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
Friday, November 30, 2012
November updates
11/27-11/30 - This was a crazy week at work. I had 40 engineers in
town from all over the world for training that I was organizing, in
addition I had all day partner meeting and dinner, event with the
training engineer, and then 2 days of leadership training. In the
middle of all that TI laid off 500 people from my organization on
Wednesday. I feel very fortunate to still have a job, but very sad to
see many friends I've worked with for years leave TI.
11/28 - Kasey's birthday. I went to work out at boot camp at 5:15am. Then I went to get donuts because I knew I would be gone most of the day and evening. I guess someone new took ownership of the donut place we sometimes go to. They now had cute stars, bears, football donuts. I got Kasey a pink star and Landon a football. They both liked them.
I was in an all day meeting as 500 people got laid off. It was pretty tough. I left that meeting to go back to training. I stopped off at the park for a little bit where Greg had to kids to say hi. I was about in tears from the day, but glad to see the kids and hug Greg.
Then I went to my training to close up the day. Brilliant mother of the year I planned the summit even on Kasey's birthday. We closed up and I headed home for a few minutes since it was Kasey's Birthday. Then had just gotten home from Torchy Tacos and so we opened a few presents with Kasey before I had to head to my event.
We had a good event. A few people showed up that had been around for a while or were laid off that day. Tough times.
On Landon's 4th birthday we took away his blanket. More with him because he was still sucking his thumb. We decided to do the same with Kasey. She willingly gave up her blanket to Greg. She has MANY pets and kids that she can sleep with.
11/23-25 - We left in the morning to drive to Conroe to see family. I decided to drive to help Greg out, and the kids were great. Didn't really hear much from them, they watched movies the whole way down.
We had good visits with family and kids played outside a lot. Also played Wii bowling and baseball alot. Landon is getting pretty good at it.
Saturday morning Cousins Haley and Ashlyn came over to play. They also brought nice birthday and Christmas gifts for the kids. The kids had a great time seeing them. We left about 11am to go meet friends in College Station, and Mom and Dad took Landon and Kasey home with them.
We spent the day in College Station, Aggies won. Sunday we headed back home
11/22 - We had a good family breakfast that Greg made us, had an afternoon snack and then Big Thanksgiving dinner. We had 18 people at our house for Thanksgiving from Greg's family. Kids got to play with their cousin Masey who's about 20 months old so that was fun. We had great food and enjoyed catching up with everyone. I decided not to do big family birthday for Kasey this year, but we did sing to her and let her blow out candles. Few aunts and uncles and cousins brought her fun presents as well.
11/21 - Landon went to a friends for a few hours. Kasey and I watched a little dancing with the stars (her first time). She likes when they got scores and wanted to know right away who won.
We went to lunch at Elkas (really good sandwiches and , and then went to dinner at Bavarian Grill (yummy German food and beer).
11/20 - We took the kids to the zoo today. Had a fun morning seeing the Lion experience and the African area. Then we headed to lunch and the other side of the zoo. We got to see a chameleon eating crickets which was pretty cool. We also got to see several albino animals like snake, alligator, python. We got to see koala bears. When we got there the Lemurs were going crazy making many noises. We were there from about 10-2:30, but Greg and I were quite tired. Kids were too. Landon went to a friends who just had his tonsils out to "rest" and watch a movie. I went a did a little shopping during that time and Kasey watched a movie at home.
11/19 - I took the day off. I had to work some in the morning. Then Greg, Landon and I went up to Kasey's school so that Landon could read to her class. He read Green Eggs and Ham and a funny Zoomer book. They both enjoyed it. At the end they sang the song everyone everyone jump up and down - Landon did it as well. He got to see his old teachers and the directors.
Then we all went to lunch together. Greg went to work and the kids and I went to run a few errands. We walked around the Villages some doing a little shopping, said hi to Santa, had hot chocolate. We had fun. We got back home for kids to play some outside. Then I took Landon to gymnastics. I don't get to go often, but he seems to be doing well. I can tell that a lot of the muscle he has is from gymnastics which is good. His coach came up afterwards and said he was listening really well and they would probably get him moved up to next level soon.
That night we had Greg's office Christmas dinner. It was at Maggianos. They had xbox set up so Landon got to play that for a while - he totally missed appetizers and then got upset that he missed it. He got plenty to eat for sure. They had multiple dishes. I convinced Kasey that she should try at least a bite of everything. That's what I learned growing up and am trying to do the same although difficult. She did - she tried eggplant Parmesan, lasagna, spegetti and salmon. She only liked the lasagna, but she tried all of them. She was going into detail about what was happening in her pretend life. He husband was in the hospital with sprained ankle from playing baseball, grandparents had the kids at home. She takes things from things that happen with us, but then puts them together in different ways. It's very interesting to see the way she thinks. Anyway, I think we all had fun.
