2/24 - We had a lazy morning. I made Cheese eggs which the kids love
(I remember loving it when my mom made cheese eggs) and muffins. We
had a relaxing morning. In the afternoon Landon had soccer practice and
baseball practice back to back. Luckily it was a nice day. Kasey got
to play with Katelyn at the park during soccer and played some with
Reese at baseball practice. Of course Kasey had to go potty so I drove
her home real quick. While I was gone Landon hit a home run.
After practice, Grandma and Pops brought over Cheesecake factory
for dinner. I had ordered it ahead of time and they thought we wanted
it 9:15pm so they had to wait for a while. It was a good dinner though.
2/23 - I got up to do Zumba, of course the kids had gone to bed 30
minutes late and woke up before 7. Which causes drama every time.
Landon
had basketball. He got a 2-3 baskets, and played good defense and
overall. We had to go right after, but coach gave Landon a white star
which is the highest star for playing like Jesus would play. Coach told
Landon that he was the leader of the team and did a good job. I was
proud.
We went straight to a birthday party where boys played soccer. Last 5 minutes we played parents vs kids. We called it a tie.
After
the party we went shoe shopping - Landon needed new tennis shoes and
had grown a full shoe size. Landon found some light up star wars shoes
- I told him that Greg would kill me if I got them. Landon asked if
he would really kill me. I said no it's just an expression. Landon
said so it would be like if it was almost girls night he wouldn't let
you go. I said yea something like that.
Kids got Gatorade form the party and wanted some. I said they
couldn't have any more today because they had had to much sugar. I told
Landon he could take his to practice tomorrow. Kasey asked if she
could take hers. I said are you going to run laps? She said no, I'm
going to sit there and drink it.
Kasey helped me do dishes. She told me she is very good and helping with dishes
I
had a few friends over for drinks to hang out. We ended up watching
Burlesque and talking. Marisa made some yummy brownies too that we each
had more than one :)
2/21 - My first day with Greg gone. I had stayed up til 1:15am
working and getting stuff ready for the next day. I still got up in
time to do a 30 minute work out, get both kids to school in time with
Landon's lunch and Kasey's snacks for the whole class (Greg had prepared
everything I just had to take them). I even got to work in time for
my first meeting.
They were talking about being Green at school and they had a raffle to win a bike - Landon won it. Pretty cool.
We
went to Grammy and Gramps for dinner. We had fajitas and margaritas
which were good. Had fun. Gramps even made me a margarita to bring
home, it was national margarita day after all.
I did some work and then watched a girly movie with my margarita
2/20
- Landon went to the dentist today. He had his other front bottom
adult tooth coming in behind his baby teeth. The dentist said that that
baby tooth wasn't coming out and it should be removed. He had his 2nd
tooth pulled. They said that his top teeth are coming in well and
should hopefully not come in behind the baby teeth.
Kasey was getting ready for bed washing her hands and she said
something about peanuts. I looked at her and she said - I said peanuts
not penis. I tried really hard not to laugh at that one, I didn't do
very well.
2/19 - Landon and I got to go to science night at his school. We got
to see baby chicks moving in eggs, a hawk that is blind in one eye,
beautiful owl, learn about bio fuel and how to make ethonol. It was
pretty cool, and Landon had a good time.
Landon told me that liked math and science. He thinks he's good at
math and ok at science. He said I was good at math and science. Fun
to have those kind of discussions.
2/17 - Since kids were at
grandparents Greg and I slept in a little and decided to go to breakfast
just the two of us. We went to a little crepe place right by the house
and had chirizo and egg crepe, french toast with berries, and hot
chocolate. We got to sit by the window which overlooked the grass and
water area of Watters Creek which was really nice.
We went to pick up the kids and played a US states game with Grammy.
We came back home for a while. Greg and Landon had soccer practice at
2:30 and so Kasey and I went to see Cinderella in the theater which was
fun. Then Greg brought Landon up and we saw Peter Pan in the theater
which was also fun.
We had dinner when we got home, and then got the kids to bed. They were pretty tired.
2/16
- Landon had basketball. Colin was sick so the game was different.
Landon scored 3 baskets, and played some good defense. They played a
good team so it was tough, but I thought he did pretty well.
We had lunch at Elkas, and then we had to pick up cans for Scouts
for food (collecting non perishables for the community). Then we went
to order Landon's baseball uniform. He is playing on the volcanoes.
Then we headed back to the house for a little while to pack kids up and
hang out. Grammy came over and Kasey, Grammy and I went to Envy nails
for manicure and pedicures for Grammy's birthday. Always fun for some
pampering.
Greg and Landon played a little baseball, and then went for a bike ride.
When
we got done Grammy took the kids to her house for dinner and to spend
the night. Greg and I went to Houstons for dinner which was great, and
then we went to see Die Hard (which I slept through most of it).
2/14 - We had fun Valentines. Kasey got to pick new pets with both
grandparents for her and Landon. Kids enjoyed them. Greg and I got to
go to Landon's Valentines party at school. We were in charge of games
which is always interesting with 19 first graders. Kids had fun. I did
notice this year that I think pinterest is wearing off on many people -
most valentines are not simple ones anymore.
I had to work in afternoon, and then we had heart shaped Pizza that
Grandma had bought us. We also got to have some Frank Family wine for
dinner - that was our Valentine. Greg made us strawberry and raspberry
shortcake.
Greg gave me Reeses Peanut Butter cups for Valentines and some older movies that I really wanted to see.
2/10
- Kids were a little restless. We went to lunch at Village Burger Bar,
and then Landon and Greg went on bike ride to the school. I walked
while Kasey rode her bike as well. She rides her bike slow, but I
guess that's better than her being fast and reckless.
Landon and Greg saw a few friend and ended up playing some baseball.
Kasey and I watched the boys and then we all headed back home.
2/9 - We often have busy days, but I think this one was one of the busiest.
Kasey came in at 7:20 and declared she was all better and felt
fine. She was jumping off the walls. I went to 8:15 aerobics to try
the new teacher out. She was ok. She doesn't do step which I was
really sad about. She did a bar, kick boxing and agility which was a
good workout, but not my favorite. She seems willing to try different
things for the class so we'll see.
Then came home for quick get ready and headed to Landon's basketball
game. Landon played a good game. He took the ball away several times
on defense, got several rebounds, and scored 3-4 baskets as well.
Then I headed to Plano Senior High school for a summer camp expo for gifted and talented and special needs kids.
Headed
home for a quick lunch. Then Landon and Greg headed out to put
donation bags in the neighborhood for cub scounts. At 2 we were all at
Elementary school near by for the Cub Scout Pinewood derby. Landon's
car looked really cool. He made an A&M football field with aTm in
the end zones, a field goal, and a 2 on the end. His car wasn't the
fastest so didn't win, but he did get an art medal so he was very
excited about it. It was fun for all of us. All the sisters were lined
up to watch the race which was cute.
