April 15- 29th

Hi everyone!!!!!

The day after the concert I had to get Sierra to the orthodontics by 8:00 UGH!! I realized very quickly that I was going to hate the drive when Sierra starts school next year in Grapevine, but I will survive.

Ryan had another race this weekend in west Texas. It was miserably hot and dusty but he came in 4th in all but first in his division. Charlie ended up breaking his foot in the race.

The girls and I ended up doing a whole lot of nothing while he was gone mainly working around the house. Halie had a friend over Friday night and they spent the day eating out and watching a movie in Frisco (what a life). He got home late Sunday night dead tired and feeling like crap. He ended up sleeping in on Monday morning. I took the kids to school came back home was going to lay back down with him for just a second and we both ended up sleeping until 11 o'clock. But since I never sleep well when he is gone I guess we both needed it.

On Wednesday Cindy came up for a few days, she is getting lasik done and she had her first appointment on Thursday. We took her out to eat Wednesday night then she went walking with us while Colby came over and watch Sweeny Todd with Halie. FYI very gory movie. Thursday I drove her to her appointment then to the mall to get a new RX for glasses (she cant wear her contacts while waiting for the surgery) while we waited we grabbed some lunch and we had our eyebrows threaded (its where they trim your brows using nothing but thread) she thought it was the neatest thing. That evening she went with Sierra to watch Katie in a program at school. Friday morning she headed back home.

Halie spent the weekend at Chealsys house. It was our anniversary weekend and we had thought about going out of town but Sierras plan for spending the weekend away fell through so we stayed at home. Friday we picked up Sierra from school and took her to met her new friend at the bowling alley for a few hours then came home and watched a crappy movie with her. Saturday we went to lunch with her then bought some summer clothes came back home. That evening we burned the burn pile had hotdogs and two bottles of wine it was actually a pretty great anniversary , but all the smoke made both of us sick or Ryan even sicker and Sunday we hung around the house with unknowing to us sinus infections. But I have to tell you a horrible story about the fire. The brush pile that we burned had been there awhile because of all the rain so about 5 mins. after we started it a baby rabbit hops of the fire of course I panic and run towards it trying to shwww it away and yep you know it it turned around and ran right back into the fire. Of course I am freaking out an about 30 seconds later you can hear it squelling in the fire I am going nuts by now and of course cant do anything about it, well the noise stopped and Ryan says its over he`s dead WRONG the poor little baby came crawling out all burned I thought I was going to cry. But being raised on a farm I knew what had to be done so I went and got a shovel so Ryan could put it out of its misery. Poor little thing Ryan said its little eyes had burned out I was horrified. You would think I would be used to things like that but it was a baby. Any way my mom and dad came by for a quick visit on Sunday he made me two chairs and footstools to match and they brought them by.

Monday morning I was too sick to take the kids to school so Ryan offered for me. He ended up going to the doctor and found out about the sinus infection and Lisa asked how I was doing and he told her I was sick with the same thing and she wrote me prescript too. YEAH so we are both on the road to recovery.

Tuesday I was up and around but still felt and sounded like crap. Wednesday I had another Dr.`s appointment for my hand and its finally time to do the surgery, its scheduled for the day after Mother`s Day. After the appointment I met with the principal of Sierras school and finalized my job with them for next year. They are going to pay me salary but its not come to come close to paying for tuition so I will get a monthly paycheck again and at least it will pay for

the gas down there. Later that night some people came over to help Ryan work on his bike and then Brent and Mitch came over and helped pull the pool cover off. I cooked out some burgers for everyone and we sat around ate and had a few drinks.

A couple of quick funny stories at Sierras expense.

One day last week I picked up Halie from school and she went with me to buy grocery's which I wont do again I spent at least a hundred dollars more with her going .... She picked out these reeses peanut butter cup ice cream sandwiches, that night after our walk Sierra had ice cream all on her pants she said she had eaten one of halies ice cream. Later that night Halie asked who had eaten two of her ice creams. Ryan and I both knew we hadnt and Sierra said she had eaten only one so guess the ghost ate it ( we figured it was Seirra) the next night Ryan caught her trying to get in the freezer again he asked what she was doing and she said getting one of Halies ice cream an Ryan said But you had two last night and she said How did you know ? He said i didnt you just told me. You should have seen her face.

