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Saturday, November 27, 2010
Happy Thanksgiving
The above picture from left to right:
Standing: Daniel, Dawn, Billy, Gerry, Gregg, Lana, Cherokee, Lisa, Jeff, Roland
Front Row: Hannah, Jakob
Yellow Labs: Bella, Tahoe, Yukon, Jeep
We also got some really great pictures of Lana and Gregg together with the three dogs, Yukon, Jeep, and Tahoe.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
My Favorite Pictures of 2009
January
Schools were closed for two days in January of 2009 due to pure ice. It was extremely thick on this area near our apartment. We went outside on the second day because I thought I would take Jakob to school. I could not even get my car door open the ice on the car was so thick! Our neighbors had her car going because she was trying to run to the store for dog food! Instead, I gave her some dog food so she didn't have to risk it Jakob enjoyed playing carefully on the ice for the short time we were outside.
February
Jakob turned 4 years old in 2009! It sure is hard to believe and he is getting so big. We celebrated with friends and family at Going Bonkers. He loved every minute and enjoyed having his friends with him to play with and celebrate his birthday.
March
We headed to the Fort Worth Zoo over Spring Break! It sure was fun and so busy! I did not know but Spring Break is the busiest time for the zoo. When I stopped to think about it, it really does make sense. This upcoming year, I have asked my mom to purchase season tickets to the Fort Worth Zoo so we can go throughout the year and enjoy it in the different season!
April
Southwest Airlines hosted the 36th and Last Annual Chili Cookoff. The boys were able to do rides, play some fun games, and eat. Jakob finally started enjoying the rides while we were here and since then has loved all the rides! He used to hate carousel rides, but now he loves them! We also tasted lots of different chili from different people who work for Southwest Airlines.
May
We visited our apartment pool many times this past summer. These are a few of the earlier shots of Jakob playing in the splash zone. He absolutely loves playing in the water in the summer time!
June
We went to California in June. The trip started at DisneyLand and we spent 2 days visiting the parks before heading to San Diego to also visit Randy and Nikki. We went to the San Diego Zoo while in San Diego. I was really proud of Jakob at the zoo because he walked and walked! Jakob was so excited to get the pictures with Mickey Mouse and Pluto. We almost had a picture with Goofy, but each time we got in line the line was closing. Regarding DisneyLand, I totally under estimated our time for Disney! Jeff and I went to DisneyWorld for our honeymoon and we were able to do most everything. However, I forgot about kids getting tired and naps, etc! Oh well, we can go again!
July
We usually go to Lake Brownwood for the 4th of July. This past year, it was amazing to see how low the water was at the lake. It was so low that not all boat ramps were open, but Jeff's parents still had access. This year was the first year I got up on the wake board. I attempted it on the first day and before water skiing so I would not be sore. However, the day after wake boarding and water skiing, I was sore! It is so much fun though! Roland also water skied without extra support from Daniel. It took him some work, but he did it! Jeff and Jakob also rode the intertube and Jakob laughed so hard while riding!
August
Jeff and I purchased a home to build in late August. We had looked at Horizon Homes many years ago and went and looked again in August. We completely fell in love with a model being built! It is 2300 square feet, with an open floor plan, eighteen inch tile, granite counter tops in the kitchen, three bedrooms, one study, two and half bath, and two and half car garage! We love it!
September
Jakob played soccer in the Fall. He took some cute pictures, but at least last season it was not his favorite sport. We might try it again, but I have not decided yet.
October
I took the boys to the Flower Mound Pumpkin patch. It was the first time Jakob had been to one and I think it was the first time for Roland. They both enjoyed it and we took some nice pictures! While we were there both boys picked out pumpkins to carve. They had fun picking the "best" pumpkin...it was funny to watch them look! Roland went through the maze with Jakob, but Jakob got a little scared halfway through and climbed on top of the hay bales to get to me fast!
November
Jeff and I bought my new camera on Black Friday. We were in Abilene visiting family for Thanksgiving. Roland, Jakob, Hannah, and Lana were on the trampoline when my camera was charged and ready to go! I tested the sports mode on the camera and was extremely happy to receive clean, crisp photos that were not blurry with streaks from the movement!! I was able to capture Roland jump high in the air while they took turns jumping high!
