I am back to blogging...I hope!

Trying to find a job is a full time job...still no luck after one year, but still plugging at it. Started selling lia sophia jewelry so that is keeping me busy a bit!

I am sure y'all are looking for pictures of Alexis...so here is an update since we had the house painted...Alexis is so into her cheer as you can see...

At the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo...

Valentine's Day...

Making red cupcakes on Valentine's Day with an attitude...

Then the end of February was her eye surgery (to fix exotropia) and she could not do cheer or gymnastics for 2 weeks...that was a difficult task...here is a picture the day after surgery... Alexis is now fully recovered and after 7 weeks, we were told by the surgeon that the surgery worked and there will be no more surgery!

Nana and Pop Pop Schneck came to Texas for spring break...Alexis ended up with an extended spring break because she kind that nasty semi-flu bug that hit right before spring break...so she had almost 2 weeks off...this pic is at Sea World...

It was a chilly day at Sea World...

Alexis loves to feed the dolphins and actually touched the food this time...

In Fredericksburg at the Pacific War Museum...

With Nana and Pop Pop before they left...

Alexis and Nana at Disney on Ice...

Carriage ride in downtown San Antonio...Nana thought $50 was a good deal for the ride?!?! It was fun!

At the Alamo among the cactuses.... Happy Easter - baskets from Easter Bunny (he dropped off 2 in PA and they were shipped...). And can you believe this...I completely forgot to get a picture with the Easter Bunny this year...Eric reminded me on Easter, which was too late (I am sure that was intentional). Alexis' response was "that's ok mommy..."

Our crazy and awesome Army family neighbors...doing the Easter pinata...

Fiesta Week - fiesta outfit and her parade float that she made...well, yes, you know who really made most of it!

The annual bluebonnet picture (well we missed the past 2 years...)...

Kinder zoo field trip - what a fun day with at least 10 schools in the zoo...here with a kinder buddy on the train...

Petting zoo area with another kinder buddy...

Snazzy picture day...

Training wheels off and away she went...

Mother's Day...had an awesome dinner at the Melting Pot...

School Talent Show...Alexis and her kinder cheer buddy did a routine that her friend's mom and I choreographed...

Here is an action shot...the lift...

Graduation from kinder day...all dressed up!

With one of her kinder buddies (also our neighbor...)...
Singing the song about going to 1st grade...
School spirit day at cheer so guess who she supported...that's right...PSU...Alexis loves to do her poses...

I will hopefully blog again after our 2 week Pennsylvania trip...there should be another post mid-July!

Painting the Inside of the House

We painted every room in the house - I could not stand the white walls anymore! Actually, we hired someone to do the painting and I picked all of the colors. I did paint one room that you will see below. I have put before and after pics here so are in random order.

Hallway - gameroom to bedroom BEFORE
AFTER

Part of living room looking into kitchen and hallway BEFORE

AFTER

I just love how they did this with a sponge..Part of living room BEFORE

AFTER - notice the 65" plasma - our Christmas present!

Rest of living room BEFORE

AFTER

Kitchen Nook BEFORE

AFTER

Kitchen BEFORE

Kitchen AFTER

Master Bedroom BEFORE

AFTER

Guest Bedroom BEFORE

AFTER

Exercise/Play Room BEFORE

AFTER

Office BEFORE

OFFICE AFTER

Rest of Office AFTER

Stairway upstairs BEFORE

AFTER Alexis Bedroom BEFORE

AFTER - as you can see, she loves pink and purple, so this is her princess room. And the painter thought it would be neat to paint the walls in her bathroom purple and the ceiling pink - so that is what she got!
Rest of Alexis Bedroom AFTER Here is that princess bathroom:Gameroom Before (this is supposed to be a formal living/formal dining, but we weren't interested in that!)

In the process photo - scaffolding above the pool table to move the light to be centered over the pool table - as you can see he missed the first time. And by the way, they put a ladder on top of the scaffolding to reach the ceiling - I couldn't watch most of the time! Gameroom AFTER
Rest of Gameroom AFTER

And finally to the room I painted myself - a neighbor had this can of paint that she bought for her boy's room but she said he didn't like it - so she said I could use it - and since it was gold, what better use than to make a Steelers bathroom (this is the 1/2 bath off of the gameroom):