Heather gave me the letter U- Thanks!

Ok, Heather, you had to give me a difficult one, didn't ya?

Here we go, I'll do my best!

UNDERPAID: Who doesn't agree with this? We all want MORE money, don't we?

UMPIRE: My fiance is an umpire. He is umpired ever since he could. He learned
from his dad and often umpires with his dad. Usually he just umpires
girls softball but does some baseball sometimes too!

USEFUL: I find myself to be very useful, especially at work. Many colleagues come to me for answers and/or help with certain projects. Sometimes this can make me feel good and other times I wish they would leave me alone!

UNAVAILABLE: Which means I am taken! E and I have been together now almost 8 years. We did move our wedding date up a bit (only by 1 year, cause it takes $$$) but we are going to marry next May. We have had our share up ups and downs, trust me but I think we're in it for the long haul. I would love to spend the rest of my life with him and grow old together!

UNCLE: My great uncle was a millionaire and I never really knew him. He had some type of ownership in the 'Security Pacific Banks', which are now Bank of America. I knew him as a young kid when we had family gatherings at my great aunts house but after she passed, we didn't stay in touch.

UPFRONT: At work, people consider me to be upfront, cause I'll tell ya how it is from the get go. When I first started my job years ago, people thought I was a real bitch, then once they got to know me they felt more comfortable around me. Some people still think that sometimes but that's ok. Now at home in my personal atmosphere, I am known to not respond or answer as quickly as I should or sometimes they say that I am like talking to a wall. (I get that from my dad)

UNWIND: OK, this is a must.....although sometimes this does NOT happen for me, it sure is nice when it does. After a typical day for me, I need a little time to sit ALONE and not be bothered even if it's only a few minutes. Mornings are continous wake up calls to the little ones and continously reminding them to get dressed, get your socks and shoes on. Hurry up, brush teeth and get your backpacks and a granola bar, etc. Then off to day care to drop them off by 7:20am so I can attempot to get to wrok on time at 7:30am. (this rarley happens) Then after work at approx 3:45-4:00pm, I rewind my morning route and pick kids up from day care and depending on what day of the week it is we get prepared for baseball practice or game, a softball game or dance class. Once we fianlly get home, it's homework time as I prepare dinner. (sometimes dinners are quick ones, let me tell you!) Then usually by this time, E is home and helps me make sure they get showered and get their jammies on and stuff. WHEW!!!! NOW, I NEED TO DO SOME UNWINDING, THANKS!

UNDERSTANDING: When you have a family like mine, you must be understanding. That's all I have to say about this one!

UNIQUE: I think I am very unique. We all should feel this way about ourselves! I am one of a kind and wouldn't trade that for the world!

UNCONDITIONALLY: This is the love that I have for my family. My children keep me going when I am down and if it weren't for them and Eric, I don't know where I'd be today. My family means the world to me and I love them unconditionally.

OK, THERE ARE MY U's. THIS WAS NOT AN EASY LETTER BUT I DID IT! IF YOU WANT ME TO ASSIGN YOU A LETTER, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!

Favorite Foto Friday....

I got a phone call the other day from one of my cousins (on my dad's side) from Arkansas. I was glad to hear from her. The last time I saw her I was about 8 years old and she was 17 or so. We exchanged numbers and emails and we will be trying to catch up on some old times, even though we're so far apart. It's so neat to talk to my family with that southern accent, ya know. I like it! I sent her my blog links and she has been working on reading them. I got an email from her today and she told me that her birthday is the same day that my sister got married. How neat is that! She's also gonna be sending me some pictures now and then of my dad when he was younger and maybe some from other times as well. I would really like that!

So for my FFF this week, here one of the pictures that she sent to me. This is my dad when he was in the service many, many years ago. (I think it is so neat, thanks for sending it!)

~Hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday weekend!!!~

Dance Posin' Pics.....

CONGRATULATIONS TO ME!

Just a quick post to let everyone know that yesterday, May 21st was my ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY for not smoking. I smoked off and on for over 12 years. I am so glad I was able to kick that nasty habit. Now I can't stand the smell of them.

