2 blogs in one week

Hey everyone.
I don't really know much. Things here are really good. I realized it has been a while since I posted any pics of the girls, so I thought I would post a couple that I took yesterday when they were all cleaned up. Hope you are well.
K

food

We just got back from our mini-vacation to Houston to see my brother and family and to baytown to see the lewis clan. we had a great time, and as usual had a lot of good food! While in Houston, we ate from Double Dave's, Hasta La Pasta, Lenny's Sandwiches, and Chuy's. We spent a lot of time hanging out with Jim, Jenny, Emily, and Elliot. My parents were in Branson, so we will have to see them soon.

I will now concentrate on Baytown. The Lewis house is really nice and already has some really nice Lewis touches! The men spent the day building a playset in the backyard. Aleesa has a really nice new kitchen and appliances... and an island! :) Since most of you know her as a real foodie, I would be remiss if I did not mention all of the food we ate.
We did go to Double Daves Pizza and I laughed because Aleesa would get some pizza or pizza rolls, take a bite or 2 and pass it on to Richard. She must have tried a dozen kinds of pizza that way! LOL. We went to a place called Al T's for dinner and ate more food then anyone shoulduever consume. Eric's plate alone would have fed ys all... with 3 kinds of gumbo, alligator, oysters, shrimp, onion rings, fish... I am forgetting some stuff! It was really fun, and when you go to see the Lewis's you should visit that restaurant! The next morning, Aleesa and Bailee made biscuit donuts, and Aleesa fried BACON and made a Paula Deen upside down apple pancake. We snacked on her organic peanut butter and pretzel bites, and for lunch we had beet chips and sandwiches with 2 kinds of cheese, lunch meat, veggies, avacado, and greens! Aleesa and I went to a really cool bakery and had iced coffee and pastries. I had the mocha cheesecake covered in chocolate. We then went to Hobby Lobby and had a great time waiting for a storm to blow over. Aleesa then made spaghetti and salad and I imagine they are still picking up the noodles off the floor and table from the kids! If you want to see pics, you should check out her blog, and if you need the website, let me know! Overall, we had a terrific time.

Wow, I was long winded today! Hope you are well.
K

Kitchen Renovation #1

So Bailees and Leah went to the Power Lab which is the Methodist VBS. They both loved it. It gave me the opportunity to revamp my kitchen a little. By a little I mean that we got rid of the three layers of strawberry wallpaper that was on my walls, retextured above our paneling and painted it baize green. Our next plans include painting the paneling with a fresh coat of cream color and Eric is making the chair rail wider and the window seat bigger. That will be week 2 of our renovation. This is what we have so far. I will try to get a brighter picture later so that you can see the green better. Oh, I even painted the ceiling! (good bye nasty brown spot) Thank you Shelby, Aaron and Eric!

Let's see... I've stayed away about as long as I can stay, so next week we are going to nutria ville to visit Aleesa and clan. I am excited to see them.

Oh, and hi NANNY PATTI! I am glad to have a faithful 6th reader. For those of you who may know, Nanny is a dear friend and the wonderful soul who loved my Bailee so that I could teach lessons when she was little.

Ok, that's it for now. Leah's foot ended up being a deep bruise, so she is getting around really well. After a few days of limping, she is back to her running self. Bailee is great too. She has a front tooth missing. I will try to post pics of that soon.

Hope you are well.
K

coming soon to a blog near you

Hey.... it's just been a while, so I thought I would update.

I am about to take Ms. Leah to the doctor because she jumped off the couch AGAIN and hurt her foot AGAIN.

Bailee had a fabulous time at VBS.

I redid the furniture in my kitchen. Thanks Shelby!!!

I miss the Lewis family, but they are doing really well.

There will be more details about all of this soon, but now I have to give my stinky girls a bath.

Hope you are well, my faithful 5 readers.
K

It's really here

I would be remiss if I didn't tell you that today is the Lewis family's last day in "Mayberry". I was going to upload some great pictures of them, but the camera is still at school so...
I haven't even wanted to write anything because it just makes me teary to think about it so, I will keep this short and sweet.

Richard... thank you for being the "logical side" to my husband's crazy side. Thanks for helping Eric get the entertainment center into our house. Thank you for giving my 22 flute players a chair test my first year in Brenham. Thanks for always having a plan b.... for trying mole sauce.... and even for "the laugh".

Aleesa... I don't even know where to start. Thank you for being there when I made my transition from band director to mom. Thanks for ALWAYS loving my girls. Thank you for crying at the Princess breakfast with me. Thank you for the hours talking about everything! Thank you for keeping Leah when she was small. Thank you for skiing the blue with me... for cooking adventures...for painting my toenails. Thank you for introducing me to the "sister mamas" I promise I will try to be brave enough to go without you!! I look forward to us growing old and gray together and watching Food Network and folding our husband's laundry while we gab on the phone!

Matt... my Buster Brown... Thank you for being Leah's best friend. Thank you for your facial expressions... your big hugs. Thanks for always asking for a treat from my treat bucket. Thank you for teaching Leah to toughen up and Thank you for being Bailee's "little brother" (Carly Carly Bai Bai) Thank you for sharing your mommy and daddy with my 2 girls.

Ok... I am going to post this now. Nutria Ville is gaining a wonderful family! See you soon, Lewis folks!

Hope you are well.
K