Wear Your Tiara & Gown

Kaybrie our little Princess, seven other little princesses and a grown up princess donned their tiaras and gowns on Saturday to celebrate her 4th birthday! Oh what pretty princesses they were and what a wonderful time they had playing together. I can only imagine what it would have been like had they had a grand ballroom and a huge castle with lots and lots of rooms to run and play in!

 Here she is before the party, she is doing this new tilt of the head pose for pictures thing with a no teeth smile!

 Our little Princess Aurora holding her Tangled Baby Doll

 The Birthday Princess and The Grown Up Princess- Kaybrie's cousin Ashley. The little girls all had their pictures made with the beautiful princess.

 Something was obviously very funny to Kaybrie in this picture!

 The princesses are checking out each others shoes, so cute and girly!

 One of Kaybrie's many gifts, this one was from us- an original Gerber Babydoll from 1979, it was in the box w/ tags still on it. (an Etsy find for $30- these dolls are not made any more and can be sold for as high as $200, I will blog about the importance of this doll later- stay tuned)

The cupcakes- Kaybrie always picks white cake and strawberry icing, this year she wanted sprinkles!

I can only imagine what all the little girls dreamed of that night. My prayer is that they all will all grow up and be as smart and beautiful on the inside as well as the outside, just like Ashley. It is fun and so innocent to play dress-up and to be a princess. An imagination is a great thing to have, just like great friends. It makes my heart smile that all of these little friends could come to Kaybrie's 4th Birthday Party and celebrate with us!

That's Our Boy

He really is my boy!

 I have no doubt now, none at all that they did not switch him when they took him out of the hospital room that ONE and ONLY time to take care of...well you know that little surgery that only baby boy's get before they leave the hospital to go home with their Mommy! Of course, now that I have written that piece of information he is really going to wish he had been switched.
Why do I know he is mine?
He made straight A's the second 9 weeks of school!
At the awards assembly on January 28th, 2011, he was recognized for a total of five achievements including
Principals Honor Roll, Mighty Mustang Student of the Month and Perfect Attendance.

Braden all smiles after the assembly

Proud Moma & Son

Grandma doesn't miss any of her grandchildren's events!

Braden & Miss Sloan

Braden, Moma and Daddy are so proud of you. Regardless of what your grades are, we love you and know that if you do your best you will accomplish whatever you set your mind to do. We will always stand behind you no matter what. You are our boy and we love you!

Snow Much Fun!

Finally we got SNOW!! Yeah I sound a little bit excited, right? Well, the only good any snow does for me is the following:

1. Maybe a Snow Day out of school...or two!
2. An opportunity to eat a 8x8 pan of brownies practically by myself (How can that possibly be good?)
3. Finally an opportunity for my kids to get out and play so I can get some Snow Memories!

Miss Kaybrie will probably grow up and move somewhere where it is really cold and snowy all the time! She loves the white stuff and would play for hours.

They tried to build a snowman, but Frosty wasn't to be found in this round...too dry!

Oh, Braden...can't you just tell by the grin that something he thinks is fun is getting ready to happen. My only saving grace is that I always have the camera in my hands!

My saving grace becomes his sister's biggest nightmare. Can you just hear the scream that is getting ready to happen? Brother and Sister love. I wouldn't trade it for anything. But, I will always have my camera ready!

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MckLinky Monday: 5 Things I Can't Do Anymore...

I am thinking the title of my MckLinky can be changed to SHOULDN'T do anymore!

I shouldn't jump on a trampoline...

...if I do then I must wear one of these!

Yep, I know you wanted to know that but its my blog and I am an honest writer. And believe me no amount of kegels are ever going to strengthen those pelvic muscles. But, jumping is good exercise and my kids love for me to do it with them!

I shouldn't watch movies like this....

... sci-fy and I just don't go together! I dream and attack whoever is in bed with me! Jason loves it, just ask him.

I shouldn't ever drink one of these...

...I get very hyper, but occasionally I CRAVE one! Old habits die hard!

Take that old habit of a Dr. Pepper and pair it up with this shouldn't...

...and remember the saying a moment on the lips an lifetime on the hips? Well my hips don't lie, do they?

Is that only four? What is my #5?

I shouldn't, I can't, never could DANCE---someone puullleeeze help me because April 15th is coming soon and not only have I not lost the last 15lbs but I am still expected to do the Mom Dance at Kaybrie's ballet recital in heels to "All you Single Ladies" by Beyonce'!!

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Yes, Mrs. Hart cooked up a little competition in bloggerland for today's MckLinky Monday!

