Happy First Week of School

After school ended Friday we decided to celebrate a successful first week with snow cones. We grabbed R’s buddy on the way out and indulged in a much-deserved treat. One week down, just a few more to go until next summer!

Happy Green Chili Fest America!

It’s hard to believe that it’s already that time of year again. Time to refill our freezer with our beloved Hatch green chilies. We started our yearly green chili day tradition Saturday with lunch at Chuy’s. They seem to be one of the only restaurants around who truly appreciates the gloriousness that is the Hatch green chili. After filling our tummy’s with green chili goodness we headed over to the Central Market to load up on cases of fresh roasted chilies. Chuy’s had the perfect Super Chili shirts that we had to have. The boys even got in on the chili action with super chili capes.Until next time this family of Supers will be coming up with a million and one ways to cook our chilies. Happy Green Chili Day to you and yours!

We Got to See Our Jama!!!

Sunday the 21st we got a very pleasant surprise…our Jama (my mom’s mom) was coming in town for a visit. My Jama is THE sweetest, wisest woman I know. She has tried her hardest to keep all her crazy grandkids in line with her fierce threats of “I’m going to wear you out”! Funny how in all of my 32 years of living I can’t remember ever being worn out…not one time! ha! But what I do remember is my Jama has always been there to lovingly listen to every detail of my three ring circus. She has given me so much good advice over the years and I cherish all of our phone conversations. Even if she has to “wear me out” when I fail to call as often as I should.Our silly picture!We also got to see our famous crawfish cooking Uncle Johnny! He made some super-yummy etouffee for us that I’m still dreaming about…mmm!Jama and her sisters. We LOVE you so much Jama and are so happy that you got to see us! ha! (Well we might’ve been  SOMEWHAT happy to see you too! haha!)

Last Summer Weekend Warriors

Once again we found ourselves trying to pack in all the fun things we’d planned to do ALL Summer the weekend before school started. I can proudly report that we checked everything off our fun Summer to do list. Which was finally complete with bowling and baking. We met one of R’s best little buddies at the bowling alley for greasy bowling alley food and fun on the lanes.These boys have so much fun together, they crack me up!We bought the coolest cookie dough from Rhett’s school fundraiser LAST YEAR. I’d been promising R all Summer that we were going to make it before school started. So what better time to pull it out than the day before the first day of school. (Ya’ll know I’m the queen of procrastination right?!) The boys were just a little excited that I finally fulfilled my promise!Some of our creations. (Please don’t judge me for my pitiful cookie sheet, it’s definitely seen better days!) The best part about waiting sooooo long to make our cookies was the milk and cookie date I had with an extra special second grader after his first day of school. We dunked our cookies in milk and solved pretty much all of the worlds problems. Stealing that little moment in time with my boy was worth all the calories in the world!

First Day of Second Grade on Time!

Oh my goodness could it be? Am I really all caught up and posting first day of school pictures on the actual FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL? Whoa, I think I just blew my own mind! I’m hoping this is a trend I can maintain. If you haven’t visited in a while you’ve got a lot of catching up to do. Make sure you scroll down and click older posts, because I just know you don’t want to miss a thing. (neither does Steven Tyler for that matter…ha!) For now I’m sure missing my little buddy Rhett. Do you know how many times I’ve had to get up to get diapers for the boys…haha! No really I do miss my little guy who is growing up at the speed of light. Just look at him with his fancy messenger bag. Apparently backpacks are no longer cool enough for him. The bag alone ages him ten years…TEAR!            
              
Ms. V seems like she’s going to be a lot of fun. She was joking around with the kids as they walked in and we all know jokes are Rhett’s love language.
Dear Second Grade Rhett, May your pencils stay sharp, your crayons never dull, your heart be full of happiness, your friends be abundant and your love of learning be limitless. Your mommy and daddy love you and are so proud of the bright-eyed, funny, handsome, smart little dude you’re becoming. We pray for you daily and can’t wait to see what all the Good Lord has planned for you. I take that back we can wait a little longer if you want to slow down the crazy speed at which you’re growing. We love you to the moon and back and then some!

Campmeeting 2011

We made our yearly pilgrimage out to West Texas for our cowboy church camp the first week of August. I feel like I type the same thing year after year about Campmeeting. Really we do the same thing each year with the exception of an occasional run in with a family of skunks nothing really changes. And that is why it is the most perfect place to be! Because nothing really changes! We cover all the basics you need…worship, eat, sleep, worship and repeat! We are all so blessed to be able to get together with very extended family members to celebrate the rich ranching heritage that made it all possible for us to be here. We were so fortunate to have Tiffany Harris photography take our yearly family pictures. She did AMAZING with the subjects she had to work with!Landon just fit right in all the family traditions and loved getting his bath in the same wash tub that his brothers, dad and Moopa were all washed in.I was so excited to have a reunion with one of my favorite people in the whole world as well. Hopefully I’ll see you before next year sweet Friend!I think one of the main reasons Campmeeting is so special to us is because we finally all just slow down and actually spend time with our family. A luxury that our fast-paced, crazy-busy, “normal” routine doesn’t allow. Wyatt will do WHATEVER big brother does. He kept looking over at R to make sure he had his “draw partner” pose down just right. When Jason and I first married, I was told over and over that Jason was the last Newman boy. Problem Solved, You’re Welcome! Rhett spent every meal serving his little heart out.But I would have to say that this was Wyatt’s year. He owned Campmeeting!

He even has the dirty croc feet to prove it!See ya next year Campmeeting…until then I’ll be here scrubbing these sweet little piggies!

Do You Remember Me

The past couple of years Rhett and Jason have preformed at the Campmeeting talent show. So Rhett signed them up to sing again this year. The only difference is that in the previous years they had practiced a song PRIOR to Campmeeting. This time Rhett came back from his church and said, "oh by the way dad, we're singing tomorrow night at the talent show." So after much thought and little practice they decided to sing Do Lord. Enjoy!


2009 Talent Show


Photo Sharing - Video Sharing - Photo Printing 2010 Talent Show
He's growing too fast!