Our trip to Amarillo was fun. We drove up there on Friday, the 1st to celebrate fourth of july with my family and to attend my ten year high school reunion. That was interesting. There were quite a few people there, and it was kinda crazy to see how much some of the people I had gone to high school with had changed, and then there were so many to looked just the same as they did in high school. I had also found out that a couple of my class mates had passed away that I was not aware of, one of them I had shared some classes with and he was a really fun guy. :(
I got to meet my sister Beth's new boyfriend Richard. He is a good guy but my enemy when it comes to playing Phase 10. He kept kicking my butt. I'll get him :D Fourth of July was fun, we had a lot of people over at dad's house for a bbq and kids had fun playing. We also took the kids to the Canyon 4th of July parade. Aiden had a mini Birthday party while we were up there. Kris's best friend and his family showed up. :D Thanks guys.
I got to see some of my friends while I was up there. One of them it was the first time I had see her in over two years. Missed her a lot.
The house we had a contract on, had it's inspection today. It went well. There were a few minor things that need to be fixed but nothing major. So we are excited about that. If everything else goes well, we will be moving in August to our new home :D I have a lot of painting to do. The kitchen's current color is yellow, that isn't gonna stay like that for long. :D The kids' rooms are going to be painted too and so will the master bedroom. Everyone is doing well and we are excited. Love to all
Lindsey

This is getting old!!
Well we just heard back that the seller of house number four would lower the price to 5k less than original asking price but she won't make any of the repairs that we requested. (20k in repairs). So we are withdrawing our offer and on the hunt again. I think we are going to look in a bit higher price range but that way we can possible find a house that doesn't need anything done to it. Wish us luck, we need to get this done before the next school year (Late August).

Happy Father's Day!!! I took Kris to see Monty Python Spamalot! He loved it and it was pretty funny if I do say so myself. We had a good time. We took the train into Dallas, and we saw the show, and then we rode the train into West end and had dinner at Spaghetti Warehouse. Very yummy, and then after dinner we waited outside in the 105 degree heat for an hour for our train to take us back to our car which we left in Irving. But it turned out to be a great day. We heard from our realtor that the seller of the house we put an offer on, will be in town on Tuesday and should have an answer for us by then. Keeping our fingers crossed that we hear good news. This house hunting experience has been so draining this time around. I would like to take a moment to let all of my friends and family who read this and who are dads or have ever been a dad, that I wish them all a very Happy Father's day! Especially to my dad, whom I love so very much and appreciate everything that he has ever done for me and my family. I would not be the same person if I hadn't had him as my dad. I miss you dad and can't wait to see you in July! I have my brother David over at my house today. He came over for father's day. We are going to grill up some steaks and corn on the cob for dinner. I hope all is well with everyone.
Love to all.
Lindsey

Well we put an offer in on the house that needed major electrical work. We just asked that the seller have it taken care of. We just heard from our realtor that we won't have an answer until Tuesday. This is going to be a long weekend. On a higher note, Lexi has been showing great interest in potty training. For the past three days she has been using the potty. Not every time she has to go but she has used it everyday these past few days. I told her that I would buy her some pull ups or panties so she could go whenever she wanted to and not have to wait for me to take off her diaper. The potty chair that we have, makes music when something goes into the bowl. So she gets excited when she hears that music. We used the same potty chair on Aiden when he was little. Although he figured out if he just poured water into the potty that the music would go off so we had to keep an eye on him. lol. Saturday I am taking Kris somewhere for his father's day present. As far as I know, he doesn't know where I am taking him yet and I can't post it on here yet cause he reads my blogs :D I'll let you know how it goes after he knows. I am really looking forward to my trip back home to see my family and my friends. I hope I will get to see everyone. Yesterday, the kids and I went swimming with Aiden's friend Nathan and his mom and sister. We had a fun time. My kids love being in the water. We are all starting to look a little dark :D Many of my friends are jealous of how well me and my kids tan. Well that is all for now. I will write later. Happy father's day to all of my Father family and friends. Love to all
Lindsey

