2010 Baylor Homecoming fun!

I love Baylor homecoming! All kinds of fun stuff jam packed into one weekend, and so many old faces come back to good ole Waco to participate in the fun!

Josh and i started off the fun filled weekend with Pigskin, and it was such a blast! KOT had a fantastic act, as usual! But, Josh and I felt all young and fun again being there that night. It was club night, so we had a good time watching the students coming in and out of Waco Hall in their costumes...brought back lots of memories. :)

Then, Saturday morning was the parade - which is always a fun thing. I ran into so many fun friends!! Here are a few pics that captured the fun at the parade:

Sweet college friends i still keep up with regularly, Erin, Shannon & Jaime

Some of my all time favorite girls from good ole kanakuk and baylor days:
Ellie, Lacey (with baby Caroline) & Kristi

Our sweet Nashville youth girls that go to baylor now -
i heart them so! Katy & Hannah-cakes!

Josh and Jackson couldn't make the parade due to soccer Saturday morning. So Bennett was my parade buddy. He blessed me so much that morning...just sat in his stroller and let me cart him around. I really think he just loved all the people and things to look at, that helped. :)

Later that day was the football game. What a great game it was...well besides the pouring down rain and hour and a half delay...but before the downpour, got to hug the necks of two of my besties from baylor...and former roomies. Ahh, the memories of living in 3D of The Center baby!!! :)

Mel, Rachie & me...they were cheerleaders are Baylor and practicing
their stunting so they could cheer with alumni during the 3rd quarter.
I am so amazed at what these girls can still do - after 2 babies each!!

Overall it was a super fun, albeit, tiring weekend. This year, I was really feeling grateful and excited to live in Waco, for fun Baylor things like this. Looking forward to next year already!

More soon!
Sal

Halloween Twenty Ten

So our halloween 2010 was fun and low key, just the way we like it. :)

Here are the boys in their costumes this year.

Jackson and Brodie driving around like crazy characters!

Jackson REALLY wanted to be Yoshi from Super Mario Brothers this year, which is the green dinosaur. He has recently become fond of the Super Mario Brothers characters since playing Mario Kart on Uncle Ben and Uncle Mike's wii.

Well, mommy was a tad late in ordering the costumes, and I couldn't find it anywhere!!! So his second choice was Guigi (aka, Luigi.) ha ha...he kept calling it Guu-eeegee!!

And sweet Bennett Bug...well, he had no choice. He was the dragon i found last November on clearance for $2.75!!! I didn't even know if I was having a boy or a girl, but that babe was gonna be this dragon! :)


And here he is with his lil playgroup friends - all around the same age. how classic are these? :)

(*Thanks to many playgroup mommies for sharing the pics
they took with their good cameras!)

Here is our one and only pumpkin we carved...and stinker Jackson wouldn't even take a picture with it, so here I am with the jack-o-latern Josh worked so hard on. :) Somebody had to show some love...

So glad it's finally feeling like fall around here!

More soon!
Sal

Bennett is walking!!!

Little stinker is off and running....well, almost! :)

Bennett flushing away...

In one of my recent posts i blogged about Bennett's new favorite past time - flushing the toilet. :)
I finally caught it on video...check it out!

Happy happy bday!!! 32 years young :)

I had such a great 32nd birthday.
I just love birthdays!

On my actual birthday, both boys were in school/MDO, so I started my day with a run. I was supposed to run 8 miles, but since it was my bday (and icky muggy outside!) I gave myself a break and only ran 5!! :)

Then, my sweet hubs took me to lunch and i've been wanting to go to the Olive Branch for a while now. They have the BEST cake balls - yummo!!! Here i am tasting testing the red velvet cake balls, they are sooo stinkin good!

Thanks to my sweet family and friends for making it so special! My family always does some sort of family dinner, and this year, we met Mike and Kari half way between Waco and Dallas for a fun dinner! Dad busted out the RV which was great bc we had lots of room (only an hour long trip, but still) and we got to have the lil bday party after we left the restaurant in the RV.
FUN TIMES!!! Only in my family, ha ha.
Uncle Ben is rockin' a mohawk...

Aunt Kiki with Bennett bug...

The whole crew...minus Josh - taking the pic :)


This is just a normal occurrence in our house lately...both boys tackling each other, and here, tackling Uncle Ben.

Josh really made my bday so special...he coordinated all the planning to make the family dinner happen, and helped me with the boys so much that night so i could hang out and eat, i mean, ENJOY my dinner - thanks hon!


Boys growin so fast!!


Bennett practicing his walking...off he goes!!

Love you Ben!! (we found that target name tag in the parking lot - classic!)

All in all - was a fabulous bday! I am grateful for another year on this earth, for my beautiful boys, and that my family is close enough to celebrate like this. I took it all in and enjoyed every moment. Cheers to another blessed year - thank you Father!

three (handsome) guys and a (silly sally) baylor gal

I have been wanting to give the blog a new look for a while now...and am just now doing it!

Plus, I have been trying to find a creative tag line to sum up our fam...and with a few suggestions from family, what sums us up best is: three guys and a baylor gal. :)

I am still tweaking things a bit, and want to add more photos, so stay tuned!

Bennett's new trick(s)!!!

Oh how i wish i had a pic of this, but i just can't seem to catch it on camera. (Josh - need you to video it on yo' phone!)
One of Bennett's new tricks is....(drumroll please) flushing the toilet!!!

yes yes, i am so proud.

He did it last week when i was bathing Jackson and left him to crawl around the bathroom (yes, really lovely of me) but he pulled himself up to the toilet and pulled down the handle. He loved the noise it made and just kept doing it. Plus, Jackson and i were cracking up laughing, so i am sure that egged him on some. :) So now, when we are in the bathroom and he's crawling around, he immediately goes straight to the toilet, pulls himself up, and flushes away!!!

And watch out! We got a walker coming very soon! Here he is practicing his walking with his little pushy toy. It's just a matter of time! He has taken one step without any assistance, and then he falls...so we aren't quite there yet. I guess i shall enjoy it while it lasts right? once he's off, he's OFF!


He also starts cracking up laughing when we tell him, "no." It has been the darndest and cutest thing!! I am serious & stern when i say no though, like when he's pulling the lamp and it's going to fall down on him, and he just giggles away with this huge grin, loving to get a rise outta me. I try to hide my smiles bc it does crack me up...what a stinker!

In other news...Jackson got a very early bday/christmas present. (Simply bc mom and dad don't wanna go out and play with it come the freezing cold weather of December!)

Here he is trying out his new ride...with baby brother cruising along in the passenger seat. Bennett LOVES to go for a ride with his big brother in this thing!

That's all for now - more soon!
Sal