We came home for a few hours, and then Landon and I got ready for
our Western mother/son dance. I wore my awesome cowboy hat made by
Cassandra MacGregor of House of MacGregor. Other than that we basically
wore button down shirts and jeans, but it worked. We met several moms
and boys for dinner at 5th Street Pizza which was pretty simple and
fast. Then we headed to the dance. We got a few cute pictures and then
headed in to dance. Landon really wasn't sure and wasn't having to much
fun, but after a while and after a cookie he started having a good
time. As we were leaving he said that was a blast. The moms had a
great time dancing and singing. We did the cotton eyed joe yelling
Allen Eagles instead of the normal, which made me laugh. We sang some
Journey, Taylor Swift, Justin Beiber, etc. It was funny how all the
moms knew most of the words.
We got home and Greg and I relaxed with a beer just hanging out
2/8
- Boys had pinewood derby checkin tonight that I worked at. It was
interesting seeing all the cars and how some did it for fun and some
were really serious about it.
Kasey stayed home from school and swim, she got sick some but
fever went away for the most part. She just didn't feel well and didn't
want to eat.
Landon got Knight of the week this week. We are really proud of him
2/7 - Kasey wasn't feeling well at Grammys. She had low grade fever and didn't want to eat. Other than that she was ok.
2/3
- We celebrated Grammy's birthday by going to Bonnie Ruths for Brunch -
yum. We were all stuffed though. They came back to the house for a
little bit and of course kids wanted to show Grammy their rooms, and
doll house, and pinewood derby car, and playing football outside. We
had fun.
The boys worked on pinewood derby car in the afternoon. Kasey and I played games and hung out.
Then
we all went to the park to meet the Kearns for baseball practice. The
girls did a little tball hitting, and the boys practiced fielding and
hitting. The girls wanted to spend some time on the playground as well.
I ran to market street to get food for dinner and to Sonic for
special drinks for the kids. We all watched the first 1/2 of game then
kids had to shower and get in bed at half time.
2/2 - I went to
aerobics since Landon had a 10am game. It was the last class for my
teacher Amy who I've been taking Saturday classes from since 2000. Sad
to see her leaving, but I understand. Hopefully she'll come work out
with us some.
I made it just in time for Landon's basketball game. Our guys
played a tougher team so there weren't as many baskets from our guys.
Landon did play good defense, point and passed more to teammates.
You
could tell a difference when they didn't get that 5-10 minute practice
before the game.
Greg, Doug, Landon, Mason and Gary went to the Texas vs the Nation college football game. I guess it wasn't a great game.
Kasey
and I ran a few errands (which she didn't want to do), then we played
the princess game. My back was hurting from morning workout so Kasey
gave me a back rub and we laid down to take a short nap (or so we said).
Then Kasey was playing with my hair saying she was curling it.
2/1 - I put the kids to bed in my pajamas which I never do. They
asked why I was in pajamas, I said why not. I got a glass of wine and
watched a chick flick.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Thursday, January 31, 2013
January 2013 Updates
1/30 - I had a ton of work to do, so I decided to stay home and be
productive. I had to eat lunch so Greg, Kasey and I had lunch with
Landon which was fun. i did get a lot done.
We went to Mi Cocina for dinner that night. Kasey looks over at me and says look I made the Millennium falcon with her chip. It was cute
1/27 - Per my facebook post - It's been an up and down day. I backed up the new car to close to the garage, but Greg was able to get the paint off the mirror and nothing broke. I dropped my phone in the garage and cracked the screen, but everything still works and the worst part is in the top right where not much happens. Now I need to go work, but feel like just going to bed.
Also Kasey had a runny nose all day, but she didn't have fever. I didn't want to jinx that one.
1/26 - Landon had a basketball game in the morning. Landon did well scoring 4-5 baskets, passing some to teammates, and playing some defense. We had to sit up on stage because of the court the boys played on. Kasey and Drew played together. They ran around, played on ipad, and had to deal with another little boy saying they were mean when they weren't. It was pretty cute.
In the afternoon we went with cub scout activity with fire station tour of new Allen fire station.
Kids were a little crazy, but enjoyed it. They were running around outside before the tour and of course my kids got mud all over their shoes so they took the tour in socks.
That night i got to see Goonies - classic 80s movie.
1/25 - We went to family fitness night at Landon's school. They had activities for kids to do, healthy snacks, skateboarding, hool a hoops, basketball, zumba, boxing, football etc. Kids had a good time. Of course I dressed in more work out clothes and most other parents were in jeans. Guess I know for next year.
After we got kids to bed I went to Market Street to get some beer for us. Jimmy Buffer concert was on which was fun.
1/23 - I had to send an email from my laptop in the morning. Kasey got her little toy laptop out and was doing email as well.
1/20 - We picked up kids, went to lunch at Snuffers. Landon and Greg played tic tac toe - they played using math and star wars symbols which I thought was pretty cool.
Greg and Landon went to work on his pinewood derby car. Kasey and I went to a birthday party for one of her school friends. It was really cute. The girls got to dress up in princess dresses, they did their hair up (Kasey got a cute braid updo), they painted their nails and got necklaces, flowers and boas if they wanted. Then the girls did a fashion show which was really cute. They did a few games and songs and had cupcakes.
Landon was pretty tired so Kasey and I went to dinner just the two of us. She wanted Mexigo so that's where we went. We brought a little home to Greg.
1/19 - Landon had another basketball game. He had been practicing during the week on dribbling. He played an all around good game. He got 3 or 4 baskets, had multiple assists, and played good defense. 2nd half he was guarding the player on the other team that was really good. He played good defense with him. He got a star for all around good play which he deserved.
In the afternoon the kids and I went up to Kaseys room turned some music on and danced and
sang. We had a good time. Landon sometimes gets rough, but otherwise we had a good time.
That night we got to go out while kids stayed at the grandparents. We went to Seasons 52 for dinner and then to see Zero Dark 30 which was good. I even stayed awake during the movie.
1/18 - We had Kasey's Parent Teacher conference at school. she seems to be doing well and they don't have any concerns. We keep asking if she throws fits or gets upset with kids in class, and they haven't seen it. I guess both of our kids save misbehaving to when they get home. I guess that's better than doing it the other way. We will put her into PreK program next year. Crazy.
Kasey threw a complete fit going to dinner so Greg stayed home with her while Landon and I went out to dinner to Mi Cocina the two of us.
1/17 - Kasey has been potty trained during the day since she was 2, but still was wearing pull ups at night. She's been doing better staying dry at night, and so we decided Thursday to let her try going commando (no pullup). She did well for first few nights. Hopefully we have end in site of no pullups.
1/7 - 1/12 - I was in Las Vegas for CES. We had a good show for work. I was in charge from our group on the set up and making sure everything came together which luckily it did. We also got some good videos with our TITV crew there. We did get to play some as well in the evenings. I got to have dinner with my cousins who live there which is always fun. We got to go out for some dinners and enjoy Vegas into the later hours a few nights. We laughed a lot.
