Birthdays, blood, and a hat trick.....

Birthdays.. July is FULL of them for our little family!

Ryann had her SEVENTH (OMG!) birthday on the 13th. We celebrated on the 11th with a water park party at The Pointe. It was a really fun party, she had a great time! As always she was spoiled when it came to the gifts!!

The day following her party she used one of her gift cards, and treated herself to a day of beauty at Sweet and Sassy. She got a full spa mani and pedi as well as getting her hair done. She really is turning into such a big girl!!

This past Sunday we helped Ashelynn, Mckenna and Tanner all celebrate their birthdays. Ashelynn's ELEVENTH! Mckenna's 5th, and sweet baby Tanner's first. It was a fun party too!

Yesterday we celebrated my 27th birthday. Adam spoiled me - like always. He Aiden and I headed to Trulucks for dinner - YUMMY!

Now, onto the blood portion of the title... Aiden had a ruff soccer game on the 11th. He was hurt TWICE within 15 minutes. The first time he "slipped" over the ball falling head first to the ground, then had another child fall right on the side of his head, OUCH! He cried for a while, but once we got him settled he was ready to head out and play again. About 5 minutes on the field and the front of his face met with he back of some else’s. This resulted in a bloody nose, a fat upper lip and a cut on the bottom one. He came off the field crying - saying, "Not again!" Once he saw the blood coming out of his nose he began to scream bloody murder, and was quite sure he never wanted to play soccer again. It took a bit longer go get him calmed down that time, and a few minutes later he decided soccer wasn't so bad - and maybe he would give it a shot the following week at his game.

More blood on Thursday, after practice he and one of his friends were giving each other a good bye hug, and I guess their feet got tangled, because down they both went - this time Aiden ended up w/ a bit cut on his bottom lip that ended up bruising.

Even more blood Friday. Apparently Aiden was climbing up the latter at school to the slide. His foot slipped and down he went - hitting his chin on the last step. By the looks of his clothes and his teachers when I got there to pick him up, there was a LOT of blood. I took him to the doctor, where it was decided he didn't need stitches. Instead they used the derma bond (super glue for the skin) to close the cut up and sent us on our way. That night he bumped his chin, and all the blood that the derma bond was holding back was unleashed, (EWW). We got him cleaned up and a band aid on, but by Sunday morning the derma bond had already fallen off. I took him back to the doctor today, again no stitches needed (Yay!) and we finally seem to have the drippy blood problem taken care of. He'll probably have a nice little scar - and a cool story to tell when he gets older. I hope, but doubt that's the last bloody week we have w/ that crazy boy!

The Hot Wheels had their third soccer game Saturday, and all the kids played GREAT! I think they are starting to really understand what the heck their coach is telling them when he says they need to work together as a team. They won this game. I believe the final score was 7 to 2. Aiden scored 3 (thus the "hat trick") of the 7!

I've updated both the July album and Aiden's first soccer season album on our photo site so take a look when you get the chance.

We hope you are all doing great!

Gallary is up!

Just got the email from Captures by Erin, and our gallery is up! Here is a little taste of the good stuff,

Honestly, I love all of the above images, (and so many more that I did not share) but this one is my absolute FAVORITE!! I know you can't see his face - and most moms would probably not go nuts about it, but I can just SEE a huge print of this hanging on the wall in our house....... seriously it's beautiful!!

If you would like the password to be able to view the complete gallary, just shoot me an email, or leave a comment on this post - and I'll be happy to share!

Happy 4th!!

We hope you all had a great 4th! Ours was awesome!


The rest of our long weekend was spent around the house, reading, watching movies.... Adam studying for his mid-term and lots of family time - a well deserved restful weekend!

We have lots to look forward to next week! Aiden will be staying home with Mommy tomorrow, he started feeling bad this evening, and we're hoping keeping him home tomorrow will help it blow over quickly, because Tuesday he has gymnastics, Wednesday he and Ryann have reading school, Thursday is soccer practice, then on Saturday Aiden has his second soccer game, and that afternoon we'll be celebrating at Ryann's SEVENTH (OMG!) birthday party. Then sadly on Sunday our extended summer time ends with Ryann, as she returns to her mom's. We're all going to miss her very much, but we are going to enjoy every second of our time with her until then.

We had our pictures taken with Erin again, check out this link http://www.capturesbyerin.com/blog/ to see a tiny preview - I'm so excited to see the rest - she is so amazingly talented, I know it's going to be so hard to choose which prints to buy!