December
We had a great Christmas visiting family. Jakob visited Santa and asked for Bakagan toys for Christmas and was excited when he opened his presents from him! We visited with my grandparents in Austin on Christmas Eve and then headed to my grandmother's house on Christmas Day. Jakob really enjoyed opening presents, helping others open presents, and really enjoyed passing presents out to people! For Christmas, I received a new camera and I have been working on taking pictures with it daily for my Project 365 challenge. I changed my camera settings to Manual to attempt to take a different picture of our Christmas tree before I put all the presents underneath. I really enjoyed having off this Christmas and Jakob appreciated having some time off from school too.
Schools were closed for two days in January of 2009 due to pure ice. It was extremely thick on this area near our apartment. We went outside on the second day because I thought I would take Jakob to school. I could not even get my car door open the ice on the car was so thick! Our neighbors had her car going because she was trying to run to the store for dog food! Instead, I gave her some dog food so she didn't have to risk it Jakob enjoyed playing carefully on the ice for the short time we were outside.
February
Jakob turned 4 years old in 2009! It sure is hard to believe and he is getting so big. We celebrated with friends and family at Going Bonkers. He loved every minute and enjoyed having his friends with him to play with and celebrate his birthday.
March
We headed to the Fort Worth Zoo over Spring Break! It sure was fun and so busy! I did not know but Spring Break is the busiest time for the zoo. When I stopped to think about it, it really does make sense. This upcoming year, I have asked my mom to purchase season tickets to the Fort Worth Zoo so we can go throughout the year and enjoy it in the different season!
April
Southwest Airlines hosted the 36th and Last Annual Chili Cookoff. The boys were able to do rides, play some fun games, and eat. Jakob finally started enjoying the rides while we were here and since then has loved all the rides! He used to hate carousel rides, but now he loves them! We also tasted lots of different chili from different people who work for Southwest Airlines.
May
We visited our apartment pool many times this past summer. These are a few of the earlier shots of Jakob playing in the splash zone. He absolutely loves playing in the water in the summer time!
June
We went to California in June. The trip started at DisneyLand and we spent 2 days visiting the parks before heading to San Diego to also visit Randy and Nikki. We went to the San Diego Zoo while in San Diego. I was really proud of Jakob at the zoo because he walked and walked! Jakob was so excited to get the pictures with Mickey Mouse and Pluto. We almost had a picture with Goofy, but each time we got in line the line was closing. Regarding DisneyLand, I totally under estimated our time for Disney! Jeff and I went to DisneyWorld for our honeymoon and we were able to do most everything. However, I forgot about kids getting tired and naps, etc! Oh well, we can go again!
July
We usually go to Lake Brownwood for the 4th of July. This past year, it was amazing to see how low the water was at the lake. It was so low that not all boat ramps were open, but Jeff's parents still had access. This year was the first year I got up on the wake board. I attempted it on the first day and before water skiing so I would not be sore. However, the day after wake boarding and water skiing, I was sore! It is so much fun though! Roland also water skied without extra support from Daniel. It took him some work, but he did it! Jeff and Jakob also rode the intertube and Jakob laughed so hard while riding!
August
Jeff and I purchased a home to build in late August. We had looked at Horizon Homes many years ago and went and looked again in August. We completely fell in love with a model being built! It is 2300 square feet, with an open floor plan, eighteen inch tile, granite counter tops in the kitchen, three bedrooms, one study, two and half bath, and two and half car garage! We love it!
September
Jakob played soccer in the Fall. He took some cute pictures, but at least last season it was not his favorite sport. We might try it again, but I have not decided yet.
October
I took the boys to the Flower Mound Pumpkin patch. It was the first time Jakob had been to one and I think it was the first time for Roland. They both enjoyed it and we took some nice pictures! While we were there both boys picked out pumpkins to carve. They had fun picking the "best" pumpkin...it was funny to watch them look! Roland went through the maze with Jakob, but Jakob got a little scared halfway through and climbed on top of the hay bales to get to me fast!
November
Jeff and I bought my new camera on Black Friday. We were in Abilene visiting family for Thanksgiving. Roland, Jakob, Hannah, and Lana were on the trampoline when my camera was charged and ready to go! I tested the sports mode on the camera and was extremely happy to receive clean, crisp photos that were not blurry with streaks from the movement!! I was able to capture Roland jump high in the air while they took turns jumping high!
