So today I thought I would get the kids dressed and take them to the park so I could try to get a picture of the two of them. I was so good with Gage and had his picture made every month, but poor MacKenna rarely has hers taken. I don't know about the rest of you moms, but I cannot manage to get them both smiling (or even looking in the same direction for that matter) at the same time. We had fun trying though so I will post a few of the ones I got.

Chad is taking the Royal Rangers at our church camping this weekend and Gage is getting to go with him. Gage is so excited! He just keeps talking about getting to sleep in a tent and roast marshmallows on the fire. I am not sure what Mac and I are going to do yet, but Im sure we will find something to do. I hope Chad will take some pictures so I can post them, but with 10 crazy little boys he may have his hands full!

This is kinda off the subject....but I don't claim to be a great blogger, so oh well. MacKenna has started doing this really funny thing when we get on to her, after we have corrected her and ask her if she understand she nods her head yes and says "ta-tu" (thank you). It is sooo funny, because she is in trouble and I am serious when I get on to her and it is so sweet when she says "ta-tu", I crack up every single time! gotta love her!

Hope everyone has a good weekend~

Ok so it's been a while...or year!

Gage and Mac playing in the pool at Mimi and Pops

All I can say is DIVA!

Gage and Mac at Gage's school party (note Mac's black eye)

Handsome like daddy!
cousin Brock, Mackenna, and Gage at the zoo!
At Carly's wedding this summer

Daddy and the kiddos playing in the backyard

Wow, that is funny! Ok, so this time I think I really am going to blog on a steady basis....for 2 reasons. (1) I really enjoy reading other peoples that I don't get to see that often and (2) God is doing some amazing things in our lives and I think this is a great way to give Him the glory! I look at the pictures on this thing and it makes me crazy thinking of how fast my babies are growing up. Gage is now 3 1/2 and MacKenna is almost 20 months! Well I guess an update is due? Since the last time we talked.....

Gage has turned 3 and is working on 4 (in March). He is going to the 3 year old program in Sundown. It has been a little shaky getting started, probably because he has spent the last 3 years of his life hanging out with me everyday...(lucky kid)! It is getting better though and he is making some friends. He blesses me so much everyday. I love to see how God is already so evident in his life, even at such an early age. He can memorize like crazy...so we figure it might as well be scripture. He has lots of memory verses he can say and tons of songs to sing, I love it!

Let's not forget about MacKenna, a.k.a. Miss Priss Priss! Man is she a mess, and if you know her you know I am telling the truth....except for her uncle Shane, he won't admit it. I can honestly say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. She keeps the days interesting. She is the polar opposite of Gage in almost every way! Brown hair, brown eyes, great complexion, and very very high maintenance!! She wants to be just like Gage and does every thing he does with just a little more fruu fruu.

Chad and I have kept busy as well! Chad has gone into business for himself this past July (Hytek Coating). He is still working as an engineer for Oxy too. I am still staying at home with the kids and love it. I sometimes think about going back to work, but they are only little for such a short time and I can't stand the thought of missing something.

We took Gage to Sea World this past summer and he loved it! The weather was great and with a little red head on our hands we were lucky to go before the heat wave.

Ok well i will try to update more often and then we can avoid the length that this blog has brought. Here are just a few updated pictures....enjoy!

Gettin' Started

Ok everyone.....here goes! So I created this blogspot a while back and I just can't make myself start. I am not a natural blogger, and for some silly reason blogging intimidates me. I am a horrible speller, I put punctuation in the wrong place, make run-on sentences, and have a hard time wording things sometime. Despite all of these things I think we have a life worth reading about and it will for sure give you a laugh from time to time.

I think most of you know the basics, but I will give them again just for the fact that it gives me something to type. Chad and I have been married for 6 super duper years and I love him tons. He is a wonderful husband and the best daddy to our kiddos. We can't seem to escape the small town of Levelland. We moved to Midland for a few years, but somehow ended up back home. I like Levelland though.....I never thought I would say that, but I do. Chad is an engineer for Oxy and seems to enjoy his job most of the time. I am so blessed that Chad lets me stay home with our two kids and be with them everyday! I love the fact that I get to see all of their firsts. Often times I am in desperate need of adult interaction. I am with Gage and MacKenna so much that when poor Chad comes home I greet him with a kiss and ask him how his day was all while I am wiping his face, covering him in hand sanitizer, and placing his bib on him for dinner. This is a little exaggerated.......but you get my point!

Gage turned 2 in March. MacKenna just turned 6 months yesterday. Gage keeps us laughing, he is quite the entertainer! He acts shy at first but then quickly comes out of his shell. I think he is a super smart boy........he knows his ABC's (has for a while now), colors, and can point out about 18 of the states on a map of the U.S. Ok I know every parent thinks their kiddo is the smartest :) MacKenna is sitting up an smiles all the time. She loves her daddy though......Gage is a momma's boy, but I think our little angel is for sure all daddy's!

Welp I think this first blog has gone pretty good?? What about you?? I have purposely given our blogspot the theme "McNeely Madness", since this is how most of our days seem so I hope it has sparked enough interest that you will return!