The Houchin boys!

Football 2011

2011-11-14T18:24:00.000-08:00

It started the first game and has been the same ever since! They find each other every single game for the National Anthem.

Boys going in together!

Koal, Ky and Kutter

Koal

State Tourney

2011-11-14T17:33:00.000-08:00

We WIN!

Both of the boys had the privlidge of playing on the Idalou Basketball team that won State! What an awesome experience for them to share together!

After the Win!

Koal!

Warming up....

Before every game, Kutter had to give the whole team "Five" as they were running out.

Kutter's 1st Official Basketball Game

2011-11-14T16:08:00.000-08:00

Well....It's finally here! The day that Kutter has dreamed about! He gets to play in a REAL basketball game! After watching his brothers win State this year, it was his turn! And he loved every second of it!

Great Defense!

Pics!

2009-01-25T13:14:00.000-08:00

Soooo sorry it's been so long! Basketball season has us running crazy!! Here are a few pics of the boys. These were the pics I took for our Christmas cards that didn't make the cut, but I thought they were cute!

Kutter's mad because he didn't want to stand THERE! He wanted to stand on the other side of Ky!

O...Good grief!

Lost Pics!

2008-12-15T14:03:00.001-08:00

Okay.....so something happened to my computer and all of my pics were lost or deleted or something. Can't figure it out, but I finally found them and I'm in the process of getting them organized. So..it may be a while before I blog again. Sorry! My Christmas cards will also be late this year because I can never get all three of my boys together at the same time! UUGGHH.....

Merry Christmas!

Halloween 2008

2008-11-14T14:49:00.000-08:00

This year Kutter was a motorcycle rider for Halloween! Okay, so we already had the helmet, pants and shirt because that's what he wears when he rides with Ky! So cheap and easy. I guess that happens to the third child!

Batman (Hudson), Jeanie (Addi Jo) and Kutter

Kutter and the crazy witch (Kayli)

Kolbi

Happy Halloween!

The AA party!

2008-10-23T08:20:00.000-07:00

Go Tech!

We had to watch the Tech game so we decided to have a few friends over and cook out! The kids stayed busy on the golf cart and motorcycles so we hardly ever saw them! That made it quite relaxing. So relaxing that everyone stayed to watch the Texas game too! What a day!

Friends, football and food. You can't beat it!

Todd and Oscar

Lil' Blake

All of the guys played football but this is the only pic I got! Of course it would be of Kutter!

Jerry needs help!

Ky and Koal

Touchdown Kolbi! (One handed!)

Koal's 1st Football Game

2008-09-22T15:30:00.001-07:00

Well....My baby is officially not a baby anymore! (I still call him my baby cause i never thought I would have another baby!) Koal's first football game was against Cooper. Todd went to Koal's and I went to Ky's. This is Koal walking out. He is a captain. His # is 4.
And of course, I missed it! The score was 0 to 0 and it was the 4th quarter. Cooper was on the 10 yard line and about to score when Koal intercepted the football and took off running! It looks like they are going to tackle him!

He keeps running and they fall a little more behind.

And he is gone! Todd said they thought they were going to tackle him and Koal turned it on! TOUCHDOWN!

The funny thing was, Todd said that he ran so hard he went to the sideline and looked like he was going to throw up!

After the touchdown, he threw the pass for 2!

Game over Idalou 8 Cooper 0!

Kutter turns 2!

2008-09-19T12:28:00.000-07:00

Friday, Kutter turned 2 and Saturday we had his party at Jump n Jungle. He had lots of fun and was a little overwhelmed with all the kids and all of the activities. He could have stayed another hour!

Kutter and his Ky-Ky!

Addi Jo

Kutter, Presley and Jax

It's not a party without a little cheerleading!

Kolbi

Addi Jo and KK

Koal, Kallie, Kutter and Kaiden

Kutter and Ko-Ko

Thanks everyone! It was a great day!

