The Lambert's

Monday, January 16, 2012

4

4 years ago I met a little man that would change my life forever.
4 years ago I didn't realize that I could love someone so much.
4 years ago was one of the best days of my life.
4 years ago this little man made my family a family of three.
4 years ago my heart was full.
4 years ago I wept at the sight of his precious face.
4 years ago Jesus trusted me enough to bless my arms with ADLER GRAY.

Today I look back at all the adventures that we have taken as a family and I am humbled by Gods many blessings and graces.

A note to my son, Adler:
Bubba, gosh, I'm tearing up. I cannot believe that 4 years have gone by, it really seems like yesterday. I have to tell you that you are such a blessing in our lives. you have truly been a light. Your little face is just amazing and your laughter is infectious. You have been asking us lately to tell you jokes and when you think that they are funny you really laugh, but when we tell a bad one you say "mommy, that's not funny" which in turn is funny and we laugh together. You get a kick out of making Tate laugh. You are a great big brother whom sets a good example. Jesus Im sure is proud. You love brushing your teeth and swishing with mouth wash. You love life and you love people. You are very much like your daddy. You drink milk like its going out of style and you would eat McDonald's everyday if I let you. (eww gross). Your favorite color is still green - this might never change. You insist that you need a snack after breakfast, lunch and dinner. Honestly sometimes when you ask its so cute, that I have a hard time telling you "no". You are in love with anything superhero and you are just learning about Lego's which you are quick to say that "Tater cant play with them cause he'll eat them mommy". You love to dance, and your favorite song on the radio is a song by Mercy Me "Move". We even dance in the car. :) On your own you tell us that "you love us"- my heart smiles every time you do this. Of all these precious memories I could write about, I must say that the best thing about you is , YOU! "I love you to the moon and back", oh yes, this is something new you've started. I love you to the moon and back too.

Sunday, January 15, 2012

I had too

Every year for the boys birthdays I have to do "my own thing". Being artsy is a blessing and a curse. I love being creative, much of the reason I am an art teacher is because I love making things. Adler's birthdays in the past have been huge, highly decorated, which I love. up in till this year, i honestly don't think that Adler even knew what his party's theme was. Ohhhh let me tell you. Year one, Safari; year two, Space; year three, fire trucks, and year four Lego's. Now, Zach and I had talked about not "going overboard" for this years party and I even told my mother in love that I was going to keep it simple. Well all was well until I had a minute to spare while at school two days before my sons 4th birthday. I thought to myself, I cant "not" do anything. And thus the planning begun. I made life size Lego's, basically there were Lego's everywhere, and I even made the boys cute shirts. Check out the Lego craze I succumbed to....

This Lego cake is from our neighborhood Randall's.

For these little cuties, which Adler loved, I took wooden blocks and painted them and them cut out felt circles and glued them on to give the look of a Lego.

These life size blocks are courtesy of my schools paper room. Adler is about as tall as the big red one.

I love how these turned out! Too bad I didn't get ONE picture of either of the boys in their shirts. bummer.

Ad's birthday weekend

Adler is turning 4 on the 16th so we decided to have a weekend of fun.
Friday night Mia and Pop Pop came into town. We made dinner, shopped for party stuff, got ready for Saturdays party and then crashed. Pop Pop got up early and got the boys donuts. We enjoied them too. We spent the morning jumping on the trampoline.

:) Then about 9:45 pops and gammi, and the Howells arrived. We ventured to the park. Adler and Trent took the jeep, we walked.

The weather was perfect! We had a great time. A great family day!

Trent and Adler racing down the slide in their "not on purpose" matching sweaters.

Tater Tot

The Walker Girls, Robin, Me, and Mom

Sunday, January 1, 2012

The boys lately

Oh the joys of being a mommy. Those of you who are mommies will vouch with me when I say "I am hecka tired, but enjoy every second of this amazing journey. Ad and Tater are AMAZING. Yes, in capital letters. Adler is such the little man, talking up a storm, saying things like "you get what Im saying Mom?" or telling stories with 500 words in less then 1 minute, most of all he is a spectacular BIG brother. Tater Tot is ZACH all over. Now, when Ad was born I used to say this about him. But he is much more Zach then he is me. Looks and everything, personality, ect. And man oh man is he a mommas boy, and I am loving every second of it. He is one happy little thing, seriously happy. Adler is too, lets not forget.Since today is JANUARY ONE TWENTY TWELVE, Ive got some pictures to share. enjoy.

Lets try this again...Happy New Year

Its fun to look back at the years past, and all would be great except the last post I made was exactly ONE year ago. Yep, ONE YEAR. I feel incredibly lame. One year ago, Tate was only a few months old and Ad was 3. Wow how much has changed. I am going to commit (and if I don't is that lying?), OK, I am going to try to keep a regular post. I was going to say that I would take a picture a day, but I'm thinking that I need to start small.
So to start off this year Ill include some pictures.

