3 Casanovas

Playing catch up

2010-02-02T12:09:00.000-08:00

OK, So I've fallen very behind on my blogging due to this busy time of year that is finally settling down. So, I'm including Halloween and Christmas all together. We had a great time at the fall festival at our church for Halloween. We also got to take part in a hay ride in our neighborhood which was so much fun!

In the month of December Abigail had a Christmas dance performance. She loves to perform!

Christmas Eve we spent with my sister-in-law's family who have so kindly taken me in and include me in all their holiday events! Speaking of my sister-in-law, she is scheduled to deliver my niece or nephew at the end of March!

Christmas morning was exciting. The kids favorite gifts were definitely their DSI's. I'm always reminded during this time of year how incredibly blessed I am! So following is a hodge podge of pictures to capture the holiday season!

Race for the Cure

2009-12-03T13:13:00.000-08:00

I've fallen behind on my blogging lately so I'm trying to catch up now! On October 3rd Kenneth and I along with the kiddos (except Zac, he was sick ), participated in Race for the Cure. We enjoyed walking, along with the fun activities they had for the kiddos. Ashlee, the kids awesome babysitter came and we also ran into my friend Laura Lowe who is a survivor.
Her daughter Madelyn went to pre-school with Abigail and they were very happy to see each other. It was a great day. It was moving to see all the participants who joined this great cause.

1st Day of School 2009

2009-08-31T07:23:00.001-07:00

The kids started school a week ago. Abigail is in Kindergarten and Isaiah is in the 2nd grade. They had a great first week and were very excited!

Abigail's new teacher Mrs Chadwick

Isaiah's new teacher Mrs. Gaynier

Weekend Getaway!

2009-08-25T09:11:00.001-07:00

We had one last getaway before school started. We went to Amarillo. We went to the Amusement Park, the Water Park and the Zoo there. We stayed at a hotel with an indoor pool. We had such a good time! My favorite part was just getting to be together as a family!

AMUSEMENT PARK:

WATER PARK:

ZOO:

Colorado Trip

2009-07-31T12:44:00.001-07:00

Kenneth and I went to Colorado. We spent one night in Denver. We shopped at an outlet mall, wine tasted, and hot tubbed. The next day we took a 3 hour drive to Nathrop to Mt. Princeton Hot Springs Resort. It was so much fun! The first day we were there we hung out at the hot springs pools and went down the 350 ft. waterslide. The 2nd day we went whitewater rafting down the Arkansas River for 13 miles which took about 5 hours. It was an exhilarating experience. Our last day we took a 2 hour horseback ride through the mountains. The whole trip was very refreshing and relaxing. There was beauty all around us the whole time! Click here to see pictures! http://s765.photobucket.com/albums/xx299/ecasanova_photos/

Ruidoso

2009-07-01T13:46:00.001-07:00

Kenneth and I went to Ruidoso a few weeks ago for some rest and relaxation. We love the mountains, pine trees, and peacefulness. We stayed in the same cabins we stayed in before. We did go to the horse races. I had never been before so that was a lot of fun. We also ended up adopting a yellow lab named Lincoln from the Humane Society. On our way to the races we noticed that they were showing some dogs up for adoption. We instantly fell in love with Lincoln. He is about 4 years old, trained, house broken, calm, and very very sweet. We are looking forward to going to Colorado at the end of July for our next trip!

Moon from our cabin

View from our cabin

Beautiful pine trees

Horse Races

Horse races
Kenneth

Horse Races

We had fun at the Horse Races!!!

Horse Races

Downtown Ruidoso

The dog we adopted-Lincoln

Kenneth and Lincoln

Weekend was so nice and relaxing!!

Lincoln on the way to his new home in TX

Sweet Boy!

Dance Recital

2009-06-24T14:00:00.000-07:00

Abigail had her dance recital on May 23rd. She loved being able to dress up, wear makeup and get all done up. She did fabulous at the performance in both ballet and tap. She loves being in front of people which she certainly does not get from me! I was very proud of her! I was having difficulty with my camera during her ballet performance so there are way more tap pictures.