What we've been up to......

I know it's been awhile since my last post, but I have kept my promise.... our photo site has been kept current! Yay me!

I'm not sure who coined the phrase, "summer break" but I'm pretty sure it was someone who didn't have kids. We have been SO busy! Ryann completed her swim class. She learned in the ballpark of 6 strokes. She did really great, and enjoyed the class, but I think she was relieved when it was over. The class was Mon- Thurs for two weeks. That on top of Aiden's classes, we had zero free time. But she gained a lot from attending, and like I said, she had a good time - and that is most important! Speaking of swimming, my gosh; we have two little fishes on our hands these days. Both kids are 100% independent swimmers. Both can swim from one end of the pool to the other. Both can also dive to the bottom of the pool and get rings, and diving sticks - needless to say we take almost daily trips out to cool off these days!



Fathers Day came and went. I think Adam really enjoyed his day - I mean look how blessed he is; he does have the two cutest kids EVER!

We took the kids out to Cabellas for their kids day and both kids caught their first fish, Ryann caught 3 or 4. Lucky little Aiden caught somewhere around 14, (I quit counting after 9 or so)!


Aiden's soccer season started this past week. He had his first practice on Thursday, followed by his first game Saturday. Sadly the Hot Wheels (team name) lost, but Aiden sure did his part to help out. How many goals did he make you ask?? I'll let him answer that for you.

Yep, TWO goals at his very first game...... His teams only goals as a matter of fact! Aiden had a great support system for his first game, and I wanted to take this time to thank all how came to support him. I hope you know how much you being there meant to him and Adam and I, again; thank you! Here are a few pictures of the game followed by the schedule for the rest of the season. We hope are all doing wonderful!! LOTS of new pictures up!







6.27.09 09:00 AM vs Storm
7.11.09 11:15 AM vs Stars
7.18.09 12:45 PM vs Stingers
7.25.09 11:15 AM vs House Team 5
8.01.09 10:30 AM vs Blue Hornets
8.15.09 12:00 PM vs Chaos
8.22.09 10:30 AM vs Storm
8.29.09 11:15 AM vs Stars

Love notes..

Aiden is really into writing "list" and "notes" these days. He doesn't ask how to spell one word, he tries his very best to sound out the word and write it down, all by himself. Below is my favorite........

Sorry for the horrible picture. In case you can't read 4 year old; the letter reads, I luv (love) Mommy Fu (from) Aiden.

Seriously, how cute is that??! LOVE IT!

Take Me Out to the Ball Game.....

We took Aiden out to watch the Ranger's game Wednesday night. Sadly theydidn't win, but we still had a great time. I absolutly love baseball,and getting to watch it live is even better! I Remember going as achild; Sitting in the old stadium, eating hotdogs, watching Nolan Ryan in alll his greatness...... It's so amazing to think we're making memories like that with our kids. Aiden had so much fun! He doesn't completely understand how the game works just yet, so every time thecrowd would yell he would ask, "Who won?!" And that got to be pretty comical. He got a new Ranger's baseball, and a chance to play a few games before the game started. We all had a lot of fun and we're really looking forward to going again later this summer.

Aiden and I took our first dip in the pool for the summer yesterday. The water was a bit cooler than I like, but Aiden didn't seem to mind it one bit. His swimming was a bit rusty starting off, but I by the time we left he was doing much better. We plan on getting lots of time in at the pool this summer, so I'm not too worried about it, I'm sure he'll be all over the pool again in a few short weeks.

That's it for us today....... hope you all enjoy your weekend!

**New pictures in our album**

Gearing up for Summer!

Wow! Can you believe it's been well over a month since we updated this thing last?? Oops!! I promise to try and do better - I'll at least keep the pictures updated. Deal?? Deal.

As the title reads, we're gearing up for summer. The school year wraps up next week. Both kiddos have done great this year. Adam wrapped up his semester almost two weeks ago. He did fantastic, but come on -is anyone surprised??? He got A's in both classes. BIG pat on the back for a job well done :)

With the school year winding down, that means the count down for summer break has officially begun! Ryann will be coming home the day after school ends and will be herw for 5 weeks! We're all looking forward to that!! She has decided to take a swimming course as her summer activity. Aiden decided on soccer! Both kids are very much looking forward to starting their chosen activity. We spent last weekend getting them outfitted. Aiden and Adam had a great time picking out all the first timers essentials. Then the search began for two swim suits we could all agree on............ it was so much easier to dress them when they didn't have an opinion (LOL). In the end I think everyone was happy, and no tears were shed - so a pretty good shopping trip.