December
We had a great Christmas visiting family. Jakob visited Santa and asked for Bakagan toys for Christmas and was excited when he opened his presents from him! We visited with my grandparents in Austin on Christmas Eve and then headed to my grandmother's house on Christmas Day. Jakob really enjoyed opening presents, helping others open presents, and really enjoyed passing presents out to people! For Christmas, I received a new camera and I have been working on taking pictures with it daily for my Project 365 challenge. I changed my camera settings to Manual to attempt to take a different picture of our Christmas tree before I put all the presents underneath. I really enjoyed having off this Christmas and Jakob appreciated having some time off from school too.
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Happy Halloween!
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
We will all be going over to a friend's house this evening and all of our kiddos will be trick or treating together. Jeff picked up a chocolate cake and a pumpkin pie to take over with us. I am sure we will have a blast and the kids will too!
Sunday, May 10, 2009
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
SWA Spirit (Halloween) - January Challenge #1
I created this two page layout using the October 2008 Spooks kit from Coordinate Collections. It's titled SWA Spirit because of their fun-loving attitude. Jakob attended since Jeff is working for them and had fun watching the skits, getting candy, and playing on the outside bounce houses!Journaling: Southwest Airlines has a reallly fun time at Halloween. The above picture is Gary Kelly, the Chairman of the Board, President & Cheif Executive Officer. He was dressed as ZZ Top in 2008!
Here were the rules to this challenge:
1- Use at least *5* photos. Any size is fine.
2- Use *2* different PP
3- Use ribbon
Sunday, January 18, 2009
Halloween Scrapbook Layouts
I have been working on catching up on my scrapbooking. I used the October 2008 Spooks kit from Coordinate Collections and a few felt black letters from a previous kit. The first layout was designed using the concept of the November single page sketch. Jakob was so excited to see the Optimus Prime Transformer costume. I bought it earlier in the month and hid it to make sure it did not sell out at the stores. When we pulled it out, he could not stop saying, "FOR ME!" Jakob received the little pumpkins from the Fall Festival party at Children's Courtyard. Since we ran out of time to buy and carve a large pumpkin, I figured we could carve the little ones. He was so excited and held them so carefully!
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Sunday afternoon - Weekly update
It has been a busy week. Of course last Monday was Memorial Day. We had Roland last weekend through Monday. Jeff and Roland went and saw the new Indiana Jones movie. They said they really enjoyed it. Later in the afternoon, Jeff and I had scheduled family pictures at JcPenney. We haven't had family pictures taken of all of us since October 2006, so we thought it was time. JcPenney had really good pricing with their online coupon. We bought their portrait club thing so we would have no sitting fees for the next two years and I found coupons online good through next January.
This past Tuesday after returning from Target, I learned our water was off at the apartment. On Monday, I saw water flowing down a section of the apartment but figured it was probably a broken sprinkler head. Nope. It was a broken water line and the city had shut off the water. The water is a private section and not part of the Lewisville. Luckily, Jeff had filled a gallon of water from an empty milk carton. He tends to fill them up with water so I can use for either the aquarium or my plants. I was able to use it for basic things like washing Jakob's hands after lunch. However, after Jakob's nap I was at the point where I really needed to use the restroom and the water was still not on. So we headed out to the mall and walked around and Jakob played on the mall playground for a bit.
I had my tennis lessons Tuesday night too. It is sure fun to play again. My racket was ready after leaving it last week to get new strings in it. Practice was fun and after the hour was up, three of us stayed to play for fun together some more! We stayed for an extra hour and I can sure tell I did the next day. Not extremely sore but I had two small blisters on my hand and my feet were sore to an extent. With our next lesson, I have to ask about the next class and learn about the leagues. Oak Creek Tennis Center has a singles league beginning June 9th and I am thinking of doing it. Then, I'll also probably do the next lesson to continue to relearn and improve.
Either Tuesday or Wednesday, I received an email from the State Board of Educator Certification. I was required to take two test and officially take and pass all the courses at UNT to officially become certified to teach within Texas. It all went through last week and I am officially certified! I am waiting on the formal documentation to arrive in the mail. I keep an eye on the job boards and multiple middle school math positions have posted recently. I sent resumes and have an interview for a 7th grade math position on Monday, June 2nd! What is really neat is on Thursday, I went by both of my mentoring schools to pick up purchased yearbooks! Exciting!
