The Leach Family

School Updates

2010-09-02T18:11:00.000-07:00

Thought I would give you an update on how life is around here:

Brynn: LOVES, LOVES, LOVES school and everything about it. She is friends with EVERYONE and we have even had a boyfriend for one whole day! I can't believe how young that stuff starts! She said there were even two kids that got caught kissing! It's freaking kindergarten! Wow....I am not ready for that. We talked and decided that we would just be friends with people for a long time and boyfriends were gross.

Sadie: She actually likes school but her favorite part is naptime. She tells everyone this and that's all she talks about in the mornings. She loves her teacher but still doesn't really talk to any of the kids in her class. I asked if they talked to her and she said yes. I asked what she said to them and she said, "I say don't talk to me I am not your friend." So, we had a little discussion on manners and being nice. I don't quite know if it sunk in so who knows.

Justin and I: We thought that we would absolutely KILL each other working together every day but it actually is quite awesome. It is so comforting to know that there is one person there that has my back 100%. We enjoy working together and now I can't imagine not seeing him all day! It goes pretty smoothly and the day seems to fly by. The store was settling down but then football season kicked off and we are selling sandwiches as fast as we can make them!! Guess that's a good thing, but it is a lot of work.

There is the Leach Familia update!

First Day of School

2010-08-24T17:59:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was the first day of school for my babies!

Sadie started at Victory Life Academy in Preschool.

It took us awhile to convince her that she would love the uniform....but now she gets so excited to wear it! I am sure that will change soon. She wasn't too sure about the whole thing and when I asked her what she was most looking forward to, she replied, "Naptime." Yeah....that pretty much sums up her outlook on the whole day.

Brynn started Kindergarten at Early Primary. Excited does not begin to cover how ready she was. She could hardly contain herself all morning.

Sadie was the first one dropped off. I was expecting a huge breakdown, but she was so excited that they had toys and quickly found the vacuum cleaner and hammer. After that, life was good.

The teacher came over and put a nametag on her and she smiled and said, "thanks" but then turned to me and said, "I do not want this sticker on me."

I convinced her the sticker was okay and then we left with no problems whatsoever.

Next was Brynn.

Go Early Longhorns!!

She didn't shut up from Sadie's school all the way to her class. She rambled on and on about how excited she was and all the neat things she was going to do.

I on the other hand...began to not do so well. We found her desk and got everything situated and then I began to tear up. Luckily, the teacher had a little 'gift' for all of the parents that was a little bag of kleenex, candy, and a sweet poem she had wrote. I looked at Justin and he was starting to not do so well, so we both basically ran out hardly even saying bye.

This picture will forever be etched in my mind.

Blessed

2010-08-17T08:27:00.000-07:00

There is silence in my house right now....

It is 10:24am and I am still in my PJ's watching "The View."

No kids, no husband, no store, no shower!

I told Justin last week that while the kids were at my parents, I am taking one day completely off and I would not like his company on this fabulous day off!

The kids are coming back today and we will be celebrating Sadie's 4th birthday!! I am smelling the chocolate cake in the oven right now and realizing how blessed I truly am.

The store is stressful....I work A LOT....I haven't gotten to see my kids as much as I would like....I get frustrated with employees often.....BUT I am blessed beyond measure!

Last night and the night before, Justin and I went fishing late at night. Just sitting in the silence with him (silence was not my choice by the way) made me realize how blessed we really are.

So, I am going to go enjoy my fabulous day and will update with all the birthday pics later!!

Always, Sometimes, Never

2010-08-11T15:25:00.000-07:00

I stole this from Kristin's blog and thought it was a pretty cute idea!

ALWAYS

read TMZ each day to catch up on the celebrity gossip (don't judge!)

listen to Kidd Kraddick in the morning....I am addicted to them!

open all of the blinds/curtains if I am home....I love a bright house

sleep with two pillows.....one for my head and one to hold against my chest

bite my nails....always have and always will. I cannot quit!!! I wish I had pretty hands!

SOMETIMES

act like I don't see people in stores because I don't feel like talking .....rude I know

floss my teeth....I used to be so good about doing it everyday but I have slacked off...gross I know

wish I had another baby...but then my children act like demons and I quickly snap back to reality

eat breakfast....maybe once a week. Other than that I just wait until lunch

drive the 15 miles home in silence...no radio...nothing. I enjoy the thinking time.

NEVER

sleep on my back....who can do that?!?! ugh..

drink coffee....I can't even stand the smell of it

get pedicures...I think I have had one maybe two in my entire life

sleep through the entire night....I wake up several times and lay there and think

miss a season of Real World/Road Rules challenge on MTV.....yes I realize I am 30

Justin

2010-08-09T19:29:00.000-07:00

As I was sitting here tonight I began thinking...

Dangerous I know...

I just can't imagine NOT being married to my best friend. Yeah, random I know. I can't believe that we both honestly want to be around each other all the time. Okay...well maybe not ALL the time.

I just thank God for giving me a husband who is funny, caring, passionate, and my very best friend. It's so comforting to know that no matter what comes or goes in our life, we are perfectly content being home together and doing nothing at all.

And then I had to grab some photos because we all know that blogs are no fun without pictures.

But I didn't want mushy, lovey pictures.

Like the time he wanted to build our Yorkie a doghouse and it turned into this..

It was HUGE and we couldn't fit it in the backyard so we had to call our friend Ryan and Jacinta over to help us get it over the fence! Awesome!!!

Or our lovely Christmas picture

I really wanted that one to make the Christmas card.

Or the time that Justin promised the girls that if they ate good that the CFA cow would come visit after their bath. So, while I am bathing the girls, Justin gets the costume out of my car, got dressed up, and entertained them in the living room.

Yeah, he's a pretty neat guy!

I just feel blessed to know that I have a partner for life that blesses me everyday with unconditional love.

Good night everyone!

Kleenex please!

2010-08-02T17:38:00.000-07:00

I am finally on the homestretch of going through all the pictures. Whew.....

It hit me yesterday that Brynn will be starting Kindergarten soon. I still can vividly remember my first day of school and how I was so happy to wear my new dress and get my picture taken. These days with Brynn make me wonder if these will be days she remembers thirty years from now.

If not, I will happily remind her of how wonderful she makes my life.

I pray that she walks into school on that first day and feels like she is "Queen of the World!" Kids are mean and I pray that she feels secure and strong in who she is as a child of God. She is perfect in his sight (and mine) and I hope she always has the confidence of a princess.

Okay, now that I have officially made myself cry....we will move on to other subjects. Yes, I will probably digress back to my "first day of school emotional breakdown" for the next few weeks, so just bear with me people!!

Onto our friends out here. These are the blasted turkeys that I referred to on Facebook. They were blocking the road on my first day at the store and I couldn't get them to move!! I saw them every morning for about a month and so I think of them as friends...not Thanksgiving.

And I don't think of deer meat at all when I think of these cuties!!

We were riding on the gator when we saw a little fawn and Justin said,

"Look Brynn! A baby deer!"

Brynn says, "Is he still alive"

Dad: "Yes"

Brynn: "Then shoot him daddy!!"

Yeah......neat.

They grow up way too fast!!

Randomness

2010-08-01T12:54:00.000-07:00

Trying to sort through over 300 pictures is a time consuming process! I would love to tell all the fun stories of these pictures, but that would be a little much. So, I will share the pics and you just tell yourself a really cute and funny story that goes along with it.

I couldn't pass up another makeover picture

More fun friends: (these suckers are EVERYWHERE)

Part of the hayfield in front of our house

And after it is all ready to go, we like to refer to this as bales of money!!

Beautiful blue sky again

Sometimes us country folk actually do play in the rain WITH clothes on

Brynn: 5 years old and READY to go to Kindergarten at Early Primary. She wants a Hello Kitty backpack and lunch box (please let me know if you see one somewhere because I have yet to find one).

Sadie: 3 years old (4 on August 20) and not too sure about starting Preschool at Victory Life Academy. She wants a Cars backpack.....wait....no...a Thomas the Train backpack......no....a Hello Kitty backpack......really she doesn't give a rip about the backpack-she would rather just play outside.

I hope that is enough randomness for ya! I am going to go enjoy a lazy Sunday now!

I'm baaaack

2010-07-28T07:27:00.000-07:00

Welcome to 2010 Leach Family!!

We FINALLY have internet! After two months of trying to read blogs on my iPhone, Justin finally gave in to my begging. We had to get satellite internet, which actually hasn't been that bad. It's pretty fast and hey-it's better than nothing.

Quick update on us: The store is doing much better. When we took over most all of the employees were new and so there was A LOT of training that had to take place. The store also had dozens of MUCH needed repairs. We tackled the training issue by hauling the kids of to grandparents and Justin and I tag teaming the issues. It is such a blessing to have Justin working side-by-side with me. We didn't think it would work because we are both so hard-headed but it has been great. We understand each other's stresses and frustrations and it helps to have someone on your side. We also hired a trainer from San Angelo to come down for a couple of weeks and really help us on all of the issues. The repairs have been an ongoing issue so corporate has decided to send a general contractor in to access the problems and work up a bid on fixing everything! That was a HUGE blessing. All in all things are settling down and we are finally getting to relax a little and enjoy everything!

The house is going great and I am actually enjoying living in the country (aside from the whole internet issue). I mean it's 9:18 and Brynn JUST woke up and Sadie and still asleep. Yeah, quiet country life has its perks!!! The girls have played outside more in the last two months then they have their entire life!!

I won't go too crazy on the pictures just yet (I did have 328 on my camera) so I will share in little spurts.

We have some friends out here

That part I'm not a big fan of, but I will share other pictures of other friends later that are much nicer.

