Say WHAT???? LOL

Oh, I GET IT!!!!


Thought I would post some dorky pic of my mug for you all who have forgotten what I look like, LOL

I have had my hair brown for a while now, but I just had it re-done yesterday....My GRAYS were shinning through ;-) YUCK!!!!

I QUIT!!!!

Well, some things have changed since the recovery of our dog.....

I am VERY happy to say that he is doing SO MUCH better.....He is running around like a puppy again, and is doing FANTASTIC!!!

However, I could not handle the stress of working for a vets office. So much happens in there. The Vet that I was working for was not what you would expect someone who cared for animals to be, and it simply did not work well with my stomach, mind and body.....

Basically, I started to physically shut down due to the stress of everything. I was physically sick for over a week, completely missed a monthly cycle (even though I was not PG), and it was not a good situation....

Anyhow...I went on an interview today, and landed another job (doing accounting) again. Hopefully it will work out better for ALL of us.....you KNOW what they say...."If Mom isn't happy, NO ONE is happy" ;-) LOL.....

Our Dog Doo Doo

I know it has been a while...but here is an update on what has been going on in my world, lately....

I went back to work about a month ago....I got a job in a vets office. It is OK, but the good part about it, is that I landed it, "just in time". Our 130 lb. Norweign lab, Doo Doo (aka Sampson), got REALLY super sick. When I brought him to work with me that day, I found out that our sweet dog had to have a blood transfusion!!! I was shocked! Anyhow...I actually got to help with this process, (as squimish as I was, we needed THREE people, and guess who # 3 was...yeah...ME!) ACK! But I wanted our pooch to live ;-)

We didn't think he would survive it. About three days later, he was actually WORSE than when I had brought him in. We made the decision that if he was going to "go", that we wanted him to be at home, with us, and the other dog that he had been with all of his life, Mutley.

We brought home our baby, with full intentions of losing him, to whatever was ailing him. I would sit on the floor with him and hand feed him chicken and rice, hamburger, etc. We had been given some anti-biotics and a red-blood cell booster. Within a couple of days, we started seeing some improvement....and after about 4 days, he was heading through the road of recovery.

Since his transfusion, he is doing MUCH better. He has become a "house dog" now, though, because it is getting colder, and I don't want him to get sick again.

We don't know what caused his illness. We know that he had some internal bleeding, but it has healed and he is doing well, so far......

That has been the big thing that we are going through over the last couple of weeks.

What we have been up to....

Hey everyone!!! I have been getting ready for "back to school". Skyler and I went clothes shopping and he found all the cool stuff that he wanted...Abercrombie, Hollister and Aeropostal shirts.....we had a No TAX day here, and took advantage of that.

We are also planning his 10th birthday party. We are going to do another swim party at the rec. center we have here ;-) It is just too hot outside to not include water ;-) He has decided on a a "football" theme, and wants ME to make a Football cake...this outta be interesting! LOL He said that MY cakes are better than The Cheesecake Factory cakes, and insisted on me baking one for his big day....I don't know about ALL THAT, but I guess Duncan Hines is a hit in my house ;-) ROFL....Joey said the same thing....I have made cakes from scratch...frosting from scratch, but nothing topped the box and can of premade stuff that you add water, eggs, oil, and some secret other stuff....I think it is all in the bottled water I use ;-) LOL....(Eye roll)

I will post pics ;-)

Other than that, nothing else has changed much...I am still at home, but will be finding a new job once Skyler is in school....I think I would pull my hair out sitting here all day by myself.

My sister-in-law gave me a picture that she took with her camera (above) , of me in my faux pas fashion crisis outfit.....thought I'd share it...Connie will appreciate this one, because she ALWAYS loved the way I dressed myself when I was 5!!!! LOL... If you look real close you will see that I am wearing BOOTS with Capri's. Soooo Sexy, isn't it? ROFL.... Hey! If you are gonna play with cows, you MUST wear BOOTS, right?????

I miss you guys!!!!!

I'm still here! ;-)

Hey everyone!! I am Still here! We have had company ....I have come to the realization that I am too old for little ones, and my house isn't even remotely CLOSE to being "child proofed" even though I still technically have a child in the house, ROFL....

I think I will stick with cats.....which we are happily thinning out on.....we only have 6 outside cats now, as oppossed to 15 outside cats!!! YEAH! We have been giving them to people who like them for chasing mice, rats and snakes away from barns and such.

