Happy New Year!

Well it's hard to believe that Christmas has already come and gone. I hope that you all had a Merry Christmas with all of your family and friends. We had a great time and our lil man was tuckered out early Christmas night. He had had all he could take and around 7pm crashed. I will post pics later but you can check some out at mdsvantagepoint.

Hope everyone has a fun and safe New Year's! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Merry Christmas!

From our family to yours we wish everyone a Merry Christmas. We hope you have a safe and fun time with family and friends.

"Santa Claus is coming to town..."

Well, Christmas is almost here and Santa Claus will be coming down the chimney very soon. This last Sunday we had a sandwich supper at our church and the kids had a surprise visitor. Santa decided to stop in to make sure he had what they wanted on his list :) Last Christmas lil man sat on Santa's lap without a care. This year he was a lil more concerned with this man all dressed in red. I am sure he was wondering why in the world am I going to sit on this strange man's lap. We tried to put him down but he was off Santa before we could even get a shot. He was much better when his sisters sat with him. We will see how he does next year. Here are a few pics of the night.

Lil man and Mommy (my new favorite pic of the two of us)

Lil man and his sisters with Santa

My 3 kids and my nephews

Picture update!

I have updated the pictures on mdsvantagepoint.com. Hope everyone is getting their Christmas shopping done! I am going to try and finish today and get wrapping.

More to update later....

Days off

This last Thursday and Friday I had the fun of vacation days. I had a couple I had to use before my anniversary date at work so I took a 4 day weekend. On Thursday Lil Man and I had fun staying home. We built a fort, made a car out of a box, and I was a horse. It was such a fun time just me and my lil man. He didn't know what was going on since we got to sleep in and not have to go anywhere until late in the afternoon. I did have some fun laundry that I did but other than that nothing that was pressing to get done. On Friday I went out to lunch w/a good friend and shopping w/my mom. I was excited because I got a lot of people crossed off my Christmas list. It is such a relief when the list gets shorter especially w/the day getting closer. It was a nice time of catching up and relaxing, I could get used to 4 day weekends.....I don't think my boss would go for it though. Here are some pics of me and lil man.

Peeking out of the fort.

Posing in the "car"

Riding mommy like a horse while saying "Cheese"


Mommy and Lil Man

Gingerbread Houses Galore

This last weekend we went over to a friend's house with some other friends and built a Gingerbread house. The girls made the house while Dad supervised and Mom took pictures. Poor lil man had fought not to take a nap until the drive over. He slept in our friend's daughter's bed. My hubby went back to check on him after a while and said he was laying on his back with his eyes wide open trying to figure out where he was. He knew that his room wasn't pink or have butterflies. He wasn't in the mood for much of anything that afternoon. Lil man decided to lay low and hang out w/dad. Which was fine w/dad and the girls probably wouldn't have appreciated his help this year any ways. There were 6 families who got together and the houses looked great. A couple of the dad's were recruited to reconstruct the house that was falling apart. It was a fun afternoon spent w/good friends. Here are some pictures of the day.

Part of my family.

A few of the families working hard on their house.

Our middle daughter was hard at work separating the candy and stealing a few in between ;)

Lil man all tuckered out asleep.

Our oldest working hard on the roof.

The girls and their finished house.

Our middle child kept asking if she could eat the house when we had finished. I told her it is for decoration. She thinks it would be much better if she got to eat it, but for now Mom has won :)

"O Christmas Tree O Christmas Tree....

On Tuesday night we got out our Christmas decorations and put up the tree. Now I have to admit that I grew up in a home where our home was decorated for every season, but I have not carried on that tradition. My sweet, dear mother would go all out for every season, holiday and birthday. I just didn't get that trait from her. I remember watching her and thinking you go to a lot of work just to decorate. My mom loves it though and going to her home would not be the same if she didn't. I love that about my mom she goes overboard with decorations :) Now I do have decorations in my home it's just not changed every season. With saying all of that we do put up a Christmas tree and a few other decorations but not a whole lot.

