Happy Father's Day!

When Emma was just 4 months old, I took her to get some pictures done for Brad for his first Father's Day.

Brad has always had such a love for fire departments and firefighters.  And now he spends his days assisting with fire departments and communities in North Texas.

I usually do new pictures of Emma for Brad for part of his Father's Day presents and this year was no different.

Brad, I love you.  You are an amazing father and husband.  Thank you for all that you do.  

 Without you, we could not of had our heaven on earth.

                           

Emma's Party

Yesterday, we celebrated Emma's birthday with friends and family!

It was awesome and great!

This is our first party in our house and we had fun showing it off!

Thank you to everyone that came and celebrated our sweet Emma!

We are so blessed to have you in our lives!

You made her day very special!

Here are some pretty cool shots of yesterday and today of us trying out some of our gifts!

First is the AWESOME cake by JoJo....very cool

And some practice blowing...

Next it was outside to jump on Mommy and Daddy's gift...

And here's JoJo trying to help Emma up the slide.....

My little crazy monkey.....LOVE HER!

Our on-lookers....

And the sweetest little picture of the kiddos.....SO CUTE!

So today, we decided to try out some of our outside toys.....

Minniemaw and Gramps got Emma a precious princess tricycle....one that Lily can ride in!

I believe Lily is throwing a fit and screaming to get off the bike....

Lily has a very sweet face....but I don't think she likes me right now.....

Papi and JoJo got her a baseball tee and bat.....OH MY! 

Batter, Batter, Batter.....SWING!

 

Oh, a girl after Mommy's own baseball/softball loving heart!

Thanks again guys!

Until Next Time...........

TOODLES!

                                     ~ the dramaqueen

A Whole New Year...

A New Year is upon us.  Really, it has already been going for almost a month now.  This year marks 1 year in a town that I have grown to love, 6 months in a job that was meant just for me, 3 years into Emmaelynn's amazing life, and almost 4 years married and 5 years together with Brad and I.  Now, when most people ring in the new year, resolutions come with it.  I really don't like that word, I like LIFE CHANGE.  It sounds more concrete, more of a reality, and a phrase that will likely keep me from trying to break.  With that being said....here is what I plan to do. 


1.  Especially during the summer; doing extra special things with Emma.  I can't seem to get enough of her.  It's so very hard to be away from her everyday.  I miss her terribly.

2.  I am going to learn the guitar.  Santa brought one to me years ago....I never learned.....I AM GOING TO LEARN.  end of story

3.  I am going to get back into shape.  That is going to be my hardest challenge.

4.  I want to cook at least 1 meal a week from my Pioneer Woman Cookbook....and then purchase her new cookbook(whilst begging JoJo, Ouisa, and Granny Faith to please take me with them to have her sign it...) I promise I'll be good!!!!!

5.  Take little extra moments to show and tell Brad just how much I love him.

6.  And maybe, take him on a date every now and then.  Once a month would be awesome....but I'm not going to try and push it.

Anyway, there you have it....MY LIFE CHANGES.....We shall see how this year goes!

Until Next Time..

TOODLES!!!!!!!!
                                   ~the dramaqueen