Happy 10th Birthday Riley

I cannot believe that this precious baby boy is now 10 years old. He has brought me so much joy and so much STRESS in the last 10 yrs. I love him more than words can say and cannot imagine my life with out him. Happy Birthday Dude!!!!

Happy Birthday Victoria!!!

I cannot believe that my step-daughter Victoria is 11 today. Lord, please start giving me strength, patience and wisdom for the teenage years that are creeping up on me!

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.