Creekside Pool and Getting our Nails done

So we went to Creekside Pool up in The Woodlands as it was extremely hot this weekend.

We had a BLAST! It was so much fun...here are some pictures from our visit to the pool and waterpark!

Cassidy and I also went to the nail salon to get ready for our trip. Cassidy loved it. I think I am in trouble...I am already spoiling her!
(There are two albums, one from the salon, and one from the pool)

Ready for the weekend

Although we have a TON to do to get ready for vacation, we are going to hopefully enjoy this weekend. We are going to try out a new pool up in The Woodlands, so we will see how it goes. Here are som recent pictures of my cute niece Ami Ye. We miss them so much! Other than that we are rolling into the weekened.

Father's Day Itself

So we went to our friend Justin's house on Father's Day. At first I thought, a party on Father's Day???? I don't know, but we all had a great time. It was wonderful bar-b-que, and it was great to see friends. They had everything to eat from crawfish to meat, chips to dessert. NO ONE could go hungry!!! They had a HUGE SLIP-N-SLIDE!!! It was a blast. Below are some pictures of it. We had so much fun. Cas also had fun splashing in a baby pool too.

I think the best part of the whole day for me was they had horses. Ever since I was a little girl, I have always found horses magical...sound crazy???? Anyway, Justin has a stable and has some horses because on their property, they board animals as well. We got to get up close to the horses as they were in their stalls, and I loved getting to pet their noses. Cassidy thought they were great and did a wonderful job with them. The last thing I want is for Cas to be scared of horses, I guess since I love them so much.

Cas also got a new pool for the house, she really likes it. It is a little different than I thought it would be, but it is still really cute, and Cassidy likes it. I guess that is all that really matters.

Well, below are some pictures of the entire weekend. Take care until next post...

Happy Father's Day

So, today is Father's Day and I want to say Have a wonderful day to all the Father's out there. Mike is still sleeping, so we will wish him a Happy Father's Day on his schedule today. Cas and I woke up early today, and got it started. I got dressed, Cas is still in her P.J.'s, and we headed off to the donut store (Mike's request)! We picked up donuts and now in the background is Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, and we are waiting for Daddy to rise and shine. I want to say a special Happy Father's Day to Mike. You are a wonderful husband and Father. We love you very much and are very blessed to have you in our lives.

I want to write a special note to my Dad(a.k.a. Poppy Dick). Happy Father's Day Dad. I love you very much and can't wait to see you soon. Thanks for all that you do for me! I hope you have a wonderful day. We are counting down the days at our house until we come. Hope you are ready for some fun!

Other than Father's Day, we have had a fairly normal week. Cassidy has been back on a prescription again for her tonsillitis. Although, she feels great, and we have no problems to speak of. The doctor just felt as if we didn't knock it out with the first round of medication.

Cassidy got to go on a Pirate Adventure on Friday at school. She was a little leery of the Pirate, but we had a good time. They had a pretend pirate ship, and they got treasure at the end. The kids got to dress up if they wanted to as well. Since I was there, Cas wanted to sit in my lap and as far away from the pirate as possible. Friday night, our niece Jordan came home with Mike from work. She came over since every year we take her shopping for her birthday. It was in April, we were a little late this year, but we had some Mexican food Friday night.

Saturday morning we hit the mall to do a little shopping with Jordan. We met Mike's sister for lunch at Tommy Bahama, and had a nice time as well. Once Jenny
and Jordan had left, we decided to surprise Cassidy and go to a movie. We don't do that nearly enough, but Cas always has a great time. We went and saw the movie "Up". It was cute, but I would have thought it wound be a little different.
We went to Johnny Rockets for dinner, and I was a little disappointed in that as well. Mike and I first went to Johnny Rockets when we were on our Honeymoon as they had one on the ship we were on. It was actually good. We have gone a couple of times here, and it is not as good, and they don't entertain and sing like they used to. Anyway, we came home and all went to sleep early.

So that gets us back to Sunday morning...Cartoons on, and now Cassidy is hosting a "Cooking Class" for me. She has some of her play kitchen accessories downstairs, and is borrowing the beans from "Don't spill the beans game". She is so funny and very creative. She loves to help me in the kitchen, and it has made cooking more fun to me. Well, today we are going to a BBQ at a friend's house, in honor of his Father.

I guess that is all for now. Take care until next post!

Figured it out...Thankfully

OK, so withing a couple of minutes I have figured it out. I was going to loose it. Sorry for the crazy blogs...but we are good to go again!

WHAT HAVE I DONE???????

I have done something under the "layout" section in my blog, and can't see any of my posts! OMG!!!!!! I am going to cry! The wierd thing is that they are saved under my posts, but you just can't see them!!!! I have got to figure this out....

Summer fun...

So I promise I will upload pictures, but at least wanted to get what's been happening out there. So in May, Cas was sick with tonsilitis, and as I think about it that is the same time line as of when Mike had appendicidis but last year. Lord help me, I hope that this next May it is not my turn for something =-). Lately we have been trying to relax a little more and enjoy life. It seems like we always get caught up in the grind, and never "Stop to smell the flowers". So, with that being said, that is what I have been trying to do with Cas. I have come to the conclusion that it is very difficult to be a full time mom, wife and work full time as well. I try my best, but some days are better than others. Recently, Mike and I pulled out our blow-up pool for Cassidy, and she has been loving it. We have been spending a lot of time outside, and loving it. Cassidy has enjoyed laughing at the dog as she thinks she wants to be in the pool, but freaks out when she gets in. I have to admit I have been laughing at Bella too.