The next story is also about things Sierra says. I made myself a cup of hot tea an put it in a to go cup with lid and set it on the arm rest in the tahoe. I turned around to tell Seirra something and knocked the cup over and it spilled all over my back and it hurt like hell too. I raised my shirt to get Halie to look at it and she said it looked bad. So I drove on to the shop cursing from the pain all the way there. Once there Sierra ran over to my side and said let me see so i turned and pulled my shirt up for her to see and she winced and said im going to tell dad what happened. As i walked in front of her she said "Mom your shirts all wet" I couldnt help it I said "DUH Sierra remember the hot water that spilled on me" It was funny later when I told Ryan but at the moment I was exhuasted by her. I ended up having second degree burns on my back two big blisters came up later that day and its still blood red.

Both of the girls are doing great at school AB honor roll for both of them. They are taking the TAXT (SP) test this week.

Ryan has a race this weekend last one until the fall HURRAY.

The only picture I have is of us on our anniversary (after the bunny incident I needed some wine)

Hope to see you all soon.

BON JOVI

Last night was the BonJovi concert this makes my third one to go too. Kim and I went and of course our wonderful driver Ryan came with us so we wouldnt have to drive.

As always it was AWESOME. You all know how much I love me some Jon, Kim too. We had really good seats and got some great pictures. Daughtry(Barbara he was on American Idol) opened for them but I missed most of him singing cause I was standing in line for a tshirt and it was well worth it. Last time I tried to be cheap and went on ebay to get one and the first time I washed it it faded to nothing. Then they came on and played for overt two hours straight It is such an awesome feeling to be standing with over 20,000 people singing songs that we all love word for word. And they still put on a high energy concert. But Kim and I could just sit and look at him for two and half hours and be happy. We are thinking about in two years when he goes on the road again flying to New Jersey to watch the concert there that would be so cool. Anyway after getting only a few hours sleep last night Ryan and I are ready to crash. But it was well worth and cant wait to go again.

Pictures are of Jon, me and Ryan, me and Kim , and Daughtry

April 5th- April 14th

Hello everyone....

This weekend we went to muenster. Halie brought a friend and Sierra has kids there that she plays with so it ended up being a fairly queit weekend. The kids and I drove up Friday after school and Ryan went that morning. Since I just got my cast off I rode very safely for a while on Saturday. Everyone brought food for a big cookout that night and we all had a great time with great weather. Sunday I woke up and realized the keys were locked in the truck so I hopped in a friends truck and headed home to get the spare set and as I was going thru
Sanger I happend to look at my phone an see I had missed calls and messages from Ryans phone. They had the keys, for some unknown reason all the doors but one were locked (the ONE we didnt check) so I hurridly turned around and headed back, a little too hurridly because I got pulled over in Lindsey for speeding but he took pity on me with my sad story and let me off with a warning.

Tuesday Halie played her last tennis game of the season and we took some of her team mates out to eat. Wednesday night Sierra went to church and right as she got home we had some nasty weather. It hit again around 4:00a.m. the winds did some pretty good damage in our neighborhood.

Friday We worked in the back yard getting ready for summer. And Sierra had a friend come over. Saturday morning Ryan and I got up early and had breakfast at Dennys then he took off around ten for his race in LA. The girls and I picked up Jordan and went to the mall in Grapevine and caught a movie later. Sunday I worked more in the backyard , cleaned house and waited for Ryan to come home. I will be so glad when his races are over for a while. He has one this weekend and one in May then he is off for the summer. But he is doing great he`s in 1st place.

Pictures are first one the riding group and 2nd is riding group and me (I was told I needed more pictures of me on the blog) and third is Ryan, Roger, and James. Rogers wife made the shirts for the guys They are KTM orange (the name of the bikes they ride) TEAM SCANDOULOUS on the back with their ktm talk log on name on the front. They are a little dorky but very nice of her. Ryan wouldnt dare wear anywhere but muenster.

Have a great week.