2008-09-16T15:07:00.000-07:00

Well....I am finally back blogging! I got Internet at the apartment and I am so glad! For those of you that don't know, we got an apartment in Idalou so we will have a place to go while we are waiting for the boys! It has really worked out well. We are here a lot more than I thought we would be. Anyway, here are some pics of Ky playing football. This was the game against Levelland. It is so weird to see him in green. But it is growing on me! Koal's first football game is this Thursday. I'll send my camera with Todd but don't count on any pics! We have to switch out games because Ky and Koal play at the same time but different towns. It really stinks!

Sunflowers

2008-08-20T12:35:00.000-07:00

Well.....As some of you might know, my Internet has been down for almost a month. That is why i have not blogged in so long. I am currently working on getting it either at my house or the apartment. But for now here is some pictures of Koal and Kutter in some sunflowers by my house. (Ky was out of town.) Kutter got stung by a bee while we were taking pics and he didn't even cry. He just whimpered a little bit!

Until next time....Hope it won't be too long!

Lil' Bro and Big Bro!

2008-07-25T21:11:00.000-07:00

Ky and Kutter were playing on the trampoline the other night (Koal was in Ruidoso) and I couldn't help but grab my camera! They were having so much fun and Ky is so good with him.

This was right before Ky almost bounced him off the tramp. I about had a heart attack! He is pretty rough with him, but I guess it will make him tough!

Birthday for Paul and Cari

2008-07-19T08:59:00.000-07:00

Paul turned the big 40!
Cari the big 30 somthing!

The girls at the table next to us gave us these great sashes!

Paul, Adam, Kristi and Todd

Em and Carla

Suzette and Cari

"B" and Mal

Always luvie, luvie!

Oklahoma City Memorial

2008-07-15T22:10:00.000-07:00

While we were in Oklahoma City, the thing I wanted to see the most was the Oklahoma City Bombing Memorial. It was so pretty and peaceful. All of the chairs represent each person that lost their life in the bombing.
Look at this picture closely. Notice the smaller chair. The smaller chairs represent all the children that died in the bombing. Very hard to see. (Look at the bird...That's cool!) The water you see in the background is the reflection pool.

There were four chalkboards that you could write messages on for the family's of the victims. Ky wrote a message.

These were tiles that children from all over the US painted. What a cool place to visit. Very educational for my boys too. We need to be thankful for everything we have!

Three point contest!

2008-07-11T07:45:00.000-07:00

Koal was picked to be in the Three point contest again this year! He did much better than he did last year. He had 30 seconds to make as many three pointers as he could. He made six and one at the buzzer. The YOUNG girl keeping score did not give Koal the last one but she gave all of the kids after him theirs! You had to make 7 to make it to the next round so Koal was out and boy was he bummed! O well......life lesson. Life is not always fair!

We are proud of you Koal!

Happy Birthday Cari!

2008-07-08T07:41:00.000-07:00

Hope you have a great day! Make Jerry wait on you till midnight!

Football Camp

2008-07-05T20:10:00.000-07:00

Koal went to football camp last week in Abilene. He was only gone for two days, but it was a very long two days for mom! This was the first time he has been to an overnight camp without an adult staying in his room! I know he is going to be in 7th grade but he still dosen't seem old enough.

All*Star All Done

2008-06-12T06:27:00.000-07:00

Last week was a hard week! I signed the closing papers on my cheerleading gym. It was one of the hardest things I ever had to do. I know that since my boys are getting older, there will be more sports activities after school, and Todd and I decided that we both needed to be there! Since Ky will be a freshman this year, we only have four more years with him! It is so hard to believe.

(The "bli" was tumbling, buy Ky never finished scraping it off!)

I drove by yesterday and everything was scraped off the windows and it looked like they were knocking out walls. It is going to be a church for a while and then a youth center.

Here was the wall in my cheer room! I wanted to make sure I had pictures to remember everything! I was only in this building for 4 years, but taught cheer for 15 years. Like Brooke says, "New chapter, New beginnings!"

Bye Bye All*Star!

Rain Rain Go Away.....

2008-06-01T07:07:00.000-07:00

The rain this week was crazy. It rained so hard so fast that there was no where for the water to go! This is our road just past our house.

I was at work, but Todd and the boys were home and decided to play in it! Love this picture! Kutter is wearing Skyler's rain boots that he wears everyday!

