We're still here.

So I've been putting off posting a new entry until I upload my latest set of pictures. Evidently it's not meant to be. I cannot find the cable for my camera anywhere. So I just wanted to let everyone know that we haven't died and I will try to post some more pictures soon (hopefully).

Has it been a year already?

Yeah, I know some of you are probably thinking it's been a year since I last posted...but no, that's not what my title is referring to. We have now been Texans for over a year. So howdy. Things are going well. I've been going a little nuts the last few days trying to figure out what color to paint my kitchen. I feel like it really shouldn't be that big of a deal but for some reason I'm really struggling. I bought a $30 can of paint today and now I'm not so sure I like the color (I think it's too green for my tastes...I'm kind of a blue girl...but I'm not sure I like blue paint, go figure). I have to figure it out soon, because I'm determined to get it painted before both sets of my parents show up this weekend (for baby Ellie's blessing at church-that's my brother Matt's new little one). Needless to say, I think I've been driving everyone a bit crazy.

Not the most attractive picture, but you gotta love the self-taken, no make-up look...pretty sure my head isn't actually that misshapen.

Well, the weather has been getting warm and we've been enjoying it on the weekends. We ended up getting season passes to Splashtown-a big waterpark that happens to be about 3 minutes away. The kids are really enjoying it. But so far we only go when daddy can come too-I'm not quite brave enough to take those two out in all that water on my own. But I am so nice that I let them play in the backyard with a tiny kiddie pool. It was great cause I just sat there in my chair and sprayed them with the hose (remind anyone of a scene from Billy Madison??-'who are you mister? why are you doing this to me?'). Here's a couple pics of my bathing beauties:

He's such a stud...isn't he?

Okay, not related to the rest of my post, but this just made me laugh. One day I came upstairs to find Hailey had turned on the TV and was sitting there watching PBS-in the mid-afternoon. Most of you know there really isn't anything interesting on then. So I look at the TV and it is this middle-aged woman sitting on a chair teaching other older women how to do exercies in a chair. Hailey was just sitting there soaking it all in and doing her arm lifts. A few minutes later I came back and asked her if she wanted to turn it off. Her reply, "Um, no, I'm watching Muscle Strengthening. Thanks mom."