David The Hunter, WHAT?!

David had the opportunity to go on a Guy's weekend with 2 of his high school buddies James & Chip), one of which lives in McKinney, this past December.  YAY for David and our family, having James and his family close by has been such a blessing because we don't have any family close by, and they have been family to us!! Love ya James & Alyson!

Okay, so I told him have Jame's get you are deer and we will process it for the meat, since it is very lean!!  Little did I know he was going to get a license to hunt, imagine my shock as David has a very tender heart for animals.  THEN, I get the text that he shot a deer.. can you say shocked?! I asked him how it felt and he told me he didn't cry.. So, he had a great time & got a deer, pretty cool! Enjoy some pictures from their weekend...

Mother Son Date Knight 2013

I LOVE Chickfila, if you didn't already know that then you do NOW!  Well, they do some really fun activities for families.  On April 20, 2013, I was blessed to take my boys to their second Mother Son Date Knight.  They go ALL out, this year they had a balloon artist, a man playing piano music, the staff waiting on tables, the tables are decked out with decorations and fun stuff, of course the COW dressed as a knight, and goodies for us when we left.  Such a special time, well it would have been if the kids didn't get up way early that morning to cheer me on in a 5K followed by a WHOLE day at the zoo.  Well, it was an experience with CRAZY boys, but I still enjoyed the evening.  Here are some pictures from the evening:

Touch a Truck Event..

Last weekend we surprised Drew by going to an event in the area called Touch-a-Truck. Anyone who knows Drew could probably guess what his reaction was when we arrived. This was a really cool event in Dallas, where a variety of trucks were parked, so kiddos could climb in them, honk the horns, and run around. Drew had a ball, and so did Evan! Although to our surprise it took Drew a little bit to even get in a truck, but once Evan did it, he HAD to do it to!! Here are some fun pictures from the day!

Our New "Metal" Family Member

Well, we are officially crazy! When we were in Iowa visiting family and attending my cousin's wedding we found a VAN! It has been a LONG search, but we found a GREAT one and for WAY under budget. It just came with a 2 day drive back to Texas, family bonding time, right?! It has a few minor thing that need to be fixed, but David is just the guy to fix them!! Check it out!

HEB Cook-Off in San Antonio

I will eventually back track and catch you all up, but I wanted to share the fun weekend I had in San Antonio last weekend! I had the honor of traveling with my friend Courtney to join her team in a cook-off at a HUGE HEB in San Antonio. This was an event where the top two vote getting bloggers got to do. It was a crazy day, we checked in, we were assigned a shopper to get our ingredients (we had to use: Peter Pan Peanut Butter, HEB Frozen Veggies, Egg Beaters, & Hebrew National Hot Dogs with whatever else we chose). Once we shopped and ate lunch, then we had 45 min to prep, then 1 hr 5min to cook and plate! I felt like I was on a real cooking show, lol! I was sooo impressed with our team and our food, we rocked it!! We ended up winning 5 t0 2, WAY TO GO "I COOK" team!

The only bummer is we were suppose to meet George Duran, a celebrity chef (was suppose to be our chef for the day), but he couldn't make it due to the hurricane on the East Coast. Frank, the HEB Chef, was tons of fun though! Enjoy some fun pics:

You can get our recipes here at mycrazysavings.com.

Drew's Trip to The FARM!

We had a fun outing today with our MOPS group. I wasn't sure about it at first, but then I thought the price wasn't bad and it would give Drew and I some time together alone, since David was home sick and could take care of Evan. I am sooooooo glad we went. The place was called Grisham Farms and our small group was the only one there because you have to make appointments, sooooooo nice! Anyhow, Drew got to hand feed the goats and sheep, then throw some food to the BIG pigs. We were instructed it wasn't smart to hand feed them and once I saw them I completely understood why.

Feeding the Animals

Petting the animals (they brought out 5-6 for them to pet). Drew had LOTS of questions for the lady, I was pretty impressed because they were great questions, like "What do the animals eat?"

Someone spying on us, hmmmm...

And.... then comes his new best friend, Bo Bo! He found this bright green Caterpillar in the sandbox and carried it around everywhere letting it crawl up his arm. He was the hit of the playground. It took LOTS of convincing from me for Drew to let Bo Bo stay with his friends at the farm. He tried to sneak it more than once...smarty pants!

He must have been exhausted, this is where we found him during quiet time.

Re-CONNECTING!!

I LOVE Facebook because it has given me the opportunity to reconnect with old friends! It is so nice to catch up and see where they are now and what's going on in their lives. My favorite part is looking at their pictures and seeing their beautiful families! What I find funny is a lot of people I went to school I with are in the same place in life with kiddos, and I thought David and I were older parents so as strange as it sounds it makes me feel good.

I have had the opportunity recently to meet up with a friend from Middle School on, and a fellow New Kids on The Block follower (long ago..lol). She has two little boys close in age to mine. I am so excited she lives here in Dallas! We had a wonderful time! Enjoy some pics!!

My socialite Drew asking a stranger what he was doing, then proceeded to stand and watch! Drew is with their friend Nolan, somehow I didn't get a shot of him with Matthew, bummer! Evan & Reed!! It think he is trying to spring him from the car seat??? Sorry Meghan, I know you might hurt me for posting this...lol!!

GOOD TIMES!!

"WASH ON - WASH OFF" with Drew

As I have said many times, Drew LOVES to help! You can turn around just about any bad behavior with him when you give him a job. I am not saying this is 100% effective, but pretty close. I often have to remind myself this very thing! Drew was a big helper last weekend, working with Daddy to clean our vehicles. He had a BLAST!!