Torro

Today the mascot from the Houston Texans visited the kids school. His name is Torro the bull. So he was telling the kids to keep healthy by exercising,and eating right. He did some moves that he does at the football games,and danced. Fun time for the kiddos!!

Ronnie's

Sunday we spent the afternoon at Ronnies. he had new wood floors laid so he wanted me to see them. They looked really nice. Ron and Ronnie played with the kids and other neighbor kids. I chilled and read the newspaper and drank a coke (aww the simple things) I am glad Ronnie lives close to us,he is an awesome brother to the kids,they adore him.

Sabbath

Friday Ronnie picked up Kaitlyn,and she stayed with him overnight,and Ron took Ryan Saturday night to the Drag Races in Baytown. I was scheduled to work in the kitchen at church (I really enjoy that) So I was teamed up with Amy Machin,she is such a great person. So we served snacks before and after church. Mr.Perry gave an awesome sermon about sin and examining ourselves. After church I helped with the snacks, then we had a potluck,boy was the food good. I really enjoyed all the fellowshipping that I was able to do. I got home at 7:30,and Ronnie dropped Kaitlyn off about 25 minutes later. Ron and Ryan had a blast at the dragapalooza. I am so glad they had some quality father son time, I think it is so important. What a great day!!!

Dad

Febuary 11th was the 16th Anniversary of my dads passing. Boy, do I miss him so much. He was such an amazing dad. He told us all the time that he loved us,and we were special to him.
He will always be remembered for being an amazing Pastor,friend,husband and father. Thank you God for the gift of wonderful parents. In this life I have been blessed.
Love you always dad!!!

PTA

Today was our schools PTA meeting. Many people were absent (Busy day) We did really good on our Spring Fundraiser (cookie dough) My new position will be Everyone Counts (presenting a program to the kids about children that have dissabilities) So I will be coordinating that with another lady on the PTA. I also volunteered to be on the nomination committee (so I will be meeting with 3 other ladies and discussing who should be nominated for President,VP,Secretary and Treasurer. One other job I am thinking about doing is publicity (all the schools events getting them into the local paper) So it was a great meeting as usual. We are going to miss Kathy being the Prsident,she is awesome. I look forward to another year with the PTA. At the end of the meeting we got really nice plastic tumblers with a straw and the school logo from Ms. Pearce and Ms. Permenter, they were very appreciative for all the PTA does to help the school. We have an awesome school. So glad to be a Gator!!!

Bunco

So I got invited to join my church lady friends Bunco group, okay I have never played Bunco before. There are about 12 ladies. My friend Lisa hosted at her house,we had some kicking good Gumbo (made with chicken) and she had smoe other wonderful finger foods. Well let me tell you that game goes so fast that my head was spinning. I got a Bunco (3of a kind) and I won a glass pitcher,not to bad for my first go round. I had such a great time with the ladies (they are a loud bunch)
Well I did not end up leaving until almost 1 in the morning and I had an hour drive back. So this will be once a month,I will be hosting in July so I am happy about that.

Bowling

Today was a good day. This afternoon we met Sharon and Jake at the bowling alley in Conroe (Sharon had some free passes for the kids to bowl) I always get a big kick of the kids bowling with the bumpers. So we ordered some lunch at the snack bar, the kids had grilled cheese and I had a cheeseburger. The kids played some video games,and yes I played a couple games of my favorite ms.pac man. After that we headed for home. We always enjoy seeing Jake and Sharon.
Later in the evening Rons friend Brian came over for a visit. It had been awhile since we had seen him.

Surprise

Today the kids had a special delivery from their sissy shell. She sent Kaitlyn her belated birthday card with a $50 gift card to Justice (Kailtlyns favorite store) well sissy was very generous,and got Ryan a $50 gift card from Toys R us. So I guess I will be taking the kids shopping for what they want. Thanks sissy!!!
Tonight Ronnie came over,and we had pizza. He played the Wii with the kids. He is an awesome big brother to the kids.
I placed an order for Just Dance for the Wii, I am excited to get it.

Fall Festival

Last weekend we attended the kids Fall Festival (largest fundraiser of the year) The kids always have a blast,they have jump houses, glam stations,zoomobile. Ryan got a mohawk,and tatoos at the Biker station. They sell cakes and candy. The kids did the spin art this year,and it turned out really cool. Ronnie,and Kristan met us up there. They had pizza and nachos. So nice too see all the families there.

