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First Day of School

2010-08-23T12:54:00.003-05:00

Well, it's that time again. I got the girls off to the first day of school without a hitch! Here is Georgia outside school and a shot of her really cool horse backpack that I made for her.

And here is Courtney outside her new school. She is at CSMS (College Station Middle School) now. Just two years there and then on to high school. She is wearing the T-shirt that she got last night when she was initiated into the youth group at church. She is very proud of it!

And this is the big ol' bag I made for her. She is also wearing her new maroon glasses. She's a cutie!

Happy 4th of July

2010-07-08T22:20:00.003-05:00

We made some cute shirts for the 4th.

And we went to the Bush Library for the celebration and fireworks. Fun as usual!

Cute Pics

2010-06-20T17:56:00.003-05:00

Just thought I'd share a few cute pictures that I have taken lately. Is this a good looking boy or what?

He loves books. Good thing he has lots of people to read to him. His eyes are closed in the next one, and Georgia said I had to keep it because it is funny.

Look how tan she is...

And this is the only picture I got from Friday when we went to Houston to see the Rangers stomp on the 'Stros. Braylon had a great time! He LOVES baseball. His two favorite words are baseball (which sounds more like ball ball, but it is what he says when he sees a baseball or sees baseball on tv), and Mama (of course). He goes around saying baseball and mama all day long. He's a stinker! But he's pretty stinking cute!

Georgia at Horse Camp

2010-06-15T14:19:00.003-05:00

Hi! It's been a long time since I posted anything! Sorry!

Georgia went to horse camp last week. It was the coolest thing! It was at a facility very, very close to our house. The instructor used to be on the Aggie Equestrian Team. Georgia got to ride a horse named Johnny. He is the instructor's boyfriend's practice roping horse...perfect! She got to ride every day. I am trying to work it out so that I can afford for her to take lessons, but they are expensive.

Anyway... Here are some pictures:

Happy Birthday, Braylon!

2010-02-19T07:32:00.002-06:00

Yesterday was Braylon's birthday! He turned the big ONE!
We celebrated with some strawberry shortcake. Yum, yum!

Here he is at supper on his birthday. Very cute.

He weighs 21 pounds and is 30 inches long.

Here he is throwing a little fit. Grumpy face. I don't even remember why he was making this face, but it was funny. So, I took a picture!

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-27T20:02:00.004-06:00

Reading a Christmas card from Aunt Carol Sue and Uncle Tom.

Christmas morning!

SANTA SOCKS

Christmas Time!

2009-12-13T13:33:00.003-06:00

Here is Courtney dancing at Christmas in the Park. She danced two ballet dances from the Nutcracker and another dance with her clogging team. She was beautiful!

When Courtney danced at the Bush Library, Georgia found this Nutcracker that she thought was really cool.

There was also a big, beautiful Christmas tree.

And here is the little guy as we were waiting to go on a hay ride at Christmas in the Park. We had lots of fun!

HALLOWEEN!

2009-11-07T08:36:00.003-06:00

We had a fun Halloween!

Courtney was Tweety Bird. She made this mask at school in art class. It was really cool!

Georgia was Elaina from the Zorro movie. I know it's weird, but she was happy! And when we found this wig at Wal-Mart for $6, it was perfect!

Braylon was a little skeleton! So cute! He and Grammy and I went with Georgia to trick-0r-treat around Grammy's neighborhood. Courtney stayed at Grammy's house and handed out the candy.

Here's one more seasonal pic of the cute baby. I took it with my phone, so it is not super good quality, but very cute all the same. It was in front of Kroger.

There are more pictures posted on Snapfish. Let me know if you want to see them.

Braylon's First Aggie Football Game

2009-10-01T17:52:00.002-05:00

We took Braylon to his first Aggie football game. It was sponsored by the Junior Aggie Club, so there were all sorts of extra fun things to do. And we got the tickets for the kids for free. It was awesome. Here is Braylon with a Yell Leader! That was so cool!

Here is Georgia with the Yell Leader. She also got her face painted for free at the fan zone before the game.

Braylon thought the game was so so fun! He was smiling the whole time. He would put his hands up in the air and then clap. It was so cute!

Here we all are! Bruce and my dad were there too, but they were sitting on the student side in their season tickets. It was so much fun. It was especially cute that Braylon thought it was very fun!

There are a few more pictures posted on my Snapfish account. If you want to see them, let me know, and I'll send you a link to see them!

