Mid-Winter

Here we are - the twins- at mid-winter conference! I've been going to that conference for the last 15 years, but I enjoyed this one so much because Donna was there and we got to spend a lot of time together (even though a lot of it was spent in meetings!) We ate at a couple of nice places (thanks, Balfour)but our lunches were spent sitting between sessions eating cheetos and chocolate and just catching up on our lives. Those were actually the best meals I had! I love you, Donna!

Proud Mommy

Just look at the medals around that neck! Morgan was in 3 events at the Mexia UIL invitational meet last Saturday and took first place in two of them! Wow! I'm such a proud mommy! On Sunday she danced and did a Spanish interpretation in the talent show. The picture shows her at practice - I didn't get any at the actual show. So anyway,I just have to brag sometimes....I'm proud of all of my fantastic five! Maegan is working hard at nursing school, Courtney is being a super mom to our Zylen, and Jayme and Jeremy are doing a great jobs as educators! I love my children!

Moving Day

Saturday was moving day for Jayme. She has a very nice new apartment with a pretty view and new furniture, too. Morgan, Jeremy, Courtney, Zeke, Zylen and Jack were on hand to help with the moving in. Dacia came with her baby, Chandler, who is 2. He entertained Zylen - they were so cute! My assignment was to line the shelves, and I must say I did a fine job of it! I'm the queen of shelf-lining! ;) Now I'm off to the mid-winter administrator's conference in Austin from Sun. - Wed. I think this is either my 15th or 16th year to attend. Gosh, the years fly by!

Happy Birthday Jeremy!

Today my baby boy is .....34....can that be right?!? Okay, so I WAS very YOUNG when I had him!!! Seems like just yesterday he was posing in this "old timey" picture with Josette! My sweet little boy! I'm sooooooo proud of the man he has become...and I love him oh, so much! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, JEREMY!

Where Do the Weekends Go?

Weekdays can be so long.....but weekends fly by so fast! Why is that? This weekend I said goodbye to Christmas '08. It was sad putting away all of the festive decorations that I love so much....and it was also a LOT of work! It's much more fun putting them up in preparation for Christmas! So what's next? We'll see what the new year brings!

I watched the Golden Globes awards tonight - guess I should try to watch Slumdog Millionaire! It won a lot of awards! And....Ha! Jolie-Pitt and their movies were SHUT OUT! Again, Ha! I guess that's just plain mean of me, but I just don't like them!

Merry Christmas Again!

Back to work ! But I ended my time off with the most wonderful week! Jeremy came on Wednesday, so I had four of my five here for New Year's. Kimberly and Robert came over for a little while and Colton brought some fireworks, one really big, pretty one. Other than that, it was a "quiet" New Year's Eve at my house. We started out 2009 by going to Grand Station in Bryan for bowling, laser tag and putt-putt. We had a blast! Then late Friday night, Zylen, Zeke, and Courtney got here from Kansas! Yay! "Christmas" on Saturday (better late than never!) was great...much fun with the gift card hunt outside (it was a BEAUTIFUL day!). All the kids bought a $30 gift card from various places and I hid them all around the back yard - kinda like an Easter egg hunt. After everybody found one, they opened their envelopes to see where their gift cards were to. Morgan's was to DW's (anybody know DW's??!!??) It was just a joke, though - she really ended up with one from Target! Anyway, Zylen was sooooooo sweet and sooooo cute. He was awfully sick and didn't feel so great, but by Sunday he was feeling much better. Poor baby. Everybody else has been sick, too, but when it's our baby, well, it's just sad! Gee, I love him a lot!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

2008 was truly great.....ZYLEN came along in Feb., that was the BEST ever! In July I got a super great new job with a lot of really nice folks. And I ended the year by winning that jackpot, well now THAT was just some fun! I expect 2o09 to be really, really fine! (How about those rhymes with the years?!?) HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE! Love to my family and friends!