Merry Christmas!!!

Countdown

12 DAYS until I get to go to San Antonio by MYSELF....yep all by my lonesome!! I will be there for 4 days for a class for work. I am super excited BUT have never been away from Justin that long! :(

27 DAYS until ECLIPSE!!!! I have had tickets for about 3 weeks now.

33 DAYS until Rockport. Our yearly family vacation. Every year we get more excited to go...but this year will probably be bitter sweet. It will more than likely be my Granny and Grandads last year to go come with us. This will be our 4th year and we are hoping to not stress to much about our schedule and what we eat for dinner.

74 DAYS until school starts. Riley's last day was last Friday and today was VIc's. I cannot believe that I will have a 4th and 5th grader....Lord help me!

188 DAYS until my sister's 30th birthday and our Vegas Trip.....wooooohoooooo!!! My parents go every year and finally this year we had some extra money and decided to bite the bullet and go.

Now to loose about 20 pounds before we go!!!!!

cOuSiNs

Friends, Golf, and ALOT of SUN!!!

Sunday was the 1st Annual SYA Golf Tournament. Although Riley is not playing football anymore, most of our friends and most importantly my niece and nephew are still very much involved in this association. So, I decided to volunteer my time....which honestly I did not do much but most definitely had one of the best Sunday Fundays on record. So much in fact that I had to stay home Monday and recoop. Well, actually I got way to much sun and although I used sunscreen all day my white legs and arms needed more than SPF 50.



Kenya and I sat at Hole 7 for 4 hours taking money for mulligans and giving each team a little bit of advice for the 144 yard Par 3! Thank goodness the cart girl came by VERY often and we had numerous shuttles to the bathroom...even if one of the shuttles was from a guy that was not even in our group and I did not realize it until we got back....oops!!!!


*Me, Stephen(K's husband) Kenya and Justin(my husband)...note sure why we were set up the way we were...kind of funny though

After several hours and many golfers later...the team that we had waited on all day arrived...woo hoo our HOT HUSBANDS!!!

*Note: Justin and Stephen play golf alot and yes I have seen Jusitn hit golf balls numerous times but I have never got to witness first hand my future PGA member in action.

Kenya and I laughed because we were like giddy little teenagers waiting to see our guys tee off!



Thanks Julie and Kenya for letting me hang out and help out a little!!!!

A long NOT ME MONDAY!!!!!

The last couple of days have been crazy busy. Thursday, we went to dinner for Justin's birthday and I DID NOT forget to put batteries in my camera to take pics.

On Friday, I DID NOT throw the kids outside so that I could have a little peace and quiet to get organized for our crazy Saturday.

On Sat, we most definitely DID NOT take the kids to the horse races and let them bet on every race. We DID NOT have the most fun that the 4 of us have had in a very long time. No arguing or whining or bad attitudes. We DID NOT start our kids, especially Riley, early on the whole gambling thing.

Sat night....I most definitely DID NOT forget to get our very dear friend a birthday gift, let alone a card. Nope, not me...how awful would that be.....

We celebrated our friend Stephen's 40th birthday sat nite. His wife threw him a great suprise party and had tons of great food. Once again, I DID NOT forget again to put batteries in my camera to take pics or eat enough Macaroni salad for a small country..no way not me!!!

After the family and grown-ups left we did not proceed to hit the local corner store and raid the Miller Lite. We also DID NOT stay out unitl 3am.

On, Sunday I DID NOT feel horrible all day and after cleaning the house DID NOT sit on the couch and watch 5 hours of golf with my husband....Go PHIL!!!!

So, here I am on NOT ME MONDAY and I am NOT super excited that I finally remembered to post a NOT ME MONDAY entry. I am also NOT a little depressed that my birthday is NOT tomorrow and I will NOT be 32. But, I am a little excited to go out to eat with my father in law and family tomorrow night and open presents if I get any..hee hee

Now, in all seriousness.....



My 10 year old step daughter DID NOT act like a complete B-R-A-T on Sunday at lunch. She not only DID NOT embrass me and her Dad but also DID NOT make me so angry.