Wow! Has it really been since October that I last posted a blog?? I am sorry guys. Things have been quite busy. In February we starting house hunting for a place to buy. Since then, we have put offers in on three houses. The first one, the seller would not agree to terms so we have to move on. The second one, our offer was 3 hours too late, the seller had accepted an offer earlier in the day. The third one, it had too much work to do on it that the seller would not fix so we had to walk away, and we have been looking at a fourth and today we found out that it needs over 13 thousand dollars of electrical work done to it. I am so frustrated and tired of all the disappointment this house buying journey has caused for us.
The kids are doing well. Aiden will be moving on to the first grade in August and he will be turning six on July 12th. I let him have a mohawk for the summer :D I know silly but he loves it. It will be coming off before school starts back up. Alexis is 21 months old now. She is off the charts when it comes to her height. I have had to put her in size 2t clothes because she is so long. Her hair is getting really long too. I make bows for her as a hobby and I love that she uses them and doesn't pull them out of her hair. I started putting bows in her hair the day she was born so she is just use to them. Last month we all went to my cousin's wedding in Oklahoma. It was so nice to see all of my family and spend time with them. The kids had fun too playing with my cousin's kids and my sister's kids. They don't get to see their cousins very often because we do live so far away. Not like when I was a kid and my cousins were like my other siblings. We saw each other every weekend at Grandma's house.
Kris is doing well at his job. He still likes it and he has been there for 3.5 years now. I am still loving being a stay at home mom. We will be going to Amarillo on July 1st. My ten year high school reunion is the 2nd and I am going to that. We will be having a get together on the 3rd for Aiden's birthday while we are in Amarillo. Kris took a week off from work so we could visit our friends and family up in the panhandle.
I think that I need to blog more to express my feelings. I am so frustrated from the whole house thing I want to punch a hole in the wall.
I hope everyone is doing well and call or text me if you feel like talking, if you don't have my number, shoot me a message. Love to all
Lindsey

Hello my dear blog followers. Here it is October. Alexis is 13 months old now. She is walking all over the place now. We had a birthday party for her in September and it was fun. I had a ducky themed birthday cake and I had a mini ball pit, and Lexi got a bunch of new toys that she loves playing with. She has been growing up so fast. Aiden is five and he is a kindergartner now. He loves school and his school mates. He is doing well for the most part. He was sick last week with strep throat. Luckily nobody else in the house got it. We have been getting ready for Halloween. Kris has decided to dress up like a pirate, Aiden is going to be a vampire, and Alexis is going to be a lady bug. I have no idea what I am doing yet. I went to three store yesterday looking for a costume and just didn't find anything that I wanted. So I still have a week. We are going to Austin this upcoming weekend to go to a friend's wedding. I am a bride's maid. We will be coming home for Halloween though. Alexis has five teeth now, and I know she has many more coming soon cause she is drooling everywhere again. She knows a few words, she says Momma, Dada, Bubba, and she has said ball and Night night lately. She loves her Daddy and bubba so much. She will follow both of them around. She likes her dogs too. She will feed Sadie food from off of her high chair. So I have to put the dogs out when dinner time rolls around. I am doing fine. Keeping busy with Lex, and Aiden with his soccer season. I am team manager again, third season in a row. Our soccer team has not won any games yet this season, but we still have two games left. I think we could at least get one :) Kris is doing well as coach to our son's team. He has kinda been stressing about our lack of winnings but what is important is that the kids have fun. We have been having vehicle trouble. Kris bought a truck a while back and we found out shortly after that it had a cracked block in the engine. Stinks. So we are trying to come up with solutions for that. Well I am gonna go for now. I will try to make it a habit to try and blog at least once a month. I hope all is well with everyone. God bless.
Lindsey

I am sorry that I don't blog much anymore. It is difficult to get enough me time to do things like this. Alexis is a little more than 9 months old now. She is crawling like a pro and stands, by pulling herself up on the furniture. I think that she will be walking very soon. She is such a bright little girl. She is so funny too. My husband will go in to give her a kiss and she will turn her head away at the last second so he kisses her cheek instead, but if he politely asks her for a kiss, she will give him one. Her hair is getting long, but only on the top. It is short on the bottom and comes down past her nose on top. So I put it in a "pebbles" ponytail on top of her head. It is so cute. Aiden is growing up so fast. He finished pre-school in May and will be going to Kindergarten in August. I am so proud of that boy. We had to take him to the Emergency room a couple of weeks ago because he was running and fell, and smacked his head on the concrete driveway. As soon as we brought him in the house, he wanted to go to sleep. I certainly didn't let him do that. So we went to the hospital. By the time the doctor came to see Aiden, he felt fine. They did a neurological test on him to make sure he didn't have a concussion and he passed it. Aiden tends to share everything with his baby sister, including colds, and pink eye. We have had pink eye with these kids twice since Lex was born. But we got it under control with eye drops and hand washing. Aiden has a new pet. A gerbil named Pepper. Aiden loves to take pepper out and hold him and play with him. He does pretty good. We enrolled Aiden in swim lessons. He did well and passed Level 1. Before swim lessons, we had soccer season. Kris is the coach of our team and I am the team manager. We had a fun season and look forward to doing it again in the fall. We are trying hard to keep cool here in Dallas. The high temperatures all week are in the 100's. Aiden likes to go swimming and play in the sprinklers. Kris and I are doing great. Still madly in love and grow more and more in love everyday. I hope all is well with everyone and hope to hear from you :) love to all .. Lindsey