Wednesday, December 11, 2013

To Blog or Not to Blog....nah who am I kidding, I don't blog!!

Seriously though, who has the time!?  So I have a whole year to catch up on, sans pictures because my hard drive crashed in the last year and I lost EVERYTHING! :(  Here goes-----

December 2012:
 Abbi had her 5th birthday.  We had a cute little tea party at a local tea house here in town called 'The Pink House'.  It.Was.ADORABLE!!  She got to invite 4 friends (all from ballet) and they had a real tea party, complete with REAL china! Shattered nerves were an understatement! lol
Seriously though, if you're ever in Claremore OK, check out 'The Pink House'.  Great food, ambiance, staff and (most importantly) tea!

Ballet for Abbi

The Myers family traveled, by car, via hell, to California for Christmas with the Griswolds Gourleys! We spent all 2 weeks of Christmas break in bright, sunny SoCal. Great time was had by ALL!  It's rare, now that we are all spread out, that we get to be together under one roof for any holiday...So we totally counted our blessing last Christmas!  One of the highlights of the trip (for me) was taking Austin to LEGOLAND in San Diego, it was his 1st time in an amusement park! It was so special (for me) to experience that, just me and my little man!

January 2013:
 Nothing to report except ballet for Abbi.

February 2013:
 Nothing to report except more ballet for Abbi.

March 2013:
 Baseball!!! It was season 3 for Austin and Coach Daddy. We had a great season, that got off to a rocky start.  It was the team's 1st time at coach pitch, and whoa, rough at first, but by mid-season those little boys found their groove, and started meshing as a team.  The day they won their 1st game was AWE-some, so awesome in fact, Coach Daddy lost his voice, mommy cried and the whole team went out for ice cream!!  After that it seemed they couldn't loose! Even when they lost, they still played hard and as a team.  Can't wait for this season...it will only get better!

Spring Break brought out first AZ visitor, my niece Sarah!  My beautiful, smart niece is a Jr. at ASU (Go Sundevils), and it was her first time in middle America! The kids loved having their ''big cousin'' around, and so did Bryan and I.  It was our first chance to get to know the lovely young adult she has become! We can't wait to get her back here for another visit (hint hint)!! ;)

Ballet, Ballet, Ballet


April 2013:
 More baseball and ballet

May 2013:
 More baseball and ballet

Abbi has her first Ballet Recital...and she NAILED IT!  I mean, I don't want to brag, OK, I do but, for reals, my little girl is gooooood! ;) I had video, but, remember my hard drive! :(

June 2013:
 Seriously, is baseball done yet?

 Ballet is on summer break, enough with the baseball...I want to take a trip!!

July 2013:
VACATION, finally!!!  Every 3 years my mom's side of the family has a reunion.  Not just a little reunion, a big 3 day, destination reunion! This year's Hinschberger Family Reunion (yes, I spelled that right) was in Dolores, CO., at 'Circle K Ranch', which is about a 45 minute drive from beautiful Telluride (yes we went for the day) in the wonderful, peaceful, cool mountains! Although the reunion was only 3 days long, my immediate family went for 8 glorious days! Eight glorious days of NO cooking (they do all the meals).  Eight glorious days of NO cleaning (they do that for you). Eight glorious days...you get the picture!  We were off the grid, no cell service, barely any wifi, and a huge ranch for the kids to run wild and free without fear of someone taking them! It was glorious!! I love my big, loud, opinionated family, and live for these reunions! So much fun!

Round #2 of AZ visitors, this time my SIL Chris (Sarah's mom, Bryan's sister) and nephew Ben (Sarah's brother)! Once again, we did a lot of nothing! It was a very relaxing week.  The boys and Abbi went fishing (Chris and I laid on the couch).  The boys and Abbi went to a movie (Chris and I laid in lawn chairs)...you get the jest!! :)  As with Sarah, we are already looking forward to Chris and
Ben's next trip to OK!

Austin's 8th Birthday-just can't be possible!  I mean, he was just born yesterday! :(  Anywhoo, he wanted his birthday party this year at a local fro-yo shop called 'CherryBerry', it's so yummy!  He invited his whole baseball team for cake and ice cream.  Once again score 1 for mommy--no cooking, no cleaning and fun time had by all!

August 2013:
 Back to school, AKA, OMG my baby is in Kindergarten AND I have a 3rd grader!! :/  Seriously folks, why does time fly??  So far so good, my lil man has straight A's and my baby girl is...well she's Abbi (and for those that know her, you know EXACTLY what I mean!!)