Nothing new and exciting here.....we are getting ready for school to start August 14th, and for Skyler's 10th birthday on August 18th. I am not sure where we will have it, or what theme it will be, but he is getting excited. Last year we had a swimming party at the recreation center here, but I am not sure what he wants to do this year. Maybe skating????

Other than that, all is well!!!!!

I have been TERRIBLE about posting!!!

I know, I know, I have been SO BAD about blogging on here! Sorry!!!

We have been doing a lot of summer activities lately.....We bought season passes to two theme parks...one is kind of an "Old West" theme (think Knott's Berry Farm) and the other one is White Water Bay.....We have had a BLAST!

Summer is going by too quickly!!! That is for SURE! Come August, when school starts, I might actually have to get out there and get a part time job once again...YUCK! I am getting used to this stay at home Mommie stuff ;-)

Anyhow....I miss all of you!!! And I will try to be better about the blogging thing ;-)

Up above is my latest picture of me at my Sister-in-laws house...I was playing with cows!!!! HAHAH!!! This one ate out of my hand, and let me hug her! She was a total sweetheart!

I wonder if Connie remembers taking this picture at my Dad's house????

Who is in this pic??? My cousin Dwayne, Connie, my friend Cathy, Me (I am the smallest one), my cousin Kenny is behind Connie, and Davey is behind Dwayne (you can barely seee his socks) he was hiding from the camera!!! LOL

Summer so far!!!

This beautiful park "Turner Falls" is only 50 minutes from us! It is amazing!!!

We are having a fatastic summer, so far! We have season passes to all of our local theme parks and water parks, we have seen some amazing sites, and are just having an all around fantastic summer!!!! We have gone on little hikes, climbed down into a cave, and played in some of the "falls" around where we live.

Hope everyone has a fantastic Father's Day!!!!!

Emotional Week!

Well, last Wednesday, I got a call that I had been anticipating for 16 years... I got a call from my daughter, Hanna.

I have been in Hanna's life since she was born, but knew that I could not give her the life that I so desperately wanted her to have. I did not want her to live with the things that I had survived, and made the hardest decision I have ever had to make, and that was to give her to my loving friends, who have been awesome parents to her. Imagine giving birth to a brand new baby that you loved so much, so desperately, then handing her to someone else.....heartbreaking? Absolutely. It left a void and a hole in my heart for a very loooong time, even though I knew I was making the best choice I could for the one person I loved more than anything.

I have seen my daughter MANY MANY times through the years...Her first year, we met up for lunches and dinners, etc. We celebrated her first birthday together, over the course of several years it went on this way. When I had Skyler they visited us at my Grandmothers, and I have beautiful pictures of our 4 generations (My Grandma on dad's side, my Dad, Me, Hanna and Skyler). It would be the last time we ever had that moment, because my Grandma passed away 2 years later.

I watched my daughter in her school plays. I saw her perform her awesome dance productions, and even attended one of her church ceremonies when she was 13. I saw her again a year later when she was 14...but then I moved away. Talk about hard to do...I knew it would be quite a while until I could see the first love of my life again...the one that I loved more than even myself.

Even though I saw my daughter, she had no idea that I was her birth Mom. I was simply a "family friend". And that was a missing piece for me.

On May 14th, I got a phone call that would change all of that...The one where she found out who I was for real, and we spoke for quite a while...twice, actually. She found me on Myspace within an hour, and we added each other to our pages as quick as we could....

My final "piece" placed in the puzzle of my complicated life. It has been amazing, yet overwhelming at the same time. So many floods of emotion have overcome me this week. From joy, to saddness, and everything in between....

In the meantime,

This week Skyler became a 5th grader....we got his awards, one of which included a Principal's Award for maintaining straight A's ALL YEAR LONG!!!! YEAH, SKYLER!!!!! He has done SO well this year...I am SO PROUD!

He has been so understanding through all of this, and today when he came in and saw that I wasn't "quite right", he decided that he was going to change the mood in the household......He logged into his online page, started blasting a song called "Gummy Bear" and launched himself into the most hysterical wanna be stripper, crazy dance routine that I had ever seen. This boy really knows how to change the atmosphere, he always has, lol.

From the moment that I found out that I was pregnant with Skyler, even though things were not the most opportune, he has been my light at the end of every tunnel that I have gone through. His infectious smile melts my heart and takes my breath away, even when he does something wrong.....

I absolutely love my kids! What an emotional roller coaster this week has been!!!!

