June 2011 updates

6/26 - Kasey started wearing underwear more. She was tired when we went to lunch, threw a complete fit wanting to and not wanting to go potty at the restaurant. Then she took a nap. somehow she stayed dry through all that. She also went number 2 in potty -she's not to sure of it, but we'll get there.

After Kasey's crazy fit Landon and I decided to get out of the house and go to the neighborhood pool. We had fun and Landon got to swim and play with a little boy from the neighborhood.

6/22 - We cancelled tball practice because so many kids were out so we took the kids to the neighborhood pool. we had a good time playing in the pool, racing and Landon practicing his swimming

6/20 - There are a lot of kids in Landon's skating class and they have different skill levels. They are moving Landon and a few kids up to hockey 2 class. Now we'll have skating on Saturdays instead of Monday.

6/19 - We had a good fathers day. We had a good lunch with Grammy and Gramps at Paesanos. The kids got to share Fettuccine Alfredo with Grammy. Of course we had good desserts. We rested in the afternoon. Landon made Greg a book with pictures that he drew and things about him like how old he is and that his favorite food is chicken salad ?? he also made him a little book with words in it. Greg also got a few shirts from Kona brewery - his favorite beer is Firerock from Kona Brewery.

6/18 - between soccer and tball games I took Landon to ice skating (make up). He was doing really well. When they were getting them to go backwards he would be all the way across the ice and the other kids would barely be halfway. There was a Canadian couple there saying he'll make a good defender.

6/12 - Kasey is wearing underwear today even running errands. She has been doing well for a couple days with pee pee - 1 accident a day.

Aggie baseball team plays at 3pm to try to get to the world series, Landon has make up tball game at 5pm, FC Dallas has a game at 6pm and Dallas Mavericks play one of final games at 7pm....

6/11 - We had 2 games again today with a birthday party in between. Soccer at 9:30am, Kasey, Grammy and I went to Tegan Reed's first birthday party at 10:30am and then Landon had a tball game at Noon. Needless to say we took a nap in the afternoon. We went to Freebirds for dinner and got to have draft Shiner - Greg says it's been there a while, but I haven't seen it before.

6/9 - Kasey has started to put puzzles together more. At Grammy's she put together several younger puzzles and some that were for 4-5 year olds too with a little help.

6/6 - We ordered the books Landon was reading in Phonics. He did really well reading the ones he had read before, and started reading new ones as well.

6/4 - This has been one of the craziest days in a long time. This was our first day of Landon playing 2 sports at the same time.

We had an 8am indoor soccer game, then I went to work out at the gym while Greg took the kids for a donut because Landon played well in his game. We got ready and went to Landon's tball game at noon. The team did well and got 6 outs - in the league you either get 5 runs or 3 outs. One of the innings the team got 3 outs before 5 runs. Go Rattlers. Then we headed for a quick lunch since we were all hungry.

So far so good. At this time we have 1 working bathroom in our house - our new and improved bathroom. The others have had the walls redone (no more wallpaper) and now Greg is working on painting them. So Greg was upstairs doing this and we decided to try big girl underwear with Kasey. I was not brilliant with this and let her sit on our bed. We went through a few pairs or underwear and i'm still washing everything from that. Both kids are super tired. We got leave to grab some dinner (Greg has gone to FC Dallas game) and Landon gets a nose bleed and he's rubbed it all over his arms and shirt. He's freaking out because he has blood all over him. I'm trying to calm him down, get him to the one working bathroom and get Kasey back inside. He was doing well. We went and grabbed food to bring back home because everyone was tired. And even in few minutes coming home both kids were falling asleep. We walk in the door and Landon tells me he was really asleep and I woke him up.

Then I got the kids quick showers and to bed. They were out pretty quick :) I'm about to head to the movies to see Water for Elephants before it leaves the theaters.

