Precious little Ami Ye and Aunt Shannon

I know it is amazing that these are not of Cassidy, but yes there is another little one that is in our family's life that is so amazing and important. Our niece Ami Ye. Shannon and Blayne (my sister and brother-in-law) brought Ami home to Denver from China, and she is a true blessing. We get to see her on our web camera about once a week, and I love watching her grow. I do wish we lived closer, as Ami and Cassidy could play.

So other than my little one, Ami has stolen my heart. i have to brag on my sister and brother-in-law, but mostly my sister. Blayne and Shannon are raising a truly amazing little girl. Shannon is an amazing Mom. I can only hope that I am half of the Mom she is. I am so blessed to think that one day be called "Aunt Shelley" by this little one!

OK, so a couple of the pictures are from Missouri. Mike, Cassidy and I are driving there in July. I know I am crazy but I am really actually excited about the drive. We will see how I feel as I get closer though =-). By then, I will be really excited about seeing Dad and Kim (Poppy Dick and Mimi Kim), but not so excited about seeing the highway...

Anyway, here are some more pictures...

Mike got a bike?????

So, don't worry, Mike has not fallen off of his rocker just yet! I know you might think that he has because of the pictures, but you are totally wrong! Mike did not get a bike. Our wonderful neighbors George and Diane do have a Harley however. They were going out of town and George needed someone to help him get the Harley on the trailor and get it tightend down. Mike said he would help and I ran for my camera. I figured I better take advantage of this ,becuase it mght not ever happen again. Which is fine by me. I love hearing Harleys, I love seeing them fly by, but I have been on the back of a motorcycle before, and certainly it would take a lot for me to do it again.

By the way, that is the ONLY time I want to see my daughter on one of these bikes as well!

Take care!

Beautiful Rainbow & Friend Playdate

Well, on Friday, we had a playdate with our new friend Carson and his mom Tressa. Carson is the little boy of a guy that I work with. We had a lot of fun as you can see from the pictures above. Iwas very impressed. There was not a single fight the whole time that they were together. Pretty good for a couple of kids! I really enjoyed getting to talk with Tressa and getting to know her better. Ryan and I have worked together for about four and a half years, and it was nice to finally be able to get to know the Mrs. better. Thanks Tressa, we will have to do it again!

So, with all the rain that Houston got on Monday, I think everyone in town had a special treat. After the rain was starting to stop, there was a beautiful, big rainbow. I was driving home from the gym, and saw it. It was still there by the time I got to the house, so I called Mike and had him bring Cassidy out and she got to see it. We ended up standing in the backyard talking about it for a few minutes. Cassidy was very curious about where the "End of the Rainbow" was. It was really cute.

Happy Anniversary

So yesterday (April 28th) was Mike and I's 8th anniversary. Happy Anniversary Honey. Since it was a work day, and we celebrated our anniversary this past weekend, I wasn't expecting much, but low and behold, Mike walked in the house with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. There are stargazer lilies and roses, and they are in a beautiful vase. I promise to post pictures of the flowers, and a couple other that I might find...who knows it will be a walk down memory lane by tomorrow. Recently, Mike and I were talking about our wedding, and what we do and don't remember...it was a TON of FUN...I do remember that, but I told him I would love to do it again, because this time I would remember it, and there wouldn't be all the nerves. Plus Cassidy would get to see it. Who knows, maybe we will renew our vows one day.

Well, on another note, we survived the rain. No damage at our house, just lots and lots and lots and lots of water....I think Cassidy has seen more rain in her three and a half years, then I have seen in the past ten combined!

Above is a pictures of the flowers my WONDERFUL husband of 8 years gave me for our anniversary. I love him so much! =-)

Some more pictures from King's Orchard

OK, so I have some more pictures to post from the Orchard. Actually it is from the school bus ride. Cassidy had her bus ride, and LOVED IT! So with that being said this time she was a pro. She had already had her first bus ride when they went to Pump It Up. Check for more new pictures in my past blogs. I have updated some more. Cas is growing up so fast! I can't believe it. Every time I look at pictures, I realize that she is a little girl, no more baby! All is well otherwise. Thanks to our Gammy and Poppa, we were able to go out with friends that we have not seen in a while last Saturday, and we are going to celebrate our anniversary (just the two of us) this Saturday. Thanks Gams & Pops!