****UPDATE AS of later in the day******

More news...I just got a call from my daughters adoptive Mom...after 20-some years of marriage, they have decided to split. While I know that people do go through this, I am sad for them.....I am in shock right now. I just got the call from her a few minutes ago, and it is just settling into my brain.

This is so much to have happened all in one week....my daughter's head must be spinning as much as mine is, and I am an adult. Wow....what happens now? I guess we just continue on, and support one another, like we always do....

Hanna's Mom came to the hospital during one of the most painful times of my life...losing my Grandmother...She helped me get through that tragedy, now I hope I can be here to help her.

They say that adoption is a life long process....they were right.

Give and Take.....

Tonight before we went to bed, I realized that it was trash night....The little light in my head went off like a Blue light special in K-Mart...

"Honey..." I said....looking for the obvious response....

"Yes Dear...." I know he is thinking, "What does she want me to do now?"

I state the obvious....

"Ya know I was thinking....since we have such a Give and Take relationship, how about I GIVE you the trash from in the house, and you can TAKE it out to the street?"

At least it got a laugh outta him...and I got the trash taken out without having to ask 15 times.......

Happy Mommies Day!!!!

Hey Connie and Jen!!!!

I hope you both have a VERY happy Mommies Day today!!!

I have had a good day today ;-) I went shopping in Lawton...Joey bought me some clothes....4 pairs of pants, three shirts, and some cute jewlery ;-) I also got a really pretty 10 K gold necklace from Skyler that says "MOM" in a heart shape.....SO SWEET!!!!

Of course Joey was working today, so he can see what he bought me when he gets home ;-) haha!

We are having dinner at Mom's tonight...I bought steaks and Dale is going to cook them on the grill. Mom got a skillet she wanted and another rooster she had her eye on for a while.....

The flowers you sent were gorgeous, Connie!!!

I hope you both have a GREAT day today!!! Love ya both!!!

S~

Update

I have had so much going on in my mind today that I really wasn't sure what to blog about....so many touchy subjects to deliver to my pages, yet, I know that sometimes I need to just let things roll until I can put them into a story here.

Once again, I didn't DO a whole lot today...this is going to get real old, real quick...however my SUV is having "issues" of which, hopefully tonight will be fixed.....Joey has a friend who was a mechanic for Ford for YEARS before he started working with him...anyhow...they are going to attempt to fix the problem tonight, and I was rather nervous to drive the thing since they said it sounded like the wheel bearing was about to "lock up"....whatever the heck that means....What I heard was...."If you DRIVE this thing before we fix it, you will find yourself 'huffing it' in 80 degree humid sauna weather". No thanks....I can see my make-up melting off my face as I picture that....

I did catch some rays today...I only stayed out for about an hour because I am about as white as a baby's butt right now. Next week we have my step sons graduation to attend. Since leaving Cali, I now experience "seasons"....They are HOT as HELL and COLD as ICE, and when you are as little as I have gotten, "pale" doesn't look so good. I am already aware that I will hear all the anorexia comments, because for some reason people here in OK think that you need to weigh 550 lbs to be HEALTHY....I am also very aware that my husbands ex wife will promplty go into "trash the new wife" mode and come up with any and every absurd nasty remark she can, and tell everyone about this "drug problem" that suddenly begun, as of the moment that I walked into the room at her ex husband's side. Small towns thrive on drama, and she is the queen of it all. It doesn't matter if it is fact or fiction for her to slam into "overdrive" and "over the top".

While I am excited to see my husbands eldest son go through this big event in his life...I am, however, dreading the aftermath of my pressence. I just don't want there to be any drama for him on his big day.

That is what is transpiring in my life at the moment ;-) Sounds like a ball, doesn't it ;-) haha!

Cakes and More

Well, I haven't been up to much lately....I hurt my upper back/ neck area pretty badly....I went to a chiropractor, and it made me nauseated...I always get that way when they do ANYTHING medically to me..or if I See anything medically being done....Sour stomach at its worst....he said my back issue is due to me being on the computer too much....so I have been trying to stay off some....anyone who knows me though, knows that in itself is a challange for me...I LOVE my puter!!!