June Pictures

Here are some pictures from June - click here

Here are pictures from the season for Landon's tball team - Timber Rattlers - Greg was head coach and I think he did a wonderful job. Every week that the kids got 3 or more outs they got to throw water balloons at the coach - they did this just about every week. - click here

Bathroom Remodel - Spring 2011

We started our bathroom remodel April 25th. Most of it was complete a month later except for having the mirrors up. Now we are almost 2 months later, but we have mirrors up and new door handles in the entire downstairs. Only little things left are finding accessories that we like and go with everything and possibly getting new towels.

February 2010 I was in Barcelona on a business trip. Greg decided that he should look into whether the shower caulk was getting water behind the tiles. so the shower sat with several tiles removed until April 2011. I had had enough of taking baths so we found a contractor to do work.

We went through different options of how much to redo, and ended up with plan to take out most everything, make a big shower and enjoy.

along the way we kept finding new project. we also replaced the tile around the fireplace because it was cracked. We replaced a few other cracked tiles in the entry. We also had them redo walls in all other bathrooms in the house for Greg to paint. we're still working these projects.

Here are pictures of the bathroom process.

May Updates

5/28-5/30 - Memorial Day weekend

Saturday we had Landon's tball game. He got an out and was excited about it. Then the kids went to Grammy and Gramps for the night. Greg and I did a few things around the house and then we went out for a nice dinner. We went to Bonnie Ruths and had a good dinner and dessert. We even had some French wine which we haven't had in a while. Then we decided to take in a movie. We went to see Hangover 2 - that's what we agreed to. It was pretty funny.

Sunday I went to Grammy and Gramps to have lunch with them and the kids. Grammy had bought them a cardboard house they can play in and color. Landon of course was very into coloring it. He put Kasey Myers on one door and Landon Myers on another door.

Landon is making many things. He made me a Dinosaur Train - cut it out and colored it and said it was a thank you for making his dinosaur train cake and cupcakes. He had cut out a lion - cut out pieces and put it together, made a parrot and ornament, flower. All kinds of things. He likes being creative and drawing and cutting and coloring etc.

After lunch we came back and got ready for a neighborhood pool party. We all had a great time. Landon was doing well swimming, Kasey loved the water. We had good food and a margarita machine - what more could you ask for.

Monday we got up and went to the early Kung Fu Panda movie. Then Greg spent most of the rest of the day priming the bathroom walls.

5/25 - Bathroom is basically done - just few minor things and hang the mirrors

5/24 - Landon had his 5 year well visit today. He did pretty well. He didn't pass his hearing test, but she said that since he recently had a cold that is sometimes normal. We'll go back in a month. He weighed 44.1lb (70%) and was 44.49 inches (78%). They checked his eyesight as well which he did pass (yea). He did well and asked him several questions about things he knew like 911 and strangers and colors and shapes etc. Anyway, he did well.

5/23 - Kasey hasn't been jumping much at gymnastics until this week. She started jumping better today.

5/22 - we had Landon's friend party at Pump in Up in Frisco again. The kids seemed to have a great time. I made a Dinosaur Train cake and Dinosaur Train cupcakes with edible icing with a picture that said Happy Birthday Landon. We had fun dinosaur themed goodies including a dinosaur mask that the kids seamed to like. Landon had a great time. Afterwards he went to FC Dallas game with Greg and Kasey and I hung out and rested.

5/21 - got to take shower in new shower for the first time even though the glass wasn't in.

Tball was cancelled because of rain so we went to Taste of Addison with the kids. We had some good food and the kids got to see a show and ride on some rides. After that we took the kids to Grandmas house and Greg and I tried to do some shopping then went back to Taste of Addison to spend some time with adults. Tracy's brother was playing in a band, and or course the food and drinks were good.

5/18 - got to use my new sink in our bathroom

5/17 - Landon turned 5 years old today. He had a fun day. At the school auction we won a special visit from the story lady (the school owner). She came in dressed up in renaissance dress with several books and puppets. She read some fun stories. One that she had out was called how the giraffe got his long neck. We had gotten that in South Africa, so I was wondering if she had gotten it on her visit to South Africa or some where here. She had gotten it in South Africa so it was fun to have her read that one.

Grandma picked up Landon from school and took him for Ice Cream which of course went over well.

That night we had dinner at Zorbas with Grammy and Gramps which was fun and very good.

