Ready or Not here I come!

I guess my time away from my dear blogging friends is like a game of hide and seek. Yes, I have been hiding for quite awhile, like 4 months, but I was found just a few days ago when getting "called out" for not blogging anymore. I thought, seriously, the only ones that read this are the ones that I see on a weekly basis so what's the point. My husband then mentioned I used to read it so I knew what was going on because you just don't tell things. So here I am back on base for now, anyway! A lot has really been happening around the Klein household. HMMM let's think back to some of the old blogs.........I'll start with the one titled Who are You? I think that is what it is called, anyway, yes that snotty woman that I spoke of, oh funny story. We had yet another event where she attended with her husband and I got to see a side that showed me just how fake she is. From a lady who looked down upon me about a year ago is now inviting me over for an afternoon swim and cocktails. SERIOUSLY!!!!! It all changed when my precious husband made a speech at a large company function, apparently she found that impressive! She then started making proper conversation with me and somehow it went to politics and how I ran the Republican Women's group at A&M and was a major role for the Aggie's for Bush Campaign. She then invited us to her home for that swim and cocktails. Such a joke! All in all though, that night was great and the party was a BLAST! So here is to you M&S Engineering, HAPPY 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY!!!

Here is another update from previous blog titled From Step-son to Son Happy Birthday to my Favorite Teenager: Lawton is now 14!! I can't believe how old he is. He closed one chapter of his life today finishing middle school and started a new chapter as he begins high school. He is a great kid. He is so smart and tender hearted. I think it is pretty funny though that he is way taller than me and his dad. He now is 6 ft and wears a 11.5 shoe. CRAZY!!!! If now we could just put some meat on his bones!

Last but not least, the blog titled, Not Too Cool For School: my BABY finished pre-K yesterday. We had an amazing year with Mz. Lynday! She is such a blessing to our family and to Zane. I am honored to have a woman like that teaching my child. Lance and I explained to him that he had a summer break and wouldn't go to school for 2 months. He cried and didn't want to miss his friends. Yes, that is my social butterfly!!!

So game players, do I need to come find you now? Will you come out of blogger hiding?

Something funny!!!!!

This was our 1st Sunday in the Emerald Rainbow Family Fun Center for our worship inviting others in the community. As most of you know I am NOT a shy person, but when it comes to speaking in front of crowds I HATE IT!!!!! Since we have started community worship with the children in service they get to have their own little sermon piece that has to be "quick"! I feel that I never get it out right because I'm worried about time and Sunday just felt so uncomfortable doing it. Well if you work with children, you know that it is always better to get down on their level and at our 9:15 service I took a seat on the stage, the mic wouldn't work so I had to scoot back further away from the kids. Apparently I gave the praise and worship crew a crack show and was told about it afterwards. Girls, come on like anytime we sit these days you take the chance of showing the rear. If the fashion police want to make jeans come up a little more I would be happy to wear them but I don't see that happening anytime soon!!! HA!!! I apologized to the men and they were like, "what are you talking about." So at the 10:45 service I tried to stand and it just felt sooooo wrong. I looked back at the band and said, " I'm sorry, but I'm going to sit now." I have no idea if they got another show, but i think it is so funny. Nothing like a little Raenette crack to add to your life!!!

Emerald Rainbow Family Fun Center

Well, it was long waiting and finally the Emerald Rainbow Family Fun Center opened for business. I think the name is way too long so we have decided to shorten it to the ER. It is not only a a place for children to have fun but adults too. This place has a salon/spa, an organic cafe and the obstacle course is fun for us too. I took Zane with some friends and as long as they let him do the big kid stuff it was fun for him and kept him busy.

Taking a break from jumping and playing trains!

Jamie, is that baby ready yet?
My friends enjoying some girl time while the kids play!

playing trains again and we have a train table at home. I guess they are better at other places

One of our kids on the rock wall!

Going down the slide...what fun!

My good friend, Jen Taylor, on the rock wall!

She's coming down!

If you havn't been to the ER, go visit and bring some extra cash for the bowling and some food. It is so nice to have something like this in our little town. Oh, yeah, and our church meets here now on Sundays. Please come visit Riverside here at the ER at 9:15 or 10:45!!

Good bye 2008 bring on 2009

2008 was a very blessed year for the Klein family. God blessed us in so many ways. We bought our first home, I started a J O B, Lance was truly blessed within his workplace and a miracle happened....we got 2 dogs! After all the struggle that Lance and I have been through it was like I had to keep pinching myself. God is so good and his love for us endures forever. I praise him for all that he has given to us in 2008. I pray that with our new adventures in 2009 that our Lord will be the center of it all and we will be able to bless people as we have been blessed abundantly. I pray that all of you have a very blessed New Year all year long and that we all continue to seek his face in the good and in the bad.

