Happy Birthdays!!! We gather with the Slaughter, Cox, and Searight group to celebrate August Birthdays annually. Mattios Mexican Food- It just doesn't get any better than this!!! This was the first year for Kirby and Ebby Lee... they seemed to do pretty well.

Oh Miss Kirb...We all love you. You have brightened everyone's life in 6 months. You look just like Paxton. You sleep well, you eat well, and you are fairly good at entertaining yourself.

What you are doing;

1) You are eating 2 jars of baby food a day and eating wagon wheels.

2) You are drinking 5 ounces of milk every three hours.

3) You smile at everyone!!! Your whole face smiles with you.

4) You are starting to want to sit and crawl

5) The funniest thing you do is when you don't know what to do you start doing this dry nervous cough. It is hilarious!!

We went under the BIG top. The circus was so much fun...Mackey and I loved the elephants. Paxton of course loved the motorcycles in the big ball. Next time Kirby will have to go under the top with us.

Happy 7 Year Anniversary

Rusty and I had a great 7 year anniversary celebration. We had a couples massage and then headed to dinner. We have had some great times together...Brassy Blueberries being the newest adventure. I am so lucky to have a husband that loves to share

in my passions and makes them his own. We are loving the memories that we are sharing together. Here's to another 50!

This outfit matches Mackey's personality...CRAZY

Fun...Ode to Mackey

What Mackey Loves these Days;

1)Dolls- She is very girly girl. I am hoping the athletic bone strengthens soon! When she runs all parts of the body are flailing.

2) I have to remember that she is only 2 1/2. She acts and talks like she is 4. She has started picking out her own clothes. It is so funny what she gravitates to in the wardrobe.

3) She has the most unique personality.... She is VERY independent. She is in her own little world a lot. Her feelings are not very sensitive and she does not mind getting in trouble.

4) She has recently potty trained and was able to get an American Doll Bitty Baby. For some reason she doesn't love on that baby quite as much as she should for the price. It cost more to buy the baby doll than to have a baby.

5) She is so excited about starting school and I am so excited for her. She is a nurturer. She loves Kirby and takes really good care of her.

Recently Paxton decided that he wanted to ride his bike without training wheels- though skeptical we tried....LO and Behold the kid can do it. We have excelled enough lately that he can start up his self. We are so proud of him! I am beginning to look in his face and realize that he is no longer a toddler but becoming a young boy.

What Paxton is into at 4 years old:

1) CARS still.

2)Sports- starts soccer league this Sept. He is really hoping that he is on the blue team. Rusty is the coach.

3)Dinosaurs and ALL action heroes. Not sure how boys automatically know about Super heroes but they do...it's quite amazing.

4) He can swim on his own without floaties. A light bulb just clicked this summer.

5) He is a sweet hearted boy. He is very sensitive and a rule follower. All you guys will want Paxton to date your daughter because he is passionate about what he wants, kind, and gets stressed by people breaking the rules.

Are you a Blueberry

Booth set-up...PatPat said we had the best one there

Our current booth in Walkway on the Creek in Canton

Carlien modeling

Really Hot at McKinney Trade Days

Rusty and PatPat should have known something like this was going to happen...we are always up to no good.

Gianna modeling

Mackey in an outfit...

Erika modeling...

Karla in a sample Brassy Blueberries: That's what is in a Name. My mom and I have stepped into uncharted waters lately. We opened a woman's boutique. What??? Yes we have officially lost our minds and we are loving every minute of it. There is not a website/store that we have not sought after. We had two goals: cheap prices and anthropology style clothes. Our customers this weekend said both of those words. We know that we are where God wants us. We have had some much fun meeting people and helping them feel great about themselves. We are only selling at McKinney Trade Days and Canton Trade days. There are no plans to open a boutique, I am not making any of the clothes, and we don't know all the details. We are excited for this new adventure and looking forward to where this all goes.

***Beware I may ask you to model at any time:)

The Big 10 Year Reunion

Oh how I have missed Sarah White

Old Friends...Jeff Wolfe, Kristy Demers, and Aaron Bragewitz

Skipping rocks

Who knew Courtney and I would live only minutes from one another.

Old Friends

Pace Park We headed down to Belton for the 10 Year Reunion. It was so much fun taking the kids to Salado creek and wading. They learned to skip rocks...they were really scared of the moss. There is no place like Pace Park. I had many of fun times down there. We also had so much fun hanging out with the Kennedy's and Kerr's. It was like old times...staying up way too late. On Saturday we went to the lake with The Demers. Paxton hated everything about the lake. Mackey on the other hand went tubing with me. We had so much fun hanging out with the Demers. Saturday night we enjoyed seeing LOTs of old friends at the new Dead Fish Grill. Blake and Mandy did an awesome job of coordinating everything and making it such a pleasant evening.

Paxton is 4

The aircraft carrier landing zone...Big hit Dinosaurs, transformers, and cars...these are a few of his favorite things. Brant and Paxton in awe over a dinosaur movie.

Bombs away. This year Paxton's party was an army ammunition party. I filled up several army water balloons for the attack.

They are supposed to be army crawling for the hidden men...

The men in the water

Paxton's cake...thanks Melissa at Krogers, you are fabulous.

June in A Nutshell...

Playgroup at the Jack Carter Pool Kirby's first playgroup...I think Ebby Lee and Molly might kick the cry baby out.

Our Seniors Graduating...We will miss Blake but stalk him at A&M

Another Senior we will miss!!

Pool, Pool, and Pool. It's a lot harder with three kids

Kirby upset because she is not in the water. She doesn't like to miss a thing.

How many hands does it take to help a baby stop crying

One loved baby...

Sweet Kirb

Is this what Mackey sees when she looks at me...???? Perfect

Field Day 2009

The threesome

We call her "Rustina" because she looks so much like her daddy

Feeding her baby...too bad she can't give her baby nutrients since she herself does not eat well.

So before three kids I used to blog... I am trying to get back on track so I have caught up on the month of May...keep scrolling!!

Who would have ever thought that Kirby would have been so popular among the high school boys...I think I found some babysitters!!!

Bocce Ball...good thing Emily was clutch for the girls.

This year Rusty and I have been so blessed by a group of seniors in high school. We/Rusty has been spending time every Sunday pouring into their lives. What always happens with blessings of service is that you are the one who in turn is blessed. We have had a fabulous time with the kids this year and formed special bonds with each. We are so excited for them and the journey that awaits them.