Apparently I never posted this. Probably because I just finished typing my blog entries from the cruise today. Better late than never.
12/31 - They boys went to Atlanta with Doug for the A&M game so
Kasey and I had a few days just us. We took the boys to the airport in
the morning. Unfortunately had to wake Kasey up. Then we ran a few
errands getting dog food and some donuts for breakfast. We got ready
for the day, and then I had to run to work for a little while to print
some stuff to get ready for my trip. Then we had lunch with Grandma.
We then went home to hang out with Patch for a little while. We had a
block new years party to go to. We all had snacks and drinks. The
kids took off playing and having a good time. Luckily I got Kasey down
to eat a little bit. About 8pm we had a pretend new years with hats
and blowers for the kids. We headed home after that so Kasey could get
some rest.
I started watching the A&M game which wasn't a good thing at the
time so I decided to watch one of the cheesy Christmas movies I had
recorded and never had time to watch. It finished and I went back to
the A&M game just in time to see them take the lead at the end to
win the game. Gigem Aggies.
I decided to let Kasey sleep in my bed just for fun. Thinking maybe
she's sleep in a little longer. That didn't work. Took her a little
while to settle down, Patch and I woke her up when we went to bed, and
then Greg's alarm woke us up at 6:30 (he left it on which I have done
many times when going out of town) and I don't think she went back to
sleep. I let her watch some TV so I could sleep in a little longer.
Landon got to go to Ruth Chris with Greg and Doug. He got to hang
out with the guys watching football during the day. By 3rd quarter of
A&M game Landon really wanted to go. It was late for him and
A&M wasn't doing so well. As usual Greg said no (We don't leave
A&M sporting events early). It all ended well.
12/30 - After our Cruise we had our Christmas back home. We started
off the day taking breakfast to Grammy and Gramps. Greg made a great
egg and crescent roll quiche which was great. We all had coffee, hot
chocolate or apple cider on the cold morning. Then kids got to open
presents from Grammy and Gramps. One of the things they got was an Easy
Bake Oven - oh the memories. They made some cookies in it which were
pretty good. Landon brought over his Chinese Checkers from Santa so we
played that, and then we played new scrabble game that Grammy and
Gramps got Landon. We had fun, good food and family time, and took a
few pictures as well. Kasey got a Get Well baby that tells her mommy
she's sick and Mommy can give her medicine, a bandaid or just make her
feel better. Landon of course got Lego. They got some other fun
crafts, books and toys.
We headed home and then went to grab some lunch at Panera. Silly kids have lots of energy.
We
headed home for some laundry and packing for the boys and then we had
our own little Christmas at home for the rest of the gifts for kids.
They got a few games to share including Disney Apples to Apples. Kasey
got to open her just like home cleaning cart. The kids decided that
every other Monday when the housekeepers don't come they will clean the
house. It has a little vacuum that sounds like a vacuum but doesn't
suck, a spray bottle and mop and scrub brush and broom and pan. they
went around cleaning the floors which was ok until there was water all
over the floor. We went back to more pretend cleaning.
That evening we went to have Christmas with Greg's family. We had
Mexican food which I've been craving since we got off the cruise.
Landon got another Lego and Kasey got some clothes and gift certificate
to the salon we go to.
Kasey and Landon both got a big keyboard from Grandma and Pops. We'll have to start piano lessons next year.
Kids
said they had a great Christmas. We stopped listening to Christmas
music and told the kids no more singing Jingle Bells which they do a
lot.
12/29 - We got up about 7 (although Greg had been up since about
5:30am), grabbed breakfast with mom, dad and aunt Mary. I finally got
new CD for pictures (which of course was missing the whole family
picture when I got home).
Our number was supposed to be called at 9:30 but it was called about
8:45am. We headed out got our luggage, went through customs, found the
bus to our car and were on the road about 9:30am. We had one rest stop
to potty, quick lunch and Wataburger and went home to unpack. Then we
headed to Greg's grandmother's house to visit with her and some of his
cousins and aunt/uncle. Then we went to pick up patch and had quick
dinner with Grandma and Pops. We headed home to sleep in our own beds.
12/28
- Last day of the cruise and day at sea. Of course kids woke up at
6am. We went to breakfast I think before 8 with Grammy, Gramps and
Mary. We were glad Mary was starting to feel better. After that Grammy
and I went to do pictures. Then we headed up to the pool. We started
in the hot tub then kids wanted to swim in thebpool. Then they started a
bean bag toss competition. Landon and Greg entered as a group under
the name Johnny Football. Greg got them through the first round, and
then Landon carried them and they won the whole thing. In final round
Landon got 2 in the hole for 6 points vs the other teams 5 points. They
were so excited and got little gold medals. We had some lunch @ the
pool. Landon really wanted to do family scavenger hunt. Kasey had a
break down during it and we did ok but the team that won was a family
over 6 members who kept having people bring stuff long after the time
was up. I had to explain to Landon how cheating was wrong. Kasy was
napping so Greg and Landon went to the pool area with David, Cheri,
Craig and Lynne. As we got closer to the US the temperature dropped.
It was chilly up top but those in hot tub were ok. Landon enjoyed
hanging out having a Pina Colada & doing math with David. Kasey
woke up so we played Uno, Bunco and a little Left, Right, Center. I
needed a 15 minute nap Kasey went to visit Grammy. I went to get
Landon. His towel was blowing away in the wind. Landon went to change
and then went to Grammy and Gramps too. Next was shower time before
dinner. Everyone came to dinner but Mary. She wasn't feeling well. We
had good dinner. Very cool tricks from assistant waiter balancing
forks on toothpicks, moving straws in circles using only another
straw. We sang Happy Birthday to David which he wasn't thrilled
about! I tried to take kids to a show - kept them up late and they
cancelled the show for technical difficulties. Landon loved the cruise -
he said multiple times it was awesome.
Kids got towel animals
most nights monkey, stingray, lobster, rabbit, etc. They got paper or
napkin animals every night at dinner. They got special drinks, tried
strawberry daquiris, shirley temples, pina colada (Landon). Tried new
foods - excargo, lobster, meats with sauces and many desserts.
Kasey today was pretending to be Barbie on the phone, in high heels, firing people - not sure Barbie movies are a good thing.
Landon liked Jamaica and Kasey said she liked getting strawberry daquiri's. Overall we had a great vacation.
Mom and Dad seamed to have a great time. Wish Mary had felt better.
12/27 - We had breakfast with Grammy and Gramps. Then we did a
couple things around the ship and got ready for our Couzamel excursion.
We had dolphin encounter planned. We got off the boat, did a little
bit of shopping and headed to the encounter in one of about 20 taxi vans
of cruise people. We got checked in and ready to get in the water.
About 16 of us in a group walked onto a platform where water was up to
our chests. There were 2 dolphins in our area. Ours was named Diego.
