A few of my favorite words of Preston's:

sprinkles = sprinklers
tickalicious = ticklish
hangleburger = hamburger
fingalow = flamingo
cereup = syrup (I believe this comes from his love of cereal)
me either = me too (this one gets a little confusing...we're working on it:)

Canyon Lake

We attend church in a pretty little chapel in a small town called Canyon Lake in the hill country north of San Antonio. It's a long drive to church, but we've learned to enjoy the nice ride through the hill country. Every week on our way to church we catch a glimpse of the lake. A couple of weeks ago we decided to go hang out there a bit. It's always nice to get outside and away from the city.

We had been there one time before about 2 1/2 years ago with our friends the Paynes and the Sparks. That was a good time (Randy and Cathy....come back.....)

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Here are my 5s (thanks to Jaesi:):

5 things on my to do list...
1 - Get to the dentist...aaaah!
2 - Finishing reading my grandparents journals (I'm doing this to help with a project for my
grandma and grandpa Debenham. It has been so fascinating! If anyone has the opportunity
to read their grandparents journals do it!!)
3 - Start writing more regularly in my own journal
4 - clean out and organize the garage
5 - Learn how to quilt from Grandma Wanda

5 Snacks I love...
1 - Chips and salsa
2 - Apples and cheese slices
3 - Strawberries, strawberries, strawberries (can't get enough of these)
4 - Dark chocolate (my last pregnancy did this to me)
5 - Carnation instant breakfast

5 Things I would do if I were a Billionaire
1 - Invest and all that responsible stuff
2 - Travel the world...first thing go to Philippines with Krissy and sponsor her projects there
3 - Buy a cabin in Norway for Tad
4 - Definately hire the gourmet chef
5 - Buy myself a car and go road trippin'.....oh, and buy my parents house in St. George that they're selling and turn it into a vacation home for family and friends.

5 Bad Habits...
1 - Bite my nails
2 - pick at my feet...yes I know...gross
3 - When I get into a book I can't put it down...everything around me gets a bit neglected
4 - Cut people off when talking
5 - over analyze conversations in my head

5 of my favorite toys....nostalgic
1 - My Little Ponys
2 - my My Little Ponys salon
3 - trampoline
4 - dress ups (jaesi's house was the best place for this)
5 - Mouse Trap and marbles

5 things I will never wear again...
1 - my upside down glasses (I was the object of ridicule 1st-3rd grade because of these
babies)
2 - my flourescent pink ensemble
3 - panthera spandex
4 - big, puffy bangs with a perm
5 - my blue suspender ski outfit with the multi-colored joker style hat

The Good Old Days

My sister has been helping my dad go through family slides. These are a few of the old treasures she's found...

Garden

My latest obsession has been trying to plan out what to do with our yard. I've always wanted a fruit and vegetable garden. With the help of community ed and good friend and neighbors Tad and I constructed and planted our little garden. It has lots of tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, tomatillos, jalapenos, basil, cilantro, watermelon, and in the blank part cucumber seeds. Now, I've never grown anything before. We're about to see what color of thumb I have, and I'm really hoping it's a shade of green! Any tips, please share!!

Photo Shoot

Once again Natalie has done her magic...

Natalie took these pictures at the entrance to our subdivision. We've always had a thing for that tree, and she really captured it well with the kids.

Happy Birthday!

This weekend we celebrated Preston's 4th birthday. He got to choose the menu and itinerary for the day, so Seaworld, pizza, and lots of cereal it was! (yes, we are some of the whitest people you know. Notice that I'm not appearing...that's because I'm the whitest of them all. Eliza has a little hope. She tans much quicker than the rest of us:) Happy Birthday Preston...I love ya bud!

Artworks

Today we had a fieldtrip for Preston's little preschool group at
Artworks. It's a great place where the kids can wander and participate
in all sorts of art projects. Eliza got to participate this year also.
The kids loved it and the mess wasn't at home!

HEB

Okay, so when I first moved to San Antonio I thought I'd have to do some major exploring to find my favorite grocery store. San Antonio is after all the 7th or 8th largest city in the country. I was shocked to find out that there is only one grocery store here...HEB (they do have super Wal-Marts, super Targets, Costcos and specialty health food stores...as for your typical grocery store HEB is it). Today we decided to check out the Central Market HEB on Broadway near downtown. I tend to judge grocery stores by their produce selection (cleanliness, selections, order, prices, etc.). I must say the Central Market had the most beautiful produce section. It was massive and clean and beautiful! I really wanted to take a picture of the inside but felt like I would look like an idiot or get in trouble or something. It's the kind of place you want to live right next door to so you can go in everyday and shop for your food fresh. My favorite buy today was cherry yogurt covered pretzels. Really yummy!