Unfortunately I missed Landon's first basketball game on SAturday, but Greg was able to video most of it. He's excited about playing and enjoying both offense and defense. His first game he got a star for offense sense he got a basket. His friend Colin was the only other team member to get baskets.
1/6 - We went to lunch today and worked on house stuff some. In the afternoon I took the kids for a biker ride. We went across Alma and rode to Landon's school. They got to ride bikes around the black top around for a while then we headed home. Landon is doing well, but still working on getting started. He can do it on his own but takes a little bit. Kasey kept talking about her kids during the ride and that they were on a bike ride as well.
1/5 - Landon had a playdate for a few hours, Greg was painting, and so Kasey and I went to the salon for manicures and pedicures. She loves it. They have a cute pink chair back so she can sit close enough to touch the water with her feet. She got purple toes, and light pink fingernail polish with flowers on her thumbs. She also got a virgin strawberry margarita which she thought was fun. Hers didn't take as long as mine and she was worried that I wouldn't get flip flops from the salon but I did.
1/4 - AT&T Cotton Bowl Day - We had lunch with the kids at home then took them to the Grandparents. We didn't get them tickets to Cotton Bowl because it was a night game. Doug, Greg and I headed out to Jerry World to do some tailgating. We set up and watched the A&M vs Alabama game before the game. With the sun out it wasn't to bad, but I still had hat on and blanket on me.
Dave and Tracy came by as we were starting to pack up to head to the stadium. We had pretty good seats. Up high but about 20 year line. It was a great game. Finally a bowl game that we weren't sure how it would end up but we dominated. Johnny Football played great, seniors did well, and the whole team had a good time (the fans too).
Greg looked it up that he's been to 12 bowl games with only 3 wins. I've been to 8 with 2 wins so not much better. Very exciting time to be an Aggie.
1/3 - Greg started working on painting our bedroom. He got almost half done. It's the last room in the house that hasn't been painted a color.
1/1/13 - I got up about 10am which still seemed early, got ready and went to get the kiddos. We had lunch with Grammy and Gramps and hung out for a while which was nice. Landon and Grammy had made some dessert that we had to try.
We had brought home some of the poppers from the party so we went out in the afternoon and did them with the kids. Kasey couldn't throw them down hard enough so on her own she started throwing them up so that they hit the ground hard enough to go off.
We went to Mi Cocina for dinner that night. Kasey looks over at me and says look I made the Millennium falcon with her chip. It was cute
1/27 - Per my facebook post - It's been an up and down day. I backed up the new car to close to the garage, but Greg was able to get the paint off the mirror and nothing broke. I dropped my phone in the garage and cracked the screen, but everything still works and the worst part is in the top right where not much happens. Now I need to go work, but feel like just going to bed.
Also Kasey had a runny nose all day, but she didn't have fever. I didn't want to jinx that one.
1/26 - Landon had a basketball game in the morning. Landon did well scoring 4-5 baskets, passing some to teammates, and playing some defense. We had to sit up on stage because of the court the boys played on. Kasey and Drew played together. They ran around, played on ipad, and had to deal with another little boy saying they were mean when they weren't. It was pretty cute.
In the afternoon we went with cub scout activity with fire station tour of new Allen fire station.
Kids were a little crazy, but enjoyed it. They were running around outside before the tour and of course my kids got mud all over their shoes so they took the tour in socks.
That night i got to see Goonies - classic 80s movie.
1/25 - We went to family fitness night at Landon's school. They had activities for kids to do, healthy snacks, skateboarding, hool a hoops, basketball, zumba, boxing, football etc. Kids had a good time. Of course I dressed in more work out clothes and most other parents were in jeans. Guess I know for next year.
After we got kids to bed I went to Market Street to get some beer for us. Jimmy Buffer concert was on which was fun.
1/23 - I had to send an email from my laptop in the morning. Kasey got her little toy laptop out and was doing email as well.
1/20 - We picked up kids, went to lunch at Snuffers. Landon and Greg played tic tac toe - they played using math and star wars symbols which I thought was pretty cool.
Greg and Landon went to work on his pinewood derby car. Kasey and I went to a birthday party for one of her school friends. It was really cute. The girls got to dress up in princess dresses, they did their hair up (Kasey got a cute braid updo), they painted their nails and got necklaces, flowers and boas if they wanted. Then the girls did a fashion show which was really cute. They did a few games and songs and had cupcakes.
Landon was pretty tired so Kasey and I went to dinner just the two of us. She wanted Mexigo so that's where we went. We brought a little home to Greg.
1/19 - Landon had another basketball game. He had been practicing during the week on dribbling. He played an all around good game. He got 3 or 4 baskets, had multiple assists, and played good defense. 2nd half he was guarding the player on the other team that was really good. He played good defense with him. He got a star for all around good play which he deserved.
In the afternoon the kids and I went up to Kaseys room turned some music on and danced and
sang. We had a good time. Landon sometimes gets rough, but otherwise we had a good time.
That night we got to go out while kids stayed at the grandparents. We went to Seasons 52 for dinner and then to see Zero Dark 30 which was good. I even stayed awake during the movie.
1/18 - We had Kasey's Parent Teacher conference at school. she seems to be doing well and they don't have any concerns. We keep asking if she throws fits or gets upset with kids in class, and they haven't seen it. I guess both of our kids save misbehaving to when they get home. I guess that's better than doing it the other way. We will put her into PreK program next year. Crazy.
Kasey threw a complete fit going to dinner so Greg stayed home with her while Landon and I went out to dinner to Mi Cocina the two of us.
1/17 - Kasey has been potty trained during the day since she was 2, but still was wearing pull ups at night. She's been doing better staying dry at night, and so we decided Thursday to let her try going commando (no pullup). She did well for first few nights. Hopefully we have end in site of no pullups.
1/7 - 1/12 - I was in Las Vegas for CES. We had a good show for work. I was in charge from our group on the set up and making sure everything came together which luckily it did. We also got some good videos with our TITV crew there. We did get to play some as well in the evenings. I got to have dinner with my cousins who live there which is always fun. We got to go out for some dinners and enjoy Vegas into the later hours a few nights. We laughed a lot.
Unfortunately I missed Landon's first basketball game on SAturday, but Greg was able to video most of it. He's excited about playing and enjoying both offense and defense. His first game he got a star for offense sense he got a basket. His friend Colin was the only other team member to get baskets.
1/6 - We went to lunch today and worked on house stuff some. In the afternoon I took the kids for a biker ride. We went across Alma and rode to Landon's school. They got to ride bikes around the black top around for a while then we headed home. Landon is doing well, but still working on getting started. He can do it on his own but takes a little bit. Kasey kept talking about her kids during the ride and that they were on a bike ride as well.