Mom is having a little get together at thier house for some of the Moose members...she asked me to make a cake for the party, and this is what I came up with, LOL:

It wasn't as fun to make as the Easter cake and cupcakes I made in March:

But, it keeps me entertained at least. I would LOVE to attend a cake decorating class!!!! I think it would be a blast! ;-)

Here are a couple more cakes I have attempted, my, ahem, "expertise" is quite simple...They actually taste better than they look...LOL:

Update

Well, yesterday we went to a Moose Lodge event. Mom and Dale volunteered for a March of Dimes charity thing...I helped by taking my jewelry making supplies to keep the kids entertained. We had fun..there was a TON of free food and a live band.

We also joined our local recreation center here...they have an indoor pool, jaquzzi, raquet ball courts, a game room for the kids equipt with Wii's, playstations and more. This place is absolutely HUGE. They have an indoor walking track and gym, and hopefully I can get Joey to go with me and walk sometime. This rec center was one of the biggest reasons that I wanted to move here, but we didn't join it until just this weekend (we have been here a year and a half already!) Talk about procrastinating a little, lol.

We have been trying to get our yard under control....2 1/2 acres catches up to us pretty quick, and it gets away from us even faster...I really didn't want this much land, but Joey wanted to feel like he was "in the country". (sigh) Like the 120 acres he has near Boswell wasn't enough "country" for him....we have that up for sale, though.

Other than that, we are counting down the days until summertime!! I am getting ready with my sunscreen, new chairs for laying out, our water toys for Skyler and even bathing suit shopping...I need new clothes now too, since I lost so much weight....Joey threw all of my old clothes out last summer, because we thought that I would NEVER fit into them again......They are all out of style now anyhow, lol....(good excuse, right???)

Dating in school!

Sooo, Skyler is in the 4th grade now, and I am SHOCKED by how "old" these kids act.....they are even saying they have "boyfriends/ girlfriends" and some have blogs on "Bebo", and know how to do all of the blogger stuff, etc.

Last night Skyler wanted to "blog" to a girl he likes from his class. I set him up a little page, but he doesn't have full access to it, without me being there...he can't log in himself, nor does he have his own e-mail....I have to be the one loggin in, and doing the typing, etc. That is just the RULE in our house.

I am just shocked at what some of the parents let their children do online....these little kids are on there talking about who they have kissed, etc.!!! I didn't kiss a boy until I was AT LEAST 13 or so...nor did I have any interest in kissing one....they still were GROSS back then.

Am I behind the times??? I am going to watch his online use because of the obvious reasons...but I am still in shock at what kids are doing today.

Reponses....

I am glad that we are able to stay in touch this way, this is pretty cool! I still am not sure how to respond to the posts that you all give me...right now I am just posting a comment within my blog, back to you, etc...This is still more complicated than my other blogs....but I will get the hang of it ;-)

Land Run Pictures

He is at home here

This was lunch on the land
Starting line for the land run...stake your claim~!
She is trying to make it to the line before they start!

The Land Run was fun! I let the kids make jewelry at my table, they had a BLAST ;-)

Land Run

Skyler had a little school event called "The Land Run". They all got dressed up and had to run out and "stake their land"....

I was in charge of jewelry making...(it was a HUGE HIT!) and the kids pretty much stationed themselves there for most of the day, lol.... They ate hotdogs, cookies, chips and had to go to different towns and do different things like watermellon spitting, horse-shoe throw, obstacle course, croquet, cow patty toss, etc.....

They had their OWN covered wagons and spent about 3 hours outside, eating, playing and making jewelry.

I tried to post pictures, however it didn't let me..I will try again later....I guess there is some problem with the site....

HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY DAY!!!!

I think tommorow will be the BEST DAY since I bought my house!!!

Don't know if any of you heard the story of my ever-gross messed up septic system, but we are FINALLY getting the stupid thing fixed FIRST THING TOMORROW!!! YEAHHHHHH!!!! We have had problems with the stupid thing since the FIRST TIME I ever ran the laundry right after we bought this house....

Had some estimates quoted at $5000 to repair it, etc....Finally, we got a guy to come out and he quoted us $1800 to fix it!!! OH YEAH!!!!! I pulled the permit from the city last week and now we will be able to have the problem fixed!!!!!

I am soooo excited I could....uh....never mind ;-) You get the point!

First Sleepover...

Well, I survived our first sleepover.....Skyler got through the night and had a ball....I learned that he is growing up and will stay the night over at his friends' houses, and will make it back in one piece in the morning.....

I didn't sleep very well last night though....I am not sure I like this "growing up" stuff.......

It gives me gray hair.

Nothing....

Nothing. That is what I want to do today....

Somehow, I doubt that will happen.

