A Train Story

Signing books at The Texas Book Festival!

Kerry Mosser, Illustrator Nathen Jensen and Author(my mom) Dolores Mosser wrote the unbelievable wonderful new book A Train Story. Check it out!

www.atrainstory.com
Some of us can sleep anywhere....Book Festivals and all.

Old videos on my mom's camera.

I found this tonight on my mom's camera, it was taken last winter I believe. Joesph and Amanda returned to the states after his first tour in Iraq. Have some great news, they are pregnant with a baby boy and will welcome him into the world come December. And how cool he'll be born in Germany. We'll be thinking of them for sure as Joe heads back to Iraq around the same time. Congrats you two, know you have lots of family here who can't wait to get their hands around him.

Uncle Kerry stayed the night....

What a great surprise to come home too. Uncle Kerry is in route to Chicago for work, so he stopped at our house to stay the night. It was great to see him....the kids we're needing some good Uncle Time.....Safe Travels, My Twin!!!

To my Dad....We Love You

Finally Ava gets to hang with her cousins....

She talks about them everyday and misses them so much. We got to see them this weekend at Dee Dee and Papa's house....Enjoy!

April 30th 1982 these two tied the knot....

Happy Anniversary to two of my MOST FAVORITE People....My mom and dad!
Your love for each other really shows.....
Happy 26th, we love you BIG!

Salado Sleepover with Aunt Annette! Silent Music...

Annette and Ava, enjoying the morning outside! We LOVE their place in Salado.

No Acorns Max!!!

Hanging on the Hammock

Practicing our walking with Max
Getting ready for the big perfomance
Ava put on a show and I mean a big one! "Could I get a volunteer from the audience," it was so cute! And Max just follows her around.

Dinner and Dessert Night!!!

After dinner Ava told Matthias as we were leaving Half Shells, "Daddy now I need dessert!" We went to a little dessert restaurant across the street.....YUMMY!!!

I had Tiramisu!!!

Ava had a Sweetheart Chocolate Cupcake!!!---notice the chocolate on her face...

Max and Matthias had a Chocolate creation mousse cake creation. The owner told us he just invented it that day....it was chocolaty good!

Ava's turn with the camera....

Superbowl Sunday.....

I had an impromptu photo shoot(with my horrible camera--i so need and new one....)with Matthias and Max during the game....

Max was HAMMING it up BIG time!!!

Just a bundle of Love our little Max...who's almost 1 year old!









Check out those teeth---and 4 on top too....wish the flash wouldn't have made him
squint, but cute anyways huh!!!???

































































Ava enjoying her yummy pudding....

















Ava took this one...cute!!!

Saturday at the Seymour's....

They call this white trash....I call it Good ole Fun....Hanging out with Judy and Bob's neighbors and friends....

I took three and posted all three, these kids are so stinking cute....The twins live next door to Lesli's parents and are adorable...Adrian, Andrew, Ava and Max

Notice the knee pads on Max....their Adrian's elbow pads....Max was busy crawling around outside and we wanted to protect his little knee's, worked like a charm!!

Lesli and I(or maybe it was just me...)we're not ready for our Saturday to end. So, we took the party over to Judy and Bob's for a little happy hour and homemade dinner by Bob. Later Matthias took Max back to Plano and Ava and I stayed the night. After a big attempt to enjoy a Saturday out on the town watching Bob Schneider play at the Aardvark we called it a night....Loved seeing everyone!!!

Mosser Family Photo Session

Christmas Eve Morning in 40 degree weather, Kenda came over to take our much needed Family Photo's. Yep all 12 of us....they turned out really great! Check out her blog....
She has a few of her favorites there, mine too!!
Thanks again, Monet!

Austin for the weekend!

Bored with Plano we decided to meet my parents in Austin this weekend. Thanks Chris and Lesli for housing all of us....and the babies too!! We had lots of fun!!

Joseph was promoted!!

My cousin Joseph we promoted to Sergent last month. He also received Soldier of the Month around the same time. I'm borrowing these pictures from his wife Amanda's photo site-Thanks Amanda! I'm pretty sure Joseph is coming home this Christmas sometime and will then go back to Germany where he was stationed before leaving to Iraq. The pictures above show him being promoted! He deserves every bit of it!!!

Labor Day Weekend...

My babes....

Dinner out at The Shops at Legacy on Sunday night...I think this is our first family picture in a long time...

Of we go to the Tech vs. Smu game....Ava's first football game.

It took the entire first quarter for Ava to warm up, but after that she had a blast...

These pictures we're all from my cell phone so there not so good, but good enough. Go Raiders!

After the game we headed back to the Gaither's to pick up Max. Ava was very moved by the game. We had to talk about the "Red Raiders" the whole way to Rockwall and then the whole way home. It went something like this....."Red Raiders don't eat, they don't swing, they don't ski, their not scared of gorillas, they don't have mommies and daddies, they don't drive cars, they don't play with toys, they don't go to my school, and they don't talk to me because I'm to little"......and on and on...

But they do..."wear hat's and run and swing in big swings......60 minutes later.

The game was a lot of fun especially since we won, but we missed the band being in the stands. With 49pts, you can imagine how many times we yearned for the Fight Song. There were tons of Tech fans scattered through the stands and it showed, at one point "RAIDER>>>POWER" was louder than the SMU band could ever dream of being. We got constant rain drops for the 1st quarter then the clouds slightly parted and the rest of the game was so very pleasant....Thank you God!!!

Graham Harrell was awesome.....Michael Crabtree rocked.....DANNY, DANNY!!!!

I wish we could go to ever game, Gerald Ford Stadium has nothing on Jones Stadium and the fans that pack it.....Go Tech!! See you all Oct. 13th!!!!

Adrian first day of school..

How big is she???? I mean it was just yesterday we we're changing diapers and make drop off's for a few hours of Aunt Kim time. Not any more, Adrian had her first day of Kindergarten today...

Lesli did a great job of holding it together.....ps. she's acting...
I stole this form Lesli's email this afternoon, thanks Les!

To My Mom!!!

Oh where do I start! This weeks topic is all about our mothers, Thanks Cyber-sister--Britta

I read this yesterday on a card...

"When she's not busy being my Mother, she makes a very good friend."

That is exactly how I feel about my MOM. When I was little, I turned to her only because she was my MOM and I depended on her. Then one day, I realized she was more than just a MOM, she was a FRIEND and I don't know what I'd do without her....for so many different reasons. She listens to my never ending Ava and Max brag sessions. She's always been supportive of my choices weather good or bad. She inspires my spirituality, not by saying but by doing. She a giver and helper to so many people, I hope they realize it comes straight from her heart. We've shared some really good times together and I look forward to the ones to come (road trip to Arizona in a week, babies in tow--to name a few).

Thanks for all you've done for me as a MOTHER and as my FRIEND.

Oh the good ole 80's

The 90's

2000

Happy Birthday Adrian and Andrew

Happy birthday to our biggest girl, Adrian Anne!! She had her Golden Birthday this year, turning 5 on the 5th!! School next year, I can't believe it!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!

And, today Andrew turns 3 years old, seems just like yesterday we we're in the hospital visiting him. Happy Birthday Andrew!! We Love you Big Too!!!