Kimbrell Family Blog

Swimming at the DAC

2011-06-03T23:24:00.003-05:00

Braces

2011-06-03T22:19:00.002-05:00

Macey waiting to get her braces!

BRACES!!!

Party at the AAC!

2011-06-02T23:06:00.003-05:00

We went to the Mavericks watch party tonight at the American Airlines Center and we had a blast!!!

First we went into the News 8 studio and met John McCaa and Pete Delkus

Emily and Nonae watching the game

Macey wondering when the game is going to be over. She was tired!

The last shot of the game. Emily was so excited!!! I didn't know she was such a Mavs fan!

Look at that score! Way to go Mavs!

Thanks to Nonna for the girls Mavs Finals t-shirts

Last day of school

2011-06-01T22:58:00.002-05:00

I can't believe today was the last day of school. Where did this year go?

Pizza party in Emilys classroom

Emily and her teacher Mrs. Menefee

Goodbye 2nd and 4th Grade!!!

Dance Recital

2011-05-14T22:46:00.002-05:00

This morning was Emily and Olivia's dance recital. Emily did hip-hop, lyrical, and jazz routines. Olivia did jazz, ballet and tap. They both did a wonderful job.

Egg drop

2011-04-23T22:01:00.003-05:00

Tim took the girls to the Connection Point Easter Egg Drop today!

Soccer Season

2011-03-26T21:42:00.003-05:00

After many years of begging to play soccer, her wish finally came true. Macey had her first soccer game today. She did a fantastic job at the beginning of the game, but towards the end she was hot and tired. I don't think she realized how much running she would have to do.

Tae Kwon Do Spring Break Camp

2011-03-20T11:10:00.003-05:00

Macey has been looking forward to spring break camp for a long time. She had a really good time, but did not like waking up soooo early. Camp was from 8 o'clock in the morning to 11. She played dodge pad, learned how to use sticks, practiced her patterns, and much more. On Friday night, she did a demonstration of what she had learned and received her new belt. Macey broke her first board EVER! She kicked it and broke it so fast I barely had enough time to turn on my camera

Breaking her first board!

Macey getting her certificate for her blue belt

Macey and Mr. Powell

Spring Break 2011

2011-03-18T10:54:00.000-05:00

This spring break, the girls and I just took it easy while Tim "worked" each day. We tried out new restaurants, including Buffalo Wild Wings and Paradise Burger and had frozen yogurt from Purple Berri everyday. On Wednesday we went to the Allen Outlet Mall with Erin and Olivia. On Thursday we met Erica and the boys at the park. It was so hot!

After we left the park, Macey went to the orthodontist for the first time. She was really excited about going, but I don' think she realized how much her teeth were going to hurt after getting spacers put in. Next step is to be fitted for an expander and then braces!

Party Time!!!

2011-03-12T17:06:00.003-06:00

Emily and Macey celebrated Aunt Lindsey and Uncle Noah's 9th birthday party at ASI Gymnastics. They jumped on the trampoline, jumped in the pit, and ate pizza and cupcakes.

Happy Birthday Lindsey and Noah!!!

Soccer

2011-03-09T16:01:00.003-06:00

Macey has been begging to play soccer since she was little. Well, this is the year! We went to the store and bought her soccer shoes, shorts, shirt, socks, and shin guards. She was so excited that as soon as we got home she put it all on and ran out in the front yard to practice. The next day as soon as she got home from school she put on all of her gear at 3:00 and was ready for her first official practice (which started at 6:00). At practice it seemed that she knew exactly what she was doing.

Medieval Times

2011-03-07T15:48:00.004-06:00

Yesterday Tim and I decided to surprise the girls with a trip to Medieval Times for "Dinner and Tournament." They were so excited! We had such a good time.

Macey loved the chicken and enjoyed eating with her hands.

Our knight threw Emily a carnation. She was so excited.

Back to Blogging!!!

2011-03-06T20:26:00.009-06:00

Well it has been a while since I sat down to update my blog. A lot has happened since Sept 2009. So here are some highlights of what has been happening around the Kimbrell household.

Emily and Macey started 2nd and 4th grade! How in the world did they get so big?

Macey started TaeKwon-Do a year ago and last week tested for her green advanced belt. She loves kicking, punching, learning new patterns and sparring.

I graduated from TWU with my Masters of Science-Nursing Education in December. It was quite an accomplishment and something I never thought I could do. It would not have been possible without all of the support from my family and friends.

