It was a busy week

Sorry for taking so long to update. We had something going on everynight last week. Revival for 4 nights plus track practice started off the week. By Thursday, I was disappointed that the Revival had ended. But we had softball practice till 9:15. Friday was a long driving day. Trevor and I drove to Tyler to meet Colton's class at the zoo but that got rained out. We were able to take him with us and headed to Canton for First Monday. One of my favorite things to do if only we were feeling better. Trevor picked up a bow and some arrows for the annual knife and hawk throw. Then we drove back to Malakoff. After a little while at home, Rance and I went to the Distict Track Meet to watch Bri. She placed 4th in the 800 and 3rd in the mile relay (she gets a medal for that). Trevor came up later and got Rance and I was able to stay longer, in the cold. I remember track being warm and sunny and all of us trying to get a tan while waiting for our next event. Saturday and Sunday started off earlier than I wanted them to. Trevor and Colton went to the throw first thing. Colton placed 7th in his division. I'm not sure what Trevor did. Overall, there were 78 people throwing this year, and it is considered a world record in Guinness 2008.

Trevor throwing & Padge judging.

Bailee P, 5 years old.

Colton showing off his 3 point card. Hit it dead center!

Colton and Bailee

14 Years

Trevor and I celebrated another year together this weekend. He started out with a card and some chocolate. Friday when he got home, he fired up the grill and cooked steaks, asparagus, and beans. As an appetizer, he had sushi. Below is my California roll. The wasabi was HOT! I got some on the roof of my mouth and it made my nose burn and my eyes water. Definitely some good cooking. Saturday, after a long day of mowing, we went to Red Lobster, for the sea food lover in us. We started off with cheese bread, lobster and crab stuffed mushrooms (mm mm good) and salad. He had stuffed tilapia and I had the Grilled Maine Lobster and Jumbo Shrimp. Sorry, but after eating at this parents a few times in Lake Jackson, this was not jumbo shrimp. Though, it was good. Thanks to my wonderful friend, Kasey, we had a child free evening. She and Bri fed and bathed the kids. Even with the rain, it was a nice evening out, just the two of us. We don't get to go out much with out the kids.

Ally and Rance.

15 Months Old

Wow, how the past 15 months have gone by. It honestly makes me sad that it was so fast.(sniff, sniff) It seems like Rance's first year was the shortest of the three kids. Maybe it has something to do with my age, previous experience, who knows. I am sure I took 100 times more pics this time around plus some videos. I didn't do as much before. Sorry Bri and Colton. The advice I give most to new moms is take as many pictures as possible and more b/c it will never be enough.

Rance and Bri about a year ago.

Played hard

I couldn't pass up this shot of Rance asleep on the floor. He played for a long time the other morning. Looks rather uncomfortable.

Run Around

The 7th grade girls placed 3rd out of 6, at the MMS Meet. They all did great.

The weather was OK. The wind was brisk even though the temp was 64.
Briana is getting ready for the 400
In the 1600m relay, they placed 5th. By this time, the temp was at 54.

Brrrrr, it was cold!

Mr. Starter

and Mr. Starter eating pizza.

We took the boys for the annual Easter Bunny photo and the pic turned out great. Bri wasn't in it this year, for the first time ever. She almost didn't do it last year but changed her mind at the last minute. I think b/c last year was Rance's first Easter.

For Easter, we put together some candy filled eggs for the boys to find waiting for them when they got up. Colton saw his basket on the counter and then ran to look out the window in the yard to see if there were any eggs to be hunted. He then decided that Mom went out and picked them all up for him.


Rance got a few jelly beans but no chocolate, since it isn't recommended for babies, and an egg with money in it. He ate his first jelly bean which he chewed on for about 15 minutes.










Here he is chewing on the first bean. The picture doesn't show it to well, but he was drulling like crazy.



We had huge turn out for church. Chairs from the fellowship hall had to be carried up the stairs to the balcony to help seat everyone plus the ones down stairs. I don't think that has ever happend before. I believe the count was over 500. It was a great sermon.



I fixed one of my best meals for lunch, thanks to the newly opened Athens Cafe. We saw a few others from church eating there also. I went to pick Bri up from staying at my parents in Waco later. My Mom took her to get her nails done. French tips.

