Brief Update...

Yes, I'm still here! (barely) Last night was our first night at the new place and all is going well. We're still getting some loose ends tied up, but we're getting there! We don't have internet services right now and might not have them for another week or two - I'm posting from the Zabodyns' computer right now. Everything looks great and Dayton is enjoying his new house. Can't wait to have everyone over!!! I promise I'll get pics up here as soon as I have access to our internet!!!

Ever ate cereal out of a cup wo a spoon? That's the state i'm in. N bw 2 houses w no internet!

Treading water...

That's the name of the game right now - just trying to keep my head above water. Can't wait for moving, derby doll try-outs and the recital to all be over. Life is hectic, but who am I to complain?!? That's just the way it goes. I promise to get some pics posted some time this century. I'm a freakin' walking zombie!!!!!!!

Cracking the whip, I tell ya!

Well, another day w/o a post- sorry! The pics I promised are going to have to wait yet another day! Brandon has kidnapped me for the entire day today. We've been to Sutherland's about 3 times, Wal-Mart 1 time, a nursery to look at plants, and to the house about 20 times! AGGGGHHHHH! Oh, and my kid has been kidnapped, too! Not really - he's just been w/ DeDe all day while we've been running around like chickens w/ our heads cut off! He finally brought me home about 10 minutes ago - enough time to check my email, change clothes, take a deep breath and go to work - oh the life of a "stay at home mom". Not so easy my friends, not so easy....

Can't wait for this week to be over and Brandon to go back to work. I love him, but I love my daily schedule w/ Dayton, too... :)

Update to come soon!

Hey guys - hope everyone had an awesome weekend. The rain was yuck, but thank goodness yesterday was beautiful. We had a great time at the Astros game and I've got some good pics to post when I get a chance. Brandon is home from work all week this week so we can get moving, so when he's not cracking the whip, I'll try to take some time to put up some pictures - have a good one!

JZ

One of the last house updates you'll see...

Hopefully! The house building experience is coming to a close. Hopefully, by next week at this time we'll be moving in. I hadn't taken any pics lately, but it literally changes out there on an hourly basis. There are people and tractors and trucks everywhere! Here's where we stood yesterday morning, but by last night, we had grass and trees, so sorry, no pics of those right now!

The kitchen - excuse all the dust!!!




Dayton in the kitchen:




The dining room w/ a our new fixture:




We have a real front door now!




The fence is up:




The shower:




The masterbath:




Masterbath vanity:




A view of the living room w/ carpet - yeah!




Another view of the living room:




Date at the golf course yesterday - I didn't get many pics b/c I actually played believe it or not- OK, Trace, I'm ready for you and Charlie - bring it on! j/j!!!




Another pic on the course:




Oreos and milk for Dayton yesterday:




BLUE ringpop = BLUE mouth :)




Guest bathroom:




Sorry the pics are a little out of order. I didn't have time to rearrange after downloading this morning. Enjoy! Have a great weekend - hope it's not too rainy!

I can now post from my phone! Fun!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CASSIE!

Hi Aunt Cassie,
I just wanted to wish you a very happy birthday. Hope you have a wonderful day - kick back, relax, and enjoy - you deserve it!!!

Lots of love,
Dayton

PS - Sorry Mommy didn't post any pics for you or Aunt Alicia. She's been a little lazy lately... The house/moving is going to drive her crazy! ;)

Our Easter...

Lots of pics to share, so I just embedded a small slideshow - enjoy! Hope everyone had a very blessed Easter! Thank God for the beautiful day it turned out to be :)

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Happy Easter!

Well, just wanted to wish you guys a very wonderful Easter weekend. Hope it's great. I don't have any pics to post today, but I know I'll have plenty come Monday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY AUNT ALICIA! HOPE YOU'RE HAVING A GREAT DAY - LOVE, DAYTON

I LOVE Austin!

