im a heartbraker...dont you mess around with me

sorry, i couldnt resist that last part. and now i'm singing the song. dang it.
ok, i was putting colby to bed tonight and as i was leaving he said
colby: "wait mommy! i have to tell you something."
me: "ok, what is it?"
colby: (starts to tear up and wipes his eyes) "i love you so much."
me: "i love you too baby."
colby: "when you're with me it feels like theres a heart around me, but when you leave it feels like the heart is breaking."

this is all said on the verge of crying. he is the sweetest little thing. or hes a freakishly talented 5-year-old actor. at any rate i stayed a little bit longer and loved on my sweet boy.
tomorrow i will look into acting classes.
kidding, kidding.

ladies' man

i went to pick colby up from awanas last night and the teacher, ms. chris, pulled me aside...
ms chris: i have to tell you what colby did tonight.
me: thats always an exciting way to start a conversation.
ms chris: colby looked around at the girls as said, 'who wants to marry me?' and tayler said, 'i want to marry you more than a rainbow!!' i dont even know what that means, but she seemed to think it was a very big deal. then ruth said, 'i want to marry you too, colby.' so colby put his arms around both of them, but you could definitely tell there was some love there between he and tayler.

as shes telling me this, colby and tayler are locked in a farewell embrace. i guess you cant fight a love stronger than rainbows.

project 365, week 2

its been so good to get back into a routine this week after 3+ weeks of holiday craziness!

went to the gym 4 times. did all 3 days of school with colby with only minimal frusteration. grocery shopped on monday. life is good. this week we'll add awanas at church on wedensday night back into the mix and maybe squeeze in a midweek playdate.

SUNDAY, january 3rd

allen preached last sunday. his sermon was callen "new years resolutions are from hell." you can listen to it here. we hung our ornaments up yesterday. i'm not going to tell you what they're for, but if you listen you'll find out. haha, hows that for leaving you hanging?? :)

MONDAY, january 4th

molly got a serious hair cut today. she wont let me do anything to it, so it always looks stringy and scraggley. they took about 2 inches off and trimmed her bangs. she was not a fan of the idea, but i told her she'd look like dora. SOLD!

TUESDAY, january 5th

i made a greek salad today. i've been craving greek food, but cant personally cook it, so this will have to do for now.

WEDNESDAY, january 6th

no picture. i'm a failure.

THURSDAY, january 7th

worked on my blurb book for most of the afternoon. its coming along....slowly.

FRIDAY, january 8th

my water was frozen solid when i got in my car to go to the gym this morning. this doesnt happen in texas, so it was worth taking a picture of.

SATURDAY, january 9th

cute napkins i picked up at the grocery store. this picture is NOT sideways on my camera, and my computer wont let me flip it, so......grr.

have a blessed week!!!

a post for my husband

i shared this story with allen the other night and he said, "you have to blog that! its great!"
i dont really want to blog it, because its embarrasing to me, but it is funny so.....

the kids and i were in colbys room a few days ago. we had done colbys school work in there that day, but had finished up and were playing on the floor.
i passed gass, tooted, farted, whatever you want to call it (eek, i hate putting this into print), and it was loud; not my usual...style, if you will. colby turned and looked back real fast to where i was sitting with big eyes and i said,
me: "excuse me!!"
colby: "mommy, that was you?!?"
me: "yes, it was me, colby."
colby: "oh, i thought daddy was home. he's the only one that toots like that!"

there ya go, allen. now we can remeber this forever.

project 365, week 1 and the last few pictures of 2009

i wanted to wrap up the year in pictures if nothing else, than for the sake of my blog book i'm putting together.

i will probably more or less do 365 again this year, but i wont be as particular about it, and if i miss a day, then i miss it. no biggie.

my main goal is to blog more of the day to day. i missed that this year. part of it i think is because i feel like if i dont have anything particularly funny to share, then no one will be interested. i need to get over that.

so here are my jan 1st and 2nd pictures and then the rest of 2009.

FRIDAY, january 1st

the very first picture taken with my camera in 2010. approx 12:01 am

SATURDAY, january 2nd

these were one of my pictures a few weeks ago because i saw them while i was out christmas shopping at pier 1. allen got them for me for christmas (he takes a hint so well) and he hung them up today. love!!

and to finish up 2009....

SUNDAY, december 27th

my new red sink!!! love it!

MONDAY, december 28th

my last performance as Grace. bittersweet. this is Lana. she was my Annie.

TUESDAY, december 29th

shayne and kristin came over today to pray over the kids. shayne and kristin are the ideal picture of the big brother/little sister relationship. we love their family and the relationship they have with their parents and each other and would love to see colby and molly have that same closeness. when molly was a newborn, we asked them to come over when shayne was home from college for christmas, and pray over the kids. each year we grab them for a couple hours one afternoon before they both have to get back to their respective universities. this is the fourth year we've done it and its just a sweet time for us all to visit and catch up.

WEDNESDAY, december 30th

some of my friends from 'Annie' came over for lunch today and then we went and saw 'NINE', the new musical movie. it was, eh. i was disappointed overall if i'm being honest about it.

after the movie we went back to my house, got the kids (my mom watched them for me), and went for ice cream. this is diego and erica with molly and colby.



