A busy Christmas weekend....

It's been a busy weekend for us. Sat. night we did Christmas at Nana and Poppa's. We had lots of good food, gift giving, fun family fellowship. Lukey made out like a bandit receiving a radio flyer red wagon, VeggieTales movie, big stuffed monkey, etc....Then on Sun. we had Christmas with GranDee. We really missed Michael and Brooke this year. It wasn't the same without the rest of our family. Lukey again made out like a bandit....he rec'd a handmade olde' timey rocking horse complete with mop mane. He's adorable saddling up by himself and riding it. He also rec'd a train set, a beautifully crocheted blanket from GranDee that has little turtles, lions, frogs and owls on it. She did an awesome job. Many hours of love and work went into making it. He also got an Elmo book, Baby Leapfrog Tad doll, a mega block wagon, some tubbie toys, etc.......Today we went to see baby Robert McElya. He's so cute. Our house also got shown with a very good chance we'll get a contract from a family relocating from CA. Keep your fingers crossed. Lukey also road the red wagon to the park with Nana pulling it. He got to slide, swing and ride the little seahorse thingy. He really had a great weekend. Oh, I almost forgot we went Christmas light looking last night with GranDee and Granna (Jason's grandma). It was fun seeing all the pretty lights in the Deerfield subdivision in Plano. It was funny one thing Luke did this weekend. GranDee was riding in the car with us and she sneezed saying, "Ah Chew". Luke mocked her and said, "Ah Chew" as clear as she had. It was a hilarious moment for us. We also think he said Lauren (his friends name) and Longhorn (UT). He's really starting to talk a lot more. He knows how to put things back when we tell him to and he's starting to throw little tantrums when he doesn't get his way. Either way he's quite the adorable little winkerbean. We love him so much and are so blessed this holiday season to have each other. I hope you enjoy some of the pic's from this weekend. Blessings to all.

My sweet nephew....

Can I tell ya how adorable my sweet nephew is. This is his first Christmas Eve. He had so much fun opening his presents, playing with the bows and sucking his thumb as you can see. He also got to ride in cuzzin Luke's new red wagon.

More pictures to come tomorrow once Poppa sends em' to me (hint hint).

Hope ya'll all have a very Merry Christmas. Now, go to sleep so Santa can come.

No Peeking....I love to read....

Can I just say little winkerbean has been so cute the past few days. He tugs on presents to see if he can pull of their bows and wrapping paper. He's also found that it's fun to pull tissue paper out of gift bags. He's also gotten a fetish with crawling up on the couch to "read his book". His favorite--It's not easy being big By-Big Bird. I can't wait for tomorrow morning. This little munchkin's got the most presents under the tree. Quite the little charmer he is. Tonight we do Christmas Eve with Poppa, Nana, Uncle and Auntie. Should be an adventure. Merry Christmas to all!

Please PRAY hard for Elisha!

Dear Friends: Please pray hard for my friend Mary's son, Elisha. He is VERY SICK and is probably going to be admitted again to ICU at Children's Medical Center in Dallas.

Elisha began this journey early on in life. He was diagnosed with a rare disease called: WISKOTT ALDRICH SYDROME when he was 4 months old. When he was 11 months old he had to have a bone marrow transplant. As a result of an unmatched and unrelated donor, he now has GRAFT V.HOST DISEASE. This means his new immune system rejects him. Elisha is now 5 yrs old and God continues to help him through this long battle. However, he is a VERY, VERY SICK BOY. Today his mom and Dr's. had a CARE meeting about Elisha. The doctors are not being very hopeful about Elisha's situation but they did say that they are not giving up. As you can imagine, this is VERY disturbing news! The Doctors have also said that he may need to go to the ICU again. Mary's heart is so overwhelmed with every crazy feeling you can possibly imagine! She can't imagine getting in her car and not having Elisha in it. She can't imagine being in her home with out the sound of Elisha's laughter. She can't imagine going to Wal-Mart or any place with out Elisha. She can't imagine not walking in the hallways of Children's Medical Center anymore! She can't imagine having any one holiday without Elisha. She can't imagine Elisha's many barbies without him holding them and brushing their hair. She can't imagine sleeping with out him to hold her hand as he always does. If she so much as moves her hand at night he grabs a hold of it even tighter! She can't imagine her world with out her sweet little E! SHE CAN'T IMAGINE!!! Please be in prayer for Elisha! Thank you all so much for your prayers and support! Our God is bigger than any illness. I stand in faith that God will heal Elisha. May God alone be glorified and may all who hear the story be in awe of God's work.

