So good, thought I would steal it!

"Families are the ultimate basis of any society, so to the degree that families are destroyed, so is the society destroyed.....a present weakness of western culture (that would be the U.S.) is the accelerating breakdown of families. Every Christian should be strong in upholding families."

I need to remember this always.

THANK YOU GOD FOR THIS PRECIOUS BOY!!!!

Happy Valentines Day!

First let's just start off with I'm a true hater of Valentines Day! I don't think that there should be all this pressure to buy gifts or tell of your un-dying love for the one you love on this one day a year. I prefer to be told this everyday from my husband and, sure, who doesn't want a little something each day of the year. My husband on the other hand is the opposite and I secretly love that he likes the holiday because he always tries to make it a little special despite my protest.

Well we have been super busy and I have been super lazy about updating this blog. Seems like life just flows by. We've been to the stock show, painted the kitchen, had an ice storm, JT and daddy got a fancy new guitar, the boys also created a new game called "couch ball", JT got his first skinned knee and mommy went to Ikea for a cute little table and chairs for the little blondie of the house. Since pictures are way better than words, I let you see what we've been doing rather than tell you.

We'll start first with the painting we did in the kitchen....the ol blue. Of course the kitchen looks awesome in this picture because there is no clutter around. This was last summer when we were trying to sell it and had showings everyday.

The new color in the kitchen.....Oatbran! Pictures all over the fridge does make it look messy, plus with stuff all over the counter tops doesn't help much more. It really is a great color.

Sitting at my new table with my daddy eating. I pat the chair and tell him "tit, tit" and then I climb into my chair....I like to run the show

I hope daddy doesn't break my chair!!

The ice melting from the drops of water off the roof....ice storms are weird!

Just workin....I like to tell the person on the other end of my mouse "by, tell, by, tell" (buy, sell, buy, sell).....daddy taught me that! I keep my pistol right on my desk just in case things get out of hand, have to be a regulator y'all. I also like to run from mommy when she wants to change my diaper, then wait in my room for her to come and shoot her with it (pish, pish)....daddy taught me that too! He's a great guy!

We went to the Ft Worth Stock Show a few weekends ago and the cows there sure were a lot bigger than the ones in my books.

OK, I got the hang of this cow stuff, now buy us some land daddy, so I can get one and make it fetch for the ball like Copper

Me and daddy just hanging out....did I mention he's my BFF?

I can't read those big words on the bottom, but mommy says it has something to do with the cold place we go visit lots and she & daddy were surprised people would come that far to show their cows to Texans

The star of the Ft Worth Stock Show....Rusty the Longhorn!!

How to play "couch ball"....1) climb up on couch while holding ball (looks easier than it really is for little dude like me) 2)throw all the pillows off onto the floor 3) stand on couch looking tough with ball 4) bounce ball off wall behind couch 5) laugh histerically

Jammin on my new guitar....me and daddy are rock stars when we play with it....he's teaching me how to kick my leg up too when I'm playing it

I love the whammy bar

I'm a destroyer....check out what I did to my room. Mommy came running cause it got real quiet.....no worries mommy, I took a break from making a mess and climbed up on my chair to talk to Copper out back.

My friend Abram pulling me through the back yard in the wagon. Our daddies hung out one morning while our mommies went to a luncheon. Our mommies called it a "play date" but our dad's are way to tough for a sissy word like that.

I was mad that mommy was snapping a picture of me when I first woke up, so I showed her....I just turned my head away from the camera so she can't get my cute little face. By the way, this is my first skinned knee. I was running after my neighbor friend, Sabastian, then tripped and got my first sign of man hood....chics dig scars!

Just like daddy, get a little food in me and I start acting nice again and let Mommy take a picture of my face. Daddy says that it's our blood sugar dropping and we can't think of anything else but our bellies. We act nice again after we eat a little.

The weather in Texas is crazy. It's been really warm so we played outside most days. I love to splash in the water bucket mommy fills for me, but my pants get soaked so she strips me down before I start.....have I ever mentioned how much I love to be naked?!

Just a swinging!

Hello Ladies, come on in!

You two look beautiful, and yes this is where you will be staying. 