Back to Ballet

Mommy goes back to work, PT because daddy is mean!.   I have been sub-teaching in our school district.  I like it...it gets me out of the house (when I want) and I'm home when the kids are home, which is always a bonus when you don't have to scramble for child-care! :)

My 29th-ish birthday and Bryan's 29th-ish birthday.  Really who celebrates past 29th-ish anyways??

September 2013:
 More ballet, more sub-bing, more the same....OH and Bryan and I have been married for 11 years!

October 2013:
  More ballet, more sub-bing, and we signed Austin up for basketball (cue mommy's competitiveness).

 Halloween--We kind of kept it low key this year.  Abbi was a Lalaloopsy doll and Austin was a Zombie.  We went trunk or treating at one of the churches in town and then to my friends house for her youngest son's birthday party.  See, low key! :)

November 2013:
 More ballet, more sub-bing, more basketball (no games yet), more competitiveness (I make a GREAT side line coach! lol)

 Thanksgiving was at our house this year.  We had my parents, my sister and both my Grandmas (I am blessed to still have both of them)!  I cooked a pretty kick-a$$ meal and we ate till we popped! So much to be thankful for this year!

So here we are... December 2013, once again we are looking at ballet, basketball (still no games), myself sub-bing and another birthday coming on the 13th for my baby girl who will be SIX!! (I will not cry, I will not cry, I will not cry)  This year has flown by, and as I look forward to Christmas 2013 and a wonderful 2014, I just want to wish all my cherished family a friends a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! I will update the blog again next year probably in December!!!

xoxox

Thursday, December 6, 2012

SOCCER

Abbi played soccer this year for the 1st time! She LOVED it, well maybe she loved the little girls she met better than soccer, but either way...she LOVED it! Her team was Pink Thunder, and although they didn't win a whole lot, they had fun and learned good sportsmanship!

Getting a pep talk from Coach Amanda

Coach Justin = the bench

Go #4

Abbi and her friends

Good job Pink Thunder

Team silly faces

kick it hard baby girl

go baby go

Pink Thunder

Back To School

Pre-K and 2nd grade...I can NOT believe it!!
We LOVE Westside Elementary...GO ZEBRAS!!!!!!                                                        
 
                                             


Class Clown??

Class Princess! ;)

Even Grammy was here to see them off!

Austin's classroom

Abbi's classroom



Austin Turns 7!!

Okay, so we've established that I'm horrible at blogging! Let's move forward, err back...all the way back to July when my little mister celebrated turning 7!  He chose 'Legos Star Wars' as the theme and we hosted a slumber party for 8 boys!!  Yes you heard me right EIGHT, and YES, I am crazy!  They were actually really good and Austin had a great time, and in the grand scheme of things, that's what's important! :)  Time sure does fly, it seems like just yesterday I brought him home from the hospital for the 1st time!  He is such a little love!!  I hope that he continues to be the loving, caring, smart little boy he is for years to come!  I love you bud, your daddy and I love you to the moon and back!

We had ''Yoda Soda'' and Austin felt it needed a sign! lol

CUPCAKES!!!





My sweet baby boy!

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Because My Sister-In-Law Said I Had To!!

The other day I received a message on my Facebook page from my AWESOME sister-in-law Ashleigh. It went like this...Your blog = unacceptable! Well since she called me a liar said I had to update my blog, then I suppose I better get to it, tomorrow!! (LOL) Love you Ashleigh!
Gosh, how could you NOT love her!?

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Where Does The Time Go?

I must confess...I hate love to blog!  I just suck at it!!  I truly wish I had the will time to sit down and blog daily, but I don't! :/  Since we are 2 weeks away from summer break, this is all your gonna get today!  But, for those that care, I promise you will get bombarded with blog posts at the end of the month!!! 

Sunday, January 15, 2012

Hi, I'm Amy and I'm a Cutie-a-holic

YES...I have achieved step one!!! These little gems are the most addicting fruit I have EVER eaten! I LOVE them. They peel so easy and are just poppable...no muss no fuss, I mean seriously just peel and eat!! Just yesterday morning I had 5 (yes FIVE) for breakfast! I know it could be worse, I mean I could've had 5 donuts for breakfast...but still, a line has to be drawn!!

I buy these gorgeous little nuggets for my kids to take in their lunches for school, but mom here usually polishes them off before they even get a chance!! Do I need padlocks on my fridge!? (lol)

I need to learn self-control, however if this is my worst addiction then I suppose I will survive! Oh wait....I forgot about glorious Dr. Pepper!! Crap, definitely pad-locks!! ;)