THURGOOD FAMILY

fourteen

2011-07-14T13:59:00.003-05:00

stats:
24 lbs
30 inches
18-24 months
size 4 diapers

Loves:
daddy
mommy
owen
Max
silk blanket
binky
sippy
trying on shoes
playing dress up
climbing up the stairs
swimming
being outside
laughing
screaming
sleepy time
her "pretties"
tinker bell chair
playing mario with owen
grammy and papa
her cousins
playing with friends, luke and fox
going on the slides
fireworks
eating

Firsts:
water park and slides
Lego Land
pig tails
temper tantrams/ attitude
4th of july parade
real food!

Happy fourteen months Olivia we love you and cant wait to see what comes next!

Love,
mommy

Happy 4th of July

2011-07-04T14:24:00.000-05:00

Happy 4th from the Thurgoods!

grammy and papa with the Kiddos

2011-07-03T14:21:00.002-05:00

having fun swimming with grammy and papa

wyatt, walker, Owen and Olivia

Happy Birthday Wyatt!

me and Steph

2011-07-01T14:18:00.001-05:00

Happy Anniversary to Steph and Fran

thirteen

2011-06-14T22:55:00.002-05:00

happy 13 months Livie Girl!

ONE YEAR

2011-05-14T17:23:00.004-05:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY OLIVIA!!stats:

24 lbs

30 inches

size 4 diapers

18month clothes

whole milk

eats- yogurt, FRUITS- apples bananas, strawberries, blueberries, watermelon, cantalope VEGGIES- squash, carrots, sweet potatoes, corn, green beans

teeth-2 fronts on top ad 2 more breaking through 2 bottom and 2 breaking through

LOVES

neckalces

bow-a

princess crown

Birthday chair

Owen

Max

mommy&daddy

grammy&papa

puppies

sippy

binky and blanket

babies

food

ice cream

swimming
laughing

talking

waving bye-bye

kisses and hugs

First:

Birthday!

giant cupcake

swim of the summer

american girl-baby&stroller

more teeth

walking-steps

pony tail

glitter shoes

watermelon

Happy Birthday Olivia! We LOVE you very much and hope you have a great Birthday!

Easter Egg Hunt

2011-04-22T13:23:00.007-05:00

Today we had a fun Easter Egg Hunt at the park with all our friends!

Tori, Mason, Owen, Olivia, Cohen, and Jaxen

the loot! Im pretty sure Owen has other kids eggs so sorry if you didnt get yours Owen is very competitive and he likes to get the most!!
Jaxen and Owen BFF's...

(by the way Batman wasn't planned but I LOVE IT!)

we LOVE Sara

2011-04-22T13:17:00.003-05:00

So this is Sara, my best friend. And that is Owen. He LOVES Sara, I mean what guy woudn't right? As a matter of fact he asks me frequently if I want him to marry Sara. My response is always YES!!! Poor kid is going to be heart broken when she really does get married. But Sara's birthday was April 7 and Owen wanted to get Sara matching super hero shirts for her birthday. SO here they are sporting their matching shirts. Its a good thing sara is "owen size" so she can wear little boys shirts!!

We love you Sara thanks for playing with us all the time. You are the BEST!!

The FLASH

2011-04-22T13:09:00.003-05:00

Owen started soccer in April and he has loved every minute of it. His team is the Flash, inspired by one of his favorite super heros! It his favorite day of the week "soccerday" and its a bouns because that day comes twice a week! Its been fun to watch him play and I have to say he is going to be quit the athlete!!

GO FLASH!!

Happy Anniversary

2011-04-22T13:00:00.004-05:00

Ryan and I just celebrated our 5th anniversary. I LOVE you even more today then the day we were married. Thank you for my beautiful rose bush and now I have flowers everyday!! Happy Anniversary, I love you.

eleven

2011-04-14T21:48:00.006-05:00

11 down and 1 to go. My baby girl is 11months and all I can say is REALLY!

stats:

23 lbs

28 inches

size 4 diapers

18month clothes lots and lots of CUTE sun dresses!!

good eater, just wish she had more teeth so she could eat "real" food

AWESOME sleeper...most mornings we have had stuff going on and so I have had to wake her up in the mornings.

blonde hair-almost long enough for ponies!

LOVES:

being outside

going to th zoo

playing with Owen and Max

mommy

daddy

grammy & papa

sippy...coke

binky and her blanket

milk

sleepy time

waking up

going ot the park with Owen and his shot gun passenger

laughing

talking

screaming

and or making all sorts of noise just for the attention kisses

crawling and going up the sairs

hot tub bath time

Firsts:

Owens first soccer game meeting Uncle Leland (LeeLee)

Bridal shower for NeeNee

kisses for everyone, licks for Owen

byebye and waving

Saying Papa, Dadda, mamma, Bubba, byebye

90degree day of 2011 bring onthe heat, bring on the swimiming

St. Patty's day!

Livie Girl Happy 11 months, we LOVE you and enjoy every minute. You are my little angle and I couldn't be more happy to be your mom.

love you,

Mom Dad and Owen

ZOO

2011-03-14T23:31:00.007-05:00

We are offically Zoo members!!!!! Owen is so excited about this, before we even left he said WHEN DO WE COME BACK! It was a beautiful day and Owen loves the Zoo. And it was Olivias first time and she loved it too. At first all she cared about were the plants until she saw the ANIMALS. Then she was in heaven. She made the cutest noises and faces when she would see what we saw. Her favorites were of course the monkeys, but we got pretty close to the giraffs and the lions so she could really see them. Overall a very GREAT day!

TEN

2011-03-14T23:17:00.004-05:00

AHH!!! We are now to double digits. And time is flying by more and more. I hate it now when people stop me and say oooh she isnt a baby anymore. I KNOW ALREADY and I hate it. So Olivia please stop growing up~ Thanks we would all be very happy! No but really, its has been so fun to watch you grow everyday its a new adventure and we love you so very much.

