My Dream House....

Is yellow.

A porch would be great, but as long as its yellow I will love it no matter what. This is the Coombs House Inn in Apalachicola, FL. We stayed there a couple years ago but I think about this great house everytime I watch Summer Magic. (great old disney flick with Hayley Mills) They move out to "the yellow house in Beula" and of course life is happily ever after once they get to this yellow house. One day I will get my yellow house and my life will be perfect too!

Advice Please!

Ok long story short (very short) - I need to finish school. My initial plans of taking classes online fell through so my options have changed, as well as my degree. I now have to finish with a general studies degree if I want to finish at Tech. I need to pick from english, history, or human development and family studies.

1. English - I clepped out of all my english, I've had enough reading and writing. But I already have 9 hours that would count towards the 18 I need.

2. History - I hate history. But again I would have 9 hours to count towards the 18. But I hate history.

3. HDFS - I think I would enjoy HDFS classes, I looked through the catalog and have interest in all the classes. But I would be starting from scratch to get 18 hours.

SO here is my dilema - do I suck it up and finish ASAP with classes I would hate or do I admit defeat and take classes I would like and accept the fact I'm not going to finish until I'm 30?

My Daddy

My dad lost his job this week. Big surprise but a blessing in disguise. He was trying to do the job of a 20 year old in a 50 year olds body. But its been tough, Roadhouse was his baby and he built it from the ground up and made it one of the most profitable stores and one of the best places to work in Lubbock. Nothing lined up yet but I'm excited to see what doors God opens for him during the next few weeks.

What I love about my dad...

1. His addiction to Diet Coke. I've seen him drink multiple liters in one day. We may not have milk or bread in the house but if we run out of diet coke it requires a run to the store at any hour.

2. He loves to walk around in his underwear. His bedtime routine consists of going into the bedroom, stripping to his underwear, realizing he forgot his nightly bowl of ice cream, running back through the house to get his bowl of ice cream, and going to bed. Brian's finally used to it.

3. His food. I can look through the pantry and fridge and think gosh we have nothing to eat...and he can walk up behind me and make a five star five course meal for the neighborhood. He is the cook in family about 90% of the time and about 90% of the time its steak. Now you know why we go to Lubbock all the time.

4. His sense of humor, always followed by his great laugh.

5. His ability to fix anything, kinda. "Gary-rigged" is term used frequently in their house.

6. He's loved my mom since they were 14.

7. His love of the mountains (which I vehemently hated at 14 but now share). The cabin is appropriately named Lazy D and the best way to sum it up is my dad's favorite bumper sticker - "Pitkin, CO...It's not on a map but neither is heaven."

How do I love Thee....in Technicolor

I love it, Ranger loves it, and Brian loves being finished with it. I'm still not sure why I was so adamant about having a red crib but I'm in love with it. Thanks Brian!

7 1/2 Months

This week has been a big week for me for the following reasons:

1. I bought a Granny bra. Everything about it screams old lady, the size, style, color, shape, straps, clasp, etc. Did I mention I can breathe in it?

2. My belly button has finally started to pop out, RIP my little innie.

3. I feel pregnant enough to use the maternity parking spot at the comissary.

4. My slave laborer has finished painting my red crib and has started assembly, pics when finished.

Chase's First Dance Recital

I wasn't about to miss this one! I think Chase was scared into a tiny ball because there were literately 600 hundreds girls who went "AWWWW Can I touch your belly?!?!" in a period of 2 days. I told Ms Karla to put Chase in the recital next year so I have to come back, anybody need a baby Jesus? My funny recital quote from this year from a 6 year old cotton candy clown -

"Do you have a baby in your tummy?"

"Yes I do."

"Why?"

"Well because I wanted a baby."

"Did you swallow him?"

"Yes dear something like that..."

Also made it to one of my friends wedding showers, and she's going to be an Air Force wife!! Yay join the club!

So including Meredith, us 6 girls grew up within 4 streets of each other and had the run of the neighborhood. I love getting to see any of these girls, brings back so many fun memories! Chase kicked Kayla right before this picture. Normally he is a little punk and doesn't move for anybody, so I know that Kayla will hold a special place in his life. Love you all!

Kicking Butt and Taking Names

Guess who got nominated for Air Weapons Officer of the quarter???

My first thought was not "hey honey good job!"

It was "If you win do you get money?"

Sadly no monetary reward for kicking some AWO butt, so I can honestly say I am proud of him whether he wins or not. Keep up the good work!

He Did It!!

My brother graduated high school. It was a very close call. We had fun picking on him all weekend.

Love my mom! But not the old man sitting next to me. He kept grunting.

He loved the attention, and the cake, and the cookies, and the bbq, and the presents, and the money...

He kept saying if he graduated he wanted an apple, so thats what he got. Don't let the picture fool you, he thought it was funny.