The Grices

5 months old

2012-02-06T06:50:00.000-08:00

I can't believe my sweet girl is 5 months old! We've have a lot of "firsts" lately! She can roll over (back to tummy and tummy to back.) She has started eating food. She decided to skip rice cereal and go straight to the good stuff. I can't say I blame her. Rice cereal looks disgusting! She sits in her high chair and eats! She loves her Wonder Bug and her Red Corvette! We are having so much fun with her. She almost weighs 15 pounds and is so long!

4 months old

2012-01-09T05:47:00.000-08:00

Time flies....I can't believe Miss Aubrey is 4 months old! She has grown so much! We love her so much!

more Laurel/Hattiesburg

2011-12-27T19:55:00.000-08:00

Can't nap....getting entertained!

Monday Night football!

Loving from T Mere

See Uncle Neno

A Christmas Day smile!

Pooped after opening presents....

Christmas morning! All smiles!

Christmas Eve with Kelli...she was wound up!

Christmas Eve with Granny B

Give me an "A"!

Great Grandfather!

Laurel/Hattiesburg

2011-12-23T19:50:00.000-08:00

We have loved being at home with our families!

Cowboy Kringle

2011-12-10T19:29:00.000-08:00

We took Aubrey to visit Cowboy Kringle in Gruene! She was a trooper! There were some kids who weren't so sure about him!

12 weeks old

2011-11-30T19:48:00.000-08:00

Hanging out in her Wonder Bug..

In a cute outfit Aunt Kay sent!

Wearing a sweet smocked dress from Mrs. Rayner and her Elf on the Shelf from Grandmother in Laurel....Grandmother in Laurel needs a name...what should we call her??? Any suggestions??

Our sweet girl is getting so big!

Stationery card

2011-11-30T09:22:00.001-08:00

Merry Little Stamp Christmas Card

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Thanksgiving/ 11 weeks old

2011-11-24T17:53:00.000-08:00

Lately....

2011-11-24T17:48:00.000-08:00

Lost Maples

2011-11-24T17:34:00.000-08:00

We took Aubrey to Lost Maples to see the leaves. It was packed but we still had a good time!

Bundle up

2011-11-01T12:15:00.000-07:00

It's chilly here in the mornings...I love picking out what she's going to wear! She's not sure about the hat, but she sure looks cute! It's hard to believe she's almost 2 months old! Time flies!

Gruene Hall

2011-11-01T12:11:00.000-07:00

We took Aubrey to Gruene Hall for the first time. Derek and I have loved taking her to all our favorite places...she also went to Adobe Verde, the Antique store and Lonestar Music...such a trooper

1st bow!

2011-11-01T12:07:00.000-07:00

Aubrey wore her first bow last week to daycare! She looked so cute even though she's not sure about the hat!

1st day of daycare

2011-10-26T14:45:00.000-07:00

Aubrey started daycare last week. I cried and cried! I hated being apart from her, but the ladies take such good care of her! She's only been going for half days until I go back to work.

Loves a bath

2011-10-26T14:43:00.000-07:00

Staring at her daddy! Won't take her eyes off him!

Aubrey is beginning to like bath time!

My little pumpkin

2011-10-26T14:41:00.000-07:00

need a nap

2011-10-26T14:39:00.000-07:00

Need a nap? Aubrey did and this is where she ended up! The sound of the dryer calms her- it's amazing! It was the only place she would sleep a few weeks ago. We're doing much better now though!

4 weeks old/ 1 month

2011-10-26T14:36:00.000-07:00

Sweet thing turned 4 weeks old/1 month. It's amazing how much she changes every day!

1 month old

2011-10-05T21:06:00.000-07:00

It's hard to believe that sweet Aubrey is already a month old! She is just precious and continues to change everyday!

Just a Swinging!

2011-09-26T14:33:00.000-07:00

Move those arms and legs!

2011-09-26T09:24:00.000-07:00

Aubrey loves her Little Lamb! This is her watching Good Morning America!
I really didn't know how hard it would be to upload a video, but it's super easy!

2011-09-26T09:12:00.000-07:00

"The baby is still here" The pups are doing really well with Aubrey. Petty hates it when she gets upset. He wants to make everything better!

