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| Me and my fellow April birthday kid |
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| 4 Reed Boys |
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| Transformer Cake |
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| Gran, Preston and Pap |
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| Granddaddy, Grammy and the Birthday Boy |
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| Playing at the park |
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| Friends |
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| Crazy Birthday Kid!!! |
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| Uncle Matt, Aunt Katy and Pearson |
4.17.2011
Birthday Fun!
April is a big birthday month for us around here. My birthday is on the 5th, Preston's is on the 11th and my brother-in-law James celebrates his on the 15th. Here are some pictures from Preston's Party at the Park.
3.28.2011
Hog Heaven
We've been in Northwest Arkansas since Wednesday. My dear cousin Amanda got married on Saturday so the whole Link crew decided to make a vacation out of it! My parents went down much earlier, but the Reeds, LeBlancs and Links headed up there mid-week. Our kids loved it because they got to miss a few more days of school...not bad since Spring Break was last week!!!
We stayed in Bella Vista, a community where my parents have a timeshare and drove into Siloam Springs to visit with my Mema and other family that were in town for the wedding. We really enjoyed our time together and thanks to all of the good cooks in our family, we ate and ate and ate. On Friday night we introduced our spouses and kids to a Link family tradition and had dinner at the Venesian Inn in a little community called Tontitown.
Although the weather got pretty chilly, it didn't stop my Dad, Bryan and Matt from playing lots of golf and Peyton and David got in one day of good tennis play. The kids enjoyed being outside playing at the park and exploring.
The wedding was great and Amanda was a BEAUTIFUL bride. The look on her husband's face when he first saw her walking down the aisle was priceless! The reception was held in the really neat community center downtown and was so pretty decorated in the wedding colors of pink and gray. And the wedding cake...SO good!
We had a wonderful time and need to make sure that we don't wait so long to all get together as a family again. I took tons of pictures but here are some my favorites.
We stayed in Bella Vista, a community where my parents have a timeshare and drove into Siloam Springs to visit with my Mema and other family that were in town for the wedding. We really enjoyed our time together and thanks to all of the good cooks in our family, we ate and ate and ate. On Friday night we introduced our spouses and kids to a Link family tradition and had dinner at the Venesian Inn in a little community called Tontitown.
Although the weather got pretty chilly, it didn't stop my Dad, Bryan and Matt from playing lots of golf and Peyton and David got in one day of good tennis play. The kids enjoyed being outside playing at the park and exploring.
The wedding was great and Amanda was a BEAUTIFUL bride. The look on her husband's face when he first saw her walking down the aisle was priceless! The reception was held in the really neat community center downtown and was so pretty decorated in the wedding colors of pink and gray. And the wedding cake...SO good!
We had a wonderful time and need to make sure that we don't wait so long to all get together as a family again. I took tons of pictures but here are some my favorites.
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| Tennis anyone? |
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| Cousins! Minus Ethan who was napping |
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| Love these four kiddos! |
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| Granddaddy and E Man |
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| Kids visiting the Veterans Memorial in Bella Vista |
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| David |
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| David, Katy and Bryan |
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| Pretty Mema |
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| Enjoying their treat after dinner at the Venesian Inn |
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| Dad and Mom at the wedding reception |
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| Cousins~Nicole, me, Amanda, Matt and Sarah |
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| Me, Matt and Nicole |
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| My precious Aunt Melanie who was a beautiful mother of the bride |
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| Enjoying the sparkler box before we headed outside to send off the bride and the groom |
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| Four pretty girls with their sparklers |
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| Katy and Me |
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| My sweet Preston |
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| Love my Peyton |
3.18.2011
Spring Break and a little Madness
It's been Spring Break this week although it really hasn't felt too different. I took off on Tuesday because Peyton had a doctor's appt in Dallas, but other than that it's been a normal week for us. The boys have really enjoyed spending time with David in the mornings and getting more time with Grammy in the afternoons.
The most exciting thing around here has been the start of March Madness. Each year David has had us fill out brackets so that we can keep up with tournament. This year we've had some extra fun because there is also a Link Family bracket. Everyone from my side of the family has submitted a bracket online...including Pearson who is playing in utero! After the first day my sister and I were tied for the lead. My bracket has suffered a few dings today, but hopefully it will all even out. Since my beloved Bears didn't make the big dance again this year, I'm pulling for the Jayhawks...GO KANSAS!!
