More Pictures with Kids and Grandkids!

Ben and Karla just chillin' before leaving to go home on Sunday.(Mar. 3, 2009)
Karla, Ashley, and Leslie just being cute. 
One last picture for Mom...then I will put the camera up! HA
Emmerson and Jackson with Baby Benjamin!
Emmerson fixing Aunt Karla's hair..."This is the Beauty Shop....please shut the door..."(Emmerson told Grammie)

I LOVE IT WHEN THE KIDS COME HOME!!!!

Grammie and her sweet little "grands"-Jackson, Emmerson, Evynn and Baby Benjamin(3-1-09)
Alan, Leslie, Chad(in back), Ben, and Karla. Not pictured-Jason
Evynn beautifying Ashley with BOWS.
Group GRANDS Piano Lesson by Emmerson!

All the kids came home to check out Baby Benjamin. Ben and Ashley from NYC, Karla from Austin, Alan and Deonne and girls(Emmerson and Evynn) from Lubbock, and LIFE WAS GOOD! 

Good FUN, Good FOOD, Good TIMES!

THE PICTURES TELL IT ALL!

Baby Benjamin is cruising through his first week of life like a CHAMP!

Benjamin has learned a lot this week--how to drink milk, how to do other body functions, how to chill around Jackson, and much much more! Jackson is learning what "be easy with baby Benjamin" means I hope as he has a Thomas the train in one hand and a Lightnin' McQueen in the other!

BABY BENJAMIN BORN on January 25, 2009

The wait for baby Benjamin is finally over. He is such a cool little guy already! Jackson has seen him once and who knows what he thinks really or what he actually comprehends about the situation yet....that is yet to be seen. See pics of the evening he was born and the day after. 

New Year's Greeting

Look closely at the flowers growing out of Ben and Jackson's heads!!! Yikes-is there a zoo around to house such as this?
I don't know if there is room in that zoo for the craziness.....

Checking out Rob's new office space at Watermark. Cool view of 635!
Jackson throwing his clothes out of the big sack...He got styling clothes from Uncle Ben and Aunt Ashley. 
Jackson's first robe! He likes it. 
Leslie, Rob and Karla just hanging out. 
Karla trying to get Jackson to eat Brisket. It worked! He ate it up!

Pics of Christmas 2008

Ashley got the girls pjs from J. Crew...what a dance line!
Karla about to leave with Bud.
Our trip to Frisco Square to see the syncronized light show.

Jason and Missy enjoying the merriment.
Christmas Eve after the service.

More Rocking around the Christmas Tree!

As Christmas Day approached, more of the kids came to McKinney. Ben and Ashley flew in from NYC and Karla came from Austin and Leslie and Rob and Jackson were already here because they live here(in Richardson that is). We met at Watermark and went to Christmas Eve church service there and it was a fabulous service and presentation of the Christmas message...from the manger, over the rocky road of Jesus's life to the cross.....HE came to set us free. WOW....it was such an incredible and great service. I loved it. 

After the Christmas Eve Service, we started home via North Park mall to do a little last minute Christmas Shopping for Rodney. Got it...then got home about 5 minutes before all the rest of the kids came for supper! PHEW! Soup night....taco and Mulligatawney! YUM!

See the pics for all the fun with Jason, Missy, Chad, Hunter and Chrissy, and the rest of us!

Christmas ROCKA-MY-SOUL!

We made a fast and furious trip to Lubbock to be with Alan and the "girls" and I forgot my camera so I will have to figure out how to pull those pics off of Shutterfly to post, but it was a great time. Emmerson had a Fancy Nancy Christmas and little Evynn got a new vacuum, play purse, and a new dollie. It was so much fun. Deonne cooked her good food and made her great salad....and we ate, played with the kids, visited, and I even got Alan to go shopping for some new jeans for his Christmas!. Yeah for the GAP!. 

Sweet Friends of Mine-Past and Present

Laura, me, Jenny, and Jill went to the Melting Pot to kick off Thanksgiving Break! It was a great and filling time! Fondue, (Cheese and Chocolate mostly) was sooo good! What fun. Jill's mom was visiting her from Michigan and she was with us. We laughed and made ourselves sick!!! haha
Stephanie, Mary, Shana and Melanie(and me)....We have decided to celebrate every 3 months for each other's birthdays. November was for Shana and me. We ate in Downtown McKinney at one of our favorite places-Spoons. Love their meatloaf plate!!! And their Strawberry cake is to die for! 

November Happenings-Veteran's Program, Thanksgiving and The Trains at Northpark

More Pumpkin Patch week-end fun times

Thomas the Train became a part of the girl cousins in Jackson's life.....and they could not get enough of it. We just crammed too much fun into the weekend.

Hannah Montana Practices at Shawnee Trail

Hannah--watch out....because Emmerson Rose is practicing her performance skills and is getting an early start. See Stage Presence...and such a smile. Also, Alan could not get away from the Electric Piano. We acted out the "Old Gray Cat" and played all the music instruments.

Pictures for Pumpkin Patch Field Trip

The PUMPKIN PATCH WEEK-END was the BEST

Alan, Deonne the their sweet little ones(Emmerson and Evynn) visited this week-end and we all had a great "field trip" to the Big Orange Pumpkin Patch in Celina(sp?) We fed the cows, goats, and sheep...then we explored all the pumpkin "photo op" places(see Blog pics), did the bounce house, ate hot dogs amidst all the bumblebees, had a hay ride and just had a great time. I think the pictures tell it all! Leslie, Rob and Jackson of course came along for all the barrels of fun we had. Oh...and I squashed my big butt into a barrel to ride with sweet little Evynn.

Fun at Jubilee Junction-Open House at Jackson's Preschool!

Life is good when you are 2-1/2 and while you are still an "ONLY" child!!! haha...Jackson's open house at his Mother's Day Out was tonight and I got to see his "room" and all his beautiful works of art! Actually, I really did get into the Apple with GLITTER on it!!! He loves the trucks and trains and lego table most of all. He tried running around chasing a few little girls who really didn't know him...but he loved it anyway! I loved watching him most of all. It is nice to just sit back and watch another school setting and not have to make sure so and so keeps his hands in his own "space" and on and on.

I had a pretty crazy day with the Kindergarteners who came to music today so, little ones were kind of "off" my list of fun for the evening!!! haha. After seeing Jackson though, I just kind of forgot about all the craziness and reveled in the joy of being little again!!! What fun....