Meagan is a TEENAGER!!!

Yesterday was Meagan's 13th birthday and did we do it up right! She had 3 friends to spend the night Friday night and then early Saturday morning we went to Frisco to the Stonebriar Mall. They had a blast shopping and trying things on ... the pictures will tell you alot! And after that we headed to the Magic Time Machine to eat. We had Robin Hood as our waiter .. he did a great job.

When it RAINS ...

While away ... Meagan decided to pretty up her ankle !!! She twisted it in Basketball practice on Tuesday.. So all this week she has been putting her foot in a bucket of ice water!! yikes ! She wasn't too happy about doing that! Then the afternoon I got home .. Jared starts vomitting, we won't post any pics of that!! LOL

Hannah Rachel Brooks

Well she is finally here!! Heather did a great job for 9 months feeding her and she did a wonderful job laboring and bringing her into this world!!! I got to be there for most of the PAIN and then behind the curtain to hear her first cry!! Hannah worried me at first because she isn't a big screamer but we finally go her to cry aloud!!! I also got to give her the first bath!!! She is so beautiful and calm!! Thanks Joey and Heather for letting me be there!!!

Jared's 9th birthday

Today is Jared's birthday and we went to an amusement park in Tyler (Firemountain). It was a great place for kids his age with lots of energy!!! We all know Jared has lots of energy and is the spark in our family! It is really hard to believe that my Baby Boy is 9 years old --but he still loves to kiss me and hug on me which is all that a mother hopes will never end! Here are a few pics to share of the party!

Busy Times

We have all been running in seperate ways and all together. We went last weekend to my parents house for a Baby shower for Hannah. Heather got lots of cute stuff. We were lucky enough to get to keep McKenzie on Saturday while poor Julee had to work. The puppies are so cute -- available if anyone would like one. And lastly the parade pics were the POW WOW here in town .. Meagan was Sylvester!!!

Cruise to Progresso and Cozumel

This past week Troy and I went on a cruise and left the kids with Mimi (the brave one). She and the kids did great and I believe she wore them out. Troy and I had a great time and are very greatful that the Oefingers' invited us to go with them.. Cozumel has such beautiful water that we got to go snorkling which Troy loved. Progresso wasn't so pretty -- we went to the beach and relaxed with our friends -- Troy and Mike played a 2 hour game of crocket while Angela and I swam in the ocean and got some sun.

Volleyball Season

Meagan has began her volleyball season and did well by making the "A" team. Today we had a tournament in Van and they lost but are much improved from their game in Athens on Thursday! As you can tell she has alot of fun with all her "Besties"!!