Spring is here...and I LOVE IT!

Spring...the time to get back outside! I LOVE the Spring. (Well, spring and fall. Not too cold, not too hot.) Here's some Taylor spring activities...

BASEBALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here's Brandon

Camron

There WILL be plenty of baseball pics in the next couple of months. I had concession duty on the first game.

Smores @ the fire pit with the neighbors! (& Ben's Pop)

Ben's mom Terry & her friend

My sweet dear friend Brooke & Blake (Brooke waiting patiently for her 2nd smore)

Me & boys and Brandon's marshmallow

Spring Break @ the Kelly's lakehouse

Kids on the boat

THE GARDEN!!!

I love gardening. I am not really that good at it, but MAN...do I love it! Just planted last week and I can't wait till they start blooming.

My stab at the "insta garden", my huge Celebrity. (It has 3 blooms already! yeah!)

I sacrificed my strawberries this year to Blake's new pepper stash. He has 11 planted, if we can keep the bugs away! They've already had a snack of habeneros.


Just a big prayer for rain to keep the thing going!!

And then there's the BABIES! We have Court, Rachel, Cathi, Anne Lynette, Wendy, BROOKE and I am sure more that I've missed! They are a coming! Get your stock in some huggies.

Happy Spring!

kids answers about me

I originally did this for facebook, but am now posting this here thanks to the idea from Jenny's sister Stacy, who just has the cutest family! So here it is...from Camron (8) & Brandon (6).

1. What is something mom always says to you?
C-I love you
B-I love you

2. What makes mom happy?
C-us being good
B-us being happy (now seperating boys so they don't say the same thing)

3. What makes mom sad?
C-us diobeying you
B-when I don't obey you

4. How does your mom make you laugh?
C-making funny faces & doing funny stuff
B-tickling you

5. What was your mom like as a child?
C-nice
B-didn't have a big nose, haven't lost any teeth, no earings, had a pony tail, and wasn't wearing that shirt, and skin was lighter

6. How old is your mom?
C-32
B-32

7. How tall is your mom?
C-5'8"
B-32 inches

8. What is her favorite thing to do?
C-watch us
B-kiss & hug me

9. What does your mom do when you're not around?
C-work and mom stuff
B-sleep

10. If your mom becomes famous, what will it be for?
C-being the greatest mom in the world
B-clarinet player

11. What is your mom really good at?
C-doing laundry, cleaning dishes, cleaning, and work
B-working

12. What is your mom not very good at?
C-beating me in races
B-catching things that are too high

13. What does your mom do for a job?
C-work for our Church
B-make copies, run errands

14. What is your mom's favorite food?
C-oatmeal
B-cereal

15. What makes you proud of your mom?
C-all the stuff you do for me
B-that she's pretty

16. If your mom were a cartoon character, who would she be?
C-Sandy
B-Cinderella

17. What do you and your mom do together?
C-a whole bunch of stuff
B-eat ice cream

18. How are you and your mom the same?
C-from the same family
B-we're not the same! oh, that are skin is the same

19. How are you and your mom different?
C-you're a girl and I'm a boy
B-because you have blue eyes and I don't

20. How do you know your mom loves you?
C-you do a whole bunch of stuff for me
B-because you kiss me & hug me

21. What does your mom like most about your dad?
C-he loves you
B-he's handsome

22. Where is your mom's favorite place to go?
C-gringos
B-gringos

Upward Fun

Here's a little video from the kids' Upward Award Ceremony, with a twist.

Field Trip

I was lucky to have been picked to chaparone Cam's 2nd grade field trip to KSAT12 this week. It was really a cool field trip to go on, I just hope the kids ahd as much fun as the grown ups! We took a tour of the whole studio & set, saw how everything works, got to sit through the whole Noon Broadcast, and got to do a "Good Morning San Antonio" hello and wave that aired that next morning on the news! All 60+ kids sat VERY quietly through the hour long live broadcast, which blew my mind!

The kids on the set.

Here's the shot as if it were on TV.

The whole class. Such sweet & energetic kids!

The KSAT12 morning crew on the job

The 2nd grade teachers with the crew. Such HUGE hearts for kids these great women have!

Happy Birthday Wendy & Steve

The Taylor travelers were out again and off to Kingsville. So after Cam's basketball game, we drove down to spend our quick 24 hours there. We went to celebrate Dad & Wendy's birthday. We haden't all hung out all together in a really long time. The pictures really didn't do any justice to the amount of FUN & the number of laughs we had that weekend. But, here's the whole family trying to pose for the camera on the coffee table with the timer. Always such good shots.

Happy birthday Wendy & Steve!!! So glad that we got to spend it with you!

life with Brandon

Sweet Brandon is my specialist. You never know what you're gonna get. He's different every day. Sometimes he can wake up in the morning in just the worst mood. He won't talk to you, he won't get dressed, he won't eat, nothing. Then there's others, where he can tip toe quietly into our room in the morning, wake you with a kiss, and ask, "Mom, how was your sleep? Mine was great!" His eating habits also sometime boggle me. There's times where he won't eat at all. Then there was a week of this...

He would come in every morning asking for 2 full bowls of cereal, and would eat it all! Most of the time we would get refills! Guess he was growing that week, cause now we're back on to the no-eating stage. At least for meals. The kid can eat you out of house with his snacks. One day, I'll figure this out!

seriously, my blogging friends...

