Finally....a White Christmas.

Prepare yourself.....pictures from Texas....with snow....on Christmas!

Merry Christmas!

Signs of Christmas

As I sit here, with a supersize poster of Nick Jonas staring at me, I can't help but be excited about Christmas. Ok, not really, I still have approximately 100 of Becca's presents to wrap on Christmas Eve...it is our tradition after 15 years.

A Time To Give Thanks....

As I learned at the 3rd grade program, the 3rd grade is very thankful for Mashed Potatoes.....it was hysterical. RyRy not so much....she doesn't usually eat them. Here is her line.....

You Wanna Be What????

So Halloween rolled around this year, as normal. Usually RyRy is something sparkly, pretty, or pink. Here's a recap of the costumes over the years....

2001 Cat

2002 Tinkerbell

2003 Lilo

2004 Sleeping Beauty

2005 Pink Power Ranger

2006 Sleeping Beauty

2007 Ariel

2008 Camp Rock

So I casually ask her 'What do you want to be for Halloween this year?' She says "A vampire in a bloody dress." Hold up.....what? "A vampire in a bloody dress." she says again. At that point, I reallize that watching the Vampire Diaries and Twilight have caught up with me.....I have turned her to the dark side. She was insistant. So, off we go to look for the perfect Vampire in a Bloody Dress costume. After about 12 costumes stores with no luck....I gently say "Why don't you be Elle Woods from Legally Blonde? I will buy you some cool shoes to wear."

Done deal.....the $34.99 wedges did the trick, and I managed to steer her another direction.

Never Leave A Hockey Game...

If there is one sport that I could watch all the time, it is hockey. 'Back in the day' Shannon and I had season tickets to the Stars. But then we had our precious RyRy and all of our hockey game attendance came to a screeching halt. Not anymore though.....we took RyRy and a friend to experience the wonders of a hockey game. They sure did complain about it being cold A LOT!!!!

The Stars lost.......which was a bummer. I still had a good time though!

Stuntin' Divas

This year RyRy is part of a stunt group that competes, as well as her regular competitive team. They decided to call themselves the Stuntin' Divas. The have competed 4 times so far, and won first place each time. They are currently doing level 2 stunts, and the goal is to get to level 4 or 5 stunts which are much harder. Here is video of their routine. RyRy is the flyer in the first & last stunts. After the first stunt she is the front spotter.

Do you love their special hair bows? I came up with them, and put them together. They also have zebra bloomers....too cute!!!! Oh, and that is RyRy in the air in the picture below....if you could see her face close up you would see her pained smile....it's a long way down.

It's the little things that make us laugh...

RyRy is very excited about her upcoming school program. It has something to do with Turkeys, Pilgrims, and gratitude....LOL! She insisted on singing me the songs the other night......

Taylor Rocks!!!!

RyRy and a group of her friends got to go to the Taylor Swift concert last month. We had the most fabulous seats ever......they were awesome.

The girls really loved Taylor....they didn't care for Kelly Pickler who opened for her though. I took ton's of videos of different songs....it was a really fun night!

My Fall Colors....

So what do you think? Do you like the darker me? Yes, that is black in there.....Gina snuck that in there. The back is black - I didn't even notice till the next day.

I sort of had to change it up 'cause someone I know went in and asked for my hair....color and all. I am not interested in being twinkies with anyone.

I will say the darker colors do bring out my eyes!!!

Founder's Day/Homecoming......

So this year Founder's Day and Homecoming were all wrapped up in one little weekend! Sweet.....except I had to get up super early for the stinking parade....ugh! I do have to mention that Maddie was nominated for Sophmore Princess and Sachel was nominated for Homecoming Queen. They looked awesome.....but neither won.