Well, we are still unpacking/catching up on sleep from Austin, but we had a blast. It turned into a nice little mini vacation. On Friday when we got there, Brandon was still playing golf so Date and I hit up the mall together. He was so well behaved and it only took a little bribery w/ ice cream and cookies ;) We headed to the hotel to meet Brandon and when he finally got there, we headed to 6th St to The Boiling Pot. On the way there, we ran into Hung (Top Chef winner like two seasons ago) Brandon shook his hand and said hi, it was kinda cool. After dinner we stopped at the famous cupcake airstream and got some yummy cupcakes. We managed to keep Date awake all the way back to the hotel so that he could share dessert w/ us. It was fun! Saturday morniing we woke up and got everything packed up. Then we headed to TC for some breakfast then to the outlet malls in San Marcos. We found some good buys here and there and did a lot of walking - hopefully walking off the cupcakes from the night before! We ate at Johnny Rockets before we left there and it was so good. I had a turkey burger (my new favorite thing lately) and it was super delicious! We stopped by a Home Depot to pick up some more tile (never have house stuff out of our heads) then headed to Cedar Park. We met up w/ Cassie and Scotty and went to Jared's for a small crawfish boil. We were really the life of the party bringing our kid and all, but it was fun. He lives on a creek so Dayton loved the view in the backyard. He could look down and see the fish, turtle, duck and more nature. We went to church then went to Chuy's w/ Cassie and Scotty. Again, great food. It was a great time. Sunday, we woke up and headed to Threadgill's - more food???!!!????!!! We met up w Scott, Amy, Bryn, Brock and my mom and dad. We had a wonderful gospel brunch then headed to the stadium. We were there in time to see Bevo and see the players arrive. We walked over to the coop for a little shopping then back to the stadium to watch the scrimmage. It was beautiful outside and Dayton absolutely loved him some Longhorn football. The poor kid is clearly already brainwashed. He was asleep before we made it back to the car. We stopped and ate (yet again) in Bastrop at Nancy's then it was back to home atlast. What a weekend - here are some pics!


Dayton fell asleep in the highchair for the first time last week - I know kids do it all the time, but this was his first time, so of course, I had to get a good pic!




Dayton eats a banana - I know, not very exciting, but pretty darn cute if you ask me!




Hey Cupcake!




Hyper from cupcake sugar!





We did some damage:




Saturday at the outlet mall:




Mommy and Date:




Cassie and Dayton at Chuy's:




AuStIn:




The kids would not get anywhere near Bevo - these are the best we could do, but great pics never the less!







Me, trying to be a photographer, again!




Bryn and Date:




Colt and Mack meet w/ some military personnel - they honored the military at the game. I was loving taking advantage of my fun zoom lens:




Ready to see some "Hook'em Horns" as Dayton would call it!




Mommy and Date at the game:




Grandpa and Date - my dad stills gets tears in his eyes every time he hears "The Eyes of Texas". It was great to see him share his love for the Longhorns w/ Dayton. I think he was pretty proud when he heard Date chanting "Go Horns Go!"




Dayton cheers on his favorite team:

Getting ready for A-Town...

Well, tomorrow (Friday) we're headed to Austin and I couldn't be more excited! We had planned on going down Saturday afternoon, staying w/ Cass and Scotty and going to the spring scrimmage on Sunday and then coming home. Brandon found out earlier this week that he had to go to a conference on Friday morning in Austin, so he's going w/ Chip in the morning, then playing golf in the afternoon. Date and I are going up by ourselves tomorrow afternoon. This will be our farthest trip by ourselves. I've got all his dvds and all of Mommy's music ready to go. Brandon's playing golf at Barton Creek tomorrow so we decided to just stay there - yeah! I'll be thinking of all my girls while I'm there ;) On Saturday we're planning on going to Taylor to see the Charger then going to San Marcos and checking out any good house buys at the outlet mall, then back to Austin, then off to Cedar Park to stay w/ Cassie and Scotty. We're so excited! Sunday we're gonna meet up Scott, Amy, the kids and my parents at Threadgill's for Sunday morning gospel brunch. Then it's off to the football scrimmage!!! Yeah!!!!!!!!!!! I'll take plenty of pics and I'll have stories to tell - have a great weekend! See you soon Cassie! ;) Good luck on the test!

Happy April Fools Day!

Wishing everyone a very Happy April Fools Day!!! We don't have much to say, but couldn't resist sharing a picture today - have a great day!!!