Hope everyone is having a good day!

Favorite Foto Friday

This is Eric with nephew Zach when he was just a little guy! I love this picture of them...

Half-Nekkid Thursday.....

I actually took this picture accidentally on our way to the concert last weekend.

~pretty in pink & showing a little skin~

Good Job Vanessa!!!

We had Vanessa's Choir Banquet tonight. She received an award for Two Years of Dedicated Service! YEA! They served Mexican Food and the Choir had a great time spending time together out of the classroom!

Wordless Wednesday...

~Happy Mother's Day~

~mothers day brunch went very well. we all had a great time visiting and everyone loved the food. i made hash browns with sausage links cut up in it. scrambled eggs. biscuits and gravy. and chorizo with eggs and torillas. (i don't like chorizo at all but it was a hit!) we had champagne and orange juice too! i probably started another yearly tradition. we were invited to go over to my sis's in laws this afternoon for a bbq but we kindly declined. (i told everyone who came this am that as soon as everyone left i was going to put my pj's back on and do NOTHING, LOL) they knew i was joking around but that is exactly what i did. becca cleaned up the kitchen and did all the dishes for me and took a long needed nap. i hope all you mom's out there had a great Mother's Day~

p.s. I got a tripod (as you an see), a new outfit, some cash that i spent at the concert last night (thank you Eric, Jeremy and Kaylee), a candle (thanks Connie & Glenn), some beautiful flowers and starbucks card (thank you becca), and a gorgeous heart necklace and some scrapbook stickers (thank you Vanessa)

...and most important, I got to spend quality time with my family...

thank you everybody!!!!

~ three generations~

my mom, me and my girls....

~here we are getting ready to leave for the concert Sat night~

we had a lot of fun. the concert was great and we'll be planning our next one very soon!

the next time we go we're going to take our men with us~!

there are a couple pics on my photo blog from this weekend too.......

YEE-HAW ! ! !

MY SIS AND I ARE GOING TO SEE BRAD PAISLEY AND SARA EVANS TONIGHT!

WE ARE GOING TO GET COW-GIRLED UP AND HAVE A BLAST!

THIS IS OUR MOTHER'S DAY GIFT TO EACH OTHER.

TOMORROW I AM HAVING A CHAMPAGNE BRUNCH FOR ALL OF US MOM'S: MY MOM, MY SIS, ERIC'S MOM, AND MAYBE MY SIS'S MOM-IN-LAW. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME DOING THIS SO WE'LL SEE HOW IT GOES.

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO ALL THE MOM'S EVERYWHERE!!!

Favorite Foto Friday....

This is my sister and I in the parking lot of the hospital almost two years ago. She is ready to pop, she's HUGE! My nephew, Christopher weighed in at 10 lbs. 6 ounces. He is going to be two in July and is getting so big and starting to talk now too!

BECCA GOT THE GAME BALL YESTERDAY!

She played an awesome game yesterday. She went 1 for 1 with a base hit for 2 RBI's and had a home plate assist while playing first base! ( I may not be wording that correctly but you get the point!) The team gave her the game ball too!

She's up to bat:

And she SWINGS.......

And she gets a high five from Coach at first!!!!!

Happy Half-Nekkid Thursday....

Here is J when he was 3 years old. He is posin' like a cool dude, isn't he? I can't believe how he has grown. He would'nt be too happy knowing I was posting THIS picture! HAHA!

HHNT!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Kaylee has a friend........

K went to bridal shower with me on Sunday and she got to play with a friend from works daughter. They had a ball playing together as you can see! They are 1 month apart and will be spending more time together I'm sure!

HAVIN' FUN.....

Lexi playin with her friend, Tucker.......

And her friend Diesel.......

Favorite Foto Friday

This is Eric and I about 7 years ago when we were in our APT.

WOW, Look at Lexi, she was a baby!

I guess we have really come a long way.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Half-Nekkid Thursday.......