5/14- 5/15 - We had a busy day. We had a garage sale to get rid of some stuff in the morning, Landon had a tball game at 2pm, and then we went to Jill Folkert's Nursing school graduation party. The kids had a blast at the party, and it was fun for me to catch up with Jaime and Sarah. We don't get to see each other very often. Jaime had her twin boys who are almost 7 months old there. To cute. Sarah and I got to feed them which was fun. We don't get to do that much.

Greg went that night to FC Dallas game part way through the party. Landon had a pretty bad cough that night and even woke up and threw up some that night. We took him to the Dr the next day and it ended up just being a cold, no fever or anything. I guess that was good, but we kept everyone home most of the day anyway.

5/8 - Had a wonderful mothers day. Landon woke up at 6:45am after going to bed late... We had scones made by family friend Fredel for breakfast and we all enjoyed them. We had a great lunch with Grammy and Gramps at Paesanos. We came home so Landon could work on his Lego truck and do mothers day. We gave Grammy some butterfly earrings from James Avery and some flowers. Landon made me a button necklace, a little piece of paper with lady bugs on it, and he made a wonderful book from school with different questions and drawings on it. it's wonderful!!! Greg and the kids got me a Nook Color.

We then cleaned up some, took some naps and got ready for Mothers Day dinner with Greg's mom, dad and sister. Greg cooked out hamburgers which were great, and we had some of Landon's birthday cake.

5/7 - We had Landon's first tball game of the season. The team hit pretty well and seemed to have fun. Then we had the family birthday party. Greg and I made a Dinosaur Train cake. Greg made a marble cake, and I decorated it. I made a nest out of chow mein noodles and butterscotch and chocolate chips melted. Then put crushed graham crackers as the ground and put the characters and train on it. We had a nice dinner with everyone and Landon got to blow out candles and open presents. The kids were really tired, but had a great time.

5/6 - We went to Landon's school program for his PreK class. It was great. The kids said the pledge of allegiance, and sang several of their favorite songs. We got it all on video. Then we had some treats afterwards with the kids.

5/4 - Landon got book from Phonics and started reading the pages. He's still working on it, but starting off really well.

May 2011 Pictures

Here are pictures from our busy May month - click here

Landon's birthday pictures are in a separate post, and I'll put tball album that I shared with the team in June pictures.

Landon's 5th Birthday Celebrations - May 17th 2011

Here are pictures from Landon's celebrations - click here

5/22 - we had Landon's friend party at Pump in Up in Frisco again. The kids seemed to have a great time. I made a Dinosaur Train cake and Dinosaur Train cupcakes with edible icing with a picture that said Happy Birthday Landon. We had fun dinosaur themed goodies including a dinosaur mask that the kids seamed to like. Landon had a great time. Afterwards he went to FC Dallas game with Greg and Kasey and I hung out and rested.

5/17 - Landon turned 5 years old today. He had a fun day. At the school auction we won a special visit from the story lady (the school owner). She came in dressed up in renaissance dress with several books and puppets. She read some fun stories. One that she had out was called how the giraffe got his long neck. We had gotten that in South Africa, so I was wondering if she had gotten it on her visit to South Africa or some where here. She had gotten it in South Africa so it was fun to have her read that one.

Grandma picked up Landon from school and took him for Ice Cream which of course went over well.

That night we had dinner at Zorbas with Grammy and Gramps which was fun and very good.

5/7 - We had Landon's first tball game of the season. The team hit pretty well and seemed to have fun. Then we had the family birthday party. Greg and I made a Dinosaur Train cake. Greg made a marble cake, and I decorated it. I made a nest out of chow mein noodles and butterscotch and chocolate chips melted. Then put crushed graham crackers as the ground and put the characters and train on it. We had a nice dinner with everyone and Landon got to blow out candles and open presents. The kids were really tired, but had a great time.

April Pictures

I thought it might be easier to just upload pictures to Kodak Gallery and share them. Hopefully the captions saved correctly!

Click Here for April Pictures

Here are some more pictures from my Cousin Ashley's wedding - click here