La La la la Rum Pa Pum Pum.....

I have no gifts to bring Ba Rum Pa Pum Pum.....on my drum!

Here's Lukey jamming out on his drum this morning. Perfect drum "stance" huh Uncle Mike?

I have to tell ya'll something funny he did this morning. I set him up in his highchair for breakfast. I gave him a slice of banana bread to eat. He put the slice up to his ear and said, "Eye!" (which is Hi). So, now we can add the banana bread hotline phone to his telephone repertoire.

He's such a cutie pie! I just love him to death. We're off to run some errands today. Still have a couple little presents to purchase for people. Later taters.

The Diva's...Girl's Nite Out!

The Diva's had their monthly Girl's Nite Out last night at Bucca Di Beppo in Frisco. If you've never been there it is fabulous Italian food. Authentic and yummy! Make sure you try the Tiramisu. (wink)

We had fun, laughing and hanging out. Even the Pope was with us.

Hope you all have a very Merry Christmas!

No...your eyes aren't playing tricks on you!

No your eyes aren't playing tricks on you! Pretty much everything is fair game in the Rice household to be used as a "telephone"....including panty liners.

Here is Luke talking on the panty liner hotline phone. You could say he's Carefree (pun intended). I literally caught him on camera lifting it up to his ear and saying, "Eye!" (translation=Hi!).

This photo will be a good one to bribe him with later on in life.... like when his future wife asks him to go to the drugstore and buy some feminine products and he trys to tell her that he doesn't know anything about them.

Here's the proof he does! Just thought ya'll would get a kick outta this impromptu photo session.

Sat. morning bath...

Saturday morning bathtime, ain't it fun. Daddy got me all cleaned up this morning so I could go shopping with mommy. I really love taking a bath in the big tubby. I especially like to splash and play with the water as it comes out of the faucet. I don't like getting my hair washed. The water always drips in my eyes, yuck!

Hope ya'll have a great weekend. I'm off to shop. I'm becoming quite an adept shopper. I'm good at finding deals and bargains. Later taters.

My new "nephew" Robert....

The moment you've all been waiting for. My newest little "nephew" Robert Thomas McElya.
He's so cute. I'm so glad I was chosen to be present at his birth. Janna and Wade were troopers. Especially Wade....sounds funny but it wasn't Janna I was worried about. You have to know the history. Janna did awesome and baby Robert is so beautiful. Now Lukey has another little playmate. Yeah!!! And we have another person to pass clothes down to. We love you guys. What an awesome Christmas present. We couldn't be happier for you guys! Thank you Lord for the blessing of RTM. He took a long time to get here, but it was in your timing. Janna-You're one of the best friends anyone could ever have. We sure have been through a lot together.

Ode to my boys....

I love my two boys. I love the way Jason loves Luke. I was looking through some old pictures and I came upon these. I was reminiscing about when Luke was born. That one picture is the day Luke was born. I took it at around 10 pm that night when I first got to see him after 10 hours of him being on oxygen and getting his blood sugar fixed. What a long day that was, but Lukey was well worth the wait. I'm so blessed to have such a wonderful husband and son. They are my world. I love them with every fiber of my being. How could I get so lucky. Thank you Jesus for giving me two of the best boys in the entire world. I love you Daddy and Lukey

Giddy Up, Giddy Up....Trot, trot trot!

