Pure Happiness

I have never seen my kid want and work for something so bad. We saw this Conan action figure at Wal-Mart a few weeks ago and just about died. Just in case any of you didn't know this, my Conan watches Conan the Destroyer/Barbarian every other day! He loves it and he has most of it memorized, he even hums the theme song when we are driving in the car. Imagine my excitement when we happened upon this little gem. It cost $17.89. and I wanted Conan to earn money to purchase it himself. HE DID. Any time I asked him to pick up his toys- it was done before I could turn around his little hand was outstretched waiting for his quarters. I was really proud of his diligence and the fact that he understood enough at the time that we would have to come back to and purchase it when he had the money.

Today he helped me count out all his quarters and we headed to the store. I so wish I had my video camera to capture his face as we picked it out and he payed for it. PRICELESS!!! He has not set it down since we got home.

Sprimmer!

Sprimmer is the time between Spring and Summer when the weather can't make up its mind and it is almost impossible to plan anything outside-including photo session!!! Ugh. We have still managed to have a good weekend. Yesterday Chris and I mowed the lawn and Conan played with some friendly worms. Chris and Conan also managed to find my vacuum attachments and ended up in a sword fight in the driveway. Conan was fascinated by their shadows on the fence. He told me that he looked like Peter pan.

Chris started playing softball with a McKinney team and Conan and I were able to go watch him play the other night. The weather was great and I even managed to snap a few pictures of him when he wasn't looking. I am hoping we can play on a co-ed team next Spring. :)

Last night Chris and I went to a going away party for a wonderful woman I met through another friend. We ended up staying and chatting for a few hours and had a great time. The woman who hosted the get together was a great cook and we ate pulled pork, beans, col slaw, pickles and red velvet cake. It was a fun evening.

Tomorrow is Monday and that means we hit the gym first thing in the morning. I am really liking the workouts and Conan is happy in the play area.

I hope everyone had a super good weekend!

life in the fast lane

Seems like we have been going a mile a minuet for the last week. Conan failed his 3rd year hearing test in his left ear and when I got back from Kuwait I noticed that I am having to repeat everything I say to him. We have an appointment with the ENT next week to get him all checked out. He also has his first dentist appointment tomorrow which he is totally excited about. I love how he is not afraid of stuff like that, makes it so much easier, not sure what I would do if he was terrified. All around I have a pretty awesome kid. He cleaned the entire living room this evening with hopes of a few quarters. Hell yeah that was worth some quarters!

We are all excited that summer is almost here and we can hit the pool. It is fun to hang out there with out route 44 Sonic drinks and waste the afternoon in the water. CANNOT WAIT!

I miss Cassy and Rylee and Khaled. It has been hard coming back. Don't get me wrong, I was super excited to see my family but I have had a heavy heart and wish we were closer. She is so happy right now and that means more to me than most of you will ever know. Love you Cassy!

These would be the little guys that guard my house from the "bad guys" Not exactly who I would call in time of need but hey, he's three.

Now for a dose of Kuwait.

Cassy takes me to this place and we are literally driving along downtown Kuwait and she pulls over to the curb and this guy comes out and she lets him know what we want. For the life of me I can't remember what this stuff is called but for now we will just refer to it as freaking awesome stuff in a tortilla. I whipped out my camera to take a picture of the chicken on the stick and the guy was posing for me, it was adorable. When our order was ready he brought it to the car and wouldn't give it to me until I had shown him the pictures. Too funny!

btw-inside the tortilla is chicken, mayo, pickles, parsley, and french fries all mixed up.

Biggest Burger King I have ever seen.

At the top of the Kuwait Towers was this man making the most incredible sand sculptures. He made one for us while we were standing there. He was super sweet and his work is amazing.
(i thought you might like my choice of descriptive word, cassy! wink wink)

Taylor had to do a school project involving flowers and pictures. Well lucky her I happen to know just a little bit about that so we ran around town trying to find the right wildflowers to photograph. It was fun and her project turned out good.

what a sweetie!

If you know me at all, or you have visited my photography website you know that I am going through a strong Colbie Caillat phase. I love her strong, folksy, guitar sound and her awesome voice. Well guess what? My hubby bought me tickets to see her and John Mayer in concert in August for our 5th anniversary. OMG!!! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you! Your the best honey and you know just how to make my life full of happy smiles. I love you!

What a trip! Part 1 Rylee's Birthday and Dubai

I have a fabulous time in Kuwait visiting my sister and niece along with meeting my new brother-in-law. (Awesome addition to our family and I can't wait for Chris and the kids to meet him!) I am fighting jet lag a bit but have to share my trip with you.

I have so many exciting, neat, interesting, happy, funny and great things to share that I will have to post in parts. This one is all about Rylee's 4th Birthday and Dubai. I will let the pictures do most of the talking. It was a princess/pirate themed birthday and man was it a party. There was face painting, jugglers, dancers, magician, rides, pizza, cake, and presents galore! She was such a cutie and loved every minuet of her big day! Later that day when I called home to talk to chris Rylee told him that she go the hook up with all the bd prsents she got. Cracked us up!

This would be our hotel in Dubai, and as it happened they messed up our room some how and we got bumped to the presidential suite!! Holy smokes, that baby was kicking. We relaxed by the pool, hung out and did some major chilling. It was perfect. Rylee and I had a blast swimming in the pool and spending time together.

Dubai is a rich country and the airport was no exception. All the clocks on the wall were Rolex. Go figure.

On my last day before going home Cassy, Rylee and I went to the Kuwait Towers. A must see if you visit the country. You can ride up in the elevator and the ball at the top has an observation deck that rotates. We had some fun with that.

So much more to come!!!

Kuwait or bust!!

In about 6 hours i will take off for Kuwait to see my sister, my niece turn 4, and new brother-in-law, whom I have never met. It should be an awesome trip and I will have a butt load of pictures to share when I return!! See you next week!