11/17 - Of course kids got up before 7am. We tried to get them to sleep in further but that didn't happen. We all got showers and headed out to the Chicken for an early lunch. We played dominoes and kids built stuff with them as well. Then we headed to the MSC for a little shopping before the game. Aggies won, kids got to play on the field after the game. We then had dinner on Northgate and brought the kids to the house for bed. I left my purse at Freebirds but Greg was able to get it with everything still in it.
11/16 - Greg, Doug and kids picked me up from work and head headed down to College Station. We had fast dinner at Freebirds and got kids to bed before 8:30 (which is late for them). I hung out at the house and the boys went to Duddleys.
11/14 - TI announced today that they will lay off 1700 people from the wireless group which of course I'm in. This is very scary and huge impact to our organization. I won't know for a few weeks if I will be affected by this.
I worked from home today because we had a few things going on. I got to have lunch with Landon at his Thanksgiving Feast which was fun. We went to the book fair for a few books afterwards.
Then Kasey and I went to pick out her party gifts and invitations for her birthday party coming up. She was excited. We're having a Princess and Knights Theme where kids get to dress up, play games and then have cake in a fun princess filled room.
I worked in the morning and afternoon and got done just in time to go to Kasey's dance. I am so proud of her. She really pays attention and tries to do the moves well. I told her I was a dancer for many years and she just smiled
Then we went to pick Landon up at a friends and went to Mi Cocina to use some of our Knights Thank you money for the baseball team - very sweet of the team to get us gift certificates.
11/8 - tonight Kasey told me a story while I was brushing her hair. It was about a girl named Cinderella and a girl named Kasey who both liked to serve breakfast. Kasey was wearing a beautiful nightgown (she said but it wasn't blue like Cinderellas). She didn't much more after that but it was cute to see her mind work. Then we read a Rapunzel book.
I got to read Landon the Grasshopper and the ANT story which he liked.
11/7 - I was wearing my hair mostly down, and Kasey told me as I was telling her goodnight that I needed to put my hair in a pony tail before I brushed my teeth so that I didn't get it all in my hair.
11/4 - We hung out in the morning and the kids wanted to play duck duck goose. Somehow there was a fox involved. Running around the living room playing duck duck goose with 3 people was amusing. That afternoon Greg and Landon went to cub scouts meeting and Kasey and I listened to music and painted our toenails.
11/3 - We had another busy day. Football, 2 soccer games and a baseball game. Landon had a good run and pulled a flag in football, and he scored a goal in soccer. Kasey scored 2 goals in her game. Then we came home and all watched part of the A&M game until the kids had to go to bed.
11/28 - Kasey's birthday. I went to work out at boot camp at 5:15am. Then I went to get donuts because I knew I would be gone most of the day and evening. I guess someone new took ownership of the donut place we sometimes go to. They now had cute stars, bears, football donuts. I got Kasey a pink star and Landon a football. They both liked them.
I was in an all day meeting as 500 people got laid off. It was pretty tough. I left that meeting to go back to training. I stopped off at the park for a little bit where Greg had to kids to say hi. I was about in tears from the day, but glad to see the kids and hug Greg.
Then I went to my training to close up the day. Brilliant mother of the year I planned the summit even on Kasey's birthday. We closed up and I headed home for a few minutes since it was Kasey's Birthday. Then had just gotten home from Torchy Tacos and so we opened a few presents with Kasey before I had to head to my event.
We had a good event. A few people showed up that had been around for a while or were laid off that day. Tough times.
On Landon's 4th birthday we took away his blanket. More with him because he was still sucking his thumb. We decided to do the same with Kasey. She willingly gave up her blanket to Greg. She has MANY pets and kids that she can sleep with.
11/23-25 - We left in the morning to drive to Conroe to see family. I decided to drive to help Greg out, and the kids were great. Didn't really hear much from them, they watched movies the whole way down.
We had good visits with family and kids played outside a lot. Also played Wii bowling and baseball alot. Landon is getting pretty good at it.
Saturday morning Cousins Haley and Ashlyn came over to play. They also brought nice birthday and Christmas gifts for the kids. The kids had a great time seeing them. We left about 11am to go meet friends in College Station, and Mom and Dad took Landon and Kasey home with them.
We spent the day in College Station, Aggies won. Sunday we headed back home
11/22 - We had a good family breakfast that Greg made us, had an afternoon snack and then Big Thanksgiving dinner. We had 18 people at our house for Thanksgiving from Greg's family. Kids got to play with their cousin Masey who's about 20 months old so that was fun. We had great food and enjoyed catching up with everyone. I decided not to do big family birthday for Kasey this year, but we did sing to her and let her blow out candles. Few aunts and uncles and cousins brought her fun presents as well.
