Dolce... my furry princess!!

So everyone knows that I desperately wanted a little girl. Well... I finally got one... she just isn't human. Hahaha!! I told Neil I wanted a daughter or a purse dog.. SO... he bought me a toy Pomeranian. We named her Dolce and I ADORE her!! She has filled my girl fix.. for now... and I am always making her tutus and cute stuff. I can't wait for her hair to get a little longer so I can put bows on her head. Ha!! Weird you may say... well I am too girly not to have a girl. And now I do.. my DOGter! :)

Dolce Mama!!

Dolce and her tutu that Jaji made her. :)

Dolce's baseball tutu!

Allie, Carson, and Dolce.. they look like a little married couple with their newborn baby. Ha!!

Spring Break Adventures!!

What better way to spend Spring Break than having a playdate at a friend's house and going for a nature walk huh?? Well... when you are with the Fortenberry, Amaya, and Thompson families it can turn into a mystery!! So we took the kiddos walking on the creek behind Kirsten's house. Walk... walk... walking along... and what do we find??? BONES!!! Bones??? Yes... BONES!!! They were just cow bones... BUT... I had to make it a little more exciting. So I decided to have a creative writing lesson for our three 2nd graders and make it into a mystery. There was trash in the creek... must not be Eco club members... just sayin'. So I used the trash and the bones and turned it into an airplane crash, the survivors were trying to live off the land and couldn't last long. The we said the may have been dinosaurs from long ago. Can't remember all of the theories we came up with. Hhhmmm... far fetched... YES... did our boys totally get into it and start making their own predictions.. OF COURSE!! Never a dull moment. :) Side note... the boys took the bones home to show their dad's and what do they say??? Every one of them says.. Gross.. those things may have mites on them. Get them out of here!! Fun ruiners!!!

Cristian, Lance, and Cole posing before the big discovery!

Cole and Carson... not sure what that face is for. Hee hee.

The boys throwing sticks into the pond.

Woo Hoo.... "dinosaur" bones!!

Carson's 4th Birthday!!

We celebrated Carson's birthday at home with our family and adopted family. We figured this would be the last year of inexpensive parties, so we should utilize that gift. :) Carson had a blast opening presents and playing with his "cousins". He had a cute Cars cake... because he LOVES cars!!


Carson, Allie, and Shiloh posing before they ripped into the presents. :)




Carson cheesin it up at Nana's with his gift.



Elefun!!




His Cars cake.


About to blow out the candles!!

Snow Day in Texas!! :)

An amazing event happened in Texas this year... we had a record level snow!! The boys LOVED playing in it. We even had a snow day at school. Of course, the day before the snow day I let Cole stay home because the last time it snowed I made him go to school and by the time he got home all of the snow had melted. I felt awful.. so this time I wasn't going to let him miss it. How was I suppose to know they would have a snow day the very next day??? Neil and the boys had snowball fights, made a couple of snowmen, and the boys ate snow. Yes.. they ate it!! Only white snow though. ;)



The front of the house.



Neil, Cole, Carson, and their 1st snowman.



Close up of the snowman.




2 wild and crazy guys....




Getting ready to eat their snowballs. :)

Mom Nights!!

I absolutely have the best friends EVER!!! We love getting together and just hanging out with each other. We usually do weekly lunches, monthly game nights, and spend MANY hours on the phone. :) Our monthly Bunco is always a guarantee to a good time. Love you girls!!
















Carrie, Kaysee, and me posing for a pic. This was like the 5000th take!! LOL
















Kirsten and Kaysee showing how horribly SELFISH they are!! ;)















DON'T ASK!!! At least Carrie looks cute!





















Ashley was the biggest loser... she got her $5 back!!
















I was the winner... winner... chicken dinner!!

Santa 2009

I took the boys to see Santa at the new Allen Mall and they were hysterical. Cole has this extremely long list of expensive things that he wants... like a hanging flat screen TV. We get to Santa and Carson says: I can't shink of anyshing right now... and Cole says: any ole action figure will be just fine. WTH!?!?! Why does Santa get the cheap list??? ;)

Gaylord Texan ICE

Neil and I took the boys to the Gaylord Texan's ICE exhibit and it was AMAZING!! It was extremely hard to remember that everything there was made of solid ice! The boys had a blast. Of course, right when we walk in Carson tries to lick the ice... Yes.. he tried to LICK IT!! Gross! :/ Enjoy the pics... we sure had fun!













