Whew!

We (I) have been going non-stop. I am glad to have the weekend to do nothing!
I've been working alot, teaching classes and doing car seat check-up events.
I recently completed our Loyal Action Project for Leadership Oklahoma City.
We had a great event and Awareness for Heartline 211. Check out www.heartlineoklahoma.org to learn more. We had a sucessful press conference including the First Lady, Kim Henry, and Mayor of Oklahoma City, Mick Cornett.

Heartline was able to raise more than $5,000 which was matched by United Way of Central Oklahoma! I know I should have blogged BEFORE the event, but it just didn't happen. Anyway, here is a portion of the great group of people who worked together to make this event such a great sucess. I know we will be take a great experience and great friendships from this!



We traveled to Beaver for Kael's basketball senior nite. Austen got to see my friend Kacee's little boy, Colter.




About a month ago we celebrated Austen's Great-Great Grandma's 90th birthday.
She was very excited to see everyone and it was a very special day.




After the party, Baylee was a trooper and played with Austen at one of Woodward's new parks.




We had a super bowl party and Austen loved the 3-D glasses. The other kids would not even put them on!





Austen got a balloon for Valentine's from Grammae and hasn't let it out of his sight since! He will be heartbroken when it deflates.




Well, no you know what we've been up to in the last 3 weeks.
Hope you enjoyed it!

Update...Finally!

I'm aweful at keeping this thing updated.
Our Christmas was wonderful of course and we had tons of family fun.

Austen loves brownie mix!


We got to see one of my best friends Meredith and her two boys this week...Always exciting!

Madeline and Macy came up from Dallas this weekend and we didn't get any pics, but I have to tell you how much they enjoy each other. It is so much fun to see them together. I love it.

We are looking forward to finally getting to spend some time with Hayes and Ry Howard this week!

I'm trying to decide whether or not to consign some of Austen's clothes at the JBF sale this spring. You know how I feel about being pregnant again. But in case anyone esle needs them.. It just makes sense to consign some since I always buy so much at the JBF sale!

Family Time

We are enjoying being home together and getting ready for the Christmas holiday.

I've been tagged...

Danielle tagged me on this randomness. I never do this kind of stuff, so here it goes! No secrets here.

Here are the rules:

*Link to the person who tagged you.
*Post the rules on your blog.
*Write 6 random things about yourself
*Tag 6-ish people at the end of your post
*Let each person know he/she has been tagged
*Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

1. I grew up throwing cow chips, tying goats, and showing pigs, and somehow ended up raising my family in the city.

2. I love my job. I can't believe they actually let me call it work.

3. I hated being pregnant.

4. I didn't sleep with a top sheet growing up, and probably still wouldn't if I wasn't married. I just don't think it is needed.

5. I hope to adopt a baby one day. (see #3)

6. I have a huge crush on Kirk Herbstreit.

There you have it. 6 Random things about me. I doubt 6 people even read this blog so I am not going to tag anyone. If you read it and want to post it, great!

We made the jump!

Ok so as many of you know, I have been putting off turning Austen forward-facing in his car seat. We decided to take the plunge and turn him around. Mostly because he was nearing the top height of Jon Eric's seat and I couldn't bear to turn him around in one car and not the other. This breaks my heart because I see evidence everyday of the benefits of extended rear facing. We remained rear facing until 16 months so I am considering that an accomplishement in itself. He has a very long torso and short legs! (which is good for ERF!) I think I have come to the place where I have justified it in my mind that he is bigger than some two year olds! I am still a huge advocate of ERF and I know it is safer! But it is not safer if he is within an inch of the top of the seat, because he does not have adequate head support. I've added a few videos to promote my stance on ERF. Which crash forces would you want your toddler to endure?


Happy Thanksgiving! We are looking forward to going to Beaver for Thanksgiving, watching my brothers play basketball and then going to stillwater for the bedlam game!

Trick-or-Treat

Here are some pictures of Austen this Halloween.

Only in Beaver.....

I was reminded why I love my hometown today as I was reading the weekly paper from Beaver. (I have a subscription or I would provide you a link)

This is an excerpt from the minutes of the city council meeting.

"Mayor Ford proclaimed that
Halloween will be observed on
Nov. 1, 2008 because of the
Friday night football game. All
Chamber events and church
events will be held on Saturday."

I love it! Everything revolves around HS sports and the kids of the community!