On Friday, Cas and I did our normal grocery shopping, her with her cart, me with mine. I always laugh because she gets so excited, I just hate it though when she hits me in the back of the heels...that is not fun! Cassidy loves the grocery store and thinks it is awesome that she gets to have her own cart. She wants to put everything in it though, and can't push it at all...

On Saturday, we went to a birthday party and they had a train. It was the coolest thing. It actually road on the street, and the kids loved it. The driver rang the bell as he drove down the street, and we got to ride around the subdivision.

On Sunday, we sunned ourselves like turtles in the pool, and ran a couple of errands. It always amazes me when we go to Wal-Mart. We never seem to get out of there without spending so much money, but we really just got what we needed, so I guess I don't feel as bad. Sunday morning, I had a photo shoot at a local park, then pictures turned out great, as the family I photographed are very photogenic.

Well, other than that, I keep trying to get us ready for vacation. We are headed to Missouri soon, and it should be a blast. We are driving, so it should be interesting. We are headed to Little Rock day one, spending the night there, then into Cape Girardeau. Can't wait! I get to see my Dad and Kim, and my step-sister Katie and her new little addition Henry Richard. From the pictures so far he is adorable. I will try to post some pictures of Henry soon!

Take care until next post!

Back on Track...

So I think I can say we are officially back on track. Things are starting to be normal again in the Black Family household. Cassidy is back to her normal bubbly self, Mike is able to get a little R&R from work, and Bella(the dog) and myself seem to be doing pretty well. This past weekend, the tempature started climbing back up into our "Normal Houston Summer" tempatures. It has been right around at least 90 degrees every day. So with that being said, we can officially become redneck and pull out our blow up swimming pool, which of course we have already done. Cassidy has gotten to swim in it most evenings in the past week and a half and has been loving it. Work is going good for me, just staying busy with invoices and accounting in the Gulf Of Mexico. Hurricane season is here, and usually that is my busiest time. It somehow seems we spend more $$$$.

Last night, Cassidy and I did have an out of the ordinary Wednesday, it was my cousin's birthday (Happy Birthday Kelly) and her husband Chris threw a "Surprise Party" for her. Cas and I headed out to Magnolia, and boy was she surprised...guess next time we should warn Kelly since she had been outside in the heat doing things all day...but it was still a lot of fun and Cassidy had a great time playing with Bailey-Page.

This weekend we are going to a birthday party for our neighbors son, and probablly will hang out in the pool as well. I am working on starting to think about getting things organized for our trip to Missouri as well. I worked on finally getting part of the attic cleaned out, of course I wait for the heat to hit, but was able to clean out a lot of Cassidy's infant stuff. It never ceases to amaze me how much stuff she ends up with. Or maybe I just need to through it away more often.

Anyway, attached are some recent pictures from things that have been going on in our world...hope you enjoy!

SO EMBARRESSED

I am sure everyone is intrigued by the name of this blog. So much has happened since I last posted. Cassidy was extremely sick with tonsilitis recently as I last posted. We are finally over that (thank goodness)! Cassidy had a good last week at school, as she had been out the entire week before. In the middle of this last week, we got the opportunity to help out our friends Patty and Mike by supporting their son Brandon's baseball team. All we had to do was eat at Chick-fil-A. It was not a hard request at that. Not to mention that Cassidy had a wonderful time with seeing her friend Brooke. They have so much fun playing together. So Friday came and I had the day off. Cassidy and I decided to get as many of our errands done as we could. I had to even go to the mall. We got the grocery shopping done, and I even got 99% of the house clean, along with doing some laundry.

So back to the story...if any of you have ever gone to The Woodlands Mall, you know how big it is. I decided on Thursday that I would pick up Cas after school, and that we could run to the mall because I wanted to get some make-up and Cas a couple of new outfits for summer. So we go into the mall, and start our shopping. I had Cas in the stroller(thank goodness!) We walked all over the mall, getting all that we needed. I finally realized that it was getting late (around 7:00 p.m.), and we should start heading home...but there was one problem...where was the car? I looked everywhere, and I mean everywhere...could NOT FIND IT ANYWHERE! I was so mad at myself by this time, I decided to stop the mounted patrol. The lady was really nice, and Cassidy loved the fact that her horse named Mikey would do tricks. He definetly kept Cassidy entertained. They had the survillence cameras searching, and a patrol car with lights. Oh the joy! Well, after about 25 minutes more, they were able to locate the car. The only problem was that the car was exactly opposite of where Cas and I were. Explains why I could not find the car...anyway, we finally got in the car and made it home. WOW! I HATE THE MALL!!!!!

On another note, we have had a wonderful weekend. Friday night we got Mexican food, and then just came home and relaxed. On Saturday, we had AT&T Uverse installed, and had Jason's Deli. Today, we went to a new church, to try it out, and have spent some of the day out in our pool. I have never felt so Jeff Foxworthy (you might be a redneck), although, we at least had the pool in the backyard. Other than that, we have been pretty quiet. I guess we just needed some R&R. Well, I have posted some pictures from the pool today, and a few other recent pictures.

Until next post...