A few more pics from the first day

You can't see it very well, but this is a picture of the film reel for the omni theatre. I still haven't made up my mind about the omni, I do know if I ever get to go to another one, I will try my best to sit right in the middle verses the side.

The kids with a T-Rex outside the museum

There was a huge Leonardo DiVince (sp) display set up, and this glider was hanging in the foyer of the museum, I assume that it went along with all his other amazing inventions.

We didn't visit the Cowgirl Hall of fame, but this was a statue outside.

The kiddos enjoying digging for Dinosaur bones.

Spurs on display.

Colton

Caleigh

Claire

After we left Ft.Worth we then headed to Stephenville. On the way there, we passed a store where they build custom rustic furniture and they have built the worlds largest rocking chair. So, we stopped to take some pictures.

Proof...

Living in Northeast Texas, the kids haven't seen too many cactus (neither has their mama), so I took this picture of them in from of the cactus.

For some reason unknown to me, my kids love water towers. Here is a picture of them under an old water tank.

And then I ran out of room on my memory card....not to worry, I had the computer with me, so I was able to clean off the memory card...whew, that was close.

Vacation Day 1

So, we finally decided it was time to go on a family vacation this year, and since my little sister was graduating from college, we made our trip to her graduation our vacation. We had planned for a couple of weeks to leave here Wednesday morning and head out to the DFW area to do something fun like the zoo or aquarium. But at Maggies birthday party, a friend of ours told us she worked at the Ft. Worth Museum of Science and History, and that she could get us tickets anytime we wanted. So Tuesday rolled around, and we had everything packed and ready to go for the next morning and Jacob and I looked at each other and said, lets just go after supper. So, we ate cleaned up the kitchen and hit the road. We drove to FW while the kids slept and found a hotel room. Wednesday morning we got up, got ready and headed to the museum. Here are a few pictures from that day.

The front of the museum

Caleigh and Claire with a giant doll

The kids in a dino foot print

Cattle Brands hanging overhead

Dino outside

The end of summer is quickly approaching us and we are trying to make the most of it. Jacob left this afternoon to go to Broken Bow with his dad, brother and another friend of theirs for a little overnight fishing trip. So, the kids and I loaded up to head out to do something fun too. I secretly packed all of the kids swimming suits, towells and life jackets, and we headed off to my mom and dads and while I had already ran the idea by daddy, but when the kids saw his boat they began begging to go to the lake :). It didn't take too long so we got things together and headed that way.
It was the girls first time to ride in a "motor boat" and I believe they had a blast. We went to the company park where we used to spend our summers during my junior high and highschool summers. Being there brought back so many memories. I hope my children have something like that to look back at when they are older that will bring a smile their hearts too.

Family Day out!

Yesterday the 30th Jacob, the kids and I headed off to Canton. We had planned to get up and going around 7, but after Jacob hit the snooze and then turned it off, we slept in well, for a little while. We hit the road, and were on our way around 9ish. However we didn't make it far, we needed to top off the gas tank (aka fill it up) and get our chocolate milk fix and some good ole donuts and colaches(sp). When we got to Canton we dicided to walk around the trade days for a while, picked up a few goodies then headed over to Splash Kingdom for the rest of the afternoon.
While at the water park, we floated the lazy river, played in the wave pool, and after watching Colton and Jacob on the slides Claire was all over the idea of doing it too. So after much persuasion and pushing we talked Caleigh into it as well. She wasn't as fond of the idea as the other two, so she and I floated the river a little while, and played in the younger kids area of the park. We all ended up there, and then changed back into our clothes, ate dinner, and headed back to good ole Naples.
It was a great day and I think it is safe to say we all had a blast!

Can anyone say HOT! It's the end of July and in Texas that only means one thing....It's HOT!!! I should be used to it, I have lived here for 27 years, but I don't think you could ever really get used to over 100 heat index.
We haven't had the chance to do anything big and exciting, but the kids don't seem to mind. This past Wednesday, their Kma came to get them and took them on a play date with two of her dear friends Ms. Nanci and Ms. Brenda and their grandkids at Brenda's house. They swam, and swam and swam. Played, ate popcicles and had a pic nic lunch.
As much fun as they had, mama had a good day too. I had to clean for a friend of mine that morning, but afterwards I headed to MP and had the greatest pedicure! I am a sucker for a good foot massage :) I also had to do some grocery shopping and went to the dreaded walmart, but really enjoyed my "me" time and just looking around and going at my own pace.
Towards the end of the week we started decorating for VBS which starts tonight at the Naples Church of Christ at 6. I teach crafts, surprised? So we have been spending a couple of extra hours a day at the church getting my stuff together and helping out if other people needed a hand.
Saturday was a whirlwind....Jacob was ready to trade in his old lawnmower on a newer one, and has been working so many hours and extra days lately, that the kids and I were nominated to go make the deal. We were up, dressed and had driven the nearly hour drive to Texarkana by 8 a.m. When we had our turn with the sales guy, we found the lawn mower we were looking for and it was so brand new it was still in the shipping crate. So after an hour or so wait for them to finish assembly, we were on our way back to Naples for the Watermelon Festival. We missed the parade, but did do a quick walk through of the booths and such, and we were headed back home, because like I said, It's HOT!!
So, now its Sunday afternoon, and the kids are napping and I am enjoying sitting here doing NOTHING. Until time to go to VBS.

