Troy's 2nd Birthday

Yesterday was Troy's 2nd birthday. We started out the day by baking and decorating a Mickey Mouse Cake with sister Kaleigh helping. Quite an adventure since we don't have a table in our kitchen - lent it out to stage kitchen in Phil and Brianna's house which is for sale. The kids stayed over for lunch and Troy took his nap then we went to the party. Catherine and James, "Pa" (Brianna's dad), Aaron, Meridith and Chase, us were the guests. We had BBQ chicken, baked potatoes, salad and Cake and Ice Cream. It was yummy. Troy loved all his gifts and showed great excitement as he opened each one, but his all time favorite was the bin with outdoor toys (golf, horseshoes, bowling set) and his bubble lawn mower. We gave him cowboy boots and hat and Brianna said he went to bed with his boots. He loves boots. We had a great time.

Spring flower planting

Thursday was work in the yard day. The Azalias @ Cosco were beautiful so we bought 2 of each color: Pink, White and Red and planted them in the yard. We are really happy with the way it turned out. We also found this yucky looking elephant in the trash pile as we went for a walk one day and I brought it home and repainted it black, red and gold - It was worn out brown all over. Looks great now. Today we went for another load of rocks to finish out the look around some of the flower beds. Needless to say, we were bushed and worn out and achy when we went to bed but felt a sense of accomplishment and we are proud of our yard - tackling the back yard is next.

Nanny's Birthday

Wed was Nanny's Birthday. She is now 95 years young. We keep saying "How I hope I feel and act that well when I'm 95" but in actuality, we want to be that alive now. She had cake and cupcakes, wine, soda, cheese and crackers and about 40 people helping her celebrate her BD including her roommate and best friend, Rosa and her family. Rosa's daughter-in-law made the cupcakes. She also received a Happy Birthday card from the President and his wife.

Trip to Austin

Its been a busy week. Paige and Troy left on Friday and it was a great visit. We went to Austin to Salt Lick and then to do some shopping at Fiesta Market and then to the outlet malls in San Marcos but we left there in a hurry. Too many people and no good deals. I've been helping out my kids with babysitting while they get their house ready for sale so that was part of the day Sunday and then we went to Floores Country Store for dancing. Yesterday was my day to sit for the kids while Brianna went to work in Pearsal. Today, we went to the gym, got Nanny a manicure(me) so she can be ready for her birthday tomorrow and on and on it goes. I need a job so I won'
t be so busy. ;-) We are truly blessed!

Paige and Troy's visit

Well, they fianally got here on Sunday night along with their new puppy, Beau. We were so excited to see them and have them stay with us. We stayed up till 2am. Monday we went to the gym and exercised for 3 hrs. I'm dying. Troy bbq'd some ribs and we had chili reyenos and salad with that. It was great! We played Sequence(card game) and yes, Mason played too (shocker)! We had so much fun and ate lots of munchies: m&m's, boston baked beans, jelly beans, cashews, pecans, peanuts, almonds, oreo shakes, rootbeer, and wine - we were bad.
Tues we only exercised 2 hours(these guys are obsessed with exercise - maybe thats why they are in such great shape and are so healthy, you think?) We went to see Nanny, had to do our taxes but afterwards we came home and Mason and I did the Chef/Sous Chef thing and made Green chili chicken soup, fajitas, sopiapillas, guacamole, salsa, tortillas, pineapple natillas(custard pudding), homemade oatmeal/raisin cookies. We did it in 1 hour - all from scratch. Usually its 20 min but we made so much stuff, it took us longer. P & T invited some friends and their 3 kids over and we all ate to our stomach's delight. We played Sequence with them and had a great time while the kids watched Disney movies. Went to bed at 3am.
Today we will go shopping for bargains-taking a break from exercising altho, after last night, we need it again coz we finished all 4 doz cookies with milk along with homemade granola and anything else we foraged.

Working in the Yard

Today we decided to work in the yard. It was a lot of work and tiring but having Kaleigh and Troy over to "help" made it fun. We are getting ready and are excited for Paige and Troy to come visit for a few days. They get here tonite. We hope to go to the Riverwalk, San Marcos Shopping, Dancing at Floores, introducing them to our "church family" at Oak Hills tomorrow, maybe Schlitterbaum-its warm but I don't think warm enough for that, visiting and lots of eating.