Life at the Ray house

2009-09-17T17:45:00.002-05:00

I know it is crazy, but here is they way I do laundry. In case you are wondering just what you are looking at... It is my whole laundry room floor piled up with clean clothes with a baby sitting right in the middle. I told you it was crazy. I just thought you might get a kick out of my craziness. ps- If you are wondering why there is an ice chest in the laundry room... well, that's my worm farm =)

This is Braylon in one of his favorite toys. He likes to jump and jump and jump. And here are two sleeping angels. Aren't they cute?

Georgia's 7th Birthday

2009-09-16T23:59:00.004-05:00

Georgia turned 7. She wanted a Barbie cake, but she wanted it to be a cowgirl Barbie cake. So, here she is.

Georgia's friends, Audrey and Claire (and Mrs. Laura), rescued a kitten from the highway and gave her to Georgia for her birthday. Georgia named her Lucy, and she is a sweet little kitty.

We had Georgia's birthday party at "U Paint It."

Here are her friends. It was very fun! Can you guess what Georgia chose to paint?

Courtney's 12th Birthday Party

2009-09-09T23:18:00.002-05:00

Well, Courtney turned 12! She had a few friends over for a slumber party.

Here's her really cute cake.

Here they are eating the special trail mix and orange smoothies that Courtney made from her Rachel Ray cook book. We also made and ate mini pizzas for supper. Very yummy.

We decorated flip flops...

and tie-dyed t-shirts.
Then the girls watched a movie with popcorn and then slept a little so we could get up in the morning and go to church.
It was a really fun party, and the friends that Courtney invited were super sweet.

First Day of School

2009-08-24T10:40:00.005-05:00

I'm free! at least until I have to start Sonshine School next week. But for this week, I sent my big girls off to school and it's just me and the little guy at home!

I have to say that the first day of school went off without a hitch (so far). My girls are so big and sweet and smart! I realized just how big and sweet and smart they are when I saw other kids (and parents) totally FREAKING out in both schools this morning. My kids just gave me a kiss and went right in. I'm not even going to get out of the car tomorrow!

Here's Georgia at her brand new school! The building is very nice, and her teacher, Mrs. Martindale, is cute and sweet. My little girl is in 1st Grade!

And here's Courtney at her school. She is at the same school she went to last year, Cypress Grove Intermediate, but it has a whole new wing of class rooms so she won't have to be in portables like last year. Here's her hallway. My big girl is in 6th Grade! Crazy, huh?

C -- Dance Class

2009-08-20T14:17:00.007-05:00

Courtney had her first ballet/pointe class for the fall semester last night. She is very proud and wanted me to share some pictures of her in the studio on pointe.

She's just beautiful. She looks like a professional ballerina in the making, and she LOVES it.

These are the $80 pointe shoes that are almost worn out already. We'll probably have to get a new pair by Christmas.They are learning some dances from the Nutcracker. Very Cool!

New Trick

2009-08-17T07:15:00.004-05:00

Braylon learned to sit up. Yea!
He still falls over sometimes, but he can finally sit up by himself. Here's a picture:

I thought I'd share a few more pictures too. Here he is sleeping in his car seat. He looks so sweet! Doesn't he?

Here he is with a shark on his head. He just got out of the bath.

And here's what happens when you let the 6-month-old hold the spoon. He loves to hold the spoon and grabs it all the time. He wants to be old enough to feed himself, but he doesn't have good aim yet. You can't see it too good because it was white-ish food, but it is ALL over him!

2009-08-13T17:51:00.005-05:00

Hi everybody! I have decided to start a blog so that our family and friends in Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Peru, and where ever else near and far can see what is up with our kids!

Here they are:

The first one is Courtney Elizabeth. She is a beautiful dancer. This year she is taking clogging and ballet on pointe. She is almost 12 and starting 6th grade.

Next is Georgia Lea. She's a beautiful cowgirl. She can't wait to be old enough to join 4-H but is trying out all kinds of sports in the mean time. She is almost 7 and starting 1st grade.

Finally, there's Braylon James. He is a beautiful bouncing baby boy. This picture was taken when he was only three days old. He is much bigger now and recently learned to sit up. He is almost 6 months old. I'll post a more recent picture soon.

So, if you love these kids... and who couldn't love faces like these... follow my post. I'll post pictures whenever new things are happening in their lives. Watch for first day of school pictures coming soon! I love you all!