The most glorious day of 2009 was on Wednesday...when the washer and dryer FINALLY showed up! So why haven't I posted pictures of the ladies till now? Well, it's because just like every new thing I get I play with it for hours so I can know every thing about it. These two are AMAZING! The first night I was able to do 3 HUGE loads of laundry in just 3 hours, yes I said 3 hours, and that included drying. The washer spins the clothes so fast and hard that they come out nearly dry so then the dryer only has to run about 30 mins. Never in my life has it taken longer to wash the clothes than to dry them...AMAZING!! And the sensor in the dryer really does work (oh you know I'm going to try and make a liar out of it!), I took a load of clothes out that I checked and thought it was fully dry but the sensor light was reading that they were damp. Well once the heat cooled off the clothes....yep, the truly were damp...again, AMAZING!! The sensor detects if the clothes are wet or damp or dry so that it will automatically turn the dryer off  and the clothes won't bake in the heat, thus wearing them out...AMAZING! And it came with a rack the sits in the middle so you can dry a pair of shoes, a sweater.....AMAZING! I have never been so excited to do laundry in my life.....I'm getting old!

JT pulled the drawer open and climbed right on in. Such a curious little monkey :-)

If he laid sideways, we could just shut the door and leave him in there for a while.....Just kidding!

My little super hero trying to do the latest feat....saving his ball from under the chair. He watched daddy run around with Bob the blankie tucked in his collar so sometimes we like to do the same. JT's super hero is daddy. Sometimes I get sick of hearing...daddy, daddy!

This picture is hilarious! He likes to throw all the baking pans out on the floor and then walks around the house banging them together. Love the boots with the shorts!

Waiting Game...

Well, it's been over a week now since we've had to order the twins AKA the new washer and dryer and I still haven't received the shipping confirmation....which means my new babies are sitting some where in a cold warehouse all alone and scared :-( Yes we ended up having to order them from Costco.com because you got them cheaper and the 13" pedastool option they sit on for free....so of course I opted to order than to get them at the store.  Which ones did we end up with....well let me tell you, if you google washer/dryer be prepared to spend a whole day looking at all that's out there. GOODNIGHT, I can't believe that they make that many different options...none of which offer to fold and put the clothes away...what ripe off! ;-) 

Here's a couple pictures of the little boy of the house....busy busy busy...somedays I don't think he ever stops!

Checking daddy's painting equipment...making sure everything is in working order....he's quality control in our house :-)

Waving "HI!" He loves to wave and say "BYE!" when people are leaving but I'm trying to get him to greet them as well. He's kind of got a little southern drawl when we talks...not sure how he picked that up, but he is a Native Texan, so maybe God puts them into the world that way? What would I know I was born in Wyoming and will never have the option of owning the much coveted license plates that proudly boast "NATIVE TEXAN." Yes, those exist in Texas AND you have to show proof of naturalization to get them.....oh, Texas, sometimes you're just too funny for words, but I still love ya!

Hi MOM!

Yes Teresa, I'm saying Hi to you! Do ya like my get up?! How proud you must be! ;-) Even your grandson looks ridiculous in his non-matching clothes. 

Even though January in Texas can be fabulous with temps sometimes creeping up into the 70's (but plummeting back into the 20's with freezing rain a mere 48 hrs later) I have to remember that it is still January. Yesterday it was in the mid 70's here and I had been out in the morning raking leaves in the backyard. I was sweating a little after doing it and it was only 10:30 am. So after the morning nap, we went to Central Market to meet up with some friends to play and I just wore the shorts I had on from being hot earlier. Well, the sun had already moved beyond the playground by the afternoon and let me tell ya, it's chilly in the shade. I ended up finding (some would call it stealing, since I was nervous the whole time I had them on that the little girl would come back to get them) these leg warmers left by a 12 year old and decided to use them for some added warmth. Well pictures are worth a thousand words, so a few of my friends decided to snap a few of my ridiculous outfit. The best part is my kid looks just as strange as I do but for a good reason. I've discovered awhile ago that letting him have some control alleviates some of the fits...he is so strong willed and knows what he wants. So Travis and I started letting him pick his own shoes (he will pick a different pair each time we go out the door, or sometimes mis-match them, so crazy) and then the other day I started letting him pick his clothes from some choices that I offer. Well yesterday, before I could get out some shirts that would match his camo cargo shorts, he opened his dresser drawer and picked out a shirt himself. The weird part is that he took 2 others out and tossed them aside before settling on this blue one. In letting him have control over that, I have discovered 2 things: 1) I need to move his shirts to a taller drawer and 2) he's not going to always pick something that I will like or that will necessarily match. I'll focus on the important things and let these little ones go........Thanks Bekah, for teaching me that!

