Bower Nest: Home of Three Chicks and Rooster Rick.

Silhouette giveaways

2011-01-18T10:58:00.000-08:00

I am entering Silhouette giveaways:

House of Smiths

Shabby Chic Cottage

I heart naptime

Keeping it simple

Wow! It is 2011.

2011-01-03T09:39:00.001-08:00

Once again, my New Year’s resolution will be to blog more. I failed miserably once again in 2010. Let’s see if we can turn it around in 2010.

We had a wonderful Christmas Holiday.

The girls both had their Christmas parties at school on December 17th. Addison had Santa Claus visit hers, which was very exciting. Santa even delivered a little gift to her. Lauren enjoyed ice cream sundaes and a puzzle exchange during her party. I was lucky enough to be able to attend both parties this year (which can be a challenge as a working mother).

On Christmas Eve, we spent the day doing last minute shopping and preparing for Christmas Day. My mom.dad and sister joined us that evening for the traditional reading of Twas the night before Christmas, sprinkling reindeer food for Santa’s crew on our lawn and leaving cookies and milk out for Santa.

Christmas Day began early in the Bower household. The girls woke up around 7:30 and were eager to see what Santa left for them. Lauren was surprised with a new bigger bike and an Ipod Touch and Addison received her first American Girl doll and a Leapfrog Explorer.

I made Christmas lunch/dinner fixings while my mom brought a delicious Honey Baked Ham. I made Macaroni and Cheese, Cheesy Potato casserole, Mashed potatoes and Green Beans. For dessert we had bread pudding with wonderful maple whiskey sauce, apple pie, cheesecake and pecan pie. It was all super yummy.

Easter 2010

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Dropping in for a quick post full of pictures from Easter. Will be back soon, but for the time being life is keeping us EXTREMELY busy…………

Egg Dying

Egg Hunt and Visit with the Easter Bunny

Snowmageddon 2010

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On February 11, North Texas broke a 46 year old record. We received 12.5 inches of snow in a 24 hour period. We started to have snow fall around 4 am Thursday morning. The snow did not stop falling until well after 9 pm that evening. It was a beautiful site and we had tons of fun playing in the snow.

Our House covered in snow

Sledding Fun

Our visit to the Fort Worth Stock Show

2010-01-27T18:57:00.001-08:00

On Saturday, we made our way to downtown Fort Worth for the Stock show and rodeo. We had fun seeing all the animals and riding the rides. This year we did actually get tickets to the Rodeo, so the girls loved that too.

Addison and Lauren love the pony rides

Petting the Borden cows

Lauren with Marilyn

Having fun on the midway rides

The rodeo girls

A look back

2009-12-14T20:47:00.001-08:00

In August, Rick and I celebrated our 10 year Wedding anniversary. I decided to take some time to try to put together a slide show of some of the snapshots of our life together.

I am posting here for our friends and family to enjoy – Enjoy :-)

2009 Christmas Family Pictures

2009-11-30T17:18:00.001-08:00

We had our annual family picture done on Saturday, November 28. The kids did great, especially since we had to wait over an hour past our appointment time and the place was packed full of people. Here are some of them that I wanted to share:

Christmas Pictures Past and Present

2009-11-28T17:31:00.001-08:00

I just wanted to take a moment to look at our Christmas pictures from past years before we get to this year’s picture:

2003

2004

2005

2006 - A family picture was not done this year – must have been the pregnancy weight :-)

2007

2008

Trick or Treating 2009

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Lauren and Addison had a great time trick or treating this year. They both ran from house to house as fast as they can. We had beautiful weather this year (not too hot, not too cold). Lauren was a witch this year (a departure from the princess standard of the last few years) and Addison was Dorothy from Wizard of Oz.

Halloween Party 10/24/09

2009-10-28T10:44:00.001-07:00

Here are some random shots from this year’s Halloween party. More to come……

My favorite things

2009-09-01T18:06:00.001-07:00

I am linking up to a party over at http://girlystuffin.blogspot.com and posting about my favorite things.