STATS:

height-28inches

weight-22.4lbs

(if you are noticing she weighs a couple of ounces less and is exactly the same height)

size 3 diapers, but that is just until this last sleeve od 3 are gone then its on to the 4

18month clothes

great sleeper-even when she has been sick

very good eater

LOVES:

her binky and blanket

nap time

snuggling

her sippy

her sippy with coke!

Owen

Daddy

Max

grammy's and papa's

her baby stroller

walking

laughing

going up the stairs

being outside

riding shot gun with owen in the power wheels

hot tub

loves waking up

music

clapping

FIRSTS:

14 hour trip and 3 new states

sleepover in the airport

family birthday parties

hot tubbing

the ZOO

park

power wheels

another ear infection, 1st eye infection

Happy 10 months today Olivia, we love you very much and cant wait t see what comes next!!! Love you, Mom Dad and Owen

Handsome!

2011-03-14T23:13:00.003-05:00

I love sunday because Owen always says, "Mom am I good lookin today!" and I always reply "why of course you are, you are soo HANDSOME, and you look like a million bucks!" So he says "then take my picture!!!!!" So here it is, this was this last sunday and boy does he look Handsome. I love you Owen and I couldnt imagine my life without you.

TOO CUTE FOR WORDS!

2011-03-14T23:08:00.003-05:00

Like I said, too cute for words. All I can say is I love these stinkin kids!!

UTAH, COUSINS, FUN!

2011-03-14T17:55:00.013-05:00

Owen Olivia and I got to spend 2 weeks in Utah for Grandpa Johnson 90th birthday! Its was so good to see everyone again and I love it that Owen gets some good quality cousin time in. We stayed a couplenights with Ryan and Nina and celebrated Elina's 5th birthday and I got to take her to get her ears pireced!!! Then we spent 2 nights with steph and fran andthe boys! And had Walkers 2nd birthday!!! And then a week at Dave and Leishas and took care of her kids with my mom, while they went to Mexico for their 10yr anniversary. So it was a busy busy month but we had a good time!

We LOVE you all and miss you guys, now get your butts in gear and come visit us!!!

to my Valentine

2011-02-15T13:16:00.002-06:00

Happy Valentines Day

2011-02-15T13:00:00.004-06:00

Happy Valentines Day!!!!

NINE

2011-02-14T14:04:00.003-06:00

Happy Valentines Day, and 9 months to our sweet baby girl!

Time just keeps flying by AND this sweet girl just keeps getting bigger!

stats:

Height 28in

weight 22.6lbs

size 3 diapers, could wear 4 but we are using what we have then moving on

12-18month cloths

great sleeper

great eater

still eats anything in sight!

LOVES:

food

juice in a sippy

ice cream

diet coke

Owen!

daddy

mommy and max-yes in that order

Laughing

snuggling

bottles

nap time

toys

binky and blankets

friends

crawling

jumping and dancing

baby talk

FIRST:

ear infection

Valentines Day

Texas Ice storm

Texas Snow storm

Livie Girl we LOVE you so much and continue to LOVE watching you grow. You are a joy in our home and it woulnt be the same without you. ave a Happy 9 months and Happy Valentines Day!

Love you,

mommy

Im so proud of this Guy!

2011-02-13T17:39:00.002-06:00

Today at church as Owens turn to say the scripture in Primary. He was so excited nd has worked so hard on it!! As a proud mom I thought you all should see how GREAT he did!!!

I LOVE THIS GUY

Dinning Out

2011-02-13T17:30:00.002-06:00

Last Night was the Army Dinning Out. It was a fun night to get all dressed up and have some fun. Thanks to Sara and Jerry for staying with our kids so we could go.

eight

2011-01-15T21:31:00.004-06:00

Oh where does the time go.....here we are once again, another month down and so much grwoing going on!!!

stats:

height-28 inches

weight- 22.5lbs

size 3 diapers

12 month clothes

AWESOME SLEEPER

AWESOME EATER-you know it says on the baby food when your child gets excited to see his or her food its time to eat.....well we LOVE our food!!

LOVES:

mommy, daddy OWEN and max

grammy and papa

toys

blanket

binky

bath time

laughing

her cousins

snow

chewing on everything she can get her hands on

crawling

talking

breakfast lunch and dinner time

snuggling

pillow pet

FIRSTS:

CHRISTMAS

New Years

airplane ride

Utah

Mortensen cousins, aunts uncles and grandparents great!

great grandma and grandpa Thurgood

temple square and christmas lights

snow, and LOTS of it!

standing up

sippy cups
her new favorite foods, ice cream and diet coke

big girl car seat

Livie girl, we love you and are so grateful to have you in our home. Children really are blessings and I love every second of it!

Happy 8 months baby

love you

mommy

CHRISTMAS PICTURES

2010-12-14T12:23:00.001-06:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS

LOVE,

THE THURGOODS

2010

PRETTIES!

2010-12-14T12:16:00.004-06:00

BEFORE

AFTER

YES, it was sooo sad, but they are sooo cute!!!

SANTA

2010-12-14T12:06:00.004-06:00

breakfast with Santa

Army Christmas party

seven

2010-12-14T11:57:00.004-06:00

SEVEN MONTHS!

Again hard to believe another month has come and gone...

Stats:

Weight- 21lbs

height- 27.5 inches

size 3 diapes, sometime size 4 at nights

12 month cothes

great sleeper, 10-12 hours straight

great eater

LOVES:

mommy

daddy

Owen

and Max

binky and blanket

FOOD! apples, bannanas, pears,blueberries and apples, squash, sweet potatoes,

toys

cuddling

singing

laughing

1st:

Thanksgiving

meeting uncle Aaron

polar express

coat!

pari of shoes

and the 3 big ones this month

EARS PIERCED,CRAWLING AND A TOOTH!!!

Olivia, we love you very much and are so happy you are here with us. We really couldn't imagine our life without you. You are my best baby girl!