1/5 - Landon had a playdate for a few hours, Greg was painting, and so Kasey and I went to the salon for manicures and pedicures. She loves it. They have a cute pink chair back so she can sit close enough to touch the water with her feet. She got purple toes, and light pink fingernail polish with flowers on her thumbs. She also got a virgin strawberry margarita which she thought was fun. Hers didn't take as long as mine and she was worried that I wouldn't get flip flops from the salon but I did.
1/4 - AT&T Cotton Bowl Day - We had lunch with the kids at home then took them to the Grandparents. We didn't get them tickets to Cotton Bowl because it was a night game. Doug, Greg and I headed out to Jerry World to do some tailgating. We set up and watched the A&M vs Alabama game before the game. With the sun out it wasn't to bad, but I still had hat on and blanket on me.
Dave and Tracy came by as we were starting to pack up to head to the stadium. We had pretty good seats. Up high but about 20 year line. It was a great game. Finally a bowl game that we weren't sure how it would end up but we dominated. Johnny Football played great, seniors did well, and the whole team had a good time (the fans too).
Greg looked it up that he's been to 12 bowl games with only 3 wins. I've been to 8 with 2 wins so not much better. Very exciting time to be an Aggie.
1/3 - Greg started working on painting our bedroom. He got almost half done. It's the last room in the house that hasn't been painted a color.
1/1/13 - I got up about 10am which still seemed early, got ready and went to get the kiddos. We had lunch with Grammy and Gramps and hung out for a while which was nice. Landon and Grammy had made some dessert that we had to try.
We had brought home some of the poppers from the party so we went out in the afternoon and did them with the kids. Kasey couldn't throw them down hard enough so on her own she started throwing them up so that they hit the ground hard enough to go off.
Monday, December 31, 2012
December 2012 updates
12/31 - Fredel had given the kids snowman soup for Christmas (hot
chocolate with marshmallows and peppermint) and so we made it in the
morning. We started moving stuff in our room getting ready to paint the
walls. You don't notice how dirty walls are until you do this. Also
don't realize how much dust and stuff gets behind furniture.
We took the kids to grandparents in the afternoon. Greg and I headed to see the Hobbit. Very exciting how many movies we got to see - kids and adults over the holidays. Then we headed to Blue Fish for some dinner. They said it was a 2 1/2 hour wait, but that the sushi bar area was open for immediate seating. We took that. We had some good Sushi then headed to Juan and Marissa's for the annual New Years Party. We had a great time with friends eating, drinking, setting off poppers with kids (their neighborhood kids are much older than ours). We ended up staying until about 3am. Staying up that late is getting harder....
12/30 - We found out that A&M was having an hour football practice that was open to the public. Greg and I decided to take Landon for a little while. The Allen Eagles coach was there so Greg and Landon got their picture with him. He's an Aggie was there to see a few of the guys that went to Allen. We got to see some of the players and coaches up close, and then watched some of practice. They were doing drills, and had motivational music playing loud during practice. It was fun to see. Landon liked seeing Johnny Football practice. We left early because it was cold.
12/29 - Kasey was feeling better so we all went out to lunch at Freebirds. Landon made his name out of foil. With new legos, we decided that Landon needed a new larger lego shelf. We found one at Container store and got that for him.
12/28 - Kasey wasn't feeling well today so we spent most of the day hanging out at the house. Greg and Landon got out some going to see a few movies in the theater - Monsters Inc and Rise of the Guardians again, and I got to have dinner just me and Landon.
12/27 - Kasey woke up at 6am getting sick. She got sick several times during the day. Greg took Landon out of the house to run errands and see a movie and be away from Kasey. She was actually ok when she wasn't getting sick. Poor thing. That's just how she gets sick.
12/26 - with the snow and freezing temperatures we just stayed inside. We slept in, kids were in pajamas all day, I didn't shower until almost 3pm. We never have days like that so it was nice. We watched some movies and ate left overs.
12/25 - I told both kids they could get up and go see what Santa brought, but they should go back to bed. There were some crazy storms over night. It hailed, thundered and rained most of the night. Kasey really doesn't like storms so she ended up in our bed. Between her and Greg both giving off heat I was pretty warm. None of us really slept very well. Kids actually let us sleep in until about 8:30. We needed more than that.
We got up for a small breakfast. Opened our family and Santa gifts and stockings. Kids seemed happy, and I always enjoy seeing them get excited. Next year we all should just give Greg money :)
We got ready, finished sweet potatoes and headed to Richardson for lunch. I had left my purse at my parents and left one of mom's gifts at home. I headed back home and met them on the way back to Richardson before the weather got to bad. Glad I got to say Merry Christmas in person even for just a minute. It was supposed to keep getting cooler and maybe snow. It rained all day long then about 1:30/2pm it started snowing. Big snow. It took a little while, but started sticking on the grass.
We had lunch with Greg's family and then opened presents with everyone. Landon spent time with cousins playing new Star Wars Angry Birds game he got.
We headed home and then the 4 of us went outside to play in the snow. In Allen we had 3-4 inches in our back yard so the kids had fun. Hard to make snowmen, but we made snowballs, snow angels and Kids just had fun.
12/24 - We wanted to have breakfast and not each much else til Christmas Eve dinner. I made eggs, sausage and biscuits.
We did it last year and signed up to do it again. A friend from high school owns a Pizza place in
McKinney (Durkins), and he has people deliver pizza to fire stations on Christmas Eve just to say thanks. We got to check out the new fire station in Allen with the new big fire truck and nice area. We also delivered to one other Allen station. They guys gave the kids tours and let them see the trucks. They were all very nice and appreciative of the pizza and fudge we brought them.
We went by Steiners for a little bit to exchange gifts for the kids. Landon and Kasey were glad to see Elizabeth.
We headed to my parents for Christmas Eve. We had a good time everyone opening gifts, had great dinner of tacos/enchiladas and fixings, yummy dessert (Greg's apple pie and Red Velvet swirl cake). Then we all played bunco. Landon and Kasey tied to win. We had a really good time. There is a big pink fussy dice that Kasey was super excited to get.
I read the kids night before Christmas on the way home so they could get in bed. Of course we had things to do to get ready for Christmas morning.
12/23 - Greg and I got to sleep in because the kids were at the grandparents. We got ready, and went to get them around 11ish. It was kind of last day of warmer weather so we got home and took the kids to a park near the house for bike rides. Landon is doing great on his own even getting better at turning corners. Kasey likes to go slow and talk the entire time about her kids and dad, and what' is going on with life.
After we got home, kids and I watched Polar Express which I love, and then we just ate cereal at home. We all were hanging in our bed a little later watching parts of Sound of Music.
Greg made 2 apple pies, made dough for homemade biscuits, cooked sweet potatoes.
12/22 - We had our annual friend holiday dinner with the Steiners, Doug and the Solis'. We went to Steve Fields in Plano which was great. Very good dinner, drinks and company.
Greg and I decided to go see Lincoln afterwards. After being up late all week, I fell asleep several times, oops.
12/21 - Had kind of a crazy week. Always a lot working, getting teacher gifts ready and normal kids activities. I ended up staying up til 1am several days this week to get fudge ready for teachers or write notes to them.
