The Freeman Family

Wow, so much has happened since my last post!

2010-09-09T11:01:00.004-05:00

It has been a defining year in The Freeman household and we are not even close to it being over. To be honest with everyone, I don't think the random acts of chaos in our life have been all bad, although most would consider them that way. Our life, The Freeman's, is FULL of chaos but for some reason the calm always seems to come during the chaos and I must say it teaches us to be resilient...OK enough of the positive sentiment. So what has happened since June 11th 2010? Well for starters our house fire, which most of you know about, but all I can say is we are very fortunate for the way things happened, b/c Kent was able to get all the Boy's out safely(I was out of town on business and am thankful for the people I was with that night b/c that was an interesting phone call to get). Anyway, in the chaos we have been overwhelmed with help, before I even realized what we needed we had a friend, Carrie, looking for a house for us to rent, USAA our insurance company was there first thing in the morning before I even got home(THEY ARE AMAZING), everything was put in motion and things have been good so far. So, the boys are doing great, June 26th Colin turned 4, he is such a riot and I think everyone will agree he is HILARIOUS! Everything about him is funny:), Cole started crawling, talking more and WALKING, he is a chunky monkey and since the fire no longer has the luxury of having mommy's milk so has gained a good 5lbs at least on formula and Connor, our big boy, started Kinder and LOVES IT....we miss our home, but things are moving along and hopefully we will be back in soon. OH....and we went on a family VACA!!!!!!!!!!!! We had a blast, and my mom joined us, and was a HUGE help! I hope you enjoy the pics and till next time, hopefully it will be calm:)

I did dress all the boys the same on vaca(they are easier to find), so no comments on that:) And I know, I DO HAVE THE CUTEST BOYS IN THE WORLD.

The Freeman's

I know, I stink at updates...but I am BUSY!!!

2010-06-11T21:14:00.005-05:00

Here are a few pictures of the boys recently, Cole is now 6mths and seriously freaking adorable, for real! He is happy as can be and not a sleeper AT ALL, but besides that he is my sweet, baby with the biggest dimples I have ever seen. Connor turned 6 this week, and he is my cool guy, he just graduated from Pre-K/Kindergarten and is so excited to start big boy school. He is so smart, so, so, so smart and the best big brother. Colin, o-man, Colin is my comedian, he cracks us up all day long! I am determined to make a video montage of him one morning, it could be 20 seconds long and everyone would laugh, I love that boy! His b-day is in a few weeks and he will be 4, time flies!
Kent and I are staying busy with the boys and work!
Enjoy the pics!

Been a awhile

2009-09-10T12:06:00.005-05:00

It has been awhile and we are doing wonderful! I am now in my 3rd trimester with our sweet baby, Cole. The boys are SO excited to have a baby brother and are absolutely sweet. We have so many funny stories, but Connor has become my protector and will get onto me and anyone else with a " huh, she is PREGNANT" when I try to do something I am not supposed to, like last night when I tried to do a backwards roll...not a good result but it was funny for those watching.

Our house, is getting close, we are now looking at Oct...which is MUCH better then Nov and we are so excited.

We FINALLY went on our first mini vaca with the boys, and it was a blast!! The boys were amazing and had so much fun, we went swimming, the waterpark, the beach, Kent and Connor went jet skiing, drove to Austin and went to the Children's museum, and watched the bats. We are off to San Antonio at the end of the month to visit our Family...YAY, and of course Sea World. Life has been busy!

We have so much to do before Cole gets here, but the boys are keeping everything so entertaining I have up until recently forgotten about all the stress I should be under...it is now hitting hard though! I am in travel season for work, but should wind down soon....there has got to be size limits on the planes hehehe.

Till next time enjoy the pics, one is their 3 and 5 year old pics and the other a short slideshow of the last few months!

And we are off...

2009-06-15T10:45:00.013-05:00

Since I broke the news we are expecting another bundle of joy so much has happened. We have officially moved into our apartment, which we LOVE, sold our house, celebrated Connor's 5th birthday,and the boys started a new school. I love our boys, and they are absolutely the best of friends!

On the baby front, all is well! We are absolutely as HAPPY as can be at the news that this new little bundle looks like it is a BOY!!! We will get 100% confirmation in a few weeks, but everything is looking very boyish so far, they are about 85% sure.

Enjoy the pics, and until next time....Colin's birthday I am sure! The video is of Connor, who is our little track star, seriously the kid is fast and the video does not do him justice. Kent thinks I am scared to race him b/c he will beat me, give me a little credit I am not the slowest chick on the block, but he is pretty stinkin' fast!