Rewind from now to November

I have been really terrible at blogging here lately but I am going to get back on track......here we go! Our lives have been busy and fun since you have heard from me last so here is a rewind. Zane kept asking for roller skates for Christmas, well see for yourself!!!! Lawton kept wanting a camo backpack for an Israel trip that he is saving for. He wants one a lot like Ben's so this is what we could do!

Christmas is also Zane's birthday so of course he had to have a cool birthday cake. He wanted us to sing to him twice and so we did!

Christmas at Bear Creek was nice. It was full of laughter and blood. Poor Aaron..that is what he gets for shooting a gun that is out of his league...just kidding B.I.L.

Zane got a tool set for his birthday morning! What fun to work on projects now with daddy!

Zane also got to celebrate his birthday at school before the Christmas break. Lance and I brought pizza and cupcakes to the children and he felt so special to have us both at his school at the same time. I can't believe he is 4!!!

He is counting 1,2,3 for them to start singing. His teacher is the best ever!! She really is a god sent to our family!!



It snowed here one morning. The day before it was 85 degrees and then it snowed that night...crazy Texas weather. Zane had been praying for snow and I was so excited that it snowed for him to see that God loves us so much he sent us snow!

Every other year we switch off Thanksgiving between my family and Lance's family. This year I got to see a lot of my family. We went to my sister's in Lindale. My grandparents got to see Zane and Zane just loves them. It make me so happy since they only get to see them about once a year! He he is with my nunu and Papaw!

In early November we went with Lance to a conference and then swung by College Station. We ate at the good places and then walked around campus. It was so much fun and people loved seeing Zane with all his Aggie gear! He is a true Aggie through and through and he already bleeds maroon!

Whoop it up!

I hope you enjoyed our whirlwind adventure for the past few months. January is a whole new beginning and I will try to keep up the blogging.

What do the Klein Saturdays look like?

As a child I remember our Saturdays of getting up early, watching cartoons and I would make coffee for my mom and dad. Saturdays were relaxing! My biggest thing was getting to go to Wal-Mart with my Dad to pick out new bushes to plant. We would go home and my sister Melanie, my mom and dad and myself worked in the yard. My other sister sat in her room and read. We would go to the park for pic-nics with neighbors or friends from church. Our Saturdays were ours. I did play sports growing up but our games were on week nights and so was practice. Of course this was back in the day when teaches and schools realized that kids played sports so not much homework was given. It was also during the time when no homework was given on Wednesdays because most families went to church on that night (that is a whole other blog). It was also a time when there was no select sport teams and playing sports did not run the family. The family ran the sport. I am not shy to say that I do NOT enjoy watching soccer. It is growing on me but it is still by far my least favorite. So years ago I was not happy to find out that Lawton was going to play select soccer for a team in Boerne. Our Saturdays revolve around where and when the game is. I'm not talking one hour but more like 2 not including the traveling time to get to these places. It makes me sad that every Saturday our life our family revolves around this and for Zane this is the only life he knows. Zane doesn't know Saturday pic-nics in the park or Saturday "fun" day. He knows at 3 it is Lawton soccer day. I feel that it takes away from us going as a family to the zoo or harvest fields in the fall, hunting weekends in Freer. Most of you are saying big deal we all have sports on Saturdays, but what you need to understand is that select soccer is year round. Yes, year round!!
As I sit and complain, I couldn't be happier for the soccer player that Lawton has become. I have watched him get more aggressive and fight for the ball for his team. I have seen him get excited for others when they score and I have watched him teach Zane everything that he knows. Zane gets so proud of Lawton out on the fields and yells "Good Job Lawton" at every game. Even though I get bummed with not allowing Zane to do kid things, I see him support and cheer on his Big Brother!

my birthday!

Well, on October 17th I turned the big 31! Last year Lance threw me a big surprise party, so this year we took it easy. My awesome hubby took the day off so he could treat me to my favorite breakfast place, Le Peep! Lance and Zane took me there for brunch and afterwards we headed to look around at Academy. After a fun morning we came home and I took a long nap. Lance watched Zane so I got about 2 hours of interrupted sleep. Lance and Zane went to Fair Oaks to pick up Lawton; when they returned we went to have dinner at our neighbors. They were so sweet to have steaks and some very tasty sides for a birthday dinner. Debbie was even so kind to have a cake made for me. So very sweet. We are so blessed to have wonderful neighbors.
Leaving there around 9:00, we fed the horses and then went to the San Antonio Airport to welcome home our "family" from Riverside. They had been in Israel/Turkey for 17 days. We were so happy to see them all return home safe and with so much knowledge to share. I loved seeing the children's faces as they saw their mom or dad step off of the plane. That was the perfect way to end my birthday!

Zane trying on silly hats at Academy!

Look at this wonderful sinful chocolate kiss! LOVE IT!!!! Zane drank half of it though!