What a Fright!

This is poor little Gizmo. Tonight when I went to let the babies in I couldn't find him, and he's always the first one in the house because he hates being outside! So I turned on the floodlight, kept calling, turned the lights on in the pool.....and.....there he was.... on the top step and holding on to the edge for dear life! He's getting extra special attention tonight. After I finally put him down and out of the blanket he's been wrapped in he shook his hair out and stuck his head straight into the food bowl, as you can see in the picture. I think he's going to be just fine, but I'M GETTING AN ALARM for the pool ASAP!

Happy Birthday!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS!
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL !!!

$$$$

Would you just look at that!?! I hit the JACKPOT! On a PENNY slot machine! Wow! $1,372!!! Merry Christmas to me! Maegan, Morgan and I went to Shreveport for our annual Christmas trip to the boats with my sisters and their families. Now, I'm not a big gambler, and I take my $100 that I'm willing to "give away" but I'm usually through with that pretty quickly and I'm finished for the trip. BUT this time, I played and played and played with that $100 (dropped to about $20 at one point!)and around 2:30 a.m. the "Jackpot Party" began! I got a lot of attention for a few minutes there! What fun!

Christmas Lights

I've always heard how beautiful the drive-through light display is at Tyler, so Morgan and I looked it up the other night after we finished shopping in Tyler. It was $15 per car, but after we went through it, we both decided it was well worth the cost. It was so pretty, and the displays were so cute! Too many characters to name! I think my favorites were the Peter Pan and nativity scene exhibits. Zylen would have loved seeing all of the pretty lights - maybe next year we can take him. The lights at Marshall are on my to-do list, as well.

Zylen, Courtney and Zeke left for Kansas Sunday morning and won't be back until after New Year's, so we'll be a little bit sad that we won't see him for "Christmas" until then, but we'll try to wait patiently until they get back to Texas! I know his Kansas grandparents are happy to have him there - I would NOT like living that far away from him! Katy is too far!

Tonight we're off to the annual Christmas-time sister families get-together at the boats. We'll be staying at the El Dorado. I'm looking forward to it - it's always a fun time, and who knows, maybe I'll strike it rich! Ha Ha Ha!

I Now Pronounce You....

My camera battery died, so only 2 pictures of the wedding! It was truly beautiful! Shelbye was a gorgeous bride and Amanda was a gorgeous maid of honor. All of my other nieces, great-nieces, daughters and sisters looked beautiful, too, from the oldest to the youngest. We called ourselves the "manless family" because most of the male species of our bunch were either hunting or at the Dallas Cowboys' last game in Texas Stadium! Anyway, on the way home, Morgan said, "We do have a lot of pretty girls in our family, don't we?" Not bragging, just a fact! :) Well, a wedding does give us the opportunity to dress up and try to look our best, anyway, and to get family pictures (except on my camera!) Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Almeida, and welcome to the family, Greg, Natalie and Kristina!

State Champs

I really, really wish Kaufman had gone to the state playoffs tonight, but since they didn't I can be excited that the Carthage Bulldogs won! Take THAT, Celina! Oh, by the way, my sister is Asst. Supt. at Carthage....yay Bulldogs!

Zylen's here!

So, Zylen is at JoJo's house for a couple of days, and he's going to the big event with me tomorrow - Shelbye and Greg's wedding! Then we'll come back to Buffalo on Sunday morning to get him on his way to Kansas with mommy & daddy to see the Kansas grandparents. I'm thrilled that he's here with me, but I'm also saddened by the circumstances under which he's here. He's staying with me while Courtney is spending time with her close friend Leslie. Leslie's father, Greg Huber passed away yesterday. Leslie and Lauren are very special to me and their daddy was a friend. Please pray that God will help them through this terrible time. Greg will be missed around Teague!

On a brighter note - school's out for the Christmas holidays! Yea! We were ALL ready for it! I'm looking forward to the wedding tomorrow - I'm so happy for our "Shelbye Darlin'"

Toothaches and Tires

I started out my day serving the staff at Leon Elem. hot wassail and cookies, then drove a busload of pre-k students to the new bank at Jewett, then went to the dentist, who told me it's going to cost $800 to replace a broken crown, and THEN when I left the dentist's office I had a flat tire. Luckily, there was a mower repair shop right next door to the dentist and four of the nicest gentlemen I've ever met changed that tire for me in the freezing cold! I'm going to send them a special gift tomorrow. Did I mention that's the third flat I've had in the last ten days? Jeremy got to change one the night of that cold football game! As for tonight, I'm staying in and taking the antibiotics and pain pills the dentist gave me. There's nothing like a toothache! Thank goodness for dentists and nice men who change tires....and vicodin!

Happy Birthday LoLo!

Today is my sister Lois' birthday. Just to tell you a bit about her - she was named Teacher of the Year at her school last year...and that's a BIG thing when you work in a school as big as Conroe ISD! I'm so proud of my sister! HAPPY BIRTHDAY LO-LO! Love you bunches!

Polar Express

Aunt Lucy (Morgan) works for the Buffalo Press, and since she was assigned to do a story on the Polar Express, she,Colton and I were fortunate to be able to take Zylen last Saturday night(thanks, Mr. Mac!) The Polar Express is actually the train in Palestine and it takes passengers (who are dressed in their pajamas!) to the "North Pole" where Santa boards the train and gives each child a bell. Along the way, we were served hot chocolate and rice krispie treats. It was a real treat and Zylen was in awe of Santa and all the lights. He especially liked one of the servers, and he LOVED the bell Santa gave him! Watch for Morgan's story and layout in the Press! She loves working with the newspaper!

Game pics

Here are some pictures of Zylen at his first football game Friday night! He was sucking his thumb through his mitten! Mommy & Daddy try to keep him from sucking it, and he doesn't do it too often, but I guess he just really wanted it that night!

Aw, heck!

Well,no more football games for Kaufman this year. Celina came out on top this time -way out on top. My goodness, the score was 50 - 6! I'm glad we went, though...me, Morgan, Morgan's friend Sarah, Courtney and...yep, Zylen! His first football game! He was so bundled up you could hardly see him (so were we! Geez, it was cold!). Anyway, the Lions had a great and exciting season and now they can look forward to next year! As for the Anderson family, we'll be getting ready for our next two big events...Shelbye and Greg's wedding and CHRISTMAS! Stay tuned for pics later - can't add any 'til I get home this afternoon!

Game Time!

Time for the big game tonight! Kaufman vs Celina! We'll be heading to Royse City as soon as school's out. Zylen is rooting for Uncle Ribbit's team! We all are! GOOD LUCK KAUFMAN!!!!!

Tree-toppers

It's beginning to look a LOT like Christmas at my house! Sadie put the star on her tree, and Colton Claus topped off the family tree in the living room! There are seven trees (so far) inside and on the porches of the Anderson house! Got my Christmas quilt out, too. I love Christmas time! More to come!