The 411

It has been a craaaAAAzy few months. Here's what we've been up to since our last post...

I succumbed to motherhood and am now sporting one of these...*see picture below*. This is not my van. Mine's black. I had to at least retain some coolness. I do rather like the glamor shot of this van though. It makes me think of all I am now capable of doing with a minivan.

Skye went to the military ball with her bf, Chris, who was in JROTC this year. Ain't she purdy? We were so late getting her hair done that we only had time to snap this photo. Trust me, she was GORGEOUS. The dress was floor length and fit her like a glove.

Michaela joined the neighborhood swim team, the Sharks. We were told if you want your kids to learn how to swim make them join the swim team. I listened to sage advice and voila! She started at the end of April not even able to swim the length of the pool freestyle. Now she can do the breast stroke, back stroke, and butterfly! She loves earning ribbons at her swim meets (which consume every Saturday for 6+ hours).

Mike surprised the girls with a ginormous backyard play set. It completely eats up our entire backyard, but it's so worth it. Look at those smiles! 

I learned how to preserve eggs! After being slathered with mineral oil they can live on a shelf for 6-9 months. Um, awesome!



Meet Chloe. She's the newest member of our brood. She's a chocolate Miniature Pinscher, aka Min Pin. We love her and all but if she gnaws another pair of my shoes I'm going to mount her on the wall. Not really...look at that tiny little face! She was only 6 weeks when we adopted her and weighed less than 4 pounds. She has made significant progress in both weight and human interaction these last 2 weeks. 

Super Becky, my sister-in-law, made this divine german chocolate cake for my brother and me. Our birthdays are a day apart and we got to celebrate together this year. The girls and I played hooky from work & school and drove up to Dallas with mom to swim and hang out with Matt & Becky. Lots of fun and good memories made.

Me, Matt, and Mom. I made it to 32 and Matt to 35! 

Now this is something I cannot believe I did and will probably never do again. Rice University holds an All Comers track meet on Thursday nights in May & June. Skye's running team was going to run in it and I thought I'd join in for a little fun. As soon as I got there and saw all the beautiful bodies I regretted the decision. Unfortunately it was too late; I was already outfitted with my special race participant bracelet. I haven't run an actual race since middle school. No joke. Check out these results! The winner ran almost a mile in only 4 freaking minutes and 48 seconds. Whaaaat??! If this were any other race, I would have been estatic with the results. I usually jog a mile in about 9 1/2 minutes.

1500 – women

Name Distance

Rachel Tidwell 4:48.31

Amy guinn 4:54.69

Faith barba 5:24.12

Rebbeca marvel 5:44.91

Michaela leveret 5:53.12

Amanda Garza 6:11.66

Deborah Thomas 6:20.70

Rebecca Garza 6:22.36

Skye Brown 7:49.55

Robyn Brown 8:19.44