Love you,

mom dad and Owen

Family Pictures

2010-12-14T11:34:00.005-06:00

Thanks, Dad for the great pictures!

six

2010-11-14T18:01:00.004-06:00

Another month has come and gone, and I know I say this everymonth but I CANNOT believe how fast she is growing. Six months old, Livie is such a happy littel girl and we LOVE her!!!

Stats:

weight- 19.5 lbs

height-27 inches

12 month clothes

size 3 diapers

still a good sleeper and eater

sleeps 10-12 hours and take lots of naps

sitting up

rolling over

and TRYING to crawl...its more of a rock!

LOVES:

mommy

daddy

Owen

grammy and papa

&MAX

to blow bubbles

chase owen in her walker

laughs

binky and blanket

going on walks, being outside

eating food- bananas, peaches, apples, and sweet potatoes

sleeping

talking

1ST:

Halloween

rocking! soon we will be crawling

word- dadadada( im working on mama)

cold weather!!!

Olivia we love you and so happy you are here! We love to watch you as you grow! Happy SIX months

love you,

mom dad and Owen

Happy Birthday to ME!

2010-11-08T11:01:00.000-06:00

Isn't she pretty!

Happy Birthday, Owen

2010-10-23T22:30:00.005-05:00

Its your birthday shout HOORAY, I want to sing to you today. One year older and wiser too. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOO YOU!!!!

Thanks to everyone who made Owens 3rd birthday sooooo special. He had a great day, even though we didn't get to jump or bounce or slide like we had hoped. We are just glad all those tornado watches stayed away!!! Gotta LOVE Texas weather. Only when you plan an outdoor party does it RAIN cats and dogs. But again despite the weather it was a fantastic day. We LOVE you O-MAN and couldn't imagin life witout you!

more birthday pitcures to come, as for now its time to SLEEP!

Halloween preview!

2010-10-14T16:25:00.002-05:00

WATCH OUT ALL YOU BAD BOYS!!!!

FIVE

2010-10-14T16:10:00.009-05:00

We are rollin rollin rollin.... Another month down with LOTS of FIRST

Olivia Stats:

Weight: 16lbs

Height: 25 incheslong

6-9 month clothes sometimes 12months

Still size 3 diapers

sleeps 10-12 hours straight! Did I mention shes prefect

sitting up better on her own

LOVES:

swing

go on walks

be outside

watch daddy, Owen and Max play

tummy time

grammy

watching TV and movies

binky

snuggling

blankets

FIRST's:

ROLLS OVER!!!

scootin on her tummy

pumpkin patch

state fair of texas!

FOOD!- wasn't such a fan, maybenext month

I always hate it when another month is gone but Olivia has been such ablessing in our home. We love her so much and couldn't have asked for a better baby. Happy FIVE months Livie girl, we love you.

love,

mom dad and Owen

PRESCHOOL

2010-09-21T16:10:00.003-05:00

Owen on his first day of PRESCHOOL

he LOVES that he has a backpack like daddy and all the kiddos
Have a great first day buddy, we love you!

four

2010-09-15T09:53:00.004-05:00

Here we are again, a whole other month has come and gone. Olivia is now FOUR months old. Its crazy to think this time last year i was just finiding out we were pregnate!!! Its even crazier to think my little brother has been gone on his mission 14months today, and 10 to go!

Olivias stats:

15lbs 5oz.-95%

24 1/4inches 90%

6-9month clothes

size 3 diapers

sleeping 9-11 hours

eating LOTS

trying so hard to sit up all alone

LOVES her swing

lots of belly laughs
really thinks Owen Max and daddy are pretty funny

LOVES to snuggle

LOVES to talk

LOVES to "watch" TV

Loves to blow bubbles ( I really mean spit)

LOVES to take her binky out even though she really wants it in

LOVES her fingers

Olivias firsts:

Circus

meeting her Thurgood cousins

friends birthday party

pair of shoes

pedicure-by mommy

bathtub time

PARTY-Blessing- luncheon

COLD and runny nose

FOOTBALL game

This month has been full of fun events and its always fun to watch your kids grow. I just wish it wasnt so fast. I still feel like yesterday we brought her home. But she is such a sweet little girl and we love you very much.

Love,

Mom Dad and Owen

Is this CUTE or what?

2010-08-31T12:36:00.001-05:00

even her toes are painted!!

BIG GIRL BATH

2010-08-31T12:33:00.002-05:00

Olivias 1st BIG girl bath....not in the sink but in a tubÜ

Owen thought it looked fun!!!

WE LOVE UNCLE JONNY

2010-08-31T12:32:00.001-05:00

Olivias Blessing

2010-08-22T18:36:00.006-05:00

Today we blessed Olivia. Ryan gave her such a beautiful and sweet blessing. We are so blessed to have so many great friends and familys memebers that would be here. For all those who couldnt make it we wished you could have been here with us.

the outfit!

Three

2010-08-14T10:28:00.007-05:00

So it is that time of the month again that my baby girl is getting older! I know I say it every month, but she really is the most perfect baby. We love to watch her as she is growing and this month we have hit some good milestones.

OLIVIA STATS:

weighs 12.5 lbs

231/2 inches long

still has bright blue eyes(I hope they stay)

she has cute chubby legs

wearing 3-6months

more 6months because they fit better

size 2 diapers

still sleeping ALL night

we have moved to formula so they key is finding which one she likes

on july 20th she had her 1st laugh

she think her dad and Owen are pretty funny

Lots of smilesÜ

Lots of swimming
and Lots of playing!

Olivia we love you and im so happy you are here with us, happy as can be and growing heathly. happy 3months Livie girl
love,

mom, dad, and Owen

Mommy WOW.....

2010-07-31T09:22:00.006-05:00

he's a BIG BOY now!

incentive....his pillow pet

we are going on day 6 with onl 1minor accident, we couldn't get shorts off fast enough! But we are so proud of Owen, we have been working on potty traning since the end of January and nothing worked. This week it just seemed to click and hes got it!

Way to go Owen!!

(why are little underwears soooo CUTE!)

live LAUGH love

2010-07-21T12:36:00.002-05:00

Her 1st LAUGH!