Big News

2009-04-23T16:52:00.003-05:00

It has been awhile, and my how things have changed! A quick update of the not so big news is Colin got his cast off and is doing wonderful, we have decided to move and are building a house in the Plano area and currently have our house on the market...which stinks! We have been staying busy to say the least. In the mix of all the chaos Kent and I received what may very well may be the biggest surprise of our lives, which is absolutely not a reach. We found out we will be expecting a new little addition to our family! Yep, we are preggers, hahaha, I know it is comical, but we really can't keep it boring around here! We are due 12/5 but are expecting a Thanksgiving baby....and we have confirmed it is only ONE!!! Although we were both overwhelmed with the news, we are excited about the new addition to the family and can't wait to meet the little boy or girl...my bets are on a boy as I have pretty goods odds. I have also included some pics of our boys from the last few months, they are very excited and Connor has informed us he wants a BIG sister, and Colin thinks the baby is hiding in my tummy.
Till next time!

The Freemans, almost a party of 5

My Feb update...it has been interesting!

2009-03-01T12:40:00.008-06:00

So Jan/Feb have been a challenging few months in the Freeman family...to say the least. We have battled Colin with Strep, Colin with a double ear infection, Connor having the flu, Connor having phenomonia, Mommy having the flu and Colin's broken leg...when it rains, it appears to just keep on raining, at least in my house!

Both boys appear to be on the mend, Connor is doing much better, and Colin's leg is on the mend and he gets his cast of this week. What a trooper that boy, he has not stopped once and never complains, although his running style has changed.

We have been busy to say the least and I have been traveling a lot lately, but it has been well worth it on the work front! Kent has done an amazing job taking care of the boys while I am away. Of course when I am home, I am knee deep in DRAMA(at least that is what my boss(Henry) refers to my life as). We have had a quite past 2 weeks and have enjoyed spending time with our amazing boys. They are an absolute blessing, and are our entertainment most of the time. We have been busy the last few weekends with going out with friends(the pic above of Connor's girlfriend and him is sooooo cute!), the car show and playing outside...although this Texas weather is interesting as always. I have become an expert recently building tents for the boys inside the house, which is something I am proud of considering I am a girl! In a household of all boys, you tend to pick up a lot!

On a sad note, Kent's Gran-Pat passed away this morning, what a wonderful man and amazing life he lived! We will miss him dearly, but will always remember what a great man, Gran-Pat and Great-Gran Pat he was.

I hope all is well with everyone!

The Freeman's

I stink at this Blog thing, but X-mas and then some!

2009-01-28T14:48:00.006-06:00

So, it has been awhile and I thought I would at least post a few pics from our X-mas. The boys were amazing and loved Santa! They are at such a great age, which makes it fun for mom and dad! We have been sick for the last few months, just taking turns but hopefully the end to this madness will end soon. I have been traveling a LOT, which to me is an understatement, and Kent has been doing great with daddy duty. Besides that we are gearing up for warm weather season one of these days, b/c 2 boys in a house for an extended period of time ='s DISASTER!!!
Till next time!

Happy Thanksgiving!!!

2008-11-27T07:29:00.004-06:00

It has been awhile since my last post and things are still busy! The kids are doing wonderful and are as cute as ever. We attempted to take family pictures a few weeks ago and we are billing it off as the first attempt...yea, they are not the best boys to sit still. Kent and I went to the Coldplay concert last week which was something we have been looking forward to for sometime and it was amazing.
Today we will be heading to Nanny and Poppy's for Thanksgiving with the whole family. We have so much to be thankful for,and are looking forward to being with the fam! Then Connor has instructed me we will be writing letters to Santa today, hahaha, so cute. Till next time, have a great Thanksgiving and go shopping lords knows this economy needs help!

Trick Or Treat

2008-11-01T21:36:00.005-05:00

Above are pics of our boys, Batman and Robin...hehehe, just to cute!

The boys loved trick or treating last night and got their fair share of candy. Of course, we are rationing their consumption, they have a lot of energy as it is!

We have been staying busy! The boys are crazier then ever and keeping us busy being boys! Connor has his last soccer game next weekend and is getting better each time. Colin, well Colin is 100% boy!

We are looking forward to the holidays coming up a hope all is well with everyone!

Kate

Weekend in Pic, FW Air Show and Pumpkin Patch

2008-10-12T21:01:00.001-05:00

It's been awhile!