Tuesday night my wonderful hubby got out our tree and put it all together so we could decorate while he went off to Bible study. Our middle child was definitely the main contributor to decorating. Our oldest had homework and is not really into decorating. I was assured by our middle child that she would never not want to decorate. She had told me how her sister had not really wanted to help at her Grammy's either. I told her that it was ok and sometimes people go through stages where they don't really care to decorate (I know when I was a teenager my mom had to beg me to put 1 ornament on the tree). She looked at me like I was crazy and said well I will always want to decorate. I am documenting this just in case she does get to that stage someday ;) Lil man did want to help for a lil bit but he found it more fun to take the ornaments off then put them on the tree.

I did take some pictures of the process and the finished product. Enjoy!

My decorating elves!

Lil man placing ornaments on the tree.

He really liked the same spot for his ornaments.

It was much more fun turning the lights on and off though.

Here is our star decorator posing w/an ornament.

Finding just the right place.

The finished product!

Family Traditions

I am sure that many of you have family traditions. As the holiday season has arrived it seems that many of our family traditions center around this time. The day after Thanksgiving is a day full of traditions for our family. The last 2 years I have been one of the many who brave the early hours for the best deal. This year though I decided I would like my sleep more. There weren't any great deals that I "had to have" and one of my sister in laws who I normally go with was skiing in Colorado. So, that tradition at least for this year took a break.

Another tradition our family has in going to the farm. My great grandmother who passed away this last September owned a farm about 45 min from where we live. As a kid my sis and I loved going down with Dandad to see Gramma Day. Now my kids get to experience going to the farm. On the farm there are several acres of woods. We normally have a weenie roast, s'mores, cut some wood, ride the tire swing, ride the dirt bike and visit the river. My kids and cousins have fun playing in the woods for most of the afternoon. The ride home is always much quieter than the trip to the farm.

And last but not least our kids go over to their Grammy's and decorate the Christmas tree. This year was a lil different since 3 of our nephews were in Colorado but they still had fun. Our lil man isn't old enough to join in the decorating yet but he will soon enough. They always have fun going out to eat, decorating the tree and spending the night w/Grammy and Grandpa. This year since the younger boys were gone they also got to go somewhere other than McDonald's for dinner.

Needless to say the holidays are always a busy time. Our Thanksgiving consisted of 2 meals on Thursday, the Farm and Christmas tree decorating Friday and another meal on Saturday. It was a fun time with family. Now on to getting ready for Christmas! Here are a few pics of the farm.

Getting to drive on the farm. Lil man wasn't too sure about it.

My 3 kids

Roasting hot dogs.

Lil man playing in the sand on the beach of the river.

Memaw and her grandkids.

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Thanksgiving

As I have mentioned before I can't believe it is time for Thanksgiving already! Where does the time go?! Although I am not ready for the holiday season it is once again here. I was thinking today about Thanksgiving and all the things it means to me. The best thing about the holidays is all the time with our family. I have been blessed with a wonderful family not only that I was born into but also married into. I have so many things to be thankful for I can't even think about naming them all but I will share some of the things:

*My salvation in Christ
*My wonderful hubby and 3 amazing kids
*All of my family near and far
*Amazing friends
*Freedom as an American
*Having a job that is flexible so I can be most importantly a Mom
*A loving church family

I could go on and on but I won't. I challenge all of us to reflect at Thanksgiving on what we are truly grateful for. Maybe it was a rough year, maybe it was a really easy year, no matter what kind of year it was you can always find something to be thankful for. Don't miss the opportunity to tell that loved one you are thankful for them because you never know, it might just be what they needed to hear.

Our family wishes everyone a Happy Thanksgiving!

Baby it's cold outside....

I can't believe it is time for the holidays already! Where did the year go?! We were driving around this weekend and 2 of our radio stations that we listen to are already playing Christmas music. I have to admit although I would prefer to wait until after Thanksgiving for Christmas music I have caught myself listening from time to time. And my kids are definitely ready for the music. My hubby was making fun of me for being a scrooge about it, I just think before Thanksgiving is too early. Of course I think I am out voted :)

Tonight we had a taste of the holiday season. Our oldest is in the Madrigals at school. They sang tonight outside in an open air theater! For those of you who don't know it was 33 degrees w/the windchill about 22 degrees!! Now for me who can get cold sitting inside in 62 degrees, that is FREEZING! There was a pretty good turn out for such cold weather, of course Santa stopped by so all the kids were excited about that. The Madrigals did great and didn't sound like they were freezing. We were all bundled up w/layers, coats, gloves, hats and scarves.

