Baseball Fun and the Sun......

Another great weekend for the Harper's! Friday night we headed to the San Antonio Missions baseball game.....they are a Double A Farm club team for the San Diego Padres.....Our friends daughter's school choir sang the National Anthem....They were so great. The girls had fun as did Shawn and I....and talk about a cheap night out....the tix were like $5 each....and the food/drink was totally affordable!

Missions Baseball May 09

Shawn also finished painting the shutters....the house looks so great! I love the brown, I was apprehensive before we painted but I am so happy with the color we chose...here is the finished product....

Other then hitting the gym for BodyPump on Saturday and Cardio on Sunday, playing in the sun in the 'hood, and cleaning around the house, we were not up to much this weekend....My second job ends this week for the summer....I can not believe school is getting out Thursday....It has been so fun watching the Garcia kiddos everyday.....I know the girls will miss seeing them so often and watching all the school buses, but they do only live across the street........anyway, hope everyone has a great week ahead!.....

Memorial Day and more.....

We had a wonderful holiday weekend...it was filled with projects, sun, fun, BBQ-ing, swimming and neighborhood fun....Friday night was peaceful....Shawn played some poker in the 'hood with some of the neighbors...nice for him to have a guys night out and nice for me to have a night to myself....Saturday we headed to Home Depot for some paint.....Shawn always likes to have a project for long weekends.....

We painted our 1/2 bath, FINALLY....Lila had taken a pencil to the walls and it was one of two rooms not yet painted in our house...and I can not remember if I mentioned it but Shawn also stained the cabinets a few weeks ago.....(he is going to do my kitchen cabinets in July the same color)....now we just have our master bath to paint....We still need to change out the mirror, the light fixture and faucet....we are also going to river rock the counter top....and add a few more accessories....so yes a work in progress but here is where we are..... ...and we also painted 4 out of the 6 shutters on the house....I must say the painted shutters really change the look of the house....before they blended right in....but the chocolate/dark brown that we picked and painted really makes the house look so much better.....Shawn is planning on painted the other 2 this weekend and hopefully we can get the front door painted the same color......I can not wait until they are done....but here is a sneak peek....you really couldn't tell we had them before....look above the garage...
As for us and the kiddos, we ate so much BBQ-ed yummy food....we spent time with the neighbors....love our driveway nights in the 'hood.....We also got another pool.....I had to repair the old one and the kiddos couldn't wait the 12 hours for the patch to dry....so dad saved the day with a new pool.....the girls got to swim and play.....the neighbor kiddos also came over to enjoy in the fun.....All in all it was a great weekend......

Memorial Day 09

Now on to the more....the girls had their 4 yr check up yesterday......and both are growing wonderfully!....Both have sprouted up a bunch.....MJ is still on the same grow pattern as she has always been on....so that is great news....we go to Texas Children's in Aug for more grow plotting and we will go over the blood work I have to have done for MJ......Kiara's well check had to get cancelled and changed into a sick appt.....Her and MJ both have right ear infections (which is strange since ear infections are not contagious, but I am sure the swimming didn't help)....anyway both are on antibiotics.....Kiara also has bronculitis, instead of the big broncular tubes being infected, its just the little ones in the lungs....she is on some asthma medicine (I think it is a steroid) and she also had to have a nebulizer treatment in the office....but she was a trooper....I am so not fond of all the meds but I want my kiddos healthy.....
We hope to get better soon and are on the road to recovery.....They did go to the dentist today and all have no cavities and are brushing great.....other then all that we are doing great! I have upped my BodyPump classes to 3 times a week and looking forward to a more toned over body.......Shawn is still going on Sat mornings with me....and I have been able to fit in Tues/Thurs nights.....I am addicted.......

Our world lately.....

So I really have no excuse as to why I have not been updating y'all on what is going on in our world.....We have been up to our usual....weekends in the yard, out playing and soaking up the sun with good friends and neighbors.

I had my last MOPS last Thursday, we had a lovely bunch. It was so great to meet such wonderful women. I love all my new friendships MOPS has fostered for me. Such amazing ladies and mothers. I am looking forward to MOPS next year and will probably continue for as long as I can or until Lila heads to Kinder......years away, I know.

