My baby turned 5!

Five years ago God blessed us with one of the most precious gifts we have ever received....our sweet Taegan Faith! I cannot believe how fast the past 5 years have gone. Taegan has been such a blessing in our lives. She is so fun and full of life! She loves everything girly and is full of sass! I cannot even begin to imagine life without her. I thank God every night for choosing me to be her mommy!



On Taegan's birthday we had school. That day at school we were going visit the Kindergarten campus for a tour and to register her for kindergarten next year. I can't believe she will be starting school next year! I know she will love it I am just not sure what I am going to do without my little sidekick. She goes everywhere with me!

While at school that day my sweet friend Leslie was having her baby! It was such a great day celebrating Tae's birthday and then getting the message that Nellie Grace Bunt had been born! Leslie has two precious boys who have been in previous blogs and a third boy would have been just as sweet, but oh how exciting it is that there is now a baby girl in the Bunt family!

So after leaving school we headed home to get daddy and then we headed to the hospital to meet Miss Nellie Grace! She is precious! Her mommy and daddy were beaming form ear to ear when we got there and I think still in shock that they had a girl! After a short visit with them we headed to Build a Bear, one of Taegan's favorite places. She picked out a princess pony that she later named Chloe Rockstar! Before leaving the mall we stopped for a quick cookie break before heading to dinner...yes we had a cookie before dinner it was her birthday! We then headed to dinner to meet some our dear friends the Terrys. We enjoyed a yummy dinner and then headed home...all exhausted! It was a great day of celebrations!

Celebrating with Friends

My precious girl had a birthday last week and one of my most precious friends, Leslie, had a baby! Taegan's birthday and baby Bunt were two very exciting events happening on Thursday, April 29th. Since Leslie and her boys were going to be a little busy on Tae's actual birthday we decided to have lunch the day before. We met at the grill to celebrate Tae's birthday and chat about the new sweet baby they would be having...would it be a boy or girl?!? Taegan loves Cullen and Grayson and it is always so sweet to see them together! We enjoyed a wonderful lunch and good conversation!

A tour of the town

The theme for the month of April at Taegan's preschool was "My Town". On two different days the she got to explore "her town" with her friends. The first day we walked to The Donut Palace where they got to see where and how the donuts were made. After seeing how the donuts were made they got to make their own chocolate donut! After a chocolate donut and some chocolate milk we headed to the library where they had a story time and time to explore the library.




On the second day of exploring we headed to the cleaners where they got to see how the clothes are washed, pressed aand packaged for pick up. After the cleaners we headed over to Brookshires grocery store. While at the grocery store they got to explore the bakery, the BIG cooler and freezer, they even got to see how the meat is cut and packaged. Our final stop was Pizza Inn where they got to make their own pizza and have ice cream!




A fun time was had by all getting to see and do things that we aren't usually able to do!

Fun with Friends!

We started our visit off with a yummy dinner at Pasado's! Becca and I relly enjoy good food and can always seem to find something yummy to eat!



On Wednesday we went to the Discovery Science Place. The kids had a great time exploring and playing together!





On Friday we went to the zoo! It was a beautiful day! We got there that afternoon when all of the school field trips were headed out so it was pretty quiet which made for a very nice day! The kids didn't care for the rhinos too much...they were pretty stinky...Taegan was gagging by the time we walked out of the rhino house! They did on the other hand LOVE the birdhouse where you can feed the birds! It was a great day with great friends!

A lifelong gift from God...

Last week one of my best friends and her sweet kiddos came to visit! We had so much fun and the kids really enjoyed each other! I try my hardest all the time to get them back to Lindale...John you know you want to come back! I met Becca the year we moved to Lindale. Her and her husband had moved here about the same time we did. I met both of them at the new teacher breakfast for LISD. We were all new teachers to the district. I was going to be teaching 1st grade, Becca was going to be teaching 2nd grade and John was going to be at the High School. We enjoyed breakfast that morning and then set off for our meetings. Becca and I talked some after the school year began but really got to know each other later that year. You see her husband John found out in November that he was going to be shipped over seas because he was in the National Guard. As expected Becca was having a pretty tough time with this as any of us would. They both grew up in Louisiana and had moved to Lindale after getting married and getting jobs in LISD. So now not only was she in a new place but her husband was leaving and her family was in another state. It hadn't been long after John had left and Becca was trying to adjust to being on her own that I was talking to our sweet counselor one day at school. We were talking about Becca and how hard things must be...I couldn't imagine what she was going through. I was having a hard time adjusting to a new place and my husband was home with me. I had told Becca to call me if she needed anything but Mrs. Rouse quickly reminded me that people had told me that when I got here and she asked me how many had I called....of course my answer was none! So she told me to go to her house that night...I have to say that it is so not my character to just show up at someones house but I knew I couldn't go back to work the next day and tell her I didn't go. So...much to my surprise I found that she lived right around the corner from me. She wasn't feeling well so I just went in her house and sat down and started watching TV with her. The next night we went to dinner...and that is when it all began! Becca was and still is such a blessing in my life! I LOVE her so much! Even though we don't see each other as often as we would like we always have a great time together when we do. It is so fun to see our kids growing up with each other...Taegan LOVES Max and Landry and ask all the time if they can come play at her house...Oh how I wish this could be a daily occurrence!

My Sweet Blessings!

Easter!

Easter was filled with lots of fun this year as it always is! The weather was beautiful and perfect for egg hunts outside! Our Easter celebrations started with Taegan's egg hunt at school. She took her time collecting eggs and would stop and show her teacher and me every egg she picked up. We would quickly redirect her to more eggs, but she was really in no hurry!



That night we had some special visitors coming to see us! My sister, niece and her precious baby and my nephew all came to see us! We had a such a great time with them. We went to Canton, dyed easter eggs, made cupcakes and even did some shopping in Tyler before they headed home. Taegan LOVES when they come to visit...well I do too! My nephew is 12 but Taegan enjoys him so much, and he is so good with her. They pick on each other all the time but no one ever seems to get mad. It is so much fun to watch them together! Tae also enjoyed having baby Ayden at her house. He is the most precious thing you have ever seen and it was really nice to have a baby in the house again...the best part of him being here was that I got to enjoy him but I didn't have to get up at night with him!




Easter morning Taegan enjoyed going through her basket to see what the bunny brought and then we got dressed for church. We enjoyed a wonderful church service and then we headed to Chad's parents for a yummy lunch and more egg dying and hunting!