Superbowl XLV is coming up and housewives across the country know that the most memorable of all the event will not be the game, or even the commercials, but the food! So The RHOK has invited bloggers from across the country to link up their recipes until January 21, 2011 for an opportunity to be featured as a winner on February 4th! How cool is that? Now don't you want to be the talk of the block? Get on over to The RHOK and link up!

The 2010 Christmas Card

I'm a little behind in showing it off, but here is our annual Christmas card that went out to family and friends this year. Yes, I handwrite all of the addresses...one of these days I will figure out how to do labels!
I picked these pictures because they represented my kids at their best. Braden at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium playing catch on the field, Kaybrie posing for her first professional photo shoot and then both of them together at the Pumpkin Patch being ornery and not knowing I was snapping the camera!

We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas and have a wonderful and prosperous 2011!
May God Bless each and everyone of you and your families. Thank you for your contiued reading of
 The 4-Crow's and The RHOK and we look forward to what the next year brings!

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MckLinky Monday: Crow Family Christmas Traditions

Our family Christmas traditions kick off with a visit to see Santa the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving each year! I just love The Bass Pro Shop here in Broken Arrow and their Winter Wonderland!

Then on the Sunday before Christmas we have our Christmas Dinner with Grandma Betty- the Crow side of the family! Here Grandma is with all of her Grandkids- ages 19, 15, 10 and 3!

Christmas Eve is busy at our house. When I married Jason, I became acquainted with a little thing his family does. They call each other up on the phone and try to say "Christmas Eve Gift" first to the other person! Kind of a "Got You" game! Well, I liked this so much that I thought why not do Christmas Eve Gifts from my kids to the neighbors. To me it is very important that my kids learn the lesson that giving is better than receiving.  Neighbors were important to me growing up and I want them to be important to my kids. After all, we never know when we might need them, correct? So before my kids get gifts, they walk to each neighbor on Christmas Eve and give a treat with a gift tag that has a picture of them on it! We only pass out to the neighbors and close friends we know around our house- 12 this year! My kids love it, are learning a valuable lesson and look forward to this each year!

Then Christmas Eve, we try to attend services at church but don't always make it, it just depends on Jason's work schedule and the weather. We also try to go to Texas Roadhouse to eat and reflect upon the year and the excitement of the few days ahead. We did make it to Roadhouse this year and enjoyed it very much. Then we came home and opened our gifts to one another, before singing Happy Birthday to Jesus and eating his cake and then setting our cookies, carrots and milk for Santa and the reindeer!

Christmas morning the kids awake to see what Santa has left them and then we prepare to go to my parents in Wilson, where it is a BIG Christmas with 18 of us in attendance, including 10 grandkids. Next year we will have 11! What a wonderful blessing to have such a great grand family! A favorite tradition of my Moma's is to drink cappuccino with her granddaughter's...she finally found the perfect size mug!



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MckLinky Monday: My Favorite Ornaments

Today at The RHOK we are sharing our favorite ornaments. Won't you hop on over and share yours?

First of all if you are a Christmas ornament that adorns my tree, you are very special to me! Each ornament has either been given to me, bought by me, made for me, represents my kids, or my Savior. Picking a single favorite is impossible. So here are a few of many...

 Raggedy Ann & Andy- made by Judy Smith many years ago and given to Kaybrie for her 1st birthday!

 The 'Boys- Our Pro Football Team

 Of course there are a few HOG ornaments!

 Each year I buy everyone a new ornament to add to the tree as we trim it, this year we added ballet to our family likes!

 This ornament is self explanatory- The year we became The Crow's- 2005

And the greatest  and my favorite ornaments of all tell the story of how our Savior Jesus Christ was born in a lowly manger to become King of this world to die on a cross for our sins, so that we might have eternal life.

Happy Birthday Jesus!



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Our Weekend: Double Digits, Lobsters, PJ's & Pigtails- Oh My!

Happy 10th (DOUBLE DIGIT) Birthday

Braden Chase

Birthday party at home w/ friends and family dinner at Red Lobster!

...and a PJ & Pigtail Christmas Party with the RHOK Star's!!

Put a face to The RHOK Housewives time!

L to R,  Back Row

 Jenny Kate aka Mrs. Edwards, Me aka Mrs. Hart, Aubree aka Mrs. Sinclair,  Georgie aka Mrs. Bundy, Jonni aka Mrs. Priss, Christy aka Mrs. Coco 

Sitting: Jen aka Mrs. Montgomery and Dawn aka Mrs. Albright