Each one of us got to pet the dolphin, have him kiss our cheek, kiss
him on the snout and shake his fins, and have him jump up and touch our
hand. Of course they took pictures all along the way. They also
talked about some facts about the dolphins like their blow holes, ears,
their skin sheds every 2 hours and heal 3x faster than humans. They
showed how fast they can swim and how they can jump. Then each person
got to choose to tell the dolphin to dance, spin around, sing,wave or do
water fight (spitting water). After that of course they take you into
buy pictures right away. Then we sat down for lunch - guacamole, hand
fried chips, tacos and nachos - Yum. Greg and I even had some Cerveza.
It was really good. Then it started pooring rain. We stayed under
umbrella at our lunch table for a little while eating lunch. I got
pictures and we started walking along the property. Landon wanted to go
play on beach and Kasey didn't. I took Landon to sand to play and
Kasey and Greg went to walk through botanical gardens. Landon got to
play about 10 minutes and it started raining pretty hard. We headed
back to the front. Greg and Kasey got to see crocodiles on their walk.
We took the taxi back in the rain. Did a little shopping before
heading back to the ship. Kasey got a new purse made from candy
wrappers and Landon got a little seal. Then we walked back to the ship
in the pouring rain. We got soaked. We went straight upstairs for
dry towels and got in the hot tub.
After showers we headed to dinner. 8 of us were there (6 of us plus
Craig and Lynne). We had great dinner with lobster - yum. We ate
enough for those that weren't there. Grammy, Gramps, Lynne, Craig and I
went to the show - Savannah Jack. They were really good. We sang
along with many songs. Great group that writes for many artists and
have some of their own. They were great singing with guitar and
fiddle. After that Greg and I went out while Grammy stayed with kids.
We went to the pub for a drink then headed to the Quest - Game with
groups - lets just say people were showing thongs, guys dirty dancing,
bras were being taken off and guys were dressing up like women. It was
a good time :) It was fun and we enjoyed it including seeing one of my
cousins dress up like a woman.
12/26 - We woke up early and we were already in Grand Caymen. There
were 6 cruise ships coming in that day and we tried booking excursion to
late so they were sold out. We had breakfast just the 4 of us. Then
we headed into town with David, Cheri, Nina, Craig and Lynne. We walked
around doing some shopping and then headed to Margaritaville for a
little lunch. Kids were pretty tired and whiny. We went to one place
for tshirts after lunch then headed back to the tenders and ship. It
was raining a little but not to bad. We got back and kids instantly
wanted to call and go hang out with Grammy and Gramps. So kids went to
their room to play games and Greg and I got to rest for a little while.
After that we all had showers and had dinner just the 6 of us. Greg
and I stayed in and crashed early.
12/25 - Merry Christmas! Little weird since wasn't our usual
Christmas Eve and Christmas at home. We were in Jamaica. We got to see
the ship pull into the dock from our balcony. The pier crew was
yelling Merry Christmas to everyone. We went to breakfast with Grammy,
Gramps and Mary. We booked an excursion to beach in Montego Bay. It
was a private beach where we got chairs for each of us. We paid $6 for
an umbrella. Included in the excursion was lunch - Jerk pork, salad,
hush puppies with dessert and all the drinks you wanted. The kids just
wanted to play in the ocean and build in the sand. Landon and Greg swam
out to a big trampoline in the water. They had to crawl on top of it
and jump off. I took Kasey for a few piggy back rides. We spent some
time sitting on the sand letting the waves hit us. Overall we had a
good time in the sun on the beach. We had about a 30 minute ride back
to the boat. Kasey fell asleep. We all got showers and headed to
dinner. Kids got to have a little Christmas with Grammy and Gramps.
Mom and Aunt Mary came over to our room to be with the kids and get
Landon to bed. We met David, Cheri, Craig, Lynne and Nina at the hot
tub for drink and hanging out. We had fun and even did a little
dancing. Nina tried to get everyone to go out afterwards, but I think
she was the only one that went.
12/24 - We got up after 8 and went to breakfast with Grammy and
Gramps. Landon and Gramps were wearing their matching Rangers shirts.
After breakfast we went up to the 14th deck to play games. We played
bunco for a little while then Landon wanted to play Apples to Apples.
Grammy and Kasey played Princess Go Fish while Landon, Greg, Gramps and I
played Apples to Apples. Then we went to get kids faces painted. The
lady was great. She made Kasey's face a rainbow butterfly, and drew a
fire breathing dragon on Landon's. We had lunch again in the
Windjammer. Went to say hi to family by the pool and then headed down
for ice dancing show. Greg, Grammy, Mary, kids and I went. It was the
best show we had seen on this ship. Fun music and themes for the ice
dancing. One act (I think from Russia) changes clothes several times on
the ice very fast and some of them were very difficult to figure out
they did the change the fast. We had formal night at dinner so we got
picture of the whole family dressed up. We had a time change so we let
Landon go to the show with me that night. It was a group from the
50s/60s (the original Drifters) so he wasn't to impressed, but the rest
of us knew at least some of the songs. He did have a Shirley Temple
though. After that took Landon back to get ready for bed. Grammy and
Gramps came over so Greg and I went out for a few drinks. We walked
around some and went to the piano bar to listen to music, talk and have a
few drinks.
12/23 - We had breakfast with Grammy and Gramps in the dining
room. Kids got donuts, eggs, bacon and hot chocolate. After that
Landon and I went ice skating. He did pretty well, but I was pretty
much holding on to the edge the whole time. I guess it's been a while
or something. After that we went to play miniature golf - Nina, David,
Cheri, Craig, Greg and kids and I all went. We all had some silly
shots and laughs. Some balls ended up in bushes or off the course
completely, but it was fun.
Then we all headed upstairs to play games. Most of us played
Apples to Apples, and Grammy/Gramps/Greg and Kasey played dominoes.
Since
we had 5:30 dinner we decided we should have lunch. We headed to the
Windjammer with Grammy and Gramps. Then we headed to Grammy/Gramps room
to play Go Fish. Kids liked their room because it was bigger and had
bigger balcony. After that Grammy took kids for a walk around so I
could take a little nap. Grammy and I then took the kids to pool deck
to hang out in the hot tubs. The pools were closed for some reason.
There was a lot of movement in the ocean so the boat was rocking back
and forth quite a bit. I often get sea sick, but was ok
surprisingly. The water in the pools and hot tubs would move back and
forth and flood the decks. Just sitting there you could see the water
moving as the boat moved.
Greg came up and got Grammy and I the drink of the day and we watched
some salsa lessons on deck. Then it was time to change for dinner.
With
12 of us now we were in a different dining room than the first night, 2
tables but waiter said he would put them together for the rest of the
week.
I went to show with the family - it was ballroom dancing which was
just ok. We went to bed before 11, and slept til about 7:40 except for
Grammy's 7am wake up call. I had woken her up the previous morning.