Abigail's ballet costume

Abigail and her friend Ava Ballet performance

Tap Performance

Tap performance

Tap Performance

Tap performance

Tap

Tap Way to go girls!

All the dancers

Tap Costume

Proud Mommy!
Proud Aunt Dana!
Abigail with her dance teacher

Pirate Play Day

2009-06-18T12:46:00.000-07:00

I am somewhat behind on my blogging. Here are pictures from the last week of school-Pirate Play Day. It was day of water fun, games, and a competitive tug-o-war. Isaiah had a blast. I am so thankful for a great year in the first grade. Isaiah had great friends and a wonderful teacher. I'm also amazed at all he learned this year.

Isaiah and his best friends Brock and Grayson

Wheeeeeee........

I did it!

Jumper

Snack time!

Sweet Isaiah

Getting ready for tug-o-war

Here we go!

Let's go !

Pull Hard

The winners!

Isaiah and his class

Fun times

We'll miss you Mrs. Raley!!!

Isaiah's 7th Birthday

2009-06-03T07:56:00.001-07:00

Isaiah celebrated his 7th Birthday at Bodyworks with a swimming party. Unfortunately the weather was not good enough to swim outdoors so the kids played in the indoor "splash zone" which was fun too. His party theme was "Bakugan". Isaiah and his friends had a great time!

Morning of Birthday

Having fun in the water!

Abigail having fun too!

Fun with friends!

Playing Games

Bakugan Cake

Happy Birthday Dear Isaiah!

He loved this gift! Can you tell??

Gymfest

2009-05-20T11:23:00.000-07:00

Abigail had her annual gym fest where her gymnastics team as well as other teams perform on balance beam, trampoline, floor, bars, etc. They then receive a metal for their accomplishments for the year. It was fun to watch and she did an excellent job!

Getting ready to perform.
She's ready!

Ava and Abigail

Abigail's gymnastics team-Ava, Abigail, Haylie, and Lexi

Ava and Abigail

Opening ceremony

Trampoline performance

Floor performance

Good job Abigail!

Way to go!!

Proud big brother!

Easter 2009

2009-05-14T14:08:00.000-07:00

Easter was a glorious day! It becomes more and more special every year as the children start to understand the true meaning of Easter. The kids were with their dad the majority of the day but I did get them for church that morning and that evening as well. Here are some pictures from church in their Easter outfits. Abigail's dress was given to her on her birthday by Uncle Patrick and Aunt Dana.

Handsome Isaiah.
Pretty Abigail.
My sweet kiddos!

Abigail's Easter Egg Hunt

2009-05-02T10:31:00.000-07:00

Abigail had a great day at school going Easter egg hunting. Her class got to wear pajamas and night gowns. Of course Abigail had to wear her princess nightgown. Unfortunately the weather outside was awful. Lubbock was having one of their spring dust storms with high winds which made it impossible to Easter egg hunt outside. No sweat though-plan B worked great. The kids got to Easter egg hunt inside and had just as much fun. Abigail's class also sang to the parents an Easter song which was very cute.

Here's one!
Look at all she's already found!

Another one!!!!

Too much fun!!!

The final result! Be sure to look at the slippers.

Abigail's class performance.

They did great!!!

San Antonio Trip

2009-04-16T10:56:00.000-07:00

We took a fun trip to San Antonio for Spring Break. Kenneth and I along with our children went to the Riverwalk, Sea World, and the Alamo. The weather was very pretty. The kids really had a good time.

Riverwalk-Zac Dixon(8 yrs. old) Stephen Dixon(11 years old),

Isaiah and Abigail

Riverwalk

Kenneth and I at the riverwalk

Abigail posing in the pretty flowers Carriage Ride
Sea World
Shamu Express

Ferris Wheel at Sea World

Mardi Gras face painting

Kids at Alamo courtyard.