This past Thursday, Jakob had his early education screening at the special education offices in Lewisville. He did okay, but he is slightly tongue tied which is effecting his speech. We finished through all the testing which between paperwork and them working with Jakob took about an hour and a half. They referred him for a full evaluation and the diagnostician at Rockbrook Elementary should contact me soon. At this point, if he qualified he would attend public preschool from 8AM-11AM and then probably be bused over to Children's Courtyard. I spoke briefly with Children's Courtyard and they said they have a few small school buses who bring over PPCD (Public Preschool for Children with Disabilities) students. At this moment, he has a slight speech problem since he is tongue tied a little. Jeff and I are waiting to determine when and if necessary to have it clipped. He is not obviously as bad as I was as a kid since mom says I could not even stick my tongue out of my mouth! Interesting, must be hereditary.
Yesterday, Mom, Mema, Barb, and I went and saw the musical CATS. It was pretty neat and amazing. I didn't realize how much ballet was within the musical. After getting home and reading more information about the musical, it actually helped me understand the story line a little better. Mom and I have tickets to see THE DROWSY CHAPERONE in about two weeks and then the four of us will get to see HAIRSPRAY at the end of the June!
This past Tuesday after returning from Target, I learned our water was off at the apartment. On Monday, I saw water flowing down a section of the apartment but figured it was probably a broken sprinkler head. Nope. It was a broken water line and the city had shut off the water. The water is a private section and not part of the Lewisville. Luckily, Jeff had filled a gallon of water from an empty milk carton. He tends to fill them up with water so I can use for either the aquarium or my plants. I was able to use it for basic things like washing Jakob's hands after lunch. However, after Jakob's nap I was at the point where I really needed to use the restroom and the water was still not on. So we headed out to the mall and walked around and Jakob played on the mall playground for a bit.
I had my tennis lessons Tuesday night too. It is sure fun to play again. My racket was ready after leaving it last week to get new strings in it. Practice was fun and after the hour was up, three of us stayed to play for fun together some more! We stayed for an extra hour and I can sure tell I did the next day. Not extremely sore but I had two small blisters on my hand and my feet were sore to an extent. With our next lesson, I have to ask about the next class and learn about the leagues. Oak Creek Tennis Center has a singles league beginning June 9th and I am thinking of doing it. Then, I'll also probably do the next lesson to continue to relearn and improve.
Either Tuesday or Wednesday, I received an email from the State Board of Educator Certification. I was required to take two test and officially take and pass all the courses at UNT to officially become certified to teach within Texas. It all went through last week and I am officially certified! I am waiting on the formal documentation to arrive in the mail. I keep an eye on the job boards and multiple middle school math positions have posted recently. I sent resumes and have an interview for a 7th grade math position on Monday, June 2nd! What is really neat is on Thursday, I went by both of my mentoring schools to pick up purchased yearbooks! Exciting!
This past Thursday, Jakob had his early education screening at the special education offices in Lewisville. He did okay, but he is slightly tongue tied which is effecting his speech. We finished through all the testing which between paperwork and them working with Jakob took about an hour and a half. They referred him for a full evaluation and the diagnostician at Rockbrook Elementary should contact me soon. At this point, if he qualified he would attend public preschool from 8AM-11AM and then probably be bused over to Children's Courtyard. I spoke briefly with Children's Courtyard and they said they have a few small school buses who bring over PPCD (Public Preschool for Children with Disabilities) students. At this moment, he has a slight speech problem since he is tongue tied a little. Jeff and I are waiting to determine when and if necessary to have it clipped. He is not obviously as bad as I was as a kid since mom says I could not even stick my tongue out of my mouth! Interesting, must be hereditary.
Yesterday, Mom, Mema, Barb, and I went and saw the musical CATS. It was pretty neat and amazing. I didn't realize how much ballet was within the musical. After getting home and reading more information about the musical, it actually helped me understand the story line a little better. Mom and I have tickets to see THE DROWSY CHAPERONE in about two weeks and then the four of us will get to see HAIRSPRAY at the end of the June!