In January, we took a cruise to the Bahamas. We swam with dolphins and went parasailing. We had a fantastic time!

There are many more exciting things that have happened since my last post. Tim and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary. My cousin Amy got married. My sister and brother-in-law, Erica and Joel, started the adoption process to bring their little girl Annie home. My sister Erin graduated from nursing school and is currently doing an internship in labor and delivery and my mom is finishing up her PhD.

Macey's big day

2009-09-13T20:30:00.001-05:00

Today at church all of the 1st graders received their bibles. This was such a big day for Macey. She was so excited to have her very own BIBLE!

Look at all of those first graders!

Macey's first Bible

My sister is so crafty

2009-09-08T20:25:00.000-05:00

Look at how cute this purse is!!!

My sister, Erica, made me this purse for my birthday. She amazes me with her creations she has made. My sewing machine made it out of the box once and then I put it right back in. Erica on the other hand has become quite the seamstress. WAY TO GO ERICA!

Labor Day Parade

2009-09-07T20:15:00.000-05:00

Emily, Macey and Olivia had such a blast at the parade this year.

Crazy girls!

2009-09-01T19:23:00.000-05:00

All dressed up!!!

Emily, Lena and Macey

First day of school!

2009-08-24T08:14:00.000-05:00

Watch out 1st and 3rd grade...here we come!!!

Getting ready to start school!

2009-08-23T13:13:00.000-05:00

Meet the Teacher!!!

Emily and her teacher Mrs Strothers!

Macey and her teacher Mrs. Carrales

Bluebonnets

2009-04-19T18:58:00.000-05:00

Here are just a few of the pictures I took today of the girls in bluebonnets.

Concert by the lake

2009-04-16T22:00:00.000-05:00

Tonight we went to The Harbor for "concert by the lake"

We grabbed some sandwiches, had a family picnic and enjoyed some music.

Earth Day Fieldtrip

2009-04-16T18:35:00.000-05:00

Emily had a field trip today to DFW airport. It was all about "Earth Day". I thought that is was going to boring, but really turned out to be very interesting and educational. By the end all of the kids were very tired.

Emily's class getting on the bus

At one station the kids learned all about butterflies. They saw caterpillars, cocoons, and even saw a butterfly breaking out of its cocoon.

The next station was about keeping birds away from the airport.

Emily and Jack (our neighbor) eating popcorn!

Easter Sunday

2009-04-12T18:09:00.000-05:00

Happy Easter Everyone!!!

We started the morning off with a wonderful church service.

Then headed to Haw-Haw and Bob's house for lunch and easter egg hunt.

Oliver hunting for eggs

Macey

Emily

Clayton hitting the pinata!

Look at all of those people!

Tim eating Emily's candy

Mesquite Rodeo

2009-04-10T17:59:00.000-05:00

Tonight we went to the Mesquite Rodeo and had box seats. The girls had such a great time.

New Orleans

2009-04-06T17:31:00.000-05:00

I just got back from New Orleans. I went with a bunch of the girls from work for Jenn's bachelorette party. It was so much fun to just get away and have some girl time.

Me, Susie and Carla at the New Orleans Airport

We took a tour of the 9th Ward and we stumbled across the "Make it Right" Brad Pitt houses. They were so interesting.

This is a house in the 9th ward. It was amazing to see so many houses still all boarded up from Hurricane Katrina. They have made some progress, but still have a ways to go.

New Orleans Aquarium

Me and Elise on the trolley. We are wearing the glasses that I bought to bring home to Emily and Macey.

The gang on the Swamp Tour. We rode on an airboat. It was so cool to see all of the gators out there. They would swim right up to the boat!

Easter Egg Hunt

2009-04-05T18:30:00.000-05:00

Emily, Macey and Tim went to Grandma Gracie's house for an Easter Egg Hunt while I was in New Orleans.

Monsters vs. Aliens

2009-03-29T17:23:00.000-05:00

Today we saw Monsters vs. Aliens 3d Imax with Nonna and Nonae.

Our glasses were so cool!

Finally up to date!!!

2009-03-28T02:37:00.000-05:00

Can you believe it? I am actually caught up on all of my backblogging. I never thought I could do it. Well sit back and enjoy reading all of my postings from December, January, February and March. I will try to not get so far behind in the future.

School

2009-03-28T00:29:00.001-05:00

Today was western day for kindergarten. Macey was supposed to bring a stick horse, so last night we stayed up late and made the cutest stick horse ever!!!