I had tons more I planned on sharing, but it's been a LONG day, and I'm pretty sure I hear the couch calling my name....... Until next time, and I promise it won't be another month...

*new pics up*

Blah, blah, blah…….

It’s been SOOOOOOO long since a real update; and I’m sorry, but we are so beyond busy these days!! So much has been going on; I doubt I can remember it all. And; even if I could, I highly doubt you would want to read every detail. If you’re anything like us the time you get to sit (away from work), much less get on the computer, is a luxury. But, here are a few of the ‘high’ points.

Adam turned 31 in March! I love my old man (he he!) Okay, so he isn’t really old, but it’s still fun to tease him. He had to have steroid shots in his back for some disk issues. He’ll have another set next week. I think the first set helped a little, but not enough. He’s pretty much in at least mild pain ALL the time – poor guy.

Grandma Jane came for a visit. It sure was nice to see her! Unfortunately we didn’t get to spend much time with her. Adam, Aiden and I all ended up sick and stuck at home for most of the week she was here. We really hope we’ll get to spend more time with her before next year.

Ryann lost her second tooth. It’s just crazy to think she is the same little girl pictured here in 2004

WOW! They really do grow up too fast! She is doing well. Sweetest little girl you’ll ever meet. I’ve never met a more loving child. She’d hug you all day if you let her.

Nothing new to report on Aiden, he’s still growing like a weed. He can sweet talk just about any one into any thing……. We’re going to have our hands full when that boy discovers girls….. (Lord help us!)

We had a wonderful Easter this year. It was just the boys and I. Ryann was with her mom. Aiden was very excited for the Easter bunny to come and visit. He left some carrots and lettuce out for him… or her, Aiden hasn’t decided if the Easter bunny is male or female. He seemed pretty pleased with his basket of goodies. He is a real pro at hunting for eggs. He got to participate in 3 egg hunts this year, one a school, one with his cousins and one at Gamma and Papa’s house. All I can say is thank the Lord for sugar free candy! I’ll leave you with a few pictures of our Easter. As always check out our photo albums to view more.

Must see!

I've shared a few videos in the past of church messages, and I truly hope you watched them. Here is another one .... a MUST see. This was the message we heard Easter morning - really, you must watch!

If you like what you see, please join us this coming Sunday as this is the first part of this POWERFUL series. I know we have a lot of "readers" who aren't sure about the whole "God thing" so I'm urging you to come visit Keystone - I promise it'll be worth it.


Losing My Religion - Part 1 - Nicodemus (Easter) from Keystone Church on Vimeo.

I know we've been kinda MIA, and I promise to update you guys all real soon on what we've been up to, but until then watch the video above!!! (If you are a subscriber to the blog, and you got this in your email you might have to venture out to our actual blog to see the video. www.naborsfamily.blogspot.com )

We hope you all had an AWESOME Easter!

Big boy!

It’s official, he’s four; I don’t know how it happened. I swear I was holding him in the hospital....blinked and here he is FOUR years old!! Aiden had a really terrific birthday. It was so nice to have his party on his actual birthday. He woke up to find a gift from Daddy and Mommy waiting for him:

He LOVED it. The first thing he said was, “I’m going to have to be very careful, ‘cause that is huge!” He and Ryann took it out for a ride and the whole time Aiden was yelling, “THIS IS SO COOL, IT’S AWESOME!!!!!”. Both kids had a blast riding around the neighborhood.

Aiden is SO into Star Wars, and asked that his party have a Star Wars theme. Here is the cake:


Seriously how cool is that?!! The party was at ASI Gymnastics at Aiden’s request. The party was a lot of fun for the kids. I was a little bored, because they did EVERYTHING. I didn’t even have to unload my car……. Which was nice, but I like to do and be in control so I was going a little crazy! After the party we went home and Aiden opened his gifts. That kid so spoiled, he got everything he could ever want!! Thanks to everyone who came to the party, sent birthday wishes and gifts. Aiden really appreciates it all!

Sunday we headed to Benbrook to have breakfast and visit with Uncle Frank, Aunt Brenda, John and Jennifer. We all had such a wonderful time!! We don’t get to visit with any of them often enough, so this was defiantly the perfect way to spend a Sunday morning. As we were climbing in the car headed to lunch both kids were already asking when we could come back and play some more!