I wanted to share this cute picture of Luke and GranDee riding his stick horse named Kentucky. He loves this horse Aunt Brooke. If you could have seen how much it scared him up until about 7 months ago. Ever since he was a baby he was frightened by it. Then one day he just picked it up and started carrying it around the house. Now he knows how to push it's ear to make it sing galloping songs. I just thought this little photo was precious of him and GranDee. When she comes over he always had to ride with her. Later taters.

1 little monkey jumpin' on the bed....

You remember the rest of the song....one fell off and bumped his head. No more monkeys jumpin' on the bed. Well...that's exactly what Luke did tonight. Yes, it was bound to happen. He had his first official bloody nose that lasted forever. He was monkeying around on the couch like I've been telling him not to all day. He fell off the couch and hit his nose on a toy on the floor and started gushing blood and screaming bloody murder. We calmed him down but he was never the same after that. He took advantage of our sympathy and whined and pouted the rest of the night. We went to GranDee's so daddy could fix her computer. Lukey got into everything. He left no knick knack unturned. GranDee cooked us a yummy dinner and we spent the rest of the night hanging out with her. He's all tucked into bed now and in la la land. Hopefully tomorrow will be bloody nose free. Later taters.

P.S. I'm so glad that Cody and Heather still love me. (wink)

SINCERE APOLOGY!!!!

I have always been of the conviction that if you embarrass someone in front of others that you apologize to that person in front of those same people you embarrassed them in front of.

With that being said, I owe my dear friend Cody L. a HUGE APOLOGY! A couple posts ago on my blog I posted a picture and made comments that were embarrassing, insulting, offensive and rude regarding the posted pic. of him and Heather. It was an embarrassment to him and for that I am profoundly sorry. It was never my intention to shame, humiliate, make him feel uncomfortable, self-conscious, insult, offend or otherwise disregard his feelings. I felt I was just making a funny joke. Turns out it wasn't so funny after all and my humor was out of line. To anyone who read the blog on that day I want to make sure you all know that I am sorry for embarrassing my friend. He is a Dear Dear friend of our families and I'm literally brought to tears at the fact that I showed such blatant disregard for his feelings. I should have never joked at his expense.

To Cody--I sincerely hope that you will accept my apology and forgive me for hurting you. I feel like a complete ASS. You, Heather and your family mean the world to us and I never meant to embarrass you, put your full name out on the web and make a joke about the pic. like I did. Please know that it will never happen again and I will never disrespect you in that way again. I have removed the picture and posting from my blog. I hope that you can find it in your heart to look past my misjudgement and that this will not put a strain on our friendship. The last thing I would want to do is alienate our dear friends. I wish I could take back the posting and the words. I know they were hurtful. I AM SO SORRY!

The Grinch who stole Christmas....

Hmmm....you be the judge....Somehow this expression on Uncle Michael's face reminds me of the Grinch. Not that he IS a Grinch, his smile just looks like it. Too funny! We still love you though. (wink)

Toto...I don't think we're in Kansas anymore....

That's right Toto....I don't think we're in Kansas anymore. Maybe I can click my ruby red slippers together and get us back. Or maybe I'll just call on my "frog phone". Ok, now before you give me grief over the A & M pj. bottoms they were free and warm so that's why he's wearing them. I must make it absolutely clear that in the Rice household there is no Gig Em' going on. We HOOK EM' here.

Hope you like today's pictures. I thought they were pretty funny. He's pretty fascinated with mommies shoes.

That won't continue for much longer though because little boys don't wear pumps.

Later taters.

I'm officially addicted....

Yes, you heard me correctly. I'm officially addicted to .13 cent Creamy Chicken Ramen noodles. My sister made mention of them in a recent conversation and while at the store last time I picked up 5 pkgs. For a mere .65 cents I have 5 meals. I've had one pkg. each day for the last 3 days in a row. If you haven't tried it you HAVE to get some. Put aside all your pre-concieved notions of it JUST being "college food" and get some on your next trip to the Wal-mart Neighborhood Market. Five minutes in the microwave and voila'. Yummy, yum yum!!! That's it for today.

Happy to report...

I am happy to report this morning that I am feeling MUCH better. Thanks to the saline nose drops, Benadryl, Delsym cough suppressant, cough drops and prayers.