March 19th- April 4th

This was Spring break week for the kids. We mainly hung around the house but we did leave in the motor home on Thursday and spend a few days in Powderly for Easter. Friday we took Dad fishing at Pay Mays lake and went out to dinner with Cindy and Glenn that evening. At the restaurant I ran into Gene and Wilma, they gave me my first job as a teenager and I just LOVE them. Saturday we took Harley,Hayden and Tripp to a Easter egg hunt at Paris and later that evening had dinner with Barbara and Bailey and all the gang. Sunday we had the Easter egg hunt and lunch. We really had a great weekend, we dreaded the drive home. Monday the kids headed back to school at great relief to me, but Sierra started getting sick that night and ended up staying home the rest of the week. She ran a very high fever, and just felt like crap all around. But the thing the worried me the most was she wouldn't eat.(we all know Sierra and eating). We took her to the Dr. were all test came back fine except for blood in her urine. She is back to normal and we are going back in a few weeks to do a follow up urine test. Wednesday we closed on the house in Colorado we are estatic about that and cant wait for us and all of our friends and family to start enjoying it. Halie had a couple of tennis game in the last few weeks, she really is coming along really well. The only problem I have is she has her fathers desire to win no matter what and her mothers short temper. Not the best at sportsmanship but we are working on that. The coach says she wants to win so bad she doesnt always make good choices. Nothing horrible just not the way I would want her to act.

Ryan left Saturday for a race out in west Texas. He came in First and he is in first place in the whole division points wise. He is really into getting in to shape, he gets up every morning and runs a mile. We both are trying to get into better shape, I love to get my ipod and go walk at the walking track at the lake but Ryan is not crazy about me going by myself I told him I would get a can of mace if it would make him feel better. Back to the weekend, Saturday Kim and her new boyfriend came to Pilot Point and we had dinner so I could get to know Patrick a little bit.

Sunday we picked up friend for Sierra (she was finally feeling better) at went to the movies, Halie and I saw Horton hears a Who and the girls saw another movie
I cant remember the name of. Tuesday Ryan and I had a date day since it seems like he is gone very week end racing. I also had my last PTA meeting that night.

Wednesday I had my cast taken of YEA YEA. He said the tendon is healing itself very well so surgery is not necessary which is good. So he gave me brace to wear when I am doing something where I might jam or over extend the thumb. Which seems for me to be every waking moment.

That afternoon Ryan and I went to the lake and walk/ran about 3 miles. I love being with him (I know it sounds corny) its like being with my best friend. Thursday we got the motor home ready to head to Muenster for the weekend. And the curse on our motorhome coninues ,this morning Ryan was filling up the holding tanks the water went up thru the toilet and flooded the inside (no its not suppose to do that) of course I tried to look at the brightside that the floor is tile and not carpet Ryan on the other hand didnt see it that way and finally just said stop talking.

Hope everyone has a great weekend.

I almost forgot as part of a class Halie is in she had to keep a baby doll that has to be taken care of like a real baby over night. It records how much it cries and if its not feed, diaper changed and so on. I woke her up about 5 times that night LOVE IT....

Pics are of Barbara and Tripp at Easter, Haydens Birthday, Anden,Harley,Hayden and Tripp at the egg hunt, dad fishing, and the house in Colorado.

Mar 5th- Mar 18th

Hello to everyone once again.

Well its been since September that I wrecked and they finally decided to cast my hand and thumb to try to get the tendon in my thumb and torn cartilage in my wrist to heal. And as you can guess I`m not thrilled about it, I am suppose to wear the cast for 4 weeks then a brace for 8 more weeks. They say theres a small chance of it healing on its own (cartilage not at all) So then the next step is surgery but the way this cast is going I m going to ask to cut the 8 weeks and fix it now.

We had a busy week at Sierras school. I am over the ART fair this year and all the projects were due, it was also teacher appreciation luncheon and I picked a perfect menu Soups,Stews and baked potatoes because it ended up snowing 6 inches. They cancelled school and everything. So Friday was a snow day Sierra stayed at Stacee's house for the whole weekend, Halie had a sleepover too and Ryan had a race so I had the house for the weekend too myself. Ryan got home Sunday night with a second place plaque.

The next week was about as busy as last week with tennis games and more PTA stuff.

Ryan and I left on Wednesday to go to Colorado for a few days, we wanted to be there for the inspection of the house and everything went great. There were a few problems but the owners agreed to fix them and we should have the keys by the end of the month. We were there long enough to get to ski for one day. I had to wear Ryans gloves so it would go over my cast, I looked like I had man hands. Cindy came up and watched the kids while we were gone. We stayed home this weekend and worked in the yard raking leafs and burning brush. Saturday night we burned leafs and cooked out hotdogs. We love doing redneck stuff like that.

