Tubbs Family Reunion

First off, sorry for all the pictures...In early October we went down to Texas for a big family reunion with my mom's family. We always have lots of fun!! This year we went to the lake and had a great lake house!! It was huge. I think like 20 of us slept in this one house. Kaison even had his own room, in our closet! That thing was HUGE and he was perfectly content. We had white elephant exchange where many crazy gifts were given, even a white elephant - I know so creative. Here is a picture of some of us with our new gifts.


Kadence also had tons of fun playing with her second cousin Addie!! They got to swim, ride on jet skis, play on the playground, more swimming, hiding in boxes, and even hunting for spiders.












Kadence and Kaison also had lots of fun riding the train. My grandpa rigged a make shift train together for them. They had a blast being pulled around in circles. Once Paw got tired, daddy took over. He thought he would give them a thrill and start running. They were going pretty fast. The kids were loving it until the back train derailed. Kaison's car flipped and gave him a nice shiner on his eye. He cried for a second and then wanted back in to go again.

Another Giveaway

Skip To My Lou is having a fun giveaway that will help you design your holidays cards at Lil Sprout Greetings! FIVE lucky winners will receive a digital card file so you can print your own personalized photo cards and 2 sheets of Picture it Postage!

I would LOVE to win this giveaway and am headed on over to enter. Good luck!

I Love Giveaways!!

Be sure to check out the 12 Days of Junkie Giveaway!! I know everyone loves a good giveaway and these gifts are amazing and made from people like you (not me though)!

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Trip to the Dentist

Two posts in one day - Are you proud?
Kadence had her first trip to the dentist a couple of weeks ago. She did a great job. The hygienist and dentist did a great job making her feel comfortable!! She now asks 2-3 times a day to brush her teeth!! She will even let me do it for her, which is a big step. Here are a few pictures from the big day!!

Tagged - For Summer :-)

The rules: Post the 6th picture in the 6th file of your photos. Here ya go:
That is about all I actually have time for. Except some how I find time to keep up with everyone elses blogging. I just have not been motivated to blog.

I'll tag Britney, Elizabeth, Aubrey, Christy, Lesley, and Kristy.

Officially Crafty

I just want to add before you start reading this - THIS IS MY 100TH POST!! YEAH - It has taken me forever, but I have made it!! No big party or cool post, but I will leave you with something that I made!!

I am going to officially consider myself crafty. I actually sewed something else. I have had a sewing machine and finding time to actually use it has been hard. When Kadence started Sonshine School 2 years ago I sewed her two nap mat covers. She was a sweaty sleeper so I was over ambitious and thought she needed one in pink and one in purple. As it always is with your second child, he just got one nap mat. But I am very proud of it and think it turned out really good.

Celebrate Recovery Trip in California

Okay, okay - so after a couple of e-mails from my oh so faithful readers, I will finally update my blog. We have been so busy these last couple of weeks. August started out with a week long trip to California for a Celebrate Recovery training. Micah and I took 10 other people to Saddleback Church and had a great time. It was like being at church camp again. It was the spiritual high that I needed!! I learned so much and it excites me to see so many lives changing and people coming back to the Lord!! We heard great testimonies of people who were lost, but now they are saved because they were introduced to Celebrate Recovery.

I know I am kind of biased of the program, but I truly feel that EVERYONE should come and be a part. Everyone has something in their life that they need recovery for, ie. inpatience, perfectionism, alcoholism, abuse, codependency, and many MANY more). I know this is a whole new mindset for the church. People are really not used to talking about what they struggle with, but I have seen first hand the power of sharing your story and the effect it can have on your life and the lives around you.

So, if you are interested...I am going to be starting an 8 week Bible study that will lead us through the book "Life's Healing Choices." It is written by the Celebrate Recovery founder, John Baker. It is based on the 8 principles that they follow in Celebrate Recovery, but it is a small group study. If you are intersted in participating or just interested in more information please e-mail me.

Okay - for the fun side of our trip!! We went to the beach one night and had dinner. It was amazing!! It was late when we got finished so all our pictures on the beach are dark.

The beautiful sunset on Laguna Beach.

The famous Hollywood Sign!!

The biggest guitar hero guitar at Universal Studios.

Micah and I at the Hollywood Walk of Fame!! We had fun - The Cheetah Girls had their preimere that day and were interviewing on the red carpet.

The BEST seafood restaurant on the beach!!!

Happy Anniversary

**I typed this up yesterday and forgot to finish it and publish it!!**

Today Micah and I are celebrating our 6th Anniversary. It really doesn't seem like that long ago, but we have come a long way in 6 years. We now have a two wonderful, crazy kids, a great house, and a love stronger than the day we married.

Micah (if you ever actually read this) -
I love you so much. These has been the best 6 years of my life. We have two great kids and I would not chose to go through this with any one else!! You are the best husband and friend.

Love you mucho grande!!

Here are a few pictures to reminsice where we have come from sinc August 2002.

This picture if from a trip to visit Micah's parents the first summer after we got married.

First day in JSO class. I bet you can't guess who took this picture.

Chi Banquet
Alamo
This one was taken the day or two before our wedding. We went out on a BIG date - our last date as a dating couple!!

Cutting the cake at our wedding.

Finally leaving after a long reception. I nearly fell out of the back when my grandpa started going. We were too busy kissing and not holding on.

And here we are last night at The Melting Pot!! We had a great time and the food is just so yummy!!

Happy Anniversary Babe!! Yesterday was so much fun and I love you more than you'll ever know!!