For the first time in 3 days I can breathe through my nose and my ears aren't plugged. Yippeee!

Luke seems to be feeling a little bit better too. His cough gets bad when he lays down, just like mine. He's on med's too so hopefully he'll be fully recovered soon.

We're running some errands today. I have the honor of using my makeup artistry skills to make up my friend Heather for her hubbies Christmas party. She's so beautiful even without makeup.

Well....off to do errands. More later taters.....

Freezing temps....lots of kleenex

Not too much to report here. It's freezing cold. We got sleet, snow flurries and sub-zero temps. today. Along with that comes a cold for Luke and I. We're both coughing, sneezing and blowing our noses. I feel miserable and nothing is worse than taking care of a sick baby when you're sick too. Ugh! Hopefully the over the counter med's we've been taking will do the trick. I really don't want to have to go to the Dr. If you think about it please pray for a speedy recovery for us both. Thanks.

Oh, I almost forgot click on this link to see a picture of baby Robert Thomas McElya born Monday. http://www.baylorhealth.com/locations/bumc/baylorbabies.htm Click on show all babies for Dec and click on Robert M. He's so cute.

P.S. Between the two of us we've used 2 boxes of kleenex in 1 1/2 days.

Robert Thomas McElya is here...

I just wanted to let everyone know how excited I was to be a part of one of my best friends babies birth yesterday at Baylor. Sweet little Robert Thomas McElya discovered America Dec 5. He was 9 lbs. 4 oz. and 22 inches long. Janna did so well. I am so proud of her. She didn't even get an epidural until dialated to 6 cm. When she was feeling a "little pressure". After all day of laboring, many bags of pitocin, walking laps around the halls it was determined that the baby was not engaging in the birth canal, was too large for a natural birth and was born via c-section around 7:30pm.

Daddy Wade was able to be with Janna during the c-section. He did so great. I'm so proud of him. What a sweet little baby they have been blessed with. They have been trying for about 6 years and God finally blessed them with a healthy and adorable little munchkin. I do not have a picture yet, I forgot my camera. However, I will have one soon to share. Not much else going on around here. We're all coughing and sneezing. I am hoping that we're not getting sick. We're under a winter weather watch tonight and tomorrow. Meteorologists are expecting sleet, snow and ice. Which means closed schools, icy roads and crazy drivers. Maybe Daddy will get to stay home tomorrow. Later taters.

Busy weekend....

Alright....so the blog Nazi gets off my back here's the Reader's Digest version of our weekend. Friday night I had a purse party. Had great turnout and good sales. Sat. had craft show I was in didn't have much traffic, but I think that the advertising could have been better. Oh well....next year it'll be better, this was the first year of this one.

Sun, went to church, took nap, went to Wally World. Now we're home, just unloaded the groceries and we're going to bed.

Tomorrow morning at 8am Janna's induction begins I will be her birth coach. Can't wait to see what gender baby McElya is. Please pray all goes well with the birth. Dr. seems to think that the baby will be big.

More to come later....

Winky under the weather...

Well...today was a strange day. Winkerbean was fine when he awoke this morning. Around nap time he started having a meltdown that lastest 2 hrs. I rocked him, gave him a suppository, motrin, juice, water, tlc....nothing worked. He finally fell asleep for about an hour nap in the afternoon. After the nap he was lethargic, barely would eat or drink and crawled up in my lap and cuddled his little head into my shoulder and went to sleep....UNTIL THE PHONE RANG!!! Then we was off and running again. He seem's to be doing better tonight. He didn't fuss when we put him to bed 20 minutes ago. Please pray he's not coming down with the crud. Update on our house selling situation. We're in the Top 3 list of a couple househunting. Personally, I'd rather be in the Top 1. We shall see....not holding our breath. Then when it happens we'll be surprised. Janna Banana is still only dialated to a 3, so I could be called to birth coach duty any time now. I'm getting so excited to see my newest little niece/nephew be born. Purse party is upcoming on Fri. so I'm getting excited about that. Thanks to Nae Nae and H2 for putting that on for me. Last but not least, I'm so excited to announce that our friend's The Henson's have decided to join the blog community. Yeah! More later taters, I'm off to bed early tonight.

