Emmy

This is our new family member, Emmy. Isn't she gorgeous? She came to live with us yesterday and I think it's safe to say we are all in love with her already. Well, except for Zoey, and love is definitely too strong of a word there. Zoey is just tolerating her, but at this point I think that is all we can expect. I hope they learn to love each other though because we sure are enjoying them both!

Wordless Wednesday

Thankful Thursday

It's Thursday. You know the drill...

1. Today is my Friday. Ron and I are taking tomorrow off and we are taking Cole to Six Flags. Yes we are crazy. Yes it is going to be hot. But the boy earned a free ticket through the reading program at school, so who are we to deny him his day of roller coaster riding fun??

2. Central Air Conditioning. It's Texas. It's August. No further explanation necessary.

3. Hand me downs. Cole is lucky to have a cousin who is just older than him and who also has excellent taste in clothes. We regularly get boxes of barely worn stuff from Abercrombie, Hollister, and Gap so he gets to look cool and I don't have to spend a fortune for him to do it.

4. My iPod Shuffle. I recently got this little beauty strictly for gym/working out use and I am so glad that I did. I love my big iPod but it was bulky and uncomfortable to wear on an armband, not too mention how itchy the armband got when I was all sweaty. The Shuffle is a perfect alternative!

Wednesday Random Musings

1. I am tired of being hot. Getting boob sweat right after showering just sucks! Several 100+ degree days in a row is mentally draining. Something about seeing those 3 digits just makes it seem so much worse than it probably is. I'm living for the day when the high is only 99!

2. Yoplait Light Fat Free Pineapple Upside Down Cake yogurt...Oh baby! Sinfully delicious. It's seriously yummy enough to have for dessert. And only 2 Weight Watchers Points.

3. My Cowboys are in training camp and all is right with the world. In 99% of my life I am a girly girl. I part ways with the girly stuff when it comes to sports, most especially football. I am DIE HARD. For me the beginning of training camp is like Christmas, only better. Because while Christmas is only one day, football season lasts for 6 glorious months!!

4. I really want Twitch to make it to the final four of So You Think You Can Dance. No, he's not the most technically dazzling dancer, but he dances from his soul and when he is on the stage my eyes are always drawn to him.

5. Friday is August 1. August?!?! Where the heck did July go? Only 24 more days until school starts back. Unbelieveable!!

6. Just over 2 days until Breaking Dawn! CAN. NOT. WAIT. If you need me this weekend, don't call. Whatever you need can wait until Monday! :)

So Cool

See the cutie on that billboard? That is my cousin Josh! He entered and almost won last year's Kim Dawson model search -- he came in second. It seems as if he is really making the most of this whole modeling thing too. He has done some work for Abercrombie & Fitch, is featured prominently in the back to school campaign for JCPenney, and is the face of this year's model search campaign with his mug gracing this huge billboard on I-35 here in Dallas! Isn't that neat? And to think I used to change his diapers!

I never win anything....

Until now! Of all the things I thought I might win in my life...a new car, a tropical vacation, a designer handbag, $25,000...I never in a million years thought I would win an award for my blog! I started this thing on a whim, thinking it would be a great way to kill some free time as well as a journal of the things we do in our little family. Well as it turns out I actually have a reader or two, and it seems that Tiburon, of the vastly entertaining Shark Bait, likes me. She really likes me! And all this time I thought she only commented on my posts because she felt sorry for me since I have so few readers and even fewer commenters! Thanks Tib!

Of course this award comes with rules:

1. Please put the logo on your blog.

2. Add a link to the person who awarded you.

3. You must nominate 7 fellow bloggers for this award.

4. Add links to the recipients.

5. Leave a comment so the recipients know they have received an award.

And as is usual with my luck, properly accepting this award is not without challenge. I don't know 7 bloggers! I'm relatively new to the blogging thing and haven't created a big blogging buddy network. Cue violins, it's pretty pitiful, no?

So with that being said, I am going to have my very first blog giveaway! (Tib, I'm going to need your help advertising here since you know everyone who blogs!) If you would like to be considered for this prestigious award, come visit me and leave a comment on this post with a link to your blog. I'll mosey over and check it out and if I find your work worthy, then you too can be BRILLIANTE! C'mon now, you know you want to!

Family Resemblance?

This is me with my cousins Tonya and Kim at Tonya's birthday party last weekend. Everyone who has seen this picture has remarked at the strong resemblance between the three of us, but I don't see it. What do you think, can we deny that we are related? :)