Shirley Family - San Antonio

Seaworld Christmas 2011

2011-12-17T20:39:00.000-08:00

Pretty Angel from the final performance of the night.

Kael wasn't too sure about this Santa Claus!

Hard to get a picture of that little guy. He moves around to much!

Everyone got on the merry-go-round!

That Big Bird is really BIG!

Boot Tree!

Same tree we took a picture in front of last year when I was hugely pregnant with Sander!

Telly Monster!

Kael's fist time on the Shamu Express!

Pretty Candy Cane Lane!!!

We had a blast at Sea World! There were not very many people out so we got to ride on any ride we wanted and the Christmas lights were all so pretty. Good family time. :)

Sander's 1st Birthday

2011-12-17T20:33:00.000-08:00

Sander turned 1 on Dec. 6th. This last year went by so quickly. He is a handfull. He is trying to keep up with Brylee and Kael so he is growing up to fast!

Very much needed updated photos!

2011-07-19T21:22:00.000-07:00

This is a very much needed update to photos. Sander is 7.5 months now and growing too fast. He is crawling all over the place and pulling up on furniture. He cannot wait to be able to play with big brother and big sister.

Little man is growing up too fast. Such a ham!

Big Boy waiting patiently to be fed some french fries!

At Grandma's Shirley's Hotel room in Bastrop.

What a good big sis! Brylee loves to feed Sander.

At the San Antonio Zoo during Macy's visit this summer.

Oh so cute!

My boys.

Leaving Sea World one evenng and we ran into Shamu!

Relaxing!

Kael at the Bay of Play! That is his favorite place to go!

Sander Quincy Shirley

2010-12-07T06:51:00.001-08:00

Sander finally decided to join us! He was born Dec. 6th at 3:40 am. 8lbs. 8-1/2 oz. 21-1/2 in.

He is such a calm baby! We very much enjoyed our first birth with our wonderful midwife. Our experience was so peaceful and happy!

Baby Boy Shirley

2010-06-29T17:13:00.000-07:00

Ok, so the first 2 are the regular 2d ultrasound that we are used to, but all of the rest are 3d pictures. He still looks like a little alien but it is pretty neat to get a better picture. These are at 17 weeks and 5 days. We were told that if we go back at about 30 weeks we can get some really good pictures. It is really tempting so we will see whether we cave and go back in. :)

May visit

2010-06-29T16:55:00.000-07:00

Mom and Dad came out for Vanessa's Graduation in May and these are just a few pictures that mom snapped while we were all together. Glenn, Keppie, Charli and Nathan were in town for the weekend too. We all had a really good visit.

March and April Pics

2010-04-30T19:01:00.001-07:00

So this is Bender today at 5 months old. His is our big puppy for sure. We wighed him today and he is already at 73 pounds!

Brylee had a bike rodeo at school where they had an obstacle course for the kids to go through. She had a great time and we were really happy that it was during our lunch so we were able to be there.

Kael loves bikes! He just can't ride them quite yet.

This is Bender from last month. He has grown a lot in such a little time.

My two beautiful babies. Can't wait for the next one!

Sea World

2010-04-05T10:11:00.000-07:00

We went to Sea World on Friday and Kael actually got to ride on the Texas Splash Down With Quincy, Brylee and her friend Lizzy. He had a blast as you can tell and the girls were scared out of their minds! Every time he looks at this picture he holds his arms up in the air. I have a feeling we will not be able to peel him away from this ride from now on. Thank goodness for season passes! So, who is going to come and ride The Texas Splashdown with Kael?

Brylee's sleepover for her 7th Birthday

2010-01-24T20:38:00.000-08:00

Beautiful Princess!
Caroline has lots of experience in sleep overs. She new all about the make-overs!

Brylee got some good sleepover gifts, Barbie clothes to play Barbies and some princess attire and make-up for make overs!

Three crazy girls! Brylee, Lizzy & Caroline

An old grill with a new look

2010-01-24T20:26:00.000-08:00

Dad made this grill about 20 years ago. We started using it again about 2 years ago and we have finally gotten around to putting the legs on it and surrounding it with wood. We eventually want to powder coat the grill, but it is looking good for now. It is really great because we did this a basically no cost to us. We just drove around to a bunch of different building sites and went through their trash piles and found the 2X6's that we wanted to use for this.

