"In our search to obtain relief from the stresses of life, may we earnestly seek ways to simplify our lives. May we comply with the inspired counsel and direction the Lord has given us in the great plan of happiness. May we be worthy to have the companionship of the Holy Ghost and follow the guidance of the Spirit as we navigate this mortal journey. May we prepare ourselves to accomplish the ultimate purpose of this mortal test- to return and live with our Heavenly Father."

-L. Tom Perry

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Fishy!


We went to Katy Mills Mall yesterday, it has an Outdoor World (a huge outdoor stuff store) Well, it has this huge fishtank and Carly loves it! It has a little bubble that you can sit in so it feels like you are in the fish tank and we couldn't get her out of it! I wonder where she gets her love of fish?? The first picture is kind of hard to see but you get the idea.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Easter Egg Hunt



It's not Easter yet but Naw Naw (Chad's Grandma) decided to have an easter egg hunt for her great grandkids. We try to meet at her house once a week so this week it was a special treat. She gave all of the kids their own easter basket with some goodies inside. The bunny ears was one of those goodies. In the bottom picture Carly is sitting next to her second cousin (Chad's cousin's little boy, he is so cute!) He exactly a year older than Carly. She didn't quite get the idea of finding the eggs but it was still fun!
For some reason I can't post videos on here anymore so you have to go to myspace to view the video of Carly and her easter eggs.
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2018545163

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Who's who???

I just thought it might be fun to see if there are any resemblences between Carly and I and Chad and Carly...what do you think???

Carly
Chad

Danette


For Sharise




Hey Sharise...Remember this???


Saturday, March 24, 2007

Fun stuff!

I thought I'd copy Emma and post pictures of Carly's bathtime. Plus, naked babies are so cute!
Carly loves to have the washcloth in her mouth and she sucks on it like crazy. I tried to get a picture to show how long her hair is...too bad she doesn't have much of it! She also loves to stare at herself in the metal faceplate in the tub. She sits and sticks her tongue out at herself. I put toys in there for her but..she's rather have the washcloth. Go figure...i should stop buying her toys because she doesn't play with them!

Bath Time



Here's Carly with the Pink washcloth...




Now the yellow.... she eventually got both of them in her mouth.



Oh no!

Carly has learned how to open cupboards and she LOVES to pull everything out of them. At least it entertains her. She always goes to the cuboard with the pots and pans. Her first step is to pull every single item out of the cuboard. Then she positions herself in the middle of the mess and proceeds to throw each thing to it's opposite side. i think she likes the noise that it makes, it's so loud because we have tile floor. It drives skipper crazy. She is just getting too big. She was exactly 10 months on the 22nd and I couldn't believe how fast time has gone. It seems like just yesterday that we brought her home. She is learning so many new things each day and I love to watch her when she learns something new. She is just too cute!

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

What a mess!!

So...this is one of Carly's favorite things to do. She loves to pull our DVD's from the shelf. It is nice because it amuses her for a while. After picking them up three times a day, i'm to the point to where I just don't pick them up until she goes to bed.

Sunday, March 18, 2007

Road Trip



We just got back from our quick trip to Ruidoso, New Mexico. We had fun, even though it was a long car ride. Chad and i were surprised at how well Carly did in the car (It took about 11 hours each way) We left on Tuesday morning on got back Sunday evening. It was fun to be able to spend time with my family. Chad and I found a cabin that people rent out so we decided to snatch it up. It's always scary to purchase things over the internet but it turned out to be pretty nice and it served its purpose. Next time, we'll have Carly drive.

Ruidoso


These were taken on the Main street in Ruidoso, New Mexico. It is a cute little town with some cute stores.




Roswell, New Mexico

Cheerio



Daniel thought it would be cool to buy a pipe. He got this one at a gas station driving to New Mexico. Let me just say...my brother is an interesting fellow.

Hot Tub???

Yes...this was a hot tub. It looks really ghetto but it was actually pretty nice. It was a wood burning hot tub. We (i didn't, i made the boys do it) had to light a fire and wait a couple hours before it reached the perfect temp. It was quite an experience!

Monday, March 12, 2007

Hello!

carly waking up


I actually got Carly to wave on Camera!

Sunday, March 11, 2007

Carly's motorcycle


This is a surprise that Chad decided to give me. It is a motorcycle that is made for adults. Regular sized adults not short ones like me. But it works great for me. Chad is hoping someday Carly will want to ride it and obviously she is getting off to a good start. Chad rode around with her for a half hour and she loved it!! Do you think that's a bad sign??

My Daddy!

Carly and Skipper...always fighting for attention! :)

Friday, March 9, 2007

Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Let's see...

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This just shows how stubborn this little girl is (hmm...i wonder where she gets it from?) The other day she wanted to get to the bookshelf. Well...instead of crawling around her pink cubby thing she decided it would be quicker to crawl over it...until she got stuck. She screamed like I had never heard her scream before and she didn't stop until she got herself out of it. i just sat there laughing because it was rather funny.

Around the House

Carly loves being in the shower. She doesn't care if the water is hitting her in the face, she just wipes her eyes and continues to play. The other morning Chad decided to put her in, clothes and all. obviously she didn't care one bit.






I bought this shirt for Carly because I thought it was so cute, so i had to share it!








Monday, March 5, 2007

I guess I'm it!

Since I'm being tagged by everyone I guess I'd better do something about it so here goes... five things about me that hopefully you didn't know.

1- I hate talking about myself.

2- I am deathly afraid of spiders, grasshoppers, and just about anything that is considered a bug.

3- I have a weird fettish with containers. The Container store is like heaven for me.

4- When I was little I wanted to marry Crocodile Dundee and in a weird way I think I did.

5- Unlike Brittany I am short enough to get a handicap sticker but my pride just won't let me do it.

Okay, now I'm passing the torch to Jenni, Tasha and Sharise. Have fun girls!

Saturday, March 3, 2007

Hog huntin'

Yes...I know what you're thinking. This is Chad's trophy hog. Chad, his dad, his bro-in-law and friend Jordan went on a hog hunt yesterday. Actually it was at night. They began the process around 8:00 p.m. and didn't get done with it until 3:00 a.m. Chad's hog was the only male and the biggest one out of all of them, weighing almost 300 lbs! You may be asking how they killed these massive beasts. They didn't use guns, or bows...they used an eight inch blade. They actually had to stab the things right in the heart, pretty gross but they had a lot of fun.
Check out the bloody hands eh? YUCK!

The dog in this picture was just a pup and sadly he got lost that night :( This is also a picture of Chad's hog. They had tons of dogs there that would chase the hogs first and then Chad had to run after the dogs to get to the hog. His hog ran into some cactus, so he had to climb a tree to be able to get to it without getting stuck with cacti. He landed on the hogs butt when he jumped from the tree. It's a good thing the pittbulls were holding the hog's head down.


Thursday, March 1, 2007

Check these out!




Okay, so I'm on a posting frenzy today! I just can't help myself. I found these pics from good old girls camp, back in the day. I just thought they were a little funny. They brought back a lot of good memories. I just keep thinking how cheated my young women are here. Their girls camp consists of cabins, showers, real toilets, and air conditioning (which you do need that here in texas in the summer) I just wish they could experience girls camp the way it's suppose to be.


Little Carly







Here are just some random pictures of Carly. Most of them are from today, I was a little snap-happy but that's okay.



Snozzberries...




I don't know what it is about this little girl but she loves licking things. First it was our window, now the dishwasher. What's next?? She is a funny little lady, that's for sure!