Temp.Job

The 1st week of November I got a temp job with a company that does Benfits for city entitys,and schools. I really liked my boss eventhough she was only there 1 day. I basically did data entry,phones,made up benefit packets. I enjoyed how "stress free it was" for my 1st "getting back into the workforce" job it was great. I really wished it could have gone into something permanent part-time. Guess it was not meant too be. i know there is something better out there. Getting 2 paychecks has been awesome. Ready too work on my 3rd.

Movies

Ron had too work today so the kids,and I got too hang out. I took them to the Dollar Tree,and they picked out a few goodies. Then we headed to the grocery store,and Kroger was having an awesome sale on meat so I stocked up. We unloaded the groceries. I kicked back for awhile and watched a little Law and Order while the kids played outside. Then we headed to the mall around 5:30 (trying too avoid all the trick-or -treaters)We stopped by Justice,because Kaitlyn had a 40% off coupon so she bought a peace sign snuggy (very cute) Ryan bought a lolly pop. We then headed too see Secretariat. The kids got a kids pack (drink,popcorn and candy) I got twizzlers. What a great movie, I got a little misty eyed. So that was our evening. Kids got too bed about 9:30. Tomorrow starts a new week,and my job.

Kaitlyns 8th Birthday

On Sunday (10/10/10) we threw Kaitlyn an 8th birthday party. So hard to believe my baby girl is 8. We rented a bounce house (always a favorite for the kids) we had about 10 of Kaitlyns friends over. The weather was perfect. The kids were jumping,and having a great time. I got in there for a little bit,and the kids thought that was great. Ron and Ronnie got in there with the kids also (that was a hoot) I got a really cute cake (pink and purple) with a peace sign (she loved it) Ron bbqd hamburgers and hotdogs, there was potato salad,and chips. I bought this cool sparkler that was a # 8 too put on Kaitlyns cake. She really liked that also. People started leaving around 4:30.

Kaitlyns friend Cami ended up spending the night (no school the next day) I asked Kaitlyn how she liked everything,and she said it was "an awesome birthday"

I sent little beaded necklace making kits as the party favor (that was a hit) Let the clean up begin

Guess whos coming to Dinner

Guess whos Coming to Dinner is such a fun activity that our church does. After church Mrs.Powell gave us a map to the peoples house we were going to, we had no idea whos house it was,and the Host people did not know who was coming either.I had to jet back home,and pick up the bottle of wine and juice that I was suppose to bring. So we headed up to Montgomery (about 1 hour away) we ended up at Michelle Gordons(she is the oldest child in a family of 10 kids) there were other kids there for my kids too hang out with. We ate enchiladas,fajitas, salad and other veggies-what a yummy meal. After we had chocolate cake with ice cream (killed watching my calories) drank some Baileys,the conversation was awesome.It was so nice getting too know new brethren. Looking forward to the next one. I forgot my camera in the car, and it was pouring rain outside.

Boating on Lake Conroe

My friend Stacy won a contest at work,and the prize was a 4 hour pontoon boat rental. The boat held 10 people. I was so excited too get out on the lake and swim. So we loaded up our coolers and towels, and headed out. We stopped and anchored the boat, and jumped in the lake, it was so nice because there were pockets of cool water,so that is where I stayed.There were 2 other kids on the boat so our kids had someone there age too hang out with. All the kids had a turn too drive the boat. The weather was great. So we appreciated the invite, Stacy is such a sweet lady.

Dolphin Project

About 2 weeks before the end of school Kaitlyn had too do an Animal project for school. She picked the dolphin. We had too do some kind of visual, and then 5 facts about dolphins. I am not really creative when it comes too that kind of stuff. Ronnie came over ,and helped us create a visual of dolphins jumping in the waves. We all really enjoyed working on the project,and Kailtyn got a check +.

Pink Parlor Party

A couple of weeks ago I took Kaitlyn to the Pink Parlor Party, it was a party for little girls. Kaitly had her nails,hair and sparkly makeup done. They had food from Chik-fil-a there, after she was done a photographer took a picture of her. This was a fundraiser for Katy Hayes. So I was happy to help out a family in need, and Kaitlyn had fun.

Penny

Ronnies neighbor was giving her 7 month old dachsund away(they were moving into military housing in Kansas) so the kids had been wanting a dog for awhile now. So I took the kids to Ronnies and let them play with Penny. They fell in love. So I told them they could have the dog. He is really sweet.He is pretty much potty trained to go outside. So he is our new addition to the family.

Girls in Kaitlyns Class-Super Kids Day