Friday I worked a little in the morning to finish a couple things up and then took the afternoon off. I smiled a lot when I was on vacation for a while. Work has been pretty crazy so it felt good to have another focus. Greg and I picked up Kasey from school, took her to her swim class, had a great lunch at Zorbas, and then we headed back for Landon's school holiday party. We were a few minutes late because of traffic.
Kids had run at the party. They got to have cookies. Several people brought different cookies, we were the only ones that made cookies. They also got to make hot chocolate. They could add marshmallows, peppermint and chocolate and sprinkles. Several of the kids wanted all of it. They had little dough toss in snowman's mouth and body. Landon and one of his friends were pretty confident because they were baseball players. Then all the kids got in a circle with their book and Greg read a story. Every time the story said left they passed left, and every time it said right they passed the books right. It was cute and kids had fun. Kasey really wanted to play but didn't get to, then Landon wasn't thrilled about the book he got because it was to easy. So Landon gave Kasey his book and all was well again.
12/16 - Happy 12th Anniversary to Greg and I :) We went to brunch at Bonnie Ruths which is always great. We spent a lot of time cleaning the house (not as fun). Then we went to Greg's moms to help with her computer. Landon and I played some football in the backyard. He's to fast for me :) Kasey and Grandma were raking leaving.
12/15 - I got up to go work out, and Greg slept through me getting up which is good. I got the kids after work out, and then we headed home. We all went to Elkas for lunch, and got to see the Kearns there. We did some clean up at the house in the afternoon, and then headed out to Kasey's Christmas dance performance. Her class did a little ballet performance which was really cute. We gave her flowers and she got her picture with Santa.
After the performance we headed to the Cooks house for a Christmas party. The kids had fun playing and we had a good time as well.
12/14 - After a long week, the kids were at the grandparents and Greg and I went out for our 12 year anniversary. We went to dinner at a nice restaurant called Mignon. We know the owner of the restaurant because he used to own a burger place up by the soccer stadium that we went to several times. We went early so there were very few people in the restaurant when we got there. They took us to the back for a little table kind of in a cove with a big circular booth that had a little Christmas tree and a candle on the table. It was perfect. We had a great dinner. The owner comped our desserts with yummy crepes. We were headed to the movie but had some extra time. We decided to have a MacCallum's 12 after dinner. We figured it was fitting for our 12 year anniversary. After that we headed to see the new James Bond movie. We joke because now with kids getting to see adult movies is sometimes rare. Overall it was a great celebration for us.
12/13 - The dealership called Greg just after 11 (they had told us the night before it would be between 1-2pm). They looked at our records that we were loyal customers to them and offered to either give money back or give us a 2012 loaner car with 2600 miles on it for the same price. After discussing, and looking at it we took the newer car. It's not maroon, it's black, but I'd rather deal with that then worry about things going wrong because of a major wreck with the other one.
I had taken today off. I spent the morning judging the science fair at Landon's school which was interesting. Then I went to meet Greg at the dealership to check out the possible new car. Then I headed to get my hair cut. It had been 4 months since I'd gotten a hair cut. I guess it's been a little crazy. Then I went to get Landon from school and he went around with me to do some Christmas shopping. We met up with Kasey and Greg for Landon's baseball hitting clinic, and then we went to dinner as a family. Now I know why Greg doesn't have time to get as much done during the day as one might expect :)
12/12 - We thought it would be fun because of 12 being such a big deal for A&M, but it turned out to be a rough day. I got a call from my mom that my uncle's health had taken a turn for the worse, and later that afternoon she called back that he had passed away. This was an uncle that was very special to me. He was my mom's only sibling. I grew up going to his house in Nevada, and I have so many memories of those times. I remember hearing the easter bunny outside the room we were sleeping in, getting into make up more than I should, playing games with the family, eating tacos, going to death valley, play with fun and different toys etc. As I grew up and my aunt and uncle came back to Texas we still got to visit them. I went to their house during college to relax and do laundry.
We went on a family cruise in 1999 after I graduated that was great fun. My uncle drove me from my wedding ceremony to our wedding reception. After Landon and Kasey were born we have kept going down to visit and spend great times with family. He was always encouraging to me and a great man to set example for many. He was married for 58 years to my wonderful Aunt, had 4 great children, and several grandchildren. Family was so important to him, and he will be missed very much. We know he's in a better place now. My uncle was such a significant part of my moms life as well. It's been tough on the whole family.
On top of this, we had a car issue. We decided to get a used car because mine needed more that $1500 in repairs, and we were close to getting a new one anyway. We had bought a used car 2011 Acura MDX on 12/11, which looked great on paper and in person and it was maroon which is great for any Aggie. Greg was clearing out the glove box and found several pages of detailed paperwork that the car had been in a head on collision and had over $6000 in damage that was fixed at the dealership we bought it from. Of course Carmax report and everything else had nothing about this.
Greg decided to take the MDX back to the dealership and confront them with it. He asked for money back. Of course at 8pm at night the key people weren't there so they said they would get back to us the next day.
12/11 - I picked Kasey up and was talking to her on the way home. We talked about what she should give Landon for Christmas, what she wanted, and what she wanted to give Greg. She wanted to give him a costume because he didn't have any. I asked what she would get. She said a ghost, Elmo or Cookie monster. I explained daddy probably didn't want a costume.
After dinner she got a chocolate that Grammy had given us. She came running in with it saying she loved chocolate. I was so proud.
12/8 - We had a busy day. Kasey, Grammy and I had lunch with another family with daughter, mom and grandmother. We went to Chocolate Angel in Plano which is always good. Then we headed to Eisemann center to see another friend from the neighborhood in the nutcracker. Kasey wasn't to into the first half, but she did good the 2nd half. We let the kids walk around at intermission. Kasey practiced dance some. We had a good time and got some good pictures.
That afternoon after some drama at home, Landon and I went to target to look for some things for his Christmas list. We also got a few toys to donate and birthday gifts. Then we met up with several boys from his cub scout troop (and their dads - which was part of the drama) to see an Allen Americans hockey game. At 2nd intermission the boys got to go onto the ice and pick up pucks that everyone was throwing onto the ice trying to hit a little can in the middle of the ice. They also got to give 5 to the team as they walked in and out of the ice. I think they had fun, and of course Landon stayed up late again and didn't sleep in again.
12/6-12/7 - Thursday night Greg got sick. He was freezing and didn't feel well. By next morning he was a little better but didn't feel to well. I took car in for oil change. It needs about $1500 worth of work, we are considering trading it in and getting a new car
Friday night we had neighborhood party which was fun. It was nice outside. They had snacks, a candy shop, hay rides in the neighborhood, crafts for the kids, a puppet show and Santa. It was fun to visit and let the kids run around. Of course they got to stay up later than usual.