Todd said he picked up a big chunk of mud and ate it! Glad I was not there!

I totally love this picture! The older the boys get, it is few and far between that these two aren't fighting. They are so competitive. This picture gives me hope that maybe someday they will grow up and enjoy each other!

2008-05-15T10:38:00.000-07:00

Here is just a few pics of Ky and his motorcycle. He had been wanting me to take some pictures for his My Space page and I thought it would give me a good chance to play with my camera! Some of these kinda scare me!

Tonya's Baby Shower

2008-05-12T12:18:00.000-07:00

Cassie and I had a small baby shower for Tonya on Sat. night at Joe's Crab Shack. She got lots of much needed clothes and plenty of things to shower that baby boy! Hold on Tonya! Not much longer!

The boys club! Why all the numbers? Well...not only the number of kids we have , but the number of BOYS we have! That's a lot of boys!

Can't wait to see that sweet baby boy!
Good Luck Tonya, Dub and Skyler!

Happy Birthday Mal!

2008-05-01T12:02:00.001-07:00

Another LATE "Happy Birthday" for this month!

Mallory (Mal, as Kutter calls her!) turned 20!

We had a great celebration for our "Supernanny"!

We love you Mal!

Happy Birthday Brooke!

2008-04-17T11:10:00.000-07:00

Ok! I am a terrible friend! I was so busy last week that I forgot to blog a big Happy Birthday to Jo Brooke Etheredge! I wish she was older than me, but she's not! O well! Hope you had a great birthday, B!

District Track Meet

2008-04-07T09:54:00.000-07:00

Last Tuesday was the district track meet in Roosevelt. Ky participates in three running events and two field events. High jump is his favorite and it is my favorite to watch.

He ended up getting second in the District in high jump. Way to go Ky!

Triple jump was the other field event that he was in. Look at his face! Determination! He got 4th place in this event.

. He ran in 2 relays and then the 400. They got first and third in the relays and I don't know about the 400. I was chasing Kutter at that point! I never thought I would like track meets, but they really are fun. I guess they aren't boring when your kids are in them!

Easter Egg Hunt at West Ward

2008-03-27T12:14:00.000-07:00

Kutter was invited to an Easter Egg Hunt the Sat. before Easter, and he had so much fun! It was very organized and well planned out. (Great job organizers!) Kutter, Jax and Presley even had their own area with their own eggs. It was great! This is the only group picture I got with Kutter in it. Once again, he will not sit still! What's new! Thanks for the invite guys!

Every time I took a picture of Jax he turned around! Sorry Jax! This is all I got!

Presley

Kutter Kash

Basketball Awards

2008-03-25T09:45:00.000-07:00

Koal made All*Stars again this year for the Slaton Little Dribblers program. They chose the best 10 boys out of the whole league to make up their All*Star team. The tournament will be April 10th-12th. We can't wait to see these boys play!

Todd, Ky and Jerry McCord were their regular season coaches and will be the All*Star coaches.
(That is Grady Benton, varsity football coach and athletic director, handing out All*Star medals

Koal also received the Zach Torres Memorial "Fighting Tiger Award" that was voted on by all of the coaches. We were very honored that Koal received this award. He got a great plaque to hand on his wall!

Ky's Abs!

2008-03-12T13:49:00.000-07:00

Ky is obsessed with working out and all I hear about is his abs. So, finally I decided to see what the big deal was and O my gosh! I can't believe it! I wish my abs looked like that! So, he has agreed to be my personal trainer! We have worked out once this week and the next day I could not cough my stomach hurt so bad!

(With sunglasses and hat! It is very important to look "cool" these days!)

He put this picture on my screensaver on my phone to remind me what I am working towards!

I don't think I will ever look like that!

Jump n' Jungle

2008-02-27T13:06:00.000-08:00

Melissa Gaydos and I have been taking Kutter and Kamryn to Jump N Jungle every Wed. for "Mommy and Me" play. The first day we went, Kutter would rather kick a ball all over the building than jump. The second time, he loved playing the video games! We finally took both of them on the big slide and they loved it! Kutter is learning to share the balls that he kicks around and he and Kamryn tend to follow each other around and recognize each other! Here are a few pictures that I took that I thought were so cute!

