International World's Fair

This week has been very busy, but the highlight of the week was Kelsie's History "International World's Fair" on Thursday night. Kelsie's class represented Asia and her country was Japan and she represented it well. She had a display with facts about Japan, some yen and other souvenirs that we borrowed from the Bowers, brought Green Tea and she wore a cute kimono that we had ordered online. We all had a really good time walking around and looking at all the different countries and sampling the various food and drink. Kelsie worked hard on her paper and presentation. We are very proud of her! I hope to put the pics on the computer soon and share them with you. Tonight we had dinner with friends, they cooked out steaks and veggies - very mediterranean and delicious! Great food, good conversation and a fun evening. Tomorrow morning is Kelsie's last basketball game, hope to post pics of that too very soon. Have a good weekend!

My Valentine

Valentine's Day at our house started with the normal school/work routine with the addition of exchanging of gifts. Kelsie and Wayne had flowers and balloons for me, Wayne got a Starbucks gift card and Kelsie "Snow Buddies" movie and then off to school and work for all of us. That night, Wayne took me to the Reata restaurant in Fort Worth. The last time we were there was when the Reata was at the top of the Bank One building downtown before the tornado in 2000. After that they relocated to a different building downtown, it is now next to the 4 Day Weekend Comedy Club. The restaurant had a special Valentine's Day menu and we both (of course) had steak. It was delicious and the best part was the chocolate cake for dessert. It was such a relaxed, elegant and delicious meal. I couldn't ask for more than what God has blessed us with - that after almost 13 years of marriage we still enjoy each other's company. The things I have to celebrate on Valentine's Day are that my husband shares in my struggles and small victories of life, he is a wonderful parent to our daughter (and not a bad math teacher), he still thinks I look like I did when I was 25, and most of all he is a follower of God. Our family is blessed and thank God that we have so much love to honor on Valentine's Day. Happy Love Day to you! Tell someone you love them this week!

Our Family's Valentine

A few days before Valentine's Day we pay tribute to our family's valentine - little Raider. He has been such a sweet baby and we all LOVE him! He is crazy about his squeaky elephant toy, he loves chewy sticks, he always greets us with wanting to be held and give kisses, he wakes Kelsie up every day by jumping on her bed and pulling out her pony tail holder when she has one in her hair, he brings us socks and most of all he is just got a sweet disposition. His name suits him b/c he raids our closets and Kelsie's toys but we think he is precious.

This is when we first got Raider, he was the size of a large Sonic drink. Now he is about 7 pounds, a growing baby.

Kelsie has a baby bed for her dolls and when Raider was little and tiny, she put him in it. Isn't he so very cute? Our little baby.

Happy Birthday, Hailey

Happy Birthday to my precious neice! We had a great weekend celebrating with Hailey - her big number 5. Friday night was party night at McDonald's and the kids had a great time, we all had a good time visiting and catching up with everyone. Kelsie spent the night at Hailey's house and we all got tickled listening to them crack up when they were suppose to be going to sleep. Eventually we had to "get mean" and tell them to get to sleep but we all laughed saying we remember those days of staying up to giggle. They were so cute. Saturday the weather was absolutely beautiful so the girls played in Hailey's backyard all day. We had a little picnic lunch outside and let the dogs play too. I have a new nephew now, my sister got a puppy. He is so cute, a little Boston Terrier named Peyton. We just fell in love with him and he and Raider got along pretty well after a little biting and chasing. They chased and played so hard, both dogs were exhausted and finally decided to nap in the sun. I have some cute pics so I will post them later when I get them put on my computer. We came back Saturday night so it was a really fast trip, but lots of fun. More soon, have a good week.

Pics to Share

The week is winding down and we are all looking forward to our quick trip to San Angelo to celebrate my neice's 5th Birthday over the weekend. Happy Birthday Hailey! The beauty of University Model School is we will be doing school in the car - I love that! Well, here are the pics from the past I have to share, getting caught up on posting all these since my computer was out of commission during this time. Enjoy re-living Thanksgiving with me.

This is when we first got Raider and Kelsie liked treating him like a baby. He couldn't jump out of the stroller yet so he was the perfect candidate for capturing to take for a stroll.

Kelsie and Raider taking a walk.

Thanksgiving Day - at the "kids table" they decorated turkey shaped cookies to their liking. They got pretty ornate with them and had a good time. Christopher, Kelsie and Brittany.

It was very cold on Thanksgiving Day but it didn't stop the kids from wanting to be outside to play. Here is Kelsie and Brittany in the hammock.

Brittany and Raider. Since it was snowing, we put Raider's sweater on him to keep him warm when he wanted to go out. He actually didn't mind the cold, he just didn't want his paws to get wet.

Kelsie and Raider in the yard - you can see the snow flakes in this pic.

Quick Update

The highlights:

Friday night was "Back to the Future" sock hop for Daddy/Daughter date night at church. Kelsie and Wayne went - Kelsie dressed in jeans with a white sweater and cute little ponytail with scarf. She was cute - they had a great time and then off to Starbucks afterward. The ladies all went out to eat and had a good time visiting about what our husbands would most definitely consider "girl talk." We had a great time!

Saturday - Kelsie's basketball team lost this week for the first time, 24 to 14. They played hard though. It was a good game by all teams and they are really improving every week. We are so proud of them. The upside was that PaPaw (Wayne's dad) came to watch the game and rewarded Kelsie for her rebounds and points scored with $$. She is saving for Spring Break's trip to the American Girl doll store in Dallas and she was so excited to have a little more to save for her shopping trip.

Saturday afternoon I took Kelsie and Morgan to see the 3-D Hannah Montana movie. It was pretty good - the 3-D effects were neat and the girls seemed to enjoy the show and the music.

Superbowl was such a great game! We had the Kemner's over, Claire and Kelsie were content to play and play and play - we hardly saw them at all. We had a low key evening just enjoying the game, a very exciting game. Great food - Wayne cooked out ribs and hamburgers along with Kathy's delicious potato salad and shrimp appetizer. We had quite a spread and more importantly, great fellowship.

This week I am taking a Photoshop class for work. It's 3 days (tomorrow is the last) 9 to 4 and we have really learned a lot. The class has been very informative and Wayne and Kelsie did well being home and doing school on Monday. I will admit, I am not used to being gone every day and so my laundry/cleaning routine is out of whack. I am looking forward to the last class tomorrow so I can do the real part of my job but the class was well worth my time.

Well, no pics for now but I will post some next time - off to bed. Hope you have a good week.