I have enjoyed this summer so much, just spending time with the girls. They got some makeup from Ginny Pearl and gave each other little makeovers.

Also, we have been in the hay business lately. The girls think that is pretty cool to watch!!

Well, sometimes.....

I really do think the sky is bluer out here....(this is straight out of the camera...no photoshop). I wish there was some way to capture the brightness of the stars out here....

All in all .....we are alive and well and are truly blessed.

I mean....what kid doesn't like to play in the rain naked?!?

Aaaahhh......it's good to be back! It's 9:43 and I 'm going to go wake up Sadie now!

I'm ALIVE!!

2010-07-09T14:59:00.000-07:00

I am alive...I promise! The only problem is we live in the middle of nowhere and it is hard to swallow paying $80.00 a month for satellite internet. I hope to resolve the situation soon (if I can convince my hubby that it is very necessary!!)

The store is doing great and I really am enjoying the town. Hope to talk to you all soon!

YIKES

2010-05-20T19:04:00.000-07:00

I spent the day at my store today trying to begin to get everything ready...

I am tired...
I am overwhelmed...
I am stressed....
I am frustrated....
I am nervous.....
I am anxious....

I would love to post cute pictures with this, but I got nothing. With the stress of the store, moving, closing on this house, getting the new house ready, getting kids adjusted........I am a tad bit overwhelmed right now.

I think it hit me driving home. Like a brick wall....

OUCH!

Good story for ya: I am driving in Abilene later today and this guy moves into my lane and sends me off the road up on the curb/landscaping. I am blaring my horn and he just pulls in past me and drives to the back of the building. I get off the curb and follow him (did I mention I was stressed). I try to go the way I think he is exiting but he sees me and speeds behind the building next door!! I reverse, get back out onto the road, swoop around and block this little teeny-bopper in as he is trying to exit. He gets out apologizing and I rip him a new one about stopping when he has caused an accident. I told him I wasn't mad about the accident, I was mad that I had to chase him down! I think by the time I was through with him he had definitely learned a lesson!

Okay, so maybe I should just chill out for a little while!

Have a great day!

Dance Recital

2010-05-17T11:39:00.000-07:00

On Sunday, the girls had their ballet recital! We have been counting down the days for weeks now and they were SO excited to get to dance on the BIG stage in front of everyone. The dance was absolutely adorable! And watching the other dances made me realize.......I am SOOOOOOOO unathletic!

For Sadie...dancing is.....FUN! It is running, jumping, laughing, and doing every move except the one she is suppose to be doing.

For Brynn......Dancing is......SERIOUS! She takes her moves and dance routine very seriously and wants to be just like all of the 'big girls' (AKA: Teachers)

The owner of the dance studio asked every child a question and their answer was printed in the recital program. This year's question was, "If you could have 25 of anything, what would it be and why?"

Sadie's answer, "25 purple popsicles because they are my favorite and I like banana yogurt"

And my little social butterfly Brynn answered, "25 chairs for 25 friends when they come over to play"

Awwwww......how sweet!

Some of my favorites from other kids were:

"25 baby sisters" (Umm.....NO)

"25 caterpillars, worms, and butterflies because I like to eat them" (Neat kid)

"25 pairs of Snow White shoes cause it will be so cool with my Snow White costume. But, the Mean Queen on Snow White is scary and I don't like her" (me either sweetie)

My beautiful ballerinas!

Yeah....so I guess I'm a country girl.....

2010-05-13T06:56:00.000-07:00

Justin and his parents worked this weekend at the new place getting things ready for us to move in at the end of the month. I do love the new place. It is peaceful, quiet, secluded.....but......it is in the country. I mean waaaaaaaay out in the country (okay, only 15 miles but that is far in my world).

It will grow on me soon enough I know.

I am just not a fan of snakes, bugs, spiders, etc. They've killed one rattlesnake and a few black widows so far. See, this does not excite me.

BUT the place is beautiful! It is 170 acres of peace.

And did I mention Justin has reverted back to a 5 year old at Christmas? He is absolutely obsessed with the place. I get excited watching him stay giddy 24/7 about moving.

They cleared out the road leading to the house. I'm sure getting out to open/shut a gate will grow on me......right?

And when I get to the house and look back, I'm sure I won't be thinking about how if someone decided to come murder me that no one would hear me scream......right?

That's my mother-in-law busting her tail. She works harder then any grown man I've ever met.....seriously!

Don't mess with her and her mission.

It will get done...she will see to it!

Did I mention that there are no child labor laws in the country?

And when daddy takes us out in the truck so we can watch him check deer feeders.....we get bored and play

You know you live in the country when this is in your backyard

And when I start to freak out, I think about spending an afternoon with my family here...

fishing, laughing, and feeling free......

And that makes me smile!

One of Those Days

2010-05-12T06:57:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was one of those days....

I think back to times when Justin and I were dating and I can remember specific days vividly. A certain road trip we took and on our way home, I swear we laughed the entire time. Or spending Christmas with his family for the first time. Specific days where everything seemed.......PERFECT!

I think back to specific days when the girls were babies. Brynn walking for the first time. Bringing Sadie home from the hospital. Taking the kids to see a movie in the theater for the first time. Or when I unexpectedly took both girls to the Dyess Air Fest a few years ago by myself. I planned on staying an hour or so and we had so much fun that we stayed 6 or 7 hours! Just perfect days where I was HAPPY!

Yesterday was one of those days....

On a whim, I took the girls to a rally downtown celebrating travel/tourism in Abilene. If you attended the rally you received a button that allowed you to enter the tourist attractions here for free. My original plan was to go to the zoo and then have a picnic.

But I quickly realized it was one of those days....

The animals were out, my kids weren't fighting, the weather was perfect, and everyone was happy!

Well, until Sadie got her head stuck...

(Yes, I took her picture before helping her out) but that's another story for another time..

There was no whining, no crying, no pouting, no fitting.....everyone was HAPPY!

After the zoo we had a picnic in the beautiful weather and then decided to head to Frontier Texas. It was for older children but the girls still enjoyed it. After that, we went out to the Historical Village in Buffalo Gap. I thought it would be a flop, but the girls LOVED it!

Except when they give their said faces about the jail..

They fed chickens....

And practiced their ropin' skills

Brynn practiced preaching like Papa...

And Sadie was the background music...

I know there are a lot of pictures, but I really wanted to capture how perfect the day was.

Everyone was......HAPPY!

Dyess Air Show

2010-05-10T13:09:00.000-07:00

Last weekend Dad and I took the girls out to the air show at Dyess Air Force Base.

We had so much fun....well....until Sadie wandered off. Yeah....I look down and my child is GONE! I didn't freak out too bad at first but then when I couldn't find her the panic set in. 15 minutes, lots of airmen and police later we found her about 100 yards away! She had started jumping in rain puddles and didn't realize how far she had gotten. Needless to say Papa and I were very ready to leave after that.

Other than that situation....it was a great day

Sadie

2010-04-28T12:14:00.000-07:00

I had to do a special post today about our sweet daughter, Sadie.

She marches to her own beat on her own drum...

And she absolutely cracks me up everyday!

Sometimes her outfits just make me stop and say, "Wow!"

This is how she chose to play outside this morning

And a side shot of the infamous "hanger head"

She loves to play in the mud, catch bugs, kill ants....anything that is dirty and fun!

You will very rarely see her being 'girly'

Yes, our sweet Sadie is a child all her own and she keeps us on our tiptoes everyday!

It kind of reminds me of this guy I married......hmmm...wonder if that is just a coincidence?

Kite Flyin'

2010-04-27T11:22:00.000-07:00

On Sunday we took the girls to the park to try out some kite flying. What a perfect way to have the girls run off tons of energy!

Sadie was quite the kite flyer...

After approximately 43 failed attempts, approximately 43 emotional meltdowns, and a mini-coaching session....

Brynn had some success!!

It was a beautiful day and the girls had a blast. Justin captured some great shots of the girls

This one was taken after emotional meltdown #28

And this pretty much sums up Sadie all the time

I mean....who else plays the Wii with a hanger on her head...

I'm just sayin'....

The Girls

2010-04-22T08:01:00.000-07:00

Here are the girls in the spring outfits from Ginny. I didn't get the picture I wanted so we will be doing a 'photo shoot' soon to get some good ones. We were on the way out the door to church and so this was very spur of the moment. It is crazy to me how tall Sadie is!! I haven't seen anyone her age who even comes close to being her height. Her long, lanky legs are absolutely adorable!! I give her a few months and she will have passed Brynn.

Maybe we have a basketball star on our hands.....

Random Road Trip

2010-04-19T18:53:00.000-07:00

This weekend we went on quite a road trip........with NO KIDS!!

Friday morning we woke up and headed down towards Austin to visit a friend of mine who is building a new Chick-fil-A in Kyle. We checked out the construction and then went down to San Marcos to shop at the outlet mall for a little bit. The best part of all of this was that it was totally spur of the moment. We originally were just going straight to Houston but once we were on the road we decided to mix it up a bit!

Once we made it to Houston we hung out with a friend of mine, Darlene, who is opening a CFA in downtown Houston at Houston Center. It is set to open up on Wednesday and things were moving along nicely.

Darlene and I at Chuy's (awesome food)

The really cool part was that her apartment is right, smack, dab in the middle of downtown Houston!

Here is the view from her bedroom

We were able to walk down to Pete's Piano Bar and hang out for a little while.

On the way home we decided to pick a different route home and we stopped in Temple to visit with my friend from college, Chana. I hadn't seen her in forever and her kids were absolutely adorable. I didn't take any pics!!

It was so wonderful to get away for a weekend and have absolutely NO plan.

