My life for the next six weeks

I am sure all of my blog readers think I have dropped off the face of the earth! Unfortunately my lack of having a life lately is because I have been sucked into the depths of chemistry HELL but luckily after my next big test this Tuesday I will have half of the class behind me and only six more weeks to go! I think I can... I think I can...

Nothing frustrates me more than putting HOURS and HOURS into studying and still feeling like I don't have the foggiest idea of what is going on in the class. I haven't failed out of a college class yet and I don't plan on starting now so I guess I will put on what Skylar calls my "big girl panties" and buck up!

Other than school life is going good for us and I count my blessings every day! I am still loving my job and I was STOKED to get to ride a horse for the first time while at work. I am not exactly ready for my first rodeo but I think I got off to a good start. Hopefully I can ride again soon!

Stetson begged me the other morning for "pancakes in a huge stack like on TV." Thanks to the latest IHOP commercial Stets is no longer satisfied with two pancakes on his plate. When I told Stets to get the stuff out of the pantry he was SOOO excited when he grabbed the box of pancake mix that he tripped on the kitchen rug and spilled it all over the floor so I had to get out every last morsel that was left in the box to even manage a stack this big!! I made the pancakes tiny so I was able to get SEVEN of them in his stack! The breakfast of champions!

Last Saturday we decided we needed to get out of the house so we decided to go bowling. We had so much fun. This was Stetson's first time and he loved it. He had to use daddy's 15 pound ball because he is a "big boy now".
Check out these mad scores! I started off with TWO STRIKES and it all went downhill from there. I got my trash kicked by not only one but BOTH of my boys!

We have been enjoying what is hopefully the LAST of the snow for the year. It has been warm enough that in the mornings Stetson plays in the yard while I sit outside in my PJs with my laptop and work on homework...depressing I know but someone has to do it. By the way-- who dressed this kid?!?

We have been going to as many Aggie games as we can manage and they are always so much fun! Stets is scared of Big Blue but he LOVES this hat we got him at the last game. Silly kid...

Oh yeah I also got older this month. I turned the big 25! I don't mind being 25 but I think I will STAY there for a while!

My birthday was on Superbowl Sunday so we didn't do much that day but we went to the Aggie game the night before with my dad and my parents had a get together at their house for both me and my sister Rachelle's birthdays which was nice. My boys got me flowers and spoiled me for the day!

More winter pics of the boys getting ready to cause some havoc outside...

As you can see I have been able to make some time for the things that really matter in life but right now it is almost 2:00AM and I need to hit the books again because both of my boys are sleeping and we all know peace and quiet is hard to come by when you have kids. I will keep you all posted on whether I survive chemistry or not!

Playing with Landon

Landon came over to our house on Saturday and was able to stay what Stetson called, "a long, long day"! The boys had so much fun playing together and running a muck through Stetson's room...(as you can see in the pics!!)

After we picked up Landon we went to McDonald's and let the kids play.

After Mickey D's we came back to our house and they played with every toy imaginable under our roof!

They kept taking breaks to drink ice water and color with crayons.

Both boys zonked out in the car on the way home. SO CUTE!! As you can see from the video, these two are typical BOYS!

Thanks for coming to play Landon!

What we've been up to...

Well school has started again so things have been a little crazy while I try and adjust to the new flow of how my life is going to go for the next four months. It is no secret that I hate anything and everything to do with Math but overall the semester has gotten off to a good start!

I am not a fan of going outside in the cold weather but I love when it's cold outside so me and Stets can cuddle up inside!

We took a trip to the new pajama outlet in town and we both got some new JAMAS! So warm...

Stetson came down with pneumonia and an ear infection on Jan 2nd and he was one miserable little boy who was stuck inside the house for DAYS. We made some teddy bear cupcakes one day to kill some time. Stets got a little carried away with the frosting as you can see...but he LOVED it!! The funny things is he never ate ANY of the cupcakes...