I really do not have much to update you on....we are looking forward to our trip up to the Northwest and can not believe it is only 5 or so weeks away.....seems crazy! We are looking forward to having daddy around for 3 days this weekend and all the BBQ food he is planning on grilling up! Can we say muscles on the grill.....YUM!

So here are some outdoor play pics....Lila finally figured out how to pedal on her tricycle, well down a short incline....the other pic is MJ pushing her back up the small incline....Too cute....

Here is what happens when you leave daddy home with the girls for bed time and they insist on wearing pjs that are too small.....Love that he cut the legs and made booties!

Poor DB, she got sticker'd!

The Twins tuckered after a day of playing....this was Sunday night right before dinner.....

Best Mother's Day Yet......

7:15am-(Over the baby monitor from Lila's room to ours) "Happy Mother's Day Mommy, now stay in bed because we are going to bring you breakfast in bed".......(Kiara talking while Shawn and Me are laughing from our bedroom listening to the monitor next to the bed)....

That was my first wake up this morning......so I rolled over went back to sleep until all 3 girls brought me in coffee and a piece of toast with butter & jelly.....I love my girls! They then persisted to get their toast and then joined me in bed to eat......very fun!

After breakfast it was time for my scavenger hunt, the girls and dad hid clues and presents all over the upstairs.....So fun and so creative....I LOVED IT and so did the girls! The presents were over the top and the girls and Shawn did a great job of picking out the best presents for me.....From Flowers, to Soap and Body wash, to a gorgeous blue tank top from Macy's, to a UT Reversible Vest, Sunblock, US Weekly, to an iTunes gift card and some Mexican hand painted serve wear for my kitchen....to athletic socks to thigh high socks, and a few athletic tanks.....hope I am not forgetting anything.....it was such a wonderful surprise......I must say he & the girls are bargain shoppers as they were able to get everything on sale....and the girls LOVED going shopping with just daddy!........love it......and to top it off, I also got to get a pedicure today with Miss Heather for Mother's Day.....So fun....I now have beautified blue toe nails!......

Shawn made steak wraps for dinner, with a little bit of my help...and we just enjoyed a piece of Chocolate Cream pie.....YUMO.....All in all we have had a wonderful weekend....I even got Shawn to take BodyPump with me on Saturday morning, we are both really sore, but looking forward to next Saturday's class.....I love working out together!......And today I have had the best mother's day.....my girls truly are angels and I have the best husband in the world......I did miss spending time with my mom today, but I did get to chat with her......and I am so looking forward to our trip to WA in July!......I warn you most of the pics below I am in my PJs.....no makeup no hair done.....

Mother's Day 09

A little bit of Woodthorn fun......

So we have been doing great.....our weather has been a bit humid lately, UGH! The heat is nice though and the humidity has greened up all the yards!....We are looking at a week of 90's ahead of us.....Hot! Hot! Hot! already......crazy....

Tuesday night we had a Neighborhood Girls Night In at my friend and neighbor Jenna's house.....What a great time, we all brought desserts and chatted it up. We have lots of new neighbors so it was nice to FINALLY meet a few of them.....Shawn had fun playing games with the girls at home....and was pretty much asleep when I got home....

We had another great weekend....We did our usual Friday Night Driveway get together with a few of the neighbors....the kids love playing outside/inside and staying up late while us adults enjoy our beverages and conversations in the driveways.....It is fast becoming a Friday night tradition. It is pretty funny when neighbors drive by and see us, they usual park at home and walk back to hang out....So fun! The best part is we get to walk home........Saturday we had our Woodthorn Neighborhood BBQ......a spring social to get to know the neighbors....So fun, there was face painting, bubble blowing, chalk drawing and also a bike parade....the girls decorated their bikes before we went down.....too cute! This weekend we also painted our master bath room cabinets, we are trying to see how we want to upgrade the kitchen ones, whether to paint or stain (since part of the cabinets are wood and part our fake wood)....So today Shawn decided to stain the 1/2 bath cabinet/doors with my favorite stain color.....it will be nice to compare the two.....As of now I am leaning towards staining the kitchen cabinets.....but I love our painted ones in our bathroom....As soon as i get hardware and clean the bathrooms and I will post pics of both.....

Weekend fun Woodthorn BBQ