Ft Worth Stock Show with Grandma and Uncle Glenn & Family

2010-01-24T20:01:00.000-08:00

We were able to go up to Ft. Worth last weekend to see Grandma Dorothy, Uncle Glenn, Aunt Keppie, Charli & Nathan. The kids had a lot of fun riding on the fair rides. We really enjoyed getting to see all of the livestock as well.

Bender is growing so quickly!

2010-01-24T19:50:00.001-08:00

Just a few days ago. 9 weeks
Bender at 8.5 weeks

Bender at 3.5 weeks

This is Rowdy, Bender's Daddy!

Bender at 10 days old.

Bender at 3 days old.

Snow for Christmas!

2010-01-11T20:44:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve brought snow to Gilmer! Even though it did not stick, the kids had a fun time playing in it.

Kael is heading after the cows. Somebody catch him! :)

Christmas 2009

2010-01-11T20:34:00.001-08:00

Christmas Eve at Grandma and Grandpa Shirley's House. All of the kids get to open up brand new pajamas. This year it was only us and the Mitchell clan so the group looks a little small.

Here is a picture of the tree after Santa had arrived. It is very easy to fill up a room these days.

Santa and his elves worked very hard on this beautiful vanity for Brylee.

Kael got a kick out of this little rocking horse.

We really enjoyed our Christmas this year! Having family around is what makes the holidays so great.

Our newest family member!

2009-12-13T15:31:00.000-08:00

This is Rowdy, he is the father of our puppy.

Here is Bender at about 2 weeeks.

Brylee and Bender at 2 days old.

This is Bender at 2 days old.

Kael's backyard adventures

2009-12-13T15:19:00.000-08:00

Another outfit from Macy

2009-11-02T19:19:00.001-08:00

Tanya has asked us to provide her with pictures of Kael wearing all of the outfits that Macy has given him so I figured I would share them with everyone since he is so darn cute!

Halloween

2009-11-02T19:12:00.001-08:00

We had a great time at the Ward Fall Festival on Friday night and then trick-or-treating on Saturday night. Kael was my little tiger and Brylee was a cute leopard. We didn't even go through all of our neighborhood and we got more candy than we could eat in a year! Brylee is already planning her costume for next year.

Kael's one single "jump"

2009-10-28T21:08:00.000-07:00

I tried to get him to jump a couple more times, but no luck. Sorry for the turning of the camera.

Our Trip to Corpus Christi

2009-10-28T20:59:00.001-07:00

We went to Corpus Christi a couple of weeks ago and we were going to play on the beach for a little while. When we got there the check station guard told us that we should probably not go into the water because of the red tide. We had no idea what that was, but when we got down to the beach there were dead fish all along the shoreline. Man did it smell bad! Anyway we had a good time playing in the sand a good distance from the shoreline.

2009-10-28T19:40:00.000-07:00

Doesn't he clean up good? What a handsome little man!

More outfits that Macygave to Kael.

Brylee wanted to show off her outfit for the day.

Uncle Jake and Aunt Vanessa came to visit us! We had a great dinner and a good visit. We can't wait until they get to come back.

Kael in his fireman pajamas that sister Macy gave to him.

Kael LOVES his rocking horse

2009-09-29T21:12:00.000-07:00

We brought home a rocking horse from Quincy's parents house and Kael has really enjoyed it today. It is just the right size for him to get on and off all by himself, which is a big deal for him these days! We are sure glad we have our children to keep joy in our lives!

2009-09-29T21:06:00.000-07:00

We were able to see Macy this past Friday. We met her at Cabela's outside of Dallas and we were able to spend about twenty minutes walking around and looking at all of the different animals they had exhibited. Hopefully we will get to see her again the next time we are up in Dallas.

2009-09-20T20:15:00.000-07:00

Yeah! Daddy is home. We sure missed him. Quincy did a 9 day rotation at a hospital in Arlington just outside of Dallas. He was sure tired when he got home after working 12 hour days the whole time. He was in the acute care ward and he had 2 patients that died while he was there. Thank goodness he has a strong testimony in the gospel because that was not easy for him.

Hangin' with the kids

2009-09-13T18:06:00.000-07:00

My crazy kids just hangin' out. We are sure missing Daddy! 5 more days until he comes home!

Getting started

2009-09-07T19:50:00.000-07:00

So this is the first post on the Shirley Family Bog. Trying to catch up with all of the rest of the world. We went biking for Labor Day at McCallister Park. We had a great time! The kids enjoyed the playground. We biked a total of 12.5 miles over a 2 hour period. Everyone was pretty tired. Kael fell asleep on the way home of course.