2008-10-05T14:47:00.007-05:00

It has been awhile since my last posting and things at the Freeman house are as busy as ever! Connor is still soccer challenged, but he is getting better each time! Colin, well Colin is simply crazy, a crazy 2 year old boy. Oh, man he is all boy!

I am still trying to get Connor to understand he is not allowed to tell everyone they are fat, but he just doesn't get it. He is so persist ant that at the soccer fields he was yelling about the lady being a bit heavy aka fat and I interrupted him, so he decided to go into great detail how large she was...sort of like a whale...uhhhh nice. Connor goes for his Opthomologist apt next week to see about his eye function from his accident(can you believe it has been almost a year). As far as I could tell he looks great, but he still can't look up with that eye, we will see.

Colin, he is just the messiest, dirtiest, rumble tumble boy of all time. He just got all of his teeth, for those of you who know, he may very well be the latest teether of all time. He is such a sweet boy and LOVES his mommy...well both of them do. He is talking up a storm and loves Elmo and Wall-E, which is a bit strange considering we don't have TV at the house.

I have been in and out of town recently for work but have a few weeks at home to spend with my the boys(which includes Kent) until my next trip.

We took a family trip to the FW Zoo last weekend and it was amazing. Pictures are attached for your viewing and I hope all is well!

The boys consume our days and nights, and bring a smile to our faces...like I said before, they are the best.

Until next time

Kate

How Embarassing!

2008-09-18T19:48:00.002-05:00

Funny Videos

I had my moment as a parent, I am sure it will not be the last, that I wanted to crawl under the table and hide!

I was out of town for work Monday and Tuesday and thought that it would be nice to spend so Mommy and kid time at the local ice cream shop. The boys and I sat out on the patio together while they ate their double chocolate fudge ice cream enjoying our time and the amazing weather we have been having. All of a sudden Connor looks up and points to a lady maybe 2 feet away and says "Mom she is FAT" over and over and over. Petrified and heart broken for this lady, who actually was not fat, I just turned to Connor, gave him the ' you better shut your mouth right now look' and went on my way. I tried to explain to him that that was a mean word to use towards someone, but he insisted she was fat. It was never ending.....

Besides our moments like that life is going well! I am home until the beginning of Oct, I whole 2 weeks, and off the MN.

I hope all is well!

Kate

Found my camera!!!

2008-09-11T21:35:00.008-05:00

Here are pics of our amazing boys, they are just the bestest friends and it is the cutest thing I have ever seen.

Kate

Connor's first soccer game

2008-09-07T12:42:00.005-05:00

Connor had his first soccer game, he did great when he was on the field, but the problem was keeping him on the field. He would decide mid game he wanted to climb the bleachers, play at the park or go to the baseball fields. He is only 4 and it was very cute. I have to say, Coach Mark is one brave dad, and patient to say the least. I posted a few pics, and will post some of Colin as soon as I find my dang camera...I promise the pictures on there are adorable!!!

This weekend has been good, we have spent so much time outside, the boys went jogging with me twice(Sat night and Sun morning) and I have made the executive decision they are WAY to big to be pushing their combined weight of 80lbs up the hills in this neighborhood! Kent rode his bike this morning 40 miles and then happen to ride past us on my jog. The kids got a kick out of that. Colin is a talking fool, he was so cute, if I asked him where Daddy was he would say, "Daddy on a bike race", so when Kent rode up he lost it, he was so excited! Both the boys also got hair cuts, and are just so freaking cute...and man they needed them.

Our kids rule our world, and they happen to be the best boys in the world, they have been absolutely a pure joy this weekend! So sweet, loving and fun, its weekends like this that make the frustrating ones worth it.

Not much going on here...well with the kids

2008-09-04T18:22:00.002-05:00

So things have been crazy here, but most of it is focused on work, my travel schedule and of course my wonderful kids. We are staying busy, and had such an amazing long weekend. The boys were so cute, they really do love each other, and played all weekend together. Of course, they also fought all weekend, but that just comes with the territory...I think. We spent the weekend lounging around the house, going over to Aunt Emmie(Emily) and Uncle Reid's house and swimming at Nanny and Poppy's. I have been so busy with work, that sometimes I don't know up from down so this weekend was wonderful. I took some great pics, and will post them as soon as I can figure out where I put my camera, it is MIA.

