AJ's Flag Football games

We have a dad who takes pictures of ALL of the football games & then posts them to a picasa album for us.....

Here are the links:

AJ is #11 in this game

Flag - http://picasaweb.google.com/willyorji/2009RYSAFlagVsWyliePirates#

Aj is #9 in this game, his jersey (along with most of the team's) was done incorrectly. They were gathered this past Saturday to be fixed to we shall see

Flag - http://picasaweb.google.com/willyorji/2009RYSAFlagVsTruthPrime#

I will try to post as they come!

Go Jackets!!!!!

Macey's new soccer team

Macey has joined a club team...she is loving it! This pic is from her first game as a NTX Striker!


They placed 2nd in the tournament!


Her coach has since left that club to start his own!



We are now called Dallas Juventus!!!! Email me if are in the Dallas area, we have games & tournanments all over the area!!!!

Go Juventus!!!!!


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Painting bug....

So I recently visited my friend, Taryn who does crazy timing of painting. One of the first times we did anything together, it was painting her living room. The story goes something like this:
She was hosting bunko & the night before, she calls me at 6pm & wants to know if I wanted to come help. I said sure & I would be over about 7pm. Needless to say, we were up late (3ish?) & were able to finish with the help of her niece, Robyn. I knew then that we were gonna become great friends....



Sooo, we are having a couple of fmilies over for fajatas & poppers. We purchase the paint at 3pm, people are due to arrive at 5pm....yep, I got one coat on before dinner.



I finished up with the second coat on Sunday night.
My beautiful red pantry door...




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Women of faith....Friday nite

What an awesome event...this is my first year to attend & I am really enjoying it....


The guy in the picture is Steven Curtis Chapman...bad pic, i know but man, can he sing!!!!
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Two Princesses in a box..

So a box arrived with goodies for Taryn's kiddos & of course it was full of peanuts...the girls played for hours!!!


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3 cheers for HOOTS!!!

Talk about a bouncin' load of fun!!!! We decided to take the kids to "Hoots" this morning to see if we could wear them out...we had 5 boys & 2 girls....loads of fun!!!


AJ in the "squeeze"...



Avery showing off her skills...


A huge padded jungle gym....


AJ going at super sonic speed down the slide..


There are 3 HUGE bouncy pads...


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First Rememorable Airplane Ride

So we are sitting at the gate waiting for our plane to board...somehow, Avery was under the impression that we got our own plane, not our own seat.



The 2 of them are quite excited about this as neither remember their "real" first flight. AJ was 2yrs old & Avery Grace was just 3 mo old when we flew to Virigina for Donny & Julie's wedding.
We are loaded & ready to go...10 minutes behind already....

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Camp Deer Run

We just dropped Macey & Leah off at church camp. They are in cabin 3 this year. This is their first church camp with our church, Eastridge Church of Christ.


This is a picture of their cabin. The camp grounds are really nice with only the dining hall being air conditioned. We stopped at a super-walmart on the way out to buy a fan for their bed space & a mini-fan to carry with them...



They are really excited about camp. I'm sure they will have tons of fun!

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Family Vacation in Tennessee

So we took a vacation in June with some of friends, Collin & Holly Farrell. Their family has a cabinon a lake in Tennessee near Chattanooga so we thought this would be a great family vacation. It was!



Here is the kid crew from oldest to youngest...you should have seen the looks we got when we went anywhere. We had a great time freaking people out....



This picture is from Falls Creek Falls. It was beautiful scenery.... but it was quite HOT!


I will add more pictures later....

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Horseback Riding Lessons

Macey recieved a horseback ridi g lesson as a birthday gift this past January from her friend, Drew.



She was a natural! Her horse's name was Harry Higgins & he was a sweet horse...she did well riding & absolutely loved it....now she wants a horse for her next birthday...oh boy!






Kathyrn was really nice & her sweet daughters also took the girls to pick eggs from the chickens...



In all we have 6 eggs....guess it is time for some breakast burritos... :)



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Football practice?!?!?!

AJ started (flag) football practice this week. He is a bit taller than the average boy on team but he seems to fit nicely into the group. His football season starts soon so look for pictures from his games....


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Home Sweet Home

So I left Abq this morning at 7am, landed at 9:40am, grabbed lunch at Pei-Wei's and now headed home to drop dogs to get a haircut, soccer practice, VBS & somewhere in the day I need to find time to make 200 mini-projects for my promotional that I run each month.... I really would love a nap buy I'm thinking tht is so not happening today!


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Chillin' in ABQ

So I'm staying with my friend, Taryn for a few days to get some scrapbooking done. She had a card stamp camp last nigh & for the first time I got to be a customer, instead of the demonstrator! It was so much fun! We made 25 cards & the are absolutely too cute!!!

They have recently adopted 2 kittens, Lynx & Mustachio. Adventurous as kittens are, I have found them sleeping in some unusal places....






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ABQ get-away..

Normally this time of year, you would find me in Salt Lake City, UT at the biggest event Stampin' Up! has to offer each year. Unfortunately, after 7.5 years of being a demonstrator, I am choosing not to attend. Although I am sad, we just have way too much going on at this time. I did however find 4 days to "sneak away" from my life & scrapbook with a friend for a break.




We lived here for 4.5 years & loved it. The weather is a beautiful 73 degrees, and of course, the view is great!!!!

Off to run some errands...have a nice evening!!!


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Pedicures & Mohawks?!?!

We got a chance to get pedicures on Saturday...



This was lil' Miss Avery's first pedicure.



& we sent the boys for haircuts....
This is the last time daddy gets to take him to get his haircut....



Just kidding! He has been asking for months to get a Mohawk....isn't he just the cutest?

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Wedding weekend!

We are on our way home from San Antonio after a quickstop in West, TX for some of my favorite bologna...the wedding was beautiful!!!! My cuz, Alana was gorgeous in her wedding dress. she is a UT grad so of course, burnt orange & chocolate were her colors. Her dress had burnt orange weaves into the lacing in the back of the dress as well as the middle of her train. It was absolutly beautiful!!!
All the men in the wedding worn burnt orange ties...below is a pic of Leah wearing uncle Alan's tie.



It was great to see my family...it has been a long time since I have been able to visit with some of my cousins. I will definately have to work on getting together with them more often!
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Weekend in San Antonio

We are headed to San Antonio as I write this for my cousin, Alana's wedding. The wedding is tomorrow at 4pm so I'm looking to get some putt-putt golf & pedicures in before that.....we shall see!

Family Vacation 2009

So we survived..well, almost! I'm writing this as we are only 4 hours away from home. Driving thru the night has not been a common practice as of late, but so far it is working. Billy is listening to his books on his Itouch, kids are all asleep & I'm wishing I was asleep...oh well!

We stayed a week with some friends at their family cabin in the Chattanooga, TN area & had a great time.

There was fishing, swimming off the boat dock, eating ice cream at Clumpie's, & so much more. It was nice to get away to where there was no TV, Xbox, or computers..well, atleast I left mine at home. My poor hubby had to bring his to work some...not too much though!

Now I need a week to recover from our vacation....LOL! I will post pictures soon!

You're STUPENDOUS Mom!

How is that for a word?

That is what I got from my son, AJ when he walked in from school today.

I'm what?

You're a stupendous mom.

Where did you hear that?

It's a spicy word mom!

Oh, ok! Thanks!

First Day of School!

It's offical! We have a 3rd grader.....




2nd grader......



Kindergartener.......



& a Pre-schooler.......

WOW! where does the time go???