First Dance Class

My Pretty Peyton had her first dance class.
Shock Dance Center :For more info on the studio, check it out here!
January 17, 2012
Miss Taylor was her very first dance teacher

Much Love!

Plum Creek

I LOVE our special little neighborhood!
Plum Creek has carnivals, festivals, parades and everything special to have as a kid growing up.
For our family, we have made some really great friends...
Last night was "Date Night" for a few of our neighbors, which means it was our turn to watch their kids...

 Anyone notice that small baby close to the street... 

Even our dog had a playdate! 

Much Love!

Dates with our daughters

This year we are taking each daughter on their very own date. Being the oldest, Aspen was the first one to pick where she wanted to go with just Coy and me...NO OTHER SISTERS! My girls really do love being with each other and get along very well but the thought of having all of the conversation with mom and dad to themselves... is the greatest thing on earth to them! Aspen wanted to go to Austin's Park and Pizza.  We all had a blast!

Here she is waiting to go...

Here she is having fun...

P.S. I would highly recommend this place for birthday parties!

Much Love!

 

Here are some of the party pics from last night! Goodbye 2011 and Hello 2012! I love how everyone looks truly happy. Enjoy...

Much Love,

Welcome 2012

Hello 2012.  I am so very excited you are here. 2011 was a really awesome year and I am sad to see it go but I am really looking forward to great things this year.  With our girls growing older, I am finding more time to enjoy every little thing about them.  When you have three girls close in age...sometimes the "little" things get lost in the everyday shuffle of just trying to keep them healthy and alive! So, Cheers to you 2012! I am not a fool...and I don't want to come across like every little thing is perfect in my life and will just continue into perfect bliss! I HAVE MY PROBLEMS TOO! I am hopeful that I will handle my problems with peace and one step at a time.  I am hopeful that I will feel free more than I am stressed.  I am hopeful that my girls will look back on 2012 and think what a blessed year it has been! I am hopeful that my husband and I will get to spend more time together (I might not want to if he keeps telling me that I am spending too much time on the computer...Did you hear that Coy!) I am hopeful friends and family will have their best year yet. Carpe Diem.

Last night we said goodbye to 2011 at Matt and Susan's home with all of Coy's family. Kids were invited too, which was awesome because I wouldn't want to be without my girls on such a special night! I will post some more pics just as soon as I can!

Much Love,

Sunny...The best friend a girl could have!

I don't think I have mentioned Sunny.  I got sunshine on a cloudy day....You are the sunshine of my life...Sunny days make me happy...no it's for REAL! Sunny is the light of my life (sorry children) but she is the best girlfriend any girl/woman could ever have.  I had to put girl - slash- woman because I have known my BFF, Sunny, since I was 10 years old...and now, I am 22 (if you believe that, I really appreciate it!) Seriously, we have been best friends for such a long time.  I knew early on...like 7th grade...that this was the greatest person in my life and I knew then our friendship was forever.  That 7th grade year we became super close and have never let the tight bond loosen.  If I think about it and if I sit back and reflect over all the years of our friendship...we are like sisters, soul mates, ment-to-be friends forever...God must have had a plan because this is not your typical "oh I really like hanging out with this girl" type of friendship.  It is so much more.  I love her!

So she came into town recently and I took some pictures of her children.  I by no means am a photographer but it has sort of become my new creative and artistic hobby and my best friend allowed me to use her children as photog props! 

Here is photogenic Taylor...

Sweet and Sassy Tyler Ann

And the latest and greatest...Tristen

Are they not the most precious children?

Much Love,

Please forgive me...

Here I go again... trying to explain why I have been SO darn busy and because of that, I don't have the personal time to blog! The truth is, I feel like I am constantly blogging all day long in my head with thoughts that I probably shouldn't be putting out there on the web...I am looking for the courage to really let myself go! I want to make this work! I want to feel comfortable expressing my thoughts, like and dislikes on the World, Wide, Web...But who am I? Who cares? I suppose I should just start with something small...
Yesterday...A friend of mine asked, "What, exactly is your workout schedule and tell me everything you eat in a day!" Funny thing is, she followed up with..."In high school you were healthy but not really in shape. Now I look at some of your pictures on Facebook and think...sweet little Brooke is ripped!" bahahahaha! she is so funny! I am not hardly ripped but yes...I do look different than I did in high school :))
So here is what I shared with her:
Monday: Bodypump (ladies, RUN to your nearest gym that offers Les Mills classes and you will NOT be disappointed in the results.  The great thing is ANYONE can do the classes!)
Tuesday: 2 mile run in the neighborhood (BTW...I HATE running!)
Wednesday: Bodypump
Thursday: 3mile run around Town Lake or any other place in Austin for that matter that just takes my mind off of running while I am running.  I HATE running!
Friday: Spin class or Bodycombat...I am usually very sore and tired by the end of the week so whatever feels like might be more of a "fun" class, that is what I do.
FOOD:
I only drink coffee before my workouts.
Oatmeal after workouts
Turkey wrap for lunch
protein bar for snack
and...Whatever I want for dinner!
Sometimes I have a small dessert...sometimes not.
OH...and I drink A LOT of red wine when the kids go to bed, hehe! You thought I was going to say water, didn't you?
Yes, I only drink water during the day!

Much Love,
Brooke