July 20 2010

two

2010-07-14T08:45:00.005-05:00

Time is flying by and Miss Olivia is growing up way too fast. Today she is 2 months old! I was very nervous and scared about having 2 kids, but Olivia really is perfect. She is such a joy in our home and we couldn't have gotten any better even if we had planned it. It makes me excited to watch her grow and there is just something special about little girls. My mom is my best friend and I hope that I will be Olivias!

Stats:

weighing in at 11lbs 15oz

22 1/2 inches long

she is in the 75% for both weight and height

so long newborn clothes, hello 3months!

size 1 diapers(which she get our money worth everyday)

STILL sleeping through the night!!! anywhere from 8-10hours

LOVES bath time, but is getting too big for the sink

went swimming for the very 1st time(not so fun for her)

celebrated her 1st holiday, the 4th of July

she LOVES to eat...as you can tell by her drastic weight gain

started smiling! Owen LOVES it because he thinks he makes her smileÜ

She LOVES Owen and Owen LOVES her

Happy 2month Olivia,

we love you

mom, dad and Owen

Happy 4th of July

2010-07-04T17:32:00.002-05:00

Happy Birthday America!

Love,

The Thurgood's

CUTE KIDDOS!

2010-06-27T14:32:00.002-05:00

Everyday Owen likes to sit by Livie and say "mom look at your cute kiddos", and he is right they are CUTE KIDDOS!!

One

2010-06-14T10:13:00.003-05:00

Today Olivia is 1 month old. Really where does the time go. She relly is the most perfect baby anyone could ask for. We love her very much and so glad she is here.

Olivia facts:

7lbs 22inches long

just started wearing size 1 diapers

still in newborn clothes, we try 3months but they are still a little big

has skinny skinny feet so no socks fit yet(good thing its 100 degrees)

shes a great eater

sleeps through the night 8-10hours!!!

loves her BIG brother

Big Brother loves her

Owen calls her his "little princess"

Olivia we love you very much and as much as I hate that you are growing up so fast, I cannot wait to see you grow and become an amazing woman!

love,

mom dad and Owen

Olivia and Owen photoshoot

2010-06-01T14:03:00.015-05:00

I am in LOVE....

Thanks Mimi for such beautiful pictures, We LOVE them!

Day 3

2010-05-16T11:40:00.003-05:00

Day 2

2010-05-15T22:23:00.003-05:00

Thanks for all the visits today

OLIVIA'S BIRTHDAY

2010-05-15T19:53:00.008-05:00

Day 1

Day 2

Born May 14, 2010
at 5:26 pm
7lbs 3oz
19 3/4 inches long

OLIVIA'S ROOM

2010-05-09T21:54:00.004-05:00

We are ready!!! Olivia it is OK to come anyday now.

38 weeks

2010-05-09T21:52:00.002-05:00

7 days to go...WOO(but who's counting!)

37 1/2 weeks

2010-05-06T09:52:00.001-05:00

11 more days to go!

AAAA

2010-04-27T19:11:00.004-05:00

A few weeks ago Uncle Neil was in town for the Army Aviation Association of America and so we went to Fort Worth to check out all the new helicopters. It was really cool and Owen and Ryan were in HEAVEN. It was my first time to see a real helicopter so over all we had a great time.

FLOWERS

2010-04-27T19:01:00.002-05:00

A HUGE THANKS to my MOM for planting all my flowers. She had a "great helper" AKA OWEN, but I really do haev the best mom in the world. She even planted all my flowers before hers!!! Thanks mom, you are the BEST!

THURGOOD FAMILY

2010-04-27T17:35:00.001-05:00

BATMAN THE GOLFER

2010-04-27T17:32:00.002-05:00

This weekend I took Owen to Gatti Town where he HAD to be BATMAN! He thinks he is a super hero, and he is definatly my favorite!! Then Ryan, Trever and Keith went golfing and Owen wants to be a golfer so badly that that the boys took him too! Everytime we see a golf course Owen says... "When Jonny comes home from his mission hes gonna teach me to golf" So we are just getting him ready for Jon's return!!

LIKE FATHER LIKE SON

2010-04-27T17:29:00.000-05:00

MY LITTLE STUD

2010-04-27T17:24:00.001-05:00

What more can I really say... hes a STUD!

EASTER

2010-04-27T17:06:00.011-05:00

Happy belated EASTER!! We had a fun year this year Owen LOVED dying and finding the Easter Eggs. We actully had both my parents and ryans parents, Heather and Caden, Coni and Bubba, and the Lambs over. We had a HUGE Easter egg hunt where the kids got more candy than you can believe but the LOVED it! And we had a great dinner and watched confrence. It could have been a better day!

36 weeks

2010-04-27T17:03:00.004-05:00

The count down has offically begun. 20 days, im being induced on May 17th unless she wants to come earlier which im NOT complaning!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

2010-04-08T10:11:00.002-05:00

Happy Anniversary babe I LOVE YOU thanks for a great 4 years!

OUR NEWEST ADDITION

2010-03-13T13:31:00.004-06:00

We welcome Max to the Thurgood family! He is such a fun little pup and we love him. Hes almost 3 months old and we are all adjusting to our new addition. He is half shih tuz and half mini poodle so we call him a shitpoo! But he sure is cute. Here is MAX!!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

2010-02-14T15:37:00.003-06:00

This year we took Owen to Medevial Times as his Valentines Day activity, and we werent quit sure how he would do but he LOVED every minute of it. It was all worth it and we cannot wait to go again. Thanks to my mom and dad who went with us. It was a very fun night!

We wish everyone a HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

SNOWDAY #2

2010-02-12T15:26:00.014-06:00

Last night Owen and Ryan stayed out till 8:30pm and made a pretty sweet igloo. It took them a good 2.5 hours and is still standing now!

Today we have made history for Texas this is the most snow we haev ever seen. Here in McKinney they said 9 inches and we haev loved every minute of it. We picked up Uncle Trever and headed to Hendrick, along with 100 other people and went sledding.

a little family sledding, this isnt the best picture but I thought it was funny enough to share

Ryan and Trever thought it would be more fun to build a ramp to get a"little" air. And of course they made Owen try it out first.

haha Trever didn't get so much air!
But Owen DID!!!