Here is the "gang" at our annual New Years dinner. Its been a tradition for 7 years now. What amazing friends! Love you Frans Clan and Backyard Barners

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Happy New Year Peeps.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

for adler

january sixteenth, two thousand eleven.- today you turned 3. what a journey it has been. we have loved watching you grow and investigate the world, in ways only you can. you are interested in everything super hero, anything that is technology related and you would eat fruit snacks for breakfast lunch and dinner if you could. you want to play hide and go seek everyday and if we forget to hide, well...we cant forget! you must be first through every door or you get really upset. you have an obsession for the color green and if someone asks you what is your brothers name you quickly say "tate green, cause that's my favorite color." yes, in those exact words. you refuse to get a haircut cause "you like it long". and afternoon naps are getting fewer and fewer, which means more play time. if you could you would help me make blueberry muffins daily. and of course i let you lick the spoon. thank goodness you haven't gotten sick yet. you have a very sweet spirit, you are very sensitive (like me I'm afraid. but I've learned that this is not a bad thing, especially when we recognize that we are wired by our heavenly father just the way he wants us) at night you watch your one show, we read you one book and then we say our prayers, then the next day comes and the first words out of your mouth are "its morning time?" we say yes and that is your cue that you are free to get out of bed. what a cute routine it is. we wouldn't change a thing. adler, what a sweet blessing you are to our family. how precious you are to all those around you. we cannot imagine our lives with out you (or your brother). it is a privilege to be your parents and we are humbled that the lord would choose us to show you his love and his ways. may you always know that you are deeply loved.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Project 356

for a few years now i have watched my good friend amy frans complete the anual "blog book" and in it she has completed project 365. i love hers so much ill try to be faithful and complete.
project 365 is simply this: your life in pictures everyday all year long, thus "365". ive decided that i am going to post weekly rather then daily.

january one- my first picture of 2011. there is no one i would rather take that picture with then my prince charming.

january two- beautiful. this is what my mommy is. she is more beautiful on the inside, though i think she is gorgeous on the outside.

january three-cute. how could i not post?

january four- tate. this is how he is all the time. he is a very happy boy. he reminds me alot of how his big brother was at this age too. happy happy happy. i am blessed!

january five- happy three month birthday tate walker. we love you. you have blessed our soul.

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

lambert chirstmas card...

thank you pook and diesel photography

for spending time with our family. we love you and are thankful for your friendship. you did an incredible job making us look good. you rock.

im on a roll...

i better not stop now.

i wanted to share with you all a few pictures to get you caught up in the lives of the round rock lamberts. here goes.

tates first yawn- one month old.

first family read.

mc gruff- aka pastor mark westerfield.

halloween costumes- thanks gammi and mia.

just being silly. thats what we do.

Monday, January 3, 2011

"shut-up!, she's blogging again!"

well, hello there bloggers, family and friends. it sure has been a long time...scratch that, it has been FOREVER. one year to be exact. so much has happened in my life, the lives of my children (yes there are two now) and my husbands too. god has graciously blessed me way beyond what i deserve. where do i even begin? ill try to hit the highlights.

back in april 2010, a missive earthquake hit haiti. it completely left haiti in shambles. zach has been to haiti several times and each time left a part of his heart there, so hearing this news, immediately zach new he was going to go and render aid in what ever way he could. he and a few other men from our church went. they were there for about 10 days. it was a long time to be away from my best friend, and to say that i was not worried would be a total lie. i was scared. so much chaos and no form of order really scared me. im human. zach (and the other men) didn't really care, and with faith left the u.s. when he returned there were many many amazing stories of how god used them. i will forever remember my husbands servant heart. here are a few pictures for you.

here zach is serving rice to some of the famalies affected by the quake.

a pre-view of tate walker lambert. precious!

also, in april...i was preggers. and we didn't even know. i sent my honey off to a third world country when i was 9 weeks pregnant. believe me i am grateful to god for keeping him safe.I think (know) that the all mighty Lord has a sense of humor. It reminds me of the time when I was pregnant with Adler and Zazh was in HAITI and I was a few weeks pregnant as well. Zach said once in conversation "Well, anytime that we want to get pregnant - I'll just go to HAITI". Cute, right?! this time, my first clue that i was pregnant was one of my students said "mrs. lambert, your looking a little pudgy, are you pregnant?" "no, girl. i think i would know"...(I DIDN'T.) zach returned and i mentioned that i think i should take a test. i did and it was POSITIVE! what! so we scheduled a dr. appointment and sure enough i was and not only was i preggers, i was already in my 9th week. i had totally passed my 1st trimester. crazy. no wonder why i wanted "smoke-cheesy" burger from whataburger. gross, now that im looking back. i spent the entire summer pregnant, and what a hot summer it was. i did find ways to keep adler and i busy. we visited the pool almost everyday. it was a good summer.

