3 years of marriage, wow its been a while!!

Yesterday was our wedding anniversary, and I totally forgot it until Steven called me and told me.
I am horrible! Oh well. Things are just so crazy and I don't really keep up with the days in the summer. Whoops. I love being married especially to a great guy like Steven. I hope for many more years of happy life together.

Happy Birthday Steven!!

Today is my husbands birthday! He turned 27 today. Wow, he is getting old just like me. I have a few things up my sleeve for him today. Suzanna and Molly Beth Neal are going with me to pick out his present. I am pretty pumped about that. I know that they will really help. They are a couple of awesome girls and I am glad thier mom is letting them come with me. They really love Steven.

I feel so blessed to have found Steven. He is a great man, husband and father. I think I love him more now than when I first met him. So with that, happy birthday baby!

Destin and Working Out

So I finally got some pictures from Destin to post. We had such a GREAT time when we went. Parker was such a great baby. He would just sleep and sleep while I laid out. He even got into the pool and in the lazy river. He absolutely loved it!!! One time he even fell asleep in his floaty in the pool. It was so cute. I also got to be with my dad on his birthday along with my sister and her family. It was so nice to have everyone together on his birthday. We haven't done that in a long time. I also got to have some of my FAVORITE grape soda. Its called Grapico. It is the best stuff, but you can only find it around Alabama. They had it in Florida so I got some. It is so good and it reminds me of going to Alabama for our family reunions. Then when we got back from Florida, I went to my moms and her husband Jackie bought me a case when they were in Alabama for our family reunion!!! I was so excited! He is such a great guy. We love him soooo much. He is thoughtful and sweet. He treats my mom so wonderfuly. I wouldn't trade him for the world. Anywho here are some pics the trip.



Kaylynn











this was the view from my dad's condo











Me and my boy










The lazy river












another view of the beach









Dad and my little sister










Deanna (Kaylynn's sister) and kaylynn









Parker (how cute is that smile!!)











Me and Meagan.






ok so now about my workout. For a week now Steven and I have been doing P90X. It is the best workout EVER!! It is kicking out butt. I want to stay with it so i think i will post on how I am doing each month. Its kind of embarassing but I'm going to post my weight and my measurements each month to keep me accountable. I am only doing this because I know they will only go down. Well thats the idea anyway. so here we go:
Day 1
Weight: 146
Chest: 36
Waist: 30.5 (ugh)
Hips: 39
Right thigh: 23
Left thigh: 23
Right arm: 12
Left arm: 11.5

Next update after day 30.

The 'beachin' days of summer

Just wanted to let the blogging nation know that I am sitting in Destin, Fl. on vacation. WOOHOO!! The only thing that would make it better would be if my husband could be here. Parker is the cutest waterbaby EVER!!

Wolverine underwear and Biker Chicks!

This weekend Parker had his first big road trip!! We went to Austin to my cousin Andy's wedding. This was a pretty big deal. My Aunt Teresa died this past October and one of the things she wanted was that her boys marry thier girlfriends. Well, Russell the youngest boy married in May and Andy married this weekend. I know that she would have been so proud. It does my heart good to see them happy and married. I love both of my cousins so much and wish them all the happiness in the world. Their new wives fit into the family so well and are absolutely perfect for their husbands. I couldn't have picked better people for them if i would have tried. I just wish my aunt could have been there, but I know she peeked down from Heaven to see them.
Well now to tell you about the Wolverine underwear. When we went to Austin on Friday, Parker and I road down with my mom, her husband Jackie, my granny, Angela (my sister), and my nephew Chase. Well about an hour into the trip my nephew told me about his new underwear. He was so proud! Let's face it, who wouldn't be if they had Wolverine undies!! All of the sudden he said he wanted to call Steven and tell him about them. I thought this would be so funny to listen to so I dialed the number and gave him the phone. I probably should have put the speaker on because when Chase told the person on the phone about his underwear I thought it was Steven. Um...It was not! Turns out it was the receptionist Valerie at Stevens work. I can only imagine what she thought when she answered the phone and the voice on the other end said, "I have Wolverine Underwear!" I do love my nephew!!!!
Biker chicks:
It turns out that the same weekend as Andy's wedding there was a HUGE biker rally!! Boy if you ever have the option to go to Austin for a wedding the same weekend as a biker rally I would suggest you go!! The profanities and motorcycle engines practically sang me to sleep at about 2 am Saturday morning. The smell of stale cigarettes and vomit on the way to a continental breakfast sure makes you hungry. Oh and there are some good looking biker chicks out there. If i haven't said it before, I will say it now....I love ladies in leather that is 4X's too small when it is 100 degrees outside. That is SEXY! I swear if they weren't so scary looking I would have knocked down every Harley in the La Quinta Inn's parking lot that next morning.

Ticks

I Hate Ticks!!!! They are horrid bloodsucking little creatures!! When I say I hate them I really mean it. Thursday our 8th grade when to the nature center in Tyler. I was in charge of the GPS activity. The activity was pretty fun but we had to go through the woods. Well when I got home that day I found 6 ticks on me feasting away!! You know sometimes I get anemic, and I need all the blood I can get! Do you think the devils really cared? No! They just latched on and sucked away. I was probably the equivalent of an all you can eat buffet. The worst part is early the next morning I scratched my head and what do you know, another one in my hair! YUCK! So when I got to school I had to get my head checked for any more ticks. It was 3rd grade all over again when I got lice from a softball helmet. All I need now is to sit on the front porch while my mom puts RidX on my head and pick away and the nightmare will be complete.

Parker's babysitter

This is an ode to Parker's babysitter, Tonya Irwin. Tonya takes such great care of Parker while I am at school. She puts my mind at ease. I would be going crazy with worry if she wasn't watching him. I know that if anything was wrong with him she wouldn't hesitate to call me. She also takes the most wonderful pictures and the other day she took some of Parker. He looks so cute.