Isaiah-Alamo courtyard

Alamo Courtyard

Alamo

Taos Trip

2009-04-12T17:17:00.000-07:00

Kenneth and I went to Taos, NM, March 13th to March 15th. We stayed at an amazing Bed and Breakfast called Adobe and Pines. Weather and snow were perfect. We had a great time together.

Downtown Taos.

Skiing was great and the mountain was beautiful!

Rio Gorge Area Lookout-Amazing!

1st grade musical-EIEI-OOPS

2009-03-13T04:15:00.000-07:00

Isaiah was a sheep in his 1st grade musical-EIEI-OOPS. He seemed to enjoy performing and the whole 1st grade did an excellent job!

Abigail turns 5!

2009-02-27T15:44:00.000-08:00

Abigail had a great 5th Birthday. On her actual birthday, Friday, 2/27, she wore an "I'm the Birthday Girl" Shirt to school along with a "Happy Birthday" Tiara. I took cupcakes up to her school to help celebrate the special day. Her birthday party was the next morning at the Mud Room where all the kids got to paint an animal. Her party theme was "Barbie". She had a great time celebrating with her friends.

Before school on her actual birthday.

Celebrating with her friends at pre-school.

School party!

Time to open presents from mom and Isaiah.

Look what Isaiah got me!

Just what she wanted.

Party at The Mud RoomThis is fun!
Painting, painting, painting........Isaiah painting a lizard.
Happy Birthday dear Abigail........
Opening presents.

Valentine's Day

2009-02-21T21:22:00.001-08:00

We had a fun Valentine's Day. I was able to go to both kids parties at their schools. They also had a lot of fun preparing their Valentine's Day cards for all their friends.

Abigail in her Valentine outfit.

Abigail with 2 of her good friends at school!

Notice Isaiah's shirt says "Little Casanova"Valentine Party at Cooper West

Isaiah with his amazing first grade teacher, Mrs. Raley.

Christmas 2008

2008-12-31T19:45:00.001-08:00

Every year the kids get an ornament on Christmas Eve that they get to open and hang on the tree. I have been doing this since they were born. The keep all these ornament in their own special box that they get out every year when we decorate the tree.

Santa CAME!!!

We had a wonderful Christmas! My brother and his wife came over Christmas morning which is always a treat. The kids were with their dad on Christmas eve and my sister-in law's family was gracious enough to include me in their Christmas Eve festivities. Christmas is always a wonderful time to reflect on our blessings!

U Can Share Food Drive

2008-12-09T04:46:00.000-08:00

Isaiah's school participated in "U Can Share Food Drive" in which the school had the kids donate canned goods that will go to those in need. The grade that raised the most cans got to be on the news. At Cooper West 1st grade came in first place so Isaiah got to be on the news!! The whole school raised 1,398 lbs. of cans. He felt pretty special. He is the child in the blue jacket being held up by his teacher in the back.

TAG-8 things

2008-11-26T09:42:00.000-08:00

OK, Rebekah tagged me so I will do the best I can........

8 TV Shows I Watch
Grey's Anatomy
Desperate Housewives
ER
The Today Show
Sponge Bob Square Pants
Franklin
Sex in The City reruns
Anything on Fox News or CNN

8 Favorite Restaurants
Abuelo's
Orlando's
Rosa's
Steak Express
Outback
Texas Roadhouse
Harrigan's
Casa Ole

8 Things I did this weekend
Put up Christmas decorations
Took a nap with the kids
Bought Isaiah new tennis shoes
Bought some more Christmas decorations
Went to church
Went out to eat after church with the kids
Got Isaiah's hair cut
Bought myself a few new clothes!

8 Things I look forward to
Thanksgiving Day
Christmas Day
The church musical that my kids are performing in
Going hunting with Mark this weekend
Christmas party at my house
Cuddling with my kids this evening (They spent the night with their dad last night)
Isaiah's school Christmas party
Abigail's school Christmas party

Okay, I guess I'm supposed to tag now. I tag Amy, Cassandra, and Joanna.