Spring Break @ Last

This year we decided to rent a beach house in Surfside, Tx. This is the second time to do so and Rance and Sadie's first. We loaded Big Red to the roof and headed out as soon as Sadie finished cheer tryouts. We got there about 9:30 Friday night. Everyone had a blast playing in the water except Rance and myself. The water rolled up to ankle deep and was so cold my legs hurt.

The Sea Princess

The people behind us partied Friday night till 1:30 AM and till 3:30 AM Saturday night, or should I say Sunday morning.

Trevor frying some fresh, gulf shrimp

Me eating my first raw oyster. It wasn't too bad, mainly just the thought of it.

Trevor surfing and the girls trying to boogie board with a tanker coming into port. Sadie says she saw something dark swimming by them and then got bumped on her leg by something hard and smooth. There's all kinds of fish out there you just can't see them. If you ask her, she says it was a shark, possibly a nurse shark.

Colton next to a pic of Trevor

The kids posing with Gordon the grouper at the Sea Center

Rance and Colton with the sharks

The boys in front of a painting of George H. Bush fishing

Hot Dog Man at the mall

Famous Lake Jackson landmark, note the street names

The trip ended with Rance getting whatever made Colton sick last week. High fever and no other symptoms. But, we all had a great time.

Sick kid and fire.

Colton didn't go to school tday or yesterday. He has a fever but no other symptoms (102 was the highest). His teacher said there have been alot of kids out this week with fever. They are making chili today but I hope he doesn't remember. He was looking forward to it. In other happenings, I was awakened at 2:30 Thursday morning to sirens and a horn. Since it peaked my interest I got up to investigate. With all of the older people that live in Star Harbor, there have been several occassions of an ambulance being called out. I worry about my neighbors. While standing on the sidewalk in our yard, I could see some orange light in the distance, looking b/t houses and through trees. I immediately prayed for eveyones safety. What do you do in a situation like this? I couldn't just go back to sleep, but I am not a firefighter either. I went back in to tell Trevor. I think he thought I was sleep walking again. Later I called Tim to see what happened. A house on Crescent caught fire, they think around the furnace, and went up into the attic. He said soon after they got the call and arrived, the house was engulfed. The people had to climb out of a window to escape. We drove by to see the damage. Wow, how terrible for the homeowners. Thankfully, they all got out. I don't know who they are, but it looks like they lost pretty much everything.

Here we go!

Colton received his first love letter today. I knew there were girls at school that think he is cute but it was only a matter of time. The girl, who will remain nameless, wrote, "Dear Colton, do you love me? Love you." And then she drew a picture, I guess, of herself. I asked him what he thought. He said that he did not love her. I told him that was fine, he didn't have to. The boy is only 7. But this is only the beginning.

Too Cold For A Track Meet

I believe the temp tonight was 53 and with the humidity so high, it was cold!!! Bri did a great job. Not sure what she ranked but she ran her little heart out as did all of the other kids. I think the meets should be held in warmer months. Too many injuries occur in cold weather. In her last race, the cold and being tired was taking it's toll. Her knee was starting to hurt and so that slowed her down. She did really good though and Trevor and I were glad we got to see her run. Hopefully the MMS meet will be warmer.

Here is Bri running the 800.
Rance watching Sissy run hard.

She loves her baby brother.

Colton keeping busy.

Where's the snow?

There were two very disappointed kids at our house this morning. Wow, it really came down! Too bad it didn't stick. I laid in bed for as long as I could, switching back and forth from the radio channel and the news channel "hoping" to hear no school or at least a delay. No such luck. I think I was more disappointed than the kids. There were very few snow days when I was in school so I guess even now it's still a treat to miss. Trevor got up at his usual 4 AM, checked the news and called his ride share, and they headed on into Dallas. He said they got there just fine, thankfully.

The picture doesn't show the snow coming down hardly at all. I clipped it from my video. So, here is a pic from last Easter on our way to Waco. I couldn't help but take a picture of this rare moment of Spring time Bluebonnets in the snow.

Newest Family Member

Spike, as Colton has been calling him, joined us Saturday evening. He is 6 weeks old, not potty trained, and weighs 2 pounds and half an ounce. Rance thinks Spike is a kitty. Since we have 4 of them, I guess he might get a little confused. We are working on the different animal names though. He's like having another baby, getting up in the middle of the night and stuff. Trevor said now that we have a dog, we will have to find some land around here and build. I commented with, "if we have land, we will just get more dogs!" He didn't respond.