We have had another fun day with the snow, and we are sad that it will be gone soon!

SNOWDAY

2010-02-11T12:01:00.012-06:00

This is what we woke up to this morning...

Owen woke up to the the little voices of the elementry school kids at the bus stop and when he looked outside he couldnt wait to go play. As they waited for the bus they built this snowman and let Owen help! here he is as they had to leave for school.

yes we are in our jammies because he just couldnt wait!

snowball fight

As soon as Ryan got home he wanted another "snowfight"

Ryan and Owen made quit the snowman. he stands more than 7 feet tall!!

And this was all done before noon!! We have had a great mornign in the SNOW!

JANUARY 2010

2010-02-06T22:05:00.007-06:00

Owen and I just got back home from our trip to Utah. Its always nice to go and see my family. This trip was special because we got to meet Addison Kate Sanders. Born January 14th weighed 7lbs. 14 oz. and 21 inches long. She really is a beautiful and perfect baby! We LOVE her so much and it was good to see Owen with her. He wanted to hold her and kiss her and I know he will be a great big brother.
Owen and Tyler

HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRAN! We left the kids hoem with a babysitter and went to dinner for frans birthday it was a good dinner and Im glad we were there to celebrate. Love you Fran!

its not very often all the cousins are together so this is most of them.

Tyler, Wyatt, Elina, Avery, Walker, Baylee, and Owen.

(missing Addison)

cute kids!

DECEMBER 2009

2010-02-06T14:02:00.016-06:00

Ok so December came and flew just like always and its my favorite time of year, I just wish we could have enjoyed it for longer. This year was so great and here is the proof that not much sleep was had...... Steph and Fran and their boy Wyatt and Walker came and we were so happy they did. Owen LOVES his cousins and we wish you all lived closer.

BEST FRIENDS!

at Cabelas, we have future hunters on our hands

cute!

we took the boys to Allen Village to see Santa, and of course had to wait. So while we waited they played!!!

he wasnt quit sure about the whole sitting on santas lap

Right before our turn I had been telling Owen "Oh Santa is nice hes a cute old man and he loves you" so when Owen got up to him he smiled and said "Hi...You ARE CUTE!!!!"

and everyone knows Owen to be the follower, so Wyatt has his special pair of "superhero" boot and Owen wanted some too. But the only pair of high sock I could find were red. But here are the 2 boys in their "superhero"boots

And this year we were lucky enough to have the WHOLE Thurgood crew home for Christmas. Its been a very long time since everyone has been home at the same time. We took advantage and tried to take a recent family picture. But as you know when you have a huge family as soon as a picture is taken its already outta date. But they did turn out cute

Ryan Thurgood Family

grandma and grandpa T

Thurgood MEN

grandkids- except Olivia, who will be here soon!

these are a few of Owens favorite Christmas presents. He LOVES to be warmies in his robe!

and pretty studly that he can shave like daddy

and we loved having Wyatt over for sleepovers in matching jammies

And I dont have a single picture of christmas morning but it was fantastic. Santa sure was nice this year. Thanks to everyone for such a wonderful Christmas

In the begging of December Ryan graduated from AIRBORNE school at Fort Benning GA. It was so nice to be there and we are super proud of him. Congrats Ryan and we LOVE you

CONGRATS!

ITS A....

2010-01-08T12:34:00.002-06:00

GIRL!

She weighs 12 oz. and is 9" long. Due may 23 2010

CHRISTMAS CARDS

2009-12-07T23:57:00.001-06:00

IT IS THAT TIME OF YEAR, AND I DONT KEEP A GOOD RECORD OF ADDRESSES. SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE LEAVE YOUR ADDRESS IN A COMMENT, YOU WILL GET A CARD!!!
THANKS, AND MERRY CHRISTMAS

OWEN 2YR & CHRISTMAS

2009-11-17T14:34:00.006-06:00

2 yrs. old already, I still can't believe it. I haven't even framed his 1 yr picture and now were at 2!!!! I better get busy.... We had a ruff start but once we got on the motorcycle it was all good from there. Enjoy, hope you LOVE them as much as I DO!

Isn't that just the sadest face you've ever seen!

OCTOBER

2009-11-03T10:55:00.025-06:00

So October has come and gone and I have NO good excuse for not blogging so here it is all in a nut shell. And I have to work my way backwards through the month......

HAPPY HALLOWEEN...

isn't he the cutest Tony Romo you've ever seen.

at Trunk or Treat, he decided he was to good for all the other kids and wanted to ride his power wheels instead of walk! Smart kid!!!!!

SUPRISE!!! Here "it" is this was at 8 weeks and 5 days. (As of today im 11 weeks and 2 days.) Isnt is "it" super cute!!! We are very excited to annouce that Baby#2 will make "its" debute May 23, 2010. And we should be finding out what it is right before christmas they are saying December 21st or 23rd!!! so stay tuned

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to the sweetest 2(min) year old there is!! He started and ended his day the same way...on daddy's motorcycle!!

opened LOTS of presents

this was the most exciting presetn and once he opensed it of course he wanted to ride it ASAP but after reading the directions it had to charge for 18 hours! Try explaing that to a very upset 2 year old!!!!

sooo 1st thing the next morning here we are riding out power wheels- which he calls Owens Motorcycle

We were very fortunate to have the Sanders family come at the begining of the month so I decided to have Owens birthday party early so his cousin could be here. We went to Going Bonkers and they LOVED it! Even the adults....Richard!!!!

Owen didn't let Avery outta his sit while they were here and I know he loved every min of it. He had to do and say and eat everything she had.

watching the Wizard of Oz

we took the tour of the new Cowboys stadium and it was amazing

we also went to the great State Fair of Texas.... I love the fair and I really LOVE the food! But the kids they just wanted to rides.

one night mom got out some of the costumes she made when were kids and let the grandkids try them on....they are pretty cute!!