And then we came home to reality.....BOOOOOOO!

Golfing with the Folks

2010-04-15T10:24:00.000-07:00

Mom and Dad took us all to play miniature golf Tuesday night and we had a blast!

The girls mainly preferred to dance around the entire place!

But then they got serious....

We had to have some coaching lessons..

And then we were good to go....

Thanks Mom and Dad!!

Update

2010-04-12T06:39:00.000-07:00

We had more birthday fun for Brynn at Justin's parents house. She was so excited to get the whole Zhu-Zhu pet city and all new "Hello Kitty" stuff for her bedroom in Brownwood.

Nanny came over for dinner and the girls insisted that everyone wear a hat!?!?

And then came Easter! For some reason this new Blogger is acting possessed and putting things where it wants to, so if things seem a little jumbled it's not me.....promise!

Even though my kids play outside looking like this:

More Birthday Fun!!

2010-03-29T12:56:00.000-07:00

Friday night we made a cake together and then went and spent some time with my family.

On Saturday we spent the day celebrating her birthday with just our family. She picked bowling!!

I am so proud of the beautiful girl Brynn is becoming. She is honest (almost too honest), sensitive, caring, and loving.

Happy 5th Birthday Brynn!

Look who's about to turn 5....

2010-03-26T11:40:00.000-07:00

Tomorrow is the big day! Brynn will be 5!

She has been so excited all week and due to crazy schedules these days, we are have several different 'parties'.

Yesterday we went to McDonalds (cheating on Chick-fil-A!) and had some of her friends come out! She was SO excited and wanted everything to be "Princess and the Frog."

My BIG girl:

Sisters:

Brynn and her friends having a blast

The cupcakes my friend Kim made:

Can you tell who was a little jealous?

Tonight we are going to my parents house to celebrate with them and then next weekend we will head to Dublin to celebrate with Justin's family!

How fast time flies...

The Girls

2010-03-04T11:45:00.000-08:00

Today I took the girls out to take some pictures. It took a lot of bribery but we got some great shots!!

More FRL...

2010-03-03T05:42:00.000-08:00

Our FRL class at the Coca-Cola Headquarters with Dan Cathy. We were able to tour their headquarters and even sit in their board room!

One Saturday we went out to Berry College to Camp Winshape. It was absolutely beautiful. We were able to visit Truett Cathy's foster homes and meet the families that take in 12-13 kids at a time! After seeing the homes, we went out and did a ropes course.

Apparently I have a fear of heights that I didn't know about.

I did not stand on the top and jump like others were able to do. I made it here and then came right down.

Our class was also able to have dinner at Bubba Cathy's (Dan's brother/Truett's other son) house. We had a blast there touring all of the secret passageways!!

FRL

2010-03-01T13:46:00.000-08:00

The training to become an owner/operator of a Chick-fil-A consisted of 5 weeks in Atlanta at a class called Fundamentals of Restaurant Leadership (FRL). It was an absolute blast!! We had 25 people in our class made up of owners and corporate staff members.

The next few posts I do will be about my time in Atlanta.

We spend a lot of the time in class but for 4 days we got to go to the kitchen and learn all about the basics of CFA.

Making biscuits:

The friendly "Egghead Competition" of who could make the best egg (I didn't win).

Hand squeeze some lemonade!

One night we had dinner at Dan Cathy's house. He is the president of CFA and the founder's (Truett Cathy) son. The business has always been in the Cathy family and that is why its values and beliefs had remained strong.

Dan Cathy and I:

HOME!!!!!!!

2010-02-26T09:07:00.000-08:00

It feels great to be back home to a normal life again! After my time in Atlanta and Flower Mound, Justin and I headed out to Washington D.C. for the annual Chick-fil-A Operator's Seminar. It was absolutely amazing!! I will post some pictures from there while I get the others organized from Atlanta.

We stayed at the Gaylord there in D.C. It was beautiful!!

We went out to see everything one afternoon. It was rainy and COLD! Not much fun to walk in, but it was worth it.

More to come.....

On the homestretch.....

2010-02-09T17:54:00.000-08:00

My time in Atlanta has ended. A month away from home was so tough and I could never fully thank Justin, my parents, my Nanny, and my in-laws for their amazing support and help. It was an amazing experience!! I have over 200 pictures to go through and I will update once I am home again. I am currently in Flower Mound, Texas and will be home on Saturday!! I hope to update soon on all the adventures, but until then here was my official 'graduation':

Atlanta or bust!

2010-01-06T06:50:00.000-08:00

Today is the big day!! I am off to Atlanta for training and won't be back until the middle of February!!! I am excited, nervous, sad, and anxious all wrapped into one. The girls and I made their chain so they can tear one off each night I am gone. 30 sleeps here I come (then I am home two days and gone another five days but we aren't talking about that yet). Please pray for my family!!

December in Pictures

2009-12-27T16:55:00.000-08:00

What a crazy, busy end of the year!! We started out with the girls finishing their first half of ballet. We got to go watch their class one evening.....too cute!!

Then we had a neat treat of going to see The Princess and the Frog. HUGE hit with the girls (and mom and dad)

I got my official contract and all of my FRL (the training I will go to for 6 weeks) information. I think this finally made everything seem REAL!!

We baked some yummy cookies for Santa

And picked out our favorite ones to leave for him. We even picked out an extra special one and put a candle in it to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus!

Then Christmas morning arrived with tons of squeals, giggles, and smiles! LOTS of princess goodies for these two lovely ladies.

Showing off their loot....

Sadie: 3 years old

Brynn: 4 years old

Merry Christmas to all!

YEEEEAAAAHHHHHH!!!!

2009-12-02T07:02:00.000-08:00

After 14 months of interviews and traveling everywhere, I can now finally say that I am.......an Owner/Operator!!!! Justin and I flew to Atlanta on Monday for a fun-filled day of interviews on Tuesday and then that night I received the fabulous phone call. I will be taking over a store in Brownwood, Texas!

Words cannot begin to express my happiness and how thankful I am for this opportunity. I have a pretty eventful few months ahead of me though. I will be leaving January 7 for six weeks of training in Atlanta. (yes another month and a half without my babies). I will then start at my new store on April 1.

Thank you for all of the prayers and support!

Colorado Recap

2009-11-24T06:33:00.000-08:00

I have finally made it home from my month in Colorado!! It was the hardest thing I have ever done, but I would do it again in a heartbeat. I missed my family terribly but learned so much about myself while I was there. The first week I was there, we got hit with 17+ inches of snow. It was crazy!! People still camped out for the opening and some even built a little igloo to stay in!!

I met some amazing friends and the "Dinner Club" was formed. Every night was spent laughing until I cried!

I spent my first two weeks in Fort Collins and then moved to Longmont for my last two weeks. In Longmont, I celebrated my 30th birthday!!

With all of these amazing people!!

Of course we had time to go see the sights. Here is the Stanley Hotel from the movie, "The Shining."

I am going to miss seeing this everyday

Or stopping for these

But I wanted to get home to these beauties!!

Colorado

2009-10-28T18:33:00.000-07:00

I am in Colorado now working at the Grand Opening and we got TONS of snow today, something I am very unfamiliar with in Texas!

At Chick-fil-A Grand Openings, people camp out because the first 100 get free CFA for a year. I thought this wouldn't happen with the weather being so awful, but NOOOOOO there are a lot of crazy people camping out!! Isn't that nuts!!!!

Some of the campers decided to build an igloo for fun

Others just stayed in their tents to keep warm

And then the best part of the trip happened......the girls sent me a picture tonight!!

(Sadie doesn't like pictures)

I am having a blast, working hard, but mostly missing my babies!!

Some pictures

2009-10-21T14:19:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween!!!

The girls made a paper chain today and each night I am gone they are going to tear a link off to count down the days. As Brynn said, "Mom, 28 sleeps is FOREVER!!"

Six Flags

2009-10-20T10:21:00.000-07:00

We took the kids to Six Flags this weekend along with Justin's parents! It was so fun and it sure did bring back a lot of childhood memories for me. It's crazy how some things are still the same twenty years later!

Here are the girls getting ready to go in the park:

Since it was their Halloween time, they had a trick or treat area set up with all the characters. The girls loved this part!!

The teacups were a big hit!

Overall, it was a great day and it was good to get away and spend time as a family.

I will be leaving Sunday for Colorado and won't be back until Thanksgiving. I doubt there will be any blogging time so ADIOS!

I'm back......and then gone again......

2009-10-13T10:39:00.000-07:00

I am absolutely loving the cool, calming weather that we are having right now! I guess I should start getting accustom to it since I will be in some COLD weather soon! (Cold for us Texans that is)

I am going to be heading up to Colorado for a MONTH to work, so please pray for Justin and the girls. The girls are old enough for it to really upset them, but not old enough to understand time. I am sure that they will be fine but I am a mom and I worry.......it's my job.

There are two stores opening up in Colorado and I will be up there training new employees and enojoying in all of the Grand Opening festivities. I am excited, nervous, scared, and VERY emotional!

I won't be leaving until the 25th so we decided to take the girls to Six Flags this coming up weekend for a fun family day. So, please say a prayer for all of us in this situation.....we're gonna need it!!

Sadie Dancing

2009-09-28T16:50:00.000-07:00

We went to part of the Aaron Watson concert while we were at the fair and out of the blue, my normally shy child started dancing in front of everyone. If you'll watch her the whole time she runs over and starts striking poses for everyone. Who knew?!?!