Sunday, May 25, 2008
Our Weekly Update
As Mom mentioned, I graduated on May 10th as everyone knows and we had a good time visiting with all the family in town. Mom and Dad had ordered me an iMac from Apple and it was supposed to be delivered before my graduation. However, Mom kept joking about how I was not going to be able to use it until I had graduated. Anyhow, somewhere after it was shipped Fed Ex misplaced it. The Monday after graduation, Apple was able to reorder my iMac and it arrived the following Friday! I have really enjoyed the machine.
Last Sunday, I went to my cousin Janet's baby shower. We all had a good time and ended up taking a nice group pictures. Many of her friends were there and she received many baby items she will need for her new baby boy. The little baby right around July 9-10th.
Beginning this past Tuesday evening, I started up on advanced tennis lessons at Oak Creek Tennis Center in Carrollton, TX. It was so much fun getting back into playing. While we were practicing, the instructor had said he could tell I had experience playing but was not sure where yet! After practice I asked his advice in regards to my racket and told him I played in middle and high school. My racket is over 10 years old, but the only recommendation for starting back was to get new strings in my racket. So I left my racket and they will have it re-strung by next Tuesday. Before starting, Jakob and I went on Monday to Sports Authority for new tennis shoes. As we looked around, I also found a cute inexpensive clearance skirt and shirt to wear for tennis practice! YEAH!
The apartment pool has been a popular place this week since the weather has officially gotten really hot and muggy! So far for last week, we went Monday, Friday, and Saturday. I am thinking of skipping today! I need to catch up on the laundry. I am not used to washing towels so often!
Jakob has been playing Blast Ball in Lewisville. They took their team pictures a while back and they were finished. After Jakob's nap, we headed over to pick them up so we would have them for our last game on Saturday. The kids took fairly well pictures for a rough cold morning we took them. It was cold and windy and noses were running and they could have cared less to stand together and take pictures! Overall, they looked good though! After we picked them up, I took Jakob to a local school playground where he played and ran for about 30-45 minutes! He had a blast and luckily it wasn't as hot as it could have been that afternoon on the playground.
We have been attending Barnes and Noble's reading time on Thursday mornings. Jakob does okay listening to the stories. His attention span is not too long if he's not interested. This past week, she had farm animal books and he thought they were a little more interesting than the week before. She also brings cookies which helps a little to get them to sit and eat and listen. Sometime in July, it appears Roland, Jakob, and I will make a trip out to San Diego, CA and visit Randy and Nikki. While at Barnes and Noble, I purchased a travel guide which focuses on the Top 10 things to see and do! I know we would visit the San Diego Zoo at this point, but I need to figure out the rest! I have to look and determine the best time to fly stand-by through Southwest Airlines. After looking at the calendar, it appears if we do indeed visit, it will be the second week beginning on Sunday, July 13. I haven't decided how long, but I am interested in visiting the San Diego Zoo and the USS Midway Museum. Mom/Nancy is looking into the trip as well. I will get to fly standby but it is the just the case of flights and trying to plan so we get lucky and get the right flights! =)
I watched the final episode for the season for Grey's Anatomy on Thursday night! I was actually quite productive while watching since there were many commercial breaks. I would quickly switch laundry or dishes while they took their commercials. Jeff laughed at me. =)
Yesterday, the boys on our Blast Ball Braves team played their last game for the season. They all did very well. I am working on a video for the team with all the video I recorded. So far I used yesterday's game clips and put them together by person to Centerfield by John Fogerty. The song fits perfect!
He sings, "Put me in coach, I'm ready to play today..." It's cute with the video from the boys! After the game, we headed over to the new Going Bonkers in Lewisville. One of the moms brought a cupcake cake that looked like a baseball! The boys enjoyed playing and climbing and then eating pizza and cupcakes! We discussed next season and it appears a few for sure will do next season. It has been neat to see the boys have actually gotten better throughout our season! (Even Jakob! hahah!) The parents got together and bought Jeff and I a gift card good at Chili's for $50 to say thanks for a great season! We were completely surprised.
