Santa Page

Boys Visit With Santa

WHEW!!!! This year was a tough year to go see Santa... The boys were so excited!! Hank was shaking with excitement while he was sitting at the front door. I didn't take Hank's gentle leader because I didn't want the Santa elves to think he was a biter. Well, I will take it regardless from now on. Hank is a 100 lb kid that knows what he wants and that he can drag you there. My children are well behaved, but you know it was tough when Oz was the good kid today:) On top of dragging me everywhere, Hank - AGAIN - chewed through his leash in the big bad store of PetSmart. Thankfully everyone was VERY nice & helpful (as usual!!) & we got a pretty good Christmas picture:):)

Snow In College Station

Everyone went to bed on Tuesday hearing the possibility of winter mix dancing in our heads...

to our great surprise, it was a white morning:):):)

At school, the kids and I went and played in the snow all 1st period before it melted!!!!!

Then the snow melted and we were all sad:(

Around 3, we heard rumors it was snowing again...

YEAH!!!! It was SNOWING!!!!
We packed up and went out to play... the entire school was outside! What a cool site!!!!

Marine Corp Ball

Thorin, Misti, Chely, Trey

Thorin reads General Lejeune's Birthday Message

Marine Corp Marathon

T & I went to Washington DC this past weekend to run in the Marine Corp Marathon & 10K. Holy Smokes... we finished!!! T ran the marathon and finished in the top 1/3 with a finish time of 4 hrs & 12 mins. T ran the ENTIRE thing!!! I ran the 10K and finished in the bottom 1/3 (hehehehehehe) with a finish time of 1 hr & 17 mins. I ran the first 4 miles and then ran walked the rest... after mile 5 I was wondering WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS I THINKING!!!!!

I'M A GRANDMA!!!

Gracie's mom put out an email wanting babies from her. So, wanting babies from Oz, I emailed her back and made a meeting to make babies:) Here is the result:):):) We are so proud!!

Momma Gracie - She is the best momma EVER!!!
Baby Domino

This is Gracie & Domino staying with us last weekend...

Domino is 5 days old.

We finally let Oz meet the baby & see Gracie on Sunday.
What a cute family!!!

On Oct 1, Domino was 1 week old. Look at her face.

She now has the puppy smell.

Look at that belly!!!!! Domino eats ALL THE TIME!!!
OH MY GOODNESS!!!

This is going to be hard for Dawn (grandma #1) & me (grandma #2) to give up our new baby.

Thankfully, we have at least 5 more weeks!

Catchin' up

Howdy all... Sorry for not posting anything new lately... but WOW, what a year it has already been:)

This year I have 9 boys in my room... No Girls! Good thing they are MAINLY sweet... They are a handful:)

Just an example... Yesterday, the computer tech was fixing my computer...

The timer went off for us to start cleaning up from working on our personal information in 4 groups.

As if the talking of 4 groups (8 kids (1 boy was out in class) & 4 adults) wasn't loud enough... add in cleaning ... add in the kids all coming to me wanting to show what they had done...

THEN top it off with one of my kids cleaning his dry erase board. When he went to spray the board, the sprayer was pointing at his face - and yes, he sprayed himself in the eyes. As if that wasn't bad enough, he started wiping his eyes with the felt we use as erasers. He had black all over his face & red eyes.

The tech guy left laughing & thanking the good Lord that he doesn't have a classroom:):):)

Thorin just got back from his TRIP OF A LIFE TIME!!! He left here a week ago Friday, traveled from here to Arkansas, to Nebraska, to South Dakota, to Wyoming, to Montana, back to Wyoming, to South Dakota, to Colorado, & finally to Texas where he stopped to spend the night at mom & dad's and then FINALLY CAME HOME on Sunday!!!!! WHEEWWW!!!

Now, Thorin just got back from his Little League Football coaching meeting. He wanted PK-K boys, but got 5th-6th grade... He doesn't really know what to think. He is also waiting on a little brother. He was supposed to have one a few weeks ago, but it fell through. Then he was getting another one, but that fell through. Maybe he will get a new one soon. He really can't wait.

