a birthday fit for a king

King Pea recently had a birthday, and I think it may have been the best ever! He had the entire weekend off, so we had to fill it with some fun goodness! We ate pizza at this amazing place, Picasso's. Not your momma's Pizza Hut, that's for sure! We met up with our favoritest friends for some brewskys at a downtown Dallas bar. Then we went to the Dave Matthew's Band concert, with a little tailgating before and after! They're also our favoritest! (It's a word; I just made it up!)


I can't remember having such a laid back, awesomely, awesome day! I love my Sweet Pea! He's a keeper! 

Birthday buddies, King Pea and Laura Kay! I don't know if May 19th can handle any more awesome births!

We were singing to them and they had Pop Rock cupcakes! Yum!

Awful picture! Fun times though!

It could not have been more beautiful!

This is obviously before Dave came out because we're all still sitting down! After they hit the stage, our bums didn't hit the ground again!

anne pea update

Yes, I do have another child! She's just in her "off season." She recently had her Spring Band concert. She's quite the beautiful flute player! I love listening to her practice in her room. The flute she's playing with was my Aunt Suzy's, then mine. Abby Pea used it for two years, then it got passed down to Anne Pea. I can't remember how well Suzy played, but I do know that Anne is definitely the best player out of the three Peas! She loves band, so I hope I get to hear more of her talent in the future. 

She is also looking into babysitting classes to take over the summer. She has a few "regulars" and since she's the more nurturing of the two, I think these classes will come in handy. She told me she wanted to relax all summer and have no plans. Yeah, right! 

I'm going to brag about her for another minute. She may be my less "visible" child, but she's also my most compliant, easy-going, all-around sweet pea! And, she is our comedienne, believe it or not. She makes me laugh and smile every day! I don't have to fight with her about her grades, doing the dishes or cleaning her room. She's certainly the Yin to Abby's Yang. Or is it the Yang to Abby's Yin? Either way, I just wanted you to know! :)

Here she is at her last concert. She can't hide from my camera when she's in the middle of playing a concert. 

Ha, Anne! I got you this time!

marquette this, marquette that

This seems to have become the Abby Pea blog! Since she has become a Marquette, it's been a whirlwind of blue and gold. She recently performed at McKinney High's spring football game. I have to say, I was pretty impressed with how awesome they were! The football team was...eh. The cheerleaders were...eh.  I thought the Marquettes would be about as impressive, but man, I was wrong! They were fantastic! I wish I would have gotten it on video, but alas, my first instincts are to take photos. So, here's Abby Pea, Marquette-style!

They were just practicing here. They're usually much more smiley!

Summer showing her "L's!" L is for Lion!

This is Abby's friend, Lindsay! They've danced together for a while now, and she's a Marquette officer this year.

Abby is the second from the left! They did their kick routine to the fight song.

Her kicks were amazing!

I got one of her mid-air!

Final pose! This is the first time I can't wait for football season!

i know! i've been neglectful!

I have no idea how long I've been *not* blogging, but it's been way too long! I'm even embarrassed to look back at the last post date! What has not happened in our lives lately?!? Where do I even begin?


How about starting with many answered prayers! Boy, we have had our share of amazing blessings lately! There was a point a few months ago when everything was going wrong and we just wanted to turn back the hands of time and do a total redo! Well, within just a few weeks, we found an awesome house, King Pea found an amazing new job just down the street, and our G.G. Pea is doing so much better. Blessings do abound! Abby Pea has become a varsity Marquette (that news may have been in a previous post) and Anne Pea is done with track and keeps me updated with how many school days remain until summer.  :)


Our girlie peas are doing well, still sassy as usual, but nothing too bad. They are thrilled to have their own rooms once more. We didn't realize how crappy our *temporary* apartment living was until we had a little room to stretch out again! As you may realize, our temporary living situation turned in to a year long headache! 


King Pea is now with Saltgrass Steakhouse, and it's super yummy! He has been home every night, except for one. That's a miracle in itself! He is a much happier King and his little kingdom has noticed the change! The management seems really great so far and I have not one bad thing to say about anything. That's a miracle, too! :)


My life is pretty much the same; except with allergies! Luckily, I'm going to the doctor this week, so hopefully I'll be back to normal soon. Since I can't be outside for more than twenty minutes at a time, my running has suffered (as well as my waistline!). I can't wait to enjoy the outdoors again! I'm pretty sure I have almost overdosed on Zyrtec and Benadryl! 


Our sweet G.G. is doing well! She no longer has her "trach" in and does all of her breathing on her own. She's lost a lot of weight, but has been able to eat some real food for a while now. And she is speaking again! She is going to be in a nursing home for a while to rehabilitate, with the hopes that she can return home someday! She doesn't seem to be in a great hurry; which only bothers us impea-atient family members! 


Abby Pea had to do a speech over dance and needed photos to go along with it. I got some pretty cool dance photos for her that were fun to take. I haven't done *leaping* photography before, so it was a learning experience! I would love to get some of Anne Pea one day, but alas, she is still my anti-photo child (although, she has no problems taking pics of herself with her phone). Anyhoo.....


We send our love to all of our friends and family! Praying for you always! 

Yes, you can be jealous of her gorgeous legs! I know I am!

I love my dancer pea! Now, how do I sneak pics of my baby pea....