Getting ready to go to the airport and Babies R Us- Aubrey's first shopping trip!

Derek's mom came to visit last week! We were so happy she was here and she taught us a lot about babies!

2 weeks old

2011-09-26T09:09:00.000-07:00

Aubrey turned 2 weeks old on September 22! It's amazing how much she's changed in 1 week! She keeps her eyes open much more and is so alert!

"Stop flashing that camera at me!"

1 week old

2011-09-26T09:05:00.000-07:00

She loves moving her hands and legs!

Aubrey turned 1 week old on September 15.

Aubrey Wren Grice

2011-09-11T19:40:00.000-07:00

Aubrey is here! She arrived September 8 at 6:18 via C-section. She is just perfect and we are so in love with her! Here are a few pictures that we have taken so far.

Who's Aubrey?

2011-08-01T11:59:00.001-07:00

Isbell, "Who is Aubrey and what's all the fuss?" Petty, "I don't know who Aubrey is, but she must be a big deal. Maybe she is a movie star." These 2 know something is going on! Isbell has been especially clingy! Petty walks around the nursery just taking it all in! We're all pretty anxious for Aubrey to make her arrival! In the meantime, we're finishing up her room and trying to make sure we have everything we'll need when she comes home from the hospital. Nothing is hung on the walls yet, but that's all we have left.

She'll certainly be a Texan in this gear...a Waylon Jennings onesie...a pearl snap shirt and some handmade boots by Mrs. Silvers!

A sweet picture with me and Aubrey (who she is named after)...and we already have several smocked dresses!!! This one has 2 puppies on it- 1 is Isbell and 1 is Petty!

My mom sent us this 2X2 Walter Anderson and Derek watercolored it! It looks great!

She has a few things to wear!!! Not sure she'll have to wear things twice! We've also had so much fun making things for her!

We have 6 weeks to go...everything is going great! I go back to work on August 15th and the kids start August 22nd.

Oh Baby!!

2011-06-09T09:11:00.000-07:00

We've had so much fun celebrating baby Aubrey! She'll be here before we know it!

Birthday Girl!

2011-06-09T09:06:00.000-07:00

Sweet Isbell turned 3 in May and of course we celebrated with a little Blue Bell! I can't believe we've had her for 3 years. Not sure what we did before we had our pups!

Aloha!

2011-03-01T19:51:00.000-08:00

We traveled to Hawaii in February with the Texas State Softball Team. We had a great time! These are just a few of the pictures we took. We watched softball at the University of Hawaii, snorkeled in Hanama Bay, climbed Diamond Head (9 weeks pregnant by the way), went to the North Shore and saw huge sea turtles, tasted the delicious Dole Whip at the Dole Plant, ate tons of great food, shopped, and went site seeing! We were exhausted when we finally got back home.

2 years old!

2011-02-25T07:35:00.000-08:00

Haven't posted in forever...hoping to do better in 2011!
Petty turned 2 in January. He has gone from 10 pounds to 70 pounds!
He's so sweet! Isbell is lucky to have a good brother!

Big Bend

2010-08-02T09:20:00.000-07:00

For over 2 years now Derek and Josh have been talking about going to Big Bend....well, we finally went! And I survived! I was a little overwhelmed about going...sleeping in a tent, bears, no showers on site, walking to the bathroom...you know...girl things! It was great! We hiked everyday, went on a day long canoe trip (I was so sore that night), hung out in Terlinga and just had a great time! The boys even made sure we took showers everyday!
Who knows where we'll end up next!

Home Alone

2010-04-18T18:00:00.001-07:00

Derek went to Hammond this weekend and I was kind of upset to be home alone all weekend. Plus, he got to see my parents and I didn't. I knew I had to keep myself busy! Friday, I went to the Library conference in San Antonio with Carly and Angie...We met up with Sheri (our librarian) and had a great time despite the rain. The weather was terrible Friday and Saturday so I couldn't work outside or lay out, so I decided to do some things inside.....I started out going to Lowe's Friday night. I had some wood cut so I could make shelves for our shoes. While I was at Lowe's I saw these light fixtures on clearance and decided to go ahead and buy them....I guess I should have shown Derek first, but he did leave me home alone!!!

