Family Pictures

My sweet friend Viv has done it again! She has taken our family portraits & the girls birthday pictures the last few years. At the end of every shoot i leave excited and anxious to see our pics. She always manages to capture special moments and make us smile! This year our monkey Claire gave us a run for our money! She wasn't about to sit still and let us get a pic with her. Viv worked her magic though and gave us beautiful family pics! Thanks Viv! We love you!

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A Year Later

We had our family pics taken recently by my friend Viv. She sent me a sneak peak last night. 

So i pulled up the shot she took of the girls and then looked at this years. Tears came to my eyes.

They are growing too fast. 

Can't wait to see the rest of our family pics!

 Last years

 This year

Happy New Year

Happy New Year form our family to yours!

We hope that 2010 has many blessings and good health for everyone!

Some of our families resolutions/goals are:

less wasteful

recycle

eat better

exercise

go to church

plan out more family time

What is yours?

Meet Claire

Meet Claire

She is our other answered prayer.

She is a 8 month old little firecracker!

She has mastered crawling, sitting up and now trying to walk.

She is fast.

The picture above is her little personality.

She is always sticking her tongue out or has a smile on her face.

There are times wher she will give you a look and i can see the attitude.

I love to sit and watch her & Chloie play. She looks at her big sister with awe.

I think she already admires her.

I also love the look on her face when Cory walks in the door getting home from work.

She has the biggest smile on her face and her eyes are screaming daddy come here.

She is a momma's girl when she is hurt and sleepy but when she wants to play she wants her daddy or sissy.

I can't wait to see what  her personality is going to truly be.

I wonder what her voice will sound like and can't wait to see Chloie and her share special sister momnets.

So that my friends is Miss Claire!

Meet Chloie

 This my friends is Miss Chloie! She is about to be 6yrs old in just a few weeks.

She is our first born. She is my girly girl!

I call her one of my answered prayers.

See Cory & I tried for 2 1/2 years to have a baby and finally was blessed with Chloie.

Miss Chloie is currently in Kindergarten.

Her favorite color is purple

Favorite shows are ICarly, Wizards of Waverly Place, Phineas & Ferb

Favorite Singer is Taylor Swift (she says she dreams of meeting her)

She loves to dance & has taken dance classes for 4yrs now.

Chloie has such a kind heart she loves to take care of people.

She loves to be the leader .

She tells me she wants to be a teacher or Animal Doctor ( in her words)

So that is Miss Chloie.

Tomorrow meet Miss Claire

 

Meet Cory

Meet Cory.

We have been married for 9 years.

He recently finished an Apprentice Lineman program and is now a Journeyman Lineman.

So if you are ever with out power he is one of the ones that gets is back on.

Where to start about Cory? Hmm...

I can honestly say that i believe God created this man for me. To be my husband, best friend, love of my life and father of my children.

He is a hard worker and i appreciate him so much. Probably more than he will ever know.

Cory is from a small West Texas town. So we did not grow up together.

But i am glad that he ventured down to SE Texas to go to school and that we met.

When he's not working he likes to hunt, fish and spend time with family and friends.

So there is a little bit about my honey!

Tomorrow is all about Miss Chloie!

All About Me

 As stated in the previous post we recently took family pictures. The individual shots inspired me to do a post a day this week to introduce my family and I.

So here i go!

Who am I? Well i'm Crystal born and raised in a small SE Texas town.

I'm married to Cory (9yrs).

Mother to Chloie & Claire.

I'm a SAHM that enjoys doing crafts, baking, crocheting, scrapbooking & reading.

Those are just a few things about me.

My daily schedule is usually waking up

getting Chloie up, breakfast dressed for school then drop her off at school

back home Miss Claire and i eat breakfast, get dressed

clean house, do laundry, grocery shopping

pick Chloie up, get homework done, fix dinner, baths & bed time

Sounds kinda boring???

I wouldn't have it any other way.

Who am I used to be such a easy question answer,

but now the first 2 things that pop in my mind are wife and mother.

Before i would have talked about going out with friends, hair and nails done,

beach trips w/girlfriends in our itty bitty bikinis.

Now it's family dinners, snuggle time & date nights with Cory that are precious and mean the world to me.

As for those itty bitty bikinis those are long gone. The stretch marks and post baby body is worth it though to have my sweet girls.

Now i guess i could list some of my favorite things.

Music: i listen to just about everything

Food: Mexican & Italian

Books: Anything by Jodi Picoult & the Twilight Series

So that is a little about me. Have any questions feel free to ask away!

Tomorrow is Cory's day!