Thanks for coming to visit us Sanders Family, we miss you and love you lots!!!

2009-10-20T14:56:00.000-05:00

NEW YORK CITY

2009-09-14T13:31:00.015-05:00

So we have made it home from an amazing trip to New York City, it was my first time and I LOVED it. Ryan's family planned this trip to NY and Ryan didnt make it home in time to go so it was just the 2 of us!!!

The first day we got there and headed right for Citi field for a METS game

Ryan looking over what he claims is "heaven on earth"

Battery Park

This statue actully used to stand at the entrance of the World trade Center, and was moved here in March of 2001. As you can tell it is pretty beat up!

famous NY pigeons

down town Manhatten

Lady liberty herself!

Ellis Island

So i thought this was cool... if you have ever seen national treasure you know that they meet at the corner of wall street and boradway. Well here it is

Front door of the trinity church

Ground Zero

the fire station across from ground zero and the wall murial reads..."dedicated to those who fell and to those who carry on, may we never forget."

Time Square

WICKED!!! It was AWESOME

9/11 at the ground zero ceremony in the pouring rain. But it was amazing

NYSE- nwe York Stock Exchange. Thanks to ryans dad we had a private tour of the Stock exchange. It was preety cool and got us outta the rain for a little bitThis is the place that Pres. Washington was sworn in as president

inside the NYSE

Everyone swore we needed to see the Empire State building at night, BUT this was what we saw. All the rain and fog we saw nothing! But it was still worth going to see

Rockerfeller Center

TOUR OF THE HOME

2009-09-03T19:07:00.024-05:00

These are long awaited and I haven't heard the end of it so here we go on a tour of the new house, from our front poarch looking in!

Welcome

our front entry way. to the right is the office
looking in from the front door

master closet... best feature of the whole house

master shower

master bathroom

master bedroom

Kitchen..looking in from the hallway

Kitchen looking in from the livingroom

familyroom

hallway downstairs the room straight ahead is the laundry room. the door to the right is the garage, and the door closest to you on the left is the closet under the stairs and the far door on the left is the powder bath.

we have a couple of these little nooks

Laundry Room

Powder bath

office

Ryans wall of goodies

In the kitchen looking out and up the stairs

From the gameroom looking out over the ledge

UPSTAIRS

The GAME room, lots of gaming goes on in here!!

So this is my most favortie room in the whole house, OWENS room! And introducing his
BIG BOY bed.

Our guest room! Please come and visit!

Owens Bathroom...MONKEYS

So that is it! I hope it was all worth waiting for. I like to say im finished with the house, but as people like to remind me you are never finished. So until the next project that is it!

NEW CAR

2009-09-02T13:14:00.003-05:00

The newest addition to the Thurgood Family!!! Yesterday we bought a new car, a Hyundai Santa Fe and we LOVE IT!!!

Homeowners

2009-08-25T15:03:00.005-05:00

So it is truly offical, now that Ryan is home the Ryan Thurgood family has our very first home! I promsie there is many pictures to come but I wanted Ryan to see his house first. Thanks to my mom and dad for all their hard work to get our new house PERFECT! We LOVE it

This was this first time since April when we very first looked at the house that Ryan has seen it!

Happy Birthday! Checking out his new stuff

everyone just hanging out

WELCOME HOME

2009-08-25T14:54:00.005-05:00

YAY!!! Im glad to say that he is FINALLY HOME. Ryan came home on Saturday, we are all so excited he is home and we are not letting him leave again! I was kinda worried about how Owen would adjust to having Ryan home, but its like he never left they are best buddies and its super cute. Thanksto everyone for their LOVE and support this last year and half. It is much needed and very very much appricated! Thanks to my WONDERFUL parents for having Owen and I. We LOVE you guys! WELCOME HOME RYAN

Happy Birthday, Ryan

2009-08-16T14:58:00.005-05:00

Happy 24th Birthday, we wish you were home today but we are so excited that you are finally on your way home! We all hope that you have a great day and we will see you on Friday.

I LOVE YOU!

In the ARMY now?

2009-07-29T10:15:00.005-05:00

No worries Don't get any ideas!!!!! Hes just so cute! I already emailed Ryan and said don't get crazy on me!

Happy Birthday, Lisa!

2009-06-26T22:12:00.008-05:00

Happy Birthday to you, happy birthday to you, Happy birthday dear LISA, Happy Birthday to you!!! Hope you have a great birthday and thanks for helping me move on your special day!

I LOVE YOU

Best Friends Forever!

Happy Fathers Day

2009-06-21T11:55:00.018-05:00

Happy Fathers day! I know this is a hard day for Ryan and I just want to remind him that he is a GREAT dad! I know that it seems like you have missed alot but here are a few of the grestest memories that proves Owen thinks you are THE MAN!!! Thanks for all your hard work, and everything you do for our family and your country. We LOVE you and wish you the BEST FATEHRS DAY!

Happy Fathers day to my Dad! You are the BEST dad any girl could ask for. Thanks for everything you do, I love you very much!

Happy Fathers Day Keith. Thanks for being such a great example to Ryan, as you can see you are more alike every day! Love you have a great day!

And Happy Fathers Day to all the DADS out there!!

WE DID IT

2009-06-19T15:15:00.002-05:00

TA DA!! Ry and I are homeowners. I have found my self singing the words of Dora the Explorer today..."we did it, we did it, WE DID IT!!! Yesterday we closed on our very first home. We are so excited and I cannot wait till we get it all put together. I will post more pictures later but for now this is it!

Happy Birthday MOM!

2009-06-08T12:35:00.004-05:00

Today is a very special birthday, and I want to tell my mom how much I appricate all she does for me and Owen. We LOVE you and are so thankful to have you as my mom. You are my best friend and my best mom!

HAPPY BITHDAY MOM! I Love you so much and I hope you have a great day!

and the best GRANDMA!!

