Mike and his New Toy

Mike got a new radio, this has become Mike's new hobby/ward calling is the ham radio.
He got this new radio for his birthday and has been busy learning all that it has to offer. Kylie says to her dad," You must really like your new toy." Mike, "Yes, I do why?" Kylie, "Cause your always playing with it."


I just thought this a little humorous because Mike has been for days walking around the house with his new radio and listening to it and trying new things, he even tried to bring it into our bedroom one night because he wanted to know how long the battery would last. That is when I had to put my foot down.



I can see why Kylie would ask her dad if likes his new toy because in her eyes she loves playing with her new toys and wants to play with them all the time. That is what she saw with her dad and his new radio. How observant our children really are of the things that are going on around them and what we are doing.

We Got Snow!!!!

Who would of thought that in March, that you could get snow in Texas? Now I can see snow in November, December, January, and even an ice storm in February, but come on, snow in March, with the first day of Spring only being few weeks away. That's one of the things that I really like about living in Texas, you really can have nice weather in March. I must admit that it looks so beautiful and it does makes me a little homesick.

This was our first snow storm it started Monday night, March 3, this is what we woke up to. Everyone was hoping that school would be cancelled but it wasn't, so the girls were a little sad and hoping the snow would still be there when they get home from school.

Kylie was so happy that we got snow, can you tell that she had been diagnosed for influenza B the day before? The doctor said she need to stay home for a few days. I think the snow must of cured her. She was doing great by Tues. afternoon.

Ashley and Kylie hoping that the snow won't melt for a little while, it was pretty much gone when Ashley got home from school.

Then we get hit with a second Snow Storm that comes in on Thursday afternoon, March 6, 2008. Everyone was going to pick up their children out of school and get them home, the weather people were predicting about 3-6 inches. I guess everyone just wanted to get their kids and get home and not have to go out in our little blizzard.

Look at those big flakes falling. Can you see them?

Ashley making a snow angle, she is one of my little angels.

Look at our snow storm, it was a good one.

I know you can't see the numbers very well but this was towards the end of the storm at it was measuring 4and 1/2 inches. By the time it was all done, we were at about 5 inches of snow.

Mike building a snowman family with Ashley and Kylie.

Courtney wanting to get in on the snow pictures even though she wouldn't go out and play in it.

The snowman family all done.

My Birthday

It was my birthday March 1 and I turned the big 40. When my sister called to wish me Happy Birthday she asked if I felt older? I said "Don't they say you only feel as old as you act. So I feel like I am twenty-one. Okay maybe I really feel like I am at least thirty." I feel that turning forty is just reaching another milestone in life. The goal I am working on now is to be done with school before I am 45. I think I can do it.

Here are some fun quotes about turning 40:

Forty isn't old! Just ask anyone who has already reached that age.

Some of us age like fine wine, Others don't get older they get sharper, The idea is to think of your 40th birthday, as the beginning of the rest of your life.

Forty is the real Awkward Age, you are old enough to realize that you would look silly doing the things you are still young enough to wish you could do.
Robert M. Yoder

When you are forty half of you belongs to the past.
Jean Anouilh


Age is mind over matter, as long as you don't mind it don't matter.
Muhammad Ali

To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am
Bernard Baruch

At twenty we worry about what others think of us; at forty we don't care about what others think of us; at sixty we discover they haven't been thinking about us at all. (I wonder if I will think that when I turn sixty?)

You come to the conclusion that your worst enemy is gravity

A 'late night' now ends at 11 pm

You finally got your head together, now your body is falling apart.

Your mind makes contracts your body can't keep

Ice Skating

Kylie's friend Maddy wanted to do try an ice skating class. Her mom, found a class that was one night a week for three weeks. It's called the mini class. Kylie loves to try new things and was excited to go and try it out. Ashley asked if she could try it too, and one of Ashley's friend, Megan, decided to try the class too. They had a fun time but Kylie decided that tennis is more her thing. Her exact words were, " I think that I need to concentrate more on tennis."

Ashley, Megan, Maddy, and Kylie

The first day of class.

"Please Hold my Hand so I won't fall."

Ashley and Maddy skating around the smiley faces.

Kylie, getting a little help

Ashley and Megan they look like ice skating pros.