12/3 - Kasey had her 4 year old dr appointment today. I wasn't going to be able to go then several meetings got cancelled so I got to go. We got her from school a little early and went. She weighs 40lbs 3.2 oz (83%) and is 40.55 in tall (68%). She was funny answering questions. She was asking her about good foods to eat, and what else you need to do. Kasey said exercise first which I was a little surprised, but we do say that a lot. Then she asked what you do to keep your teeth healthy.
Kasey said keep chewing. Anyway, she's doing great! Unfortunately she got 3 shots at that visit. She had a tough time and cried. We pulled out the blanket for a 1 day special occasion. We got to go to lunch, and she did ok. I ended up working from home the rest of the day which was nice. I kind of needed a lower key day after last week and weekend.
12/1- 12/2 - We thought when sports seasons ended that our schedule would slow down. Not the case. Saturday I went to work out, then we met up with the cub scout troup for a short hike and nature/weather discussion. That afternoon we had a baby shower for some good friends having their first baby. Landon and Kasey wanted to help out - picking up pencils from games, getting gifts to open and helping clean up wrapping. Greg was not so much into shower activities :)
Saturday night we made cakes and started making food for Kasey's parties the next day. The first cake got stuck in the pan, but it was great. The 2nd cake was to runny. The 3rd one turned out just right. I did simple decoration. I made two Rapunzel suns out of Fondant, and then iced the cake and put Rapunzel, Ryder, Pascal and Maximus on the cake. I thought it turned out cute.
Sunday we had two parties for Kasey. One at a great place called Kreative Kidz Parties. She had Rapunzel and a cute Knight hosting the party. All the girls got to dress up, play games, be princesses. Then they got to have cake. The decorations were awesome and I thought it was really neat. Kasey had a good time. I didn't have to do anything at the party other than take pictures and help with the parachute. They did everything else even making the party favors. YEA!
During Kasey's party Landon was with his cub scout den in a parade. He probably enjoyed that more than being at a princess party. That evening we had family party. We made strawberry shortcake, chicken enchiladas, homemade guacamole, and nachos. Good stuff. Kasey was super excited to open all of her presents. She had a good time, but we were all pretty tired at the end of the day.
We took the kids to grandparents in the afternoon. Greg and I headed to see the Hobbit. Very exciting how many movies we got to see - kids and adults over the holidays. Then we headed to Blue Fish for some dinner. They said it was a 2 1/2 hour wait, but that the sushi bar area was open for immediate seating. We took that. We had some good Sushi then headed to Juan and Marissa's for the annual New Years Party. We had a great time with friends eating, drinking, setting off poppers with kids (their neighborhood kids are much older than ours). We ended up staying until about 3am. Staying up that late is getting harder....
12/30 - We found out that A&M was having an hour football practice that was open to the public. Greg and I decided to take Landon for a little while. The Allen Eagles coach was there so Greg and Landon got their picture with him. He's an Aggie was there to see a few of the guys that went to Allen. We got to see some of the players and coaches up close, and then watched some of practice. They were doing drills, and had motivational music playing loud during practice. It was fun to see. Landon liked seeing Johnny Football practice. We left early because it was cold.
12/29 - Kasey was feeling better so we all went out to lunch at Freebirds. Landon made his name out of foil. With new legos, we decided that Landon needed a new larger lego shelf. We found one at Container store and got that for him.
12/28 - Kasey wasn't feeling well today so we spent most of the day hanging out at the house. Greg and Landon got out some going to see a few movies in the theater - Monsters Inc and Rise of the Guardians again, and I got to have dinner just me and Landon.
12/27 - Kasey woke up at 6am getting sick. She got sick several times during the day. Greg took Landon out of the house to run errands and see a movie and be away from Kasey. She was actually ok when she wasn't getting sick. Poor thing. That's just how she gets sick.
12/26 - with the snow and freezing temperatures we just stayed inside. We slept in, kids were in pajamas all day, I didn't shower until almost 3pm. We never have days like that so it was nice. We watched some movies and ate left overs.
12/25 - I told both kids they could get up and go see what Santa brought, but they should go back to bed. There were some crazy storms over night. It hailed, thundered and rained most of the night. Kasey really doesn't like storms so she ended up in our bed. Between her and Greg both giving off heat I was pretty warm. None of us really slept very well. Kids actually let us sleep in until about 8:30. We needed more than that.
We got up for a small breakfast. Opened our family and Santa gifts and stockings. Kids seemed happy, and I always enjoy seeing them get excited. Next year we all should just give Greg money :)
We got ready, finished sweet potatoes and headed to Richardson for lunch. I had left my purse at my parents and left one of mom's gifts at home. I headed back home and met them on the way back to Richardson before the weather got to bad. Glad I got to say Merry Christmas in person even for just a minute. It was supposed to keep getting cooler and maybe snow. It rained all day long then about 1:30/2pm it started snowing. Big snow. It took a little while, but started sticking on the grass.
We had lunch with Greg's family and then opened presents with everyone. Landon spent time with cousins playing new Star Wars Angry Birds game he got.
We headed home and then the 4 of us went outside to play in the snow. In Allen we had 3-4 inches in our back yard so the kids had fun. Hard to make snowmen, but we made snowballs, snow angels and Kids just had fun.
12/24 - We wanted to have breakfast and not each much else til Christmas Eve dinner. I made eggs, sausage and biscuits.
We did it last year and signed up to do it again. A friend from high school owns a Pizza place in
McKinney (Durkins), and he has people deliver pizza to fire stations on Christmas Eve just to say thanks. We got to check out the new fire station in Allen with the new big fire truck and nice area. We also delivered to one other Allen station. They guys gave the kids tours and let them see the trucks. They were all very nice and appreciative of the pizza and fudge we brought them.
We went by Steiners for a little bit to exchange gifts for the kids. Landon and Kasey were glad to see Elizabeth.
We headed to my parents for Christmas Eve. We had a good time everyone opening gifts, had great dinner of tacos/enchiladas and fixings, yummy dessert (Greg's apple pie and Red Velvet swirl cake). Then we all played bunco. Landon and Kasey tied to win. We had a really good time. There is a big pink fussy dice that Kasey was super excited to get.
I read the kids night before Christmas on the way home so they could get in bed. Of course we had things to do to get ready for Christmas morning.
12/23 - Greg and I got to sleep in because the kids were at the grandparents. We got ready, and went to get them around 11ish. It was kind of last day of warmer weather so we got home and took the kids to a park near the house for bike rides. Landon is doing great on his own even getting better at turning corners. Kasey likes to go slow and talk the entire time about her kids and dad, and what' is going on with life.
After we got home, kids and I watched Polar Express which I love, and then we just ate cereal at home. We all were hanging in our bed a little later watching parts of Sound of Music.
Greg made 2 apple pies, made dough for homemade biscuits, cooked sweet potatoes.
12/22 - We had our annual friend holiday dinner with the Steiners, Doug and the Solis'. We went to Steve Fields in Plano which was great. Very good dinner, drinks and company.
