Silly Girl Showing Off

Our big girl has just about mastered her spoon, and is doing pretty good with a fork too. This particular day, she was showing me how well she can eat her 'applesauce', which is a favorite of hers. Not that it's a favorite food to eat, but it's a favorite word of her's to SAY! So silly!!

Swimming at the Kroc Center

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While Aunt Moozer & Uncle Brandon were in town last week, we took the kiddos to the  Kroc Center (sponsored by the Salvation Army)  in town. This place is not just a gym, but it also has a waterpark outside and a church inside. The kids loved it. James really wanted to try the giant water slide, but is still about a foot shy of getting on that ride. This summer he is not at all fond of getting his eyes wet (whether in the tub, the sprinkler, or the pool). So, in the background you can kind of see the kids playscape in the middle of the pool that is equipped with 3 waterslides, water cannons, and sprinklers. But...because there are also giant buckets of water overhead that fill up and then dump out on your head, he refused to play on it...at all! Maybe he will warm up to the idea as the Texas weather gets hotter and hotter, for now we will enjoy wading in a couple of inches of water and playing on the baby slide I guess. As usual, Aunt Moozer got some much better pics than I did, but I can't figure out how to pull them off of FaceBook anymore. :-(

Some of the great things about living in Kerrville.......

Unplanned outings with cousins

Sitting in the yard eating Popsicles and blowing bubbles, in nothing but a diaper!

Fun holiday weekends with cousins, grandparents, aunts, and uncles

Playing T-Ball & Baseball with cousins

Annabelle's legendary bed head..lol!

Getting to see Aunt Moozer's tummy grow with Baby Petunia (that's my nickname for Baby Girl!)

The Easter Bunny makes house calls in the Hill Country (Randi was terrified and would not pose for the picture)

Aunt Moozer, Uncle Brandon, Annabelle, and Bridgit

Me, Randi, JJ, James

Uncle Michael, Aunt Candice, Hayden, & Owen

Nana, Papaw, Bridgit, Hayden, Randi, Owen, James, Annabelle

Sleepovers & movie nights with Kaycee

I am terrible about using my camera these days. If Aunt Moozer is around, I always just know that I can get copies of pics from her. (This is the only reason I have any Easter pics!!) I will post Easter pics with Kaycee soon, (have to get copies from Aunt Amber first!!!). And, I will try to do better about using my camera. Need some with Amber, Sam, and M'Nina for  sure!!!

Baby Jacob is Born!!

Friday, April 15, 2011, Charles Jacob Tedder was born! He weighed 8 lb, 10 oz, and Mommy and baby are both doing great! Just wanted to give a big CONGRATULATIONS to Jimmy, Tori, and Audrey on the birth of their new son/brother! We are so excited for them and cannot wait to meet the little guy! Pictures to come soon! He looks just like his big sister Audrey and is so precious!!

Luminarias

I am so excited about our upcoming Relay for Life at the end of the month! We are working hard to raise money for the American Cancer Society! With our rummage sale this past Saturday, we passed our goal of $5000, so we decided to raise our goal up to $7500 before the end of the month! We have a car wash scheduled for this Sunday, and now a bake sale for the following weekend! The theme this year is to 'Paint the Town Purple' in the hopes that all businesses and store fronts will be decorated purple the day of the Relay.

There are two things that I am REALLY looking forward to at Relay. #1 is that my Dad is going to walk the survivor lap this year...it has been 10 years now since his surgery! #2 is that I cannot wait to see all the thousands of luminarias lit up around the track in honor & rememberance of those we love that have fought the cancer battle. My Aunt Mindy purchased a luminaria for my Dad, and I purchased a luminaria for both Cindy & Papaw James Hayes (both from JJ's family). As the day draws closer we are making more and more plans that I am excited about (Mindy is also making purple capes for our team members!!!), but these two things....they are gonna make my night for sure!!!


If you would like to buy a luminaria for someone you know that has fought the cancer battle, they are only $5, and the cost goes straight to our team totals for the amount we have raised. Please visit my personal page here and click on 'luminaria'. It is such a small gift, that will mean so much to those in your life and it is for such a great cause. Please help us to create a world with a lot less cancer, and a lot more birthdays! I truly appreciate it!