Emily turned in her first science fair project today. It turned out really cute!

Nonna's Birthday

2009-03-23T00:20:00.000-05:00

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy birthday to Nonna-Happy Birthday to You!

Tonight we celebrated my mom's birthday. We ate yummy fiesta salad, s'mores, and snickerdoodle cake.

Spring break

2009-03-20T00:02:00.000-05:00

One day of spring break Nonna, Rin-Rin, Olivia, Emily, Macey and I headed out to the Fort Worth Zoo. What a great idea!!! Well it was until we got there and found out the zoo was at capacity so they were not letting anybody else in. So it was a total of 4 hours in the car-and ended with some very disappointed girls.

After the long trip home the girls got in the hot tub at Nonna's

After that we headed to eat at Primo's and then went to Bass Pro Shop.

The next day the girls and I rode our bikes to their school and had a picnic lunch and played on the playground. It was such a beautiful day.

Megan and Joey's Wedding!

2009-03-15T23:43:00.000-05:00

Emily, Macey, Clayton, Oliver, and Olivia were all in Megan and Joey's wedding tonight. They did a wonderful job. Macey has been talking about this day since she found out they were getting married-this was such a big deal to her!

The flower girls with Megan

Emily and Macey with JoJo

Emily colored this picture before the wedding.

And wrote this to Megan after the wedding and gave it to her at the reception. So sweet!

Macey and Clayton dancing at the reception

Emily dancing

Hangin' out

2009-03-07T23:38:00.000-06:00

Tonight we went to the Harbor to hang out and enjoy the nice weather.

Gymnastics awards

2009-03-06T23:31:00.000-06:00

Emily and Macey received their first gymnastics medals today from Coach Kate! They were so proud. They have learned so much and their skills have definitely improved. Way to go girls!!!

Academy Awards Night

2009-02-22T23:22:00.000-06:00

Tonight was our annual Oscar Party at Nonna and Nonae's house. We have been doing this since I was a little girl. My dad prints out "official" ballots for each of us. This year they were in a red folder with a pencil attached. Each time you guess correctly then you get to choose a piece of candy! YUMMY! This year for dinner it was hot dogs, paninis, nachos, and popcorn!

Emily and Macey eating popcorn

Look at all of that candy!

Everybody watching the Awards

My dad studying his ballot

Tim's birthday

2009-02-08T23:14:00.000-06:00

Today is Tim's 33rd birthday-and all the girls are sick. Tim left to go the gym, so the girls and I rushed around to make a cake and decorate the kitchen for a small little surprise party. It was a bummer we couldn't go out to celebrate, but I think Tim was just fine with his lil' surprise party at home with his girls.

My baby is 6 years old!

2009-01-05T22:52:00.000-06:00

6 years ago today!!!

Macey at 4 months!

6 years

Macey's 6th Birthday Party

2009-01-03T22:32:00.000-06:00

Today we celebrated Macey's 6th Birthday! We went to Texas Skatium. It was sooooo much fun!

Emily, Macey and Tim

Nonna skating with Olivia

Aunt Erica, Oliver, Rin-Rin, Olivia and Scott

Nonae wiped out!

Oliver and Olivia skating

Macey with her new American Girl Doll-Julie

Crazy Uncle Bob and Emily

I think she had a great time!

Christmas Morning!

2008-12-25T22:20:00.000-06:00

Santa left so many gifts at our house. We had to wake the girls up to open their gifts, because they were so worn out from yesterday.

Emily and Macey opening gifts

Stocking time

Look at these adorable quilts Mamapat made for Emily and Macey. They look so cute on their beds.

It has become a tradition for Nonna and Nonae to come over Christmas morning. Nonna cooks breakfast, and it is sooooo yummy. Mamapat, PapaJoe, Rin-Rin, Scott and Olivia joined us as well.

Christmas Eve

2008-12-24T22:06:00.000-06:00

This afternoon we headed over to Grandma Gracie and Steves house to exchange gifts with the kiddos. The girls had so much fun.

Emily, Macey, Lindsey and Noah

Later in the evening we went to Nonna and Nonae's house. We ate dinner and then all headed upstairs for Santa to make his special visit.

Emily, Macey, Clayton, and Olivia looking for Santa out the window

Emily with her brand new computer from Santa. Nonna made a special request from Santa to get Emily, Macey and Clayton their own computers (and computer desks). What a special gift!

