Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Pictures for Father's Day

Here are the picture I had made for Father's Day. They all turned out so awesome! Thank you to my dear mother-in-law for finding out about these great photographers and even better the great deal we got on these pictures. I am going to use these guys again this fall hopefully for a family Christmas picture. Sorry I love just about all of the pictures so you get to see tons of pictures of my cutie pies.










Monday, June 23, 2008

Family time/Vacation/VBS/Holly's wedding

So the title alone should tell you what we have been up to these last two weeks. With Matt having time off we made the most of it. We went to a Ranger game. This was Lawson's 1st and he loved it. Well, I must say he loved all the junk food we had that night. Lawson had his first taste of cotton candy. That was so funny, he was not so sure what to think.
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The first week in June we went on Vacation. We left out after Brylie's recital and went to stay with my Brother Wade and his family for a few nights. It was so good to have family time. The kids had so much fun swimming and playing with their cousins. Then we left from there and went to Carlsbad NM to see the cavern. Brylie thought that was so cool! She loved it and can't wait to go back again. From there we went to Ruidoso NM and stayed at the End of the Mountains Gods. That was a lot of fun and very relaxing. My parents meet us there so it was fun to have some time off with out kids. Matt and I did a little gambling and just enjoyed some time alone. We left Ruidoso and went up to Friona for a few days to see my grandparents. We had fun see family and taking it easy.












Then we came back to our crazy life. We had VBS all week and Holly's wedding. I also had Holly's bachelorette party and her rehearsal. So there were many late nights and crazy days. VBS turned out great and Holly wedding was so fun and she was so beautiful. I will have to post pictures of that later b/c Kristen is going to have to send me pictures. I total forgot to take my camera on the day of the wedding.

Matt started his new job and things seem to be going good. It has been so nice having Matt so close. He comes home for lunch and is home early from work each night. Thank you God for blessing us with financial support through Matt's new job and not making us be with out. I just praying for a easy transition into Matt's new job and for things to slow down and to not be so crazy around here anymore.

Sunday, June 8, 2008

Brylie Live!




Saturday, June 7, 2008

Brylie's Dance Recital


Before the show


Going into the show



Our little performer (after the show)

What a long day!

Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Part 2 of Oh what a week it has been!!!

Well, life is not dull around here! Life has come at us so fast here lately. Lawson continues to do well with his recovery. It is so amazing he can now breath! (and not with his mouth open) His drooling problem is almost gone. He is still not use to breathing out of his nose, so sometimes he still is a mouth breather. ECI will be out every Wednesday in June to help build up his mouth muscles. Apparently his mouth muscles are very weak? (b/c he could only breath out of his mouth for such a long time) This also could be the reason for the delayed in speech? ECI will be working on building the muscles up so he can make the proper sounds to make words.

Brylie finally got over her sickness. She ran fever for days. She is so very sad that her school is out. She wants to play school everyday. She can't wait to go to VBS.She says VBS is like school and you get to play with your friends. This weekend is her Big dance recital. She is so pumped! She can't wait to get on stage and have all her family and friends watch her. She so loves attention! I will post pictures of that later.

I am finally over my sinus infection. I went in on that Saturday before memorial weekend to get a steroids shot and get put on antibiotics. This is also my last week of school so it been so crazy. I have to finish cleaning out my room tomorrow so I can move it to my new school on Friday. I am so excited about my new job. I still feel so clueless about it but excited for the change.

Poor Matty, he also got sick and I think he takes the prize. He was in bed for 3 days straight. He was sick all memorial day weekend. Finally on Tuesday he went in to the doctor. He had strep throat. He was so miserable and did not eat for days. He lose around 10 lbs. He left town on Wednesday for his big fishing trip to the gulf. He along with some other guys from church have gone for the last two years and have so much fun. I was so hoping he would feel well enough to have fun and leave the stress from work behind.

He got back on Sunday and they all had tons of fun! He had an interview with a company on Monday and that went well. Good thing too because on Tuesday he was laid off. The part that gets me going is that they did not bother telling him. He shows up like any other day and his codes would not let him in the system. He knew then what that could mean. But he had to wait until his RM meeting was out to find out what was going on. Then they just stated like it was no big deal he was let go(after almost 10 years with this company) They didn't ask for anything like his lap top, phone, etc... Matt just let them know everything was on his desk. They did not walk him out or anything.

The good thing about all this is he will have 4 weeks severance pay and his insurance will be carried over for the whole month of June. He is taking all this well. I think he is just relieved that this slow death of maybe having or not having a job is over. The stress is gone. He is enjoying his time off and is in good spirits! He did except the offer at another company and will start June 16? Not really sure on the date? God is so good and has provided us with job security. I also would love to thank all our friends and family who had and still are praying for us. You guys are so awesome! I think God heard all those prayers and helped us from the stress of losing a job and having one lined up for him to start. Thanks again prayers are so powerful!