Monday is the first day of spring break for the kids and we took Harley ,Hayden and Tripp to this fun play place in Lewisville called Going Bonkers. Its been raining cats and dogs all day today. We went today to get our passports started ,we aren`t going anywhere but I figured we better have them just in case. This weekend is Easter and Haydens birthday so we will be spending the weekend in Powderly.

I hope everyone has a good one.

Pictures are...

Tripp at going bonkers, The BIG snow we got a few weeks ago, Harley and Hayden at Going Bonkers , and looking down main street in Breck.

Feb 22nd- March 2nd.

Halie and I got up Friday morning and followed the bus to lake Dallas for her tennis tournament Halie and her partner won two out of three games and came in second at the tournament. Ryan picked up Sierra from school early and came up to watch. Ryan and I were both pleasantly surprised at how much she has improved since last year. After the game we drove to Grapevine to stay for the weekend at the great wolf lodge. It has a indoor water park. If you ever get a chance to go, GO. It is amazing You feel like your in a different world. The girls and I never left the hotel until we left Sunday. Ryan started his stock market class Saturday morning. Sierra stayed at the water park for over twelve hours Saturday. She was exhausted by the time Ryan got there that night but she kept playing until they closed the park.

We came home Sunday and we all crashed. Monday I had lunch with Kim at the school.

Tuesday I met Barbara in Sherman to pick up Tripp and bring him back home.

Wednesday I got called to the school to pick up Halie she ended up having strep. Ryans class ended Friday around 6:00 p.m. and he was so happy he had been going for 7 days leaving around 5:30 and getting home after 7:00 everynight. He is not one to sit in a class room anymore , he learned a lot but it was torture for him. After Ryan got into Denton we went and picked up Halie from her tournament she played mixed doubles but didnt do as well as last week. We grabbed a burger got Ryan some supplies for his race this weekend and headed home.

Kassidy had a soft ball tournament in McKinney this weekend so they came up Friday and spent the night. The two of us went out for breakfast and had a manicure pedicure. It was really nice to spend some time with her. Ryan left for his race while we were gone. We went and watched Kassidy play ball for a while then picked up Stacee and took her and

Sierra to the skating rink and Halie and I had dinner just the two of us. The girls and I are going to work in the yard today and wait for Ryan to come home from the race.

Pictures are of Halie at tennis tournament and water park.

Hope everyone has a great week.

Feb 7th- Feb 21st

Its a rainy cold day here in Pilot Point and it seems to be that way a lot lately.
Back to the weekend of the 9th and 10th, Saturday morning we all got up very early to go to Waco to ride motorcycles. Sierra brought a friend and we dropped Halie off to spend the day with Jordan and his family. Sunday Ryan and I spent the morning in Denton ,we picked out a patio table that matches the couch and chairs set we have on the patio then picked up some groceries because I cooked dinner for Kim Sunday night for her birthday. We rarely get to see each other so it was wonderful getting to catch up. Mitch,Miranda and Tripp came over for dinner and the girls and I got to play with Tripp for a while.
On Tuesday Halie had a tennis game in Little Elm, she won all three games. Thursday after taking Halie to school I took Ryan and Sierra to visit the new school. At first she was very hesitant to go in and stay but after about 5 minutes she didnt want to leave. She went into a classroom while Ryan and I visited with Mellisa the principle. While Ryan was talking to her and getting some questions answered I got emotional about the whole thing. I cant even put into words how hopeful I am about this school. This place has been a blessing for us. We have waited for so long for a answer to our prayers. And everytime I go up to Sierras school and watch the kids in her classes I am even more convienced we are doing the right thing. And since the word has gotten out that she is leaving I have had two more teachers come up and say that we were doing the right thing for her and thats always a plus. Sierra wants to start now instead of waiting till September. I took Sierra back to school so she could go to the Valentine party.
That afternoon Jordan came up to see Halie for V- day he sent her some gorgeous flowers and took her out for dinner. We also went out to dinner for V-day.
Friday Ryan and some of his friends went to east Texas to camp and ride, and I bet you all remember how wonderful the weather was that weekend (not). It was cold and rainy all weekend. They all stayed in the motorcycle trailer, guess you know why we didnt go. Saturday we met Mitch,Miranda and Tripp for lunch in Frisco then Seirra had a Birthday party to go to in Pilot Point. Afterwards Halie and I drove to Denton and had a late dinner. Sunday we stayed home and waited for Ryan to come home. And he was exhausted when he got home. One of the guys locked his keys in his truck after they got back so we had a long evening waiting to straighted that out. Tuesday night we let Sierra spent some of her birthday money and let her pick a place to eat for her upcoming B-day.
Wednesday was Sierras birthday, I cooked her favorite dinner and backed a cake for her. We decided to get her a cell phone for her birthday. We are going to get rid of the house phone so we thought we all needed one. She has been begging for one for over a year. And you know me I had to trick her, so I put a braclet in the box the phone came in and then put the phone in a plain box. So you can image when she unwrapped the phone box and saw a bracelet inside it. Needless to say she was a little disappointed. And as she reached for the plain box I called her phone and it started ringing it took her about 30 seconds to figure it out. It was hilarious and I got it all on tape.
Ryans stock market class starts Saturday and Halie has a tournement in Lake Dallas Friday so we will have another busy weekend.