Social Studies Project

2008-11-20T11:51:00.000-08:00

I wanted to share pictures of Isaiah's social studies project. Yes, 1st grade has Social Studies. It is amazing how much things have changed since I was in 1st grade. His class is studying Native Americans and their homes. His assignment was to design a model Native American home. He had several options to choose from and chose to do a "Pueblo Adobe Home". This took several days to complete. It involved joint compound, painting, gluing, etc. He worked very hard and did the majority of the project by himself. I am very proud of his hard work and very happy with the end result!

Halloween 2008

2008-11-01T06:54:00.001-07:00

WOW! Our fall has been so much fun so far! The kids had a great Halloween. They both picked out their costumes. Isaiah was a ninja and Abigail was a mermaid. A week before Halloween we attended Isaiah's school fall festival. On Wednesday, Oct. 29th, Abigail's preschool class got to dress up in their costumes and Trick or Treat at the hospital. I was able to go with her class. It's amazing watching Abigail in that setting. She has such leadership qualities, is very outgoing, and the kids just all want to be her friend. Then Halloween night we attended our church fall festival which consisted of train rides, a giant maze, face painting and lots of games. This year was a "slime theme" so the kids enjoyed putting their hands in some "slime". After the fall festival, we joined our next door neighbors who hosted a neighborhood hay ride that took the kids house to house trick or treating. I just love our neighborhood. We are on the outer city limits of Lubbock and our neighborhood is almost like it's own little community. There were golf carts everywhere and other hay rides with trick or treaters. The kids loved it! I even got into the spirit this year and decided to dress up too. The kids really got a kick out of that! We are looking forward to more good times left to come.

Isaiah's 1st Grade Picture

2008-10-16T05:01:00.001-07:00

Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-11T21:08:00.000-07:00

Today we went to the pumpkin patch to pick out lots of pumpkins! I let both kids pick out the ones they wanted. Fall in Lubbock so far has been beautiful! The weather has been almost spring like. Isaiah just finished his 1st 6 weeks of 1st grade and did great!

The Fair

2008-09-27T13:58:00.000-07:00

We had our annual trip to the South Plains fair. We ate good (junky) food, pet animals, and rode rides. Kids loved it! Uncle Patrick went too which was a PLUS!

First Day of 1st Grade

2008-08-25T07:59:00.000-07:00

Today was Isaiah's first day of 1st grade. He was very excited! He even woke up by himself early. He is starting a brand new school-Cooper West. It is very nice. His teacher's name is Mrs. Raley. He has one little girl in his class that he was in Kindergarten with and another little girl he attended pre-school with. He was sure happy to see them this morning!

FAMILY

2008-08-17T18:33:00.000-07:00

We have had a very busy summer. The kids are fish! They love to swim and do a great job. They can swim across the pool, go off the diving board, and Abigail is now able to dive. Isaiah has had weekly field trips to the skating rink and has become quite a fast skater. Both kids have learned to ride their bikes without training wheels this summer. The kids and I took one trip this summer to visit one of my best friends and her children. We all had a great time. We're hoping to do a little more traveling next summer. Isaiah will start 1st grade next week. He gets to start at a brand new school. This will be the first year the school is open. I hear that he has an excellent teacher.

Award Ceremony

2008-05-27T12:35:00.000-07:00

Isaiah had a great Kindergarten Year. He got an outstanding citizen award for excellent behavior, "Most willing to share" award, and a library award. Only two students per Kindergarten class got the Library Award!

The Dancer

2008-05-17T18:37:00.000-07:00

Abigail had her first dance recital in May. She was such a great performer and loved it! I was so proud!

T-Ball

2008-03-28T16:53:00.000-07:00

Isaiah had his 3rd year of T-ball. This year he was on the Astros. He is really athletic and really enjoys the sport!

Mother and Daughter

2008-02-10T20:26:00.000-08:00

Abigail has my personality for sure! She's got a strong will, is ambitious, and likes to have fun!