12/22 - Cruise Day! We got up about 6 and Kasey came down about 6:15am saying we told her she had to get up early.
We
left about 7 to head down to Galveston to catch the Navigator of the
Seas - Royal Caribbean. We texted with Grammy and Gramps on the way
down and met them in the parking lot.
Once we got through dropping off luggage we headed on the boat. We
had to get special arm bands for kids and drink packages for water and
such on the way. Our cabins were ready so we went and dropped off
everything then headed to the Windjammer for some lunch. Huge Buffet,
what's not to like!
They always have safety drill before leaving and so we headed down
for ours. We got to our location and saw our cousin Craig and Lynne
standing there. We were surprised to see them and didn't expect them to
be there. No one on the cruise knew they were coming. We had 12 in
all from the family. 4 of us, my parents, my Aunt Mary, Cousins David,
Cheri, Nina, Craig and Lynne. Good times. Mary, David,Cheri and Nina
were at elevator it opened up and there were Craig and Lynne -
Surprise. After the drill we took them to my parents room to surprise
them as well.
We had our first multicourse dinner with the kids. Kasey tried
spinach salad and liked it. We told them we wanted them to order off
the adult menu and try new things this week. Landon did more than
Kasey, but they both did good.
We got the kids to bed after dinner and I went out with the family.
We went to the first show which was intro and comedian, we went to watch
some Karaoke which is always amusing, then we headed to piano bar for a
while and ended up at the Casino. Good times!
12/20 - We had a great dinner with the traveling crew.
We went to Al Biernat's which had good food, fun atmosphere and great
friends.
12/19 - what a fun day. I worked from home in the
morning. Went to get Freebirds and had lunch with Landon at his
school. Greg and I went to Landon's class party at school which was fun
with games, craft and snacks. Landon wanted to stay and go to PE so I
let him. Then I took Kasey to her dance class. They played games and
then performed part of the nutcracker which was really cute for 5 year
olds. The nutcracker gave all the girls a little candy cane. After
that Kasey and I went to get our hair cut. We stopped for a little
shopping and the parking lot was filled with birds. Ugh. They got bird
poop all over the car and Kasey was not happy about it. She wanted a
wash down right then. We were in traffic on the way home so we didn't
have time to get home for dinner with the boys. We stopped for dinner
at Razoos in Plano which was fun.
12/15 - Kasey had her Christmas dance recital today. She had fun
doing ballet and tap dances. All of the grandparents were there to see
her too. Was a cute little show and they had cookies and lemonade
afterwards. Kasey was excited to get flowers.
12/14 - Today was the father/daughter dance. Greg and Kasey went
for the first time. They seemed to have fun. From what I was told
they both danced and had fun :). Kasey wore one of her new fancy
dresses and Greg wore a suit. They both looked very nice. I put
Kasey's hair in a bun which with a Bun donut is actually pretty easy.
while they were dancing Landon and i went bowling and then went to
dinner just the two of us. It was fun to catch up on what's going on in
his life and for him to try to convince me of reason just like Greg.
We were discussing that if weather is bad before the cruise we will need
to go down early and stay in hotel. He said he didn't want to stay in a
hotel, it was a waste of money with all the money we were spending on
the cruise. Sounded just like a little Greg :)
12/13 - Kasey had her friend birthday party. She just had a few
girls over for Girls Just want to Have fun party in pajamas. They had
pizza, watch Madagascar 3, we had to stop in the middle for some cake
and a dance party, and then finished up the movie at the end. It was
fun. first drop off party we've had for her. I can't believe how big
she's getting. She was so excited and had a good time.
Landon got Knight of the week for 2nd time this school year.
12/12 - Greg made Kasey's birthday cake and I got to decorate it.
We made a butterfly out of Heart shaped cakes. I think it turned out
really cute.
12/8 - kids made a fort in Landon's room using
comforter. They put just about every pillow from upstairs and many
stuffed animals in the fort with them. We finally got out of the house
to have dinner. Streets weren't great, but we needed to get out :)
12/7 - We are still stuck in house from ice on streets. Next
weekend Kasey and Greg will be going to their first father daughter
dance. She thinks they are getting married at the dance. I've tried to
tell her they are not. Tonight as she's going to be she says, you know
what? I said what. She said, your married days are over. When I
dance with Daddy we will be married and then I can kiss him. I told
her I'd fight her for him :) Silly girl.
12/6 - Since had to stay home we all go to have breakfast and
lunch together today. Fun to get to see the kids some during the day.
12/5
- I had another crazy work week. We had 80+ FAEs in town for training
so I had work dinners Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. All day trainings
and evening events made me tired :) thursday the weather started
getting bad in Dallas. It was almost 80 degrees on Wednesday and then
was below freezing on Thursday. It started raining, sleeting and didn't
really stop. so we woke up Friday morning to white ice outside and
really cold weather. Needless to say no school, and I'm working from
home.
12/1 - We have an Allen event center about 10 minutes from our house.
They play minor league hockey, indoor soccer and have performance
events. I took kids to see 100 years anniversary of Disney with Disney
on Ice. It was great. They had many of the princesses and their
stories with some of favorite songs, Toy story, Lion King, Its a small
World after all, and of course Minnie, Mickey, Donald, Pluto, Goofy and
the chipmunks
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Christmas Letter 2013
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 :-)
We’ve had a good year. We’ve been keeping busy as usual. I’m still working for TI (working too much) and Greg is still working part time. I traveled more than in the past few years – I went to China twice, Las Vegas, San Jose, Denver and was gone for few days 3 times in November.
I broke my pinky toe this year and had to have surgery on it. The nurse in the hospital laughed when I came to check in. All went well, but I ended up having to cancel a business trip to Brazil and had to go to A&M vs Alabama game on crutches and couldn’t put any weight on one leg. I wouldn’t recommend it! I’m still involved in the board/PTA at both schools but haven’t been able to do quite as much because of travel and work. Hopefully next year when they are at the same school I can do more.
Greg went to London for a long weekend with the boys basically to watch soccer and hang out. Greg has been doing some volunteering at the school. He did Watchdog (basically being a male presence at the school all day to help out) and has helped me with my PTA role and done a few other things with Landon’s class.
We got a new puppy this year. She was abandoned at an apartment complex and then brought to Pop’s clinic. She was 5 pounds when we got her in September (when I was on crutches). She’s now over 20 pounds and keeps us on our toes like a toddler. Her name is Patch for the black/brown patch on her eye. She’s very much a puppy and goes from crazy puppy to sweet puppy.
We had a couple vacations this year. We went to A&M for a baseball tournament in March and also went for several football games in the Fall. Greg and I went just the two of us for a long weekend in Napa. One of our favorite places to go. We enjoyed ourselves and are just now getting all the wine in (we ask them to hold it so it doesn’t ship in Texas heat). We also went for a week to Lake Tahoe with the kids. We had a great time several firsts for the kids –sailing, hiking, rafting, Geocaching. We also got to go to the beach, play putt putt and do other fun family activities. We are also looking forward to family cruise around Christmas with my family to the Western Caribbean. Grammy and I took the kids to the State Fair and to see the Lion King – both firsts for the kids. We had a great time.
