Its about time Blogger

Wow...I am loving the updated blogger features.  My fav?  The ability to upload more that one picture at a time and to add more than one picture at a time to the blog.  Saves sooooo much time.  Might actually blog more often now.  Oh wait, I dont have time to do that, but one can dream.

Ready for game day!

Katelyn playing on the slide

When mom's away, Katelyn and daddy will play!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQig4N1QV4s

Katelyn's new ride!

I have been pondering the idea of getting an umbrella stroller for Katelyn for a while, but never really had a need for it.  That was until our big trip.  We are going to Ennis, TX (racing) then Raleigh, NC (to see family) then Richmond, VA (racing) in Oct and will be gone for a while.  The thought of lugging her travel system stroller around was not appealing.  So this past weekend, we headed to Babies R Us with my coupon and got a Combi Cosmo!  We got it all put together and its great!  Cant wait to use it on our vacation.

Yeah...new furniture!

Since moving in to our house, I have been searching for a bench for our entry way to store shoes and such.  On Sunday, the perfect one showed up in the World Market ad...on sale!!  I went by and checked it out yesterday and really liked it so Chris met me for lunch today and we went and got it.  I am so excited to have a place other than the chair for Katelyn's shoes.  Hopefully Chris and I will use it for our shoes as well.

Yummy new dinner

We tried something new for dinner tonight!  Since I am eating more fish lately, Chris thought he would mix it up a bit with fish tacos.  Its one of his favs to get out at a restaurant, but they are usually too spicy for me.  So, tonight we made some at home.  Grilled talapia was the fish of choice and we threw together some fresh pineapple mango salsa...yummy!  We will make it again for sure.

17 Months...where has the time gone?

Congrats to Chris!!

Way to go Chris!  For those that dont know, Chris races in 3 series- IHRA, NHRA, Bracket.  One of his goals from the time he started racing was to finish in the top 10 in points.  Well, after 7 years of racing, he has done it.  He finished 3rd in the points for his class in the IHRA series.  Since he finished in the top 3, he gets invited to race in Richmond, VA at the All-Stars race.  Yahoo!  So, we are in the process of planning our trip to VA.  Since we will be on the East coast and so close to North Carolina, we are going to take this opportunity to see the Staats family (and hopfully the Hunters and Cantwells as well).  Since I have not seen Trish in years or even met her youngest, I am beyond excited!  Its was unexpected, but its going to be such a fun trip win or lose.  I am beyond proud of him and so thankful to his parents for making all of it possible.

We Will Remember 9/11/2001

I will never forget where I was on 9/11.  It was one of the scariest days of my life for the few short hours I waited to hear from my mom that my dad had made it out of NYC.  He was in NYC on business the days before the attack.  Not knowing when he was to leave was an awful feeling.  As Jill, Amy and I watched the new coverage in College Station, I waited to hear from my mom.  Thankfully, my dad left late the night before and all of his employees who were still there, were safe.  Others were not as lucky.  We will always remember those to died on that day and those who are serving in the Armed Forces now protecting our freedom. 

September 22, 2001- Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma State

God Bless and Gig 'Em!

First Aggie game for Katelyn

Thanks LJA for the free tickets to the A&M football game on Saturday!  Chris has been trying for years to win free tickets from work and he finally got them the weekend my parents were in town visiting Katelyn.  It worked out great since there were 4 tickets.  So, Saturday afternoon we headed to College Station.  Before heading to the game, we made a visit to the CC Creations tent sale to pick up some new Aggie gear, the Bonfire Memorial, and the CE Building to see our pictures.  Everyone had a blast and the weather was perfect.  Even though the game was at 6pm, Katelyn was a champ and made it all the way to the 3rd quarter before passing out.  She didnt sleep for long since the Aggie's kept scoring and the canon kept going off, but she was good to go after her short cat nap.  Here are a few pictures from our day in Aggieland...

Visitin Erin Kelly

Wow...thought we might never get to meet Erin Kelly.  We have all been sick or out of town since she was born.  Well, on Sunday, we finally got to meet her and she is adorable!!!  She's so tiny.  At 2 weeks she was 7lbs, 1oz.  For those that dont remember, thats 10oz smaller than Katelyn was when she was born...haha!  After hauling around a 16month old, Erin was so light and tiny.  Here are a few pictures from our visit...

Katelyn's life

Helping me sweep the floor.  Shes such a great helper.

Chef Boyardee Ravioli's.....Yummy!

Loves playing with my old shape sorter and its even better with no clothes!

Catching a ride in the laundry basket.

Grilled Chicken

Yeah for me!  Chris was racing today and I was craving chicken salad for dinner.  Since we didnt have any grilled chicken, I decided I was gonna grill some...haha!  Some of you may already know that I have been banned from the grill after I tried to grill sausage one night and burned it so bad Haley wouldnt even eat it!  Anyways, I gave it another shot and actually did great.  Nothing burned, nothing on fire= good grilled chicken.

Erin Elizabeth Kelly

As promised, here are pictures of Erin Kelly!  Shes adorable!

Congrats to Jason, Diane, and Craig Kelly

While we were on vacation, the Kelly's welcomed their new addition.  Erin Elizabeth Kelly was born August 15 at 11:30pm.  She was 6lb, 4.5oz, and 19in.  Everyone is healthy and at home today.  Since Jill was so gracious to share her cold with us while we were on vacation, we haven't been able to see Miss Erin yet, but hopefully soon!  I cant wait to meet her.  Pictures to come soon...

Shelbyville Visit 2010

What a great vacation!!  We had so much fun with Jill, Mark, Luke and Kailyn on the lake.  We got in Thursday night and the fun began!  The weather was amazing.  Warm and sunny during the day, cool and breezy at night.  It was so much fun playing in the water and taking boat rides with the kids during the day and relaxing outside and chatting at night.  For a few days, we could ignore the clock (although we did have 3 little time clocks reminding us when it was time for "nack" and milk) and just relax and have fun.  The kids were great and gave us lots of adult time which was much appreciated.  I feel like we, being the LeBlanc's, finally were able to get to know Luke and Kailyn.  Usually we get just an hour or so with them when they visit Houston in May.  This trip, we got to spend loads of time with them and really saw their amazing personalities.  Hopefully we can have a LeBlanc/Milnes summer vacation every year and they will just get better and better year by year.  Its so much fun to hang out with them.  We miss them already and the planning for our 2011 trip has already begun. 

Now on to pictures....there are so many to choose from!  I will post a few here, but if you want to see more, check out the Picasa web album at http://picasaweb.google.com/kleblanc23/Shelbyville2010?feat=directlink.