pre-aggie game with cat and chris

meeting up with the Wilson, Twardowski, and Nash families in Chicot State Park

bonfires

stargazing

kayaking

fishing

biking

hiking

etc.

the pics really speak for themselves 

blisters can't keep a good man down! 

Uncle Charlie coached the kiddos in some Zombie pictures 

Nate and his cousin Tyler were playing some soccer

and Nate caught a ball to the face

and a loose tooth was knocked out in the shuffle 

movie night with the boys!

my three cutie-pie dates and i went to see Puss in Boots Saturday night

some pre-historic fun was had as well.

i love my boys!

had another tough day...

but instead of wallowing in self-pity...

{as i can be so fond of doing}

i talked with my mom & we laughed together.

oh her laugh.

how her laugh makes everyday and everything better.



1,000 mile weekend

west texas sunsets sure are purdy...

this is the view outside of Charlie's grandparent's lake house in Del Rio.

Charlie and took a little evening stroll after our long day out on lake amistad.

The next morning, we got up bright and early, had some peach pie for breakfast and then

made our heading for college station.

everyone reading this knows our lone star state is quite large and diverse.

we encountered several interesting situations on our said road trip.

the first of which would be border patrol.

charlie decided to pull over onto the side of the road and grab our camera

from the trunk so we could take a quick pic of the patrol officers...

my concerns of our pull over raising eyebrows was well founded

and while they didn't take us out of the car and frisk us, we encountered some thorough questioning.

moving right along after our stint with the junction brothers

we see this large object lying in the middle of the highway...

road kill perhaps?

oh, no.

just a lil 'ol bag of Keystone cans and empty amo shells.

...you know you're in the hill country when...

but non the less, the drive was just as beautiful as we remembered it to be

as we were moving along our merry way, we notice what looked like huge

thunder storm clouds looming ahead of us.

come to find out, those aren't storm clouds,

or the makings of a tornado; which also crossed my mind

{what are we driving into}

it was a huge wildfire

started when a dead tree fell on to power lines

the fire  made several jumps and soon the whole area was

covered in gray smoke.

definitely not something you see everyday.

after several detours, highways closures and reroutes we were able

to make it to aggieland by the second quarter.

the aggies made it all worth while when they pulled out the win against SMU.

PHEW!

border patrols

7 hours of non-stop driving

a wild texas brush fire

and a successful football game

i'll say we've had an eventful labor day weekend

we had a very quick weekend

quick but productive

El Padre de Marco or Papa Luigi

(as Charlie like to call his father)

came in town to lend a helping hand on the downstairs bathroom.

some other projects developed over the course of the weekend

(please excuse the complete lack of make-up here and the nappiness of my mane)

several trips to Home Depot later

we had a new light for the kitchen and a fresh coat of paint

on the ceiling

a few hours and a little paint war later...

...we've got fun track lighting in our kitchen!

Thanks Papa Mark for a wonderful anniversary gift!

Nate the Great turns 7

this friday the twardoski, fontenot and lloyd

clans joined together to celebrate a very special little

this little goes by,

Nate Fontenot Twardowski

he had a delicious "baseball guys" cake

got to were a birthday boy crown  

and even showed off the gap from his recently lost tooth

it was quite the friday afternoon!

and these smiles are always worth the trip!

i love my moma!

weekend galvez

the hubs and i visited the twardowski clan

in good 'ol Galveston for lots of fun in the sun.

i must say that family time is always the sweetest

One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.

-Khaled Hosseini

"To her the name of father was another name for love."

my daddy and me circa 1984

hope everyone had a great mama's day!

To My Amazing Mama...

Happy Mother's Day to My Amazing Mama .

Everyday I thank God for giving me such a loving mother.

You have been such a gentle, patient, giving mother and there aren't enough thank yous in the world to truly get across how thankful I am for having you as my mama.  

Thank you for letting me march to the beat of my own drum.

Thank you for supporting me and my dreams.

Thank you for always loving me, even when I went through the really awkward teen years and acted like a brat.  

Thank you for always loving me, even though I know I made it difficult.

Thank you for letting me move back home to be your roommates. 

Thank you for everything you have done for the world.

Thank you for making me feel like one of the most blessed daughters in the world.

love you with all of my heart,

"Kristin-girl-mama's girl-baby-girl"

A night to remember...

We were busy bees this weekend.

After we drove in from College Station on Saturday

we met up with my mom for the Tyrone Wells concert!

I was so excited to share the night with my mom

because she loves Tyrone's music and the cheery on top

was that his wife, Elina, was going to sing with him too.

The fellar in the above pic is Tyrone's bass player...not Elina thank goodness.

I am so glad to have gotten to spend the evening with some

of my most favorite people in the world!

On our way back to our car we saw this house decked out for

the upcoming holiday.

The fake roaches all over that dude in the sheet were

creeping me out man!

GO 'STROS!

Husband and I kicked off our super busy weekend with our first (and probably last)

baseball game of the year.

My mom got tickets through her school so my sister and her family

got to join in on all the Minute Made Park glory.

Lukie was showing me how he blinks his eyes...he's my favorite 3 year old!

We had a great view of the whole stadium since we were

sitting right under the big screen.

We took a bunch of family pics and this was the best one

Uncle Charlie tucked the State Farm teddy bear into

Lukies shirt...that lasted all of about 3 seconds.

We had a blast with our sweet family even though

the Astros didn't pull out the win.

Charlie remembered the Friday fireworks show they

always have after the Friday games.

The show was about 15 minutes long and a perfect

end to a great night!