A typical day in the Freeman household is wake up 6:30-7 eat, get ready and leave drop off the kids and we go to work, I pick them up at 5 and it is play, play, play until 10pm which is their bed time. Needless to say I am out like a light with them and we start all over. So, my new goal is to get them to go to bed at a reasonable hour so I can actually do things like, laundry, watch a movie(we don't have TV) or heck go out on a limb and talk to my husband...now that is an idea. Wish me luck, we will see how easy this will be, I am telling you these kids are night owls, just like their daddy!!! Just a little venting, but we have so much to be thankful for, and the kids are so great that everyday is an absolute joy, no matter what our schedule is or how crazy it gets!

Connor had practice again yesterday and did much, much better. He met a little friend named Noah, who is on his team, and talks about him all the time. Both the boys are really amazing, and they keep us busy. Colin has been pretty stuffy lately, so I am just waiting for the ear infection to come on. I am off to Vegas next week for work, Austin the week after and Minnesota soon after that, but I will try and update this blog while I am away, until then pray for my amazing husband, who does such a wonderful job with the boys during my busy travel season.

Soccer and more

2008-08-28T14:03:00.002-05:00

So, Connor had his first soccer practice last night, and to say it was an easy transition is pretty far fetched. Me being a former child soccer player thought it would and should be the coolest thing ever...I was wrong. Connor wanted nothing to do with his team, in fact, he actually asked if he could join the other team practicing on the same field. He thought it was cool when they had a race to see who could get to the ball the fastest, of course once he got there he threw himself on the ball like it was a football game. No hands, didn't go over that well to say the least. All in all it was comical. Colin had a blast, with Kent running all over the field after him in the 100 degree 5pm Texas weather. We were newbies at this and you could tell. Things to do differently; bring a chair, bring BIG HUGE water bottles, bring balls for Colin to play with, and don't expect a 4 year old to automatically know how to play soccer, it was not programmed into his DNA.

Colin has been a little talker this week, he thinks everything is funny and he has made an executive decision to not take crap from Connor anymore, and he has done it with a vengeance! The boy has a little temper, he looks like he is going to explode like a bomb and then just starts swinging...cute, but not acceptable. Everything else on the home front is good, keeping busy and working a lot, the boys are keeping us entertained in the evening and for me, at least, throughout the middle of the night...ughhh.

Till next time

Flight Museum

2008-08-23T14:09:00.007-05:00

Today we ventured out to bring the boys to the Flight Museum. They had a blast, all Colin said was look, and wow the WHOLE time. Connor was absolutely amazed at the airplanes, the wings, propellers, and everything else there. After they ran around in ahhh..., we went to watch the planes take off and land, which they really got a kick out of. After working up a hunger it was of to the Original Pancake House for lunch, one of Kent's favorites. I really think he could eat breakfast there everyday all day. It was nice to get out and do something fun as a family, we have been so busy we forget the simple little things like family outings. Tonight Kent and I have plans to go to dinner together, which will be a nice break.

Above are some pictures, the one with Connor holding up his B-17 book is for his Great-Gran Pat, wish we were with you guys this weekend!

Till next time

Kate

Kid Challenged

2008-08-21T19:35:00.002-05:00

So, this one will be short and sweet, but today is a kid challenged day. Oh My GOSH, talk about ganging up on mommy and testing the waters. Connor and Colin are mommy's challenge for the day you name it they have and are trying to get me today...it is actually a bit funny. Not listening, talking back, hitting, and the best one I ever heard, if you don't let me play a game, "Daddy's going to put you in time out", yea, I would like to see that one happen, hahaha.

They still are however the cutest little boys around, even if I am going to go insane in the process...love them to pieces!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am officially a blogger, and a dork at that!

2008-08-20T20:37:00.002-05:00

As you all know I have a sort of infatuation with my boys and what better way to keep everyone up to date then to have a Freeman Family blog. We will see how this works out, but if anything it will be comical.

We have been very busy lately, as I have been traveling pretty much weekly, of course Kent is so good with the boys they haven't had any issues. Friday I came home from a 3 day trip and low and behold Connor was sick. Since everything that went on in Nov I am a bit of a worry wart so I brought him to the doctor. He had a double whammy strep and some sort of virus...Yippee. So our weekend was comprised of being confined to our house...man did we go stir crazy. Things kind of got back to normal, when Colin got sick! I know I should have expected it but sometimes things are just a bit comical in our life, it is always one thing after another.

Besides that, Connor starts his 2nd year of preschool next week, and soccer the following week. Colin is still our little bubba and keeps us laughing. To that I will say good bye until next time.