Ok. So it seams that facebook has taken over the "I don't have anything to do right now, so I'll blog" time, or the "I have SO much to do right now, but I'm still going to blog" time. So, I am challenging each of you. Get off facebook for a couple of minutes and BLOG. That's right. Most of you were the people who convinced ME TO START blogging. There. Said my peace.

To start, you're being tagged. (For you facebookers, it's like being tagged in a note.)

Rules...
1) Link to the person who tagged you-
2) Post the Rules
3) Write 6 random things about myself
4) Tag 6-ish people
5) Let each person know they were tagged
6) Let the tagger know when you've posted

Randomness....

1.I love babies. I think all of my friends should keep, and start, having many of them. That way I can live thru you guys.

2. I never thought I could "mother" TWO BOYS, and now I wouldn't change those two for the WORLD!

3. I was the drum major in my High School Band.

4. I was quite the dork in high school . How you ask? See # 3.

5. A couple of days ago, Brandon lost his new mp3 player that he had just got for his birthday. After I so politely yelled at him for being irresponsible, I found it, right where I had put it about 2 hours earlier that day. I then had to apologize to my 6 year old. Then that night, he came into my room and said "Mom, I love you so much for getting me this ipod and letting me listen too it all the time. I promise I won't loose it again." I can be a bad mom.

6. I love season-all. Sprinkled on everything. LOVE IT!

Tagged--Jamie, Jenny, Brooke, Raenette and Courtney. Come on there friends!! (Brooke, you have been pretty good @ your blog, so not so much for you, but still fun!)

Brandon's Birthday 2 weeks

My baby turned 6! I still can't believe it! We started off his birthday week with the flu...so he wasn't that happy for his "Birthday Breakfast".

Him thinking "Mom, I don't feel GOOD!" ( How cute is that face? )

Me, "Brandon please?" Brandon, "Fine, cheese."

Nothing would cheer him up. No whipped cream, no strawberries, no extra syrup. Nothing.

Then came Aunt Toni's Birthday card! That cheered him up REAL quick! Thanks Aunt Toni!

Since Bran was sick on his bday, we celebrated birthday @ school a day late.

Brandon with his WONDERFUL teacher! With his birthday cupcakes.

Birthday @ Mamaw & Papaw's. THANKS for the cake!
Brandon, giving himself bunny ears, excited about his new power rangers!

Then came the birthday party. We headed down to Beefy's, Brandon and his closest 21 friends!wow. I am still recovering. Brandon had a blast, and my mind only slipped once that week, when I scheduled Bran's party @ the same time as Camron's basketball game. I told Cam, and Brandon said, "Camron, it's ok. You can just be late to my party." Brothers.

Brandon, of course, wanted the SAME party as Camron. Would you expect anything different? Except we had Wario & Luigi instead of Mario & Luigi. Made it completely different.

Thank you to everyone who came, and especially to Mom, Dad, Wendy, Maddy, Thomas, Mary, Big Brandon who came to brave the wind and celebrate with their grandson/nephew/cousin. Toni...you were there in our hearts! We missed you!!

The return of the Mario cake. A little different, but a big hit!

"Happy Birthday to You!!"




Kids, kids & more kids.

Big Brandon, Aunt Mary & Bubba barely standing the amount of FUN!

Mom & Dad joining in on the fun. (I mean Luigi & Princess Peach)

The after party. A little wii...

And some trampoline! I think Bubba liked it.

SOOOOO glad that we have 9 more months till any more birthdays!!!

DATE NIGHT!!

Blake and I got to go on a DATE!! I know. For real. A date. Just the two of us. No chillren. It had been a little over 4 months, but SO worth it!! AND-it was FREE! Even better. AND...Aunt Mary came over to play & hang with the kids so we could go! Thanks MAR!

Blake got ticket's to the "Huntsman's Ball", a charity dinner & auction benefiting the Comal chapter of the American Cancer Society. Black tie optional. Soooo...where do people from Spring Branch get clothes to attend a black-tie optional event?? From their sweet neighbors, of course. Thanks to Chris & Brooke for the sweet outfits, and to Jenny for my BLING!

The theme for the event for the night was "Venetian Masquerade". We had pre-dinner drinks, a great dinner, open bar, got to see a lot of people with LOTS of money get some really cool things @ the auction, watched & listened to Dysfunkshun Junkshun who were SO much fun, and had a GREAT time being with each other, and pretending to be high society.

We got free shirts, hats & wine too! Nice!

Love you honey, and thanks for the fun!

Blake with the fancy decor. We were impressed! You can't see the opera singers randomly walking around the ballroom singing. They didn't ask me to sing this time, maybe next.

"hmmm, excuse me, I don't know you, but can you please take our picture?"

"oh, I am sorry, one more with our masks on, please"

This one's my FAVORITE! Same self-portrait for the last 12 years!

Snow day

The kids school held a snow day for the kids this week awarding them for hitting their reading goal. One of the only chances we'll get this kind of stuff in TEXAS! This was also the 100th day of school wrap up! One LONG day!

By the time Brandon's class got to go, the camera battery had died, I had roped up the inner tubes about 1000000 times and practically had a thrown out shoulder, and the "snow" was almost all melted. It warmed up REAL fast!

Camron going down...

Too cool for school.
(This was right before he binged me with a snowball in the back.)

The teachers had a little fun too!

Cam & Logan