My mom and Rob got a computer about 3 months ago and she JUST RECENTLY discovered our blog and got an e-mail address. So now she e-mails me every time she reads our blog (which I think is daily) to tell me how much she loves it. I'm not much a phone talker, especially with people that are long distance. It's hard for me to interact and keep people up to date by talking through a device that is irritating me...aka the phone...I hate having to hold it up to my ear. Well my hilarious mom is a detail person and she wants all the details of everything I do and and everything her grandson does, but unfortunately the times that she has to talk to me is when life is in full swing here at the Kinley's and I can't be talking on the phone. But because I like to write about our antics, this blog is right up her alley. I think my mom thinks it's the best thing since sliced bread. Isn't if funny how when your mom thinks and tells you what your doing is great, it just gives you the incentive to do it more, even when you are now 30 yrs old (well 1/2 way there, I'm still 29). I need to remember that with my own son! You raise what you praise, and praise is still nice to hear when you are grown and gone.

I love this next pic and I think it's the cutest profile ever! 

Sharing is caring..

As much of a difficult toddler as JT can be sometimes, I do notice that he is really good at sharing...so far, that will probably change now that I've announced that so proudly....kids love to keep you humble, so I've discovered. Here's some pictures proving that he likes to share...

Example 1-He loves to share his favorite lounging chair with his new BFF-the lawn mower

This one is so cute....he actually was standing in front of the chair when Benjamin came walking by. JT then started patting the seat of his chair as to say...."sit, sit". So Benjamin crawled up in there and sat on the arm and then JT got in after him. He had a huge smile on his face the whole time and then I snapped this...it was too cute to miss.....

This one it THE BEST. They traded sippies and then started chugging!! I thought that started in high school?

It was so nice here last Friday (a high of 84-that's right in the 80's you northerners...ha! ha!) so we took JT to ride the Forest Park Mini Train. 

If you look closely at his left eye (your right) you will see a big ol shinner. That's right, he got that sucker from throwing a fit and not paying attention as to where he was throwing that fit. He has such a quick temper....it is very true that you inherit the sins of your parents, and that one he got from me...expressive and implosive, sometimes it's STILL hard for me to take control of it.

Am I really that excited?!

Oh, you bet I am! After 9 years of marriage Travis and I are going to make the big purchase.....a new washer and dyer!!! I can not wait to go pick up these beautiful factory crafted pieces of metal luxury up on Saturday morning! It will be the best Saturday of the year so far......

Let me just say that I am very grateful for the FREE, yes FREE washer and dryer that we have right now. I think the washer is about 25 years old and sounds like a jet starting and shutting down during the spin cycle and our dryer is probably only about 10 years old and takes about 15 years to dry anything, but these two crazy mis-matched machines have been a huge blessing and a nice long break from the laundry mats I frequented before they came into our lives 4 years ago. BUT last night as I was folding and putting away more laundry that was supposedly clean, but looked as if I had just taken them straight out of the dirty clothes hamper and was folding them to be put away, I became very frustrated that our clothes never get clean, stains get set in and it will take forever to dry clothes. So my very sweet and giving husband said.."well find the ones you want and we'll get a new set, this weekend" The weird part is that I am excited about it.....me, Crissy, excited about a new washer and dryer....who would've thunk it?! Oh and rest assure I will be posting a new picture of the twins when they come home on Saturday.

Well I'm off to wake the baby, which is breaking my #1 rule in this house...NEVER WAKE A SLEEPING BABY, because we have a meeting this morning and then tomorrow it's back to our normal schedule.

Have a great day!