With Thanksgiving just around the corner and Christmas only 5 weeks away the holiday season is here! Now we just have to make our lists and make sure to stay good because Santa always checks his list twice!

New Home

Yea our house is painted!! It took a lil longer than we expected w/the wonderful weather but it is finally done and looks great. It's like we have a new house, at least from the outside. We completely changed the colors and we love it! The painters were great and worked as hard as they could when they could. Our yard and house were a bit disheveled for a few days but that is ok. The first day they were supposed to start painting it was too windy. Then the next day it was still windy but they started because the weather the next week wasn't looking great. They ended up working half a day Fri, then had to work Sat and Sun. Monday it rained but they were able to finish up on Tuesday! Lil man had fun watching all these men outside the windows. He also helped Daddy clean the screens while we had them out since the painters cleaned the windows after the job was done. We did have one lil incident on Sat. We had a shelf in the garage that held some paint and other odds and ends. The painters were having to repair some things on that wall and were pounding pretty hard. About an hour after the ordeal my hubby went into the garage and found the shelf and fell off the wall w/everything on it including the paint. My suv was out of the garage luckily but my hubby's black car was still parked inside. There was a huge puddle of paint on the floor and his car was speckled nicely. Luckily he found it in time to get most of it off and then took it to a car wash. Needless to say it was a great mess for my hubby to clean up. Here are some pics to share.

Before

Our beautiful backyard mess

The garage mess

After!!

And if anyone needs their house painted I will give you the name of our guy. He is very nice and great to work with, and best of all does a great job!

Making do

I love to see when kids make do with what they have. They don't cause a fuss they just find something, use their imagination and make it what they want it to be. Whether it is making a box a great car or making a bunch of chairs and blankets the best fort ever, making do is good for the soul. Our lil man recently learned how to play the harmonica at his great grandparents house. Unfortunately for him we don't have one at our house. The other day he was in the bathroom w/me while I was getting ready and he got in to one of the drawers. In it was a toothbrush holder. He looked at it, put it in his mouth and this is what he got.

I think we know what we will be getting him for Christmas but shhh don't tell him :) Here is a pic of our lil man that my dad took. He has his Bad Boy Mower polo on just like all the other salesmen at the office. We think this should be the new ad for Bad Boy Mowers the best mowers around.

Loving Well

You know those people in our lives who just drive us crazy, but we still find a way to love them. Or maybe those who we should love but we don't see how we can after what they have done to someone we love or our self. And then there are those people who are so easy to love they are just such a joy! It would be easy if all we had to do was love those who love us but we are called to a higher calling, to love those who don't love us. Matt 5:43-48


This last weekend our church had a Ladies Workshop and the theme was Loving Well. It was one of Beth Moore's retreats. If you haven't done a Beth Moore Bible study I would highly recommend doing so. The retreat this weekend focused on how there are 4 different types of people in our lives and how we are called to love all of them. She named them Joy, Testy, Foe & Far. She described them as Joy - of course the easy ones to love; Testy - the ones who drive you crazy to love; Foe - the ones who make your blood boil; and the Far - the strangers. She also gave us a "Pep Talk for our Soul" 1. God is perfect love 2. Nothing can separate us from God's perfect love 3. God pours His perfect love into my imperfect heart 4. Accessed, I can love anyone through anything.


Her key verses for the weekend were 1 John 4:7-8. She talked about how when we love who we see impossible to love, that is when others can see God through us. There are some people in our lives who it is humanly impossible to love, that is why we have to call on God. We have to accept that He loves us and show that love to others. She mentioned how God won't do through us what we won't let Him do in us. We have to be willing to accept His perfect love and then we can share that love w/everyone else.

This weekend was a great retreat that gave me insight on loving well. And who the loving well is. We need to be filled w/love from the loving well; God. I would challenge all of us, myself included to not only love those who love us but love those who are more difficult to love. As Beth Moore said we need to learn to love not w/human, self seeking love, but God's love.