LOVE YOU

MAY

2009-05-23T22:41:00.043-05:00

WOO... just FYI this is a long post. I apologize for being MIA for the last month, I have been a blog slacker but im back!

Steph, Fran Wyatt and Walker came to Texas and we LOVE it when our cousins come! It was the first time I got to meet Walker, and he is sooooo cute!!!!! Steph stayed for 2 weeks and we played everyday.

wyatt and owen in their matching jammies

what a cute kid!

owen loved baby walker, even after they left owen would ask for the baby

Owen and Wyatt thought they were babies too

The boys had a fun time at Boomerangs!

cheese

you just cant get enough of that cute little face

We decided that none of us had been in a long time that we would go to the Fort Worth Zoo. After driving for about an hour Fran asked if we were in Oklahoma yet!!! It was a far drive but was well worth it

The CHOO CHOO

The Horning Family, now that is christmas card material

so I have no explantion for this other than it a "thurgood thing"

So if you haven't figured it out yet, its the tounge. Its always sticking out!

Owen's favorite animal of the day...GECKO, and yes I know that is a lizard but he doesnt know the diffrence

we even had to kiss the Gecko

Kylee and Walker just 4days apart

me and wyatt

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONI!

boys will be boys

and what one does the other has to follow

this is playing catch I promise

BOO...he thought he was hidding

wyatt AKA CRAB

Papa and Walker

Walker had his very first haircut

BEFORE

AFTER

the hair

and everynight we had to look for Geckos

and this is him

Thanks for a fun 2 weeks we love you guys and miss you a ton. We will see you very soon.

After Steph and the boys left Kelli and Kaylan came to visit while Aaron was playing ARMY. While they were here we drove to Alabma for Jessica Thurgoods wedding. It all seemed like a good idea till we put 6 adult and 2 babies in the car and drove for 11 hours! We had a few melt downs and not enough sleep, but it was a fun trip and great wedding!!!!

and the melt downs began like this

continued like that

and finished with candy

owen and kaylan

owen "hanging out" with Grandpa

Jess and Neil

The Thurgood Family

Congrats Jess and Kris we love you!

WHOOPS

2009-04-17T23:44:00.005-05:00

Here are some pictures in NO particular order but I had forgotten them in the previous post and I think they are blog worthy!

R & R

2009-04-17T21:45:00.040-05:00

Its amazing how fast the time really goes, Ryan has come and gone and it was a great 2weeks. We all loved every minute of it and it was hard to say goodbye yet again. Although we did have FUN. I think we did everything we could have and here are the pictures to prove it. We ate at all Ryans favorite restaurants, we caught up on all the movies, we played the wii many a times, we took a few trips, we celebrated our 3rd anniversary!!! we went to the MAVS game, we took an updated family picture, we played hard, and we said GOODBYE- but now we are counting down AGAIN only about 100 days to go and that should be pretty easy. These next couple of months I will be busy and I know Ryan will too!

super excited and waiting for Ryan at the gate
still waiting, it felt like forever and I just knew he'd be the very last one off the plane
Owen trying to hold up the sign
and he is HOME!!

We went straight to IHOP for breakfast and Owen sure thought his daddy was funny!

Owen and Daddy trying to put together Owen's NEW helicopter

Our trip to San Antonio was so much fun we went to Sea World and it was amazing, Owen loves animals so much that he thought it was pretty cool. Although he wouldn't get to close. But he loved them all from a safe distance

my favorite picture

this picture is for Sara! Check out that creepy eel????!!! EWWW

Owen and I feeding the Dolphins.

Shamu!

watching the otters and the seals

We also enjoyed the Riverwalk, and the good Mexican food and great shopping

and of course the ALAMO

This was my favorite part of the trip!!! Ryan got to be home for our 3rd anniversary for the very first time. SO I took him to the MAVS game who they just so happened to be playing the JAZZ. We kicked their butts which was even better.

Ryan and Bobby with their BFF wristbands

HAPPY EASTER

Since the weather was crappy on Easter Sunday, my dad took our Family/Easter pictures on Thursday and here are a few of my favorites. Owen was a pill but they still turned out cute

all good things have to come to an end and here is our end.

This was by far the hardest part of the day. As Ryan walked down the terminal I turned to Owen just as he was saying "BYE DA"

It breaks my heart becasuse he LOVES his DA so much and they had a great time together.

Of course we waited and watched the plane go, as Owen waved we noticed the name on the Plane was Ryan, pretty cool!

and they are off! 100 days to go

Thanks for a FUN 2 weeks and we will see you soon, LOVE YOU RY

Happy Birthday SARA

2009-04-06T22:15:00.006-05:00

Imagine me singing these in my very best singing voice.....This month is such a special one, it's birthday time for you. We'd really like to celebrate this special day with you. Yipidey yay and heidi ho there's something we can do. Let's sing a song that we all know- Happy Birthday to you!! They say it's your birthday, shout hooray. We're gonna sing to you today. One year older and wiser too. Happy Birthday, to you! Happy, happy birthday, SARA dear. Happy days will come to you all year. If I had one wish then it would be a happy, happy, birthday to you from me. AND finally Happy birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy birthday dear SARA HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!!

Tomorrow is my best friends 24th birthday and I wanted her to know, I miss your guts and wished we could all be celebrating together. Have a great day and know that we LOVE you!

BRAGGING RIGHTS

2009-03-28T23:20:00.002-05:00

Its time that I share with you some exciting news in the Thurgood Family. Not only is Ryan coming home this week for his much need and much anticipated R & R but, I'm here to tell you how amazing, hard working, smart, and wonderful Ryan is. Ryan has been preparing for quit sometime to take his flight test. The time finally came this Thursday and, Ryan didn't want to talk about it or have it mentioned or think about it at all. So the wife I am being a whole world away had a million questions and just wanted details. Ryan on the other hand didn't wanna talk about it till it was over. So I anxiously waited the results! (a little FYI- the reason we are anxious about this is because this is the reason "we" reenlisted, so I AM hoping it was all for a good cause) OK back to my story. So at 5am on Thursday I received a texted that says I PASSED!!!! Ryan and I are so excited and I couldn't be more proud of him. He has worked so hard and so long to get here and now I know he is relieved it is finally OVER. So I just wanted to pass on our good news and I want Ryan to know I LOVE him and we cant wait to see you in a few days!!!!!

