School pictures are in!

Happy Veteran's Day to everyone. The kids got their fall school pictures and they came out nice. Sue, I have your 8 x 10 pictures for your wall of fame whenever the remodeling is done on the house.

Denise - 3rd Grade

Brianna - 1st Grade

Rain, rain and more rain

We finally got some rain today and it looks like we are going to get more for the next few days. We needed it, I need to give the water sprinkler system a break. With this rain comes cold weather though and I don't look forward to that. I do enjoy a roaring fire in the fireplace and a good movie at night. This weekend it is supposed to get into the 30s so maybe the opportunity will come up. This is going to be another volleyball weekend but this time it is in Arlington at UTA. Their last game is on Saturday. We will probably spend the night with Gary and Rebecca in Ferris. The kids will be excited to see their Aunt and Uncle. Today I took them to the doctor for their yearly physicals. They got the giggles when they had to wear hospital gowns with their butts showing in the back. Than they giggled more when the doctor said they could have the nasal-spray flu vaccine instead of the injection. They are all caught up with their inoculations so there was no shots this time so we celebrated with ice cream.

Long Weekend

This has certainly been a long weekend. Dennis and the girls started out Friday night by going to Huntsville to watch Alicia's volleyball team play Sam Houston. They lost, but the kids had fun. Lisa, her fiance Herman and Naya were at the game also.
The next morning on Saturday we drove to Port Arthur first to my parents house. My dad is doing great. He is walking around with a walker and looks very strong walking on his legs. I'm sure he wouldn't want me to put a picture of him in his pajamas so I didn't take any pictures of him. It looks like he will be walking on his own soon. We talked my mom and my brothers, Orlando and Leonard to go with us to the UTA-Lamar volleyball game. It has been probably more than 25 years since I have been back to Lamar's campus. Not much has changed except for the buildings have been revamped. The Setzer Student Center still looked the same, but McDonald gym is now where the volleyball team plays instead of the basketball team who play in the Montagne Center.

We walked around campus and took pictures, even with the Mirabeau Lamar statue. We found a TV so Dennis could watch the LSU-Alabama game and than went to watch Alicia play. It was a very exciting match, but Lamar won on the fifth game. Lamar has a very good team, they actually won the Southland Conference title last year. We got to see Alicia again before we went back to Port Arthur. We got to my parents house just in time to watch the end of the LSU-Alabama game which they lost in overtime to the Crimson Tide 27-21.



We have had a rat in our house for the past few days and it has been very scary to walk around inside in fear that it might jump out. We tried the glue traps and they didn't work, the rat had torn himself off leaving his hair on the glue, so before we left for PA we set up a trap with cheese. When we returned on Sunday the trap had worked. Now I can walk around the house with no fear!


Have a good week!

TGIF!

Thank God it's Friday! I've had a long week and welcome the weekend. We ended Brianna's soccer season with a party at the Backyard Grill with her coach and team. She got a medal and another trophy to add to her collection. Her and Denise may one day catch up with their dad's collection!
Dad, Denise and Brianna went to watch Alicia play at Sam Houston in Huntsville. Unfortunately, they lost. She is playing on a not so good team this year, but most of the team are freshman so they will get better. At least Alicia is getting a lot of play time. We'll see her play tomorrow also at Lamar in Beaumont.

Piano Lesson Day

That's not Denise playing, but one day I want her to play like that. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. It's only been almost a year since she started and she is doing well but the hardest thing is to keep her practicing instead of running outside to hit ball or ride her bike. We are going to try Brianna beginning in January so our Piano Night will last an hour and a half instead. Brianna's problem will be her attention spam which has increased from 4 seconds to 5 seconds. It's getting better. This night is probably about the only time Dennis and I get to relax all week. Dennis usually falls asleep if he is not writing in his journal and I listen to the lesson while reclined on a recliner. Tonight was the first night that Mr. Richard started playing Christmas music. Denise will be playing "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" at the Xmas recital on Sunday, December 14.
I got my hair colored and cut today. Same style I've been wearing for the past couple of years but this time I cut it a bit shorter. While my hair was coloring, Dennis got his hair cut so he's looking spiffy.
We are off to Port Arthur this Saturday to visit my mom and dad and to go watch Alicia's volleyball team, the UTA Mavericks play the Lamar Cardinals in Beaumont. Should be fun to go back to my alma mater to see how it looks. I'll take a few picks and post on the blog.

Election Tuesday

Our kids were off of school today because the school is being used for voting, so I worked from home and stayed with them. First things first, Dennis took them to their school so he could vote this morning. They both got a big kick out of it. My kids are not for Obama because they heard he wants to make a six day school week and have school all year long. I wonder what adult started that rumor! We will be watching the results later for history in the making. May the best man win!

I took my car in to Discount Tire to get the flat fixed. It was a key that had punctured my tire. It only cost me $24 dollars for a new tire plus I crossed the street with the kiddos to eat lunch at Souper Salad. Dennis met us for lunch which was a real treat because I never get to eat lunch with my husband and kids.

I promised the kids we would go see High School Musical 3 tonight so off we go. I wonder if they have free internet access.

Flat Monday

I thought it was just another ordinary blah Monday until I walked to the parking garage after work and found out that my van had a flat tire. At least I didn't have a blow out on the highway. That would have been disastrous during Houston's rush hour. Security at work called a road assistance company to come out and replace my tire. I haven't replaced a tire since I drove a Toyota Corolla station wagon back in my college days. There is no way I could have replaced that tire my self. First, I could barely get the jack out of the car. It was screwed in tightly by the manufacturer and wouldn't budge. The other thing was the spare was underneath the car and had never been used so it was stuck. The maintenance guy had to hit it with a mallet a few times to loosen it up. My van is 7 years old and has more than 145,000 miles but has never had a flat. I think that's pretty good considering all the driving I do. I'll probably keep it a few more months until I get the new car fever.
Tomorrow is the big day when we get a new president. The kids are off of school because it is being used for a voting facility so they love it. I'll be working from home supposedly!
My sister Gina paid us a visit yesterday in her costume from Halloween. She had to show the kids before she put it up. They were a little spooked at first but got over it soon. They only one who couldn't get over it was Maxie, she kept barking at Gina everytime she put her mask on.