My sweet Granddad.....

I spent most of this past weekend at University Hospital in San Antonio. Granddad fell Friday afternoon and had major trauma / injuries to his head. After slipping into a coma he passed away last night. I have spent much of the day reflecting and remembering Granddad. I am so thankful that I have so many good memories. He was so funny and had such a great heart. I take comfort in knowing where he is now and I can't wait to see him again.

So cute!!

Every night when we sit down to eat dinner we say a prayer. Since Tyler has gotten a little older he likes to say the prayer also. We now have to let each of them say their own prayer. It really is sweet. I just wanted to share a couple of things the kids have said / prayed for recently.

Kaylee constantly prays for safe travel for Amanda. We have been wondering who Amanda was and just found out it is her teachers daughter who goes to school at Auburn. Apparently her teacher prays for her during their prayer time at school. Then the other night she said (and I quote) "Dear Lord, please help me eat my ham"!!!!! How cute is that?!?!

One night last week we were eating (after saying our 2 prayers) and Tyler screams "GOD MADE ME"!!!!! Holy cow - it absolutely melted my heart!!! And when he prays he closes his eyes as tight as he possibly can folds his hands and squeezes them just as tight and his prayer goes something like this: "God r Fodder, God r Fodder hmmm, hmmm, Amen"

My First Black Eye......

And it's from my dog!!!!!!!! O.k. - this isn't a very smart move on my part but it seemed fun at the time. Yesterday Shane and I were jumping on the trampoline with the kids and Chance (our 100 pound black lab) was barking like crazy because we were all jumping and not throwing the ball for him. So I decided to include him in our family time and I invited him up on the trampoline with us. Well, because he is so big he was having a hard time getting up there so I decided to help. He started to freak out because I was pulling on him and he started throwing his head around and my face ended up being on the receiving end of his big block head!!!

So here is a picture for all of you to see. I can't believe I am almost 30 and I have a black eye from a dog!!

Pictures

Tyler with his binky

Learning to blow bubbles - priceless

Kaylee looking rough from playing outside

Just Kaylee

Wow! I can't believe it's been almost a week...

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. We have just been really busy this week but I'm not real sure exactly what we have been doing. I am still trying to recooperate from my Kids Market shopping experience Tuesday. Since I am working the sale this year I got to shop a week before the sale opens to the public and it was absolutely crazy!! I got there at 4:15 and didn't leave until 2:00 a.m.!!! For those of you who have shopped the Kids Market consignment sale before, you know how overwhelming it can be. Those of you who have not - you would just have to see it to believe it. They had over 2,400 contributors this sale so there is tons of stuff!! Anyways, I got lots of good stuff for both of the kids.

The kids and I are decorating the house with all of our Halloween stuff today. They are so excited. I remember when I used to look forward to that as a kid also. When you are a child even the little things in life are so special.

Kaylee and Tyler have been really good this week. They are starting to play together more now which makes it really nice for me. It is also neat to see them interacting with each other. When I see them laughing and playing together it melts my heart. :o)

What a Wonderful Weekend.....

Friday: Shane and I took Tyler to see Sesame Street Live - Elmo Makes Music. The show was great and Tyler loved it!! The 3 of us had a great night. Kaylee didn't go. Apparently 4 years old is way to old for Sesame Street. She opted to spend time with her Gram and they played putt - putt golf.

Saturday: We had a great day of BBQ, football and friends. We had a house full of some of our favorite friends (although some were unable to attend). All 6 kids were fabulous and played great together.

Sunday: Naps, family time and getting ready for the upcoming week.

I hope all of you had a wonderful weekend also. I have been taking lots of pictures of the kids and will post them soon!!

Is three really a crowd??

Shane and I have been undecided for a while on whether or not to have another baby. I have always wanted 3 or 4 kids but sometimes I feel as if my 2 are just as much stress as 4. Tyler definitely keeps me busy as he is always up to something and Kaylee can be so sweet but so sassy!!

The past several months I have really been telling myself that I was completely happy with the 2 beautiful children God has given me and that three would just be hard. For example - when you have a third child and you have to get a hotel room where does one of the kids sleep? I know questions like that are silly, but those are the kind of random things I think about.

Lately I have had this overwhelming feeling come over me and every time I look at one of the kids, I absolutely fall in love with them just as I did the day they were born. I can't help but think of how wonderful it would be to have another child to love as much as I love Kaylee and Tyler. Next to Shane, they are absolutely the love of my life!!

So, as to whether to have another or not - still undecided. Any suggestions or comments??