1st day of school

Well, I know I'm very behind and I have many events that I need to update and post pictures of......but for now, this will have to do.

1st day of 2nd grade and Pre-K.

Things actually went better than I had anticipated. Everyone just went right in to class and right to work!!!! They were very excited and loved all the things about the new classrooms. Ashlee being the MOST excited about the sand table that is in her room!!!

Ally being excited because Coby is in her class this year and sits right next to her! Ay yi yi......it begins, I suppose.

So here's a fe pics of our morning.....some a little blurry due to the morning sun!!!

Fishing with Uncle John

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Snaggle Tooth

Ally lost her front tooth last night at dinner. She's so excited! Me, I'm not liking the snaggle tooth look much, and really glad we had family pictures done last week!!!

Of course the Gold coin that the Tooth Fairy brought was a big thrill too!!!

Things I've done

Instructions:Copy the list, bold the ones you've done (with explanations if needed), share with friends. 1. Started your own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band (I was a bank in High School. Until I discovered flag corp.) 4. Visited Hawaii (I'm going in 2012 though) 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. Been to Disneyland (Disney World but I think it's the same.) 8. Climbed a mountain 9. Held a praying mantis 10. Sang a solo 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a thunder and lightning storm (And I go outside to see a tornado too) 14. Taught yourself an art from scratch (cake decorating) 15. Adopted a child 16. Had food poisoning 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty 18. Grown your own vegetables 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France 20. Slept on an overnight train 21. Had a pillow fight 22. Hitch hiked 23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill (Nope. This is why my last job I lost 220 hours of sick leave) 24. Built a snow fort 25. Held a lamb 26. Gone skinny dipping 27. Run a Marathon 28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice 29. Seen a total eclipse 30. Watched a sunrise or sunset (the best are in West Texas) 31. Hit a home run 32. Been on a cruise 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person 34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors 35. Seen an Amish community 36. Taught yourself a new language 37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person 39. Gone rock climbing 40. Seen Michelangelo’s David (The one in Vegas count?) 41. Sung karaoke 42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erup 43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant 44. Visited Africa 45. Walked on a beach by moonlight 46. Been transported in an ambulance 47. Had your portrait painted (not painted but sketched) 48. Gone deep sea fishing 49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person 50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris 51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling 52. Kissed in the rain 53. Played in the mud 54. Gone to a drive-in theater 55. Been in a movie 56. Visited the Great Wall of China 57. Started a business 58. Taken a martial arts class 59. Visited Russia 60. Served at a soup kitchen 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies 62. Gone whale watching (in San Diego) 63. Got flowers for no reason 64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma 65. Gone sky diving 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 67. Bounced a check (LONG time ago) 68. Flown in a helicopter 69. Saved a favorite childhood toy 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial 71. Eaten caviar 72. Pieced a quilt 73. Stood in Times Square 74. Toured the Everglades 75. Been fired from a job (Laid Off count?) 76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London 77. Broken a bone 78. Been a passenger on a motorcycle 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person 80. Published a book 81. Visited the Vatican 82. Bought a brand new car (1990 Ford Tempo, 1994 Grand AM, 2001 Altima, 2003 Quest Van, 2001 Armada, and 2006 Civic.....was raised not to buy used!) 83. Walked in Jerusalem 84. Had your picture in the newspaper 85. Kissed a stranger at midnight on New Year’s Eve 86. Visited the White House 87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 88. had chickenpox 89. Saved someone’s life (Does giving life twice count?) 90. Sat on a jury 91. Met someone famous 92. Joined a book club 93. Got a tattoo 94. Had a baby 95. Seen the Alamo in person 96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake 97. Been involved in a law suit (was hit by a drunk driver) 98. Owned a cell phone 99. Been stung by a bee How about you?

Tumbling with Ally

Ally had her 2nd Tumbling meet last night. Again she won first place in her group and category! (Granted this is just for fun and "everyone wins") But she's just in a class at the school and not some big pro gym. The class is much more laid back and relaxed and we LOVE it. She does very well but mainly just has a good time once a week! Here is a video of her first pass last night and pictures from the evening.

Fancy Nancy Tea Party

A few weeks ago Rylee had a Fancy Nancy Tea Party for her Birthday. (It was late due to their move.)

But all the little girls had a GREAT time dressing up in their Party Clothes to have some fun! Here's a few pics and a video from the girls.

Picture day at school - brought to you by Nana

Nana got us new clothes for Christmas this year that have turned out PERFECT for school pictures today!!!!

BRRRRR - It's COLD!

So mnay of the schools here are closed today due to cold weather. Yes, Cold WEather. Sun is shining and only left over snow from the Blizzard - but schools are closed. Apparently one district has 11,000 kids that walk to school and they know that some of the parents would be dumb enough to send their kid out in a mini skirt or just a hoodie....because you see the kids run the household. But I digress....

SO just so everyone knows.......Here is how you send your kids to school when the temperature is 12 and the windchill is -14.

This whirlwind I call life....