Greg and I decided to go see Lincoln afterwards. After being up late all week, I fell asleep several times, oops.
12/21 - Had kind of a crazy week. Always a lot working, getting teacher gifts ready and normal kids activities. I ended up staying up til 1am several days this week to get fudge ready for teachers or write notes to them.
Friday I worked a little in the morning to finish a couple things up and then took the afternoon off. I smiled a lot when I was on vacation for a while. Work has been pretty crazy so it felt good to have another focus. Greg and I picked up Kasey from school, took her to her swim class, had a great lunch at Zorbas, and then we headed back for Landon's school holiday party. We were a few minutes late because of traffic.
Kids had run at the party. They got to have cookies. Several people brought different cookies, we were the only ones that made cookies. They also got to make hot chocolate. They could add marshmallows, peppermint and chocolate and sprinkles. Several of the kids wanted all of it. They had little dough toss in snowman's mouth and body. Landon and one of his friends were pretty confident because they were baseball players. Then all the kids got in a circle with their book and Greg read a story. Every time the story said left they passed left, and every time it said right they passed the books right. It was cute and kids had fun. Kasey really wanted to play but didn't get to, then Landon wasn't thrilled about the book he got because it was to easy. So Landon gave Kasey his book and all was well again.
12/16 - Happy 12th Anniversary to Greg and I :) We went to brunch at Bonnie Ruths which is always great. We spent a lot of time cleaning the house (not as fun). Then we went to Greg's moms to help with her computer. Landon and I played some football in the backyard. He's to fast for me :) Kasey and Grandma were raking leaving.
12/15 - I got up to go work out, and Greg slept through me getting up which is good. I got the kids after work out, and then we headed home. We all went to Elkas for lunch, and got to see the Kearns there. We did some clean up at the house in the afternoon, and then headed out to Kasey's Christmas dance performance. Her class did a little ballet performance which was really cute. We gave her flowers and she got her picture with Santa.
After the performance we headed to the Cooks house for a Christmas party. The kids had fun playing and we had a good time as well.
12/14 - After a long week, the kids were at the grandparents and Greg and I went out for our 12 year anniversary. We went to dinner at a nice restaurant called Mignon. We know the owner of the restaurant because he used to own a burger place up by the soccer stadium that we went to several times. We went early so there were very few people in the restaurant when we got there. They took us to the back for a little table kind of in a cove with a big circular booth that had a little Christmas tree and a candle on the table. It was perfect. We had a great dinner. The owner comped our desserts with yummy crepes. We were headed to the movie but had some extra time. We decided to have a MacCallum's 12 after dinner. We figured it was fitting for our 12 year anniversary. After that we headed to see the new James Bond movie. We joke because now with kids getting to see adult movies is sometimes rare. Overall it was a great celebration for us.
12/13 - The dealership called Greg just after 11 (they had told us the night before it would be between 1-2pm). They looked at our records that we were loyal customers to them and offered to either give money back or give us a 2012 loaner car with 2600 miles on it for the same price. After discussing, and looking at it we took the newer car. It's not maroon, it's black, but I'd rather deal with that then worry about things going wrong because of a major wreck with the other one.
I had taken today off. I spent the morning judging the science fair at Landon's school which was interesting. Then I went to meet Greg at the dealership to check out the possible new car. Then I headed to get my hair cut. It had been 4 months since I'd gotten a hair cut. I guess it's been a little crazy. Then I went to get Landon from school and he went around with me to do some Christmas shopping. We met up with Kasey and Greg for Landon's baseball hitting clinic, and then we went to dinner as a family. Now I know why Greg doesn't have time to get as much done during the day as one might expect :)
12/12 - We thought it would be fun because of 12 being such a big deal for A&M, but it turned out to be a rough day. I got a call from my mom that my uncle's health had taken a turn for the worse, and later that afternoon she called back that he had passed away. This was an uncle that was very special to me. He was my mom's only sibling. I grew up going to his house in Nevada, and I have so many memories of those times. I remember hearing the easter bunny outside the room we were sleeping in, getting into make up more than I should, playing games with the family, eating tacos, going to death valley, play with fun and different toys etc. As I grew up and my aunt and uncle came back to Texas we still got to visit them. I went to their house during college to relax and do laundry.
We went on a family cruise in 1999 after I graduated that was great fun. My uncle drove me from my wedding ceremony to our wedding reception. After Landon and Kasey were born we have kept going down to visit and spend great times with family. He was always encouraging to me and a great man to set example for many. He was married for 58 years to my wonderful Aunt, had 4 great children, and several grandchildren. Family was so important to him, and he will be missed very much. We know he's in a better place now. My uncle was such a significant part of my moms life as well. It's been tough on the whole family.
On top of this, we had a car issue. We decided to get a used car because mine needed more that $1500 in repairs, and we were close to getting a new one anyway. We had bought a used car 2011 Acura MDX on 12/11, which looked great on paper and in person and it was maroon which is great for any Aggie. Greg was clearing out the glove box and found several pages of detailed paperwork that the car had been in a head on collision and had over $6000 in damage that was fixed at the dealership we bought it from. Of course Carmax report and everything else had nothing about this.
Greg decided to take the MDX back to the dealership and confront them with it. He asked for money back. Of course at 8pm at night the key people weren't there so they said they would get back to us the next day.
12/11 - I picked Kasey up and was talking to her on the way home. We talked about what she should give Landon for Christmas, what she wanted, and what she wanted to give Greg. She wanted to give him a costume because he didn't have any. I asked what she would get. She said a ghost, Elmo or Cookie monster. I explained daddy probably didn't want a costume.
After dinner she got a chocolate that Grammy had given us. She came running in with it saying she loved chocolate. I was so proud.
12/8 - We had a busy day. Kasey, Grammy and I had lunch with another family with daughter, mom and grandmother. We went to Chocolate Angel in Plano which is always good. Then we headed to Eisemann center to see another friend from the neighborhood in the nutcracker. Kasey wasn't to into the first half, but she did good the 2nd half. We let the kids walk around at intermission. Kasey practiced dance some. We had a good time and got some good pictures.
That afternoon after some drama at home, Landon and I went to target to look for some things for his Christmas list. We also got a few toys to donate and birthday gifts. Then we met up with several boys from his cub scout troop (and their dads - which was part of the drama) to see an Allen Americans hockey game. At 2nd intermission the boys got to go onto the ice and pick up pucks that everyone was throwing onto the ice trying to hit a little can in the middle of the ice. They also got to give 5 to the team as they walked in and out of the ice. I think they had fun, and of course Landon stayed up late again and didn't sleep in again.
12/6-12/7 - Thursday night Greg got sick. He was freezing and didn't feel well. By next morning he was a little better but didn't feel to well. I took car in for oil change. It needs about $1500 worth of work, we are considering trading it in and getting a new car
Friday night we had neighborhood party which was fun. It was nice outside. They had snacks, a candy shop, hay rides in the neighborhood, crafts for the kids, a puppet show and Santa. It was fun to visit and let the kids run around. Of course they got to stay up later than usual.
