered Free Range chicken & Potatos & I had Spicy Bass with shrimp & dirty rice...it was FABULOUS!

And then afterwards, Thera met us and we went just down the street to Addison Circle and met friends at Zen and had more fun!!! It is SO nice to take a break sometimes and spend time together! Nick and I don't get to go out together much...we had a GREAT time!

Many thanks to Brad and Debbie for the Gift Card and for taking the boys to see G-Force! They have been saying "Poop in his hand..." all morning! Too cute!


Moi and Nicholas :)

He wasn't being very cooperative...

Moi...again.

Me & my lil' sis...Can you believe people actually thought we were twins when we were little?!?

The girls at Zen...Deanna, Jen, Me, and Thera.

Handsome Lil' Devil :)

Nick, Me, and Benny

Friends for Life


Loralei, Brooke & Thera...New friends!

Us again!

Back from Vacation

Mommy, Frog, and Coleby :)


Lan, Double G, and Coleby watching t.v.


"Bucket Head"


Double G & Landen...He would only swim with him!!

Shark Boy!!

Around 11:45 pm...all piled in 1 bed being goofy :)

Family Pic in the Pool

Million Dollar Smile :)

Landen floatin around.

We had SO much fun in Spring, TX with GG & Double G!! The kids got to swim & play and we weren't ready to come home! It was a little bit of a crazy drive home. We left late in the afternoon. We wanted to stay and help with a few things around the house which turned out to be a blessing!!

As we hit Madisonville, about 2 hours from home, we were in bumper to bumper traffic. At first, we couldn't figure out what was going on. There was debris everywhere, power lines snapped in two, trees snapped and all over the southbound side of I-45...and then it hit us, we had just missed a really bad storm, possibly a tornadoe...by MINUTES! There were cars in ditches, on access roads, it was a mess! I have yet to find information on it, but I talked to a family friend who's son was on his way back to A&M and was in it and said that it was in fact a tornado and that his car was lifted off the ground!! UGH...glad he's ok!! Anyways, crazy end to a very happy weekend! We hope to visit again before they sell the house :)

Our day at Celebration Park

Nick had the day off , so we took the kids along with Amanda, Lainey & Brady to Celebration Park in Allen. They have a fun splash area that the kids LOVED!

We were smart & brought tents & went early!! People were envious of our smart planning :) lol!

Here are a few pics from our morning!

Daddy & Boys enjoying some shade!


Aunt Amanda and the 3 little Bff's!


Aunt Brooke & Lainey Faith

Daddy & Coleby getting water dumped on their heads...Coleby loved this!!!

Lainey is the only one who likes to pose for picture time!

The boys are SO excited about this year...they have never REALLY seen fireworks before...they have always been too small.

Our first July 4th with them was in the NICU at Presby when they were first born. We had a corner room on the 3rd floor and we had perfect view of 2 really great fireworks shows surrounding Plano. Awww...love those memories! We really want this year to be special, too!!!!

I'm sure we will have many more pics from this weekend!! We LOVE the 4th!!

Fireworks, family & friends! Fun stuff!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!