The Fair

2009-09-21T18:20:00.000-07:00

We took to the kids to the fair Saturday and had an absolute blast. We had a wonderful time enjoying the "bull show" a.k.a. Rodeo, eating the delicious food, and riding all the rides. We were shocked at how amazed they were with the rodeo. We will now be looking for more rodeos to attend! I would love to post all 36 pictures, but 3:35am came early this morning and I am soooo tired. So, I will leave you with a picture that sums up the evening......happy girls!!

Dance class and Baby Gage

2009-09-16T10:52:00.000-07:00

The girls started ballet this last week! This was Sadie's first time and Brynn's second class to go to. They had a blast learning some of their new 'dance moves' and boy did they look super cute in their outfits!

They were soooo happy that they were able to be in the same class (but after talking to the teacher we realized this might not have been the best idea....Brynn tends to be a little protective of her baby sister)

On another note.....here we all are a couple of weeks ago hosting a baby shower for our friend Courtney, whose due date was November 11. (L to R: Me, Hillary, Courtney, and Jacinta)

She was 31.5 weeks yesterday and gave birth to Gage weighing in at 4.2lbs! Please keep her family and baby Gage in your prayers as he is at Cooks in Fort Worth right now and will remain there for awhile. He is doing amazing and is able to breathe on his own but please continue to pray for them during this journey!

Told ya I would be back!

2009-09-08T10:39:00.000-07:00

My lovely child has this horrible habit of twisting her hair and pulling it out!! I have no clue what else to do. We have now cut her hair short (ear lobe length) but she continues to pull her hair out. We were walking into the store the other day and I looked down to see her beaming bald spot.

Any ideas? I am clueless on how to handle this!

Onto some other fun things.....the girls new obsession is sunglasses. They each have a couple pairs and when they can't find those, they resort to daddy's glasses!

As I mentioned before, the girls are involved in AWANAS at church. Last week was the first class (and Sadie's first time to go) so Papa Steve took them for ice cream afterwards. Sadie loved 'tubbies" (a.k.a Cubbies). Brynn was a pro and still remembered all of her Bible verses from last year!

Please give me any advice you might have on the hair situation!

The August Update

2009-09-04T17:37:00.000-07:00

WOW!! I think this has been my longest blogging vacation EVER! I am sorry to both of my faithful readers for my absence. Things have been hectic, as always, and it has been hard to find the time to sit down and blog.

Enough with the excuses......sit down and get ready for a month long update!!!

Our friends, David and Hillary, got married at the beginning of August. Justin was an usher, I was a bridesmaid, and Brynn was the flower girl. I didn't get any good pictures of Justin and myself, but of course I got some of the little princes..

Here we are leaving the salon with her hair all done up like a real princess:

It took a little help to make it up the aisle......

And A LOT of help getting back down the aisle:

Overall, she did fine and even met a new friend!!

Next came Sadie's 3rd birthday!! She picked out all of her decorations and even this lovely frog cake! We were talking about what kind of cake she wanted (i.e. Dora, Wonder Pets, etc) and out of the blue she walks up to the counter and blurts out, "Do you have any fwoggy cakes?" The lady so kindly said yes and she said that was the one she wanted and we were done.

Only Sadie....

She wanted a "quarweeum" for her birthday and I swear she watched the fish forever!!

Our big 3 year old!

Last weekend Justin's boss gave us tickets to the Cowboys/49ers game! If you don't know, I am a huge 49ers fan and needless to say.....I was FREAKING out!!

Our friends, David and Hillary, went with us and we had a blast. Justin and David were pumped (but no where near my level)

The stadium is absolutely beautiful!!

Our seats were on the 4th row 40 yard line! They were absolutely amazing!! It was such a wonderful night and we called it our celebration for our 5 year anniversary which is today!

That is a wrap up to our month of August! The girls are both involved in AWANAS at church and start ballet next week. They are absolute opposites and full of energy! I have been keeping up with everyone's blogs during my absence and now I hope to start posting more frequently.

Happy Anniversary Babe! Love you!

The Snitch

2009-07-22T11:52:00.000-07:00

Brynn and her friend were in the back seat of the van when I overheard this conversation:

Friend: There was a big storm and it took away all the 'lectricity and there were no red lights

Brynn: There were no red lights! What is 'lectricity?

Friend: It's what makes the lights red so my mommy will know to stop at them.

Brynn: My mommy doesn't stop when the lights are red.....we just go faster!

Thanks Brynn!!!

More Randomness......

2009-07-15T07:14:00.000-07:00

Everytime I blog, I always make myself believe that I will start doing better about posting but then life happens and it is a week (or two) before I am back. I'd like to say it is going to change......but.......well.......we'll see.

We have had a tough time with Sadie not wanting to go to bed at night. After tons of spankings, yelling matches, etc one night we walked into her room a couple of hours later to the light on and she was asleep in the floor. What a honory child!!

Since it is July 15....I thought I would post about our July 4 weekend! We went to Justin's parents house and had a blast visiting with everyone. My wonderful mother-in-law decided to get the girls a slip-n-slide. I thought it was a fabulous idea so off we go to the store to get this "oh they are going to love it so much" toy! Let's just say my kids TOTALLY did not grasp the concept. They would run and then just sit down on it!! It was so funny to watch, but then we just sent the guys to go buy them a pool. Sadie was only impressed with the water spraying out.

Later that night we went to Stephenville to watch the fireworks. They really do put on an amazing show!!! The girls thought it was pretty neat.

Overall, it was a relaxing weekend with lots of good family time!!

And here is a random picture of Justin and myself.....ain't he a cutie!

And since I love to share good deals....apparently Arbys is having freebie Wednesdays until August. Go here for more details http://www.moneysavingmom.com/money_saving_mom/2009/07/arbys-freebie-wednesdays.html

And by the way....that is a fabulous website for those of you who use coupons or like free stuff!! It is: www.moneysavingmom.com

You can thank me later!

Howdy!

2009-07-01T10:44:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of the girls on Father's Day

Although the pictures session went more like this

Papa bought Brynn press on nails. Don't ask me......

Our friends are having a wedding next month and this last weekend they had a couples shower. Here is the whole group!

How is that for a wordless update on us!

Daddy's Nail Salon

2009-06-19T18:39:00.000-07:00

Tonight the most adorable thing happened! We were all in the living room watching TV and Justin turned to Brynn and said, "Do you want me to paint your nails?"

Ummmm........

She was so excited and RAN to get all of the stuff and they set up a little nail salon in the living room. It was the most precious thing I have ever seen!!

And (I am copying this from Suzanne).....

Since it is Friday, please leave a comment and say hi! I am curious to see who is still around.

Brynn's Dance Class

2009-06-17T17:40:00.000-07:00

Monday was Brynn's first day of Jazz, Tap, and Tumbling Class. She was so excited about picking out her new 'dance outfit' that had plenty of sparkles! Here is Brynn heading into class:

And then when Brynn came out of class her pretty dance outfit looked like this

Apparently during class Brynn had to go potty and she was so proud that she put her dress back on all by herself!!

A Day at the Lake

2009-06-14T07:57:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday we loaded up and took the kids on a spontaneous fishing trip to the lake. Now, we don't have some fancy-shmancy boat or anything and it was really windy.....so.......it turned into a day of splashing around on the shore in their rain boots! They were stoked and ready for the fun!

Well, at least Brynn was. Sadie was knocked out by the time we got to the end of our street. (rain boots and all)

We tried fishing at first but there was no way that was going to happen.

Sadie was amazed at all of the jet skis and boats so in every picture she is pointing at some water craft.

It was a great family day!

I AM ALIVE!!

2009-05-29T17:43:00.000-07:00

Whew............this has been my longest break from blogging ever! I promise I am still alive and things are going good here, just really busy.

First off, update on the job fun. I received a call and I was off to Atlanta one week later for more interviews. It was absolutely beautiful and things couldn't have gone any better. They called today and gave me an update about where things stood and so far, I am in a very good place!! Now is just the waiting game to see when the right store will become available.

The girls are doing fabulous!! They crack me up every day. Justin and I had to go to Fort Worth the other day so we took Brynn with us to spend a fun special day. We took her to the Fort Worth Museum of Science and History and after that we saw Night at the Museum 2 at the Omni. It was great to spend special time with her one-on-one!! Now it will be Sadie's turn and we are thinking the aquarium there. Any opinions?

Here are some pictures from the fun day!! (they were taken with my iPhone so they aren't the best)

I everyone is doing well and although I may not be posting that often, I am still keeping up with everyone else! Have a fabulous week.

Rain Boots and Fishing

2009-05-03T17:47:00.000-07:00

Recently Justin's mom got the girls some rain boots and they have had an absolute blast with them. We got home the other day and they saw the water at the end of the driveway and went crazy!! So, we ran inside, put their boots on, grabbed the camera, and had a ball!

Please ignore the interesting outfits they have on. Sometimes the girls pick out their own clothes at Grammy's house!

Here was Day One of the rain boots at Ginny's house:

Justin took Brynn fishing yesterday for a little Daddy/Daughter time. I was work when I got this picture sent to me:

Isn't it just too cute!! I wish I could have been there to see her expression. Justin said she went crazy with excitement.

Have a great week!

Updates

2009-04-24T18:30:00.000-07:00

Guess who's back.........back again!

Where-o-where to begin! So much has happened since my last post. I just got back from Albuquerque, New Mexico for work. I was gone for a week and it was so hard to be away from Justin and the girls, but it was an amazing experience. I helped open a new store there and had yet another interview while I was there (I am starting to think I applied for the Secret Service or something). We still have no further information, just playing the waiting game. It is so hard to just wait for some tinge of hope, but I guess I should get used to it. I met a lady who has been going through the process for two years now!! So, I guess I have to be in for the long haul.