Principal's Honor Roll

On Thursday night our middle daughter came home to tell us that she had made Principal's honor roll. Friday afternoon they had an assembly to recognize the achievements of the 1st 9 weeks. This is her first year at having an assembly like this so she was pretty excited. Last year in the elementary school they never did anything like this so she thought this was pretty cool. She has always had good grades and have continued on so far. She received a certificate w/her picture on it and a FREE ice cream coupon for lunch. I'm pretty sure the kids were probably more excited about the FREE ice cream rather than the certificate and all. They not only recognized the Principal's Honor Roll which is all A's but also Honor Roll which is all A's and B's and also Perfect Attendance. I was surprised at the number of kids who had perfect attendance. There were more than 75. I was also glad to see so many parents there to support their kids. I think it is so important for the kids to have their parents there to support and encourage them. Although they might not say anything, it means a lot that you are there. Here are a couple of pics of our middle daughter w/her certificate. The second one is her doing her pose. Silly girl.

Tennis Banquet

At the end of the season the tennis team has a banquet to celebrate the season. Last year we weren't able to make it to it, but this year we were. Tonight we went to the high school and celebrated the girls team. We had a potluck dinner followed by an award ceremony where the coaches pass out awards the girls have earned and then the seniors give and receive gifts. It's a fun time for the girls. This year our oldest had a great year. She earned her varsity letter, a "Big" win award for being a number 7 seed and beating a number 2 seed and then making it to state. Our oldest has learned a lot this year about what it takes to play at the level she wants to compete at and we have seen a huge change in her drive to play. As a mom there are so many times that I am proud of my kids. The lil things they do, the helpful hand they lend or kind word they share. Tonight I was able to be proud of my oldest once again. She was awarded with the Tess Herndon Most Improved Player Award. Tess Herndon was actually a player back when I was in school. She was a year younger than me and my Jr year I believe it was she lost her life in a four wheeler accident. Her parents were at the banquet tonight to give the award. Our oldest was very appreciative of the award. Her name now goes on a plaque that will hang in the trophy case at school. We are so proud of all that she has accomplished this year so far. She has managed to juggle a busy tennis schedule with her school work. She is growing up so fast and becoming a wonderful, mature, young lady. Ok I am done bragging for now and will share a couple pics from the night.

Our oldest w/the plaque.

Our oldest w/a couple of her friends showing off their awards.

Football, not just for the weekends.

I will admit that football is not my favorite sport. Now I won't say that I don't watch a game and I even enjoy going to games. In fact I would rather go to a game than watch it on tv. But when it comes to sports football is not my favorite. My husband on the other hand likes football, and one of the reasons I watch it is to spend time w/him. He has spread this love to our son. If you were to ask our son if he wants to watch tv he will say "Football! Football!" It doesn't matter if it is in the middle of the week, Fri night, Sat or Sun he wants to watch Football! Now for Mommy this becomes a challenge sometimes to find a game on. Luckily we have espn and the NFL network so if I can find those channels most likely there is a game on of some sort. It is very cute though watching lil man watch the game. He will make comments like "Niiiice!" and smile really big. It is very cute watching him watch the game w/dad, I just hope he likes to watch basketball w/Mommy!

A Different Halloween

This year was a different Halloween around our house. Usually the kids dress up, we truck around to the Grandma's houses, go up and down the street and indulge in all the candy. This year it was different. Our high school was playing a football game against one of their rivals. So of course our oldest was all about the game, especially when her dad told her she was too old to go trick or treating. Even though she tried to persuade him she wasn't. Our middle daughter had a lil harder of a decision. Trick or Treat or go to the game. So after going back and forth several times, and not getting any help from her parents she finally decided on the game. So Dad and the girls went to the game while lil man and Mom stayed home to pass out candy. Lil man had not been feeling well so we decided that the game wouldn't be the best and he would be ready to leave by half time for sure.

Lil man loved passing out the candy to all the trick or treaters. He didn't want to get in his costume but he did want in his pajamas. I was a lil nervous on a couple of costumes I thought might scare him, but he never cried or anything just looked at them and kept his eye on them. All the lil kids thought he was so cute. One lil boy said, "What are you? I know the cutest lil boy." I thought it was cute. There was also a lil boy who was w/his older brother and the older one kept trying to get the younger brother to say "Trick or Treat." The older brother said, "Trick or Treat, say that" and the younger brother replied "Say that". It was pretty cute. Our middle daughter asked me what was the best costume. I told her I was a lil disappointed this year. There weren't any stand out costumes I saw. I also figured there would be a ton of trick or treaters since it was on a Friday and such nice weather. Our first trick or treater was a lil before 6p and by 8p there were hardly any kids out.