Santa Claus Take 2

Ok....Santa Claus Take 2. Another day, another mall, another Santa Claus, ANOTHER MELTDOWN!!!

At least this one is priceless and we will be able to look back and laugh at it.

He did GREAT, until I sat him down on Santa's lap. He lost it then--worse than yesterday!

And to think I stood an hour to get this shot. Oh well....tis the season!

Santa's Workshop

Here's a quick pic from Santa's workshop yest. at NorthPark Mall.

I don't like Santa Claus....

Well, Luke went to sit on Santa's lap today at North Park Mall. May I say that it was very traumatic for him. Oh, did I say VERY traumatic. The minute he saw that beard he went into orbit. We got it all on video. It's hilarious to watch. So, this year mama got to be in Lukey's picture with Santa Claus. I have to scan the photo so it'll be posted in a day or so. Hang tight! For now, just enjoy the pictures on cuzzin Beau Bo's site at http://thericenest.blogspot.com It's a preview! Beau Bo did really good. He had no idea he was sitting on the Big Guys lap. He was in a trance. Kind of like Luke last year. Too funny huh!

Sat. that feels like it's going on forever.....

Ok, I don't know about ya'll but it's felt like Sat. since Thurs. With the holiday and everything, my body clock has been stuck in weekend mode for 3 days. Not much to blog today, just thought I'd post a cute picture of me and the boy. He looks cute in Poppa's Allen Eagles cap, don't ya think.

Turkey, stuffing, pie's and all that jazz...

This year we went to our families place in Canton for Turkey Day. We had lots of food, fellowship and yummy chocolate pies. Not to mention a mean game of "washers". I have to brag on myself. I was able to "ring the washer". Yeah ME!

We had a good time sitting on the porch singing worship songs while Amber's bro Kyle accompanied us on guitar. Luke had fun picking up leaves and acorns. Daddy had fun scouting out the property (all 20+ acres) on foot with Uncle Jeff.

Then after all those festivities we headed back to Dallas. On 1-20 we followed a guy for approx. 20 miles as he swerved in and out of traffic. Being the ever so observant "undercover cops" that we are it was our civic duty to call 911. We did starting in Terrell, Then Forney, Then Mesquite. In the end, our faithful State Trooper busted this guy. We were starting to get frustrated that all the jurisdictions kept passing us off to the next on the phone. It was rewarding to see the Trooper come up behind us. We pulled over and hand-motioned for him to go around us as the swerver was in front of us. He was pulled over but then decided to run from the Trooper. We didn't stay around to see how the shakedown occured when the trooper caught up with him. I was told by the DPS dispatcher for us to stay far away from the guy because they were looking for him. Given the fact that the guy ran from the state trooper we're pretty confident that he was up to no good. We felt great that we contributed to getting one more wacko off the street this holiday weekend.

Granna made a trip to the hospital. She's been in such pain with intensely sharp back pains. Turns out she has a cracked rib in the back. Please pray with us for her healing.

When we made it home last night GranDee decided to stay the night so that she could watch the Apprentice 2 hr. special with us and not have to get home real late. So, she stayed and it was an interesting outcome on the Apprentice. I won't reveal who got fired since I know some of you reading haven't watched it yet.

This morning it was so adorable to hear GranDee on the monitor upstairs in Luke's room as she got him up, changed his diaper and read a few books. She's such a good GranDee and Luke loves her so much.

Now Lukey is napping, daddy is watching the UT vs. A&M game, and I am awaiting the end of an Ebay auction that I'm winning. Yipppee!!!

We missed Aunt Brooke, Uncle Bubbie, Mandy and Monkey Butt for Turkey Day but we got to talk to em' on the phone.

I'm so thankful for all the blessings the Lord has given us this year. Health, prosperity, lots of sweet friends, family. I love my husband and son more than life itself. Hope you all have a great holiday with family and friends.