THURSDAY, december 31st

allen did a wedding ceremony at the botanical gardens this afternoon. its been cold and rainy for a week , but today it was 68 and sunny; a beautiful day for an outdoor wedding. i took the kids and we kind of hung out in the back till the ceremony was over, then we walked around with daddy for a bit and went and had lunch at the reception. it was a very nice afternoon.

happy new year!!

this is the 6th year in a row we've spent new years eve with the lamberts and the barners. we go to dinner, then come back to one of our houses for dessert, sparkling grape juice (i make myself sick on the stuff) and games to ring in the new year. we love them and i hope this is something we can do for mayn many more years to come!!!

project 365, week 52!!!!!!

this is it! this is the last entry for project 365, 2009. i may actually do an entry with the last 5 days pictures on it, just so its complete.

we had a fantastic christmas. the kids got way too much, as usual, and loved it all. molly actually got tired of opening presents. about half way through the gift wrapping massacre at mimis, she stopped. i had to open the last 4 or 5 things for her.

we changed up some things this year. the presents from 'santa' were to be assembled and unwrapped, sitting under the tree on christmas morning. we didnt realize mollys gift had sooo many tiny pieces, otherwise we probably would have started working on it a little sooner. allen and i were up till 1:30am putting things together and getting everything just right. then, we opened out presents to/from each other, which was nice. i personally enjoyed having that time with him, and getting to enjoy it without 2 preschoolers screeching and running around. that may become a tradition for us, at least until the kids are older.

we spent christmas day in h-town with my inlaws. we had to zip back home the next morning though; i had to be at the theatre by 1pm for the matinee show they added last week. i have 4 more performances in annie, then we're done. it's been a lot of fun, but i dont think i'll be doing the holiday show again, at least not for a few more years.

heres the week in pictures. i might throw in a few extras. :)

SUNDAY, december 20th

when i'm not being grace farrell, i'm the help. these are my friends and fellow maids in the warbucks mansion, jill and michelle.

MONDAY, december 21st

my grandparents came in from east texas to celebrate christmas and come see the show. this is my beautiful grandma.

TUESDAY, december 22nd

a friend of ours had a cookie decorating party. so. much. fun.

each kiddo got 4 cookies and everyone was asked to bring frosting and a topping of some sort. what a great idea! i'm not brave enough to do it though...i dont handle messy very well; especially messy x10 kids. i think there were actually more than that. yikes.

this is colby and his friend savannah at the party; pre-decorating.

on a side note, see the short sleeved shirts? i think it was in the low 70s. we had snow flurries the next day. crazy texas weather.

WEDNESDAY, december 23rd

some of my annie buddies. this is jenny (she's lily, if you're at all familiar with the show). i love her!!! the next pic is me with cody and diego. funny, talented, fabulous people.

THURSDAY, december 24th

merry christmas eve!

molly, colby, adler, and audrey.

the frans clan. molly was so over taking pictures at this point. we exhausted her with the kid picture. although, she wasnt very cooperative for that one either.

christmas pjs from ace the elf!

the yearly DUKE gear. can you tell we're fans!! i'm a fan by default. if allen likes it, i like it.

my big present this year was a red sink for the kitchen! its getting installed this week, and in can not wait! i've wanted one for 3 years, but we've never been able to find one, until now! i also got a gift card to go pick out new fixtures. i will definitely be posting a picture of the finished product.

FRIDAY, december 25th

merry christmas!!!

the kids were so excited to see what mommy and daddy and santa brought them!

SATURDAY, december 26th

this is me and james. he's one of the drakes (the butler) in the cast; william (whos made the 365 run) is the other one.

happy new year!!!!!!

project 365, week 51

we are one week away from the end of 2009. that is just crazy to think about, and even crazier is the fact that i have stuck with this for the entire year. i think there was only 1 week that i didnt participate and only a handful of pictures missed along the way.

i hope you've enjoyed this christmas season. i say that now, because next time i post christmas will have come and gone. the kids are both old enough this year to really 'get into' the everything that goes along with the holiday season. giving, getting, baby Jesus, santa, baking cookies, making ornaments, decorating the house, seeing the lights around the neighborhood. its been a lot of fun!

here's the week...

SUNDAY, december 13th

the kids came home today from a weekend at mimis. they come home sunday night to new beds (pictured in last weeks post). i took a picture of their reactions when they walked in and saw them for the first time.

MONDAY, december 14th

i bought molly a little tube of lip gloss at the store today. she does pretty well at not smearing it all over her face. although, i think she gets more on the inside of her mouth than her lips.

TUESDAY, december 15th

pajama day! we stayed in all day and played games, made ornaments, baked cookies, all that christmas-y stuff. these are my favorite pj pants and house shoes.

WEDNESDAY, december 16th

ace the elf. we started the elf on the shelf tradition last year, and its really been a lot of fun. if you've never heard of it, check it out.

THURSDAY, december 17th

a trip to see santa. molly was a little wary at first, but once she saw that he wasnt going to, i dont know, pull her arm off or anything, she was good with it.

FRIDAY, december 18th

william and i were going to take before and after pictures of drake (the butler) and grace (the secretary). this is the before, but then we got into 'show mode' and forgot to take any afters. i need to get on it!! i havent taken any backstage pics since we started the show run!!

SATURDAY, december 19th

yet another pajama day for the kids and i. colby started running fever last night and was kind of a wet noodle all day. we spent most of the afternoon on the floor coloring or watching christmas movies on the couch.