November was a CRAZY month for us! Just so busy. Lots going on with school and Holiday Feasts, and work with my General Tommy Franks banquet and then hosting a Thanksgiving for some our our other Police family, and then for my Real Family. I loved every last minute of the entertaining and planning. But this week we had two more events. This is the first one. Ally's class was one of the 40 or so in the state chosen to decorate a tree at the State Capitol. She was so excited. So I picked her up and we headed out. She'd never been there so I'm trying to explain what the capitol is....to a 6 year old! But she LOVED the Indian on top. The Guardian. That was very impressive to her. And then being in the bottom and looking up through the Rotunda....that was very cool to them all. So we of course were the first too arrive, so we waited for everyone else, and for the teachers to bring their ornaments that they had made in class. Very cute little snowmen out of clay pots. All the kids jockeyed for position to see who's ornamen would be front and center. They all moved their ornaments a minumum of 3 times. (I personally think the teacher could have done a better job organzing this part....but that's just me.) So we finally find the PERFECT spot. We went upstairs to watch some flamenco dancers who were terrible. I was embarrassed for them!. But we did get to see the replica of The Guardian statue and were able to get a picture with that. And then we spotted Santa and the Governor. I'm still trying to figure out which one was the fictional character. But he began to make his rounds to all the trees. So of course we had to RUSH back down to our tree - nevermind that he had 2 floors of trees to get to before ours! So we went down and waited. They colored Christmas cards for the troops while we waited. Again, the teachers could have been more prepared and had the kids lined up better. I took over as much as they would allow and started rearranging people but then it was too late. Santa and Gov. Henry had arrived. So we got a decent picture of the group. But the teacher never did line them up so the parents could get a good class shot - even after I suggessed it. Oh well. Then we had to rush out right then to be able to get to the tumbling meet, which was our next big event! Pictures on that to follow tomorrow.

Halloween 2009

Here are Snow White and Tinkerbell!! They had so much fun dressing up and playing around the house. We met up with the whole crew later for some fun around the neighborhood. They all had fun, but the most fun was back at the house playing in the yard with the "crazy" neighbor dressed up as Freddie chasing kids with a chainsaw. They thought that was GREAT!!! While the kids played, the adults watched football and snacked. Then had some champagne to toast Tom on this 1 year aniversary!!!

WE had Snow White, Timkerbell, Annie, A ninja, Army Man, and our horse Savannah was ready to participate for the group picture....but by the 4th house.....she was ready to go! So Ashlee walked the pony the rest of the way! It was a fun evening.

Had some professional pics of the girls done as well that I should get today, I can't wait.

A Funny!!!

Ashlee informed me she had giant corn for lunch and she doesn’t like it. Confused I asked what giant corn was, afraid they had served her hominy! Nope, corn on the cob. So I asked her why she didn't eat it since she likes corn, and her reply...." I only like un-stuck corn!" In her defense…. I don’t think she’s ever seen corn on the cob before! We don’t eat corn on the cob at our house, because I can’t stand to hear people eat it. GROSS….. I like it and all but have you ever just looked around the table when you serve corn on the cob? Like a bunch of animals. And don’t get me started on the people walking around the fair gnawing on an ear of corn over a foot long!!! Disgusting.

Hook Em Horns!!

Thanks to cousin Stephanie....my girls were perfectly outfitted for "gloat" day today at school!! I can't wait to hear what Ally's teacher says...since she's apparantly a HUGE OU fan and had an OU Christmas tree with autographed ornaments for the silent auction last week. Ally said can you send this picture to Ms. Scott? I said well she'll see your shirt, you just show her what we do with our hands! HAHA

I did tell her however that if people were mean to her she could put it in her backpack and just wear the other shirt! Sometimes kids are so mean and I don't want her to have a bad day!! But I told her to first tell them that "her mama said to be NICE!! and we all like different things and it's ok" But I don't think she'll remember that part!

Ally was very worried that no one would see the 1 on her back.

She was so excited and so funny this morning. She said Texas is Number 1. Oklahoma must be so sad they are number 2! I said they are alot lower then number 2 honey.....ALOT lower!

Hook Em Horns!!!! Happy Gloat day!

My early birthday present

So Al suprised me last night with an early birthday present. Said he saw no need for me to wait a month and a half. Now there is a little history behind this.....

In Kansas City in July we ate a Jackstack Barbeque. We had a private room for our event that just had one bathroom that men and women shared. Al had gone in and said you have to go in the bathroom. They have a giant rooster in there you will love. So I go in and of course LOVED it. One of the ladies at our table tried to buy it from them, but they wouldn't sell it because the tail was chipped.

So this is what I found when I walked in last night. I have absolutely NO idea where I'm gonna put it yet....but I absolutely love it!

It's FALL.....Pumpkin Patch Time

My girls LOVE to go to the pumpkin patch. They just run and play and have great fun. I made them wait this time though, until Nana got here so we could ALL go together. So Al and John met us out there so all the kids could play. It's just a small one at the Ashlee's school so we just played a bit, the girls picked baby pumpkins and we went home and cooked burgers and hotdogs, watched the football game and the kids played until late!!!! The kids were exhausted. But we had a GREAT night. The weather changed so it really even felt like Fall!

Thomas the Train

We had a girls trip this weekend to ride Thomas the Train. What a great morning. We got to make pasta necklaces, tattoos, pictures with Thomas and Sir Tophamhat, jumping in the moon bounce, story time....it was endless fun! All the girls had great fun. It's a short train ride through a "not so attractive" part of OKC but it was fun. Now we are looking forward to the Polar Express train ride in December.

Birthday Party Weekend

We had a super fun birthday party weekend. The girls chose to go to the skating rink for the party. We had the whole place to ourselves and TONS of fun. Lots of kids skating and running, having a good time. The highlight though was Nana deciding to skate with us. She did alright until it was time for the hokey pokey!!! That was her downfall. (pun intended) Unfortunately, the only picture that turned out is the one with John escorting her off the rink after having to pull her off the ground.

But the girls had a great time, got WAY too many gifts, and ate too much cake and cookies for the day! And the DS and Leapster are still currently in use!!!

Everyone had a lot of fun and is ready to go skating again very soon. Except Nana, that is!

Now, to clean out the house to make room for all the new My Little Pony and Littlest Pet Shop toys....that all have a million pieces. Just an excuse to buy more rubbermaid containers. Everything has a home!!

Family pictures and the girls birthday 6 and 4 pictures

4 years!!

Ashlee