2008-02-26T10:17:00.000-08:00

This week is the last week of my cheerleading classes for this year.
I know all of the girls need a break and are busy with basketball and baseball,
but I always miss seeing them every week. This picture was taken at our 2nd
performance at Slaton. There are actually 5 girls that are not in this picture.
I had 59 total cheerleaders this year! I'll miss ya girls!!

Ky's new Motorcycle!

2008-02-20T11:45:00.000-08:00

Everyone beware! Ky is on the road! Well.....he is not driving a car, (yet!) but he just got a new motorcycle! I am trying not to freak out, but Todd has assured me that Ky is a very safe driver. This is not his first bike, but it is the fastest he has ever had. The good thing about it is that he comes home from school (if we don't have a basketball game) and he rides until dark. It gives him somthing to do since we don't live in town. I just pray everyday that he comes home safe and in one piece. Boys and their toys! Lol

1st Play Date!

2008-02-06T07:38:00.000-08:00

Melissa and I decided that Kamryn and Kutter needed a play date! They are never around other kids and are with their moms most of the time. Well.. Kutter is around Jr. High kids and they give him everything he wants, so it was time to learn to share. They were both really unsure of each other at first and Kutter did not know the meaning of "share!"
Todd especially loves this picture of Kutter on a pink and purple fairy car! I think Kutter likes it too!

They finally got used to each other and played pretty well together. Kutter loved playing with new toys even if they were pink and purple!

So we decided to try to get together once a week. Next time we will try meeting at our house. I wonder how Kutter will share his own toys! Thanks Kamryn for a great 1st play date!

Christmas in Breckenridge!

2008-01-15T08:57:00.000-08:00

Christmas with Todd's family was in Breckenridge this year. The kids had so much fun since they don't get to see each other very often.

Watchin' football!

Kelby and Ky

Kylee and Kutter

Kylee, Ky, Kelby and Koby

(Kylee and Kelby will be at Texas Tech next year.) Yea!!

Kutter loves the ice cooler!

Trisha (Todd's sister) took all of these pictures and she had to take a picture of their dog Lilly!

Christmas card pics!

2008-01-03T13:50:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of the boys that were taken before Christmas. Kutter was not real cooperative, but he did okay.

I hope everyone had a great holiday!

Happy 2008!

Cotton, anyone?

2007-12-18T12:35:00.000-08:00

Here are some pictures of Kutter in Todd's cotton before he stripped it. Kutter is just like my other two boys-he loves to be in the cotton field. And he loves to play with it! When it was time to leave, we had to take some cotton with us. Kutter was not leaving that field without it!

2007-12-06T12:39:00.000-08:00

Ky was recently inducted into the National Jr. Honor Society! He was also voted President!Way to go Ky! We are so proud of you!

We now present, Brooke and Paul Etheredge!

2007-11-17T15:00:00.000-08:00

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As most of you know, Brooke and Paul got married last weekend in Vegas! Here are some of the pictures of the wedding and some of the before and after shots. It was so beautiful and so much fun! Can't wait to go back! Congrats Paul and Brooke!

Happy Halloween!

2007-11-06T12:05:00.000-08:00

Kutter was Dumbo this Halloween! He looked soooo cute, although he was not impressed!
Ky thought it was so mean of me to dress him up like Dumbo! He did not even want his friends to see him. He thought he should have been a tiger or something scary. Aggggggg. Teenagers!

Kutter and Gran

We went to Felicia's to trick or treat and got lots of pictures!
Presley, Kutter and Jax

Hudson, Addi and Kutter!

Addi was Sandi and Hudson was Danny from "Grease."

Addi and Hudson both wore this dumbo costume when they were one.

We're keepin' it in the family. Who's next! Your turn Brooke!

Powder Puff Football!

