So this is my friend Amanda that I told you about in my last post! She finished the race in just over 3 hours.  Super proud of her...she runs for a wonderful cause.  Her shirt says it all! If you want to read about her day and the race...read her blog! http://www.amandalavergne.com/blog/nyc-marathon-2013/

Trever and his friend Bradley had a great time this past weekend in Waco! He got home about 3:00 yesterday and Taydem was overjoyed! She misses him probably more than he thinks!

This is just one of the things our Sunday consisted of yesterday.  Church, washing cars, Leven mowed the yard, Leven and Trever cleaned out all the pine needles in our gutters, I washed clothes, cleaned house, I pulled weeds from the flower beds, we tossed Taydem the softball for a little batting practice(we are skipping Tee Ball!) jumped on the trampoline, watched some football, andof course I took a nap! I had to fit that in somewhere!

I seriously have the cutest nephews ever! Ashby and Aidan are just two of them! They went to the aTm game this past Saturday. They got to tailgate with their Uncle Miles, who is also roomates with Johnny Manziel!

Tonight is Leven's first playoff game...whoo-hoo! Time for some serious volleyball now.  District was such a piece of cake for his team.  I'm ready for them to put it on somebody! They are playing Palestine at Whitehouse High School.  Mom is picking up Taydem from school, then going by and getting dad at their house, then they are swinging by my office to get me! So thankful for my parents love and support! They help us all out so much!

Trick or Treat...Smell my Feet

Taydem had a blast this year going door to door asking for candy! She was by far the prettiest angel I have ever seen.  She's just getting so grown....

 Trever came and started going door to door with us.  We were riding on his tailgate and he was driving us around...But then he had to jet to Longview to see some friends.

Taydem was just happy he showed up for just a little while.

 These girls are triplets! They are just a few months older than Taydem, but are in the 1st grade.  She's going to have a blast growing up next to them! Let's see if I can get their names right....Camryn, then Taydem, Ashtyn and LeeAnna!

 Brittyn of course was "Minnie Mouse" this year! She's just the cutest thing ever!

 Tyler, Truitt and Tucker were "80's Kids!" Chrissy was also dressed up. Adorable. I'm loving Truitt's shirt in this picure and Tucker's blue sunglasses! Love all their expressions!

 Look at Austyn! Just beautiful!

 We didn't get to see these three.  We were leaving once they got back to their neighborhood. But Ashby looks like he's a mummy, Aidan is being scary this year with a wolf mask (I think) and Austyn is a pretty fairy princess!

On our way back to Longview we stopped by my Meme's house to see her and to let her see Taydem in her costume.  She loves for all of us to visit her.  She's been doing really well.  She turns 90 in a few weeks!! We all love her so much! After Meme's house we headed down to my Aunt Gwyn's house.  It's great growing up next to your family!

 

Tomorrow we are going to my Aunt and Uncle's deer camp for a fish fry.  They started doing this several years ago.  It's a way to kick off hunting season.  That's a pretty big deal around here (hehe).  They have a nice set up at their camp and we will eat good and get to watch some college football. Plus the weather is going to be nice and cool!

We are also exited because Grans is coming down to see us.  She's also going to the fish fry with us. 

 

Leven's first playoff game is Monday against Palestine.  Oh I hope they make it past the 2nd round this year.  It's been a while since he's done this.

 

Trever is headed to Waco this weekend to hang out with some friends. Yup, I'm jealous! I remember those fun college road trips and I MISS them!

 

I want to send a shout out to my good friend Amanda! She is running in the NYC Marathon on Sunday and I downloaded the app so I can track her every move!! Wishing her all the luck in the world.  She amazes me!

http://www.amandalavergne.com/blog/i-run-because/

 

So this baby girl has been very active this morning so far.  She must have enjoyed that biscuit and gravy!! Do you like the name Tenley Rose Barker??

 

Have a wonderful weekend.....tonight I will be getting stuff back out of the boxes! Ugh....I had already packed up most of my decor stuff.  And I need some of it back out to help stage my home for the next lookers.  Happy happy joy joy.

Throwing it back

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

 

I wanted to share a few pictures from past Halloweens.  Taydem was 2 in this little kitty outift. Adorable....

Today was 4 in this ladybug inspired tutu outfit!

