Mother's Day...

was the PERFECT day!

I started out my day by Taegan and her sweet Daddy bringing in these beautiful roses and sweet card while I was getting ready for church. I LOVE the card because it has a recording of my sweet girl telling me "Happy Mother's Day" and "We love you"...I love to hear her sweet little voice!



After church we headed to Arlington to watch the Rangers play. I love going to the ballgame...I just love the atmosphere, the food and the people watching! I especially LOVE going with my two favorite people!



We didn't make it through the whole game because Tae got a little bored with it, so we headed home. On the way home we stopped in Terrell for a little shopping which is always fun! I think riding the mini carousel was Tae's favorite part of the day!



It was a wonderful day and I LOVED every minute of it! Thank you God for for choosing me to be Taegan's mommy! She is "my sweet blessing"!

Taegan had a party!

On Saturday Taegan had a birthday party! She was so excited! She invited all her girlfriends from school. She was so excited Saturday morning when she woke up! We got everything ready and got all of the balloons blown up and soon it was time for everyone to arrive. She was so sweet as everyone started getting to the house she would squeal with excitement and them introduce them to her daddy. the introductions made her daddy very proud! Once everyone arrived we got the party started we painted fingernails, we opened presents, we had cake and ice cream and then headed outside for the pinata. The girls were all so cute giving it their all trying to get it busted and success finally happened as the candy started reining down! They all then headed up to Tae's room to play. Taegan had a great time and was sad to see everyone leave! It has been a great few days celebrating with our sweet girl!

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!