June 25, 2009

vacation's over

I've never been so happy to see my girls as I was this day or so ready for a vacation to end! I was gone way too long without them.  I flew in to pick them up and we went to Vero to spend some time at the beach.

this is the picture i have in my head when i need to getaway, there's no place better that i know of than the beach on a beautiful day.  calgon...




June 21, 2009

look who's 30!

to celebrate jd's big 3-0 we went to barton creek golf resort in austin, super nice place.  it was two (long, sweltering hot) days of golfing and that was pretty much it.  no, really.  i'm just being funny, but we did have a great time and for his birthday he bought me a set of clubs so i could play with him!  we had a caddy and the whole shebang....fore!  happy birthday babe :-)
getting warmed up



my man in the zone




if you want to know what kind of golfer i was, just look at my shoes!  i've got a thing or two to learn about golf.



some rediculous houses on the course, sigh.

June 4, 2009

the great sunshine state

granny great with the girls.  they just love going to her house because she feeds them chocolate pudding with whip cream and doesn't get mad when they smear it all over the place! 


pool date

huntley, oh, how we miss you and your sweet face.  your name comes up on a daily basis at our house still because every babydoll in our house shares your name :-)

edy on binky patrol, her favorite job.  dee dee, sorry about the bloody toe on your couch?  i had no idea!!

how funny is this?!  we love dee dee because she lets us have fun, even if it's getting in the baby's bed with his binkies!



June 3, 2009

swim lessons

the first day was a little rough, but they got over it quick when they figured out that it was actually fun!

lucy proud of what she accomplished with ms. pat

edy before she knew it was her turn next

she was ticked!


look, mom, no hands!




showing off

May 29, 2009

Talk about last minute...

Sooo....we've had a lot going on around here lately with the whole moving situation. We had been working with a lady that thought she found us a place, but it was iffy if we could move in by the 1st b/c the homeowners were doing some renovating, etc., she wasn't real sure and couldn't really give me any definitive answers. Four days before we had to be out of our place in Houston she drops off communication with me, no phone calls, no e-mails, nothing, I can't get a hold of her to save my life. What the heck are we to do, we had no back up plan. Thankfully, she got in touch with me after the 400 plus phone calls and e-mails I had sent her at 11:00 a.m. this morning (May 29th). I'm not kidding, we're picking up the moving truck in the morning and up until then we had no destination. Anyhoo, she has a new place that just came available that I was only able to see three pictures of, the outside, the pool!!! and the kitchen. This is really going against my style to just move into a place blind now knowing what to expect and if it's "my kinda clean" or not. But at this point, we have no other choice! So after that it seems like everything has fallen into place, Sara was able to come over and help me pack up (Sara, I would still be pacing around the house if it weren't for you. Thank you a great deal for everything you've done for me, you are golden and I'm really going to miss you in Austin :() I only have a few small last minute things to do once JD gets here in the morning and we are off to Austin finally.

Just in time to put the furniture in place, put sheets on beds, unpack a few boxes and me and the kids are off to FLORIDA!!!! Yea! My wonderful parents are going to keep the girls for the month of June, although, I'll be there some of the time. I'm flying in with them Tuesday and flying out Saturday to Boston, woohoo. I'm visiting Aydin for the first time that's long overdue. We are going to go Ziplining through the Berkshire Mountains, going to the TX Rangers game against the Red Sox at Fenway, touring the city and who knows what else. From there I'll fly to Nashville to meet up with friends for the CMA Festival, which is going to be a blast. I've never spent time in Nashville so I'm really excited to get to go. Next I'm headed back to Austin (yes, people, this is all in the month of June) to spend some time with my hubby, which I'm really looking forward to, peace and quiet (meanwhile, my kids will be terrorizing my parents and their house), finish unpacking and settling into our new place, tour some of the vineyards, see the nightlife, celebrate JD's birthday at a golf resort and maybe float the guadalupe river and just relax, ahhh, I can't wait! Finally, my last stop will be to zoom into Fl to pick up my babies who I'm really going to miss and bring them back to good ol' TX.
So what I was trying to say from the beginning is that I'm taking off from blogging for a couple of weeks for vacay and when I get settled I'll be posting pics from all of my adventures. Until we meet again...
smOOches, Emily

May 16, 2009

Cru

The other night a group of my girlfriends from my moms' group here got together for a little send off before I move. We went to Cru, which is a really yummy wine bar with really good food. A cool place and a great night out. Thanks girls, I'm going to miss ya'll!
Mandy, Stephanie, Heather, Sara, Stacy, me

smOOches, Emily