Even the Dogs are Cold!

Malley has found a warm spot inside! Bless her heart! It is freezing outside so I had to let her in for a while. She took a little nap in front of the fire!

A Fun Day at the Park

Last month, Rylee and I met Brandy, Logan, Hudson and Nancy for lunch and then a trip to the park.  The boys and Rylee had such a good time and us “older folks” had a good visit.  Of course, there was a lot of belly laughin’ cause Nancy just does that to a gal!  I love her and Brandy dearly and I’m glad Rylee and Hudson are so close in age.  I hope they will grow up and be big buddies.  Brandy seems to think there is love in the air!  I guess we’ll see!  I hear the Davis family are big TCU fans, so we’ll have to make some adjustments before we even contemplate that decision!  Anything remotely related to Texas is a no-no, as far as we’re concerned!

Even the Cozy Coupe Car Must Have a Seatbelt

Rylee Grace kept asking me for something in her car the other day.  I couldn’t figure out what she was talking about so I said “show mommy”.  She takes me by the hand and we go outside to the car and she points to the seatbelt.  I said, “You want a seatbelt in your car?”  “Uh huh”, she says.  Who knew that you needed a seatbelt (or “beltseat” when she gets a little confused), in the Cozy Coupe car!  One of Daddy’s belts sufficed!

 

You Might be a Redneck

Colin recently decided you don’t have to have snow to have a good time in the yard!  All you need is a four-wheeler, a plastic swimming pool, a good tough rope and a BecBec who has no sense and agrees to allow this to happen!  Poor Rylee Grace saw no danger in this event and apparently had a blast!  Every time Colin would stop, she would say “More, More!”.  Ahhhh….BecBec….making those memories.  (This is the same lady who allowed us neighborhood kids to sit on a rung of a ladder in the ice and snow when we were about 10 years old and pushed us down Hearnsberger Hill…..Cindy Reed broke her ankle!)  Ahhhh….BecBec, but that’s MY child your losing your mind and allowing to do those foolish things!  Oh well, I guess I lived thru it and Rylee Grace will too!

Mammaw Ruby's Christmas Cactus

 

Mom has Mammaw Ruby’s Christmas Cactus and it is just gorgeous!  This is a picture of Rylee with it.  Mammaw Ruby would be so proud!

 

 

Introducing "Elfie"

Elfie is our Elf on the Shelf that came to visit this year.  He stays at our house during the day and then flies back to the North Pole to report to Santa how the kids have been.  He flies back to our house before we wake up the next morning and when the kids get up, we have to find his new spot he has claimed!  It is a lot of fun and makes for good memories!

 

Update

This Christmas was quite fun at our house.  Rylee is just at the age where she understands that presents are pretty cool.  It is January and she is still asking about presents and where Santa Claus went.  This Christmas, we were visited by our friendly scout Elf, sent straight from Santa, to watch and report how the kids were behaving.  Every morning we would wake up to see where Elfie (our Elf) had landed after his trip to Santa the night before.  We found him in the Christmas tree, on the mantel, on a lamp, in Zach’s room, in the bathroom and on top of the refrigerator.  It was so cute to watch Rylee each morning realize that Elfie had moved and where would we find him next. 

 

Roy’s basketball keeps us busy.  Seems like January will be extremely busy, with games on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights and every Saturday (this month only).  It also seems that most of the games this month are on the road to far-away places like Malvern and Little Rock.  It’s crazy at our house from October to February (and we like to think March because that means we’re in the playoffs), but we love the action and blowin’-n-goin’!  

 

Brittany is in 6^th grade and Zach is in 3^rd Grade.  They are also involved in lots of activities.  Zach just finished a basketball league – at the old white-side gym, no less – where he showed real quick that he has his father’s attitude and unwillingness to lose!  He hates losing and has no problems showing this after a losing game!  I heard Roy tell him one night on the phone “It’s just a game”.  I said – yeah, right!  You’re a fine one to be talking!

 

Brittany is on a competition cheer team in Redwater, Texas.  She has had one competition, last month, in Dallas, but we did not go.  It was a two-day competition and we decided to wait until one was closer to town!  She will compete in Shreveport this Saturday, so hopefully we can make that one.  She really enjoys it and is in with a group of really sweet girls from Nashville, which makes it even better.

 

Rylee turned 2 in October and she continues to bless our lives.  She is a very independent child!  She loves to put on her on clothes and do everything by herself.  She has recently gained an interest in puzzles.  I bought her some little wooden puzzles with five or six pieces (the ones with the knobs on each piece).  Nope – that wasn’t challenging enough.  She wants the ones that make a picture!  HA!  She will sit for hours putting those puzzles together.  She has also become very fond of Spongebob.  We have one episode recorded on our DVR and we have watched it OVER AND OVER AND OVER again during our Christmas break and I am SICK of Spongebob!  She moved up to the 2-3 year old group at church and she loves playing with her little buddies:  Walker Chesshir (Bryan and Kayla Chesshir), Mercy Hagler (Rusty and Lisa Hagler), Rayne Morris (Rodney and Annah Ray-Morris), Natalie Nolte (Jason and Stephanie Staggs Nolte) and Banks Ray (Paul Wayne and Andrea Ray).  She loves to get in the car and go – she doesn’t care where, just as long as she is going. (I wonder who she gets that from?)  She especially loves her BecBec and Nan (my parents) and thankfully, they are where they can help me transport her to and from the babysitter’s every day.  She loves watching for them every morning!  She has blessed us and I can’t wait to watch her grow during this new year. 

 

I am still teaching 3^rd Grade at Ashdown and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE my job.  I look forward to going to work each day.  I work with some really awesome ladies and have some spectacular kids!  It’s worth the drive every day, that’s for sure!  I am still going through the Non-Traditional program, but this is my last semester of that!  I passed my last paper exam for the Praxis series in December and will now have to pass a classroom observation in order to be fully certified.  I hope to get that scheduled and over with as soon as possible!  I am also working on my Master’s in Education.  I have 6 hours so far, with another 24 to go…..it won’t be long, I keep saying!

 

So……that’s an update for now.  Hopefully, I can keep on top of my blog and this won’t happen again!  Here’s hoping you have a Happy New Year.  We certainly hope that 2010 will continue to bless us in happiness and health……we’ve certainly been lucky, so far, thank you Lord!

 

 

 

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So.......the title of this post is the reason for my neglect on my Blog! Facebook makes it way too easy to upload pictures and share my thoughts! Now that I have figured out how to do mobile posting, maybe my Blog neglect will cease......maybe! Hopefully in the next few days I can do a little update and then stay current. Kristi, I hope you're happy!

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Ok Kristi.....I'm trying to get this back up and going.......We shall see!
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