So Friday night, I made the shoe shelves and painted them.
Saturday morning I put them in the closet! Doesn't it look nice and organized! I even went through my shoes and got rid of the ones I haven't worn in over a year.

These are just my summer shoes...My winter shoes are in a bin...If we ever build a house, I want a closet like Oprah's!

So Saturday, I decided to install the light fixtures.....I've never done this before, but You Tube can teach you to do anything! I also read the instructions like 10 times before I attempted any of this....

This light use to be in our hall and it was gold and ugly...So I painted it with this special paint and put it in our closet.

We really didn't have a fixture above our table...now we have this!

This is in the entry....much better than the old one

I installed 2 of these- 1 in the laundry room and 1 in the hall!

I am quite proud of my home improvements! Just had to brag on myself a little! Not sure what I'll tackle next!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

2010-03-17T07:33:00.000-07:00

I bought these glasses to wear to school and tried them on Petty. He poses for the camera! I took a full body shot of him so you can see how big he is- 80 pounds! He weighed 8pounds when we got him this time last year! Most Aussie's weigh 50 pounds as adults...ours is just a little bigger!

Random Pics

2010-03-16T20:22:00.000-07:00

My IPODS from Valentine's Day! They were so cute! My new Peter's Nativity scene-love it!!! and my sweet pups...not sure why they look so sad...such serious looks

Yummy Tortilla Soup

2009-11-19T08:08:00.000-08:00

This recipe is from one of our favorite resteraunts...I've made it twice in past 2 weeks! Love it!

Gristmill Chicken Tortilla Soup
Chicken Breasts
3 cans of chicken broth
1tsp. Salt
1/2 tsp. chili powder
1 tsp. cumin
1tsp. Garlic powder
1/4 tsp.pepper
1 can Rotel
Cilantro
Onion

I usually use 3 chicken breasts, two handfuls of fresh cilantro, and 1/2 to 3/4 of an onion (whatever you like). Sometimes I buy a rotisserie chicken from the grocery and use it instead of cooking chicken.
I also add a can of hominy (drained) to it.
Put in the crock pot and cook for about 3 hours.

I put tortilla chips in the bottom of the bowl and put cheese and avocado slices on top!

Over the weekend....

2009-11-16T12:01:00.000-08:00

Over the weekend, my personal assistants and I painted! We worked all Friday night while Derek worked a high school playoff game and all day Saturday while he prepped for the Texas State game. They stand right next to me while I work and when I get the camera out, they sit and pose. It's hilarious! Saturday morning, I made a loaf of Lemon Poppy Seed bread for breakfast! Kennon called and I was talking to him in the bedroom and when I came back, Petty had helped himself to the bread- more than half the loaf. He can get anything off the counters.

Big Dog

2009-08-31T17:44:00.000-07:00

Look how long his legs are!

Mom's request- new pics of the pups! So here they are! We knew Petty would be bigger than Isbell, but we had no clue that he would tower over her! He's huge- close to 60 lbs! I'm just glad he and Isbell get along so well, however, their favorite game is "wrestle mania" for the bone. We love them so much! Last night Derek said, "Isbell, I wish you could talk to me!" No telling what it will be like when we have kids!

2009-08-13T19:42:00.001-07:00

Derek took me to the football expansion project Wednesday. It's amazing and I can't get over how fast they work! It will be ready on September 5th!
15 suites and a club level that seats 450 people

2009-08-05T17:22:00.000-07:00

We interrupt this marriage for football season- just 1 month from today it starts...early, early Saturday mornings and jam packed weekends. Derek is working hard to get the stadium finished and it's looking really good. Can't wait to actually go inside and see everything!
I think if you go to this website you'll be able to see pictures of the expansion in progress.
http://www.txstatebobcats.com/view.gal?id=41952

2009-08-05T17:10:00.000-07:00

We spent last week at the beach and loved it! We were a little sad to leave the pups behind though.... They were so happy to see us when we got back!

Ben's big gig

2009-07-27T11:23:00.000-07:00

Our friend Ben's CD is finally out. Friday he opened for Pat Green in San Antonio. We're so happy and proud of him!

