Busy as a BEE!!!

Birthdays and bachelorets....that's been a big part of our July. My dad had a birthday and a week later JBlow did too. Then it was off to Ans' bach party in Austin. Which turned into a crazy adventure for Kandace and I , haha.

Actually I typically get into predicaments, or "adventures" as I like to call them...but this time Kandace got a taste for the first time! (We will get to that later)

Here are a few pics for the birthday boys!

Kehnley had fun playing with her Granny and Grand daddy (her favorite new thing is to knock over stuff!)

All these fun moments with friends and family make me feel so blessed, I know that there are people in the world who are suffering and who are consumed with so many worries and stresses and I know there are people who are lonely and wishing they had family and friends near by and people involved in their lives....I truly am blessed.

Plus, it's my personality to be with people I LOVE IT! I really do.. it doesn't have to be anything special, but I am so happy with others. It's not like I am dependant on others to entertain me or I can't survive alone... I have no problem with that at all, it's just that if I could CHOOSE to be with friends or fam or by myself.... i will choose to be with them, hands down!

News:

*Our house will be ready early! In like a few weeks, we are praying for the 9th of August, please pray for that... it's our only weekend in Houston in the next month

*Bry's new job... he's been moved to outsides sales and it's a huge blessing because it's what he's always wanted to do, it has a lot of new responsibilities and unknowns, pray God will direct him in upcoming decisions and give him peace.

*My job is going to full time this next year, I am excited to be with the kids and I love my school but I have anxiety about being away from Kehnley for he whole day and I have bad memories of my last full time teaching job, pray God give me peace and comfort and remove all fear satan is trying to distract me with.

*I have been praying for some time now for a good friend here in Houston, and I feel like God is really opening doors...I went to the mall last week to just walk and talk with Allison, we are accountability partners and try to meet every week (even though as new moms we find it hard to find time lately), but more than that. It was so awesome to have a friend that is in the same season of life, she is married with a new baby and we have the same passion for the Lord and growing to know Him more and more. It was such an answer to prayer to find a friend like her.

*Lilly needs surgery we can't afford, (the dr. actually said 1800 dollars a leg with a strait face)her knees are bad and I am sure all the running we have done hasn't helped... but we need something alternative to help her out, she good most of the time but it going to get worse.... but seriously who spends that kind of money on a dog surgery!!

Poor Lilly

So here are the exciting pics of our flat tire... luckily after me and Kandace man handled the jack and spend all our energy just trying to get that out of the car some nice Louisiana boys came...Here is a shout out to LA thanks for raising some guys with manners! (an old man passed us and said "looks like you guys have that under control" just before these guys came...we did NOT have it under control!)



Stay tuned more bach pics coming soon!

Tu Tu Cute

From start to finish this first Birthday was so much fun! Picking out the cupcakes, decorating...and getting to play with Kehnley the whole day... pay close attention to the kiss attach from Lyndz and Keri at the end! Kehnley was a good sport, but not a fan :)

"Pretty in Pink" was the flavor...she wasn't so pretty when it was over!

Kehnley had her very first birthday and there was a crowd. We had some friends and family over and we opened presents and ate cupcakes. Kehnley was a good sport for all the pics and cards and presents. It went by so fast we didn't even have time to swim until later that night. mom made her a birthday banner for us to hang, I was so impressed I loved it!! it's something she will be able to keep for ever.

On her birthday we did have a few firsts...

Bry & Kehnley and me, she's eating something a little more tasty than dog food:)

FIRST time to eat dog food, she had a bite of lilly's food when I was setting up for the party and appeared to like it, she was smiling with bits running down the chin and smelled like lilly's breath! ew...

FIRST temper tantrum thrown when she thought that I was taking the grocery cart away, when all I was trying to do was cut off the plastic netting for better use!

FIRST time to ever experience the birthday song sung not only once but 4 times! By me when she woke up in the morning, by Papa when he saw her, then twice at the party because dad missed it on camera lol, so we made everyone do it again. (it was the kind of effect of the fake bouquet toss at a wedding)

*kehnley's favorite gift was the grocery cart from aunt Nicole

*kehnley's favorite snack was all the envelopes from the cards

*kehnley's newest favorite thing to throw are the wooden blocks Nate bought her

It's hard to believe that at 11:43 only 12 short months prior I had seen her for the first time and thought "she doesn't look like us!" Then after the swelling went down and the cone formed a nice round shape instead, and she opened those baby blues... I could see how so many women before me would claim to forget all the pain of labor, uncomfortable nights of pregnancy, all the meals lost to nausea, and the fear of all the things that "could" go wrong and mean every word once they embraced the miracle laying in their arms.

"There's only one thing more wide eyes and helpless than a new born baby, and that's a new mom." - Anonymous.

I love that quote because it's so true that even if you have the most natural nurturing character in the world, a mother is made through becoming, not just being. I am so grateful for so many things about Kehnley...