Here are a couple of pictures I thought were cute that I took last night and this morning.

Lil man watching for the trick or treaters.

2 of our kids ended up in bed w/us this morning.

Lil man got a Doodle Pro for Halloween and loves drawing on it.

I asked him to smile for Mommy and this is what I got. I'll take it!

Reading Frenzy

As I had mentioned before, my love for reading had kinda been put on the back burner since high school. But after I read Rekindled on our vacation I decided that I should make an effort to read more. One of my best friends who went on the trip w/us had recommended the book The Five People You Meet in Heaven. After getting home I found that I actually owned that book! I had received it as a gift and since I hadn't been into reading, it was placed in a nice basket in the living room. More as decoration than anything else. So, I picked it up and read it in a weekend. It was really a good book. Yesterday I had the joy of sitting at home while we received At&t U verse. Since I couldn't get on the Internet or watch tv I decided to look through my books. I found another book that I had been given as a gift and decided to try it. It was great! I actually read the whole thing yesterday. Of course I had the luxury of not doing much else yesterday but it was great!

The book is called The Christmas Blessing by Donna VanLiere. I highly recommend this book but only to those who don't mind crying. It is a page turner, tear jerker. If you know the song Christmas Shoes about the boy who wants to buy his mother these shoes but doesn't have enough money. He tells the store that his mom is going to meet God soon and he wants her to have these shoes. The man behind him is moved by the lil boy and pays for the shoes. The boy is so excited that he rushes to his mom and is able to give her the shoes before God receives her. It is a very moving song that always brings a tear to my eye. Well, I don't know which came first the book or the song, but there is a book called The Christmas Shoes. This book is a sequel to it and tells the story of the lil boy, Nathan, now grown up and in medical school. It tells a great story and brought a few tears to my eyes I will admit.

I am not sure what book is next on the list but hopefully I will keep this up and have a few more recommendations to share. So, if you are looking for a good book to cuddle up w/next to a warm fire with a big glass of hot cocoa here are two for the picking! Enjoy!!

Family Photo Time

Our church had the congregation sign up to get their picture taken for the new directory. This year they decided to have a professional photographer come in and take the pics. They give you a free directory and 8x10. I was a lil nervous about the whole experience since last time we tried taking lil man's 1yr pics it took a while for him to warm up. I am not sure if it was because he was either w/mom or big sis but he did great. We got a great pic which was the purpose so I was happy. The photographer figured out if he put lil man's stuffed frog on his head and then sneezed making the frog fall, lil man would smile. It worked every time. The photographer and my parents, who had their pic taken right before us, said it was funny how it worked and got a smile every time. Now if we could only get him to sit through a hair cut!

Fall Festival

It's that time of year where all the ghosts and goblins come out to play. At our church every year they have a Fall Festival where the kids dress up and there are games, a haunted house and food. The kids have a lot of fun and love an excuse to get to wear there costume more than just on Halloween. Last night we spent the evening playing games and eating lots of food. Our daughters ventured into the haunted house but we kept lil man out this year. Our oldest dressed up as one of the Supremes, our middle daughter dressed up in one of my old dance costumes and called herself a Cloud Dancer. Our lil man was Bamm Bamm and a friend of ours has a lil girl that is about a week younger than lil man and she was Pebbles. Their whole family actually all dressed up as the Flintstones, but my hubby and I are party poopers and aren't big costume people. But the Flintstones looked great! And Pebbles and Bamm Bamm were so cute. It is so fun to watch all the kids in their costumes playing all the games. Our nephews were there too which was fun also. Lil man had fun this year actually playing the games. It was funny because when we were getting lil man ready to leave he didn't want his costume on at all. He screamed and kicked. Then when it was time to go to bed he didn't want to take it off. He kept saying "NO NO NO" It was so cute. I got a lil video of it.

Here are some pics of the night.

Here are our 3 kids and our middle daughter's friend.

And here are Pebbles and Bamm Bamm.

They are just so cute!!

