Celebrations

The school year is wrapping up, which means all sorts of events!

Lydia's Preschool Graduation

I can't believe my baby girl is going to be in Kindergarten next fall. So proud of her and how far she's come this year!

Celebrations of Learning

Ethan has had such a great year and I'm so proud of him! He's doing so well in so many things and has really enjoyed his teacher and new friends! Garrett's first year with TAKS testing, which he pretty much blew out of the water. He's such a grown up kid. So proud of him!

Our teacher gifts this year: We had some pretty incredible teachers that helped all three of our kids have really great experiences this year.

Garrett's 9th Birthday

What a way to spend the day! Happy Birthday Garrett!

turning 31

Chocolate Brownie Cheesecake with Raspberry Sauce....best husband EVER!

Thanks for the great day!

Lydia's 5th Birthday

Happy Birthday, Baby girl!

Ethan's 7th Birthday

It wouldn't be a birthday of Ethan's without a lot of chocolate...

Can't believe you're already 7.

Happy Birthday, E!

Matt's getting older...

one

Sawyer wasn't really all that interested in his presents and it turned into a bit of a circus with the older kids chasing him around the house trying to get him to open the presents while he ran away from them. Then he just stared at all of us like we were crazy while we sang to him and handed him the cake. I think the other three were more excited about it than Sawyer was!

Texas Snow Day

Heaven knows I have all sorts of things to blog about such as a baby blessing, wedding, Thanksgiving, an whirlwind trip to California including a missed flight and lost luggage on both ends of the trip to name a few, but first things first...

It snowed in Texas!

We've all missed the snow so much since we moved away from it that I almost cried watching it coming down. It didn't last more than 24 hours, but we'll take what we can get! Matt's work and the kids' school sent everyone home early.

I think it was our favorite day in Houston so far.

Soup in the crockpot, bread baking, fire going, Christmas music playing, snow falling, starting the weekend early, and a little game of monopoly...it really couldn't get much better.

Sawyer Matthew Glauser

September 30, 2009

2:35 pm

7 lbs 14 oz 21 in

Jeremy and Natalie's Wedding

We're evening up the odds- another girl joins the family! We already adore Natalie and are so happy for the two of them!

new house party

We had a little party at the new house Friday night, complete with roasted hot dogs in the backyard firepit and a sleepover movie night (well at least Matt and the kids slept over. I went back to my comfortable bed at the old house). The kids loved it. Garrett proclaimed, "This is the best campout EVER!" and they keep asking to go back to the new house.

We've got a bit to take care of before we are officially moved in, though. The kids and I leave tomorrow morning for Jeremy's wedding in Utah, the movers come on Wed/Thurs/Friday, and Matt will join us in Salt Lake on Saturday- then we'll come home to the new house for good, hopefully all in one piece.

Garrett's birthday

(February 2003, 9 months old)

Somewhere along the way my little guy turned 7. My first thought is of all the psychology research about the first 8 years being the most critical in development and influential in a child's life. So I guess that means one more year to cram as much in as we can, and undo any damage we may have done, huh?

Really though, he's one pretty fantastic kid in a million different ways, and we love him so much and are so proud of him.

California Weekend

I spent the weekend in Redlands for the wedding of my adorable friend, Cara. Cara stayed with us in Brazil for several weeks last year, at which point this little romance began via Facebook. It was fun to be there to witness the union I predicted 12 months ago. The wedding was beautiful. It turned into quite the girls' weekend with a sister, sister-in-law, and a neice all meeting up at my Mom's for the blessed event. Somewhere between all the wedding activities, we managed to fit in a visit to our favorite nail salon, eating at Cuca's and In-N-Out, and shopping way more than any of us probably should have. It was fantastic! Next time Erin and Bobbie have to join us.

mom, Kerri, Jenny, Sadie, me

It really was such a nice weekend to get away, even though I'm pretty sure I got less sleep than I have in a long time. I'm having a hard time getting back into life as usual. I fell asleep during my Pilates routine this morning in the middle of my living room floor.