E.T. phone home...

Well...you all know how much Luke LOVES telephones. Everythings a telephone-barf bags on planes, hot dog buns, candy bars...He can use any of the above as a phone. Quite the little imagination this boy has. Just wanted to show off his new Elmo p.j.'s and slippers. Aunt Brooke, we found some more slippers in a bigger size- since he outgrew the one's you gave him. I have something funny to share regarding how kids say the cutest things. Last week we were over at our buddy Hudson and Sheps house and Hud called Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer. "Foodoff the nosed Reindeer". I thought it was just the cutest thing. Well...gotta run to the store and pick up Thanksgiving dinner viddles. I'm assigned to rolls and salad. Later taters.

Head in the clouds...

Aren't these just the coolest clouds? I thought so, that's why I took the picture. Nothing real exciting to post tonight. Luke had a good day. He was all smiles as usual. He's been doing this new "Shhhhh-ing" thing with his mouth. I think he's trying to imitate me blowing on a spoon to cool his food down. Every time I do it he starting the "shhhfzsss" thing. Too cute!

Today we got some bad news. Jason's Granna has been diagnosed with cirrhosis of the liver. Dr's. have given her 1 1/2 years to live. I believe the Lord can heal her. That is my prayer and my hope. If you think about her, please whisper a prayer on her behalf. She's a sweetie pie and Jason's only living grandparent. She's 83. I told her she'll be around for a long time to come. Oh, one more thing. Today is Lukey's 16 mo. birthday. I can hardly believe he is already that old. Time flies too fast.

Later taters.

Tell it to the BUN!!!

Ok, ya'll--I have to tell you about Luke and I's fun little adventure today. We went to Sam Moon down on Harry Hines (the original one). It was lunch time so we ran next door to Dave's Deli. I grabbed a sandwich and Luke ate a hot dog. I cut up the weiner and fed that to him first. Then I opened the bun and split it along the crease, giving him one whole half of the bun. I turned to grab my pickle off my plate. When I turned around he had the hotdog bun up on his shoulder, up to his ear (like a phone) and said, "Hi!". It was so hilarious I busted out laughing. I said, "Lukey, what are you doing talking to your hotdog bun?". He just smiled as usual and then picked it apart and ate it. Too funny, huh! Well...it gave me a good laugh. Wish I'd have had the camera.

Baby Beau Bo's dedication....

Today our sweet little nephew Beau Bo was dedicated to the Lord in our morning church service. What a beautiful time of offering him to the Lord for his whole life. I remember a year ago today we dedicated Luke and I was baptized. My prayer for Beau, as for Luke is that they come to know the Lord at an early age and will follow HIM their entire life. I'm proud of you Jeff & Amber for committing to be parents who will bring Beau up in church and that you will do your best to teach him about Jesus. I pray our little munchkins will be on fire for God and that they will make a difference for HIM. The photos reflect the words that Jeff and Amber spoke and the congregations rebuttal. It was a nice Thanksgiving service where everyone that wanted to could stand up at the microphone and tell what they're thankful for this year. I'm most thankful for my husband and son. Jason is a Godly man with a heart for God. Lukey is the light of our lives. He's such a sweetie with a big smile. Oh, we have some other big news to share.....we might have an offer on our house today. We're crossing our fingers and playing the waiting game.

Caught red-handed.....

Well...little monkey was caught red-handed trying to sneak the car keys. Hope he fills up the tank, it's on "E" again.

I was unloading the dishwasher and when I turned around this is what I saw. He works quickly and quietly...thank goodness the camera was sitting on the island.

A few of the other pics are from this morning too. How do you like his new Oscar the "Gouch" (like Aunt Brooke used to say) sweatshirt? We got it for $1.49 at our fav thrift store in Plano. He's quite the spry one this morning, baring his belly (I swear he's NOT auditioning for a waitress job at Hooters) The picture of him looking at me through the stairs gate so reminded me of that old Meryvn's commercial...you remember the one, "Open, Open, Open!" too funny! Then, I captured him enjoying his favorite breakfast treat (thanks to GranDee) cheese toast! He loves it Well...that's about all we have for now. I gotta run and get the house cleaned while Lukey's napping we've got a showing this afternoon. Later taters.