I had some issues trying to make tan frosting out of the white frosting that we had so don't ask why our bears had ARMY green tummies! Skylar and Stetson have really been enjoying the snowmobile in this weather. Don't call child services--Stets does have a helmet he wears while riding but I wanted to be able to see his cute face in this picture so I made him take it off. He thinks he is pretty cool when he gets to wear these sunglasses that his daddy gave him!

Here's a couple more pictures from when he was sick. I am so glad he bounced back to his normal self!! I love my little man and I hate seeing his so miserable.

Christmas 2009

It is about time I sit down and post all of our Christmas pics. We had such a wonderful holiday and hope you all did too! We definitely got spoiled... (Click on the collages to enlarge...)
Santa brought Stetson the "birthday cake with blue frosting" that he asked for. We all had to taste it! I think that was Stetson's favorite gift this year!

His big gift was this train table. He has played on this for hours since Christmas! He has fallen in love with all of his trains all over again.

We got this special Santa plate and cup to set out his treats on. Stets was pretty upset Santa didn't finish the milk all gone and had to tell everybody about it all day! As you can see Santa didn't finish ANYTHING on the plate...lol. Stets had bath toys and finger paints in his stocking, a few games for his Click to Start game, some much needed new clothes, and a few small toys from Santa.

This was the Christmas party I had to miss due to work but Skylar got a few pics for me to post! Big J LOVED his leopard print Snuggie...

Cute kiddos...

Teigen must have gotten all work out opening gifts all morning! Grandma Chelle and Grandpa Roly gave Stetson the Imaginext castle he had been DYING to have as well as a sleeping bag, camping chair and various flashlights Stets has had a blast playing with around here lately!

We had to write Santa a special letter and sprinkle this reindeer dust out on our front porch on Christmas Eve letting him know that Stetson's mommy had to work on Christmas day and didn't want to miss him opening up his presents so we asked Santa to come by our house later in the day on Christmas. Thanks Santa!

A few pics of the girls from the Christmas Eve party at my parent's house. Stetson got a cool v-tech writing table, a cool walking, talking dragon for his new castle and a few other random toys from my parents. I do not think Stetson needs another toy until next Christmas!!

Here is Brinkley and Tylie rockin' their new outfits and Stetson ENJOYING Christmas Eve dinner.

More pics from the Christmas party at my parent's house...

Of course we can't leave out our play date with Landon we had a few days before Christmas. The boys exchanged Christmas presents and ran themselves ragged at McDonald's!

I am so relieved the holidays are over with--they can be so exhausting! We are so blessed to have such wonderful families to spend time with all year long and we are lucky we live close to MOST of them. We love you all!!

Visit Stetson's personal Santa message! So cute!!

Click on the link...

http://portablenorthpole.tv/watch/edf88da572d08000f6912c9fe7d13c6c

Then make one for your own child or grandchild!

Tom&Jerry

Stetson's latest favorite cartoon has been Tom and Jerry. I have to say I am TOTALLY against him watching these cartoons!! Skylar let him watch one one night and now he asks every day. Very rarely do I give in but it is hard to explain to him why mommy doesn't like him watching them. I had someone tell me once that it was HORRIBLE that I let Stetson watch SpongeBob but I have yet to see Spongebob smoke a cigar, blow someone up with dynamite or chase someone around with an ax!! I let him watch one episode of Tom and Jerry this morning while I get ready for the day and as you can see he was glued to the show!

O Christmas Tree O Christmas Tree!

I love putting up the Christmas tree! It is one of my favorite things to do all year long. I am sure you all know how much I love anything and everything to do with Disney so I was sooo excited to put all of the Disney ornaments we bought last year on our tree! We bought a packaged deal of them and they are all sooo fun!! These are a few of our favorites of course the princesses and little loveable Nemo!

Of course we have Woody and Buzz to keep each other company!

Yes we have already had a snowball fight or two! This is Skylar trying to get Jackson yesterday but Jackson is much too quick for an old man like Skylar!!

I can't believe how close Christmas is. I finished ALL of our shopping a week or so ago but I have been procrastinating wrapping so hopefully that will get done too!