Yes... they LICKED the ice!!















THE GR....GR...GRINCH!!!





















Some of the ice sculptures.





















Cole posing!
















Another shot of the Grinch and Max.

Ornament Exchange 2009!!

I had my annual ornament exchange on December 5th this year. It was so much fun. I have an amazing group of friends that I adore and love spending time with. God has definitely blessed me in the friend department and I truly appreciate every one of them. We ate some yummy food, had some holiday drinks, opened our ornament, and then played Shout it Out... blondes vs. brunettes! Hahahaha!!! There were more in attendance then what you see in the pics... batteries ran out. Ugh! :)

Love you girls!!

PrEtZeL MaKiNg TiMe!!

The boys made chocolate dipped pretzels for Halloween treats last night. They had so much fun dipping and rolling their pretzels in chocolate and sprinkles. It was a HUGE mess... but worth the memories. Cole was too cute when he asked if I thought he could take some to Mrs. Heald for her snack. He loves her or he would never think about sharing his goodies. Of course... we put a baggie to the side for us. :)

PuMpKiN PaTcH 2009

We had an awesome day at the pumpkin patch this past Saturday. We went to the Pumpkin Patch in Celina with our favorite families: the Van Dykes, Thompsons, Grimes, and Amayas. I love these people and I love even more that our kiddos love each other. With our family not living close to us, we adopted these peeps as aunts, uncles, and cousins. Carson cries for Rich Van Dyke.... he loves Mr Wich. :) The kiddos had a blast, feeding the animals (all but Allie), riding on a hayride, playing around, eating lunch, and taking lots of pictures. Kirsten and Val had to leave early because of Cristian and Lance's soccer game, but we all had a blast with what time we spent together.

Baseball Time!!

Cole has played baseball since he was 4, but this is the 1st season that Neil has coached his team. They are both loving it. I think Neil missed his calling by not going to school to be a coach. He is so wonderful with the boys and has the best 2 dug out moms EVER!! ;) No really.. I am very proud if my Fortenberry boys young and old... well.. older. Lol. Cole got the game ball on an awesome night. He tagged someone out and hit a double and a triple. Way to go Colio!!! Cole is enjoying this season so much more than he has in the past and I owe it all to Neil for making it so much fun for the boys.

Funny Story :)

As anyone who is close to my family knows, Cole is a HUGE chicken. Cluck... cluck!! Anyways, the other night I am working on the computer trying to return PTA emails, order spirit wear, catch up on my Facebook, etc. I told Cole to go upstairs and take a shower. A little while later I realized I couldn't hear any water or him stomping around getting ready. So I tell Carson to go upstairs and make sure Cole is in the shower. I hear Carson stomping up the stairs and then I hear him loudly say: "Get in the shower scarey cat! Nothin gets a mean boy!!" I started dying laughing. A: he says scarey cat instead of scaredy cat. B: my 3 year old is more brave than my 7 year old. Good times... good times!! :) Gotta love little brothers.

OMG!!!

Ok... I am sooo excited fo New Moon to hit the theatres!! Carrie sent me this link and I am addicted!! Thought I would share. :) Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8r-xcnlSOA&feature=player_embedded

First day of 2nd Grade!!

Ok... so when did this happen? When did my precious baby become the age of the grade I taught??? How time flies when you are having fun!! It is like one minute I am teaching 3rd grade, finding out I am pregnant, have a precious baby. Start teaching 2nd grade , celebrate his 1st birthday, and now he is that 2nd grader!!! He is loving school right now, which is awesome. A happy Cole and a challenged Cole is a quiet.. well as quiet as he gets...Cole. :) Here are some first day of school pics.

Austin trip :)

Every summer our PTA board members are offered the chance to go to a convention in Austin. Not only is it a great opportunity for team building and to learn the in a nd outs of Texas PTA, but it is also a ton of mommy fun!! This year I went with Valarie and Kirsten. Valarie and I were already buds, but it gave me a chance to make a new friend who is dear to me. We had a blast going to classes, out to dinner, and talking to the homeless. Well.... I thought they were homeless.... long story. :) Kirsten came on Friday morning to pick me up. We then went to Val's to get her. Here she comes with her big sunglasses on and a look of not so happy. Once in the car she proceeds to take her glasses off to show us her BLACK EYE!! She was using a lever on her son's light and it fell on her face. I felt so badly for her. We were going to a friggin PTA convention and she has a black eye. No bueno. :) Enjoy our pics. We had a blast!!