Nothing major planned for the Memorial weekend. We have pictures scheduled at JcPenney on Monday. We are wearing red, blue, and white to hit on the summer time frame. I am looking at flying down to Killeen/Austin between June 7-9th. Jeff is planning to go to New Mexico to see Joe on June 7th, so we figured that worked nice because it would be my first time to use the special tickets, etc. With gas prices as expensive, it is easier to pick the right time frame to try to fly standby for free and Mom can pick me up. The plan is to visit in Killeen for Saturday-Sunday and then visit Austin grandparents on Monday and fly back Monday afternoon-ish. I'll get to see if Jakob will like airplanes!
Last Sunday, I went to my cousin Janet's baby shower. We all had a good time and ended up taking a nice group pictures. Many of her friends were there and she received many baby items she will need for her new baby boy. The little baby right around July 9-10th.
Beginning this past Tuesday evening, I started up on advanced tennis lessons at Oak Creek Tennis Center in Carrollton, TX. It was so much fun getting back into playing. While we were practicing, the instructor had said he could tell I had experience playing but was not sure where yet! After practice I asked his advice in regards to my racket and told him I played in middle and high school. My racket is over 10 years old, but the only recommendation for starting back was to get new strings in my racket. So I left my racket and they will have it re-strung by next Tuesday. Before starting, Jakob and I went on Monday to Sports Authority for new tennis shoes. As we looked around, I also found a cute inexpensive clearance skirt and shirt to wear for tennis practice! YEAH!
The apartment pool has been a popular place this week since the weather has officially gotten really hot and muggy! So far for last week, we went Monday, Friday, and Saturday. I am thinking of skipping today! I need to catch up on the laundry. I am not used to washing towels so often!
Jakob has been playing Blast Ball in Lewisville. They took their team pictures a while back and they were finished. After Jakob's nap, we headed over to pick them up so we would have them for our last game on Saturday. The kids took fairly well pictures for a rough cold morning we took them. It was cold and windy and noses were running and they could have cared less to stand together and take pictures! Overall, they looked good though! After we picked them up, I took Jakob to a local school playground where he played and ran for about 30-45 minutes! He had a blast and luckily it wasn't as hot as it could have been that afternoon on the playground.
We have been attending Barnes and Noble's reading time on Thursday mornings. Jakob does okay listening to the stories. His attention span is not too long if he's not interested. This past week, she had farm animal books and he thought they were a little more interesting than the week before. She also brings cookies which helps a little to get them to sit and eat and listen. Sometime in July, it appears Roland, Jakob, and I will make a trip out to San Diego, CA and visit Randy and Nikki. While at Barnes and Noble, I purchased a travel guide which focuses on the Top 10 things to see and do! I know we would visit the San Diego Zoo at this point, but I need to figure out the rest! I have to look and determine the best time to fly stand-by through Southwest Airlines. After looking at the calendar, it appears if we do indeed visit, it will be the second week beginning on Sunday, July 13. I haven't decided how long, but I am interested in visiting the San Diego Zoo and the USS Midway Museum. Mom/Nancy is looking into the trip as well. I will get to fly standby but it is the just the case of flights and trying to plan so we get lucky and get the right flights! =)
I watched the final episode for the season for Grey's Anatomy on Thursday night! I was actually quite productive while watching since there were many commercial breaks. I would quickly switch laundry or dishes while they took their commercials. Jeff laughed at me. =)
Yesterday, the boys on our Blast Ball Braves team played their last game for the season. They all did very well. I am working on a video for the team with all the video I recorded. So far I used yesterday's game clips and put them together by person to Centerfield by John Fogerty. The song fits perfect!
He sings, "Put me in coach, I'm ready to play today..." It's cute with the video from the boys! After the game, we headed over to the new Going Bonkers in Lewisville. One of the moms brought a cupcake cake that looked like a baseball! The boys enjoyed playing and climbing and then eating pizza and cupcakes! We discussed next season and it appears a few for sure will do next season. It has been neat to see the boys have actually gotten better throughout our season! (Even Jakob! hahah!) The parents got together and bought Jeff and I a gift card good at Chili's for $50 to say thanks for a great season! We were completely surprised.