Monday afternoon I took Aiden in for his well check. He's doing great!! He weighed in at 39.4lbs and 42" tall, both just above the 75th percentile. He had to get four shots :( He did SO great though! The first two were in his arm. He watched the nurse administer those. He didn't even flinch - I was impressed! The second two were in his leg. Those made him cry and he asked the nurse, "Please stop". The tears stopped almost as soon as she was finished. He told me, "I didn't know they were going to be pointy". He had his first hearing and vision test and passed both. So I guess he is well on his way to turning five.

Happy Birthday Precious Boy!!!!

Just typing this seems surreal. You can’t REALLY be four already…. Can you?? Didn’t we JUST bring this sweet baby home from the hospital??

The past four years have been an amazing journey, that I thank God for every night. You are my pride and joy. I am so very blessed to be your mommy!

Take a little walk with me down memory lane..........

@6months: I can hardly remember you being this small.

@ 1 year: How cute is that little stinker?!

@ 2 years: And I thought you were a big boy then!

@ 3 years: Growing WAY too fast!

@ 4 years: You amaze me everyday!!!

My Dad is MY Rock Star!

Well, that was the theme for this years Daddy Daughter sweetheart ball any ways. Mr and Miss Nabors had a wonderful time! Ryann was so excited about this years dance, she started asking about it just after Thanksgiving!!

I'm so happy they have this special event to look forward to, a night just for the two of them! They are so lucky to have each other!!

To see more pictures check out our albums.

Learning to build/write compound words...

Hello, hello!

My boys and I took a trip to College Station for Chandler’s, (Jenny and Emrick’s son) forth birthday!


Chandler is a whole 20 days older than Aiden and one of my best friend’s sons. The boys have only had the chance to spend time with each other a handful of times in the past four years, although you would never guess it! The second we walked in the door the boys were in the play room, acting like life long friends. We got into town Friday night, and Chan-man’s party was Saturday. Before and after the party we visited some of our favorite places in College Station, and then Saturday night we headed to Magnolia to visit with Jayme, (another bestie!) and Patrick.


Sunday we headed back to College Station did a little more shopping and eating before heading home. We had a wonderful time, but were happy to return home. We were also ready to pick up Jax from Aunt Kim’s…. we really missed the little guy!


Life has not calmed down around here. It feels like we are on the go ALL the time. Our home has become the place where we sleep and that’s about it. There are days were that wears on us a bit, but we’re all handling it quite well. Work keeps Adam and I super busy these days…. Adam may not even get this weekend off. Saturday, he’ll get home just in time to whisk his little princess off to the annual Daddy Daughter Dance; and they are both very much looking forward to that! I’m still trying to figure out something special for me and the boy to do that night, he is so jealous he can’t go to the dance.


The kids had a dentist appointment almost two weeks ago, and unfortunately Ryann has her first cavity. We’ll be getting that taken care of next week we hope. Daddy’s on a mission to get all that scheduled.


Aiden’s birthday is coming up in less than three weeks! Can you believe he is going to be FOUR?!! Boy, time sure has flown!! We’re very excited; his party will actually be ON his birthday this year. And if you’re wondering, no I haven’t forgotten about you – I still haven’t sent out the invites yet, (YIKES!!!!) I hope to have that done by the end of the week, (if you know me at ALL, this is a pretty big indication of how busy we are...) He’ll have his first school field trip the week following his birthday. I’m hoping to take the day off to tag along.


School is going really well for all three of my scholars. Ryann took the SARR test again last week, and we should be receiving the results soon; I can’t wait to see how much her skills have improved since the beginning of the year. Her last report card was great, pulled her one B up and now has all A’s! Aiden is doing really great. I believe his evaluation should be done soon too. Adam hasn’t been back from the holidays that long, but I think things are pretty good there too.


Well, I better get going; I need to help Aiden pack his bag for his trip to the moon tomorrow, (they are focusing on the solar system this month at school) he is SO excited!

**blogger is being a real pain, and won't let me add any pictures to this post, so check out the photo albums....**

He has a name....

After MUCH family discussion, our newest boy has a name....

JAX! We settled on Jax after names such as Darth Vader, and Shaggy were vetoed. We're still working on picking a middle name so we can get his paper work in order, bu isn't he just the cutest?!!

Now our family is complete!

Welcome, no name boy Nabors......

we're working on the no name part.