And I was 30 (hehe) in this get up with my good friend Natalie!

Today after work I'm going to head down to Tatum to help get Tay dressed up in her pretty angel costume.  Angel-fits her perfectly! Then we are going to go from house to house in the JK Acres neighborhood! Our future neighborhood (one day!) with all of our family.  Can't wait to see my nieces and nephews and all the other kiddos.  There are tons of kids in this neighborhood.  Taydem is so excited.  Hopefully her Bubba will come and walk her around.  She asked me last night if he was taking her again this year.  She misses him so much.

So get ready for pictures to come tomorrow!

 

In the baby news- I am 18 weeks TODAY! Moving along....we still don't have a name picked out.  I don't know why it's so hard this time.  There hasn't been one name that has just jumped out at us. Friends and family are constantly giving us ideas....but we just can't make a decision.  So Baby Barker it is for now.....

Wheels

So big news coming from the Barker household.....Taydem can now ride her bike without training wheels. Taydem has never really been an "outside playin'" type of kid. She's so girly. But here lately she's all about riding her scooter, bike and throwing a baseball up to herself and hitting it with a bat. So Monday night (yes, dark outside) Leven takes her training wheels off and leaves the bolts and wrench on the back of my car. So yesterday afternoon a guy I work with saw them STILL on the back of my car. I had driven to work and none of it fell off. Not even those bolts. All I can say is- I'm a really great driver!! Leven is so forgetful at times!!!


About to head up to Plano for a meeting. And it will probably rain on us the whole way. Happy Hump Day folks!!

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Bad News

So we had some bad news today. Really bad news. The couple that wanted our house, terminated the contract today. Our world just suddenly stopped. We are both just sick to out stomachs. Absolutely broke my heart. So it's back to square one. Keep us in your prayers.

I went grocery shopping today and bought 2 gallons of Bluebell ice cream hoping that would make me feel better!

My belly is slowly growing each week. I've actually only gained 5 lbs, which has totally surprised me.


Leven's girls finished their season last Friday night to complete district as champions.


Taydem has decided to be an Angel for Halloween. Which is the perfect costume for her!

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Going full speed

Man, hard to believe it's been since Monday since I last posted.  So catching up on the week that just flew right by us.

 

Leven has his last district game tonight in Jasper.  Should be a piece of cake.  His record will be 32-8! Pretty great for his first season with these girls.  They will have a warm up game next week and then it's play off time.

Trever's first semester is already coming to a close...well almost.  He says he has all A's and one B.  We will see when semester grades come out.  He's such a smarty!

 

Taydem had her first Vocabulary Parade today at school.  This is a pretty big deal at Tatum Primary School.  For the past 4 years I've seen my nephews do it so it was finally Taydem's turn.  Each kid chooses a word and you dress according to the word you chose.  They do it also around Halloween because a lot of the kids will just wear their Halloween costume. So Taydem (and myself, hehe) chose the word "Fearless!" I knew right away that I wanted her to dress as an Indian.  Leven's grandfather was full blood Sioux Indian so I know how special Leven's Mother's Indian heritage means to her.  So I knew having Tay as an Indian would make her proud, and smile! She was sooooooooooo adorable.  I could just eat her up!!! Here are some pictures of Taydem and the parade.  I didn't get to make the parade because I had to work, but thanks to sooo many people that sent me pics!

 



Ashby's word was "Demolish"

Truitt's was "Furious!"

Tucker's was "Broken!"

Belly Pic

All alone

It's weird being in a hotel room by yourself. I've been south of San Antonio all day for work and now we are in Austin. Getting up early and heading back out for some more. Look what I found today....












I was pretty pumped about that point and I just think all these Prickly Pears everywhere are cool!

So I started packing this past weekend. So thankful for Jucy's collecting boxes for us! And I also had a mom of one of Leven's ex Vball players give me boxes and all that brown packing paper!! So helpful! I got quite a lot done with the help of my mini me but I haven't even touched the inside of the cabinets yet. Whew. Gonna need my Momma to help with those!! My back starts hurting me pretty quickly. Which sucks!! But I just keep pushing myself.

This baby girl is kicking more and more these days. Or really, I guess I can just finally feel it more often.








Time for bed........

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