"Ribs are proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

-Sam

please excuse...

please excuse us...

my babe high jacked the blog and "set the record straight" about my besties. he's right!!

samuel dale haught is my bestest friend/lover in the whole wide world

BUT

best friends arent like husbands... you can have more than one!

so to set the real record straight i'm not a bestie "hoe" as he would say.

i just have a lot of love!

my dear mother

I know I've posted this picture before but i just ran across it again.

She is just beautiful! Beautiful in every way. She is exactly the woman I'm trying to be! So caring, giving, positive, selfless, talented, uplifting and every other quality any woman wants to possess. I'm so lucky to have her as my mother and almost my best friend (I already picked my bestie in Sam's b-day post...please see below)!

i'm just so sad she didn't save that amazing shirt for me!! i bet my dad picked it out.

charlotte louise

it really doesn't get any sweeter than this

reader beware... this is not a wild coyote
she just started missing her daddy

silver spurs

ready to see them buckin' bulls

yes folks, the one and only 2010

little miss sliver spurs

the big boss himself

after we had our fill of cowboys we went to the fair... yumm nothing quite like carnival food cotton candy, curly fries, and funnel cakes yes please

absolutely loving his crocodile roller coaster


trying to fit in with the carnys

the silver spurs rodeo is the biggest rodeo this side of the mississippi. it is such a big deal in osceola county that they have rodeo day off from school... instead of president's day! yeah that big of a deal!

be mine

Valentine's was spent with my lover on a quadruple date

some of the ladies

my tiny little valentine in tow

Sammy D is 33

This was a big year for babe... 33 only happens once!

his day started with "breakfast in bed"

{i put it in quotes because i never quite make it to him while he's in bed}

lunch with his lady

dinner of a king filets and racks of lamb

my presnt was pretty sorry... a new smoothie maker called the Ninja!!

It was going to be a spectacular gift courtesy of SHAVS but we are still waiting to get... hopefully soon!!!

kitty couldn't keep her ratty little fingers off the cake while i was frosting it
bang bang wanted in on the cake decorating fun too

the feast

austin was convinced that daddy wanted a baseball cake

{I'm not sure Sam's even likes basball}

kate was really really excited about singing happy birthday and eating cake

happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear sam, happy birthday to you

the hyders

look at my darling faces... does anyone wonder why my kids are the cutest

i got a good looking man!

33 things i love about my lover

1. he’s mine
2. he makes me laugh
3. he makes a mean smoothie
4. he’s determined
5. he the smartest man I know
6. he’s got style
7. he loves me
8. he is protective of our family
9. he is creative
10. he thinks our little girls are the most beautiful on earth11.
11. he tells Austin’s a story every night
12. he can get the kids to eat anything
13. he genuinely cares
14. he can bring x style
15. he can enjoy a nice hotel like no one else
16. he always stops for me at 7/11 for diet coke
17. he’s on time
18. he cooks like a banshee
19. he does the dishes every night
20. he makes the most delicious custard
21. he reads to the kids every night
22. he’s Austin’s best friend
23. he’s my best friend
24. everyone likes him
25. he’s romantic
26. he works and works so I can stay home with the babies
27. he makes me feel like the only beautiful woman in the world
28. he’s assertive
29. he’s worthy
30. he’s righteous
31. he’s sexy
32. he’s funny
33. he’s my loving eternal companion

crusin' 10

our girls trip this year was on the magical disney dream and it was magical!!

we did a whole lot of...
dancing eating laughing eating kareokee eating
bingo eating gaming or thinking about gaming and oh yes i mustn't forget eating
we dearly miss our 2 pregnant sister erika and christine but i look forward to crusing 2011 without my baby!
yes we were accompanied but 4 babies and a father!

How could dad miss out on a trip with all his doting gals... don't let him fool you he's kinda a softy

enjoy our trip...

on our way to the port

our little roomsicles

my little crusin babe she looks like deer in headlights

day 1 {nassau bahamas pirate partay}

the shiems

roomies

aaarrrgggg

day 2 {castaway key captain's dinner ga ga gaming}

we had quite the brigade of babies on the island

daddy and the baby girl

the folks

daddy and all his girls

some wicked sacts

wha always happens when a bunch of silly girls get together mixed with way too much diet coke at the 1am hour...

a pyramid

which then ended in some crazy piles of women!!

headed home beat up from all the food!

till 2011...