2007-10-23T13:26:00.001-07:00

National Jr. Honor Society sponsored a powder puff football game. Ky and a bunch of the football guys were the cheerleaders. Most of the girls that played were athletic girls and boy was it rough! I think Ky and the guys need to recruit these girls! Ky looks great in a cheerleading suit!

Homecoming 2007

2007-10-22T13:57:00.001-07:00

Here are some pictures of Homecoming! At the Peprally, it was Parent's day. Todd and I got to walk out with Ky. Again, it is very sad that he is that old! I love all of the pictures of the kids holding Kutter. He loves all of the attention!

Kutter's 1st Birthday!

2007-10-08T14:56:00.000-07:00

Finally! I think I finally figured out how to post a slideshow! I hope this works because I can not get his birthday pictures to come up any other way!

We had lots of fun at the party. We had it at Texstar Fitness and there was plenty to do for all ages. Thanks to everyone who came and brought presents! I never dreamed I would be giving another 1st Birthday party!

Slaton Tiger Football 2007

2007-09-24T14:21:00.000-07:00

Here are pictures of Ky at his second football game. I truly can't believe that he is in 8th grade! I am really having a hard time accepting it! I can actually talk to him as an adult. It so weird! Anyway, here he is walking out for the toss. He is #11.

He is quarterback. Great hand off!

His friend Tanner got hit really hard. Ky's just making sure he is okay!

2007-09-12T12:32:00.000-07:00

Okay! I know you are tired of this page and frankly I am too! My computer is in the shop and all of my pictures are on it! So there will be no blogging until it is back. I have lots of pictures to share! I can't wait to blog Kutter's 1st Birthday party! Which by the way, today is Kutter's 1st birthday!

Happy Birthday Kutter Kash!

Pickin' Cantaloupes

2007-08-22T13:03:00.000-07:00

Sorry it has been so long! I know everyone is tired of the same Houchin blog page! Kutter has started walking EVERWHERE so my time is limited! I will try to be better in the future!
Todd's mom and dad went out of town and we got to pick the cantaloupes! We had so much fun! Well.....Kutter and I did. The big boys picked 20 cantaloupes and hauled them all to the car!
Kutter loves to play in the field. He also loved it when his little feet sunk into the rows of dirt. He tried so hard to pick up the cantaloupe, but they were just too heavy! O well...this made great pictures!

A true Houchin boy wears no clothes!

Vacation 2007

2007-08-01T10:00:00.000-07:00

It seems that the older our kids get, we only take a vacation that revolves around their activities! Koal's Lubbock Rockets basketball team made it to the BCI Nationals in Lewisville. We decided we would make a long vacation of it. We left Sunday for the lake (pictures below) and ended up at the tournament on Thursday.
Koal's team is made up of boys from all over the area. Lubbock, Andrews, Plainview, Petersburg, Idalou and of course Slaton. They did much better than we thought they would do considering the competition. There were teams from Mississippi, Arkansas, Oregon, Tennessee etc... It was tough for Koal considering his height. There was a 12 year old that was 6"2'! They ended up playing for consolation, but lost. We are so proud of ya Koal!

Each team could pick their best two three-point shooters to enter the three-point contest. Koal was picked and boy was he nervous! The contest was from ages 11-15 years old. To our knowledge, there were only three 11 year olds and Koal was one of them. And to top it off, he had to go first out of everyone. He made three in 30 seconds. The winner was 14 years old and made 10 in 30 seconds. Koal was so disappointed that he did not do better, but we told him he will be ready and not so nervous next year!

Notice the "sleeve" like Alan Iverson (Denver Nuggets) and A.J. Abrams (University of Texas) that Koal is wearing!

Here is some of the competition!

And of course, I had to recruit some cheerleaders! We worked on chants the first day, and by the last day the parents had made the girls cheer uniforms! They did a great job!

Lake Buchanan

We went to the lake the first part of our vacation. Ky and Koal caught tons of fish!

I can't believe he is holding those!

Hayden spent most of his time at the dock trying to catch perch. He did spend some time on the boat and caught this white bass!

Kutter took his very first boat ride! He did not like the life jacket at all!

Going!

Gone! Too much excitement for one day!