Cas' Spring School Picture

So I am so proud of myself. I have posted at least twice this week and with pictures! How amazing. Here is Cas' latest school picture 9Spring 2009). I can't believe how big she is getting. I love my little munchkin! This weekend should be fairly quiet. Not a whole lot going on, the weather got really bad today, but hopefully will be better this weekend!

King's Orchard

Well, yesterday, I took a day off of work to go with Cassidy and her class to King's Orchard and go strawberry picking. We had a wonderful time. Cassidy got to ride the school bus and loved it. We picked strawberries, then Cas and I spent the rest of the day together. It was nice. Cassidy didn't want to go back to school that much today, as I didn't want to go to work...Oh well, that's life! Anyway, I have attached some pictures from our event. I will post more pictures that show her cute face a little later on! Hope all is well with everyone and I will post more soon! Shelley

Wonderful Easter Weekened

Hunting Here, Hunting There, Man that Easter Bunny put Eggs Everywhere!

My Easter Stash(before the eggs!)

Above is Kate & Sadie Klein and Cassidy at the park on the Thursday before Good Friday


Pump It up (above) on Good Friday

Easter Party (above) at Cassidy's school

So, we had a wonderful Easter weekend. I was off work on Thursday, so Cassidy and I went to her Easter party at school. It was a lot of fun. The kids had an Easter Egg hunt, then had lunch. It was so cute, and Cas looked adorable in her dress. Then, we took off to meet my old friend Kerri and her two girls. We took all three of the girls to Meyer park out in Spring, and had some lunch as well. The girls got to play on all the playground equipment, and had a great time. Thursday night, I had a Mom's night out (thanks to my wonderful husband). I went out with Kerri, her sister Michelle, and some friends to dinner and dancing. We celebrated Kerri's birthday like it was 1999. (Prince, in case you were wondering). Friday, it was Mommy and Cassidy day. We went to meet our good friends Brooke and Patty and their family at Pump It Up. Everyone had a good time, including me. Although I am not 18 anymore, and my body reminded me of that. After Pump it Up, Cas and I had a nap and then daddy came home. We went over to our friend Patty & Mike's house (yes the same one), and had a crawfish boil. It was GREAT! I love me some crawfish~! Saturday was fairly quiet, then on Sunday morning we had our Easter egg hunt at our house. The Easter Bunny came and left a ton of goodies! We then went to Gammy and Poppa's house for dinner, and for another egg hunt where the Easter Bunny left even more things! Mom fixed a great meal, and we got to play the Wii~! That was a lot of fun. Anyhoo, other than that not a whole lot going on..=-) Above are some pictures from Cassidy's Easter School Party, along with some pictures of the weekends activities...

Sorry the pictures are a little out of order, but hey, at least there are pictures!

Until next post...
Shelley

Last week of March

So other than ending the week by going to the zoo and a carnival, we did have another exciting outing. Cas and I met her friend Brooke and her family first at the bluebonnet patch. I took some pictures of the kids in the bluebonnets, then we went off to Chick-fil-A. The girls had a great time playing and eating, and got to see the EASTER BUNNY! OK, so my child is still scared of any life size animal that is a costume. When you see the attached pictures, you will see why...of course I am in them, because why wouldn't I be???? Anyway, I feel bad that Mike missed out on the Easter Bunny, but I am sure he is o.k. with it.
I will post more soon...

Had a packed FULL WEEKEND

OK, so...we had a packed FULL WEEKEND! Last time we tried to go to the zoo, it didn't happen, so Mike and I decided that we would not tell Cassidy that we were going and we would surprise her...it was the cutest thing when we pulled up and she saw the ZOO sign. I asked her if she knew where we were, and she said no. She knew we were somewhere special, so I told her the ZOO. She got a big smile and was so excited. We walked all over the zoo, and saw the new red panda there. We even got to see the elephants get a bath. Cas loved that. When we finally got back in the car, we drove back to the north side of Houston (The Woodlands), and we went to Cas' school carnival. We ran into Kelly, Bailey and Jacob (Chris was out of town), and let the girls play at the carnival. Afterwards, we decided that we all needed to eat, so we went out for Mexican food. Are you tired yet...I am. Anyway, we had a good one, and Cas really enjoyed it. I promise to post pictures soon! I have a lot to update with what all we have been doing other than that.