Nothing major planned for the Memorial weekend. We have pictures scheduled at JcPenney on Monday. We are wearing red, blue, and white to hit on the summer time frame. I am looking at flying down to Killeen/Austin between June 7-9th. Jeff is planning to go to New Mexico to see Joe on June 7th, so we figured that worked nice because it would be my first time to use the special tickets, etc. With gas prices as expensive, it is easier to pick the right time frame to try to fly standby for free and Mom can pick me up. The plan is to visit in Killeen for Saturday-Sunday and then visit Austin grandparents on Monday and fly back Monday afternoon-ish. I'll get to see if Jakob will like airplanes!
Sunday, July 01, 2007
Happy 4th of July Week
Luckily, there are only 2 more days remaining until Summer 1 is finished! Due to the 4th of July holiday, both of my teachers do not want to have to come back to school and have our finals on or due on Tuesday, July 3rd. I have done well in both of them and should finish with A's in both classes.
I have been busy working on school. I completed two text-set assignments in both classes. So you ask, what is a text set? The objective was to use a topic and then five 5 books, 1 video, 2 websites, and other resources relating to the topic. For my multi-cultural class, the topic was Individuality and it focused on being yourself. The other topic was more subject centered and focused on Weather. The differences between the two classes on the same project was one required a reflection of completing the assignment, the other required a lesson plan. Both will be useful in the future.
Normally for the July 4th holiday we go out to Lake Brownwood, but I'm not sure of the plans yet. I talked to Lana and Greg (my inlaws) and researched online and found Lake Brownwood was 3-7 feet over the spillway. Here are some pictures of the lake. The lake has been closed do to flood conditions. Portions of Thunderbird Bay (location where Greg and Lana's things are) are in that area, but are at higher ground. Lana said it is amazing to see how much the lake has risen because they were out in April and she said the lake was so low it would have been hard to get boats into the water. However, at this point we will go to Brady, TX on Saturday for a reunion of Lana's side of the family and then go from there.
I have also been playing more of World of Warcraft. I have really started to enjoy playing the game. The guild I joined had some problems and disbanded, but the members whom were liked grouped with another guild and re-invited me. I currently have Evaelyn (my main character) at level 22 on "The Templars" guild. This past weekend, I experimented selling things on the auction house. Majority of the items I put on the auction house sold which will give more in-game money to do more things later!
Jeff was on vacation this past week and I think he had a good week off. We didn't do anything major, but he was at the same point too - Use it or lose it. We did go out to eat a lot with him on vacation though, so I'm ready to get back in routine.
Roland is going to Abilene from that point until the next Saturday, July 14th. Jakob will join Roland the following Tuesday evening through Saturday, July 14th. He would have gone the entire week, but I felt odd paying the daycare $85 for Jakob not to attend when I could pay $97 for him to attend 2 days. Plus, he really enjoys going to school because they are constantly doing and making something! They made bird feeders, planted plants in baggies, made water shakers, and more this past week!
I have been busy working on school. I completed two text-set assignments in both classes. So you ask, what is a text set? The objective was to use a topic and then five 5 books, 1 video, 2 websites, and other resources relating to the topic. For my multi-cultural class, the topic was Individuality and it focused on being yourself. The other topic was more subject centered and focused on Weather. The differences between the two classes on the same project was one required a reflection of completing the assignment, the other required a lesson plan. Both will be useful in the future.
Normally for the July 4th holiday we go out to Lake Brownwood, but I'm not sure of the plans yet. I talked to Lana and Greg (my inlaws) and researched online and found Lake Brownwood was 3-7 feet over the spillway. Here are some pictures of the lake. The lake has been closed do to flood conditions. Portions of Thunderbird Bay (location where Greg and Lana's things are) are in that area, but are at higher ground. Lana said it is amazing to see how much the lake has risen because they were out in April and she said the lake was so low it would have been hard to get boats into the water. However, at this point we will go to Brady, TX on Saturday for a reunion of Lana's side of the family and then go from there.
I have also been playing more of World of Warcraft. I have really started to enjoy playing the game. The guild I joined had some problems and disbanded, but the members whom were liked grouped with another guild and re-invited me. I currently have Evaelyn (my main character) at level 22 on "The Templars" guild. This past weekend, I experimented selling things on the auction house. Majority of the items I put on the auction house sold which will give more in-game money to do more things later!
Jeff was on vacation this past week and I think he had a good week off. We didn't do anything major, but he was at the same point too - Use it or lose it. We did go out to eat a lot with him on vacation though, so I'm ready to get back in routine.