July Cheer Camp

2007-07-19T10:11:00.000-07:00

Aren't they cute! July's Cheer Camp was lots of fun! Lots of girls and lots of drama! It wouldn't be cheer camp if there wasn't drama! But I don't mind. Since the Houchin house is full of boys, these girls give me a taste of what it's like to deal w/ drama on a daily basis!
This group was full of energy! Go Tigers!

Happy 4th

2007-07-06T11:04:00.001-07:00

Kutter had lots of fun this 4th of July. We had a very busy day and he did really well but was very tired! I know I posted tons of pictures and they go on and on, but there were so many cute babies that I could not resist!

This was at the Davies' house. We were trying to get all of the babies in the picture. Everyone did great but Kutter was not going for the sitting still thing!

Finally, sitting still. Where's Brynlee?

Emily came to the rescue and held Brynlee, but by that time Kutter was on the move again so Ky had to jump in to hold him!

Ky is so good with babies now and Presley kept looking at him. This is such a sweet picture!

Presley and Kutter sharing!

This was during the Little Mr. Firecracker contest. Look at that smile! (He should have won!)

Brynlee Elizabeth

Jax

Presley

Olivia

Thatcher

Kutter Kash

Kutter and Kamryn (Melissa's daughter!)
I think she thinks he's crazy!

This was at the Slaton park. Kutter's Aunt Davia fed him lunch so we had to take his shirt off. I think Presley is looking at Kutter's belly hanging over his pants!

Kutter and Taylor were all smiles!

Taylor is going to be a tough girl! She was so fascinated with Kutter's bandanna that she pushed him over! Thank goodness he did not cry. We can't have a girl beating up on him already!

I think it is nap time!

Our trip to Breckinridge

2007-07-06T10:10:00.000-07:00

Well... we ventured out for a really short vacation on Saturday night. We went to see the Singletons (Todd's sister) in Breckinridge. I forgot how much stuff you have to take for a baby! It had rained a lot the week before, but Sunday the weather was great! The kids swam all day, we cooked out and had a great visit. Hanna loves her Kutter Kash. She was a big help. Thanks Hanna!

Water Boy!

2007-06-28T09:38:00.000-07:00

Kutter got his own swimming pool! (Mainly because his brothers are too big for it!) Koal filled it up with water and the boys could not wait to put Kutter in it. We let them and then realized how cold the water was! It did not matter to him. He was all smiles and a couple of shivers!

Big brother Ky-Ky!

Happy Summer!

My Cheer Girls!

2007-06-20T12:10:00.000-07:00

These are my cheer girls! We had a cheer camp last week and we had so much fun! The girls learned tons of chants, dances and we even walked to the park and did a little stunting!

Of course with this age group, we had to have a crazy picture! This was pretty much the norm all week! Girls will be girls!

My younger group was sweet as can be! We had a lot of chiefs and not many indians, but we made it work!

I know more than I need to know about these girls and their parents! They tell all! Never a dull moment! Drama, drama, drama!

Cheer camp was a huge success. I will have more pictures after next month's camp!

Our Basketball Boy!

2007-06-20T11:51:00.000-07:00

Kutter goes to so many basketball games that he had to have his own basketball! He plays with it in the house, in his car seat - everywhere! We thought it would help keep him busy during the basketball games, but he wants the ball on the court! Needless to say, the boys games are a little challenging because he wants to crawl out on the court and get the ball, but we manage! Awwwww.. the perks of a 9 month old!

Jr. High Dance

2007-05-25T10:01:00.000-07:00

Koal and his friends got to go to the Jr. High dance last Friday night. They always let the upcoming 6th graders go to the last Jr. High dance of the year. The kids were so excited ( and so were us parents!) They all met at the McCords house before the dance to eat pizza and take pictures. Of course, we followed them to the dance and made sure our babies were okay! Ky was also at the dance and he was so not impressed that I was there!

Kelci McCord and Keilie Heinrich

Koal and Keilie

Who ya rootin' for?

2007-05-23T08:00:00.000-07:00

I could not resist! Kutter got this outfit at his shower and with Ky being such a big Tech fan and Koal a huge Texas fan, I had to take some pictures!
At this age, everything tastes good!
Kutter loves his big brothers!