Pictures are Tripp playing at the house, Halie and Jordan on V-day, This is the first time Sierra has rode her dirt bike down a trail and not just in the wode open (dad is behind her). Sierra and Halie will all their V-day goodies, Sierra getting her phone (or thinking she is getting a phone, which she does later)

Have a great weekend.

Jan 25 th - February 7th

On Friday night we stayed home I know can you believe it. The girls and I cooked dinner and we just hung out and watched t.v. Saturday we all went to the shop, Halie cleaned her dads office and Ryan and I took apart and moved some shelves to the shop at the house. That night we went out with my friend and hairstylist Nicole and her soon to be hubby. Halie babysat the kids and then later Nicole and about 6 of her friends came over to hang out in the gameroom. Sunday morning Ryan got up early and headed to Muenster and I sleep in (till 7) then went and picked up Harley and Hayden with the girls and met up with Ryan so the kids could ride and they had a ball, we stopped at Chilis on the way home for dinner. Monday I did laundry and packed everybody up. Ryan and I went to LA. for a few days and the girls stayed at friends house. After we flew in to New Orleans we rented a car and Ryan drove me around to see the damage that was still there and you would be suprised most of the town looks like it was hit by Katrina 6 mos ago not 2 1/2 years ago. We stayed with Craig and Roxie that first night and then the next night we all drove to Gulf Port and spent the night in resort casino. Craig made us reservation at Emeril`s resaurant in the hotel. We all sat at the chiefs table and had their 5 course tasting menu. It was soooo neat they picked out the food they served us along with different wines for every course. We had some many new foods that we would have never tried. They also waited on you hand and foot, we really thought we were hot shit. (HAHA) Until we realized that the next night we would be sitting around the camp fire eating hotdogs on paper plates (which is what we perfer) Near the end of the meal I looked over and Ryan was unbuttoning his pants, I couldnt help but laugh. We are who we are no matter were we are. We flew home Thursday unpacked and repacked to go to Muenster for the week-end. Sierra brought a friend and Jordan and his family came up for the day on Sunday to ride and visit. We got home and unpacked and cleaned up just in time to watch the superbowl. We were so tired we ended up watching it in the bed while eating dinner. It was such a boring game we had pretty much given up and got distracted and missed the big play of the game but we did start watching again to see the every end. Monday after noon we decided to have Sierras birthday party the next evening. The Hanna Montana concert was playing at the movie for one week only so I called all the moms and got permission to pick all the girls up Tuesday. We went to the mall and hung out till the movie started watched the movie, took them to dinner and then home. Sierra and all her friends had a great time. She had wanted to take them all camping for a weekend but we could find a weekend where everyone could go so we did this instead (which was for the best I dont think I could have handled a whole weekend of that). Halie had a tennis tournment but it was canceled because of the weather on monday. I think we are going to Waco Saturday to ride DB`s and Halie is going to go to Jordans house for the day its their 6 mos. anniversary. We also got her report card and she made all A`s and B`s for the last six weeks and the semester average.

