Thursday, May 20, 2010

The First Last Day


Today was Colby's last day of his first year of preschool. *sigh* He is growing up so fast and I am so proud of my guy. He has loves school, and even though he thought is was "cool" that today was the last day, I know he will miss it.

Colby with Ms. Becky and a few classmates

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

My growing babes...


Can someone please tell me how my babies have gotten so big?

*sigh*



...

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Texas Travels

Mid-March Curt had Springbreak off from school, so we decided to take a roadtrip to Texas to visit my family. We always love getting to spend time with everyone down there and we wanted to introduce Macy to them. As usual, not much went according to plan that week, but it was still a wonderful trip and we were able to spend more time with my grandpa than I expected. It was so awesome to see my kids with Pappy. He is such an amazing man and I am so thankful that our children have been able to have him as a part of their lives.

I have hundreds of pictures from the week, but here are just a few that (barely) hit the hightlights of the week.

Going to the park...


Hanging out with Pappy...



Dallas World Aquarium...




Late night hangin' with Aunt Cherrie...


Dominoes...



Cuddling with Pappy every morning...


Pedicures...


More parks...


Emergency plumbing...


Fort Worth Zoo...


Finally, a picture of Pappy with all of his grandkids and great grandkids.


The kids did great on such a long drive (thanks to DVD players!). It was such a great week and I am so thankful for all of the time we had to spend together.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Happy (very belated) Birthday!!!



I can not believe it has been so long since my last post! I am planning to catch up, but for now I just wanted to say a happy belated birthday to my sweet Chloe. She turned 2 on April 13. It has been a wonderful two years with this sweet little girl. Our lives have been made so much richer by her presence in our family. We love you sweet pea!!!

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

Our new life



Here is a little glimpse into our new life as a family of five...










As I was preparing the pictures for this post, I realized that I never blogged about Macy's birth. Hopefully I will get that done soon!

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Construction!



I am finally updating a little! This is all about the new bedroom that we built for Colby in our basement. The basement was finished as one large living room when we bought the house. And for the most part it has gone pretty much unused. When we found out that we were having another baby, we decided to turn the front portion of that large room into a bedroom for Colby. Curt did all of the construction himself and I am so proud! He did a great job and Colby loves his new cars and trucks room!

His bed is actually a set of bunkbeds that we converted into a loft. Colby was a little unsure of climbing a ladder to get in and out of bed, so Curt built him a set of stairs that also have a bookshelf built in underneath.



The toy box below the window was made by my grandfather. He made it for my mom when she was a little girl. It has wheels and a handle like a wagon. I love it!



The mirror hanging on the wall is from his old room. It came with his old dresser and I painted it and added his name. Lucky for me, the original colors I used matched perfectly with the new decor.



The closet was originally a storage closet under the stairs. We just added a new door and some shelving. Colby now has the only walk-in closet in the house.



In this next picture you can see out into the part of the basement that still functions as a living room. It is so much more usable now and the kids love playing down there. That is great for me...almost all of their toys are now downstairs!



This picture hangs above his bed. My grandma made this for me when I was little and it hung in my bedroom for years.



My grandpa that made the toybox also made these trucks. He was so talented and I love that some of his things have a great place to be displayed in our house. Colby loves them too!



We did not start all of this construction until after the holidays. I am still not sure how we got everything done before Macy was born. We really enjoyed doing all of the work and now have a huge list of things we like to do to the rest of the house!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

We've been busy...



I am pleased to introduce Macy Jean Craig...the newest member of our growing family! Macy was born February 2 and is a happy, healthy baby girl. We have been very busy the last month, especially the last couple of days, so I have a lot to update here. :) I will post more pictures and more info soon!