Todd's Wheat Crop

2007-05-14T12:12:00.000-07:00

This year, Todd planted wheat behind the house instead of cotton. It is so pretty. We decided to take the boys picture in the wheat so in years to come we would remember our wonderful wheat crop!

It's a good thing you can't tell that Ky and Koal griped the whole time!

Checkin' the wheat!

Kutter's 1st Haircut!

2007-05-09T09:48:00.000-07:00

It was finally time for Kutter to get a haircut! Since I live at work, Monique Ruiz made a house call. We sat him on the desk and put a cape on him. He did not know quite what to think, so he just sat really still. He did so good!

Okay, towards the end he figured out that is was not much fun to be still for that long. So I pulled out the tasty cherry lime! He loved it. I'm sure it will not be this easy the next time!

2007-04-26T09:05:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Brooke!

A couple of weekends ago, Paul surprised ALL of us with a trip to Amarillo to celebrate Brooke's birthday! Brooke, Cari an I drove to Amarillo early Saturday morning and had our toes and nails done. After that, we went to eat and then to David's Bridal. Brooke tried on lots of fabulous dresses. The only problem was that they were all too big! (They don't carry very many size 0 or 2's! ) We got the general idea and she found one that she loved, even though it was a size 10! The guys drove up that afternoon and met us for a night out on the town! The trip was a huge success and a great surprise for us all! Thanks Paul!!

Brooke and Cari

Happy 26th! We love ya!

Easter 2007

2007-04-18T16:13:00.000-07:00

We took Kutter to see the Easter Bunny and he loved him! Well, he never actually looked at him, but it made a great picture! The rest of these pictures are from Easter. Sorry there is so many. I couldn't decide!

Don't ask me how we got him to stand up like this. He looks like a little man!

Happy Easter!

6 months old!

2007-04-05T13:17:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it! Kutter is already 6 months old. We were coming back from his check-up and he was so happy. Only because he had his pappy(pacifier). We can't go anywhere with out it! I think it's so cute but Todd says if he likes it that much, we will never break him of it. O well...we will worry about that later!

Koal made all stars!

2007-04-05T13:00:00.000-07:00

Koal was picked for Slaton's All-Star basketball team. Todd, Ky and Jerry McCord were his coaches. They had a great team and lots of practices! The tournament was in Ralls and was an all day affair. They made it all the way to the championship game and lost. They had to play again because that was our first loss. We were ahead by one with 7 seconds left in the game. The other team shoots right at the buzzer and makes it! The boys were so upset. There were tears all around.

*****************************Even though they got second in the tournament, we tried to convince Koal that they did great! He is a little too competitive. This picture was taken the night he found out he was on the All-Star team. He didn't look this happy after they lost. Can't win every time!

Kutter's 1st horse ride!

2007-04-05T12:39:00.000-07:00

My uncle Victor took Kutter for his first horse ride when he was 4 months old. Kutter loved it! They walked for about 10 minutes and Kutter was not even scared!

In case you are wondering, I was a nervous wreck! He looks so little!

Where have the years gone?

2007-04-05T12:13:00.000-07:00

Well...It is official! Ky is definitely a teenager! Don't you remember how cool we thought we were and how uncool your parents were? Well he says we are cool parents, but I think he is just trying to get money out of us!! We love him anyway. I thought terrible two's and three's were bad, I think teenagers are worse. O yeah! I forgot! We will be going through terrible two's and TWO teenagers at the same time! That will be fabulous!

2007-03-26T12:01:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the Houchin Blog page! I really don't know what I am doing, but i'm learning! Here are my three sons! (Houchin's can't have girls!)

The Houchin boys!

2007-03-26T11:25:00.000-07:00

****** Ky is nearly 13 and is in the 7th grade, Koal is 11 and in the 5th grade and Kutter is our little surprise and he is 6 months. When I say surprise, I really mean miracle! This picture was also taken in Salado Tx on Thanksgiving weekend. (Kutter was only 2 months here!) This was the boys first professional picture with their new brother. They did great!