Pictures are Halie,Jordan,Ashton, Sierra and Julie at Muenster, Craig,Roxie,his mom and dad,Ryan and I and two of the chiefs at Emerils. One of Harley with Ryan and Hayden riding a dirt bike with a very good friend of ours at Muenster and Sierra with friends standing in front of the movie poster, watching the concert and at the The Cheesecake Factory enjoy her birthday song and cake.

Hope everyone has a great weekend !!!!!

Jan 11th- Jan 24th

Hi everyone, I am getting better its only been what 13 days since I bloged last.
Everyone is doing great. Halie had mid term exams last week but she was exempt from every class since she had good grades and very few absences.
Sierra made A`s and B`s again and Halies report card hasnt came yet.
Weekend before last Sierra spent the weekend at Stacys and Saturday Ryan and I got up and headed to Dennys had some breakfast and then just hung around Denton waiting for time to go watch a movie, during that time Jordan drove to pick up Halie and brought her to Denton to watch a movie and then we all went and had lunch. We went to the mall and let them walk around until it was time for him to go home. Sunday I think we hung around the house all day. The next week I went to visit the school in Grapevine that we had been told about. I was very impressed with all the teachers and especially their phlosophy for working with kids like Sierra. They put all their money into the kids and paying good salaries to the teachers. The school is in a little strip center I passed it twice before I even saw it. They have about 25 students max. They have class on a regular schedule like the public school district with holidays and summer break about the same and they only go three days a week Tuesday,Wednesday and Thursday. Which is great because its over an hours drive one way. But its worth it. I totally believe its the best things for Sierra at least for the next 2 years. We are going back in two weeks so Sierra and Ryan can look around and then fill out the paper work, write a check and she is in. Hopefully it will only be for two years then she can go to Pilot Point High School we really dont want her to miss out on things like prom and homecomings and stuff like that. And Halie will be driving next year so I dont have to worry about getting her to and from school and practice. The school has also offered me a aides job and to help out with the new Sign language class they are hoping to start next year. ( I am still thinking about that).
Last weekend we went camping at Lake Murray in OK. IT WAS FREEZING. It was almost too cold to ride (I said almost) We mainly sat around a fire and talked about the times we had been there before and how much we enjoyed it and how quickly things change. Dad was also camping in another section of the park and mom came up for the weekend so they came over and had dinner with us Saturday night. Sunday we left around noon and headed home with a small case of poison ivy. I have pretty much spent every day with Ryan this week. Which we all know I love that. I know when Sierra starts school all that will end. Looks like we are in for some nasty weather tonight the kids are hoping they close school Friday but I am sure it wont. Not sure what this weekend has in store for us but I am sure we will think of something.
Hope to see all soon.

Dec.20th - Jan.10th

Christmas has come and gone and it was a whirlwind. We decided last minute to go to Breckenridge for Christmas. Mike offered us the house and we decided why not. So we or I hurried to get every thing ready to go. We let the kids open their gifts early so we wouldnt have to carry all of it up there. We left around noon on Friday and drove to Mickeys house west of Colorado Springs. We ran into a blizzard on the way there. It was so bad driving down the road to his house we had to look out our windows to see how close we were to the ditch that was the only way to stay on the road. And when we got there the storm had knocked some power lines down and they had no power. We made it to Mikes house the next afternoon. We had a great time while we were there. Mickey, Paula and the kids came with us for a few days and we loved that. We talked and played games and even got to go eat lunch with out the kids one day thanks to Halie.The kids had a blast sledding and playing they rarely get to see each other. It is so beautiful up there I just love it. I would go back today if I could We even had a real Christmas Eve dinner turkey dressing and all the works. We did take the girls stockings with the Santa gifts Halie got her new phone ( we tricked her into thinking we hadnt gotten in the mail yet but had it the whole time) Sierra got a Hanna Montana phone. But their favorite gift was the WII we got them with the help of my mom THANKS MOM!!! We started home the Saturday before New years. Sunday Ryan went dirt bike riding ( I couldnt believe it after he drove for 13 hours on Saturday) The girls and I unpacked and repacked and headed to Powderly for the long weekend to have Christmas with all the family since we missed it.