The little guy is almost 4 months old, and TOO cute! The kids and I are SOOOOOOOOOO excited to add a dog to our family, Adam will come around! He is a Yorkie, just what I always wanted!!! He's still trying to get use to us and the house, but I think he is going to love his new home.

Headed to School,

and looking absolutely adorable!

Jekyll & Hyde

If you've got time, and if you dont, you should find it to watch these services. They are GREAT! These were last week, and the week before church services..... really awesome!


"Even before Robert Louis Stevenson wrote the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, people have wrestled with the inner battle between good and evil. This is still true today. Love vs. Lust, Peace vs. Anger, Self-Control vs. Lack of Control, Trust vs. Jealousy, Truth vs. Lies. Is it possible to win this battle? It is not only possible...it is guaranteed. In the coming weeks, Keystone Church will discover how God provides us a way to experience true change that will last. "


Jekyll & Hyde - Part 1 - What's Your Problem? from Keystone Church on Vimeo.



Jekyll & Hyde - Part 2 - Self-Help Won't Cut It from Keystone Church on Vimeo.

Overwhelmed in '09??

Well, here we are eight days into the New Year. If you do resolutions, I hope you've already made great strides in achieving them! 2009 is already proving to be a busy year for us. I don't know that I'll ever get caught up at work. One of the things I love about my job is the fact that I stay busy, every day I have something new and challenging to work on, it really keeps me on my toes! However, with the economy plunging and people loosing their jobs at a record rate; I am BEYOND busy!! For those of you who don't know, I work in insurance. My specific job is converting and continuing life insurance policies for people after they leave their employer. It seems like every day I leave work, I have more untouched applications than I did when I got there. You may call it job security; I call it a pain in my back side! LOL!!

The house is another job that will keep me very busy this year. When we bought our house, not quite 3 years ago; we bought it thinking we had plenty of growing room. Ha! We have accumulated so much "stuff" over the past 3 years, I'm just sick of it. If you know me, you know I'm not a pack rat. I despise clutter and a mess. However, with all the "stuff" we've managed to amass, it seems impossible to have a clean, clutter free home. Even with my ritual purge cleanings that happen every few months. So, over the next month (yes, I'm giving myself a month -- I'm a working woman these days!) I will be purging like never before! Shhh, don't tell Adam.... I don't know where he picked up his hoarding from, but I've got to put an end to it!

Adam is going to be SUPER busy this year too. Work is going to being consuming much of Adam's time. He currently is working in SAP, if you don't know what that is; don't ask.... if you would be interested in it, you'd already know (lol!). They will be wrapping up the big changes, and going live this summer, we've already been told to expect 6 day work weeks the months leading up to and following "going live". He'll also be finishing up that Systems Engineering degree. He has done such an amazing job thus far keeping work, school and home life from conflicting; and I'm confident he'll continue to do a great job! Although, we are all looking forward to more family time once the diploma is in hand!

I remember being younger, and wishing to be older....... WHAT was I thinking??!! Ahhh, to be back in high school, when I didn't have a care in the world.....

Happy New Year!!!!!!!!!!!

Bye bye ’08, you were a good year; we enjoyed our time with you. But, we’re SO excited to see what ’09 has in store for us!

2008 really was a great year; it was full of amazing blessings for our little family. My favorite being, (or at lease one of my top 5)….. my return to the working world! I know; I had some reservations about it in the beginning. But, now I couldn’t be happier with my decision to return to work! Not to mention the job, which I was truly blessed with, is amazing. I work for an awesome corporation and with a great group of people… so for me this was one of my favorite things about ’08.

2008 brought some new and exciting things for the rest of the family too…. Ryann is now in the FIRST grade, kinda crazy huh? She started learning the violin and ballet, lost her fist tooth! Scored her first goal in soccer!!! What an exciting year for our princess!

We found out what a little smarty Aiden is in ‘08! At just 3 years old he finishes up this year working on a combination of kindergarten and first grade school work!! He started 2 new schools, and moved up another level in gymnastics!

Adam changed jobs within Lockheed this year, started playing indoor soccer, got his little body in great physical shape, all while working on his masters in systems engineering, (which he’ll finish up in August!)

Like I said it was a good year! We’re so excited to see what new adventures are in store for our family and yours in 2009!

Please have a wonderful and SAFE New Years Eve!

I’ve updated our photo albums, instead of seeing an individual album for each month of ’08 on the main page, you’ll see albums for each year; there is an album for each month within each yearly album… Enjoy!

Happy New Year,
Adam, Courtney, Ryann and Aiden