The most exciting thing around here has been the start of March Madness. Each year David has had us fill out brackets so that we can keep up with tournament. This year we've had some extra fun because there is also a Link Family bracket. Everyone from my side of the family has submitted a bracket online...including Pearson who is playing in utero! After the first day my sister and I were tied for the lead. My bracket has suffered a few dings today, but hopefully it will all even out. Since my beloved Bears didn't make the big dance again this year, I'm pulling for the Jayhawks...GO KANSAS!!
3.09.2011
All things new and improved
So...what do you think about our new look?!? I'm really happy with it. Ashley at Great Gabbie Designs did a really nice job of taking my big ol' wish list and then used her talents to come up with this cute design. Yeah! Of course now that means that I'm going to have to be better about blogging. We've got some fun stuff coming up so it shouldn't be too hard to get back into the swing of things. Of course, I may have to loosen up on my issue about having posts without pictures.
SO....this is what's been up with us so far this week. It's Texas Public Schools Week here in the great state and the boy's school had a Parent Involvement Night on Monday. Preston and the rest of his Kindergarten classmates were supposed to perform a music program that they've been working on but the poor music teacher has been out with the flu and it had to be rescheduled. Instead we visited the various booths and collected our door prize tickets. Next, everyone headed to the cafeteria where we ate pizza and spread out tickets hoping to win. Sadly we didn't win anything but we definitely had a great time visiting with our friends the Smith's and the Cobb's.
I also participated in another TPS Week activity by reading to the sweetest group of second graders at Terrell Elementary. I read Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato, Cindy Ellen -A Wild Western Cinderella and some other book about an albino squirrel (weird!) . After I was done, Jonathan Cannon a reporter I work with a lot interviewed me about the importance of reading. The story was on the front page of the paper today which was pretty neat.
That's all for now. Let me know what you think about the new design and drop by Ashley's blog and let her know too. I bet she'd appreciate hearing from you!
SO....this is what's been up with us so far this week. It's Texas Public Schools Week here in the great state and the boy's school had a Parent Involvement Night on Monday. Preston and the rest of his Kindergarten classmates were supposed to perform a music program that they've been working on but the poor music teacher has been out with the flu and it had to be rescheduled. Instead we visited the various booths and collected our door prize tickets. Next, everyone headed to the cafeteria where we ate pizza and spread out tickets hoping to win. Sadly we didn't win anything but we definitely had a great time visiting with our friends the Smith's and the Cobb's.
I also participated in another TPS Week activity by reading to the sweetest group of second graders at Terrell Elementary. I read Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potato, Cindy Ellen -A Wild Western Cinderella and some other book about an albino squirrel (weird!) . After I was done, Jonathan Cannon a reporter I work with a lot interviewed me about the importance of reading. The story was on the front page of the paper today which was pretty neat.
That's all for now. Let me know what you think about the new design and drop by Ashley's blog and let her know too. I bet she'd appreciate hearing from you!
3.04.2011
5.28.2010
Summer is here
Although summer doesn't officially start until June 21st, let's face it...summer is here! Need further proof? The boys went swimming at Grammy & Granddaddy's last night after track practice. Tomorrow? First track meet of the season and then a lazy weekend with nothing else on the calendar!! WOW!
5.14.2010
Dino-myte!
Steps to making dinosaur cookies.
1. Get the mix from Aunt Katy & Uncle Matt for your birthday
7. Eat them!!
Thank you Aunt Katy & Uncle for the fun gift!!!
1. Get the mix from Aunt Katy & Uncle Matt for your birthday
2. Help your mom mix the dough that turns green when water is added to it! (sorry that there's no photographic evidence of this...)
3. Roll out the dough with a coffee mug since your mom doesn't own a rolling pin.
4. Cut out the dinosaurs with cookie cutters...the T-Rex being your favorite...again, no photo :(
5. Have your mom spread on the icing and you sprinkle with bright blue colored sugar
6. Admire your gooey masterpieces
7. Eat them!!
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