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Thursday, June 19, 2008
Thankful Thursday
Today I am thankful for...1. Cole's hard head. Apparently my boy got whacked in the noggin in a bounce house on today's camp field trip. His group leader called me and said he took quite the kick to the head but he seemed fine. Normally his hard head is a great source of frustration for me, but today it saved his noodles so to speak.
2. Eddie Bauer Ultimate Sale. It's stock up time. I like. I like a lot!
3. Long summer weekend jaunts. We have a couple planned -- one to the lake on July 4th weekend and another to Schlitterbhan in late July/early August.
4. Chocolate. PMS. 'Nuf said.
Amazing
I love So You Think You Can Dance. It's great fun entertainment, but I never thought it would make me cry. I was wrong. Twitch and Kherington's Viennese Waltz last night actually made me teary. I've always liked both of them, but last night sealed it for me. They are fantastic!
Friday, June 13, 2008
My Ice Cream Personality
| Your Ice Cream Personality: |
 You are an incredibly modest person. You don't feel comfortable bragging about yourself... or even receiving complements. You have a wild reputation, but you're not as wild as you seem. You take risks, but only measured risks. You are a very open minded, liberal, and flexible person. You love many things. You tend to have tastes that range from down home to cosmopolitan. You are a natural multitasker. You feel alive when you're doing more than one thing at a time. You can be a big dramatic and over the top sometimes. You are bold in every way |
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Thankful Thursday
Thursday again already?? What a wacky week it has been, and I totally didn't realize that it was Thursday until I read Tiburon's blog this morning. I'm still in kind of a downer mode with Cole still feeling icky, but for the sake of a blog buddy, I will try my best to come up with a list...1. We are getting a Wii! I finally hit Wii Tracker at the right time and found what I was looking for in stock and ordered it before someone beat me to it. We made an agreement as a family to get in 30 minutes of family exercise together every day this summer. It gets so hot here in Texas that in July and August it's too hot even late at night to exercise outdoors. I think the Wii will be a perfect fun indoor family activity to keep everyone moving. And I think we now officially own every game system known to man! ;)
2. Lysol. In both spray and wipe form. Cole has had a stomach bug going on 48 hours now. Enough said, right?
3. Patience. I do not possess a limitless supply to begin with, but the little bit I do have has probably saved more than one person's life this week! LOL
4. One and a half more days until the weekend. Self explanatory.
Sorry Tib, that is the best I could come up with this week. I tried and that is what counts, right?
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Catching Up
I woke up this morning with a start (and a sick kid!) and realized that I haven't posted anything to my poor, pitiful blog in almost a week! And what a busy week it has been. Sad too, but I will get to that in a minute. In the last week...
* We have gone on a road trip. We decided to let Cole miss the last day of school and we took off on a little road trip to the Ozarks. We went up to Branson, Missouri -- the blue hair capital of America! -- and we honestly had a really fun time. We spent a day at Silver Dollar City, which is without a doubt the cleanest amusement park I've ever been to, and that includes Disneyworld. We played miniature golf and rode Go-karts and ate ice cream and more junk food than should be legal. But we had a good time together as a family and that is really what it's all about, right?
* As previously mentioned Cole finished school. My baby (!?!) is a FOURTH grader. Holy cow how did that happen? He had a terrific final report card -- all 4's, which is A's for those of you who don't use the number grading system. He got a perfect score on both of his TAKS tests, reading and math. He was voted fastest runner in 3rd grade. And let me tell you, he was more proud of that award than any of his good grades!
* After getting back from our road trip north, we headed down on a mini-road trip south to my inlaws lake house to pick up Zoey. She was supposed to go on vacation with us, but after her sudden surgery a couple of weeks ago we decided that she would be more comfortable living the easy life with Nana & Peepaw at the lake. And live it up she did! I'm not entirely sure that she was happy to come back home with us but we are happy to have her back nonetheless!
And now for the sad part. I want to preface this by saying that I am aware that none of us is guaranteed a tomorrow, but the past few days have really reinforced that to me...
Last Wednesday morning when she got up to get ready for school, just like every other weekday, Cole's wonderful teacher Ms. Hernandez found her 37 year-old husband dead in the bed beside her. She went to bed the night before with her seemingly healthy husband beside her and woke up the next morning a widow, left to raise her 14 and 9 year old children alone. 37 year old men are not supposed to die, so how do you explain this to a 9 year old? Cole is good friends with Ms. Hernandez's son. He has spent the night at their house and he knew Mr. Marcus, so this wasn't just a faceless name for him. It was his beloved teacher's husband. It was his friend's Dad. And it has been so difficult to help him understand how Mom & Dad are healthy and he doesn't need to be worried about us dying like Alex's dad did when we don't understand it ourselves.