I mean what is the deal with the attitudes kids have these days. When I was 10, if I even thought about talking the way that she does or making the faces she makes, or roll her eyes like she does, my mother would have....well honestly I dont know because I never thought about acting this way

We are sitting at a restaurant with Nanny and Pappy having a great time and we are letting both kids play with our phones....she is texting her mom...which is 100% okay. Justin justs simply looks over to see what she is texting and all hell broke loose...I mean who does she think she is...it is his phone and she is 10, so he tells her this nicely and explains that he can look at HIS phone anytime he wants...and she gets ugly with him, I mean really ugly, so he says hey dont be ugly and she procedds to make this awful face and roll her eyes...you know like it is the worst thing in the world becaue her father is talking to her...so I tell her that she is done with the phone and of course she starts crying and being even more of a brat.....BUT....the food comes and 5 minutes later she is fine...like nothing has happened......What do we have to do to her to make her be nice and respectful to us as parents....I mean I am honestly at a loss.

Now please understand, I am not throwing Vic under the bus...I am simply begging for some help with this. What do you do?? My mom would of slapped me across the face and probably at 31 still would.

oh and Riley...can I please be able to tell him 1 time to do something and he do it....rather than having to ask him 5 times and explaining to him why I am asking him to do so. AND, is the attitude a GIRL thing...I mean Riley is not saint but he does not give me attitude like Victoria.......oh God please give me strength, I am not ready for teenagers or PMS.

I am almost 32 and....

it is showing tonight...it is not even 10:30 and I sitting here with the Masters on and my husband is snoring.

I want my kids to go to sleep sooo bad. I am so tired and want nothing more than to go to sleep right now.

My dog is curled up next to me asleep...well he was until I started typing.

I am so old....what am I going to do when my kids are old enough and out on a Friday night...am I going to be able to wait up for them????

Happy Birthday Justin!!!

Today is my wonderful husband's 36th Birthday...ha ha....closer to 40 than 30 as of today. I had planned on posting a heartfelt post about how great he is and how much I love him but first of all, no one reads this and I have ran out of time!!!! So, here are a few things...

I do love him with all my heart and soul.
But, sometimes I want to knock him into next week.

We do have fun...let me tell you we know how to have fun!
But, man we do know how to argue and be ugly to each other...usually for stupid reasons.

He is a great father and step father.
But, we do disagree about alot of things that pertain to our kids and I know that as they get older we will probably disgree more often.

He is a good worker and has done a wonderful job at his new job.
But, he works to much and brings it home with him...which I hate.
But, love the paychecks!!!!

I cannot imagne my life without his stubborn rear end and never want to.
Someone very close to me is having alot of relationship problems and will more than likely end in divorce. I hate it for her and never want to think about the D word...we may kill each other but I love him!!!!!

A long Not Me Monday!!!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.


My kids came home from Disney World on Sat and I did not want to run up to them and hug and kiss them like I have not seem them in years...nope, not me!!!!

I also did not secretly love that is snowed on Sat, the first day of Spring, and def did not take pics...nope, note me



I did not go out Tuesday while my kiddos were gone and party like I was 21 with all my high school girls...nope, not me!
I also did not feel like death warmed over on Wednesday...nope, not me.



I do not miss my friend Kelli so much that I want to hug her and cry and tell her how I much I miss her....no way not me!!!



I did not secretly look at this picture and want to google aneroxia so that I could find out how to become one...I have not gone into deep depression this week because I am so fat and I did not drink and eat horribly all weekend...not me.

I also did not get my haircut 3 times this week and finally get the perfect cut at Ogle for $9.....not me...dont tell my husband!!!!

I am also NOT super excited for my step daughters mom to find out if she is having a boy or a girl on Wed...nope not me...why I should care....

Happy Not Me Monday!!!

A Kid-Free Week

The kids left for Disney yesterday. I am excited for them but am also sad...I know that I should not miss them but I already do!!!! I am so thankful that Riley got to go with Victoria...she is a Disney veteran..this is her 6th time!

My very first Not Me! Monday!!!!

Welcome to Not Me! Monday! This blog carnival was created by MckMama. You can head over to her blog to read what she and everyone else have not been doing this week.


Nope, not me, I did not drink enough yesterday for a small country.

Nope, not me, I did not spend waaay to much money on the kids this weekend for their trip to Disney!

Nope, not me, I do not secretly miss my kids like crazy and cannot wait until Sat at 7:50pm

Nope, not me, I am not so thankful for the relationship that me and my step daughters mom have and hope that one day I can have the same friendly relationship with Riley's soon to be stepmom.

Nope, not me, I am not super excited about Tuesday, going to see Deryl Dodd with a bunch of the girls.

Nope, not me, I do not love my husband like crazy and I dont know what I do without him...not me!!!!!

I laughed out loud!!!!

Judy and Ted got married and had 13 children.
Then Ted died of Heart Disease.

She married again, and she & Bob had 7 more children.
Bob was killed in a car accident, 12 years later.