Kasey is now 5. She goes from wanting to be 2 again and having everything done for her to wanting to be grown up with cell phone, car keys etc. She keeps us entertained. Kasey started back up with gymnastics again, but didn’t really like it after few months. She is still enjoying dance – she’s doing ballet and tap and likes tap better. She had her first dance recital – I used curlers on her hair that I used in high school and had fun putting a little make up on her. We are very proud of her. She has also been playing softball – Greg has been head coach in both the spring and fall. The girls have had fun. Kasey got a few outs, and was hitting pretty well for a while. She’s also learning the game more. Kasey is in PreK this year and seems to like it – she’s definitely a leader. She’s also been taking phonics which she doesn’t want to practice reading at home but seems to keep making progress at school. Homework in elementary with her will be interesting.
As part of my job I make several videos. We did one recently that both Kasey and I got to star in. Check is out - https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Landon is 7 ½ now. Landon played soccer and baseball and did gymnastics in the spring, and then he only played on a club baseball team in the fall. We don’t think we will stay on the club team and hoping to play with friends in the spring. They were nice people, but the boys had to play up a level and it was not fun for them. He’s going to play basketball again this winter with a friend which he really enjoyed last time he played. Landon is also doing Cub Scouts which brings some fun activities to the mix. He did his first pinewood derby this year and had fun making a Johnny Football car for the race. His wasn’t the fastest, but did get a medal for decoration. He’s doing great in school and loves reading and math problems. He still loves legos - Star Wars and Chima are his favorite. In his AIM class (for gifted and talented) they are studying China this year. I was able to set up a conference call with a colleague in China for them to talk to. I also had some friends at work that went to several parts of China and took great pictures so I shared them with the AIM teacher to show the kids. I think it’s great that they are learning about international places at this age.
We hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas and happy New Year. May God Bless you this coming year.
Love, Dana, Greg,
Landon, Kasey & Patch Myers
Saturday, November 30, 2013
November update
11/30 - I got to work out in the morning which was great. Just a few
of us there after Thanksgiving. Then got ready and Kids and we headed
to get Grammy. We had decided to go to Magic Time Machine for fun. I
remember going there several times as a kid with my grandparents and
friends and loved it. We were talking that first time we went with my
grandparents, we had Mork from Mindy and Mork as our waiter. I
remember my grandmother laughing so hard, we were all crying from
laughing so much. Unfortunately there were very few people there. We
had Nacho Libre for waiter, he was ok but couldn't understand everything
he was saying. We had a coupon that we had to spend a certain amount
the use the coupon so we went big. Landon got a crazy drink the bubbled
(he didn't like it - sprite and orange juice). we got the Roman Orgy
which was a ton of food, chicken and brisket, potatoes, vegetables and a
bunch of fruit. It was actually pretty good. We had a great time.
After lunch we went back to Grammy's so the kids could play for a while. Landon worked on a lego and then we got Grammy's Christmas stuff down. Kasey and Landon helped Grammy decorate her tree which was fun.
Then when we got home we decorated our tree. We did it upstairs this year to keep it away from Patch, who knows what she will do. Kids had apple cider, I had egg nog and we played Christmas music while we decorated. Kids had fun finding all their ornaments from over the years and putting them up.
11/28 - Kasey turned 5 years old today. We told her she wouldn't really turn 5 until 3:28pm so she asked almost all day if she was 5 yet. She found her new Rasor first thing in the morning. Landon has one and they fight over it outside so we thought they needed a 2nd one.
We had some quick breakfast then spent time cleaning up the house to get ready for everyone coming over. We had few things to cook and then we were ready. We have 13-15 people at the house from noon til about 5. It was nice for everyone to get to visit, eat good food and watch some football.
After lunch we sang happy birthday to Kasey with candles in pumpkin pie. Everyone had good dessert - we had pumpkin pie, pecan pie, cherry pie and Jeff Davis Pie. all good and homemade
We cleaned up a little and then opened presents for Kasey's birthday. She had made little pieces of paper with scribbles and letters on them for each family that got her a gift. It was pretty cute. she was excited about her gifts and some of them Landon was even more excited because he was going to get to play with them as well.
Over all it was a great day. We have so much to be thankful for!
11/27 - I got to take the day off so we had good day. We started off with family breakfast. We all went to lunch at Freebirds which we don't get to do very often. Kids were funny fighting over who gets to order with which parent and who gets to sit by which parent. After that Greg had to run a few errands so Kids and I went to Party city, Petco and Merle Norman. At Party city we got a few things for Kasey's birthday and a craft for kids to make for Thanksgiving. They made little scarecrows which was cute. Kasey also picked out a silly headband with candles that she wanted to wear. She's really excited about her birthday.
We got home and had some cooking and cleaning to do. Kids helped us make pies, and Patch was really trying to get homemade pie crusts. Kasey is excited to have pumpkin pie for her family birthday dessert. We are excited that it's part of what we'd make for Thanksgiving anyway.
Greg made fajita meat on grill, I made guacamole and we had a good dinner at home. Then we watched Madagascar 3. Kasey knows many of the lines and songs even the French one, and that's what she wants to watch at her small friend party.
11/24 - We had a great family day. It was supposed to be snowing and really bad weather all day. It never made it. We started off making breakfast. I made pancakes, Greg made cheese eggs and hot chocolate. I think Landon had 4 pancakes and a bunch of eggs. After breakfast we got ready for the day - quite slowly. We headed to lunch at Big Easy which is one of our favorite. After that we headed to Amazing Jakes for Landon's baseball end of season party. I went to run a few errands while they started playing and then joined them. All in all, we all had fun time. got to do putt putt, car and motorcycle racing games, butterfly balloon backpacks, and unicorn balloon, both played lasertage, kids played a pirate shooting game together which was fun. We even got some dinner.
11/23 - I finally went to work out for the first time since I broke my toe. it was great to get to aerobics. We went to lunch together and then Kasey and I went shopping together. I found several dresses - some for cruise and some for work. We had fun helping each other find clothes and trying them on.
We got home in time for A&M game. Unfortunately they didn't win. At half time kids went outside to ride scooters and bikes. Patch got a short walk.
