Photos on a Rainy Afternoon

Yes, Texas is flooding away and there is not much we can do about it but pray, and believe me we are! In the meanwhile, the kids are doing most of their playtime in the house. I had to grab a few shots and have my own playtime too. ;-)

Butterflies and TIE Fighters

Click on the above box for a small smattering of my children's faces, up close, and as cute as they can be.

Bianca Today

 

Ivan's 7th Birthday

Ivan's 7th Birthday

Open this album to join in the fun...

Spring '07

Here's an album of assorted photos from this spring thus far. Please note, Ivan is learning to ride bike without training wheels! *hooray*

Spring 2007

Look Twice

I've uploaded about 215 family photos this weekend. That should be enough to get you to look twice. (And for those of you who might be wondering, this is a photo of me in the car being bored out of my mind driving around west Texas tumbleweed towns last week for work. Yes, I was wearing two pair of glasses. I was just being silly. We tend to do strange things when we're bored... and then take photos of our inanity... and then blog them for all to see. Any questions?

Just Bein' Silly....

Hooray hooray! I finally posted a few new albums of photos of the kids! Enjoy...

ALBUM: Kite Flying

ALBUM: Go Fly a Kite, or Two - March 19, 2007

I bought a couple kites while out with Ivan on Friday, and here are a few snapshots of our attempts to fly them at the duck park Sunday afternoon in perfect blissful weather. (No, there weren't any ducks in this part of the park. Sorry, those photos will appear in another album, maybe, someday. :-)

ALBUM: Total Inanity on St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day 2007

Dinner out at the local sushi & hibachi restaurant, followed by the first attempt at hot rollers in Bianca's fair hair.

ALBUM: City Livin'

Spring 2007 - New Apartment

Photos since beginning of February since we've moved into the apartment downtown.

Finally Home

 

For now... what would I whisper to you about my life? Tonight I would whisper that I feel like I've finally come HOME now that we live downtown. I love the pulse of the city. I love the people, the diversity, the laid back feeling. It's not like the suburbs where everyone seems out to keep up with the Joneses. Downtown we have rich and poor and snobby and sweet, and everyone just kinda mingles and melds and you never know who you'll meet around the corner. I love the sidewalks and the flowerpots and the restaurants and the patio seating. I love being just a few blocks away from the Improv, the Chocolate Store, the dance clubs, Target, salons, everything, anything, the kids' school. I love the parking garage at our apartments and the view from my bedroom of the city lights.

I'm finally home.

ALBUM: A Day Out with Ivan on Spring Break

Ivan Spring Break

Note the new shoes from Stride Rite -- they have super balls built into the soles. He swears it makes him bouncier. ;-) (March 16th)

ALBUM: Bianca's Birthday Party at Home

Bianca's Family Party

The theme for Bianca's 4 year old birthday parties this year was TINKERBELL!

ALBUM: Bianca's Bounce Party

Bianca's Bounce Party

Bianca turned 4 years old the end of February, and here are her party pictures.

ALBUM: Our Family Christmas at Home

Family Christmas 06

Click on the photo above to see the album of the children opening their gifts on Christmas morning.

ALBUM: WF Christmas

Wichita Falls Christmas

These are the photos of the kids from our visit to Michael's family in Wichita Falls on Christmas.

City Kids

(January 11. Mommy took us out to lunch together.) These two are getting pretty comfy being downtown for school. Ivan's school takes them to the city library each week, although Bianca's class doesn't typically venture any farther than the school playground. On occassion Daddy walks down and picks up one of the kids and walks to a nearby restaurant for special lunches with Daddy. (It also means that's one less bag lunch Daddy has to pack in the morning when Mom is out of town!) We're all looking forward to finding an apartment or townhouse downtown so we can live closer to their school and M's work. Time spent in the car commuting is family time wasted. It's a new lifestyle, but it's an exciting new chapter for all of us!

Nintendinitus

Ivan loves his new Nintendo DS that Santa brought him for Christmas that he plays it every chance he gets. And when he isn't allowed to play it, you can bet we hear him asking often, "When can I play my DS again?" *sigh* Mom is starting to wonder exactly what Santa was thinking when s/he came up with this idea. :-P

Picure Pages

Bianca is proud of her coloring... and so is Mom. :-) I think she does pretty darn well for an almost-4 year old.

I know I need to put my Christmas photos online!

...more to come soon... I promise!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...

 

Bianca is all dressed up on her last day of school before winter break.