Again Judy remarried, and this time
She & John had 5 more children.

Judy finally died, after having 25 children.

Standing before her coffin, the preacher prayed for her.
He thanked the Lord for this very loving woman and said,
"Lord, they are finally together."

Ethel leaned over and quietly asked her best friend, Margaret:
"Margaret, do you think he means her 1st, 2nd, or 3rd husband?"

Margaret replied: "I think he means her legs, Ethel..."

Today.....

the wonderful sun is shining bright and it is finally

a beautiful day!!!!!

This is the day which the LORD has made;

Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

Psalm 118:14

The Weekend!!!

This weekend was just a normal every other weekend without kids, except we had absolutely nothing to do!!!! I love those weekends!!! Riley had a soccer game Friday night but after having a meltdown because I could only find 1 soccer sock, we did not make the game. Now, I do see that I am a horrible Mom for making Riley miss his soccer game but he has to start helping me keep up with his stuff. So, after dropping Riley off with his Dad on Friday night, I decided to lay down and calm down. But, to my suprise I fell asleep and woke up at 7 am Sat morning....wow what a fun Fri night.....RIGHT!!!

But in my defense I was exhausted from Thurs night. Justin and I went to see Deryl Dodd in Grapevine at Love and War. It was awesome......WE LOVE DD!!!!!

So, after waking up so early we decided to drive back out to Grapevine and have brunch at Wilhoytes. We were supposed to eat there before Deryl Dodd but ran out of time. After stuffing our faces....did I mention it is a buffet....we headed over to Grapevine Mills to get me a new case for my brand new IPHONE...woo hoo!!!!! I really wanted a pink Ed Hardy case but had to settle for a red one...I love it!!! I wish that I had a pic.....sorry. After walking around the mall...which I thought was an outlet mall and it really is not....we decided to go home and rest. We could not decide on a movie...which now I really wished that we would of seen Crazy Heart!!!

After doing a few things around the house we decided to go out for dinner. I really wanted to go to BJ's Brewery but they were on a 45 min wait so we decided to go to Cheddars. This place had been there almost a year or so and is right up the road and we have never been.......wow I was impressed.

The food was really good and very reasonably priced...I was shocked!!!!!! We ended up sitting at the bar....well honestly where else would Justin and I sit....hee hee.....and we noticed that the bartender kept making the same drink over and over again.....I promise she made 10 in like 30 min. It is called a Painkiller......they said it was like a Pina Colada on the Rocks. I did not order one but will the next time for sure.

Does it not look YUMMY!!!!!!!

On Sunday we decided to try a new place since we had such good luck with Cheddars.....Jusitn and I are big creatures of habit....we go to the same places all the time....Usually the places I like!!!

I had a coupon for Wich Wich and we decided to try it out!!!!



Pretty good!!! I thought it was a little expensive but Justin loved it...I think only because they have chocolate shakes.....GOOFBALL!!!

A funny for you today!!!!

Women gain weight

because we accumulate so much

information andwisdom in our heads

that when there is no more room,

it distributes out to the rest of our bodies.

So we aren't heavy,

we are enormously cultured,
educated and happy.
Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror

I will think,

Good grief, look how smart I am!?

Riley's 9th Birthday

Yes, I am a aware that I am a week late posting about Riley's birthday...I know I am a horrible mom!!! But, this year we did things different. Usually, we have a huge birthday party that I go way overboard on and spend way to much money on and get really stressed out about. I was again wanting to have a huge party this year because Riley turned 9. Riley and I love love love the #9. We are goofballs about it. Riley has always been #9 in all the sports and anything that has 9 on it I buy him. Yes, we love Tony Romo also!!!! So, I wanted to a very cool #9 birthday but are plans changed quickly when Riley got invited to go to Disney over Spring Break. So, I decided the responsible thing to do was spend the money on the trip rather than the birthday. I think that Justin and Riley's dad were secretly very happy about this decision. On his real birthday we had basketball practice so Riley, Vic, Justin and I went out to eat and let Riley decide where he wanted to go. He chose Boss's Pizza in Lk. Worth and then to go to GameStop...suprise suprise!!!

Riley will also get to go to the Kennedy Space Center, which I think will be very cool and I am hoping that he enjoys it.

The kids will be leaving on March 14th to spend 6 days in Florida...they are so lucky and Riley will be spending the week with Victoria which at age 10 is a veteran of Disney. She has been almost every year!!

So, last Sunday after church we celebrated his birthday with the family. Of course we went to Riscky's Steak house and walked around the stockyards. We love the Steakhouse. The food is yummy and they have a nice room for everyone!!!