Back from KY...

Well....we're back from KY. Bubbie took this photo of me in the kitchen eating apples. We had a whirlwind trip. It was 4 days in a row that I got to be a terror. It started on the airplanes when I terrorized the flight attendants and surrounding seat occupants (entire N. Colorado basketball team). I yelled, kicked and screamed. My ears were hurting from the pressure change and Grandee and mommy had to keep passing me back and forth. Then at Aunt Brooke and Bubbies house I got into EVERYTHING. The cabinets, armoires, trash, dog food bowl, closets, etc......I had so much fun though. I was a little bit puzzled by this one word that mommy kept using, "NO!" I never quite figured out what she meant by that. My aunt Brooke is recovering well from her surgery and ankle injury. Sure wish I could've been a little more acclimated to my surroundings I would've been a better boy then. We left yest. to come back home. Another couple plane trips, a layover in Houston where I pooped my pants RIGHT BEFORE WE BOARDED THE PLANE! Yeah, it was great fun. Mommy didn't think about the 2 big bottle of apple juice she fed me. She'll learn. I smelled like a sewer by the time the plane landed and the lady sitting next to us was being cordial when she said, "Good Luck, and have a great day!" I wonder if there was a bit of sarcasm in her voice. Anyway...we're home, it's cold here and I'm back in my usual surroundings. Mommy has regained her sanity and we already miss Aunt Brooke, Bubbie and Grandee. All in all, it was a quick trip but we're so happy that Annie so graciously arranged and transferred her airmiles for us to go. Thanks Annie, we're so grateful for your hospitality. I hope that we get to see Aunt Brooke and Bubbie and GeeGee (Bubbies mommy aka...Monkey Butt) for Christmas. They're going to try and come down. Meanwhile, my "Aunt" Jan just found out I'm going to have a boy "cuzzin" and "Aunt" Janna is due any time to give birth to her baby. The sex is still a mystery, I'm pulling for another boy "cuzzin". Anyway.....everything is pretty good in our neck of the woods. I got to spend some time with my buddies Sheppie and Hud today. It was so good to see them. Oh, mommy has been playing Christmas music all day to get us in the mood.

Hold your horses...

Ok, blog nazi....hold your horses I'm awaiting a photo before updating my blog.

I want my baby back ribs......Chili's baby back ribs BBQ Sauce....

Today, Luke and I went to G-town to do a little thrift store shopping because the one in Garland has Wed. 1/2 sale. I found lots of items to make purses. Yeah! Also, we swung by and picked up Granna and went to Chili's for lunch. It was a good visit and Luke was glad to see her, as was I. He put on quite a show at lunch: eating crayons, coloring on the table, throwing grill cheese sandwich wedges on the floor, trying to pull our salad forks off our plates. Never a dull moment with the Lukemeister. I was able to corral him with some saltine crackers. Always a good thing to have on hand. He also drank his juice which kept him occupied for 15 seconds. He's always on the run, gibber gabbering about something. We're so blessed to have him as a son. He's such a joy. Even when he gets cantankerous I am thankful to have him in our lives. So many people say to me, "He's such a good boy!" They're right. We are absolutely 300% blessed with a great temperment child. Sure he has a few fits when he doesn't get his way, but who doesn't. Well....I'm battling a stye in my left eye and it's starting to hurt keeping my eye open to type so I'm turning in early. Hope everyone is having a great day. Please pray for my friend Mary's son Elisha. He's in Children's Medical Center battling a mysterious stomach ailment that Dr's. cannot figure out. http://www3.caringbridge.org/tx/elishahenderson/ He needs your prayers. Thanks.

Nothing really big to blog today...