~My first MYSTERY guest!~

Wordless Wednesday # 2

~Having Fun With BUBBLES~

~check out my photo blog for some more bubble fun pics from this afternoon~

A FEW POSTS FROM OUR WEEKEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We had a good weekend.....My brother (J and K's dad) came to visit or the weekend and they enjoyed spending time together! We finally had nice enough weather to hang out and BBQ and sit outside on the deck! Here are some pics from late last week and from this weekend. E won the poker tournament last Sat night ( it's not a big pot, like $100) and he went and bought K this City Boutique thingy and got J a new PS2 game.... As you can see, this easy set up City Boutique store has made a new best friend/store manager by the name of Kaylee! She has been sleeeping oin there every night and thinks that this is her new home!

We also did rollers on Thurs night to give her hair some curl! It is so long now that the foam rollers don't seem to last very long but she looked cute when I dropped her at preschool!

Lexi got some well deserved play time this weekend too! She was able to play with her friend next door on Friday evening (tucker) and then on Sat night another friend, Diesel came for a frolic in the front yard. There aren't any pics of her with her friends but here are her playing with my bro, Josh and Kaylee and her very best toy of all time, a soccer ball!

Sat night we went to Karokoe at Franks! We had a blast! It was supposed to be our ladies night out for the month, but hardly anyone showed up! I had our neighbor friends come, (who are engaged) and we had FUN! So it ended up being me, my sis , Heather and my two neighbors! We really had FUN!

Today we went down and parked close enough to watch the air show. The kids loved it! Kaylee was scared from the LOUD noise of the planes and jets and continously plugged her ears with her fingers! Jeremy thought it was awesome! We stopped at the national Cemetary first, where my dad is buried and spent some time there, wiped off his head stone and watched some of the air show from there. Then we decided to try and get a better view to finish off the afternoon!

We finally arrived back home and I made BBQ ribs, rice and corn on the cob and now I am trying to finish up laundry, update my blogs and relax bit before we get back to the grind in the AM......

HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT WEEKEND!

Favorite Foto Friday

Me and Heather at a concert in 10-04. The twins were still in the hospital and she had been running herself ragged with trips back and forth to the NICU. I told her she deserved a little time away so we went to listen to some country! We were not to far from the hospital and she spoke with nurses through the evening to check on the boys. These few hours of fun were very much needed!

HNT....

Well, here is my Happy HNT to you all! This is what I came home to on Tuesday~ A big bald head! I know, he didn't have much hair to begin with these days but he has NEVER had a RAZOR clean bald head! It was a bit of a shocker but it's gonna be OK- It is as smooth as a baby's bottom! He likes it too. I told him he needs to remember to wear his ball cap while he is in the sun and to put some sun block in his truck too. He already had to have a couple small skin growths burned off the back of his head and we don't need anymore of that happening~ know what I mean?

oh yeah, and Jeremy FINALLY lost his other front tooth. It has been dangling on for almost amonth now! It was looking like a snaggletooth. Wed morning while dropping them at daycare, he said "TiTi, this tooth is really redy to come out", and I grabbed a paper towel real quick and it fell right out. No bleeding or nothing! Here's his half nekkid smile now!

Wordless Wednesday...

HAPPY ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY!!!

TO ANY OF YOU OUT THERE! THIS IS WHAT I GOT DELIVERED TODAY FOR MY SPECIAL DAY! ISN'T I BEATIFUL? I DIDN'T EVEN WANT TO OPEN IT AND EAT OFF OF IT! IT IS TOO PRETTY! A BIG THANK YOU TO MY WONDERFUL BOSS~!

I OPENED IT WHEN I GOT HOME AND J AND K AND I HAD A TASTE! YUM, YUM!

I AM MAKING HAMBURGER HELPER FOR DINNER AND I'M GONNA SET THE BASKET AT THE DINNER TABLE FOR US TO MUNCH ON DURING DINNER! HEY WHAT A BETTER WAY TO DRESS UP AN EASY MEAL! (I ALREADY HAD PLANNED FOR HAMB. HELPER, CAN'T HELP IT, BE QUIET!!!!!!!!)