Skyler is going to his first sleep over at his friends' house tonight...I am a little nervous about it, but I figure he can bring his phone with him and call me if he wants me to come and get him. Yeah...my 9 year old has a phone...a razor, that is nicer than mine....this is what happens when Dad tries to "out do" Mom....kids get things like cell phones with all the features they have no use for. Half of the time he forgets he even HAS the thing. I guess that is better than him talking on it non-stop...then again, that would require him to take the Gameboy out of his hand....I think it is super glued to his palm. When I was a teenager, my Dad used to tell me that I had a phone growning out of my ear, too, so I guess all kids have thier "things".

Joey is on his way back home from going to see his parents. I need little breaks every now and then so I don't mind him going "home" for a couple of days here or there.....I was a single Mom for so long that sometimes I just need "me" time.....plus then, I don't have those 15 loads of wash cloths to launder either. I wonder what would happen if I hid ALL of the wash cloths, lol....Would he go into a panick, lol....Hmmmmm.... Nah, he'd probably go out and BUY more wash cloths. This is probably why we have so many of the stupid little things....Seriously...my mother-in-law helped me unpack my linen closet and she said she had never seen anyone with so many wash cloths....Apparently cloth monster wasn't born in HER house....so what gives????

I am off to start my day.....and maybe hide the wash cloths before he gets here....hehe! ;-)

Trespassing on my Zen

I had this on my Myspace the other day, and thought some of you might get a kick out of how I spend my time now that I am not working, lol.....



So here I was today....had my day all planned out..The kid was gone to school, the hubby off to work and I was zoning out watching make-up application videos on the Chanel website. (yep, this is the stupid stuff I do when I don't work....I watch odd things on the internet)....I had my fire in the house going (because, for SOME reason it was, like 45 degrees outside this morning). I had my Pro-Activ white face mask on to clean out the pores and keep my complexion beautiful and my towel on my head. I was just chilling...I could have used a nice glass of ice water with lemon and orange slices in it, like they do in some spa's, but my Dasani was working for me at the moment. There I sat, with my feet up on the desk, water in hand, towel on head, relaxation music going, couple of candles lit, my house nice and toasty. Ahhhhhhhh.........I have a home spa going on right here.

Nothing could be better.

All of the sudden, WHO shows up? My hubby....he is home early from work, and is on a roll....did you feed the dogs, did you feed the cats, did you do any laundry today? Why is it so dark in here???? What is that MUSIC??? Oh, did you call the septic tank guy? As he steps inside, leaves the door WIIIIDE open, he walks directly over to my fireplace and turns it off.......Next to go is the music...............he is messing up my MOMENT, TOTALLY!!!!!!!!!!! He is like a dang bull in a china shop just knocking all the pretty things over....

My normally quiet husband is on the "did you do it " roll....

"WHAAAAAAT AAAARRRRRE YOU DOING??? " Comes rolling out of my mouth as he has just trespassed upon my "Zen".

He looks at me like a kid in trouble, and says "Uh....it's like 100 degrees in here, P (short for Princess)....... Annnd, what the heck is on your face....you look like casper!"

There I stand, in my towels, white mask on my face with water in hand shivering because the cold is running up underneath my towel that is wrapped around me...... "Nice to see you too, honey"......

Zen moment gone...back to reality....

Finally, he sits down, takes his shoes off and I am scrambled...I get dressed, put on my make-up and come back into the living room..... guess who is SNORING in his dang recliner.....Oh yeah....he is GETTING the wet finger in the ear!!!

Still feel like a new-born on here!

This is sooo cool, but I am having a hard time responding back to some of you who have posted comments on mine....

I am so glad you were able to make it to my page Davy!!! I was disappointed that you weren't home when I called the other night, but Jen and I had a good chat for quite a while ;-) It was nice to catch up!

I am doing as little as possible today...I don't even want to be around MYSELF today, as I am a little "under the weather" right now....I can't decide if salt or chocolate will fix this problem, but advil is my friend right now....UGH!

I am taking Skyler to get his hair cut today....that's big news, eigh?

We do have a new addition to our family of pets. Skyler just got a lizard.
We now have 100 cats...ok, maybe only 7 (outside only) and two dogs...oh, and one cat that lives inside, as he is my California cat....he has never been outside and gets terrified if you even try to put him out.

Oh...and I was on Connie's page...the ear thing looks pretty freaking gross, but I think I MAY just have to try that.....What is WRONG with our family that we like gross things????? Soooo nasty!!!! LOL

I can't believe Josh is 21 now!!!! CRAP! This just isn't right...I feel REALLY old now!!!