2009-06-14T14:44:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since I've posted anything. Between the end of school and baseball, we've been pretty busy. Texas State won the conference! Then we went to Corpus for the conference tournament where they finished in 2nd place. After that, they received an NCAA regional bid. So we played in Austin and lost to Texas who is playing Southern Miss in the World Series tonight! I still can't believe my Eagles made it to Omaha! Since school has been out, I've been busy with staff development and planning for next year. I also decided to paint our den, kitchen and hallway. What a task, but I finished finally. I had 2 great helpers! They has been so much fun! The picture of them in the bed is my favorite. They laid on our bed one afternoon and watched the Animal Planet channel for hours while I painted! Petty is so big. He's going to be so much bigger than her!

Isbell

2009-05-02T08:36:00.000-07:00

In honor of Isbell graduating from "Puppy School" we went to see Jason Isbell in San Antonio! He just happened to be in town!

Derek's Latest...

2009-05-02T08:31:00.000-07:00

I finally had my camera in the car while passing by the new football stadium..This is Derek's latest project...It's looking good! Should be ready for football season!

Love Peter's Rabbits!

2009-04-29T11:57:00.000-07:00

I finally took down my Peter's rabbits! They looked so cute together for Easter. I love all my Peter's Pottery! There is nothing like it in Texas! Petty broke one of my big bowls on our kitchen table and I cried. He pulled the table cloth off the table. We'll just get another one when we're home next!

Swine Flu

2009-04-29T11:46:00.000-07:00

Last night on our way home from baseball, I got a phone call from our counselor telling me that school has been cancelled until May 11. I thought it was joke since we're testing this week, but it's not. Our entire district (Comal ISD) and New Braunfels ISD are completely shut down because of the Swine Flu. There are no cases at our school and only a few in the district. I feel so bad for the kids. Most of them love coming to school. We had so many fun things planned including our field trip to the Alamo. According to the district we won't have to make any days up- it's being treated like a natural disaster. We're all just sitting around waiting to see what going to happen next. Pray that everyone stays healthy! On a lighter note, I can paint, work in the yard, work out, or SLEEP PAST 5:30!

Go Mavs!

2009-04-29T11:37:00.000-07:00

Derek and I went to see the Mavs/Spurs play last Monday and they lost. But last night they pulled it off and won the series against the Spurs! I'm so excited they won! I only got to take pictures during pregame because according to the ushers, I have a professional camera. But I did get some of Dampier(played at State when Derek was there) and Dirk warming up. I'm just glad they didn't take it from me!

Petty- getting BIG!

2009-04-29T11:31:00.001-07:00

I took Petty to the Vet today and he weighs 25lbs! He is a chunk! I had to go by the school this morning and he sat in a staff meeting for an hour- he did great! He is such a precious dog. Recently, he has discovered our bed!

Fence!

2009-04-11T15:22:00.000-07:00

Our fence is finally finished and the dogs love it! Money well spent!

Like him?

2009-04-10T10:47:00.000-07:00

We weren't sure if Isbell would really like Petty, but she absolutely loves him! She can't stand to be apart from him.

They're almost done fencing in our yard, so I'm sure I'll post pictures of them running!

Happy Easter to everyone! We are baseballing it all weekend- hope the weather is nice! We played last night and won- #1 in conference...hope we can hold onto it!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

2009-03-17T17:30:00.000-07:00

Well, we were going to go out for St. Patty's Day drinks, but instead we grilled out and watched the Biggest Loser. We also didn't want to leave the dogs. They are getting along so well!

puppy and tree cutting

2009-03-15T17:16:00.001-07:00

We had a busy weekend. Friday, I went and picked up Petty! That night we started beginner training with Isbell at Petsmart! She did really well. Isbell and Petty are getting along well. Petty is a good sleeper! Isbell wasn't sure what to think when he first came home. Derek had baseball all weekend in the rain- yuck. Today was nice though. Ben cut down some trees in our backyard prepping for the fence! These are just a few pictures. I'll post more later.

Opening of Baseball Park

2009-03-04T12:19:00.000-08:00

Last night, the baseball park opened to a sold out crowd! It was great! We played Texas and lost by 1, but that was pretty good. Texas is ranked #4 in the country.
Derek has worked so hard on this project and it finally has come together. He is worn out! Hopefully, he'll get some rest!
I didn't get there for the ribbon cutting, but I did manage to get a few pictures. I'm hoping to get some better pictures this weekend.