Her laugh, her 4 toothed grin
Her soft baby hair she sometimes lets me brush my hands through, others she pulls my hands away
Her head when it rests on my shoulder
Her lip twitch when she's falling asleep
Her clapping hands even with food all over them
Her crossed leg sitting position looking up at her favorite video
Her run and smash into the beanbag seat when she thinks you are chasing her
Her concentrated look as she tries to pull the top off the sippy cup
Her upside own grin as she looks up at me through the stroller cover on our walks
Her voice in the morning talking baby lingo to her stuffed animals in her bed
Her fingers grabbing for the page to turn it so quickly
Her legs kicking and splashing in the tub
Her squeal of delight when she sees her daddy and blood curling cry when he steps out of the room to get a drink.
Her leaning down to look out the front window to see the ducks
Her fast paced walk to get to the pool, just to turn around and reach for me once she 's at the edge
Her tiny fingers can pick up a snack, but she uses her whole hand, front and back, to get it in her mouth
Her squinting eyes when the sun is out
Her funny way of trying to put everything in my mouth after her mouth has touched it
Her passionate hatred for shoes, hats and anything that confines her
Her special laugh reserved for anything that the dogs do or we do with them.
Her bottom in the air as she pushes off to go on another adventure

But most of all the feeling that she gives me that God made me for this... I was totally meant to be a mom, and I am being convinced of that more and more every day.

So here is the Birthday girl... and yes that's a tutu you see :)

Another weekend away for the Blowey's

KiKi, Bry and me have been traveling mavens and it's only the begining. We went to Dallas for Ansley's shower, for Amy's shower and for Blaine and Jenna's wedding. One of the highlights from our most recent trips was Sprinkles. Megan and Kehnley and I had our first taste of these heavenly treats and we KNEW it was love at first bite! Lyndz was our tour guide to good eats in Dallas Friday afternoon. We stopped by Celebrity Cafe and then off to Sprinkles. Favorite flavor has to be Chai Late for me of course, Kehnley loved Strawberry and Megan did too. We had so much fun with Lyndz and Megan... and the wedding was beautiful. There were a lot of people from FBC Lubbock and it was nestalgic to be there with them all. Isn't it so amazing how time and distance cant seperate the bonds that God has made in our lives to people we have cared about?


It's been a super fun time getting to be with our friends as much as we have lately. I miss the college days where we could hang out at any time and just go with the flow. I had no idea how carefree my life was then until now... don't get me wrong I LOVE spending time with Bry and Kehnley. I love the newness of learning how to be a mom, I love the challenges that she brings and the character building that God is doing in me, and I don't have words to explain the comfort I have knowing that my marriage isn't complicated, just blanketed with love and grace. We really do have so much fun together...


But as days goes by, we see these friends taking big steps of change and challenge in their lives and celebrate with them the blessings God has given... I keep the moments in my heart along the way to remember all our pit stops. (and what I can't remember a photo can!)

Her first look... what do we get?!

Megan is bringing me the SUgAr!!

First bite.. mom is this okay to eat?

Oh yes, me likie!

RIO FRIZZLE

So I have been on a Blog Fast if you will, but since I have been up all night for the past few nights working on a photo album for Nicole's grad with Bry's mom... and looking at all these pics of senior year and getting pics of her visits to Tech long before she ever knew she'd be Lubbock or Leavin' it soon... I thought I would let the midnight oil keep burning and post and update. Taken from Jen Colley's update list....

1. Talking with Donna about Nicole going off to college it made me think of how much I loved Tech and miss it. It seams like another life looking back... my life now doesn't resemble that very much. it sucks to grow up :)

2. But then again it has it's perks... Kehnley just learned to clap!! And I am talking a full on, walked on the tanning shelf of the pool and got so excited she couldn't help herself and clapped! Now we can play patty cake.

3. KK (KiKi as Jen calls her) also started playing a new kind of peek-a-boo where she will cover her face with a balnket and pull it off when i say the magic words. I love it.

4. We just got back from a weekend at the Frio, hence the name of the blog, which is a family tradition every year (except last for us b/c i was not about to give birth in the river) and we had a great time. It's not as relaxing chasing a baby the whole time, but we did have fun watching her play and getting to float the river with the fam. I also got to know Stephen a lot better to (Cole's boyfriend) and that was good. I tell you what there are some crazies on the river for sure.

5. I can't wait til summer... only 1/2 a day left (and however long it takes me to pack up my room on Monday) and I can just relax and enjoy my time!

6. And this is the biggest... WE HAVE A HOUSE! We close in a few weeks and move in once their home is built. I just can't wait to hear our own dishwasher going, the music playing loud while I do my Saturday cleaning session that often turns into a dance session, get to plant some flowers in our yard, and get to paint the walls in my baby's room! (am I domestic Diva or what?!) I really just want to laugh all night with Bry, sitting on our huge couch...I miss that!

7. I've been studing King David in the bible lately and I really see God speaking truth into my life about the time span between when God anointed him king, and when he ACTUALLY became king...the time in the making, that's where I seem to fit!

Here's a pic from the Frio... I think pople enjoy pic-filled blogs more than those that are pic-less.

Frio 2008

Cover up Twinks

Tradition family pic

This is why I freaking Love my husband...he makes me laugh so hard!

(This is Bryson on vacation)

Since she won't wear the hat...I will!

This was the only pic where she wasn't screaming crying and pulling the hat off

Bry and his little 70's track star!

Tubin baby! Rio Frizzle