I LOVE THIS KID!

2009-03-20T12:12:00.003-05:00

HI EVERYONE!!!

wheres Owen?

Yep hes a Thurgood Man!

Ryan Update

2009-03-11T22:55:00.004-05:00

For all of you who are wondering what is going on with Ryan here is an update. He will be home at the end of the month hopefully by March 31 and get to be home for 2 weeks. This put him home for our anniversary, for the very FIRST time in 3 years. Im very excited!!

And just recently Keith made a quick trip to the middle east and Ryan was lucky to get to spend some time with his dad. Here are a few pictures of their couple of days together. Ryan says it was pretty cool to be with his dad, never in a million years did Ryan ever think he be back in Iraq and never with his dad.

Happy 29th Birthday, Leisha!

2009-03-09T23:42:00.004-05:00

Today is my beautiful, smart, talented, loving and OLDER sisters birthday. Leisha I want you to know that I LOVE you so much and I miss you, I wish we could be there to celebrate with you. You are an amazing sister, a wonderful mom, my BEST FRIEND , and a great example. Thanks for everything you do, WE LOVE YOU and HAPPY BIRTHDAY have a great day!

Walker Rhead Horning

2009-02-24T00:22:00.006-06:00

Yea!! I know Steph has been awaiting this day for the last 9 months! But he is finally here, we would like to welcome Mortensen grandbaby #7 Walker Rhead Horning. He was born February 23 2008 at 12:46pm and weighed 10 lbs and 22.5 inches long. Steph and Walker are both doing well. There are alot of pictures and I couldnt choose just one to post becasue hes so dang cute. I cannot wait to see him. You know there is just somethign about babies that you just cant not LOVE. I haven't even meet him yet and Im in LOVE.

aww I LOVE IT, they are so sweet

Big Brother Wyatt and Walker

Fran and Walker

Congrats Steph and Fran, hes super cute and we love you guys!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

2009-02-15T14:55:00.002-06:00

Owen and I wanted to wish everyone a HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY, we LOVE everyone and hope you had a fun day. Especially Ryan we LOVE you and MISS you and can't wait to see you!!!!

Kaylee's Birthday party

2009-02-15T14:46:00.004-06:00

On Valentines Day, Owen went to his first friends birthday party. Kaylee Davis turns 3 years old. It was at this cute kids play place in Frisco called Wiggles play, and Owen's friends were there and although they are older than he is he LOVE playing with them. Thanks, Kaylee for having such a fun birthday party!

Too CUTE!

2009-02-07T23:32:00.010-06:00

So I know every mom thinks their kid is cute, but come on you cant tell me he isn't cute!? Yesterday I thought he was exceptionally cute so we had papa take some pictures. Owen wasnt too into but I still think they are cute.

NICE VIEW!!

I LOVE PAPA!

kisses for his grammy. Owen Loves his Grammy

I LOVE GRAMMY

Look at that form...A future Dallas Maverick

hes even better than some of the Mavs!

watch out ladies!

HONESTLY

2009-02-07T22:43:00.002-06:00

Lisa tagged me a couple of days ago and I'm just getting around to it. I'm supposed to tell 10 things about me and then tag 7 friends, so here it goes....

1. I'm obsessed with the computer. I could sit here all day long searching the web, checking facebook, and blogs over and over.

2. I am always cold. You would think living in Texas that wouldn't be a problem but it is. Every night I sleep with my electric blanket on high. Its a good thing Ryan isn't here because he likes to sleep with the fan on full blast and no covers!

3. My favorite food is cheesecake and I could, would, and do eat it at every meal. After I had Owen this obsession came about and I don't know what it is but I LOVE IT!!!!

4. I have the best job in the world. Most people wouldn't agree but I go to work when I want, I do whom ever I want and I make great money. What can be better than that. And right now since I live at home I have a live in babysitter which makes going to work so much easier and I really enjoy what I do. Not to mention I have the best clients a Hair stylist could ask for.

5. I have a true LOVE for Marilyn Monroe. People don't know this about me but ever since I was little I have liked her. I think she is BEAUTIFUL!!! I don't agree with how she lived her life but I think she was a very talented and inspiring person. A typical Hollywood movie star!

6. I have really come to find that I enjoy doing crafts! And I'm not to shabby at it. I always knew my mom was great and I'm no where near her ability but I'm getting better. Now i just wish I knew how to sew!

7. I really like to cook.....ok now that my mom and sisters are done laughing! I really do, now that I live at home I think I have only cooked a few times, But that is because my moms cooking is way better and why cook when I have her. But Sara and I always wanted to go to cooking school.

8. I LOVE basketball. This year I have started coaching 2 girls teams. A 4th grade Allen team and a 6th grade Plano team. My younger girls are very new at this and most of them are 1st timers and we are getting better. But my older girls are doing 100% better this season than last. Other teams will come and ask which girl is mine and when I tell them I don't have a kid playing they always think its great that I do this for fun! Sometimes I wish I would be getting paid to do this but that would require me going to school, and I dont see that happening. I do it because I LOVE IT!!!

9. I love to watch "my" TV shows, every night of the week there is something that I watch. The Bachelor, American Idol, Grey's Anatomy and Private practice. And I cannot wait for Army wives to start!! I DVR all my shows so that I can watch them with NO commercials.

10. I'm very NEAT. Everything has a label and, every label has a folder and, every folder has a place. I kinda have to be this way since I'm married to a Thurgood. But its good for me some people would think I'm OCD. Which probably I am but Im ok with that I call it ORGANIZED!

NOW I tag Leisha Sanders, Nina Mortensen, Kira Hyde, Marisa Bean, Shanda McHenry, Jessica Jones, Randi Grant, Jamie Sharp, and anyone else who wants to do it!