We went to quick dinner at Panera and got home to get kids in bed. Landon decided he wanted to text Grammy then didn't want to go to bed. He wants a phone so he can text us. I told him he has to be 12. He told me he'll just text from his ipad which I don't think he can do :)
11/22 - Landon had friend birthday. Greg, Kasey and I hung out at home. Kasey has a princess fold out that has image of Ariel scene, Belle scene and Cinderella. The back has picture of river with bridge, grass trees and Cinderella castle. Kasey decided she wanted to make up a story, and then we sang a song. She sang the song, and then asked me to sing it. She corrected me along the way, and then we sang it several times. :)
11/21 - we got done with our event a little early so we headed to the airport to see if we could catch early flight. Unfortunately it was full so we had a long time til our flight. We had few drinks and dinner then headed to wait for flight. We left a little late and pilot said we'd land about 15 minutes late. About 30 minutes before landing pilot came on saying that storm came through Dallas early and DFW was closed. We landed in Longview to refill. We sat on the tarmac, got fuel, had walkway come to plane. They gave us option to get off if we wanted to - I don't think anyone did. Then we flew back to DFW. I ended up getting home after 12:30am - about 3 hour late. Good times. Of course I had to be up for 8:30am meeting
11/20 - I had one more trip for the year. Went to Louisville for few days. Got to meet with partner and spend time training customer.
11/19 - We had Pixies end of season party. One of the moms Meg was so nice to help plan it, make cupcakes and make headbands for the kids. I asked for help with all the travel I've been doing. So thankful that she took over. We ate at 5th street pizza. Girls got their trophies and fun dessert!
11/18 - Greg did his first watchdog visit at Norton. It's a new program where dads spend the day at school helping out, being a male presence at the school. He got to have lunch with Landon, help with his class a few times, play outside with kids, and help with a few others things.
11/17 - We had two friend birthday parties and it was a beautiful day. The first party was at science place. Kasey got to try out several experiments including exercising on little bike that created energy that you got to transfer to big area with push of button. she had a good time. All of the kids got to build with blocks and they tried to blow them down and shake them down. The kids also got to make bubble snakes. They took water bottle tops (1/2 water bottle), put dish towel and rubber band over.
Dipped it in bubbles and blew threw top of water bottle. They had fun.
11/16 - Kasey had an early softball game. It was little chilly but girls had good game. Kasey is concerned that she's not hitting very well. We tried explaining that she needs to practice and she'll get back into it.
That night kids went to grandparents, Greg went to nice dinner with the boys at Capitol Grill and I went out with friends to see Pink. 8 ladies and I went had dinner at Mi Cocina, rented a limo and went to Pink concert. We all had a great time. I had to good of a time, but we still had fun.
11/15 - I was on another trip this week but got back Friday afternoon. I had decided to stay with team I was with Thursday night and get up really early to drive 2 hours to airport to fly home. I got up, but didn't take into account needed to defrost the car before leaving. My timing was pretty tight returning car, getting through security and on plane. Sometimes small airports are a really good thing. I scheduled family pictures for us at Penney's. It ended up being a good shoot for us and had fun. Of course Greg would rather poke himself in the eye than get family pictures, but he hung in there.
11/14 - Kasey had another softball game tonight. They played a team that was able to hit better than before. At least is wasn't as cold for them as Tuesday.
11/12 - Kasey had softball game. It was in the 40s so all the girls had coats, hats and gloves on. Kasey got an out at First base and was pretty excited
11/8 - We headed down to College Station for game. Greg and kids came to pick me up at work and then we headed down to College Station. We went straight to Ninfas for some dinner. Then we went back to Cory's house to get kids ready for bed. Greg and I just hung out and had few beers at the house. Kids came in early as usual the next morning. We had some muffins and bananas for breakfast. We all got showered and ready and headed to the Chicken. We got there before 11 and got a table just barely. Landon got some dominoes to play with. We got some food and drinks.
Doug's Brother Jeff was there with his girlfriend.
Dave arrived in town and we headed to the game. A&M won, and we all decided to drive home after the game. We got some Chick Fil A, put kids in pajamas and headed home.
11/4 - This week starts 3 weeks of work travel for me. I'm headed to Phoenix Arizona for day and a half, Thief River Falls, Minnesota for few days, and Louisville, KY for few days. Then of course its Thanksgiving and Kaseys Birthday. It's going to be a busy tired month.
11/2 - Landon had baseball tournament. The boys played hard, but weren't able to win games. In one of the games Landon got an inpark home run. He had pretty good hit and other team had some errors but we'll call it an in park home run. He also got a few outs at 3rd base. We were in the stands with blankets.
After lunch we went back to Grammy's so the kids could play for a while. Landon worked on a lego and then we got Grammy's Christmas stuff down. Kasey and Landon helped Grammy decorate her tree which was fun.
Then when we got home we decorated our tree. We did it upstairs this year to keep it away from Patch, who knows what she will do. Kids had apple cider, I had egg nog and we played Christmas music while we decorated. Kids had fun finding all their ornaments from over the years and putting them up.
11/28 - Kasey turned 5 years old today. We told her she wouldn't really turn 5 until 3:28pm so she asked almost all day if she was 5 yet. She found her new Rasor first thing in the morning. Landon has one and they fight over it outside so we thought they needed a 2nd one.
We had some quick breakfast then spent time cleaning up the house to get ready for everyone coming over. We had few things to cook and then we were ready. We have 13-15 people at the house from noon til about 5. It was nice for everyone to get to visit, eat good food and watch some football.
After lunch we sang happy birthday to Kasey with candles in pumpkin pie. Everyone had good dessert - we had pumpkin pie, pecan pie, cherry pie and Jeff Davis Pie. all good and homemade
We cleaned up a little and then opened presents for Kasey's birthday. She had made little pieces of paper with scribbles and letters on them for each family that got her a gift. It was pretty cute. she was excited about her gifts and some of them Landon was even more excited because he was going to get to play with them as well.
Over all it was a great day. We have so much to be thankful for!
11/27 - I got to take the day off so we had good day. We started off with family breakfast. We all went to lunch at Freebirds which we don't get to do very often. Kids were funny fighting over who gets to order with which parent and who gets to sit by which parent. After that Greg had to run a few errands so Kids and I went to Party city, Petco and Merle Norman. At Party city we got a few things for Kasey's birthday and a craft for kids to make for Thanksgiving. They made little scarecrows which was cute. Kasey also picked out a silly headband with candles that she wanted to wear. She's really excited about her birthday.
We got home and had some cooking and cleaning to do. Kids helped us make pies, and Patch was really trying to get homemade pie crusts. Kasey is excited to have pumpkin pie for her family birthday dessert. We are excited that it's part of what we'd make for Thanksgiving anyway.
Greg made fajita meat on grill, I made guacamole and we had a good dinner at home. Then we watched Madagascar 3. Kasey knows many of the lines and songs even the French one, and that's what she wants to watch at her small friend party.
11/24 - We had a great family day. It was supposed to be snowing and really bad weather all day. It never made it. We started off making breakfast. I made pancakes, Greg made cheese eggs and hot chocolate. I think Landon had 4 pancakes and a bunch of eggs. After breakfast we got ready for the day - quite slowly. We headed to lunch at Big Easy which is one of our favorite. After that we headed to Amazing Jakes for Landon's baseball end of season party. I went to run a few errands while they started playing and then joined them. All in all, we all had fun time. got to do putt putt, car and motorcycle racing games, butterfly balloon backpacks, and unicorn balloon, both played lasertage, kids played a pirate shooting game together which was fun. We even got some dinner.
