Best Vacations Ever

Today over at Kelly’s Show us your Life feature it’s
 “Show us your favorite vacations spots”
In 2001 Terence and I were blessed to go on a cruise to Alaska.  Terence’s Granddaddy took all of us for a one week cruise.  We had the best time and I’ll never forget that trip.  The mountains and the scenery were all gorgeous…here are a few pics from that vacation.
Should I dye my hair back blonde?

 Whale watching

Seals

 This whale has it’s mouth wide open 🙂

 It’s amazing to see such a beautiful piece of the world with your own eyes!

 Terence and I also just got back from NYC in March and I took a ton of pics there……

You can read about the NYC trip :
Day 1 : HERE
Day 1 – 2 : HERE
Day 3 : HERE
Day 4: HERE

And you can read about Vegas HERE
Our next vacation will hopefully be to Paris next year to visit Terence’s cousin!
I really hope that works out because I REALLY want to go!
I can’t wait to read about all of your vacations too!

Kate Middleton WHO? And some Sillies :)

Kate Middleton Who???

 Ha..ha..you can go to http://www.people.com/ and see what you would look like with her hair and veil too!

Or you can buy a Barbie doll now…this Royal wedding stuff is all the rage right now apparently!

I got a new Starbucks tumbler, I had one and it broke, so I was excited to get a new one.  These are different than the last one I had the insert comes out and you can put that part in the dishwasher.  I love it!

 Cup with insert

ALSO!!!! Starting May 6 and running through May 15, come into participating stores between 3-5 p.m. for a half-price Frappuccino® blended beverage of your choice.

 When I went to pick up Connor the other day I put one of Arielle’s bows in his hair.  Isn’t he the cutest little “girl” ever!!!  Ha..ha…he’ll probably kill me for posting this some day!  At least he’s not in a dress!

Tomorrow’s Friday and I have another giveaway in store for yuns!
Don’t forget to enter to win an Ava the Elephant….giveaway ends Friday 13th!

14 Months

Connor James you are growing so quickly these days……
You are our joy
You are our love
You make us laugh
You make us smile every day
You’re our angel from God
You are definitely a busy body & have started throwing tantrums! Ha..ha..
We have to keep you entertained or you get bored, you LOVE to look at books.

This month we are going to Arkansas to see Nana & Poppy.  They miss you so much!  Mommy turns 30 on May 30th so I’m excited to go home and share this milestone with family and friends.  Your Daddy turns 30 on May 11th….we are getting old! 😛

I love you so much…..don’t grow up too quickly now sweet boy!
Love, Mama
Don’t forget to enter the giveaway this week.
I also have several other GREAT GIVEAWAYS in the works for you all 🙂  So excited!

Ava the Elephant Giveaway!

Terence and I love the show “Shark Tank” on ABC.  Last year we saw a product we both thought was genius!  Tiffany, a contestant on the show created a children’s medicine dispenser called “Ava the Elephant“.  Tiffany was kind enough to send us one to try and also sent one to giveaway to one of YOU! 

Our family has had several bouts of sickness this year and Connor hates taking medicine!  This is such a great product and makes taking medicine not so scary for babies and toddlers.  I would highly recommend it to other Moms & thank you Tiffany for dreaming up such a wonderful idea!

Here is some info on Ava the Elephant :

  • What kind of medicine is she used for?

Ava is perfect for ANY liquid medicine and even liquid vitamins!

  • What if my baby/child doesn’t respond to AVA at first?

I have found that using a little of their favorite drink… milk, juice, whatever works for them…and using Ava when they are not sick can work WONDERS! They will then associate her as a good/fun thing instead of fear!

  • What ages respond well to Ava?

We have found through much research that any age child can enjoy Ava. Small babies smile instantly at her sweet face and like to use her ears as handles! This gives you a chance to dispense the medicine mid-smile! Toddlers and older children really like Ava counting down to opening up! And of course her praising them at the end is always nice!

  • What does BPA & Phthalate-FREE mean and why is it important?

Bis-phenol-A is a hormone-disrupting chemical considered to be potentially harmful to human health and the environment. After cancer turned my life upside down I was determined to find out exactly what I was using on myself and family. It is equally important to me that your child does not use a product made with harmful plastics.

Here are Connor & I demonstrating how it works 🙂
ENTER TO WIN:

1.  Leave a comment telling me why you love Ava the Elephant!  Visit the website HERE
2.  Tweet or Facebook about this giveaway and leave a comment.
3.  “Like” Ava the Elephant on Facebook HERE and leave a comment.

Ava the Elephant is sold at CVS Pharmacy & a complete list of retailers can be found here.

