Easter Sunday

Garden for irina

growing tomatoes and cucumbers

she LOVED this
thanks to Kunkle Obed and Aunt Sawa

my beautiful bunny

corn on the cob please!

Easter Sunday we celebrated the ressurection of our Lord with church of course and a family lunch at my moms casa. Kuncle Obed and Aunt Sawa brought the kids baskets filled with lots of fun things to play with. She is growing a garden and is so excited to see a sprout soon! Lunch was amazing as usual and we just had a great time hanging out together.

Lunch Break

daddy and irina

they were laughing so hard at something, i wasnt let in on the joke..

my handsome lil man

mr. ever or crew, your choice :)
i need to carry anti-bacterial wipes, all i had was baby wipes :(

Last week for Good Friday (which was also Earth Day) Craig got off early from work at noon, we met up at chilis for lunch and Irina was so excited to see her daddy in the middle of the day again. She was used to seeing him for lunch often but since he started a new job in Arlington, its very rare. Speaking of Craig's new job, he is just loving being the new Manufacturing Engineer at Aerospace Optics Inc. I'm so proud of him, he had been looking for a new career move for over a year and even turned one down before accepting this offer. His new position is keeping him challenged and has lots of perks too. From May through Labor Day (sometime in September) the entire company closes at 11am every Friday, I LOVE THAT! We got Texas Rangers tickets with free parking and even a concessions gift card, I LOVE THAT! His birthday is a paid holiday and Craig also has his very own parking spot with his name on it, HE LOVES THAT!

EARTH DAY 2011

the hayride was so much fun for liam and irina
Ever slept on my back and ellie on her mommys chest

ellie, jeanine, liam and some goats
the little kid on the ground was one day old!

looking at the "tiny horses"

the hen house with a rooster visiting

i was so proud of her for not being scared and for being gentle

liam holding the duckling

We celebrated Earth Day this year by going to Homestead Farms in Keller with Jeanine, Liam and new baby Ellie Jayne. It is a really neat little farm that has locally grown organic produce, goats milk, grass fed beef and lots of other healthy foods. We all enjoyed a hayride, snow cones and the kids held baby ducklings. Half way through the hayride we stopped for a short and sweet Easter egg hunt, each child got 1 egg (limit the candy, thank goodness). There was a local reporter on our hayride who took tons of pics of us and the kids, looking forward to seeing ourselves in the Keller Tribune!

MUDRUN

MOMTOURAGE!
victoria, chrissy, laura h, hummer, jessica, tida, laura r, vanessa and janet

me, getting muddy!

all of our group doing the second to last obstacle

My neighborhood playgroup FORCED me into signing up for the original MUDRUN here in Fort. Worth. It is a 10K run with about 28 military style obstacles through out the run, I literally almost backed out the morning of. I nurse Ever and he hasnt taken a bottle since he was 8weeks old, that was my excuse for almost letting down my girlfriends. I am so glad and proud to say that we all completed the race! and in one piece! My fellow MoFo Laura (hummer) Mancuso and I cant swim and nearly drowned in the Trinity River! Our good friend Chrissy came back to take pics and SAVED us both! THANK YOU CHRISSY! Craig, my mom, my sis and my kids came out to see me and I was so happy to see them cheering us on! They were able to see the last two obstacles and Irina thought it was silly that we were crawling around in the mud. Crew was thrilled to see me and nursed for almost an hour in the parking lot. Of course Hummer made us all matching "MOMTOURAGE" shirts, they had all of our names also. We all had a blast getting gutsy and dirty, MUDRUN 2012 here we come!

SO TRUE!

http://lifestyle.msn.com/your-life/moms-coffee-break/article.aspx?cp-documentid=27892385&gt1=32103

MOPS Easter Egg Hunt

Irina

Crew and Irina

siblings :)

Last week our MOPS group from church had its annual Easter egg hunt at bear creek park. All the kids had a blast and we had no lost kids or injuries! It was a SUCCESS! Both Irina and Crew had fun hunting for eggs and they loved their personalized baskets too. I was really happy to see that a lot of us moms filled the eggs with toys, stickers, balls, bubbles and other non-candy items. Its healthier and the kids played with their new toys at the park. The kids are getting so big so fast, I'm glad that I can spend all my time with them.

Locks of Love

BEFORE

10+ inches
AFTER

I have had my hair cut short, super short and have also had it past my heiny in the past, last week I cut off just over 10inches. The pony tail will go to http://www.locksoflove.org/ and help someone in need. I love the new do and wont miss the long hair all over my bathroom floor.

THE GATORS vs THE GIANTS

THE GATORS!
irina is on the bottom far left GO #3!
her buddy mattey is the 4th in the top row (tallest one)
one of her coaches is matteys daddy mr. john (far left)
ready to bat! she did great!

game over! I was cheering for BOTH teams, the kids are so cute in their uniforms!

Irina's first t-ball game was SO much fun to watch! I cant believe how quickly I became "that mom" that cheers and cheers for her kid. The game is short and is based on every child taking a turn to bat from each team, no score keeping; just a good time for the kiddos. She did great and had a blast with her team mates, Daddy-O came to see her play and Liam was in on the fun too. Liam was with us this particular weekend because his mommy was in labor. An awesome first game for the gators!

Happy 30th to Craig!

HAPPY 30TH!

Yummy food with great company!

irina and zerrin

CHEESE!

this is so cute, they had a blast in the fountains with zerrins mommy

Last month my husband made it over the hill and turned the big 3-0! I wanted to do something for him but I'm not the party planning type. I love people who have an act for it but its just not me. I took the easy way out and set up a surprise birthday bash at joe t garcias. I just sent out an evite and baked some cakes, easy! I told Craig I was having a girls dinner and that he needed to pick up Crew so we could go out for (more) drinks after wards. He was confused why I just didn't leave him at home and then got upset with me because I made him find parking in the over stuffed parking lot on a Saturday night. He was dumb founded when he saw familiar faces sitting together and it took a friend yelling "SURPRISE" for him to piece it all together. The weather couldn't have been better, we had fun talking about how Craig was mad about the whole thing. We had a great turn out, about 20 people came out to celebrate Craig getting old.

She's Crafty!

easter baskets

family plaque

Turns out I'm crafty with my playgroup! Lots of the mom's in my playgroup are super crafty and really good at it, we have been getting together lately to make all kinds of fun stuff! I LOVE IT!

Story of Toys Chapter 2

This story last left off with a little girl losing ALL her toys because of naughty behavior. Currently the little girl we met in chapter one has had a big improvement in her behavior and in her attitude. Lets call her...Evelyn just for fun. Evelyn still has days where she doesn't obey and says things she shouldn't but overall a major positive change has happened. Toys have slowly made their way back to Evelyn's room, first her kitchen, then Woody and Buzz and finally her toy box. Evelyn was warned that the toys were back on a probationary period only, if she couldn't keep a happy heart they would disappear again and for a much longer amount of time. She has been following instructions better and has been playing with her little brother Everett, softer and gentler as a result.

Bridal Tea

Sara and myself

"Mrs. Urias"
a personalized shower gift

I had a great time with my old friend from high school Sara Forbes at her bridal tea. She is getting married this month and I'm so happy for her! We have had our ups and downs in our friendship but stay in contact a lot. Her wedding is one of FIVE this spring!