Nothing real big to blog about today. So, I'll just tell ya what we did today. Went to thrift store AGAIN. I'm addicted to that place. Found some good bargains. Ate at DQ Country. I dropped and broke my cell phone, had to go to Cingular tonight to buy a new one. Daddy got a new phone too because we had to switch plans because of the AT & T Wireless/Cingular merger. Crazy, how they always get ya some how. Nana and Poppa went to Dickey's for dinner with us we had a coupon. Gotta love those discounts. We rarely go anywhere these days without some sort of coupon or discount card. Shouldn't have too there's enough wheelin dealin places around who want your restaurant biz. We especially love the "kids eat free" establishments. Because I mean come on, no toddler eats more than 3-4 chicken nuggets and it shouldn't cost $4.99 for a kids meal. Anywho....nuff about me and my rants. How are you guys doing?

It's hammer time......and cake time!

Ok, I admit it I haven't figured out how NOT to scatter these photos. If anyone knows how to line em' up I welcome the tutorial. These pic's are from this weekend. While mommy was having her craft show Luke hung out with daddy. They went to the monthly Home Depot do-it-yourself workshop. This month they made a wooden fire truck. It is so cute. The workshops are free and they give the kids their own HD apron. Upon completion of the workshop they get a recognition certificate, get to keep the apron and on subsequent workshops they get a patch for their apron. It's pretty cool. They went with Dumah (Sheppie and Hud's grandma) and Cody. As you can see from the pic's they had a blast. Especially getting to stand in the paint buckets. Also, on Sat. it was Hud's 3rd birthday party. We went to Animal House Parties in McKinney. Rockin place by the way. It has inflatable slides, a toddler area and party room. As you can see Luke made quite a mess with his chocolate cupcake. In fact the guy who had to clean up after us said he'd never seen such a mess made there. Oh well....guess that's why they charge the big bucks to rent the place out. It was a great time had by all. Hope your weekend was equally fulfilling. This upcoming Sat. Luke, Grandee and I are flying to KY to see Aunt Brooke. She has surgery on Friday. Please pray for her quick recovery. Later taters. P.S. I just figured out that if you click on any pic in a blog it enlarges it so you can see it better. Just a tip.

One down...two to go!

Well...my first craft show of the season has come to a close. I'm tired too! Something about sitting/standing around in one place for 16 hrs. that starts to get to ya.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by and those who purchased. It was great to see Julie, Lori, Misha, Harvey, Jan, Lauren, Pat, Sharon, Camden, Amber, Beau & Joni. I appreciate your support and well wishes.

Now... for the results of all the purse-making efforts. I sold 7 purses for a grand total of $330. I had made 45 purse to take and sold 7. I'm not complaining because I still have 2 more upcoming shows. I got some new ideas for the next show and I met some new friends-- Carla, Terri, Robin, Jan & Amy. All in all, it was a success in my book. Any craft show you do that you make enough to cover your entry fee is worth it.

I look forward to selling the rest at my upcoming shows. They'll be fun too. Well....I'm signing off to hit the hay. Oh, I almost forgot. Our house got shown 3 times this weekend. Hallelujah! Come on people, put a contract on it!

St. Jude's Craft Show here I come...

I hope you can all make it to St. Jude's Catholic Churches Craft's Fair tomorrow and Sat. in Allen. Friday's hours are 9-5pm and Sat. 9-3pm. There are lots of great vendors this year. I set up tonight and was able to get a sneak peak at everyone's wares.

I promise you won't be disappointed if you come. Best part is it's free. No admission and they've got the best baked potato supper in town. So, come one come all. I'll be looking for ya.

Wish me luck!

Ok...I had to add one more halloween pic!

Ok, I just had to add this last halloween picture. Poppa took it at his house. I thought it was cute of Luke pulling stuff out of his candy bucket. Can't say enough how adorable he was in his little Elmo "Gung uh" costume. These pic's will be great bribery photos later on in life say....when his future fiance' see's them. What a cutie patootie!

What a difference a year makes....

Oh what a difference a year makes! And YES, I'm wearing the same costume as last year. Go figure, I don't get out much to buy news clothes. I tend to stick to the tried and true soft and comfy one's.