OH MY GOSH!!

IF YOU LIVE HERE IN TEXAS YOU PROBABLY HEARD A STRANGE NOISE TODAY AROUND NOON...IT WAS ME SCREAMING!

I CAME HOME FROM RUNNING ERRANDS THIS MORNING PUSHED THE GARAGE DOOR OPENER & AS I DROVE UP THE DRIVEWAY I SPOTTED A SNAKE MAKING IT'S WAY INTO THE GARAGE...I PUSHED THE BUTTON AGAIN THINKING IT WOULD EITHER SCARE IT AWAY OR COME DOWN ON IT...NOPE, NEITHER! IN THE GARAGE IT WENT! I AM SURE I WAS A SIGHT...STANDING ON A COOLER USING JAMIE'S HOCKEY STICK TO MOVE THINGS AROUND...HONEY, WHEN YOU GET HOME THE GARAGE WILL BE CLEANED OUT & NOTHING WILL TOUCH THE GROUND!...ANYWAY, I FINALLY FOUND THE SNAKE & BANGED THE HOCKEY STICK TO MAKE IT MOVE TOWARDS THE GARAGE DOOR, WELL ON IT'S WAY OUT IT SLITHERED UP A WALL INTO A FOLDING CHAIR. I USED THE HOCKEY STICK...I'M STILL ON THE COOLER...AND PUSHED/THREW THE CHAIR TO THE DRIVEWAY. I THOUGHT THE SNAKE WOULD JUST LEAVE, NO SO I STARTED SMACKING THE CHAIR WITH THE HOCKEY STICK, I MUST HAVE INJURED THE SNAKE BECAUSE IT STARTED HISSING AT ME...IT THEN PROCEEDED TO SLITHER IT'S WAY UNDER THE SUBURBAN & THEN UP INTO THE ENGINE AREA. I QUICKLY TURNED THE SUBURBAN ON & WATCHED FOR IT TO SLITHER OUT...NOTHING. AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF BUT STILL WATCHED AS I WANTED TO SEE THE SNAKE LEAVE...AFTER ABOUT A MINUTE I SEE/HEAR A THUD...THE SNAKE FELL OUT FROM THE ENGINE AREA ALMOST DEAD! I THEN MOVED THE COOLER & GRABBED A SHOVEL TO MAKE SURE IT WAS DEAD...I THEN MOVED IT OVER TO THE EMPTY LOT BY OUR HOUSE BUT THE SNAKE WAS STILL WIGGLING...I PUT THE SNAKE DOWN & WHACKED HIS HEAD OFF...I AM READY TO MOVE TO THE CITY!!WHO NEEDS GRASS???MY KIDS CAN PLAY AT A PARK!

Labor Day in Dallas

I know I am a little behind BUT better late than never???

Austin had his first 08-09 hockey tourney in Dallas over Labor Day weekend!

The team played HARD & they looked AWESOME!

This is going to be a FUN season!

Go Roadrunners!

Go Turley!

Can't Touch This!

First Day of School...2nd & 4th Grade!

As I sit here & enjoy my coffee without hearing MOM! or UGH! Austin! or Madison STOP!...I realize how much I have missed school:) I am sure in a week or two I will be bored out of my mind BUT for right now I am enjoying my coffee in the quiet!

Here are pics from this morning...Mads & Jamie picked out her dress when he was home this summer & she has been saving it for today!

Ready Confetti

Madison's 2nd grade teacher gave the kids Ready Confetti at Open House last week...

Ready Confetti

The night before school is exciting and fun,

There are always so many things to be done.

Your clothes are ready, your backpack is too,

Your classroom is full of fun things you will do.

There are so many questions that go through your mind,

All types of thoughts of every kind.

But sometimes we all get the jitters down deep,

and that makes it hard to fall fast asleep.

So I've made you some magic confetti, it's really quite cool.

It will help you be rested & ready for school.

Just sprinkle the confetti under your pillow in bed,

On the night before school starts where you lay down your head.

Your confetti will help you sleep through the night,

And you will wake up in the morning fresh & bright.

I'll sprinkle the confetti under my pillow too,

And remember, I can hardly wait for school, so I can see you!

I might have created a DIVA!

School starts on Monday so Mads had to have the pink taken out of her hair...

Look at Miss Thang with her beverage & reading Glamour magazine while she was waiting for the pink hair to disappear!
So long pink hair, see you next summer:)

3 Months & Counting Down!!!

We LOVE & MISS you DADDY!

It's good to be a kid!

Mads serving her 5 minute time-out that she earned before we even got to the pool!
Can you tell he has been watching the Olympics?? He was even doing front flips...he scored a 10:)
She-Ra
He-Man
Oh, Crap! It's A LONG way down!