We also had a wonderful Easter with both of our families. Although the egg hunt started out for Sadie like this....

It ended up like this:

Brynn was all business this year:

One of the best parts of Easter was getting to meet Little Miss Hannah Jade! She is my cousin's daughter and she is absolutely precious. She is now a month old and the girls latched on to her so fast. In fact, we had only been there for just a little while when (while I was holding Hannah) Sadie said, "Will you help me because my mommy is holding my baby sister?" Ummmm......not quite! Sadie did the best job of taking care of Hannah. She held her paci in and sang her all sorts of songs.

Here are the girls ooooohhhing and aaaaahhhing over her. They just stared at her and sang to her. (Check out Miss Hannah's head of hair!)

And NO they will not be getting another sibling.......just to clear that one up!

The stuff kids say

2009-04-08T18:48:00.000-07:00

I am enjoying peaceful evening at home alone with the kids. Justin called me around 2 and asked if I minded if he made a spontaneous trip with the guys to go to a Ranger game tonight. I thought that sounded pretty fun (and crazy), so they are enjoying a mini-road trip. I doubt work is going to be great fun for any of them tomorrow!!

The kids have been just adorable as usual.

Brynn discovered that one of her Barbie's had a braid in her hair and now she is obsessed with having a braid in her hair. The funny part is she calls it a bra. Who knows why.....but all we hear is "Look at my bra!" or "I want a bra!"

Sadie overheard me talking about going to Albuquerque next week and for some reason thought we were getting a turkey. That was a fun conversation of her asking me where the turkey was.

Finally, we got a Veggie Tales CD for the girls to listen to in the car and ALL I heard after that was "We want to hear the Blueberry song!"

Ummm.......Yeah, I have no clue. We fought and fought about this all day about there being no blueberry song on that CD. Finally we came across the song "Who built the ark? Noah. Noah"
and here goes Brynn singing, "Blueberry art, no one, no one!"

We solved the mystery of the Blueberry Song!

Randomness

2009-04-04T19:54:00.000-07:00

I really don't have much to say. I have the 24 hour stomach bug that has lasted 72 hours! GRRRR......

I am so very, very, very hungry.

Since I am not in much of a chipper mood, I thought I would grace you with some completely random pictures.

Brynn getting ready for her date with Daddy:

Brynn the "princess"

Sadie LOVES to "back-um" every time I clean the house. Can you see the huge smile on her face?!?!

And I just love this picture my dad took of Sadie at the park:

Meet Margo

2009-04-01T17:55:00.000-07:00

This, my friends, is Margo! She is a new addition to our family! Sadie has had an ongoing cough for a couple of weeks now and it has slowly gotten worse here reccently. Last night, she was unable to sleep and this morning she was wheezing pretty bad. I called the doctor and described everything to him and they had me bring her right in. So, after some checking he told us that both of her lungs sound pretty bad and she has an ear infection. He did a breathing treatment in the office and then gave us Margo Moo Nebulizer to start doing treatments at home. I was worried about how Sadie would react but Margo was a hit! She is so excited about showing it off to Grammy tomorrow. Talk about marketing to kids!!

Brynn's 4

2009-03-30T19:10:00.000-07:00

I am sorry these are all out of order, but I am tired and don't feel like rearranging them. Last Saturday, Brynn had her 4th birthday party. Her friends, Destiny and Alexis, hung out with her for the day. We started the day out at The Jump Around, then headed to the nail salon to get their hands and toes painted, and then to Mr. Gatti's for a Wall-E party! The girls had an absolute blast!!

Brynn getting her nails painted:

Sadie taking it all in:

The ladies

Having our second party at Ginny and Papa's in Dublin!

All of the princesses after getting their nails done

Having a little snack at The Jump Around

We had such a great time! I really cannot believe she is FOUR!

Shiner

2009-03-26T18:02:00.000-07:00

We have our first shiner. Actually we have our first two shiners!! One side is much worse than the other, but a shiner is a shiner.

It doesn't seem to bother her too much, but it looks awful! I am sure the people at Wal-Mart tonight we staring at us!!

Say a prayer for me!

2009-03-23T17:18:00.000-07:00

Whew.....I am back! I always have good intentions on blogging, but then my computer breaks and you know the rest of the story.......I don't do it.

Today I get a call from mom that Sadie fell into a chair. So, now we have unicorn girl! The doctor said it was okay, just fun kid injuries!

The girls have enjoyed the summer weather, but I really need to get them their own sunglasses so that they won't keep wearing Justin's.

Onto the prayers part.....as I said before, I applied last October to own my own Chick-fil-A. It has been a grueling wait but I finally have an interview set for next Tuesday (3/31) in Dallas. I am so excited and nervous at the same time. I will be going to Albuquerque, New Mexico next month for a week for a Grand Opening and hopefully will be able to meet some more people that may help move the process along quicker. Please say a prayer to calm my nerves! I will keep everyone informed as the process goes on. I just have to keep reminding myself of patience! That is terribly hard for me.

Well, I am off to start the last book in the Twilight series. (This may also have to a lot to do with my lack of blogging) I will get back to my old self soon...I promise.

Fireproof

2009-03-10T10:52:00.000-07:00

Last night we finally watched this movie that we had heard so much about. I wanted all of you to know that I HIGHLY recommend it! The acting is well.......pretty terrible and it won't be the best cinematic experience you have ever had, but in the end you will be so glad you watched it.

For some reason, I feel that God led us to watch this movie (even though Justin was ready to give up on it 10 minutes in). I think we both woke up today with some thoughts about how to improve our marriage. Who knows?! I just hope that you all will get something out of it!

Two thumbs up!

We're Baaaack!

2009-03-04T14:51:00.000-08:00

Wow, it has been a while since I last posted. The sick bug plagued our house forever but I think we are all on the mend! The house is sanitized, new toothbrushes for everyone, and I hope we are back to normal (whatever that is these days).

We walked outside and Brynn said, "Wow, mom it is really sunny! I haven't seen the sun in a LONG time!"

That pretty much sums up our last few weeks.

I have no pictures, no fun stories, nothing. Hope you still love me!

Happy Valentines Day!

2009-02-15T17:11:00.001-08:00

Happy Valentines Day!

We tried a little photo shoot at home today with MUCH bribery!

The Lovely Leach Ladies:

Brynn: 3 years 11 months old

Sadie: 2 years 6 months old

No Valentines Day is complete without some kisses!!!

My turn!!

We love you!

STRESS

2009-02-11T14:52:00.000-08:00

Stress is:

A. Your dishwasher is leaking and is not covered under warranty. Hand washing dishes....fun!

B. Your shower is leaking in one bathroom so the whole family is sharing the other bathroom.

C. Finding out someone stole your husband's checkbook so you have been at the bank and police station getting everything straightened out.

D. The tree in your backyard fell over and is laying on your back fence.

E. Your kids are just getting over being sick and are going stir crazy being in the house and are about to kill each other.

Yep........I think I am allowed to be a little stressed right now!!!

Wow, that was quick!

2009-02-05T08:05:00.000-08:00

After a long night of medicine every three hours, Brynn woke up today feeling fine and dandy!! Praise the Lord! We had a very long night together but this morning she rolled over and told me that she wanted to watch Dora and eat some waffles. Thank you for your prayers!

And now Brynn.....

2009-02-04T18:21:00.001-08:00

I guess I spoke too soon before......now it is Brynn's turn to have the punies. She is running high fever (104.2) and has thrown up a couple of times but that is really it. She mainly just looks and feels completely awful. Say a prayer for her tonight!

I'm sure my kids love me taking pictures of them when they feel like crap.

Conversation with Brynn today....

2009-02-03T19:50:00.001-08:00

B: Mom, Sadie is not helping me clean the living room.

Me: Do I need to go in there and light a fire under her booty to get her going (laughing as I say it)

B: (Totally serious) Mom.....you don't need to burn her just so she'll clean! That is not very nice.

I lost it! I was laughing so hard while at the same time trying to explain to her that I wasn't seriously going to light Sadie on fire!

Awww......the mind of a child!!

Red River 2009

2009-02-02T18:34:00.000-08:00

We are home again!! (Although must of you didn't know we were gone)

I am always nervous about posting when we are leaving town....you never know about the www! Anywho....we just got back from skiing in Red River and it was absolutely PERFECT! Justin's parents took us and then his aunt, uncle and cousins met us down there later on. We are exhausted but it was so worth it.

Chuck and Alane (Justin's parents):

I don't know what it is about Justin's family, but the men don't smile. I promise they were really happy to be there. This was our first year to use goggles instead of sunglasses and I must say that they are definitely the way to go. So, we may look like huge dorks but it we don't mind!

Aaaahhhhhh......there's that pretty smile! I was starting to get nervous.

The girls stayed with my parents and got spoiled rotten! Don't worry we brought them some "ski shirts" to wear next year when they go!

Brian Regan

2009-01-26T17:44:00.000-08:00

We went to Brian Regan last Friday night and had a blast!! It was a wonderful date night and we laughed the entire time. I highly recommend watching his stuff, you will not be disappointed!

We were on the 6th row front and center. Great show!!

We are gearing up for our yearly ski trip! I will give all the details soon!

Blah Thursday

2009-01-22T11:36:00.000-08:00

Today has been rather uneventful. We have a lot going on this weekend so I have been busy getting all of the laundry caught up. Tomorrow night we are going to see Brian Regan!!! I am so pumped and excited. I got Justin the tickets for Christmas and we have never been to a live comedy show like this.

As Justin and I talk about various states that we may be moving to, I just can't help but know that I am going to miss the beautiful Texas weather. I mean, where else is it 80 degrees in January? Dang it is nice outside!!