Sisterly love

This pic is one of my favorites that was taken this last weekend at State. It shows how they really do love each other and can get along :) I remember how it was when I was young and my mom felt the same way about my sis and me. They really did get along great and our middle daughter figured out that if she didn't try to be annoying, her sister would actually let her tag along. The team, coaches and families went out to dinner Fri night and our oldest was nice enough to let her lil sis sit w/them. Of course as soon as we get in the car ride home the love was not so noticeable. "She's on my side." "Turn down your music." I thought well I guess it can't last forever. And then there was quiet....they had both fallen asleep for pretty much the remainder of the drive. Ahhh.

If you look closely in the pic our middle daughter didn't bring any shoes other than flip flops. On Sat morning it was very cold as you can tell. So, she wore her socks and flip flops. She said her feet looked like donkey feet. She was warmer though than no socks at all.

New Pics

I have some of the tennis pics from state up on my pic website. Click the link on the right and check them out.

Favorite things....

I have decided to share some of my favorite things. Today is such a dreary day outside and it reminded me of the song from The Sound of Music "My Favorite Things".

*The sound of rain
*The sound of my children laughing
*The smell of a bonfire
*Roasting hot dogs and smores over a fire
*Being outside on a cool fall night
*The beautiful color of changing leaves
*Spending time w/my girl friends
*Watching lil man discover something new
*Watching my middle daughter dance
*Listening to my oldest sing
*Jackets!

Those are just some of my favorite things especially this time of year. What are your favorite things? What is your favorite season?

And we're Back!!

What a weekend! We left Friday morning headed for the State Tournament. It rained for a lil in the morning before the tournament began and was an absolutely beautiful weekend for tennis. Our oldest played 2 really great matches and we are so proud of her. She lost both matches but learned a lot and had a lot of fun. It was a wonderful experience for her and the other girls as well. Her 1st match she played a sophomore from the KC area that had a record of 23-2. She was a great player and very talented. My hubby talked to her dad and he said all she does is play, play and play. And that definitely showed. She played in the Championship match this afternoon. We left before it started but with the 2 girls who were playing it was definitely going to be a great match! Our oldest's 2nd match was great as well until about the middle of the 2nd set. Her knee had given her some problems last year but hadn't this year until that match. She ended up losing and was so upset that her knee had to start hurting then of all times. Even with the losses she had a great experience and saw what it takes to win. We are so proud of her and all she has accomplished this year! The doubles team also lost their 1st 2 matches as well but our other singles player played awesome and placed 9th! We are so proud of all the girls who went to State. As the hosting school announced at the beginning. The fact that the girls made it that far was a huge accomplishment and something they will all remember for the rest of their lives. I don't have the pics off the camera yet but I will get pics posted soon as I do.

My hubby, middle daughter and I also had fun watching the matches. We ended up staying the night and went to dinner w/the other parents, coaches and players. It was a lot of fun. Our lil man stayed w/my wonderful sis in law and brother in law. We are so thankful and appreciative of them. We were able to watch the matches and not have to worry about lil man being loud or running all over the place. Thank you Thank you Thank you!! And of course he had more fun there w/his cousins.

Just wanted to update everyone and I will post more later. Thank you everyone for your prayers and encouragement and LOVE!!

My Sweet Hubby

I have to brag on my hubby today. Yesterday I mentioned to him an idea for Christmas for me would be an ipod. I have a mp3 player w/a lot of music on it but when I am in the car I can't listen to it. Both our daughters have one and he has one and he has a connector for the car. So, I just mentioned that it would be nice to have one. When I got home yesterday after picking up lil man to my surprise my hubby was home too. I walked into the kitchen and my hubby took lil man back to our bedroom. All of a sudden lil man came walking out w/an ipod nano. My sweet hubby had gone ahead and got me one. I asked him that he didn't have to do that and why he chose to now. He simply said because you never buy anything for yourself. Which is a fault of mine. Whenever my family gives me money for my bday or Christmas I have to promise them I will spend it on myself because normally I will spend it on the kids or hubby. It was such a nice surprise. He spent the afternoon and evening getting it all set up for me and music on it. I have to admit I have been blessed w/a wonderful hubby.

We are headed to State tomorrow morning! Pray for safe travel and play for our oldest.

Until later.....

Quick Call the Fashion Police!!

