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Wow, these Friday posts seem to come around faster and faster!

 we made it to the long weekend. survived the first week back to school

Linking up with Jeanette at Life Rearranged. Go check her out! 

I'm aacurtis on Instagram.

laying out my canvas painting

i had adam re draw it.

straight lines, graph squares, circles

i'd rather just paint.

i had a helper vacuuming

he did all the stairs

 loves to help

can i help momma? can i help? 

he's so big.

straight to the Y after drop off on the first day of school

we've pushed ourselves this week

and i can barely walk

getting in shape, lifting weights hurts

i'm ready to curl up with a book and not move for awhile

after 1st day of school treat

this place is great

josie's fro yo is Goooood!!

adding color 

working slowly on the painting

adding color is fun

love these dog screen savers adam put on my computer

so cute

speaking of doggies

coacher had a playdate with riley 

our neighbors are trying to sell their house 

she comes over to play while the realtor's are there

she's a sweet girl

coach is nice and shares his water bowl, and a spot on the cold tile

on the 3rd day of school

 the boys got ready early, so they rode bikes

i ran behind

enjoying the early morning sunrise

then i spent an hour on the spin bike

rode over 20 miles

burned 400 calories

OUCH!

happy long weekend!!

tonight is friday night high school football

and i have a date with my sewing machine :)

crazy about this girl

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the pink, the bow, curly hair, chocolate skin

in love with it all

the curtis' are all crazy about this wee one

she's just a little angel

hi dylann!

i love this beautiful sweet girl

don't my friends have the prettiest children?

she is pretty as a flower

 almost 3 years old

little angel

striking a pose

you go girl

bye DD, dilly, cleetus, dylann elise, D!! 

i'm so happy you are my friend.

sunflowers in june

back in june after all the bluebonnets and wildflowers went away

we suddenly got sunflowers

all along the new road behind our house

aren't these pretty sunflowers?

we got to see them everyday

me and the boys finally stopped to take pictures

sunflowers just scream sunshine, don't they?

and we were blessed with lots of rain AND sunshine this spring and early summer

i love how he poses

Back to School {First Grade}

my first born's first day of first grade. whaaa! where does the time go?

 man i love him something fierce. 

such a sweet kid. funny. handsome. complicated. smart. 

curious.  creative. compassionate. giving. protective.

he is his own little guy. and i love that for him.

god has cooper in his grip. my angels have told me so :)

oh silly corbin pierce. of course he needed a turn holding the sign TOO! 

such a cute little guy... seriously.  he certainly has my heart. he's smart. 

sensitive. natural leader. silly. active. bossy. thinker. talker. 

corbin is a blessing! i can't wait to see how he soars on through the 1st grade!

 we sure are blessed to be parents to this big duo.

and yes, they are growing like weeds!

InstaFriday

linking up with jeanette at Life Rearranged again this week.

I'm aacurtis on Instagram.

dorky self portrait

 blame it on the make up

 i dressed up 
 i had to get a picture of THAT!

huge shopping trip success
we were out of everything... ugh!
$300 later it's all in the car 

i survived the walmarts
with kids in tow
 mom of the year !

gaining inspiration to start this project 

canvas and paint are bought

 i think i'll start it on monday

and my husband smiles HUGE

we love football around our house

huge fans of college ball

texas teams, Big 12

sportscenter

we watch a lot of college football

and of course adam is "officially" involved in jv & high school football

 my very own linesman :)

adam's new official's shirt for the season

his 14th season officiating

new crew

should be exciting

this little guy is officially hair ready for the 1st grade

check out his little big teeth combination

goofy grill

we are going to miss all the lazy afternoons at the Y swimming pool

it closes the first day of school :(

LOVE all the new school supplies 
for cheap too!

super happy about the boy's 1st grade class & teachers!

 we are blessed again with the cream of the crop :) 

thank you Lord!! 

these guys are worth it! 

i can't wait to edit these shots i got last night

oh this girl

is 

beautiful

inside 

and

out

happy friday

have a great weekend!

scrapbooking

i hadn't scrapbooked in MONTHS.

 i love being invited to a crop. it's always more fun to scrapbook with a group.
this time i went with a lady adam works with and some of her friends.
we are lucky to have a few scrapbook stores very close to us.
i love to support them when i can!

it was awesome to be surrounded by loads of paper and gadgets and stickers and charms

i was there for 7 hours. i didn't take my camera so no pictures of the store.

but i got a few layouts complete. a few more stories told.
i love playing with paper and pictures and glue. :)

i'm signed up to go back to the next crop the end of september. 

i have plenty of pictures to use, that's for sure!

and blessed to have busy boys around to take pictures of, and tell stories about.

with school starting, and being on the PTA board this year, and the holidays right around the corner -- i'll be taking lots more pictures!

i love photography
and scrapbooking.

swimming

we've done LOTS of swimming this summer 

the YMCA is always a fun place to swim

never a huge crowd

always enough empty chairs for breaks

and they make us take breaks

one 10 minute break every hour

everyone out of the pool

the boys are becoming pretty good swimmers

they sure have fun in there

chasing each other, wrestling, diving, swimming

i didn't feel like swimming today, so another day thankful they have each other

coop says it's cold

corbin is tired

i'm sure by next year the boy's will be going down the slides,

 and swimming in the deep end