The girls are great. No fun stories yet today but the day is still early. Here is a picture of Sadie that I took this morning while she was asking for me to make sausage and pancakes for breakfast. Pretty convincing, isn't it?!

The towel adventure

2009-01-21T18:35:00.001-08:00

We are over the sickness but it's effects are SO annoying!! While she was sick, Sadie threw up a few times and I held a hand towel for her to throw up in (it always seemed to happen while we were in the kitchen or bathroom)........anyways

Anytime she knew she was going to get sick she would ask for her "wash-wag". So, now one week later she must have the washrag with her at ALL times just in case she "frows up" again. She has not thrown up since last Saturday but I guess it has scarred her for life!! It doesn't have to be any one specific hand towel just as long as it is a hand towel. I think I have washed 40 hand towels today!!! Everytime we eat-there is the towel, going to get gas today-towel, going to bed-she freaks out about her towel until she is snuggled up to it. I haven't tried too hard to take it away just yet but Justin is pretty annoyed by now. He thinks people have to be wondering why our child carries a hand towel with her at all times. Oh well......they'll get over it!

Sadie and her "wash-wag"

Since I was off today we enjoyed this nice January in Texas day of 80 degrees! The girls played outside ALL afternoon and we had some pretty tuckered babies tonight. They scarfed down dinner and didn't make a fuss about going to bed. Oh how I can't wait for summer to be here!!! I love watching them run out all of that energy instead of being cooped up in the house.

And in case you were wondering.........yes, Sadie's towel rode with her on her scooter!

Up to Par

2009-01-18T18:32:00.000-08:00

We are now finally on the mend!! After several long nights we are finally feeling much better and so far no sign of a sick Brynn. Thank God for heavy medications!! Hopefully we won't have any more movie days in the chair.

We finally got it...

2009-01-15T18:45:00.000-08:00

So, everyone has been posting about being sick but thankfully it had skipped our family until NOW. Please say a prayer for Sadie. I took her to the doctor today and he said definite ear infections and bronchitis but he didn't know what else. She is one very sick little girl. Her fever got up to 103.4 last night and I have really been worried today. I guess we have a fun weekend of laying on the couch ahead of us!!

So What, I'm Still a Rockstar!

2009-01-05T17:32:00.000-08:00

For some reason, my girls have picked up on the song "Rockstar" by Pink. I have no clue why this one stuck.......okay I might have a hint......they love the part "Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah I want to start a fight." Nice..... They have now learned the chorus and wanted to perform tonight. Well, Brynn wanted to perform. Sadie refused to quit playing with the Little People long enough to walk over and perform. Enjoy the concert!!!!

Photo and video editing at www.OneTrueMedia.com

(I have no clue how to make it smaller so it won't cut off the right side...sorry)

Happy 2009

2009-01-01T17:29:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful, fun New Years party in the garage last night. Hey, don't knock the garage. It has darts, poker, TV, and tons of memories. We really had a wonderful night and it was great to ring in the new year with our friends. We even had the black-eyed peas for good luck!!

The couple roll call:

David and Hillary (newly engaged)

Dawson and Courtney (newly dating)

Ryan and Jacinta (nothing new there, they've been together for over 10 years)

Eric and........wait who's your date Eric???

The dudes

Some of the ladies

Happy 2009!!!!!!!!!

And on a completely unrelated subject. Look at Brynn today. Her pants were 'itching'

Christmas 2008

2008-12-28T17:48:00.000-08:00

And heeeeeeeere come the Christmas pictures!!! We had a very busy holiday, so now we are home and exhausted!! We spent Christmas day here at our house with my parents and grandmother. On Friday, we went to Dublin for the weekend to spend Christmas with Justin's family. We were very blessed this year.

Here is my baby holding her baby

Sorry these are out of order but here is Christmas morning with two excited girls.

And with some very excited hair!!

This was something very, very special to me. My Nanny (on the far right) is holding her Dutch Doll blanket that her grandmother made her. My Mom (on the far left) is holding her Dutch Doll blanket that Nanny made her. Now, my girls are holding their Dutch Doll blankets that Nanny made them.

We hope you had a wonderful holiday!!!

Please say a prayer

2008-12-23T10:44:00.000-08:00

Christmas is in full swing at the Leach household!! The girls are SO excited and can hardly contain themselves when talking about Santa. Here is where I would post a picture of them with Santa but both girls have adamently refused to go near him. We have tried several times, but NO WAY!! Brynn's response was, "Can I just call him on the phone?" Typical Brynn. Sadie was more of the up front no with a response of, "I not see Santa!! I no talk to him!"

So, we didn't force anything and I will just have to live with no picture for this year. We made our batch of Christmas cookies last night and I would post a picture of that, but I left my camera at a friend's house when we went for a birthday party. Wow, the holidays have taken my brain away! I have enjoyed some time off with the girls and it really has been a fabulous week.

Also, please say another prayer for myself. Beginning January 1st, I will no longer be the Marketing Director for Chick-fil-A. I applied back in October to own my own CFA and so I will begin training in the operations area learning the ins and outs of everything. It is bittersweet, but I am very excited about what lies ahead. The process is very long and in-depth so we are expecting a year full of interviews and such. They receive about 10,000 applications a year so we will need all the prayer we can get. Also, if I get the store we will not be able to pick the location. This is where we need more prayers. We were told that staying in Texas would be a long shot so we are praying that we will still be somewhat near to family. Justin has been absolutely amazing and supportive and I hope that this all works out. There will be a lot of responsibility left to him and I know there will be trying times, but in the end the rewards are amazing! I am ready for the long road and the hard work, but prayers will be needed!!

We hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas and I will be back with tons of pictures!!!

2008-12-14T18:36:00.000-08:00

Last night we went to Justin's Christmas party for work and we had such a blast!!

Justin works for McCarty Equipment and there are several stores besides the one here in Abilene. They have stores all over Texas, one in Arkansas, and one in Colorado. There are about 75 employees total. Well, he got everyone and their spouse rooms at the McM Elgante hotel and then we were taken in buses out to the Expo Center for dinner, dancing, and the big fun of the night was the Deal or No Deal Game.

They were grouped in teams of 8-10 and they played the game with Kelly McCarty (the owner) being the banker. Whatever you won was split amongst your team. It was absolutely fabulous. Justin's team dealt for $1200 but their case had $100, so they made a great deal. 3 of the other teams actually had the $10,000 in their case but the dealt early!!! After that, they had drawings for a 50" plasma TV, blu ray player, surround sound, and another TV. We didn't win anything but that's okay. It was SO much fun. Probably way too much fun.

I had never been to a Christmas party this elaborate and we had a wonderful time!!!

Aaaaaaahhhh..........

2008-12-05T18:49:00.000-08:00

Do you hear that?.............................

SILENCE!!!!!!!

Justin called me today and decided to go to his parents house for the weekend to help his dad with some stuff. He asked if I wanted to go and I told him I did, but that I really had a lot to do here. So, he took Brynn down there for the weekend and it is just Sadie and I relaxing alone! Isn't that awesome??! (I think I hurt his feelings that I was so happy about this) I love going down there but I could get SO much done without one child and a husband.

There is so much I could accomplish......clean out closets, Christmas shop, clean other random parts of the house, clean out Brynn's room and toy box, watch girly movies, (can you tell I like to clean?)........who knows how much or if anything will get done!

Let me quietness begin....

(I will be saving this and posting it on Sunday in case I have a internet stalker. So if you are stalking me, my husband is home now)

Sunday:
*UPDATE* I was a very busy girl.

Things accomplished:
bathed and cut the dog, cleaned out every closet in our house, cleaned out everyone's drawers in their room, cleaned microwave, cleaned fridge, installed new drain plug-thingies for our bathroom sinks, installed a door knob, repainted inside of cabinet underneath sink due to mistake in installing drain plug-thingies, rearranged Brynn's room, and finally Christmas shopped!!!!!

Whew....I am so soar, I can barely move.

Turkey Day Recap

2008-12-01T16:58:00.000-08:00

We made it through the Thanksgiving holidays! We are all stuffed and worn out, but overall it was absolutely wonderful. We spent Thanksgiving Day with my family and then went to Justin's parents for the weekend. My cousin took these fabulous pictures of the girls and it may not look like it, but Brynn had a blast!!

Sadie loved playing with Garrett and Abigail (and the leaves)

Brynn found the gun to be especially fun.....should I be worried??

Here are the girls with Garrett (Abigail didn't think it was too fun to lay in the leaves)

I think my cousin Mark should be a professional photographer rather than a doctor!!

Lazy Saturday

2008-11-22T18:06:00.000-08:00

Well, thanks to Suzanne's blog, we decided it was tent time at the Leach House! The girls LOVED it!! We woke up early and built it while Justin slept in. We made muffins and had a girls only breakfast in the tent this morning. Great fun!!

Tonight Brynn got all of her friends together and asked me to take a picture of her. She loves getting her picture made.

Tomorrow is the big day.......49ers vs Dallas!!!! No expectations, just high hopes.

Birthday Fun

2008-11-17T09:23:00.000-08:00

Last Friday was my birthday.....whew..... the big 2-9!!!

Warning: You are about to read what every old person says

I just don't feel like I am really 29!

Maybe because I work with a lot of teenagers or am I just in serious denial, but it feels like yesterday when I was 16.

Okay, onto the good stuff. Justin took me on a romantic getaway to Possum Kingdom for the weekend. Ain't he grand!!

