Family Fun at the Alamo

While Andrea and Chase were visiting, we also spent the day at the Alamo. The kids love taking our family visitors downtown to see the sights. Their favorite thing about the Alamo is not the history or the museum, but the giant fish swimming in a tiny stream on the Alamo grounds and making wishes in the fountain.




Little Emmy waving for the camera.


Logan, Savannah and Makayla posing at their favorite fountain.




We had such a nice week with Andrea, Chase and Emmy! We miss them already. Hurry back to Texas!

Def Leppard Rocks!

Yes, I admit it. I'm a total KBER! For those of you who did not grow up in Utah or in the 80's, KBER 101 was my FAVORITE hard rock music station and they played all the good stuff--80's hair bands in their glory. My all time favorite rock band is of course--Def Leppard. So you can see my utmost joy when I discovered that Def Leppard was performing on Dancing With the Stars! Yes, I am also obsessed with Dancing With the Stars. Makayla and I love to watch it together and pick our favorite dancing couples. On Monday nights, we come home from dance lessons, have a quick dinner and watch Dancing With the Stars for Family Home Evening. (Some Mondays we do have a real lesson : ) So combined, Def Leppard rocking the dance floor on Dancing With the Stars made for a magical tv moment. I wanted to share this special moment with all of you so you could share in my happiness. Enjoy! (You may want to go to the bottom of my blog and turn off my music player before you watch the clip so you can enjoy Def Leppard in its fullness.)

A Day on the River Walk . . .

Do you see a central color theme going on in this picture? Yes, you guessed it. Go Blue! We were down on the River Walk the same night as the final game for the final four. James--you would have been in heaven! It was a little chaotic, lots of yelling and excited drunk people around, but it was also a fun atmosphere on the river (and it cleared out when the game started, just in time to get a table on the water for dinner at the restaurant here.)

Logan and Savannah feeding the ducks

Makayla poses for a magic water moment along the river.

Kayla loves her Aunt Annie!

Before . . .

After!

When Chase finished his conference, he got to spend a few days with us too. We had a great day showing him the sights downtown.

Andrea's Visit to Texas

For my birthday this year, I got the best present I could have asked for--my sister, Andrea came to visit! She and Emmy stayed with us while her husband Chase was attending a conference. We had a great week filled with shopping at La Cantera Mall, playing with the kids at the park, oh yeah, and did I mention more shopping at the outlets? You need to know that shopping is an important part of Warnick family fun. We have some awesome outlet stores in Texas! Not to mention Anz and I scored some good deals (Jeanette--you would be so proud.) Mike and I also got to go out for my birthday, while Andrea watched the kids.

Emmy is a sweetheart! The minute we saw her she greeted us with a huge grin and cute little laughter. Is she always so happy, Anz? Yes. She is a good baby! My kids were in heaven playing with their cute cousin all week.

What Cute Girls!

Can you tell that we couldn't get the kids to sit still for one decent photo? They were having too much fun playing together to worry about posing to look cute.

Young Master Makayla

Makayla was chosen as one of only a few kids in her grade to participate in the Young Masters Art Exibit. Many schools from the district took part in the art show. Makayla loves to draw, and she was very excited to display her salt painting of a husky.

Andrea and Emmy enjoyed seeing Makayla's art project in person while they were visiting. Makayla wants to be an artist like her Aunt Annie when she grows up.

Savannah the Cheerleader

Go Dragons! Savannah and Brooklyn are Logan and Cameron's best cheerleaders. They love watching the games and cheering their big brothers on.

Savannah loves soccer almost as much as Logan, but only because she gets to play with her little girl friends Brooklyn and Alex. Here the girls are spinning and spinning to make their skirts twirl. This is also a favorite activity of hers in Nursery.

Go Dragons!

It is officially soccer season once again. That means that I am officially a Soccer Mom, I guess. Logan loves playing soccer. He also loves being on the same team with his buddy, Cameron. He has a great little team, the Dragons, and has an amazing coach who is very patient with helping all these cute little boys turn into kicking machines.

Surprisingly enough, Logan has a left power kick that throws the other team off. He has scored a goal the last two games. He is really improving this year.

When my sister, Andrea, was here visiting she came to Logan's game and took these two great shots of our little soccer hero. What a cute boy! Thanks, Anz.

All About Me Quiz

I thought I'd better revisit the last 15 years and see if I am really as dark and twisty as Meredith Grey(see next entry). Hopefully not. . .

1.) How old were you 15 years ago? 19

2.) Where did you go to school? Utah State then BYU

3) Where did you work? Taco Amigo!!

4) Where did you live? Hole in the wall apartment in Logan then I moved back home.

5.) Where did you hang out? I drove the 2 hours home most weekends to hang out with my “Taco Friends.” After work on the weekend we would all head to Carousel and a midnight movie at Movies 8. We spent many weekends at the Keetch’s playing foosball, pool, Nintendo, and watching movies outside in their backyard. There were also many Girl Bonding nights spent driving in Melissa’s red Prelude listening to sappy love songs. Good Times!

6.) Did you wear glasses? Only at night. Contacts when people can see me.

7.) Who was your best friend(s)? Melissa and Lindsay

8.) How many piercings did you have? 2 in each ear

9) What car did you drive? VW Quantum “The Quantum Turbo”

10.) Had you been to a real party? Lots of Taco parties at Keetch’s after work.

