Between her and Mike, we have so many pics of everything at the Alamo. What an interesting and historical place to visit.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
The Alamo Fountain
What a sight to see over our spring break. We decided after Gretchen's dance competition that we would go to San Antonio to visit the Alamo, Sea World, and some caves. See what we saw.....
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Gretchen shining moment
She dazzles them...she drives them crazy... cause you never know when she will strike and score on you.... she hit the net with a great 3 pointer!! It is kind of dark due to bad lighting in gym. 
Horsing around!
This was the highlight of Kayla's night... she loves to ride "Donkey", he jumps very well over the 2 1/2 feet to 3 ft. jumper runs. I know it's dark. But what can I say.
Snow day!!
This was Texas' version of snow. on March 6th. Quick...wet..very fluffy... and 1 1/2 - 2inches of snow. The city shutdown for the evening. Kids played excitedly.... I shoveled and was called such the northerner!!! I laughed. The next day it was sunny...and 70 degrees. Gotta love it!
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
March snuck up!
We are a third of the way throught the year!!! Whew!! Tax season is approaching fast. Normally we have ours in but we are trying to do it ourselves with all the changes in our life... I think we shouls spend the $300 for a professional to do it. What ya think?
Updates on the car accident 3 weeks ago....... it cost $4700.00 to fix. A few more thousand and it would have been totaled. We are still waiting on to see who gets to pay our deductible. Hopefully not us!!!
Weather is great ... anywhere from 60-70 nad a few 80's. And sunny.
Girls are very busy right now with basketball ending for Gretchen and softball has been going on for 3 weeks...dance is still prominent.. taking state tests right now...boring says she. Stephanie is preparing for her solo in snare next month and very busy babysitting to make money for her typical teen life. She also will start softball this week. Kayla is going fast and furious on the horse these days and loving it. Orchestra is fine. SChool is fine. Loving the boy scene... ummm.. oops. has been to 3 church dances and doesn't sit much. SHe loves it!!!!! Swimming for her starts sometime this month.
Susan has been looking for preschool job. Well, kicking that idea and will sub for high schools. Yikes!!
Mike is enjoying his man friends and going to small concerts and hanging and watching his kids do activities with a smile. Little travel is starting too.
Updates on the car accident 3 weeks ago....... it cost $4700.00 to fix. A few more thousand and it would have been totaled. We are still waiting on to see who gets to pay our deductible. Hopefully not us!!!
Weather is great ... anywhere from 60-70 nad a few 80's. And sunny.
Girls are very busy right now with basketball ending for Gretchen and softball has been going on for 3 weeks...dance is still prominent.. taking state tests right now...boring says she. Stephanie is preparing for her solo in snare next month and very busy babysitting to make money for her typical teen life. She also will start softball this week. Kayla is going fast and furious on the horse these days and loving it. Orchestra is fine. SChool is fine. Loving the boy scene... ummm.. oops. has been to 3 church dances and doesn't sit much. SHe loves it!!!!! Swimming for her starts sometime this month.
Susan has been looking for preschool job. Well, kicking that idea and will sub for high schools. Yikes!!
Mike is enjoying his man friends and going to small concerts and hanging and watching his kids do activities with a smile. Little travel is starting too.
Saturday, January 5, 2008
New year!
Hey another year has gone by. I cannot believe life has been sooooo busy that no one has talked on our site. We will make up for it.
Catchup: Gretchen is thriving with her ears now that all that ear surgery is done. In a couple of weeks she will have a hearing test to see how well her hearing has improved since Thanksgiving. Cross your fingers. Basketball has slowly started for her...not so competitve like she likes but she is handling a ball. Softball signups have started also. Looking forward to that!! She starts competing for her dance team in February. Looking forward to that whole parade too. School is still way easy and boringgg as she says. We look forward to not hearing that soon too. The weather here is defintely different..... no snow or ice or freezy temperatures . Like today ( jan. 5th) is 77 degrees. Way nuts!!