august came and school started without a hitch. i was alittle nervous knowing that i was only going to be in the classroom for about 6 weeks and a sub would take over. i totally thank the lord for helping me get all things in order and sending a great sub to watch my little artist. for the most part my kiddos were great.

october was the next big month in my life. tate walker lambert was born october 5. 8 lbs and 9 oz. and just precious! a mommy of two boys that is what i am, and i am so proud!

my first look at our little gift.

adlers in love!

big bro "a.gray"

adler just cant keep his eyes off his brother. too sweet.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Aww...and summer begins (well almost)

Yes people! You heard it! Summer is here and School is out (well almost)! PRAISE THE LORD. I did not think that I was going to make it. (Ill tell you why later)

On my last post I said "Those were the days...

when I posted on a regular basis. I was just reading one of my Besties blogs and she was talking about how she hasn't blogged because "she's pregnant". Well... I don't have that excuse, sorry Lauren. So, here is the deal. Ill post when Lauren posts- you know it'll be a way to keep each other accountable.

...So here we are later and the statement above is actually very funny because when I was making that statement I was actually PREGNANT! Yep, I was a few weeks prego and diddnt even know it. I think (know) that the all mighty Lord has a sense of humor. Zach was actually helping in HAITI and I was 8 weeks pregnant...yep diddint even know. It reminds me of the time when I was pregnant with Adler and Zazh was in HAITI and I was a few weeks pregnant aswell. Zach said once in conversation "Well, anytime that we want to get pregnant - I'll just go to HAITI". Cute, right?!
I have been meaning to post for awhile- but school has been sooooooo crazy and well LIFE happens. School is officially out at 1:15 tommarow. (I did not think that I was going to make it)- and then there are a few "WORK DAYS" to follow. But hey!, all is well and the kids will be gone. I have to say that I am very excited to have play dates with my sweet ADLER and all of my besties kiddos. Cant wait.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Those were the days...

when I posted on a regular basis. I was just reading one of my Besties blogs and she was talking about how she hasn't blogged because "she's pregnant". Well... I don't have that excuse, sorry Lauren. So, here is the deal. Ill post when Lauren posts- you know it'll be a way to keep each other accountable.

So I have been trying to figure out what post to share (since I'm soooo behind)...Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years with the BFF's or Adler's B-day. So how about one of each.

Happy Birthday Little Man! The past 2 years have been a blessing from the Lord. Mommy and Daddy love you very much. And though we love you much Jesus loves you more- never forget that.

Oh how I love you Mr. Lambert. This is a picture from New Years Eve. For the past 5 years we have gotten together with the Frans and the Barners, we go out to eat and then play games till new years. We laugh so hard sometimes that we pee in our pants. Its been a great tradition that I hope goes on till we are 80, for Allen it would be 90. :)

Adler's bike from "Santa".

Everyone knows that I love to decorate. Here is one of my favorite things to do with my Christmas Ornaments. Sure, you can steal the idea.

Every year for Thanksgiving we travel to see my parents and grandparents. Here is Adler and Uncle Aaron sleeping. Too cute.

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

My Women of Faith

I know this picture has nothing to do with "faith"...but they sure are cute.

Here we are at the Houston, Women of Faith Conference. It was a blessing to get to go. Amanda and Willow, I love you girls.

So, I know you are scratching your head. This picture is wrong on so many levels. There were soooooo many women at this conference that all the men's rooms were turned into "Women's" restrooms. Love it!

The typical face shot.

The girls again.

I bet you are are wondering what I learned while I was there. Here is goes in a nut shell. WE all have gifts. Some we are aware of, and some we have yet to discover. I don't think I ever thought about "my gift" ( of Art, Worship, friendship, ect)as something that I actually GIVE away, completely give away. Think about this when we give a birthday gift to someone we don't say well you can keep 50% of it- we give it all to them, and we don't ask for it back. We gave it away. I struggle with confidence over my gifts, like I'm not good enough, doubt, ect. LIES! When the Lord gives us gifts he knows that we are going to give them away. For example, Worship, we give it away, we bless others, we lead others into worship...and then we give it away again and again and again. Friendship, we give that gift away daily because we are called to love, and its a free gift from our Father. Don't hold back your gifts, they are meant for the blessings of others. much love.

"Fall" in love with the Lamberts

Hey Friends and family, it has been a while, I know. We are here, just very busy with life. As I think about all our blessings I stop and think about the biggest blessings in our lives...Jesus Christ. Its hard to sum up what He has done in our lives, because everyday is a blessing in itself. We wish you all a very blessed Thanksgiving Holiday. LOve to ALL.