After the crazy night at Nonna and Nonae's house we headed home and got ready for Santa to come to our house. Santa got homemade cookies, but we forgot the milk!

Christmas Eve-Eve

2008-12-23T21:01:00.000-06:00

This morning Olivia came over and we decorated cookies for Santa! This is definitely a Kimbrell girl tradition. Olivia had so much fun with the icing and sprinkles. There were sprinkles EVERYWHERE!!!

Later on in the evening we went over to Haw-Haw and Bob's for dinner.

Macey and PapaJoe

Emily reading the Bible. She did a wonderful job.

Megan and Joey asked all of the kids to be in their wedding (Emily, Macey, Clayton, Oliver and Olivia). This was such a huge deal for lil' Macey. She was so excited.

Christmas Play at Church

2008-12-17T20:23:00.000-06:00

Tonight Emily had a part in the Christmas program at church. She was so excited to play the part of the Magi. Macey was in the program as well-she sang with the choir. Both of the girls did such a great job.

Holiday in the Park

2008-12-14T20:47:00.000-06:00

Today we went to Six Flags with Nonna, Nonae, Erin, Scott, Olivia, Erica, CuJo, Clayton and Oliver. The best part was going down the snowhill!

Time to meet Santa

2008-12-13T20:38:00.000-06:00

This morning Santa Claus made his way to the church for "Pancakes with Santa". The girls had a blast. They made food for the Santa's reindeer, and they made several art projects, but the best part was sitting on Santa's lap!

Olive and Olivia

2008-12-12T20:33:00.000-06:00

Oliver and Olivia sang "I'm a little snowman" at school today. They were so adorable!

3-day walk

2008-11-08T20:09:00.000-06:00

This year instead of walking 60 miles on the 3-day walk, my mom and I were on the medical team. It was fun, but very exhausting. It is amazing what all goes into an event like this and how it can impact so many lives.

The 2008 Medical Team

Me and my Mom

Special K

2008-11-03T16:41:00.001-06:00

Macey has been waiting all year for this week. She is "Special K" and so excited about it. We made this poster last night that she got to share with her class today. The poster will hang up all week. She also gets to bring one thing each day to share with the class-today she brought her dance trophy. This past week I had her parent teacher conference. To sum it all up-she is just perfect. She knows all of her numbers, colors, alphabet, letter sounds, and is working on reading. She is such a great student.

Nine Year Anniversary!

2008-11-02T16:13:00.000-06:00

Tim and I have been married almost 9 years. We celebrated our anniversary this past weekend. My parents watched the girls -and we headed to uptown. We stayed at the Stoneleigh Hotel-it was so nice. We just enjoyed some time by ourselves-went out to eat and enjoyed some hot krispykreme doughnuts. We had a wonderful time.

Trick-or-Treat

2008-10-31T15:54:00.000-05:00

Tonight we went to Erica and Cujo's house to go trick-or-treating. The kids had so much fun and got so much candy.

Macey with all of her candy

Look at all of that candy!!

Oliver

Olivia as a "wormaid" aka mermaid

All of the kids ready to go trick-or-treating

How adorable!

Clayton and the girls

Fun Fall Day

2008-10-26T15:35:00.000-05:00

Today we went to carve pumpkins at South Fork Ranch. The Springs Church was trying to break a world record by having 1000 people carve pumpkins at the same time. There were not quite that many people there, but we had a great time. There was a petting zoo, pony rides, three-legged races, horseshoes, bounce houses, and 1000 pumpkins.

Macey so proud of her Jack-o-lantern

Tim helping Macey carve her pumpkin

Emily throwing the football to Tim

So cute!!!

Nonae teaching Macey how to throw a horseshoe

...and Emily

Three legged race

Thanks to The Springs Church for such a good time!

2008-10-20T20:00:00.000-05:00

Macey had her first field trip today-we went to the Arboretum. She was so excited to ride a school bus for the first time-she kept telling me she didn't even have to wear a seatbelt. Erica and Oliver were there with some friends and family so we ate lunch with them. The kids had a blast on the field trip, but it was soooo crowded. We stayed in the pumpkin patch for the majority of the day.

Trying to get Oliver to stay still for a picture with Macey

Look at that cutie pie

Macey and her girlfriends Allison and Hannah in the pumpkin house

Macey's Kindergarten Class

They went to a class called Pumpkin Circle. They had so much fun acting, coloring, planting, watching a video, and learning all about the life cycle of a plant. Macey is picking a seed out of the pumpkin which she got to plant and bring it home to watch it grow.

