Wishing all our

 Family & Friends a 

Happy Valentines Day!! 

 

We celebrated our Valentine’s Day yesterday with a modest exchange of treats, and our traditional homemade Valentines dinner of grilled steak and broccoli, steamed lobster tails, Cesar salad, and toasted ciabatta bread. 

 Valentine’s Day this year is filled with Madison's first soccer practice, Michael's final basketball practice and a math exam for me!! Thank goodness I have such an incredible spouse, and the kids have such a committed father to lend a hand with the additional duties. 

Perfect fit for my "Prince Charming" 

Fun, delicious V-day treat for the little ones, that even the big kids (aka hubbies) like....love too!

Great in a bag with a cute saying; "You're cute as a button"

 What you'll need:

• square pretzels
• Hershey's Hugs or Kisses 
• plain M&Ms

Directions:

Preheat oven to 200°.  (If your oven runs hot you may want to turn the temp down to 170°.)

Bake for 4-5 minutes until the chocolate is shiny and soft (but NOT melting - they should still hold their shape).  

Carefully place an M&M in the center of each hug and press it down to spread the chocolate.  

Allow to cool completely (a few minutes in the fridge works perfectly) and enjoy!

 

Now I leave you with pictures of the little ones....

 

 

Visitors

We love visitors, especially our family!  

Mom-mom & "Big Guy" Pop-pop paid us a visit this past weekend, and what fun we had. 

Big Guy all ready for his flight from Philly to Houston

Mike, Michael, Madison, Lilly-girl and I were spoiled living in Virgina Beach, being in driving distance of 5+ hours away, making once a month trips feasible. Now a 23+ hours drive has turned our monthly visits into quarterly visits, with Mom making more of those trips. It's more cost effective for her to purchase one plane ticket, opposed to us having to purchase four plane tickets, and then the extra cost of boarding Lilly-girl too.

Thursday afternoon they're plane arrived safely, and they would see first hand how crazy The Moore's week tends to be with our extra curricular activities and commitments. Mike had work, I had class that evening, and Michael had basketball practice. So I made a homemade pot roast with carrots, onions and potatoes complementing it with a green salad, and warm sour dough bread. Yum-mo!!

Friday Big Guy and I enjoyed our date to Lake Charles, Louisiana to do a little gambling at the L'auberge Casino Resort!

All Ready!!

Such a blessing to have him in my life

 Saturday The top Chef at the "Moore Diner", Mike, made us his fabulous, famous Saturday breakfast. Then it was time to go cheer Michael on at his basketball game against the "Lakers!" After his game, we went and celebrated his win with some ice cream. We went back to the house, and we were going to go to Trader's Village, a big outdoor flea market here in Texas, but by the time we would have driven the hour to get there, we would have had only an hour or so to browse, so we decided we'd take Lilly-Girl to the dog park instead. We then came back, and it was dinner time, so we enjoyed a nice dinner at Pappa's Seafood Restaurant. Everyone said their food melted in their mouth, and was just so scrumptious!

Mom-mom looks forward to her bike rides with her buddy to school

Daddy worked from home on Friday, so he joined his mom, and son on their bike ride to school

Mom wanted to turn the fireplace on, so we had to snap a picture

Pop-pop with his "Big Guy" Michael ...that's how he got his name "Big Guy" Pop-pop

Have to have a picture with his baby-doll

Awesome Game buddy

Madison showing off her bball skills to "Big Guy"!

Sunday It was time to say our goodbyes!!

It's always so nice having family visit, but, their visit always seem so short and we never want them or anyone to leave! Can't wait for Mom's visit in March to help us celebrate Michael's 8th birthday!! 

WWE Monday Night RAW

We had the chance to see history unfold right in front of our eyes. The 20^th Anniversary of WWE Monday Night RAW. How sweet! Our seats were perfect. They were as close as floor seats, but not!! 

Michael & Madison were so thrilled. They even made signs the night before the show, with mommy and daddy’s assistance. 

I have a loving memory of drinking milk and eating toasted PB&J’s with my biological mom watching wrestling. You know, the time when Hulk Hogan and Bret Hart were the big time wrestlers! Now to see Madison enjoying it, forever brings back that memory. Madison’s favorite wrestler is John Cena. In her words, “John Cena is not cute, but very handsome.” And that he is! 

Mike has fond memories as well of watching and attending live WWE shows too with his mother. So it's safe to say, we're creating lasting memories with our two children too. 

Here are a couple of snap-shots from the show! Enjoy!

 

We all have to....

........start somewhere! 

On Monday January 14th I started my first day of College (second go around, hopefully it's a charm). I'm enrolled at Lonestar College here in the Atascocita/Humble area. Monday & Wednesday afternoon's are spent studying general psychology. Tuesday & Thursday nights are spent learning basic Algebra all over again. Then somewhere in between I have to fit in my online course of Interpersonal Communication/speech! 

Mike has always been such a loving and supportive husband. I can't thank him enough for always believing in me, and pushing me to better myself. It's the little things, like a sweet and encouraging note. I am one lucky girl!  

Typical weekend!

Weekends are usually  

relaxed,  

fun, 

active, 

and 

family orientated

They're usually filled with board games, movie nights, popcorn, pizza night-Fridays, crafts, sports, video games for daddy and kids....the list goes on!

This weekend it was early rising to the YMCA for Madison's 8:00am basketball clinic, and Michael's basketball game at 9:30am. Go ROCKETS!!

Michael has shown a tremendous amount of interest in the game of basketball, and is really enjoying it. We hope he continues to love, and enjoy the sport. Who knows, maybe mommy and daddy will be watching him play in junior high, and high school!

Woo Hoo...Madison just seems to be a natural at any sport she takes on. It's amazing to watch her play! Her gross motor skills are right on track. She sure has come out of her shell since baby/toddler age.  

Since it was a rainy day here in Texas, mommy decided she'd try to sew. Second time I've taking the "Singer" out since daddy bought it 3-4 years ago!  After a couple four letter words and mistakes, I made my first garment, PJ pants for Miss Madison!! I followed this blogger's tutorial; Pj Pants!

 

 Then I decided, I'd give making a hair bow another try too!

Yikes!!

Yikes! Browsing the web, and along comes my lost blog! I will "TRY" to blog more so I can keep my family and friends in the know!

 Michael John Jr.  

7 years old

 2nd grade

Madison Reece

4 years old

Pre-K 4

Mike 31

Lynnie big 30

together 11 years

happily married 10 years in August

learning more about each other, and loving one another more each & every day

 

Pee Pee In the Potty

Ms. Madison Reece (19months) is showing interest in the potty. Where has my baby gone? I feel like we just brought her home. They grow way too fast.

It's been a year since I last blogged!

Wow, it's been a year since the last time I did an entry. Time flies when you're enjoying time with one another. We've been busy with exploring the simple things that Maine as to offer. Madison is a year now. I can't believe how Michael & Madison differ, but yet their from the same parents!!

Update--

The Moore's March 2009

Madison Reece is just shy of 11months. My little peanut isn't so small anymore. Madison is starting to stand on her own. Once she realize what she is doing she gets scared and falls to her bottom. She is working on her seventh and eighth tooth. So it's safe to say, she isn't very happy....CRANKY!!