Then yesterday morning we found out that the director of the preschool that Cole attended for almost 4 years was killed on Sunday morning. She was a triathlete and was on a bicycle training ride with one of her training partners and they were hit by a drunk driver and killed instantly. At 8:30 on a Sunday morning! 3 young boys are without their mom today and another young girl is without her father because of a 25 year old punk who was just stupid. Too stupid to see how his dumb choices could affect more people than just himself. And of course he bonded out of jail with a measly $5000 and is at home with his family today while Meredith's friends and family prepare to bury her. She was one of the kindest, most genuine people you would ever want to meet. She loved the children at her Primrose and she spoke to us as parents, never customers. She knew how precious our children were to us and anyone whose child went to her school would tell you that they never had a moment's hesitation closing the door behind them every day because we just knew that Meredith cherished our children as much as we did. She truly was one in a million and it's a darker world without her in it.
So if you are reading this take time to tell your friends and family today how much they mean to you and how much you love them, because tomorrow may or may not happen. And if you pray, include Marcus and Meredith's families in them tonight. Even though you may not know them, I can promise you they were great people and their families are missing them today.
* We have gone on a road trip. We decided to let Cole miss the last day of school and we took off on a little road trip to the Ozarks. We went up to Branson, Missouri -- the blue hair capital of America! -- and we honestly had a really fun time. We spent a day at Silver Dollar City, which is without a doubt the cleanest amusement park I've ever been to, and that includes Disneyworld. We played miniature golf and rode Go-karts and ate ice cream and more junk food than should be legal. But we had a good time together as a family and that is really what it's all about, right?
* As previously mentioned Cole finished school. My baby (!?!) is a FOURTH grader. Holy cow how did that happen? He had a terrific final report card -- all 4's, which is A's for those of you who don't use the number grading system. He got a perfect score on both of his TAKS tests, reading and math. He was voted fastest runner in 3rd grade. And let me tell you, he was more proud of that award than any of his good grades!
* After getting back from our road trip north, we headed down on a mini-road trip south to my inlaws lake house to pick up Zoey. She was supposed to go on vacation with us, but after her sudden surgery a couple of weeks ago we decided that she would be more comfortable living the easy life with Nana & Peepaw at the lake. And live it up she did! I'm not entirely sure that she was happy to come back home with us but we are happy to have her back nonetheless!
And now for the sad part. I want to preface this by saying that I am aware that none of us is guaranteed a tomorrow, but the past few days have really reinforced that to me...
Last Wednesday morning when she got up to get ready for school, just like every other weekday, Cole's wonderful teacher Ms. Hernandez found her 37 year-old husband dead in the bed beside her. She went to bed the night before with her seemingly healthy husband beside her and woke up the next morning a widow, left to raise her 14 and 9 year old children alone. 37 year old men are not supposed to die, so how do you explain this to a 9 year old? Cole is good friends with Ms. Hernandez's son. He has spent the night at their house and he knew Mr. Marcus, so this wasn't just a faceless name for him. It was his beloved teacher's husband. It was his friend's Dad. And it has been so difficult to help him understand how Mom & Dad are healthy and he doesn't need to be worried about us dying like Alex's dad did when we don't understand it ourselves.
Then yesterday morning we found out that the director of the preschool that Cole attended for almost 4 years was killed on Sunday morning. She was a triathlete and was on a bicycle training ride with one of her training partners and they were hit by a drunk driver and killed instantly. At 8:30 on a Sunday morning! 3 young boys are without their mom today and another young girl is without her father because of a 25 year old punk who was just stupid. Too stupid to see how his dumb choices could affect more people than just himself. And of course he bonded out of jail with a measly $5000 and is at home with his family today while Meredith's friends and family prepare to bury her. She was one of the kindest, most genuine people you would ever want to meet. She loved the children at her Primrose and she spoke to us as parents, never customers. She knew how precious our children were to us and anyone whose child went to her school would tell you that they never had a moment's hesitation closing the door behind them every day because we just knew that Meredith cherished our children as much as we did. She truly was one in a million and it's a darker world without her in it.
So if you are reading this take time to tell your friends and family today how much they mean to you and how much you love them, because tomorrow may or may not happen. And if you pray, include Marcus and Meredith's families in them tonight. Even though you may not know them, I can promise you they were great people and their families are missing them today.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
A Perfect Summer Day
Is there a better way to spend a hot summer afternoon??
I think if you need us this summer, the pool is where you can find us!
I think if you need us this summer, the pool is where you can find us!
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
2nd Degree Black Belt
Cole successfully tested for his 2nd degree black belt in Taekwondo on Friday night. He has worked so hard the past 4 years to achieve this rank and his dad and I are so proud of him!
Sparring...
Getting his new belt from Mr. Sawyer...
With his good friend Patrick...
He wants to continue his Taekwondo training, but has decided to take a break for a bit, probably about a year. So now instead of of rushing to class 3 nights a week and early on Saturday mornings, we get to rest. I think the down time is going to take some getting used to.
Sparring...
Getting his new belt from Mr. Sawyer...
With his good friend Patrick...
He wants to continue his Taekwondo training, but has decided to take a break for a bit, probably about a year. So now instead of of rushing to class 3 nights a week and early on Saturday mornings, we get to rest. I think the down time is going to take some getting used to.
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