He only had one present to open. Everyone else gave him money to spend at Disney. He did pretty good. He raked up $110 and a $25 gamestop giftcard.

Thanks to his Dad, his one gift was the one thing he really wanted...a Nintendo DSi!!!!!!

By the way, he has his hand up because he thought it would be funny to put his hand up over his face so that I could not take a pic of him.....He is such a brat!!!!

One of the pics with Granny..my mom....and Pa-Pa....Kelley....my step-dad. Kelley always makes goofy faces in pics!!!

I took a pic of him with everyone there but I figured this was the most important pic...hee hee.....I cant believe that my spoiled rotten meanie is 9 years old!!!!!

After lunch, we had a great afternoon walking around the stockyards and visiting the litte shops. We LOVE the candy store....go figure!!!!!

We let the kids get a balloon from this wonderful man. He told us that his 2 jobs in life were to 1st witness and 2nd to make kids smile. He asked Riley what the first thing he was going to do when he got into heaven. Riley said ask where the ice cream was.....what a dork!!!!!!!

We had such a great day and honestly I think Riley enjoyed himself just as much as if we would have had a party!!!!

O.M.G

Because I am still trying to figure this thing out, my post is going to be backwards. I uploaded all my pics in order but forgot that the last pic is actually the first...unless I am doing something wrong. So, I finally got home from work. Honestly, the roads were not bad except the 2 f of snow all along the roads. The roads are so nasty and dirty. But, the snow is absolutely beautiful. I do not remember the last time it snowed like this. It always seems that when IT DOES snow that Riley is never with me. So, once again I am home without the kids so I thought I would take Rodie outside to play. Not only did he hate the snow, but he hated me taking pics and I am the worst photographer in the world anyways!

So, because of our huge tree in the front yard it looks as if it barely snowed but on the side of the yards..well you can see how much snow we got!

The pic above is of neighbors yard and the pic below is of our front yard!

Below are pics from work..downtown Ft. Worth. It was sooo pretty.

This was the last pic I took. The pics below were earlier in the morning. By noon, it was pouring snow...seriously it was making car sick watching it fall. It looked like a fountain of snow.

Even though it was pretty....I want it to go away. The weather is supposed to get worst tomorrow and I have a ton of stuff to do!!!! But, hey we do not get actual snow in Texas very often so I should not complain!

Brief History in Pictures!

It all started out with these 2 spoiled brats! This is the earliest picture that I had on my computer at work. Justin and I started dating when Riley was 2 and Victoria was 3. The first double date we went on was to the movies and I cannot think to save my life what movie it was. But, I do remember having fun and having our pictures made in the photo booth that draws your picture. I am sure that we also had Vic's Dolly and Riley's nawnee. Those days we went nowhere without those two things. Wow, have things changed. I remember thinking how hard it was to be a parent to a 2 year old.....Man, was I wrong!!!

Then, we met. I think not only to us but everyone else our relationship was a shocker. Who knew that we would literally fall in love at first sight. Well, we already knew of each other but were not exactly friends or acquaintances. This time was different. We needed each other for all the crazy and wrong reasons so after a year or so we decided to get married.

On August 7th 2004, I finally got rid of my last name and very happily got a new one. How do you sum up the very happiest day of your life? For me, it was very stressful, joyful and way to much to drink!!!!! AND I have to add alot of great friends and family....and many many MEMORIES!!!!! Our wedding night was spent in the hotel at the airport fully clothed. We arrived in the hotel room at around 3am and literally fell in bed. We got up at 6am to fly to Las Vegas.

I love this picture of us. It has always been one of my favs. I sure wish that I could wear that skirt now!!! Justin and I had the greatest time in LV. We had nothing planned except to have FUN!! We ended up getting very lucky and got to see Faith Hill, Pat Green and Cross Canadian Ragweed in concert. It was the greatest week ever. Two things that Justin and I do best is to argue and have fun together!!!!!

I deleted half the pictures as I was writing this....sorry still new to this blogging thing!!!!!

I cant believe that these 2 sweet little ones have grown into these 2 spoiled 8 and 10 year old BRATS!!! I love them so much and cannot my life without them. Although, in a few years I will have 2 teenagers and I am not sure how we will deal with it. But, I am sure that we can handle it God Willing!!!!

What started out as 2 people just wanting to have fun, has turned into a wonderful family of 4....oh okay 5.....but I deleted the pic of Rodie (the greatest Yorkie in the world)!!!

I will have to blog about him later.