Winner announced Friday, May 13th @ 12:00 pm central time

Dallas Blog Meetup Re-Cap

I had a great time at the Dallas Blogger Meetup this past Saturday.  I met some great gals “in real life” and they were just as wonderful in person!  I hung out with Whitney (our chauffeur), Niki (our co-pilot), and Leah (My “OMG Whitney don’t crash!” partner in the back seat).  I’m not familiar with Dallas even though I live here….and Whitney did a great job getting us around.
They drove here Friday from Arkansas and they gave me 1001 reasons why I needed to move back home…ha…ha….I totally agree!  I would move in a heart beat if I could 🙂
 Here are Niki & I at Bread Winners Cafe in Dallas
 Leah & Whitney
 Whitney & I taking a picture of each other taking a picture….
 The whole gang above…
I feel like a barely spoke to a lot of the other girls there and I tried to introduce myself???
It was hard to talk to everyone and I just felt out of the loop a bit, I felt a little awkward at times, maybe next time we have a meetup it will be a little easier….I guess you never know how it’s going to go when you meet people in person!  The food was great though!
 Our next stop was SPRINKLES 🙂
You all know I happily obliged that! 
I love me some Sprinkles and I was nice and brought Terence home a peanut butter cupcake. 
Ignore those two skinny girls behind me….I mean do they even eat cupcakes? For Realz.
 ♥ Whitney and her Sprinkles ♥
♥  Niki and her Sprinkles ♥
 I love this kid table and chairs.  They should sell it!

 Next stop was North Park Mall.  Niki and I are obsessed with paper stores.  They have the coolest cards, paper, and doo-dads.  I am also in ♥ with Niki’s camera bag….maybe someday I can get a Kelly Moore bag for myself.  Considering I just dropped my new camera and broke my lens filter I think it would be a good idea.  I love these bags because they are so stylish and look like a fashionable purse, but it’s a camera bag!

Sunday:
We drove out to Plano to run some errands.  I saw these fabulous lamps at Design Within Reach.  They were so cool and modern!  I even saw a chandelier similar to the one Summer loves.  We were testing out some desk chairs because Terence has started to work from home full time now.  Our desk chairs are very uncomfortable, so hopefully he’ll find something suitable soon!

While I was out on Saturday Terence took Connor to get a hair cut (above left) and to Chick-fil-a.  I’m glad they had some good Father/Son bonding time.  Everyone thinks they look just alike…..he’s my kid too yo!  We also made another trip to Breadwinners Cafe (the one in Plano) for brunch again on Sunday. I was craving those pancakes & Connor and Terence got to enjoy it with me this time!

I have decided that when I get home from work it’s going to be family time and not computer/phone time.  Honestly- I’ve been neglecting spending time with my family and doing the things that matter most to me in order to catch up on blogs or check Facebook/Twitter statuses….and that ain’t right ya’ll!  When I get home from work I should not walk in and get on the computer right away, and there is no reason I need to check my phone 100 times day while I’m in the car, at work, or sitting there watching TV.  It’s not the person I want to become….I want to TALK and not text, if someone really wants to reach me or talk to me they know where to find me.  I have found myself lately ignoring those who matter most.  Terence and I will be in the car and he’ll be carrying on a conversation and I won’t hear an actual word he says!  He shouldn’t have to compete for my attention with my phone and the computer…..so I will keep my blog,Twitter, Facebook…..as long as it doesn’t interfere with my family life.  They are what is important to me and every now and then I need to be reminded of that and realize that even in this digital world we are living in….my “real” life is what matters most.

xoxo Becky

Nice Day for a White Wedding

I got up early this morning and I did watch the royal wedding.  I didn’t get up at 4 am, but I rewinded my DVR and watched it on the Today Show.  It was lovely and everything I thought it would be 🙂

Kate’s dress was awesome.  I think she picked something classic, unlike Diana who looked like she was wearing a down comforter, I think her dress will be one for the ages….

 So sweet 🙂
My child has been throwing tantrums lately….
 Can I just say I don’t like this phase AT.ALL.
 The blood curdling screams are just crazy!!!
 Okay….all better now…..

 I love you baby boy…..tantrums and all…..

I’m not the best cook.  Last night I decided to make hash brown casserole because Bonnie said Jarrett loves it.  Well….Connor….not so much 🙁  Terence and I ate it….but it didn’t taste as good as Cracker Barrel.  I wonder if I missed something?

 For dessert : CHOCOLATE CHIP PANCAKES
Breakfast.  It’s good for dinner too 🙂

HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND EVERYONE!

Sno-Coneheads

Summer is upon us 🙂
Terence and I passed a couple sno cone stands last night and I couldn’t resist!  I am an ice queen, an ice cruncher, ice snob….if you will…..  I love Sonic ice and I love QT ice.  Just don’t give my plain old cubed ice!  Ha..ha…
I got the wild cherry flavor and Terence got a Dublin Dr. Pepper one.  They were both delish, but we did get a little bit of brain freeze! 
Connor saw the upper GI specialist today and he’s just fine.  Nothing to worry about, we just have severely picky eater and a major gag reflex going on!
So glad tomorrow is Friday and excited for the Dallas Blogger Meetup!!!

 I even got a gummy worm on top 🙂
It’s the little things in life isn’t it?