Ryan drove there that evening. Tammy,George and the kids came to moms and we played cards and let the kids open their gifts. Monday we went to Ryans moms for Christmas. And that evening Ryan and I went to Michellas for New Years Eve. Sonya her husband and her brother and sister in law was there we had a great time I even won the poker pot. New Years day we had lunch at moms and went and visited Granny Belle and PaPas. We watched old home videos I really enjoyed our visit. I hated missing Christmas with them.

We came home that evening and Sierra stayed at Nanas we let her skip school for two days.

Halie wont miss a day she wants to be exempt from her mid terms. On Thursday we decided to go to Muentser for the weekend so We packed the motor home. Kim and Colton went with us and he had a blast. kim said he absolutely loved it. Jordan and his dad came up on Sunday to ride so they got to spend some time together. Came home Sunday late afternoon. And I am TIRED and sick. I thought some of the wood we burned had kicked up my allergies but I am not sure its not a touch of the flu. Both girls went back to school Monday and Ryan went to LA. on Wednesday. I think we are saying home this weekend. I need a break. Over the whole Christmas break I was home 2 nights. The girls are doing good, Halie had to cook a meal Sunday night and write a report on it, she cooked Italian sausage manacotii (sp)and it turned out really good, and she got a 100 on the paper. She went to dinner and to the movies with her BFF this week (just the two of them). We are getting Sierra back in with a therapist her little nervous habit is getting worse and a friend of mine said its not normal and we needed to get her in with some one. Still not sure what we are going to do with her next year.

I hope everyone had a great holiday and a even better new year.

Heres your pics BAM. 1st pic is of Ryan and colton on my bike, Sierra,Colton (on his little 4 wheeler) and Ryan both at Muenster , us at the house we stay at in Breckenridge, the girls tubing, at cindys on New Years eve, Dixie in her winter getup she hated the snow,Christmas eve dinner and finally the 4 of us at Keystone.

Dec 11th - Dec.19th

Well Christmas is only a week away and I am finally finished with my shopping.

Last week was pretty hum drum not much going on. Ryan and I did sneak off one night and have dinner while the girls stayed home ALONE or almost alone Colby was here. I put on my second teacher luncheon on Friday and it went off with out a hitch. That afternoon was freezing so I went and got some movies and planned on watching TV all weekend but that didnt happen. We did stay home Friday night but we ended up watching The Scrooge on t.v. Saturday Ryan and I got up early and had breakfast at Dennys (big surprise). Then went over to the mall and I picked out my Christmas present from Ryan. We went to Haslet to pick up Jordan for the day. Then back to Pilot Point to get Halie and Sierra. We took them all to Frisco and watched The new Chipmunk movie it was soooooo cute. Had a little dinner then Ryan took us to the court house in Frisco and looked at the lights, they have it set up to where the lights blink to the music on the radio it was neat looking. Then we drove Jordan all the way back home.

Sunday it was so nice we went to the McKinney trade days and walked around and ate some fair food (yum). Monday I rode with Ryan for the day and then met Kim and Colton in town for dinner. Yesterday I picked up Halie after school and took her to Denton to pick out Jordan and Chelseas Christmas gift.

Wednesday was a great day. I picked up Harley and Hayden from day care and took them for the day. I took them to Kohls to pick out a outfit for part of the gift then to the mall in Frisco to ride the merry-go-round and little lunch and to see Santa. After that we went to toys-r-us. for the rest of their gift. And finally back home so they could play with the kids. I think they had a great time I know I did.

Last night Sierra and I watched a Christmas movie while Ryan and Halie had a daddy daughter evening. They went to McKinney ski clothes shopping. I let Ryan take her because I cant stand paying that much for clothes she will only wear a few times for a couple of years before she grows out of them. I offered to go with them but he wanted to spend some time with her I think.

He did make her get a size bigger than normal so she can wear them for a while and after she went to bed I tried them on and they fit me too YEA

Sierras whole 6th grade class had a Christmas party/dance at school today I went and help out, it was fun I even got out there and did the hocky pocky and that mexican dance that came out years and years ago (I dont know how to spell it)

We are going to meet Jordans family tonight in Denton for dinner so the kids can exchange gifts and visit since they wont get to see each other for a while. Tomorrow the kids get out of school at one and have almost two weeks off.

See everyone soon. Have a great weekend. Picture is of Harley and Haydon visiting Santa.