So the other day after work, I decided to take a quick nap before heading out to do Personal Work for the Church, during my "nap" my beautiful daughter Deleah took a red permanent marker out of my bible bag and proceeded to write on my face. Needless to say I wasn't very happy and had some scrubbing to do before heading out the door!

Well, a couple nights ago I decided to get her back! I slipped into her room late that night with my PERMANENT RED MARKER, and gave her a decorative facial. After I was done with my "Art Work", LeeAnn and I woke her up, to which she was scared, but then proceeded to show her what her face looked like in the mirror, she slightly laughed and then proceeded to go back to bed. It was priceless!

I love you Deleah!!!

Payback Time!!!


Decorating her face, writing LOVE backwards so she can read it in the mirror later.


Waking up scared!


She's able to take it all in stride and have a laugh with it all!

Well, it's been a couple years since I've owned a motorcycle so the other day, I purchased another one. I bought a 2007 Honda Shadow VT750DC and got a great deal on it because it was last year's model and they hadn't sold it yet.

So of course the kids want to ride with Daddy on his motorcycle, but Daddy is a bit overprotective so he doesn't want to do anything foolish. So I took all of the kids for a ride up the block and back. They enjoyed it! We'll let the pictures tell the story.

My New Motorcycle


Trey is the first to go...


Off we go, notice his legs wrapped around my waist!


What did ya think Trey? The peace sign says it all!


Jaden and Tori have a little fun before their turn on the bike.


Trey gets ready to race Daddy, while Daddy get's Deleah ready for her ride (off camera).


Jaden's turn, he's too small so he has to sit in theh front of Daddy for safety. Last time Jaden and Daddy got on a bike together things didn't end well, but this ride went just fine!


All is well in Gautreau Land, the kids enjoyed their rides and maybe next time LeeAnn will join me for a ride!

Well, it's been a little while since I've put some family pictures out so here are a few from earlier today. Today being the Lord's Day we took some pictures of the kiddos all dressed for worship before we took off. If only you could've seen their outfits after the day was over!!! That's the funny part!

The Boys


The Girls


The Whole Gang!

Well, here is how this all got started. A friend of mine from work, Gabe Landes, who is into working with wood in his spare time, told me about a project he had worked on where he built his son some toy cars. He told me how much his son loved the cars he had made for him, and I thought it would be a good way for me to do something for the kids that they could look back on and say, "my Daddy built this for me!"

I want them to have fond memories of their lives as young children, and this was something I couldn't resist. I had the grand idea of building them all a toy car.

My Dad is a carpenter and I grew up around stuff like this, but chose to enter a different field of work when I became of age, but it seemed like so much fun to have a garage full of wood-working tools and the ability to fix things around the house, and build stuff for the home.

So I went out to Home Depot and Lowe's and bought myself some new tools, let's just say I didn't have any to start with, except a drill and some screw drivers, oh, and a toolbox with some rusted nails!

So far, I love it! It is so much fun doing little projects for the kids and the house. Right now I am building the kids a playhouse for the backyard, but for now I'll share some pictures from my first wood-working project since wood-shop in 7th grade! Thanks to Gabe for the wood and the lady bug design, and the idea!

I started off by buying tracing paper, and sitting down with the kids asking them what kind of car they wanted. Here, Jaden(3) and I talk about the Blue Truck he wants!


Next, I take the drawn truck and re-trace it onto 1 1/4 thick poplar wood.


After the cars are cut out and sanded down, it's time for a little primer and then some paint.


All done! A blue truck, an orange race car, a lady bug, and a roadster coupe! The kids enjoy them, especially Jaden and his blue truck!

Mom and the kids pose for a quick pic.

A couple weeks ago we decided to take the kids out to Brackenridge Park to have some good family time. We try to do events often as a family, but often it's dinner and a small amount of time at the park, so we made more of a day of it this time.

So instead of telling you all of the details, I'll let the pictures tell the story! Click on the link below.