11/23 - I finally went to work out for the first time since I broke my toe. it was great to get to aerobics. We went to lunch together and then Kasey and I went shopping together. I found several dresses - some for cruise and some for work. We had fun helping each other find clothes and trying them on.
We got home in time for A&M game. Unfortunately they didn't win. At half time kids went outside to ride scooters and bikes. Patch got a short walk.
We went to quick dinner at Panera and got home to get kids in bed. Landon decided he wanted to text Grammy then didn't want to go to bed. He wants a phone so he can text us. I told him he has to be 12. He told me he'll just text from his ipad which I don't think he can do :)
11/22 - Landon had friend birthday. Greg, Kasey and I hung out at home. Kasey has a princess fold out that has image of Ariel scene, Belle scene and Cinderella. The back has picture of river with bridge, grass trees and Cinderella castle. Kasey decided she wanted to make up a story, and then we sang a song. She sang the song, and then asked me to sing it. She corrected me along the way, and then we sang it several times. :)
11/21 - we got done with our event a little early so we headed to the airport to see if we could catch early flight. Unfortunately it was full so we had a long time til our flight. We had few drinks and dinner then headed to wait for flight. We left a little late and pilot said we'd land about 15 minutes late. About 30 minutes before landing pilot came on saying that storm came through Dallas early and DFW was closed. We landed in Longview to refill. We sat on the tarmac, got fuel, had walkway come to plane. They gave us option to get off if we wanted to - I don't think anyone did. Then we flew back to DFW. I ended up getting home after 12:30am - about 3 hour late. Good times. Of course I had to be up for 8:30am meeting
11/20 - I had one more trip for the year. Went to Louisville for few days. Got to meet with partner and spend time training customer.
11/19 - We had Pixies end of season party. One of the moms Meg was so nice to help plan it, make cupcakes and make headbands for the kids. I asked for help with all the travel I've been doing. So thankful that she took over. We ate at 5th street pizza. Girls got their trophies and fun dessert!
11/18 - Greg did his first watchdog visit at Norton. It's a new program where dads spend the day at school helping out, being a male presence at the school. He got to have lunch with Landon, help with his class a few times, play outside with kids, and help with a few others things.
11/17 - We had two friend birthday parties and it was a beautiful day. The first party was at science place. Kasey got to try out several experiments including exercising on little bike that created energy that you got to transfer to big area with push of button. she had a good time. All of the kids got to build with blocks and they tried to blow them down and shake them down. The kids also got to make bubble snakes. They took water bottle tops (1/2 water bottle), put dish towel and rubber band over.
Dipped it in bubbles and blew threw top of water bottle. They had fun.
11/16 - Kasey had an early softball game. It was little chilly but girls had good game. Kasey is concerned that she's not hitting very well. We tried explaining that she needs to practice and she'll get back into it.
That night kids went to grandparents, Greg went to nice dinner with the boys at Capitol Grill and I went out with friends to see Pink. 8 ladies and I went had dinner at Mi Cocina, rented a limo and went to Pink concert. We all had a great time. I had to good of a time, but we still had fun.
11/15 - I was on another trip this week but got back Friday afternoon. I had decided to stay with team I was with Thursday night and get up really early to drive 2 hours to airport to fly home. I got up, but didn't take into account needed to defrost the car before leaving. My timing was pretty tight returning car, getting through security and on plane. Sometimes small airports are a really good thing. I scheduled family pictures for us at Penney's. It ended up being a good shoot for us and had fun. Of course Greg would rather poke himself in the eye than get family pictures, but he hung in there.
11/14 - Kasey had another softball game tonight. They played a team that was able to hit better than before. At least is wasn't as cold for them as Tuesday.
11/12 - Kasey had softball game. It was in the 40s so all the girls had coats, hats and gloves on. Kasey got an out at First base and was pretty excited
11/8 - We headed down to College Station for game. Greg and kids came to pick me up at work and then we headed down to College Station. We went straight to Ninfas for some dinner. Then we went back to Cory's house to get kids ready for bed. Greg and I just hung out and had few beers at the house. Kids came in early as usual the next morning. We had some muffins and bananas for breakfast. We all got showered and ready and headed to the Chicken. We got there before 11 and got a table just barely. Landon got some dominoes to play with. We got some food and drinks.
Doug's Brother Jeff was there with his girlfriend.
Dave arrived in town and we headed to the game. A&M won, and we all decided to drive home after the game. We got some Chick Fil A, put kids in pajamas and headed home.
11/4 - This week starts 3 weeks of work travel for me. I'm headed to Phoenix Arizona for day and a half, Thief River Falls, Minnesota for few days, and Louisville, KY for few days. Then of course its Thanksgiving and Kaseys Birthday. It's going to be a busy tired month.
11/2 - Landon had baseball tournament. The boys played hard, but weren't able to win games. In one of the games Landon got an inpark home run. He had pretty good hit and other team had some errors but we'll call it an in park home run. He also got a few outs at 3rd base. We were in the stands with blankets.
Thursday, October 31, 2013
October Updates
10/31 - Fun Halloween. Kasey was a red Princess, Landon was Johnny
football and got to borrow hockey shoulder pads which was great. Greg
got pizza from Durkins and we met up with neighbors for dinner and
drinks before pictures and trick or treating. In past years we've
gone around our block and that was great. This year with kids getting
older. They ran from house to house. Of course I was in heels and a
dress because I didn't have time to change. They went around our block
and a little extra cul-de-sac. Then we decided to keep going for a
little while. Kasey got to see her teacher who lives right by us, and
few other kids have teacher in neighborhood so we went by their houses.
Then headed home. Buckets full, wired from just few pieces of candy,
but good times.
10/30 - I had kids try on Halloween costumes because I knew I'd be coming home straight from work for dinner with neighbors and trick or treating. Kasey loved her princess costumer - We bought it to be ladybug girl, could have been a fairy, but she wanted it to be a princess.
Landon was Johnny Football.
10/28 - Busy day. Worked from home in morning, shot video in Kasey's room all afternoon, helped Landon finish his pumpkin character project, made princess pumpkin with Kasey!
10/26 - Early A&M game so we had to get up and shower. We grabbed some Shipley's for breakfast and went to our parking spot. We met Dave and Tracy at Tex Ags tailgate. We had few drinks and got to see the studio they have there. We took a picture since it is Doug's Birthday.
We started walking to Aggieland outfitters and saw some friends along the way. Doug tried on maroon blazer as a funny.
We headed to the game. Many people were late for this game for some reason. Aggies started game well, had horrible 2nd quarter, then put it away in 3rd and 4th. We will take the win!