Oh, and I forgot to mention....My baby boy pulled his 2nd tooth last night....All.by.himself. :) I love watching them grow up....I wish it didn't feel as though it were in fastforward all the time.

Summer So Far.

*warning*This is long and there aren't any pictures. I hope you enjoy anyway.

It is the begining/middle of July Already? That doesn't seem possible! School has been out for a little over a month now, and I can't believe that in shortly over a month, I will have a Kindergartener. Colton attended pre-k last year at Pewitt, and I never imagined he would know some of the things he has learned in the past year. Did I mention he had perfect attendance? Since school has been out, we have been spending a lot of time here at the house. Some days, it is great, some days we just have to get out. The first couple of weeks we did just that. However the next two weeks seemed to be a whirlwind. I was asked to teach a cake decorating class for kids camp at our local community college. I had 2 classes and really enjoyed myself, but missed my relaxed at home routine and being with my kids. Most days, Colton, Caleigh and Claire went to my mom and dad's house, one day they got to stay home with their daddy, and ond day their favorite big buddy Anna came to our house to keep them.
The girls have also had quite a summer, probably better than anyone else in our house, but ofcourse we have been able to share it with them. On July 3, my babies turned 4! I can't believe it. So, for their birthday, Jacob and I and his parents went in together and bought them a swimming pool. It has been so nice to have it in our backyard and not have to get ready to go somewhere else to swim. Ofcouse it came with more work for mama, but at least I can get in it and cool off to clean. We had their birthday party here at the house and had quite the turn out if I counted everyone, and I am almost possitive I did, there were 44 ppl here. Wow. But I loved it, I think one of my favorite things as a mama is to plan a big fun Birthday party for my kids. The kids who came, got to swim, play on a slip-n-slide, and ofcourse there was cake and icecream and juice drinks. I don't have any pics :( I forgot to charge my camera, but hopefully, I will get some good ones from my sis. On the actual day of the girls birthday we took them out to eat, got their ears peirced and saw ToyStory3. What an evening.
On the Fourth of July, we started the day by going to church, then Colton and Claire went with Jacob to shoot guns and Caleigh and I stayed around here cleaning the house and doing that sort of thing, but we made it fun and right now she still likes to help. That evening Cody, Marci, and Baby Maggie came over and our friends Dusty and Gina and we grilled steaks, had a great salad and baked potatoes followed by our easy version of apple cobbler, and finished the night with fireworks. I think that is most of our summer in a nutshell, thus far. It's only half over, and I can't wait to see what else we can get into.

Its been a while.....

A LONG while! I can't believe, well yes I can...that it has been nearly 5 months since I have posted a blog. So here is a brief, very brief recap of the last few months.

July- My babie girls Caleigh Paige and Claire Brooke celebrated there 3rd birthday on July 3rd. We had a princess birthday party and the girls had a blast. It was low key for us anyway, but still a very enjoyable day for the girls!! They wanted purple bicycles and got some very cute purple princess bikes!!! Love em' but still trying to figure them out to this day.

August- Baby Maggie Gean Wilson joined our family on August 5th!!! Maggie is super cute and the kids just can't get enough of her. She is double special to me, since she is my first neice (her daddy Cody and Jacob are brothers) and my second cousin (her mama Marci is my 1st cousin). And NO we aren't form Arkansas!!!

Sepetember- Colton started school!!!! We didn't enroll him before school, we thought I ought to be able to get him ready for kindergarten, but the more I heard from parents of kids in the pre-k program, the more I was afraid he might be behind starting kindergarten. So the middle of September we talked about it and talked to him about it, and he, Jacob and I agreed that we would sign him up. He LOVES it. Just this past week he has decided that I don't have to walk him into school anymore like I have up until now.

Also in Sept. my daddy turned the big 5-0!!! He had a birthday party at his house, after 20 something years he has finally got the shack he has wanted for a pool house and the party was there around the pool. A large time was had by all!!

October- It rained, and rained and rained some more....thats about all we did last month was watch it rain.

November- Jacob celebrated #28 on the 1st and we had a nice uneventful day as a family. This past Thursday he, his daddy, brother, friend Dusty, and Roger headed to Alpine, Texas to go quail hunting. I will have to make a whole other post about their trip. They will be home sometime tomorrow and I will definately have some pics to share.

The kids and I headed to Cass County to my mom and dads deer lease to spend the afternoon today, and had a very enjoyable time. I took Colton for a short ride on the 4-wheeler to the pond and we found some flat bottom boats and paddles, so I talked him into a little ride...not too sure he really enjoyed that. Then I took the girls for the same little adventure. Claire loved it!! Caleigh held on to Claires skirt the hold time and kept saying, "Claire, hold on!" They are so sweet and so different it amazes me. Claire was not ready to get out of the boat and Caleigh said, "This not fun for me, Mommy". We went back to camp and Colton and I shot his .410 a couple of times then he and Poppy road down to the deer stand to check things out then walked to another one. My little man is getting ready now to spend the night there with them, and go hunting bright and early in the morning. He has all his gear layed out and ready!!!

Sorry this is so long, and there are no pictures. I keep thinking I will try to do better, and its not that I don't have time or can't make it, I just haven't done well keeping up.

Ashleigh