Lauren and Dylan

9.19.2009

this picture pretty much wraps up the week.

half eatin' chicken nugget and exhausted!!

9.08.2009

Lauren is 3!

Lauren just celebrated her 3rd birthday; of course it wasn't just one day of festivities, we had something for her each day of the week it seemed. actually it was more like two weeks. celebrations at home, zoo, school, grandparents, everywhere we went...we were singing her the birthday song. when i tried to celebrate mine, she would say, 'no mommy it's not YOOOUR birthday, it's MYYYY birthday! uhm, what was i thinking trying to steal her thunder? hathis year we had it at Kreative Kidz Partyz in Plano - wow, this place really does great parties!! i give it 2 thumbs up and would totally recommend it!! we had a Hello Kitty Princess Theme Dress-up Party- girls were princesses and the boys were prince and knights. it was too too cute and all of lauren's friends seemed to Love it!!

As the guests arrived at the party, there was a cute table set-up with balloons and lauren took a picture with each of her friends. once they finished with the pictures, then they moved to a coloring/ sticker station where they did some arts and crafty projects. then, they moved into the dress up room. all the girls changed into princess dresses and the boys quickly changed into prince and knights costumes. it was truly the most adorable thing. they sang, played games, had bubble machines, and they sat on the floor surrounding the birthday princess! the friends went around the room saying something nice about the lauren. so so sweet to hear the kiddos giving lauren such great compliments. some of them said, 'we like how you always give me a hug when i see you'. "your smile and eyes are very pretty", and so on....

at the end of the party, she gave each of her guests a very special personalized thank you note with the picture of her and that guest. It was such a unique way to end the incredible birthday celebration!

lauren was a little overwhelmed with all of the attention, but overall had a terrific time and has not stopped talking about her Hello Kitty Princess Party!

we were honored to have our photo taken with the birthday princess!

...with julian and roman (cousins)

....with her baby brother Dylan

decorations...

...and her best friend lola (from school)

...with caden

...all dressed for the ball

...playing toss

cake table

daddy whispering sweet things in her ear...love her expression!

family shot from across the room....

"A MILLION THANKS TO GRANDMA'MA FOR COORDINATING THE ENTIRE PARTY....IT WAS A HUGE HIT!!"- Lauren Kate

9.05.2009

Hook 'Em

Dylan getting ready for College Football....go Longhorns!

8.03.2009

July is a busy month

As long as Kevin and I have been together (16 1/2 years) the month of July has always been super busy for us. Beginning with the 4th of July festivities, my birthday on the 14th, Kevin’s on the 21st, and now our baby girl Lauren’s on the 31st....it seems like we never stand still. This year seemed even crazier because Kevin turned the big 4-0 and we planned a much needed vacation to beautiful Cancun Mexico with a few of our best friends. There were six couples and we all left our kiddos at home with grandparents and loved ones. Believe me...it was really hard to say good-bye to our babies, but we all needed this alone time with our other half. we were gone for 6 days/ 5 nights, which was plenty of time to lay out, eat, drink and be merry...(okay so it's not Christmas, but you get the point...we had a blast!!)

We arrived on Friday at the Dreams Cancun Resort and Spa. Upon check-in, we were greeted by the hotel staff with cold hand towels and an icy cold beverage. You have no idea how delicious that cold water was... after traveling all day!! Even though it's only a 2.5 hour flight, going through customs can really drag it out. Especially when your friends (uh-hem...Glasscocks) seem to look pretty shady to the Mexican federalies (sp?) and have to get their bags searched. Which by way - quick note, IT'S NOT A GOOD IDEA TO TAKE PICTURES OF YOUR FRIENDS GETTING THEIR BAGS CHECKED. I learned that the hard way. The agent-lady quickly rushed over to me and made me delete the photo...hmm, I wonder what's up with that?!?! Oh well...it's still in my mental rolodex...who needs the jpg when you have the brain. ha!!
Anyways, we quickly changed into our swim suits after check-in and went for a dip in the pool. Since it was an all-inclusive resort, we couldn't help but order an icy cold beverage from the bar located IN the pool (always greatness) as soon as we arrived. And the rest of the night is history.... okay; we actually turned in a little early due to the lack of sleep in preparing for our fun vacation. We wanted to be well rested for the rest of the week, so we took the smart approach and turned in early....12AM after hanging out in one of the hotel bars. Ha!

Saturday- we started off by heading to the beach and getting some sun! TIME TO GET RID OF OUR PASTY WHITENESS. I know you're thinking, 'really, YOU getting rid of the pasty white??!!', but really I just needed to add a golden look to my boring 'light brown' self.
Saturday night we had an awesome dinner planned to celebrate my honey's big birthday. Everyone brought gag gifts and funny cards and also shared great stories...there was even a heart-felt poem written by Tucker to help embarrass the heck out of the birthday boy. Really, it made his eyes “water” more than embarrass him…it was too funny, yet very sweet. I wish I could post it, but I believe the author quoted the famous words: "what happens in Cancun stays in Cancun". So unfortunately, the poem cannot be released at this time. :) Sorry.
The rest of the trip was spent laying out, playing Frisbee, talking smack, listening to the Kman Cancun Compilation, eating, drinking, and dancing allll night loooong!!

Oh, almost forgot to mention...our resort had this special attraction where you could swim with the dolphins. Our friends Kellie and Kasey tried it. It looked like so much fun!! It’s too bad we didn't try it, but we sort of feel like we did...through them. They can now say, “i have been swimming with dolphins" pretty cool!
Well, enough talking about the trip - I have included several 'hundred' photos of our good times.
Can’t wait till next year’s trip. Friends...where next??!! :)

checking our bags