We must be crazy

2009-03-01T18:00:00.000-08:00

With all the madness in our life, we are making it even crazier. We picked out a new Australian Shepherd today and get him in 2 weeks! We're so excited. A fence is definitely in the works...

Baby Shower

2009-02-15T07:54:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, we had baby shower for our friend Anna Park. She is due at the end of next month!

Isbell was pooped after everyone left!

Fire

2009-01-04T16:00:00.000-08:00

Yesterday it was 80 degrees here. Today, the high was 45. Go figure! We built our first fire! I was so excited!

Christmas

2009-01-03T16:04:00.000-08:00

Santa Dog

2008-12-13T06:29:00.000-08:00

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After the costume at Halloween, I knew I had to get Isbell something to wear home at Christmas- so I found this Santa costume!

Christmas at our house!

2008-12-08T19:55:00.000-08:00

Christmas will be here before we know it!
We've got the house all decorated! Even Isbell decided to pose for some pics! She hasn't messed with any ornaments, but I'm sure she'll discover them soon- just like she discovered my shoes, Derek's socks, kitchen towels, toilet paper rolls, cell phone chargers (3 of them), an $80 computer cord, 2 sets of head phones.....

Our little girl is growing up!

2008-12-08T19:47:00.000-08:00

It's amazing to how much Isbell has grown since we got her back in July!

Montana- Even though we lost, we had a great time! Just stayed really cold!!!

2008-12-01T17:48:00.000-08:00

Montana bound

2008-11-24T10:14:00.000-08:00

We are headed to Montana Thursday afternoon for football! Texas State is playing the University of Montana. I am so excited, but I'm sad we're leaving Isbell behind- it will be her first overnight trip to the vet (at least they are friends of ours).
Please keep us in your prayers as we travel. Snow flurries are in the forecast!

While Derek works...

2008-11-16T18:56:00.000-08:00

While Derek worked this weekend, Isbell "moped" around the house. At one point, she was laying on his side of the bed and then she decided to sit and watch football! She looks for Derek when he's gone! It's so funny!

Halloween at school!

2008-10-31T15:16:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun today at school!

Ryan Adams

2008-10-14T16:22:00.000-07:00

Derek and I went to see Ryan Adams last night in Austin. He was wonderful- played 2 1/2 hours! We had great seats and even snuck in a few pictures!

Birthday- I survived!

2008-10-12T16:45:00.000-07:00

New Desk! Finally!

2008-09-25T14:29:00.001-07:00

We finally got a new desk our "home office/music room".

I was soooo happy to get something to put our computer on- it was on a file cabinet, folding table and boxes. We bought a rug and chair too! The rug even matches some fabric I bought this summer in Jackson!

Visitors

2008-09-13T19:05:00.000-07:00

Our friend Rob drove into today from Houston with his boxer- Hutch! His house is fine- he just doesn't have power and water and doesn't know when it will get restored. It took Isbell a little while to warm up to him, but she's doing better! We'll see how tonight goes....

Speaking of Ike- we got nothing. The weather predicted heavy rain and wind today..Well- that didn't happen. The sun was out and it was hot. We would have liked some rain. Oh well...that's Texas weather for you!

Oh Dear!

2008-09-10T15:58:00.000-07:00

Oh Dear! Those were the words coming out of my mouth when I went into the kitchen this afternoon and discovered what our "angel" had done. I was trying to get our closet under control and when I went back into the kitchen a tornado had hit! So I got my camera to capture this "terrible twos" moment and she even posed for pictures!

Pat Green

2008-09-06T15:17:00.001-07:00

A few weeks ago, we went to see Pat Green for the first time! Thanks to Ben, we had really great seats- backstage!!

Blogging for family

2008-09-06T14:51:00.000-07:00

Well, I've finally decided to start a family blog so that everyone can see our growing family- I'm talking about the dog of course! Here's Isbell's latest pics- she has grown so much since we got her in July. She weighs about 15 pounds now. She's very smart- fetches the ball (the laundry ball) and even helps with the dishes!