Roland is going to Abilene from that point until the next Saturday, July 14th. Jakob will join Roland the following Tuesday evening through Saturday, July 14th. He would have gone the entire week, but I felt odd paying the daycare $85 for Jakob not to attend when I could pay $97 for him to attend 2 days. Plus, he really enjoys going to school because they are constantly doing and making something! They made bird feeders, planted plants in baggies, made water shakers, and more this past week!
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Thanksgiving Update
Hope everybody had a great Thanksgiving.
Jeff, Roland, Jakob, and I went to Abilene Thursday morning and arrived in Abilene around noon. We had our lunch at 2pm and it was good as always! Grandma Froh cooks the turkey each year and it is always really good. We didn’t have as big of a crowd this year in Abilene as we normally do.
Friday morning, Jeff, Greg, Lana, and Gerry woke up early and went out to the stores to get the good specials. Jeff went to get Roland a 1 MB MP3 player for $35 and a 5 MP camera for Roland for $80. The MP3 player was for his birthday, and the camera is for Christmas. We now have Roland mostly covered. Jeff also went to Home Depot where they had a Uniden cordless phone and answering machine for $35 which included 2 phones in the package. So we did some good shopping. Jeff would have made me come but he decided it was better to have me sleep in so I wouldn’t be tired for driving home Friday evening. He thought about driving, but I told him he was tired and I was driving. Guess he needed that!
This morning, we got around and went to the local Costco that is about five minutes away. Jeff and I went earlier in the week to price things to see if we would save money by having them. The membership is $50 a year (2 cards). We thought about it and I realized that the membership is less than $5 a month and just getting laundry detergent and Downy. So we went ahead and joined today and got a few things. We are planning to use it more for the non-food items since we don’t have that many people to feed yet, but the items that do not spoil. So today we purchased Downy, dog food, shampoo, conditioner, and a few other random things. We went to grab some food for lunch and then headed to Kroger. We needed the basic things from the grocery store.
I will probably go to Wal-Mart in a bit. My pantry only has shelves on the upper half and I really need more shelving space. I think they designed it so you could hide your trash can, but we could really use the space.
Our apartment is coming together slowly. Need to unpack a few more boxes, really need to find my kitchen eating bowls. I have a few more Styrofoam bowls, but they cannot go in the microwave for oatmeal. Well, I better get up and do something while Jakob is sleeping!
Jeff, Roland, Jakob, and I went to Abilene Thursday morning and arrived in Abilene around noon. We had our lunch at 2pm and it was good as always! Grandma Froh cooks the turkey each year and it is always really good. We didn’t have as big of a crowd this year in Abilene as we normally do.
Friday morning, Jeff, Greg, Lana, and Gerry woke up early and went out to the stores to get the good specials. Jeff went to get Roland a 1 MB MP3 player for $35 and a 5 MP camera for Roland for $80. The MP3 player was for his birthday, and the camera is for Christmas. We now have Roland mostly covered. Jeff also went to Home Depot where they had a Uniden cordless phone and answering machine for $35 which included 2 phones in the package. So we did some good shopping. Jeff would have made me come but he decided it was better to have me sleep in so I wouldn’t be tired for driving home Friday evening. He thought about driving, but I told him he was tired and I was driving. Guess he needed that!
This morning, we got around and went to the local Costco that is about five minutes away. Jeff and I went earlier in the week to price things to see if we would save money by having them. The membership is $50 a year (2 cards). We thought about it and I realized that the membership is less than $5 a month and just getting laundry detergent and Downy. So we went ahead and joined today and got a few things. We are planning to use it more for the non-food items since we don’t have that many people to feed yet, but the items that do not spoil. So today we purchased Downy, dog food, shampoo, conditioner, and a few other random things. We went to grab some food for lunch and then headed to Kroger. We needed the basic things from the grocery store.
I will probably go to Wal-Mart in a bit. My pantry only has shelves on the upper half and I really need more shelving space. I think they designed it so you could hide your trash can, but we could really use the space.
Our apartment is coming together slowly. Need to unpack a few more boxes, really need to find my kitchen eating bowls. I have a few more Styrofoam bowls, but they cannot go in the microwave for oatmeal. Well, I better get up and do something while Jakob is sleeping!
Thursday, November 23, 2006
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