11.) Had you had your heart broken? Yes

-----------10 years ago-----------

1.) How old were you? 24

2.) Where did you go to school? BYU

3.) Where did you work? Manager at Taco Amigo

4.) Where did you live? We rented a little white house in Utah.

5.) Where did you hang out? Mike and I actually went out all the time before kids. We loved to eat at Brick Oven and Los Hermanos, go to movies, and we especially loved to go fishing and camping in the Uintas at Mirror Lake. We would spend all afternoon fishing on the lake in this tiny yellow rubber raft that could have sunk at any time.

6.) Did you wear glasses? contacts

7.) Who was your best friend(s)? Melissa and Lindsay, Mike of course

8.) How many piercings? 1 in each ear—I let my rebellious 2nd pierce grow in.

9.) Had your heart been broken? Yes!

10.) What car did you drive? 1977 BMW 320i

12.) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Married

----------------5 years ago-------------------

1.) How old were you? 29

2.) Where did you go to school? We FINALLY finished school! Mike got his Ph.D. earlier that year. Now where to get a job???

3.) Where did you work? After having Logan, I quit working and we moved to Texas , where Mike got his new job.

4.) Where did you live? In our new home in Texas

5.) Where did you hang out? Kid friendly restaurants with friends—Ez’s, Chris Madrid’s, Longhorn. We would also have game nights with friends and let kids have a movie night. Datenight? Occasionally

6.) Did you wear glasses? contacts

7.) Who was your best friend? Melissa and Lindsay, still Mike of course

8.) How many piercings did you have? 1 in each ear

9.) What car did you drive? VW Jetta and an awesome Chevy Corsica

10.) Had your heart been broken? No more broken hearts.

11.) Were you Single/Taken/Married/Divorced? Married

--------------------Today--------------------

1.) How old are you? 34

2.) Where do you go to school? Academy of Motherhood

3.) Where do you work? At home with my 3 children!

4.) Where do you live? In our home in Texas

5.) Do you wear glasses? contacts

6.) Where do you hang out? Kid friendly restaurants with friends—Ez’s, Chris Madrid’s, Longhorn. We also have game nights with friends and let kids have a movie night. Datenight? What’s a datenight?

7.) Do you talk to your old friends? I wish we did more. We keep in touch with phone calls and emails. When I come to visit, we have a great time together shopping and lunches out. It doesn’t’ seem like we haven’t talked for a while when we get together.

8.) How many piercings do you have? Still 1 in each ear.

9.) What kind of car do you have? Minivan. Can you say Soccer Mom?!!

10.) Has your heart been broken? Only when I’m worrying about one of my kids.

11.) Are you Single/Taken/Married/Divorce? Married: I love you Mike!

Which Grey's Anatomy Character Are You?

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Who Am I?

OK. My friend Lindsay had a fun quiz on her blog asking you questions to see who you are most like on your favorite TV shows. I took the quiz and "voila": I am Meredith Grey! It must be all those issues . . .

Our Garden: Growing and Improved

Mike decided the best way to help our garden grow this year was to reinforce it so the squirrels couldn't eat all of our tomatoes. He built this amazing greenhouse-like contraption that I was worried would be kind of big but looks really nice once he got it finished. The kids think it's fun to open the doors to water their plants. I'll let you know if it works.

Planting our Garden

We have tried to grow a garden the past couple of years without much success. We haven't quite figured out how to keep out the pesky sqirrels and birds or how to grow vegetables in the Texas heat. Our kids love it though and love to help plant the garden and take care of their own tomato plants. We're crossing our fingers we have some luck this year.

Logan: The Bike Legend

With all the bike riding practice for the bike rodeo, Logan learned to ride his bike without training wheels! Santa brought him a new shiny red bike that he seemed a little unsure of at first, but now tears it up like a speed racer.

Bike Rodeo

Earlier this year Makayla got 3rd place out of all the third grade girls in her school's Bike Rodeo. She has gotten very skilled at riding her bike and did the course like a pro! It didn't hurt that her overachieving parents took her down to the school the night before the rodeo to practice the course.

Coloring Eggs

The kids had a blast coloring eggs for Easter. Amazingly enough we suceeded in coloring all the eggs without major incident.

Hunting Easter Eggs at Preschool

Logan had fun at preschool looking for Easter Eggs the week before Easter. Savannah thought she was just as big as all the preschoolers and was close behind Logan's heels. After the hunt I noticed Logan was quite popular with the ladies in his class. He posed for a picture with his friends at school--all girls!

I Love Twilight!!!

I just thought I would let you in on a little secret--I love Edward! I had so much fun escaping into Vampire world reading the Twilight series that I can't wait for the movie. I thought you might enjoy watching the clip as much as I did. (It's at the bottom of my blog :) I had it at the top and Mike said that it shouldn't be more prominent than pictures of the kids. I guess he has a good point. . . priorities.

Easter Fun on Easter Sunday!

We had such a fun Easter weekend. What cute kids we have! Logan was the master hunter--very focused on finding ALL the eggs (even after the hunt was over he found a few stragglers.) Makayla was cute and tried to save a few eggs for Savannah who was very busy arranging her 5 eggs neatly in her basket.

Yes. I am now a blogger!

As you can see I have joined the modern technilogical world and am now attempting to blog. This may be a low-budget deal, but I love to see how all of you are doing and hope that my attempt at this will let you see into the life of the Manwarings just a little bit.