Oh wait it's just Wacky Tacky Day. It is Spirit Week at our Middle Daughter's school this week which is I think her favorite week of the year because they always have PJ day. Now if you know our middle daughter she would live in her pjs if we would let her. If we aren't going anywhere she changes into her pjs the minute she gets home. So, yesterday she enjoyed her pj pants and t-shirt. Today was Wacky Tacky Day. And I think she definitely dressed the part. You can't really see but she is wearing a brown long sleeve shirt under the pink t-shirt under the white tank top w/a blue jacket. Her favorite thing are the pink and purple socks and her high ponytail. She is a goober that is for sure but we love her just the way she is. Tomorrow is Music day where they get to bring their i-pod to school and then Friday is Team Day where you support your favorite team. It's a fun week for all the kids to let loose a lil bit.

Until later.....

Girls Night Out!!

I don't have any pictures but I still wanted to post a bit. On Saturday night myself and 8 other girls had a night out. We all had a great time, and were all glad that we did it. We started w/dinner at Johhny Carino's and finished the night off w/mini golf. Dinner was very good even though it took a long while to get it. And mini golf was fun except for the fact that there was poor lighting and some of the holes you couldn't even really tell where you were supposed to hit. But since we were just playing for fun and no one was keeping score we had fun. There were even 2 hole in ones! It was a great time for us girls to hang out and have fun. I am thinking we will do it again and not too long from now :)

Until Later.....

State or Bust!!!

Our oldest as I have mentioned plays tennis. On Tuesday she went to the Chisholm Trail League tournament and placed 3rd. She tied another teammate so they had to play at practice the next day to see who would go to regionals. Our oldest won 2 sets and advanced to Regionals which was yesterday. In the regionals tournament she placed 4th and is going to State!! We are so proud of her!!! She has accomplished so much and really grown over the last year. Her team placed 2nd in Regionals, they have 2 singles going and 1 doubles team. So we are State bound next weekend. We are so excited for her to get to experience this her sophomore year.

Past Due Post

I have got behind in my posting and I am sorry. I have things that I have wanted to post but by the time I get a free minute I just want to be lazy. So this will be a post w/lil snippets of our lives. The first pic is of our lil man and his secret. He LOVES his boots! And I mean LOVES. Last Wed he was w/his Grammy and he wore them from when he got dressed until 7:30 that night. He wanted them on and when one came off he was upset until Grammy put it back on. He took his nap in them and had no desire to take them off. This is the boy who doesn't like shoes. The only problem w/these boots is what is on them. They were given to him as a gift and it was w/good intentions so we didn't say anything and kept them, but they are JOHN DEERE! If you don't know my family sells New Holland Tractors and John Deere is a big no no around our family. So, we let our lil man live his secret at home and not on days when he goes to work w/Mommy. It is really cute though.

This pic is of our lil man playing on the window ledge. The other day my hubby had to do some yard work out front and I was busy cleaning inside. So, lil man made the best of it and played at the window by where Daddy was working outside. Since he couldn't be out there w/him, which is where he wanted to be, he at least could still see him. He is such a Daddy's boy.

Here lil man is helping Mommy at work. He loves to come to work w/me and run around checking on everyone but also likes the keyboard. So he will climb up in the chair next to me and type away on a keyboard that isn't being used right now. He thinks he is big stuff.

The other day lil man was playing in the living room when I noticed he was trying to play w/big sis's Barbie car. He was having a lil trouble understanding how he was going to fit in the car. He made a good attempt but finally settled for putting the toys in the car not himself.

We were lucky enough to get to have 3 of our nephews over last Sun night. The kids always have fun playing w/each other. Just look at them. Give them tennis balls and they are set. We also watched Veggie Tales Jonah movie. Lil man is just getting to the point where he is interested in a movie longer than 2 minutes. We had a lot of fun watching the kids.

And finally our oldest has been busy w/tennis. Her season is almost over which I think she is ready for a break. But she has had a lot of fun and learned a lot this season. We enjoy watching her get out there and play.So that catches you up on a bit of the happenings in our household. Never a dull moment w/us. But we wouldn't want it any other way.

Also, I almost forgot my hubby and I got a date night to celebrate our anniversary and we went to see Fireproof. I definitely recommend everyone to see that movie it is a great movie!

Until later......