Haircuts, Contacts & Baseball

This is what our Saturday consisted of. First ALL of the male members in the Wilson Household needed haircuts. So as we hurried to leave for our house to show (no we haven't heard anything but we do know this was a 2nd showing and they did want all of our disclosures we are hopeful that we might possibly get an offer)we met up at Sport's Clips for hair cuts. Now Christian who is 11 is in a stage where he wants his hair to be long. His mother likes for boys to have short hair. Thus his dad had to settle it. He decided that for now Christian could keep his long hair. So the picture you see is AFTER everyone had a hair cut even though Christian doesn't look like it!

Our second goal of the day was to make an eye appointment for Christian. After having glasses for 3 years now he asked Craig and I if he could get contacts. We tried to get him to get contacts last year because it would have been easier with baseball but he wasn't interested so we were very surprised when he approached us. Since he was almost due for his next eye appointment I took him on Saturday. (It was a good thing that we didn't wait the full year because his eyes had really changed again) So she fitted him for contacts. He was frustrated at first at the Dr.'s because of how long it took him to get them in and then when he FINALLY got both in she said great, now let's learn how to take them out - he was ready to cry. But he has done really well and in less than 1 day is getting them in and out with no trouble at all!! (Notice in the picture as well that he isn't wearing his glasses.)

Lastly, Craig had received 4 free tickets to the Astro's game tonight. A man who works for Minute Maid Park had come into the ER several month's ago and was Craig's patient, when he found out Craig had 3 boys he said I want to give you guys some free tickets. The only "downside" was there are 5 in our family and even though all of the boys like baseball - MOM is one of the biggest Astro's fan's!! Joel is the least fan by far so we tried to find a babysitter for him so that the other 4 of us to go but couldn't fine one. So Christian and Caleb decided they would rather go to the game with dad than mom (big surprise) so Craig took them and Joel and I stayed home. (Side note - my husband knowing how much I love and enjoyed the games said he would stay home with Joel and I could take Christian and Caleb but I knew they really wanted to go with him). Joel and I had Chick-Fil-A, ice cream, played Candyland and read 4 books while they enjoyed the Astro's game (this is a picture Craig took from his seat). The Astro's lost but everyone had a fun night!

Next Friday I am traveling with my ex-boss Jackie Garner (Director of Women's Ministry for Lakewood) to a women's conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Although I won't be speaking I will have a chance to pray and minister to the women at all 3 sessions. I am really, really excited. I have really missed not having that opportunity since quiting my job and I am so excited to see how God changes the womens lives!

Austin Kyle Duran's 1st Birthday

We all got up early this past Saturday and drove to Austin, TX for Austin Kyle's very special first birthday! I don't care what his parents say - this is the best baby ever!! He had a great time playing with all of his friends and family and as most 1 year old's really LOVED his cake! If everyone hasn't heard Austin will be getting a "sister" come August (YIPEE - the fist girl grandbaby on the Duran side after 4 consecutive boys!).

Back Up!

We'll as most of you know I went to work full time last August and our last entry on the blog was September!!! It has been a world wind. From working full time to now not working at all - it has been a big transition! But my goal is to keep up to date with the blog in order to share more photos with everyone. Below is just some snapshots that I don't know if everyone has seen - ENJOY!

We will be traveling this weekend to Austin, Tx for Austin Kyle Duran's first birthday, so I will have more pictures to share after that.

Birthday's Galore!

We celebrated Joel's 5th birthday and Caleb's 7th birthday this weekend. The party started Thursday morning with donuts for Joel and cupcakes for his class. As I reflected back I can't believe that my baby is 5! He repeatedly tells me not to call him my baby - but he will ALWAYS be my baby! Although he was a surprise to Craig and I he undoubtedly completes our family. We continued his party with family & friends on Friday night. All of the grandparents came along with Addison, Aubree, Ms. Ashlee, Sunni and our neighbor Salmen. We had pizza and spider man cupcakes along with a baseball pinata that was quickly broken with a powerful swing by Christian! The big surprise of the evening was the gift of a Nintendo Wii (given by MeMaw & Papaw) to all three of the boys. All three of them were very excited and have not stopped playing it!

Saturday morning it was Caleb's turn. We had his party at Chuck-E-Cheese were a total of 11 kids joined us! It was fun seeing Caleb in a different element with all of his friends. He is definetly the extrovert of the family and I loved seeing him interact and just play with everyone. He never meets a stranger! He has declared twice to me that now that he is 7 he can take care of his self. I am not for sure what that means but he really, really believes it! His actual birthday is tomorrow. It is also grandparents day at school so my mom and dad are going to go have lunch with him! Finally then the partying will be over!

Sunday was a day of rest! Hallelujah - now we gear up for soccer games to begin this weekend and baseball the next!