We get there and get all spiffied up for a nice dinner only to go out exploring and find that every restaurant is closed because it is after 9. BUT there is a bar down the street that MAY have a grill. Hey, this will work for me because I am STARVING. We head over to the bar and it is so crowded because they have a band playing. There are people everywhere-none of which are eating. We ask and YES they do have burgers. We find a table, order our food, and watch as we stick out like a big, sore thumb. The burgers were amazing! Seriously, the best burger I ever had. We decided that this probably wasn't 'our' crowd and we were just slightly over-dressed so we headed back to the house.

Bright and early we get ready to go on the lake. Yes, we are stupid.

Now, I know we look like we are going skiing, but noooooo we are going boating. We wanted so badly to go out and see all of the beautiful houses but it was 46 degrees when we unloaded the boat on the lake.

We tried to make the most of it but we were FREEZING!! We got back to shore and decided to just drive and look at houses. WOW! There are some amazing houses. It is now about noon and we decide to just head to his parent's house and see the girls. So, our "weekend" was actually about 22 hours. It was so fun and I swear we laughed the entire time. I think the girls got tuckered out at their grandparents house as well.

Top 10 signs you are old when on vacation you:

1. Decide that a crowded bar with a really good band is 'too much' for you and you would rather go back to the house and go to bed.

2. You are in bed by 10:30.

3. You are wearing sweaters and heels at a bar.

4. The one morning with no kids you are still up and ready to go by 8:00am

5. You realize that you actually have to eat breakfast now so you won't get sick later.

6. You pack Pepto Bismal just in case for your romantic getaway.

7. You're scared that you won't be able to sleep since it isn't "your" bed.

8. The highlight of your trip is looking at houses.

9. You feel lost without cable and are missing your nightly shows.

10. You miss your kids and head home a day early.

Maybe I really am 29!!!

Sleepy Girl

2008-11-12T12:51:00.000-08:00

Last night Justin came and got me out of the living room with the well-known prase, "Go look at your daughter." This usually means something pretty good has happened. She had been asleep for over two hours so I could only imagine what she had done. Apparently she had decided to get up and play for a little while, rearrange her bed, and then crash out on the floor. Poor girl!

I guess this is a 49ers post????

2008-11-10T20:57:00.000-08:00

Work has been crazy lately. Last week I barely saw my family, let alone found time to blog.

This week my parents are out of town and so I have a weird work schedule to be home with the girls during the day.

Just needed to vent my frustrations with my team. I am watching the last minute of the 49ers game and boy was it a doozy. I thought we had it and then a STUPID play may have cost us the game. It is now 4th quarter: 29 to 24 Arizona winning.

GRRRRRR.........

Oh wait, we are starting to actually look pretty good........ need to watch (52 seconds left)

HOLY CRAP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1st and goal with 20 seconds left in the game.........

I love my niners again!!!

I am about to be sick with nervousness......

2 seconds left and we are reviewing the last play........Lordy, that was a close one......

Still reviewing......

I am sick...we didn't get it in. Stupid play. I don't see how I haven't woke up everyone in this house with my anger. Well, another loss under the belt.

I didn't mean for this post to be about the niners, but dang that was a close game.

Happy Halloween

2008-11-03T11:31:00.000-08:00

Halloween was great this year. I love when the Chick-fil-A employees go all out!

Here are my precious San Francisco 49ers cheerleaders with Uncle David

Here is a close up of the costumes

And now do a cheer for everyone.....

Pumpkin Pictures

2008-10-23T19:17:00.000-07:00

We made the annual trip to the pumpkin patch for family pictures and pumpkin picking!!

Here is the Leach Family 2008

Here is the whole Joiner Family. My brother and his wife, Nanny, Mom and Dad and of course us! (Yes I realize Justin has his sunglasses on and Sadie is picking her nose, but it was the best we could do!!)

Sadie 2 years and 2 months old

Brynn 3 years and 7 months old

Grammy Betty with the girls

I would like you to please note everyone's pumpkin they picked out. Hmmm........really Justin do you need a pumpkin the size of our youngest child!

Long time....

2008-10-22T18:18:00.000-07:00

Sorry I have taken a break from the blogging world. My job has gotten really hectic lately and blogging just hasn't been on the top of my list lately. Everyone is doing great here! One of my most recent events was a tricycle race that we sponsored. Brynn and Sadie entered and I am proud to say that Brynn WON! (Okay, so one of the girls was 18months old, the other barely could ride a tricycle and Sadie quit but who cares about the details!!!)

After the race, Papa Steve treated us to a special day at Primetime complete miniature golf, arcade games, and BBQ lunch! It was really a fun day for us!!

And for kicks, we just had to get this picture. Hey, you never know!!!

It feels good to be back!!

Who is this girl???

2008-10-08T14:39:00.000-07:00

This morning Brynn proudly tells me that today she is going to be a "big helper." "What's the catch?" was my first thought, but then again she is only 3 so helping mom is actually fun right now. She asks if she can make my bed. Ummm.....sure.....have at it! Here is her finished product (pretty dang good for a 3 year old!)

After that, she tells me that she wants to make her own bed. Okay, seriously.....who snuck in her room last night and switched her with a new and improved Brynn. "Ummm....I guess?!?!" Is my reply. So, we got the comforter the wrong way but still she did pretty dang good!!!

So is she really just a good helper or....

A) My cleaning OCDness has rubbed off on her
B) She wants the new Strawberry Shortcake movie that is out
C) She has a big secret that she doesn't know how to break to me
D) All of these 'manners' books and movies have finally paid off

I don't know what is going on with her, but I sure like it. Now if only I could teach her how to do laundry, take the trash out, load and unload the dishwasher......we would be golden around here!!

PS: I didn't have time to photoshop these and lighten them up-sorry they are so dark.

Conversation with Sadie

2008-10-07T07:30:00.000-07:00

Here was my conversation with Sadie a minute ago as I am changing her diaper:

MB: Sadie, you really need to start pee-peeing in the potty

S: Like in my diaper?

MB: Like the pee-pee in your diaper, only in the potty.

S: You so silly mommy!

MB: Why am I silly?

S: I no pee-pee in potty. I pee-pee in diaper!

MB: But don't you want to be a big girl?

S: NO

Yup.....she's my hard-headed one.

My camera battery has suddenly died and won't recharge....so sorry about no pictures.

Our New Family Member

2008-10-05T18:03:00.001-07:00

We have a new addition to our blog family! My sister-in-law, Mandi, has started a blog and I am pretty excited. SO, stop in, say hello, and look at the amazing pictures of her and my brother's travels. They have seen some really cool places and they are WAY more adventurous than myself! Thanks!!

dmjoiner.blogspot.com

Enjoy the new face lift!

Just call him Big Black

2008-09-26T16:51:00.001-07:00

For those of you who don't have cable (Adryn), don't watch MTV (mom and dad), or just plain don't care (I'm not sure if ANYONE fits in this category).......but we are HUGE fans of the show "Rob and Big". We have been hooked since the first episode and I have almost peed my pants many times during their show (i.e. "Bobby Light", "Black Lavender", etc)

So, here we are gearing up for the most important day of our life......okay not no really......but pretty dang exciting!

Drumroll please......

Here I am with Big Black

Now Justin's turn

He is big guy!

He came into town to promote the opening of this new club and their college night. Okay, so we aren't in college, but neither were half the people in that place. Too bad Rob wasn't there! We had the front row table and it was an absolute blast. So, I've seen 50 Cent and Big Black over the last year.....wonder who's next! I'll leave you with my favorite Rob and Big picture.

Blah

2008-09-23T10:50:00.000-07:00

I have not been too good at blogging lately. I have lost the charger to my camera, so therefore no pictures which means no post.

We went to Dublin this last weekend to see Justin's parents and took them to a little mini-fair in Stephenville. It was an absolute blast! (This is where I would post pictures, but they are on my mother-in-law's camera)

Everything else is going great here. Just staying busy. Since posts aren't good unless there is a a picture............Here ya go!

Have a great day!!

Gotcha

2008-09-18T18:56:00.000-07:00

You never know who you might find working at your Chick-fil-A?!?!

The Punies

2008-09-11T18:09:00.000-07:00

We have been battling the punies around the house this week. Sadie has an ear infection and I haven't felt just peachy. Here is Brynn and Sadie's way of playing "sick." Sadie puts one of Grammy's old shirts on.....this is her 'gown'. Then Brynn tucks her in on the couch and reads her a story. Too cute.

Brynn on the other hand has been feeling just fine.

In fact, she is feeling no worries whatsoever.

Hope everyone has a better week. Good luck to everyone in Houston/Galveston area. We will be praying for everyone.

We're gonna party like it's your birthday....

2008-09-01T16:46:00.000-07:00

We had Sadie's "Strawberry Shortcake" party this last Saturday at The Jump Around. It is an indoor facility with inflatable jump houses, slides, etc. We had an absolute blast and were so thankful that our friends and family (some of which had to drive in to Abilene-special thanks) could all attend and celebrate with us!

Of course there were some tears and fit throwing but hey, "it's my party and I'll cry if I want to!"

Here is my big 2 year old dressed all in her Strawberry Shortcake garb!

Opening all the presents.....Sadie gave up after about 3 gifts, so the other kids got to have a field day opening the rest of them.

A tricycle from Grammy and Papa Steve. She was very possessive of this and wouldn't let any kids touch it.

Of course the Chick-fil-A cow had to make an appearance (Ummm.....dad.....where is the cow's head?)

This picture absolutely cracked me up! I don't remember it happening and just found it as I was going through the pictures. I guess Sadie was really ticked about Alexis touching the edge of her cake!

Strawberry cake was devoured and we wrapped a wonderful morning.

And then we came home to more prizes from Ginny and Papa Chuck!

Happy Birthday Baby!

Sadie is 2 and in a crib....is this a problem?