10/25 - We decided to go down to College Station without the kids. Greg took Kids and Patch to grandparents, got Doug and came to pick me up at work. We drove down to College Station. We went straight to Wings and More for a late dinner. We headed to Northgate for some drinks. We went to Duddleys and had some beer. We headed back to the house about midnight.
10/20 - Kids and I went to the State Fair and to see Lion King with my mom today. We had a blast. We met and rode the train to the fair which worked out great. We went in and had corny dogs, nachos and pictures with Tex to start it out.
Then we took the gondola ride from front of Midway to the back which was fun. Landon and I went on fun roller coaster. Landon wasn't to thrilled about it, I think he told Kasey afterwards that it wasn't that fun. Kasey really wanted to go on that one, but she wasn't tall enough. She wasn't happy. Kids rode a few rides after that. Kasey loved the roller coasters. All 4 of us rode big Bear ride like tea cups. It was fun, but we got dizzy. Made me think of riding those rides as a kid.
Then we went to play some games. Kids played balloon popping game and both won - I so remember doing that at Circus Circus. Then we went to play the big water shooting game. Kasey and I won and because several people were playing she got a pretty big stuffed animal. She picked a bull dog :) She was so excited. We couldn't get a bigger one for Landon to win, but he won a few smaller ones.
Then we decided to eat a little. Kids wanted ice cream so we sat and listened to some singers singing 80s music while kids made a mess with Ice Cream. We all shared fried S'mores. Then we had fried king ranch casserole and funnel cake - yum.
then it was time to head to the lion king which is awesome. Landon really liked it, but Kasey lost interest pretty fast and asked me questions during the whole thing :)
Over all it was a great day. The weather was perfect!
10/19 - We had to get up pretty early for a Saturday. Alarm came on playing Bennie and the Jets which made me smile. We got up, all of us got showers, got breakfast and we made lunch to take with us. Kasey had 10am softball game. It was a little chilly and Kasey probably needed more clothes on, but she survived. Girls did pretty well in the morning.
We left immediately after the game. Went home for use to change, let the dog out and head down to College Station. We were on the road by 11:20am (A&M game was at 2:30pm). We got into town, went potty, got snacks at the game, and got into our seats a few minutes before kickoff. unfortunately the game didn't turn out so well. We left at the end and headed back home. We stopped on 2818 for gas and kids changed into their jammies. Landon said he wasn't sleeping, but I think he was. Kasey didn't want to go to sleep.
We went to pick Patch up on the way home. Of course this woke up the kids. Patch sat in my lap all the way home.
Kids went to bed. Greg went to bed soon there after, and I had taken a nap in the car and needed to work so I was up til after 1am.
10/18 - We started off crazy weekend going to Landon's fall festival at his school. All 4 grandparents came. We started out in the gym with bounce houses for a while then headed to long line to get food. While waiting in line I took the kids outside to play a few games. They got to find a prize in hay stack & play ring toss with cowboy hats. They had BBQ this year which was fun. After eating kids wanted to run around some more. They had fun outside and at inside games, Got Ritas Ice then went back to the gym for more fun.
10/13 - Landon had a baseball tournament in North McKinney. Of course his first game was at 8am so we had to get up really early to get out there. It was raining most of the day. Boys didn't win the first game. We weren't for sure when the 2nd game was. We came back at 11:45, and then found out our game was at 2pm. Greg and Landon went to bat some with the team. Kasey and I hung out in car listening to music and Kasey pretending.
In Landon's 2nd game they didn't win, but they played hard. They got several outs and several runs as well. We were pretty excited since the team hasn't won any games or scored many runs
1012 - Landon's alarm woke him up early so we got started early. Landon and Greg went to cub scout pond clean up with the Pack. Kasey had a birthday party to go to, and we weren't getting along to well this morning so Greg took a shower and offered to take her to the party. That means Landon and I got to have lunch just the two of us. He choose to go to Pluckers so we could watch some football. He tried wings, and wasn't to thrilled, but he ate most of 4 of them. We went to run a few errands and he asked if we could go to Toys r Us to look for legos for Christmas, so we went for a little while. Of course now the only ones he wants are over $100. The fun of having older kiddos.
After we all got home Greg and Landon went to watch his friends from school play baseball. Usually when Greg watched them they don't win, but luckily they won today.
We decided to order pizza and stay in tonight. The Aggies are on TV, but the kids have to go to bed since Landon has early baseball game in the morning.
10/11 - i went to physical therapy for the first time. I get to start spending more time out of the boot - yea. Probably do physical therapy for a few weeks and hopefully be done.
We all went to dinner at Mexigo, and then Kasey and I came home so she could get to bed. Greg went with Landon, Mason and his dad to Allen Eagles football game. Of course they got home late, but Landon had fun.
10/7 - Greg took Kasey shopping for some warmer clothes. When she was trying them on Greg said she kept singing - I'm Sexy and I know it :) I told Greg that wasn't my fault
10/5 - We were very lazy in the morning. No aggie football, no kids sports. We didn't even have breakfast. We finally got up and got ready then headed to early lunch. We went to fun little pizza place that makes individual pizzas. They have one of the new fun drink things that you can get just about any kind of drink you want.
After that we came home and Landon and I headed to the Star Wars event at the library. They had scavenger hunt, bowling, few other games and crafts to make cool paper bag puppets and finger print art. We had fun. Landon brought home a bag for Kasey to make (Princess Leah) and also Leah buns to wear on her head.
After that we went to a friends 4th birthday party. It was set up like the state fair so there were fun games, snacks, tickets, and prizes. Kids enjoyed it. The most of the older kids ended up playing bouncy ball with Greg in the cul-de-sac. They would bounce the ball back and forth and few times almost lost it or had to keep the kids from running in big street. Everyone had a good time.
Then we came home, let Patch out and then went to dinner with Steiners and Doug. We had fun. Kids got to color, play with Elisabeth, dance, work on Gigem. Of course they were up later than normal, but had a good time. We also had some really good food and wine
10/4 - Landon had a friend birthday party so Greg and I took Kasey to Bavarian Grill for dinner. Kids call it the train place because it has trains going along the ceiling. They have great pretzel bread and beer and good German food. Kasey was kind of in a mood, but she did pretty good. We got home. Greg got Kasey to bed and I went to pick up Landon at his party. Got to hang out with some of the moms for little bit which is always fun.
10/30 - I had kids try on Halloween costumes because I knew I'd be coming home straight from work for dinner with neighbors and trick or treating. Kasey loved her princess costumer - We bought it to be ladybug girl, could have been a fairy, but she wanted it to be a princess.
Landon was Johnny Football.
10/28 - Busy day. Worked from home in morning, shot video in Kasey's room all afternoon, helped Landon finish his pumpkin character project, made princess pumpkin with Kasey!