11/21 - Landon went to a friends for a few hours. Kasey and I watched a little dancing with the stars (her first time). She likes when they got scores and wanted to know right away who won.
We went to lunch at Elkas (really good sandwiches and , and then went to dinner at Bavarian Grill (yummy German food and beer).
11/20 - We took the kids to the zoo today. Had a fun morning seeing the Lion experience and the African area. Then we headed to lunch and the other side of the zoo. We got to see a chameleon eating crickets which was pretty cool. We also got to see several albino animals like snake, alligator, python. We got to see koala bears. When we got there the Lemurs were going crazy making many noises. We were there from about 10-2:30, but Greg and I were quite tired. Kids were too. Landon went to a friends who just had his tonsils out to "rest" and watch a movie. I went a did a little shopping during that time and Kasey watched a movie at home.
11/19 - I took the day off. I had to work some in the morning. Then Greg, Landon and I went up to Kasey's school so that Landon could read to her class. He read Green Eggs and Ham and a funny Zoomer book. They both enjoyed it. At the end they sang the song everyone everyone jump up and down - Landon did it as well. He got to see his old teachers and the directors.
Then we all went to lunch together. Greg went to work and the kids and I went to run a few errands. We walked around the Villages some doing a little shopping, said hi to Santa, had hot chocolate. We had fun. We got back home for kids to play some outside. Then I took Landon to gymnastics. I don't get to go often, but he seems to be doing well. I can tell that a lot of the muscle he has is from gymnastics which is good. His coach came up afterwards and said he was listening really well and they would probably get him moved up to next level soon.
That night we had Greg's office Christmas dinner. It was at Maggianos. They had xbox set up so Landon got to play that for a while - he totally missed appetizers and then got upset that he missed it. He got plenty to eat for sure. They had multiple dishes. I convinced Kasey that she should try at least a bite of everything. That's what I learned growing up and am trying to do the same although difficult. She did - she tried eggplant Parmesan, lasagna, spegetti and salmon. She only liked the lasagna, but she tried all of them. She was going into detail about what was happening in her pretend life. He husband was in the hospital with sprained ankle from playing baseball, grandparents had the kids at home. She takes things from things that happen with us, but then puts them together in different ways. It's very interesting to see the way she thinks. Anyway, I think we all had fun.
11/17 - Of course kids got up before 7am. We tried to get them to sleep in further but that didn't happen. We all got showers and headed out to the Chicken for an early lunch. We played dominoes and kids built stuff with them as well. Then we headed to the MSC for a little shopping before the game. Aggies won, kids got to play on the field after the game. We then had dinner on Northgate and brought the kids to the house for bed. I left my purse at Freebirds but Greg was able to get it with everything still in it.
11/16 - Greg, Doug and kids picked me up from work and head headed down to College Station. We had fast dinner at Freebirds and got kids to bed before 8:30 (which is late for them). I hung out at the house and the boys went to Duddleys.
11/14 - TI announced today that they will lay off 1700 people from the wireless group which of course I'm in. This is very scary and huge impact to our organization. I won't know for a few weeks if I will be affected by this.
I worked from home today because we had a few things going on. I got to have lunch with Landon at his Thanksgiving Feast which was fun. We went to the book fair for a few books afterwards.
Then Kasey and I went to pick out her party gifts and invitations for her birthday party coming up. She was excited. We're having a Princess and Knights Theme where kids get to dress up, play games and then have cake in a fun princess filled room.
I worked in the morning and afternoon and got done just in time to go to Kasey's dance. I am so proud of her. She really pays attention and tries to do the moves well. I told her I was a dancer for many years and she just smiled
Then we went to pick Landon up at a friends and went to Mi Cocina to use some of our Knights Thank you money for the baseball team - very sweet of the team to get us gift certificates.
11/8 - tonight Kasey told me a story while I was brushing her hair. It was about a girl named Cinderella and a girl named Kasey who both liked to serve breakfast. Kasey was wearing a beautiful nightgown (she said but it wasn't blue like Cinderellas). She didn't much more after that but it was cute to see her mind work. Then we read a Rapunzel book.
I got to read Landon the Grasshopper and the ANT story which he liked.
11/7 - I was wearing my hair mostly down, and Kasey told me as I was telling her goodnight that I needed to put my hair in a pony tail before I brushed my teeth so that I didn't get it all in my hair.
11/4 - We hung out in the morning and the kids wanted to play duck duck goose. Somehow there was a fox involved. Running around the living room playing duck duck goose with 3 people was amusing. That afternoon Greg and Landon went to cub scouts meeting and Kasey and I listened to music and painted our toenails.
11/3 - We had another busy day. Football, 2 soccer games and a baseball game. Landon had a good run and pulled a flag in football, and he scored a goal in soccer. Kasey scored 2 goals in her game. Then we came home and all watched part of the A&M game until the kids had to go to bed.
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