Kayla on the other hand has been busy with choir during the holidays, horse riding and galloping, dancing with friends, and studying hard for upcoming finals. She is starting to think about her freshman year and what she is going to do activity wise plus her academic structure. She still wants to be a teacher in elementary but who knows how that will work out.
Stephanie is continuing her snare and percussion season at Keller. She starts her new band on Monday with different trash cans and drum pieces. Called stomp. She is changing her teacher so she'll make a different part in band this upcoming season. School is eeh. Lots of kids fooling around in class for distractions etc.. She is still hoping to go to BYU Idaho and maybe finish here in Texas for her vet. degree,if we as a family are still here IN TEXAS. Yes...we are thinking college now. Ugh. ANybody know Guido so I can get some money FAST!!!???? friends are slim still but has 2-3 good ones to count on once in awhile. Her 16th birthday came and went. Spent it with 2 close friends here and then in Ind. a couple came over to where we were staying. Got lots of fun stuff and necessary stuff too. She applied to 3 places for a job this weekend... will see how that pans out.
Susan is looking seriously for a job. Not only does she has several part time ones that don't pay but also looking for big one. Now looking forward to projects again since we stopped in November. Painting 3 bathrooms and doing trim in several places are just a few things that will happen. Next will be reorganizing all that nasty paperwork!!! Ick!!
Mike is a very busy worker bee at his plant. Lots going on.... travelling again next month. His list of to do's is neverending!!! Just looks forward to sleeping in on the weekend. Other than that...getting healthy is his goal and priority!!
Maybe the pictures of our happenings will happpen this month. Don't hold your breath!!
Smile...we love you!!!
Catchup: Gretchen is thriving with her ears now that all that ear surgery is done. In a couple of weeks she will have a hearing test to see how well her hearing has improved since Thanksgiving. Cross your fingers. Basketball has slowly started for her...not so competitve like she likes but she is handling a ball. Softball signups have started also. Looking forward to that!! She starts competing for her dance team in February. Looking forward to that whole parade too. School is still way easy and boringgg as she says. We look forward to not hearing that soon too. The weather here is defintely different..... no snow or ice or freezy temperatures . Like today ( jan. 5th) is 77 degrees. Way nuts!!
Kayla on the other hand has been busy with choir during the holidays, horse riding and galloping, dancing with friends, and studying hard for upcoming finals. She is starting to think about her freshman year and what she is going to do activity wise plus her academic structure. She still wants to be a teacher in elementary but who knows how that will work out.
Stephanie is continuing her snare and percussion season at Keller. She starts her new band on Monday with different trash cans and drum pieces. Called stomp. She is changing her teacher so she'll make a different part in band this upcoming season. School is eeh. Lots of kids fooling around in class for distractions etc.. She is still hoping to go to BYU Idaho and maybe finish here in Texas for her vet. degree,if we as a family are still here IN TEXAS. Yes...we are thinking college now. Ugh. ANybody know Guido so I can get some money FAST!!!???? friends are slim still but has 2-3 good ones to count on once in awhile. Her 16th birthday came and went. Spent it with 2 close friends here and then in Ind. a couple came over to where we were staying. Got lots of fun stuff and necessary stuff too. She applied to 3 places for a job this weekend... will see how that pans out.
Susan is looking seriously for a job. Not only does she has several part time ones that don't pay but also looking for big one. Now looking forward to projects again since we stopped in November. Painting 3 bathrooms and doing trim in several places are just a few things that will happen. Next will be reorganizing all that nasty paperwork!!! Ick!!
Mike is a very busy worker bee at his plant. Lots going on.... travelling again next month. His list of to do's is neverending!!! Just looks forward to sleeping in on the weekend. Other than that...getting healthy is his goal and priority!!
Maybe the pictures of our happenings will happpen this month. Don't hold your breath!!
Smile...we love you!!!
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