That is all for now... I will try and post some pictures soon.

Misti:)

A Sweet Story

A friend of mine sent this to me and I thought it was AMAZINGLY AWESOME!!!! So, since I can't get my act together to post anything else, I will post this:)

Sand & Stone

TWO FRIENDS WERE WALKING THROUGH THE DESERT DURING SOME POINT OF THE JOURNEY, THEY HAD AN ARGUMENT; AND ONE FRIEND SLAPPED THE OTHER ONE IN THE FACE

THE ONE WHO GOT SLAPPED WAS HURT, BUT WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING, WROTE IN THE SAND TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SLAPPED ME IN THE FACE THEY KEPT ON WALKING,

UNTIL THEY FOUND AN OASIS, WHERE THEY DECIDED TO TAKE A BATH THE ONE WHO HAD BEEN S LAPPED GOT STUCK IN THE MIRE! AND STARTED DROWNING, BUT THE FRIEND SAVED HIM. AFTER HE RECOVERED FROM THE NEAR DROWNING, HE WROTE ON A STONE: 'TODAY MY BEST FRIEND SAVED MY LIFE'

THE FRIEND WHO HAD SLAPPED AND SAVED HIS BEST FRIEND ASKED HIM, 'AFTER I HURT YOU, YOU WROTE IN THE SAND AND NOW, YOU WRITE ON A STONE, WHY?'

THE FRIEND REPLIED 'WHEN SOMEONE HURTS US WE SHOULD WRITE IT DOWN IN SAND, WHERE WINDS OF FORGIVENESS CAN ERASE IT AWAY. BUT, WHEN SOMEONE DOES SOMETHING GOOD FOR US, WE MUST E NGRAVE IT IN STONE WHERE NO WIND CAN EVER ERASE IT' LEARN TO WRITE YOUR HURTS IN THE SAND AND TO CARVE YOUR BENEFITS IN STONE.

THEY SAY IT TAKES A MINUTE TO FIND A SPECIAL PERSON, AN HOUR TO APPRECIATE THEM, A DAY TO LOVE THEM, BUT THEN AN ENTIRE LIFE TO FORGET THEM.

TAKE THE TIME TO LIVE! DO NOT VALUE THE THINGS YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE, BUT VALUE WHO YOU HAVE IN YOUR LIFE!

Michael's Party

Michael won a birthday party off the radio for Grand Station. Last Sunday, we went to play.

Lisa, Michael, & Jerry

Bowl Lisa Bowl!!!

Dana turns out to be a ringer:):)

Brian is a ringer too:)


Go Jerry!!

Misti, Michael, & Dana

Catch up

We have lots that has gone on, but I have been too busy & without internet to get it blogged:)


On August 6, T & I went to the Brazos Valley Bombers game. The Bombers are our local baseball team... like a scout team, not minor league, but a group of college players. The Bombers games are ALWAYS so much fun! This game was the 2nd game in the playoffs, the first home game of the playoffs. To celebrate, a jewelry store donated 24 Blue Topazs & 1 half carrot DIAMOND for the 2nd Annual Diamond Derby. I definately wanted the diamond (to hand to someone else:):)), so here is the competetion.

I chose the correct star color... now I have a 1 in 25 chance for the diamond..

Now, they are drawing numbers... I am down to the last 7.... Nerve racking!!!

I didn't get the diamond - SHUCKS!!! However, I did win this beautiful blue topaz:):)
We went with our friends, Brian & Dana & Logan & Bryce.
For those of you that know us, you won't be one bit surprised that Dana & I showed everyone how to dance the Chicken Dance.
I love my Daddy!

T is VERY focused on the game and the seeds!

Check out our treasures... T caught a ball & I caught a necklace:):)
Yummy Popcorn!!!!2 peas in a pod
With Kaboom, the mascot.

Then on August 9, T & I headed to Friendswood to play with some friends, MAtt & Suzanne, on their new boat.

The boys fished, but Matt was the only one that caught anything.

Suzanne & I got some sun on this GORGEOUS day!