12/3 - Kasey had her 4 year old dr appointment today. I wasn't going to be able to go then several meetings got cancelled so I got to go. We got her from school a little early and went. She weighs 40lbs 3.2 oz (83%) and is 40.55 in tall (68%). She was funny answering questions. She was asking her about good foods to eat, and what else you need to do. Kasey said exercise first which I was a little surprised, but we do say that a lot. Then she asked what you do to keep your teeth healthy.
Kasey said keep chewing. Anyway, she's doing great! Unfortunately she got 3 shots at that visit. She had a tough time and cried. We pulled out the blanket for a 1 day special occasion. We got to go to lunch, and she did ok. I ended up working from home the rest of the day which was nice. I kind of needed a lower key day after last week and weekend.
12/1- 12/2 - We thought when sports seasons ended that our schedule would slow down. Not the case. Saturday I went to work out, then we met up with the cub scout troup for a short hike and nature/weather discussion. That afternoon we had a baby shower for some good friends having their first baby. Landon and Kasey wanted to help out - picking up pencils from games, getting gifts to open and helping clean up wrapping. Greg was not so much into shower activities :)
Saturday night we made cakes and started making food for Kasey's parties the next day. The first cake got stuck in the pan, but it was great. The 2nd cake was to runny. The 3rd one turned out just right. I did simple decoration. I made two Rapunzel suns out of Fondant, and then iced the cake and put Rapunzel, Ryder, Pascal and Maximus on the cake. I thought it turned out cute.
Sunday we had two parties for Kasey. One at a great place called Kreative Kidz Parties. She had Rapunzel and a cute Knight hosting the party. All the girls got to dress up, play games, be princesses. Then they got to have cake. The decorations were awesome and I thought it was really neat. Kasey had a good time. I didn't have to do anything at the party other than take pictures and help with the parachute. They did everything else even making the party favors. YEA!
During Kasey's party Landon was with his cub scout den in a parade. He probably enjoyed that more than being at a princess party. That evening we had family party. We made strawberry shortcake, chicken enchiladas, homemade guacamole, and nachos. Good stuff. Kasey was super excited to open all of her presents. She had a good time, but we were all pretty tired at the end of the day.
Thursday, December 6, 2012
Christmas Letter 2012
Hello family and friends:
I hope this letter finds Everyone doing well. I’ve decided to save some trees and write a blog Christmas letter
What a Year!
Most recently my company laid off 1700 people world wide (just from my overall organization and its support functions). I feel very blessed that I still have a job and was not part of the layoff. From being at TI for so long many friends I have worked with for years have been affected so it’s been tough. We’ll see what’s in store for next year with a much smaller group. I’m still involved at the schools. I’m President of the Preschool board and doing newsletter for Elementary PTA. I try to volunteer at Landon’s school when I can. I'm working out more. One of our neighborhood friends does a boot camp early in the morning that I do a few days a week, and then I do aerobics once or twice depending on schedules.
Greg is still working part time, it’s basically his adult or sanity time. :) He’s also been coaching a lot this year. He was head coach for Landon’s baseball team in Spring and Fall. He also helped coach soccer both seasons and flag football in this fall. Greg has become the morning dropoff helper at the preschool – interesting comments from the kids on him wearing a lot of A&M gear or a few kids that are scared of him.
We lost our dog Lady this year. Greg brought her home right after we got married in January 2001, and we were very sad to lose her this year. She was our first baby.
Kasey is now 4, but wants to be at least 10. She does a lot of pretending. She has her own children and husband (but she calls him her dad). They get sick and do silly things, and go to school and all kinds of things. She talks about it a lot. We sometimes have to check if she’s talking about the pretend world or the real one. I think it’s cute – I had an imaginary friend growing up and I turned out pretty normal :) Kasey is in preschool and they are doing Letter people so she’s learning sounds and words more. She spells NO really well. She is currently taking dance - she really like it and tries and follows instructions most of the time. I got to see her class a few weeks ago and was really proud of her. I told her I was a dancer for many years. She’s also taking swim lessons. This spring she was on her first soccer team. She had taken soccer tots so she had skills and when she wanted to was able to score goals. Then other times she just didn’t want to run. Right now she doesn’t want to play soccer again. We’ll probably try tball in the spring. Kasey loves Rapunzel, playing pretend, playing games, and driving her brother crazy. She’s got a personality and will tell you how it is or tell you if you are doing something wrong. Kasey is in size 6 clothes and size 10 shoe. She like dresses right now, and sometimes wearing clothes that don’t match (but she picks them out). At her 4 year old appointment she was being asked about the right foods to eat, and that we need to exercise, and she asked what we do to keep our teeth clean - she said keep chewing with them.
Landon is 6 ½ now. This fall he played 3 sports at the same time, and since those sports have ended he has more energy than he knows what to do with. We’re very proud of him. In soccer he was able to score a few goals, and enjoyed playing defense and goalie. In Flag football he pulled some flags and was able to get several 2 point conversions. In baseball, he ended up getting the most hits on the team, and sometimes tried to play every position on the field no matter where he was (all to help the team). Landon is also in gymnastics which has been great for building strength, and he’s improved in this as well. Landon is in first grade and doing really well. He enjoys school, his teacher likes him, and he’s taken off reading a ton from this summer. He’s reading the Magic Tree House books and getting close to the end of the series. This fall he entered a recycling coloring contest and won 2nd place for 1st grade at his school. His class also did a turkey decoration contest and he won first place. He really enjoys hanging out with friends, and playing outside. He also likes watching A&M no huddle football games on tv. He loves being Johnny Football right now. We got him a little A&M SEC football and he carries it around a lot making Johnny Football moves. This Winter he’s going to try out basketball. Landon lost his first tooth in August, but he hasn’t really been toothless because the adult tooth grew in behind the baby tooth. Landon wears size 7 clothes and 1 ½ shoe.
Landon sang Take me out to the ball game in talent show with some of his baseball team mates, he wrote a book on dolphins at the end of kindergarten, & he loves legos (he can put 8-14 year old ones together by himself in a few hours)
In February we got to go to Great Wolf Lodge for the weekend in Grapevine. In June we all went to College Station for the A&M baseball regional. Also in June Greg and I went to Lake Tahoe just the two of us for a long weekend. This August we went to Watercolor, Florida for a family vacation. We went with our good friends the Steiners and Doug. We spent most of the time at the beach relaxing and enjoying the sun. The waves got a little rough one day, but we all had a great time. Even with 4 kids sports this fall we still made it to College Station for several A&M football games (we still have season tickets for all of us). Greg and I got to see the first A&M SEC game in College Station against Florida. We also have season tickets to the Allen Eagle High School games – we just went to the first one in the new $70M stadium and sold the rest to our neighbor.
We hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas and happy New Year. May God Bless you this coming year.
Love, Dana, Greg,
Landon and Kasey Myers
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