2008-08-26T11:50:00.000-07:00

Okay, so I have a question. At what age did you move your child out of a crib?

Here is my excuses...I mean.....logical explanations. We moved Brynn to a "big girl bed" when she was about 21 months old. No biggie. No problems.

Now, here is Sadie. She is much more hard-headed and determined then Brynn EVER was. I don't think it will be a big problem, but I just kind of like the idea of knowing where she is at night. She would be the type to roam the house and never make a peep.

Here is the real reason: She wakes up at about 7:30 and sings for a little while (15-20 minutes) and then falls back asleep until 9. EVERY DAY! I know that if I move her to a bed, then she will be up at 7:30. Yuck.

I just really do not want to move her to a bed yet, but I don't want to cause any permanent damage.

Let me have it.......what age?

Sadie is Two!

2008-08-20T19:13:00.000-07:00

My baby girl turned two today! I still can't believe just how fast the time has gone. Sadie is my "mama's girl" and I love how she is shy around other kids and would just rather sit with me.

She is almost as tall as Brynn and they can pretty much share clothes.

Here comes the rundown....

August 2006:

August 2007:

And today:

Her birthday party isn't until next weekend so we had a mini-celebration with her tonight. We took her out alone with just Justin and I and she absolutely loved it. Our girls don't get much 'alone' time with mommy and daddy so this was pretty special to her. Here are some highlights from the evening.

She loved 'bomping' the gators! I guess she had some built up aggression!

All in all it was a fun time for everyone! I couldn't wipe this cheesy smile off her face even if I had tried!

Happy Birthday my sweet baby!

Rain, Rain Go Away

2008-08-17T18:10:00.000-07:00

We are 2 days in with 3 more to go full of RAIN! It is raining non-stop and my kids are going nuts from having to stay inside all day. In fact, today we loaded up and drove around in Justin's truck just to simply get out of the house.

Grrr.....

I woke up late today and noticed that I had a new voicemail on my phone. I check it only to hear my neighbor calling us earlier that morning to let me know that one of the side doors on my van was open and apparently had been open all night.

Seriously?!?! Are you kidding me?

I guess he came over and shut it for us. I haven't assessed the damages because I really couldn't do anything about it.

Nice rain, nice!

Fun Week

2008-08-09T21:07:00.000-07:00

What a week this has been! Let's see:

Sunday we realize that our A/C has one out. COMPLETELY out! So, we pack up and head to mom's house

Monday we get the guys out to look at it and find out we need an ENTIRE new A/C. (Note: these suckers are stinking expensive!)

Tuesday we get estimates and suck it up that we are going to have to spend a lot of money

Wednesday my mom has surgery, so her and my dad pack up and go to the hospital.

Thursday they come out and begin installing

Friday mom gets out of the hospital and we move home

Saturday get the house cleaned up and realize we have a leak from the new A/C

Saturday night the guys are back out fixing the leak

Sunday we will have no hot water

Monday they will come back out and fix the hot water issue

Next week......we are selling the house. Just kidding......no not really

AHS 1998

2008-08-05T19:20:00.000-07:00

Editors Note: To any person/persons that I completely FREAKED out at my 10 year high school reunion....I apologize for my pyscho-ness (is that a word?)

Okay, so my 10 yr reunion was last weekend and I was super pumped to see everyone! (Sidenote: I keep up with many people's blog via google reader so sometimes I get really bad about remembering to leave comments) Back to the story......all day Friday I am pretty stoked about catching up with all of my 'blog friends'. Please know that by 'blog friends' I mean: people that I feel are very close to me but we only really talk via blogging and sense I rarely leave comments, we really don't even talk via the web. No real life conversations, but yet I feel like they are my true friends in real life. Does that make sense? Basically they are all very close to me but they do not even know about this weird one-sided relationsip!

I brew and brew on seeing everyone all day long and so by the time the evening rolled around, I was super giddy. We get to this fabulous martini bar and go inside, check in, get our name tag, etc. Immediately I see some of my 'blog friends'........

here is where it all goes downhill for me....

I rush these poor girls and their spouses with, "HI!!! OH MY GOSH I READ YOUR BLOG!" as I then proceeded to ask them about personal things in their life (i.e. "how was the move?" "how was your test?" etc) I saw the stunned, 'do i know you', 'how the heck do you know all about me', 'are you a stalker' looks on all their faces. I had never met any of their spouses and I am just asking away personal questions like we are old friends.

Did I catch myself and realize how crazy I looked?

So, I apologized Saturday night for scaring everyone and promised that, if I tried to view their blogs on Monday, I would not be offended if they were 'suddenly' changed to private.

Other than that, the weekend rocked!

Here is pasty white MB with my long lost 7th cousin who now lives in Guatamala! (Doesn't everyone always have some cool story at reunions! His is actually true)

My roomie from college that married into our high school reunion

Abilene High Class of 1998:

Me and my hubby who was an amazing trooper through the whole weekend!

GRRR....

2008-08-04T19:32:00.000-07:00

Blogger is not letting me post pictures and I how can I talk about my 10 year high school reunion without pictures?!?!?!

GRRRR..........

Our New Family Member

2008-07-27T18:59:00.000-07:00

Welcome the new addition to our family!

We haven't thought of a name for her yet, but it is coming. We got a fabulous deal on it from a guy that Justin works with. It will be awhile before we take her out anywhere so we are just taking the time to get her all prettied up and ready for her debut.

Onto other things, on Saturday we took my Nanny to meet my aunt (she's not really my aunt but I don't really know the exact relation so Aunt Mary Jane it is). Anyways, here is a group picture of my Aunt MJ, the girls, myself, my mother and my grandmother.

Then we decided to take a generation picture of the girls, myself, my mom, and my grandmother but Sadie was VERY ready to be done with the photo session.

We have gotten a lot of projects done around the casa that will be featured this week! Stay tuned.

Ladies Day Out

2008-07-19T17:51:00.000-07:00

This weekend Brynn went to spend some one-on-one time with Justin's parents, so that left us with one-on-one time with Sadie. Then, as our luck would have it, Justin gets called in to work ALL weekend.....this left one-on-one time with just Sadie and I. I do have to admit that it was nice for us to have a little mommy and me time. We started the day out by going to the zoo.

The zookeeper got out a baby alligator for Sadie to look at up close and she states, "Have it?" Ummmm....no baby you can't have it. "Have it gator-NOW!" When we told her no again the biggest breakdown of 2008 occurred. That was our cue to exit the zoo immediately as she was now screaming, "HAVE IT GATOR!!!" the whole way out of the zoo.

After that we had some lunch, ran some errands, went shopping, rented some movies, and now we are all snuggled up on the couch.

What a perfect Saturday!!

The Queen

2008-07-17T20:11:00.000-07:00

Boy have we had a tough time with "miss thang" (a.k.a. Brynn)

She has just been 3 going on 15 lately.

Example:

Me: What did you have for your snack at music class today?
B: Strawberries
Me: What did you drink?
B: I ate a peach
Me: okay, what did you drink?
B: I ate a peach.
Me: OK, I get that, but what did you drink?
B: (at the top of her lungs) I DRANK A PEACH DRINK!!!!
Me: Umm...whoa! Don't talk like that!
B: WELL, I SAID IT THREE TIMES AND YOU DON'T LISTEN. YOU NEED TO BE A BETTER LISTENER MOMMY!

But in the cuteness categories, she has had a few:

Example A: (at music class)
They are dividing into their classes and she runs over to an older kid and said, "I want to be in your class today because you play in the gym more."

Example B:
Me: Brynn, how do you spell your name?
B: B-R-Y-NNNNNNNNN (I swear she puts about 15 n's on it)

Example C:
She got in trouble at class and she told her teacher, "I'm sorry, I am just having a bad day."

I guess the cute examples out number the devilish ones, but that is just because it is late and I am tired and can't think of more.

It's been awhile....

2008-07-13T18:14:00.000-07:00

Where to begin with this post.....

Let's start with July 4th....

We had wonderful time in Dublin with Justin's family. Brynn really got a kick out of the "big" fireworks show, but we made the mistake of doing that part first which meant having her do the sparklers later was 'no big deal.' Sadie tried to sleep through the show, but finally woke up and oooed and aaaahed with us for a little bit.

Next up....the leak

Justin wakes me up the other night to tell me that our hardwood floor is buckeling and that we have a leak somewhere in our house. YIPPEE! After searching we realize it is our air conditioner and that our entire kitchen, dining room, and hallway floor is ruined. WONDERFUL! So we get the A/C guy out here and he gets things fixed so we have air again!!! YEAH! We proceed to put back the dishwasher and fridge and somehow we get an eletrical short and so our dishwasher becomes possessed and begins spewing gallons and gallons of water into our entire house. OH THE JOY! Needless to say our house is in complete mayhem and chaos. The insurance adjuster will be here in the morning to assess the damages and let us know how to proceed from here. NEAT!

Now....Cow Appreciation Day at Chick-fil-A

Friday was CAD which means if you dress like a cow, you eat for free. Crazy I know, but tons of fun! We had between 65-75 'cows' come into the store, but here are some pictures of the custest ones that I saw:

We had an absolute blast and boy do the college students around here take it to the extreme!!

Well, today we decided to take the girls fishing. Now, this may sound fun to those whose children are over the age of 3, but for us it was complete chaos! I don't think anyone had just a load of fun, but hey we tried. When Sadie slipped off the bank and into the lake, we decided it was time to head for the house. So, with a soaking wet, muddy baby we called it a day. I did get a few good pictures of the event:

Work should be slowing down a bit now, so I promise to be a better blogger (don't I say that in every post?).

Have a great Monday!