10/26 - Early A&M game so we had to get up and shower. We grabbed some Shipley's for breakfast and went to our parking spot. We met Dave and Tracy at Tex Ags tailgate. We had few drinks and got to see the studio they have there. We took a picture since it is Doug's Birthday.
We started walking to Aggieland outfitters and saw some friends along the way. Doug tried on maroon blazer as a funny.
We headed to the game. Many people were late for this game for some reason. Aggies started game well, had horrible 2nd quarter, then put it away in 3rd and 4th. We will take the win!
10/25 - We decided to go down to College Station without the kids. Greg took Kids and Patch to grandparents, got Doug and came to pick me up at work. We drove down to College Station. We went straight to Wings and More for a late dinner. We headed to Northgate for some drinks. We went to Duddleys and had some beer. We headed back to the house about midnight.
10/20 - Kids and I went to the State Fair and to see Lion King with my mom today. We had a blast. We met and rode the train to the fair which worked out great. We went in and had corny dogs, nachos and pictures with Tex to start it out.
Then we took the gondola ride from front of Midway to the back which was fun. Landon and I went on fun roller coaster. Landon wasn't to thrilled about it, I think he told Kasey afterwards that it wasn't that fun. Kasey really wanted to go on that one, but she wasn't tall enough. She wasn't happy. Kids rode a few rides after that. Kasey loved the roller coasters. All 4 of us rode big Bear ride like tea cups. It was fun, but we got dizzy. Made me think of riding those rides as a kid.
Then we went to play some games. Kids played balloon popping game and both won - I so remember doing that at Circus Circus. Then we went to play the big water shooting game. Kasey and I won and because several people were playing she got a pretty big stuffed animal. She picked a bull dog :) She was so excited. We couldn't get a bigger one for Landon to win, but he won a few smaller ones.
Then we decided to eat a little. Kids wanted ice cream so we sat and listened to some singers singing 80s music while kids made a mess with Ice Cream. We all shared fried S'mores. Then we had fried king ranch casserole and funnel cake - yum.
then it was time to head to the lion king which is awesome. Landon really liked it, but Kasey lost interest pretty fast and asked me questions during the whole thing :)
Over all it was a great day. The weather was perfect!
10/19 - We had to get up pretty early for a Saturday. Alarm came on playing Bennie and the Jets which made me smile. We got up, all of us got showers, got breakfast and we made lunch to take with us. Kasey had 10am softball game. It was a little chilly and Kasey probably needed more clothes on, but she survived. Girls did pretty well in the morning.
We left immediately after the game. Went home for use to change, let the dog out and head down to College Station. We were on the road by 11:20am (A&M game was at 2:30pm). We got into town, went potty, got snacks at the game, and got into our seats a few minutes before kickoff. unfortunately the game didn't turn out so well. We left at the end and headed back home. We stopped on 2818 for gas and kids changed into their jammies. Landon said he wasn't sleeping, but I think he was. Kasey didn't want to go to sleep.
We went to pick Patch up on the way home. Of course this woke up the kids. Patch sat in my lap all the way home.
Kids went to bed. Greg went to bed soon there after, and I had taken a nap in the car and needed to work so I was up til after 1am.
10/18 - We started off crazy weekend going to Landon's fall festival at his school. All 4 grandparents came. We started out in the gym with bounce houses for a while then headed to long line to get food. While waiting in line I took the kids outside to play a few games. They got to find a prize in hay stack & play ring toss with cowboy hats. They had BBQ this year which was fun. After eating kids wanted to run around some more. They had fun outside and at inside games, Got Ritas Ice then went back to the gym for more fun.
10/13 - Landon had a baseball tournament in North McKinney. Of course his first game was at 8am so we had to get up really early to get out there. It was raining most of the day. Boys didn't win the first game. We weren't for sure when the 2nd game was. We came back at 11:45, and then found out our game was at 2pm. Greg and Landon went to bat some with the team. Kasey and I hung out in car listening to music and Kasey pretending.
In Landon's 2nd game they didn't win, but they played hard. They got several outs and several runs as well. We were pretty excited since the team hasn't won any games or scored many runs
1012 - Landon's alarm woke him up early so we got started early. Landon and Greg went to cub scout pond clean up with the Pack. Kasey had a birthday party to go to, and we weren't getting along to well this morning so Greg took a shower and offered to take her to the party. That means Landon and I got to have lunch just the two of us. He choose to go to Pluckers so we could watch some football. He tried wings, and wasn't to thrilled, but he ate most of 4 of them. We went to run a few errands and he asked if we could go to Toys r Us to look for legos for Christmas, so we went for a little while. Of course now the only ones he wants are over $100. The fun of having older kiddos.
After we all got home Greg and Landon went to watch his friends from school play baseball. Usually when Greg watched them they don't win, but luckily they won today.
We decided to order pizza and stay in tonight. The Aggies are on TV, but the kids have to go to bed since Landon has early baseball game in the morning.
10/11 - i went to physical therapy for the first time. I get to start spending more time out of the boot - yea. Probably do physical therapy for a few weeks and hopefully be done.
We all went to dinner at Mexigo, and then Kasey and I came home so she could get to bed. Greg went with Landon, Mason and his dad to Allen Eagles football game. Of course they got home late, but Landon had fun.
10/7 - Greg took Kasey shopping for some warmer clothes. When she was trying them on Greg said she kept singing - I'm Sexy and I know it :) I told Greg that wasn't my fault
10/5 - We were very lazy in the morning. No aggie football, no kids sports. We didn't even have breakfast. We finally got up and got ready then headed to early lunch. We went to fun little pizza place that makes individual pizzas. They have one of the new fun drink things that you can get just about any kind of drink you want.
After that we came home and Landon and I headed to the Star Wars event at the library. They had scavenger hunt, bowling, few other games and crafts to make cool paper bag puppets and finger print art. We had fun. Landon brought home a bag for Kasey to make (Princess Leah) and also Leah buns to wear on her head.
After that we went to a friends 4th birthday party. It was set up like the state fair so there were fun games, snacks, tickets, and prizes. Kids enjoyed it. The most of the older kids ended up playing bouncy ball with Greg in the cul-de-sac. They would bounce the ball back and forth and few times almost lost it or had to keep the kids from running in big street. Everyone had a good time.
Then we came home, let Patch out and then went to dinner with Steiners and Doug. We had fun. Kids got to color, play with Elisabeth, dance, work on Gigem. Of course they were up later than normal, but had a good time. We also had some really good food and wine
10/4 - Landon had a friend birthday party so Greg and I took Kasey to Bavarian Grill for dinner. Kids call it the train place because it has trains going along the ceiling. They have great pretzel bread and beer and good German food. Kasey was kind of in a mood, but she did pretty good. We got home. Greg got Kasey to bed and I went to pick up Landon at his party. Got to hang out with some of the moms for little bit which is always fun.
Monday, September 30, 2013
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