Macey and her BFF Allison enjoying their lunch

Picture Day!

2008-10-20T15:40:00.000-05:00

Emily's 2nd Grade school picture

Macey's Kindergarten school picture

Dinner at Furr's

2008-10-19T20:56:00.000-05:00

So tonight... we decided to try out the new Furr's cafeteria in Garland. Emily kept saying her stomach hurt and she did not want to eat anything. At the end of dinner Macey was eating her dessert and I looked over at Emily as she had her hands covering her mouth. I tell Tim to rush her to the bathroom, but there was not time. Throw up all over the table and floor of this new restaurant. I felt so bad for the people sitting around us and our poor waiter that had clean up duty. Needless to say we packed up our stuff and headed out. We will not be going back there! Pray for her that she gets better, she starts her craft club tomorrow and Macey has her first field trip tomorrow. I am hoping that they will both be okay!

The Joyful Noise Choir

2008-10-12T20:00:00.000-05:00

Today Emily had her first choir concert at church. Their are 2nd-5th graders in her choir. She looked so little up there singing. She had been practicing her songs at home for a while and was so excited to be able to sing them in front of the church crowd. She sang at the 9:30 and 11:00 services.

Stay tuned for postings about Macey's choir performance-The Celebration Singers!

The State Fair of Texas

2008-10-01T20:00:00.001-05:00

Today was Emily and Macey's official Fair Day at school, so Tim took a half day at work so we could all go to the fair. Nonna came along with us and we had such a good time.

The girls loved this slide. They rode it twice-when we got there and before we left. Macey had a hard time climbing all of the stairs to get to the top, but the payoff was well worth it.

The girls are not into corny dogs, so we all split some Texas nachos with jalapenos (Emily's favorite). Macey also had a grilled cheese.

Fun house

The petting zoo is always one of their favorite things to see and do while at the fair.

We are such clowns!

The girls had their nails painted and put some lipgloss on in the Loreal building.

They're flying

Tilt a Whirl

Look how tall they are this year!

Emily and Nonna eating some roasted corn

Dinner at Kobe's

2008-09-21T00:00:00.000-05:00

Tonight we treated the family to my favorite restaurant, Kobe Steaks. The girls did not like much of their food, but loved the orange sherbet at the end. They really enjoyed learning to use chop sticks. Our wait time was 2 hours when we got there so we all got back in the car and headed off to the American Girl Bistro. When we got back to Kobe's our table was ready. The girls were so good!!!

First day of school

2008-08-25T20:00:00.000-05:00

Today my baby headed off to kindergarten. Macey has been preparing for this day for such a long time. Emily started 2nd grade today. Can you believe they are getting so big?

Off to the Dallas Zoo!

2008-08-22T20:00:00.000-05:00

Today we went to the zoo with Clayton, Oliver and Aunt Erica. We had so much fun. The best part was when Erica pulled out Macey's 2nd tooth.

After we left the zoo we headed up to Jones Elementary to find out who Macey and Emily's teachers were going to be for the upcoming school year.

Emily was so excited to find out Mrs. Barnes was going to be her teacher!!!

...and then there was Macey who found out she was going to be in Mrs. Bello's kindergarten class. She was smiling from ear to ear. She was so happy!

The tooth fairy came to visit last night

2008-08-11T12:43:00.000-05:00

I never thought the tooth fairy would come visit Macey before she even started kindergarten, but after losing her tooth yesterday morning the tooth fairy owed her a visit last night. Macey told us to tell the tooth fairy she did not want dollars-only quarters. She was so excited to wake up this morning and see quarters, nickels and dimes. When I asked Macey what the tooth fairy does with all of those teeth she responded with, "she makes a castle."

Cleaning Day...

2008-08-04T14:29:00.000-05:00

Today was supposed to be cleaning day, but everything Emily and Macey picked up seemed to end up as some type of fashion accessory.

At least they were having fun!!!

I guess it is TIME!!!

2008-08-03T23:29:00.000-05:00

I guess because I am listed on someone else's blog now I should start putting a little something on my blog. Don't expect much! It takes about three months for me to just upload pictures to my computer. Maybe I can make this my new hobby and actually write down what my girls are doing, since I didn't do it when they were younger. I will give it a try and see how it goes. Again don't expect much.