I have to go and figure out something to do with my water retention somehow, and get Skyler to STOP whinning about being BOOOOOOOORRRRRED.....he is trying to fanagle another DS game out of me....he only has 50 of the stupid things ;-)

What I have done today....

Laundry....I don't think there is a three person family in the US that has as much laundry as this family...I swear that I have done my 15th load for the week...

I believe this because my husband has a wash cloth and towel fettish...I understand not using the same wash cloth to wash your body with, each and every day, but....does he need THREE wash clothes each and every day???? Or a NEW towel every SINGLE day??? I can use the same towel for a couple of days...then again......I am the one doing the laundry.

I also understand that he and my son need clean CLOTHES each day....Skyler plays in the dirt, wipes his food on his clothes, etc. Joey works in oil and grease, and they both need new pants and shirts....however what I CAN'T understand is....wearing it for two hours then sticking it in the hamper on the weekends or times when they are not at school or work! I guess I should be happy that the clothes even MAKE it to the hamper, because I am aware of countless wives who complain that their loved ones can't seem to locate one, even though they are located in convenient places all around their homes.

Oh well, this is what I did today...that, and uh....watch the Home Improvement channel...I LOVE home make-over shows and DESPERATELY want to be on one!!!!! I love decorating and can do a decent job if I had the money that I needed...but these people come up with crafty, cool ideas with little, to no money at all, and that is what makes me go....WHOA....COOOL! I wanna DO THAT!!!! I love being creative and being crafty....that is my interest, but I just haven't had the "push" or "encouragement", I guess, to actually DO something with it.......

I recently took a test that said that I was "creative", "unconventional" and would not be happy working under someone else with "direct supervision" because I was too "creative" annnnnnnd (this was a gem) it said that I am supposedly, "unrealistic".......great......my lucky husband.....It is telling me that I am someone who wants to do what they want to do, WHEN I want to do it, and am totally unrealistic about what the heck it is I want to do! Lucky us....Good thing HE is the bread winner, eigh????? So much for my accounting career...that SOOOO doesn't follow the path of that, but now I understand why I felt like a caged animal doing that line of work......sure I made GREAT money at it....but I HATED it....I understand and "get" the numbers part, I just hate the "supervision part" and being told what to do, plus, to be honest, the work absolutely BORES me out of my mind. It was kinda like pumping gas for the 100th time in my life......BOOOORRRRRING! I could seriously fall asleep at my desk and it gave me neck cramps!!!!! My neck is still recovering from the stress of my last job.....

Anyhow...I could go on and on with my blog because I can talk till the cows come home....but I will end this one for now...until next time, my mundane tasks meet these pages again.....

~S

Finally getting the hang of it!

OK! I am slowly starting to get a hang of this thing now...it is really simple...but, I guess in my mind I am trying to make it harder than it is....

Now that I have a hang of this whole thing, I can get down to blogging ;-) Oh, lucky readers....LOL (yeah right!)

We had a VERY good day today! I could say it was a really CRAPPY, day, but in all honesty, it was a GOOD crappy day...does that make any sense? Let me get to the point...we are FINALLY, after a year and 1/2 getting our septic tank fixed!!!! WHOOHOOOOOO!!! Now you see why I say we had kind of a "crappy day?" We have had issues with our home since the first two weeks we bought this darn place, and we are FINALLY able to get at least ONE problem resolved....THANK YOU, LORD!!!!! I have been doing a lot of praying lately, and although this seems like a strange thing to blog about, I am VERY excited about it!

We have been through a rough couple of years trying to get our feet on the ground, but finally things are really starting to come together...we bought our home in October of 2006, and little by little we are getting things shaped up!!! It is SOOOOO exciting!

This last year has been a real turning point for our family and it has been a whirlwind...from buying our home, to new jobs, then to me now becoming a stay at home Mom....it has been CRAZY, but FUN!!!!!

There is always something for me to blog about though, so here we goooooo!

4th Grade Picture

Family vacation to Port Aransas, Texas

The three of us with the fish Joey caught

Some of our family pics

Football 2007

Fish Kisser!

My hubby with Doo Doo, our "puppy"

Me, after losing 45+ lbs.!!! WHOOHOO!

Sky- guy showing his OU spirit, hanging out at home

Just me.....

This is me, posting my first picture on here to see what happens.....