1. THE BEACH – would live in a hut on the beach if I could:

2. Michael Buble – I love the sound of his voice.

3. Cheese Enchiladas

4. 30 Rock – I love this show.

5. Ruffled Slipcovers

6.Magazines – I spend way too much money on these

7. Crafting/ Creating/ Painting

8. Holidays

Enjoying the weekend

2009-07-20T18:50:00.001-07:00

Just dropping in to post of couple of pictures of the girls.

Weekend Recap

2009-06-29T17:13:00.000-07:00

We had a fun weekend and stayed busy with trying to stay out of the heat as much as possible and constant home improvement activities.

We did break out the slip n slide for the kids. Jonathan and Esther, who live next door, came over and joined in the fun.

I am in the middle of a few different projects around the house right now. One of those is adding beadboard panels to the backside of the kitchen island. Here are all the boards I painted over the weekend. I will make sure to post a picture when complete. I am also working on refinishing a couple of pieces of furniture. I will make sure to show those as well.

Finally, we lost a legend on Thursday, June 25th, 2009. He was the "Elvis" to most of my generation. I will never forget him or his music.

Time flies

2009-06-21T07:17:00.001-07:00

Lauren went in this past week for a check-up with our pediatrician - Dr. Robert. We decided it was time to get an updated picture of the two of them. Just thought I would share a comparison of how much time flies.

Lauren with Dr. Robert at 15 months old (approx. Sept. 2004)

Lauren with Dr. Robert at 6 yrs old (June 2009)

Going Dot Com Birthday Bash

2009-06-15T15:57:00.000-07:00

I would love to win one of great things Tip Junkie is giving away this week.

Visit tipjunkie dot com for more info

Sweetest sound

2009-05-21T17:24:00.000-07:00

I am still alive

2009-05-15T17:57:00.000-07:00

I can't beleive that I haven't posted over here in such a long time. I really did not intend to leave the blog all alone for this long.

Well, we have been very busy, as we always are. We made the transition from winter to spring here in Dallas. We had a very mild winter and didn't see any snow this year. Lauren is continuing to do very well in school. She loves to go everyday and see her friends.

In March, we celebrated Easter. Both the girls loved getting their baskets from the Easter bunny.

In April, we were very busy. Mom and Dad Bower came for a visit from Tampa. We loved having them and got to spend so much quality time together. We do not get together near enough. We went to a picnic that Rick's employer threw for their employees. Rick and Lauren did the 3 legged race (and did not come in last!) and participated in the egg toss. We had tons of fun! Here are some of the pictures from the day:

On April 23rd, Lauren turned 6! I cant believe it!! She is getting so big. Here are pictures from her party.

Lastly, Rick and I just returned from our week long getaway in Mexico. We had a fabulous time. We got to relax on the beach all day long - which is truly my most favorite thing to do in the world. Here are pictures from our trip.

I want to be a cowboy......baby

2009-02-08T11:27:00.001-08:00

This weekend, the girls and I went to the Fort Worth Stock Show. We have gone every year for a few years now and we always have a great time. Here are a few pics from the great time we had.

This is what she wants as her first car:

Why YES, you too can have this fine John Deere tractor in your driveway for $239.00 a month.

Wow! She was born to ride:

We saw some livestock

And rode some rides

Metamorphosis Monday

2009-01-18T16:23:00.000-08:00

I am participating in Metamorphosis Monday over at Between Naps on the Porch. Here is a table refinish that Rick and I did in the Fall.

Here is the before (we bought this table for $50 off Craigslist).

Here is the AFTER picture. We painted the base and chairs black and then I distressed it by sanding the edges. For the top, we stained it a dark espresso finish.

Friday night fun

2009-01-17T09:08:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of how we spent our evening.

The girls playing Wii

Addison wearing daddy's shoes

AND - The big news........

Lauren lost her first tooth. The tooth fairy came last night and left her $3.00. She was thrilled.

Welcome to our new home

2009-01-16T18:18:00.000-08:00

Welcome one and all. We recently packed and moved from our first home, www.bowerland.com/blog. I think you will enjoy the new layout and upcoming posts.