Valentine's Day

We all had a nice Valentine's Day. Ed had to work that morning, but that evening he took me and the girls out to the movie. The girls went to see "Valentine's Day" but Ed and I went to see "From Paris with Love". We really enjoyed our movie and the girls really enjoyed theirs. We were gonna go out and eat after the movie, but it was late and we were all full from popcorn! lol

Jordan's First "Date"

Jordan went on her first "date" this past Saturday night (13th). She went with her boyfriend Bret. They have been sweethearts since pre-k. When he moved away it was a little hard on both of them for a while, but they found their way back to each other! lol Bret brought Jordan some flowers, a card, and a balloon for Valentine's day and then took her out to the movie. They went to see "From Paris with Love". Of course only both being 13- they went to the movie with Bret's parents. Jordan had a great time and really enjoyed getting to spend some time with Bret.

Pics!!

Girls OU Birthday Cake!!

Jordan and Haley

Dakota and Brandon - their 1st "date". 1/22/10 I took Dakota to the theatre to meet Brandon and his parents. They went to see The Blindside and when the movie was over, I picked her up. She had so much fun. Brandon is such a sweet guy and they really seem crazy about each other. Bad part is that he lives in California now, so she misses him like crazy. But of course they text, email, talk on the phone, ect... and he does come back to OK once in a while to visit, he's coming for 2 weeks in August and they are both already counting down the days! lol

Girls on the beach at South Padre Islands

Girls and Dad and Tweeter - Christmas '09 at South Padre Islands

My babies are 13!!!

Wow, it does not seem like they should already be 13 years old!! They have grown up so fast!! They are very beautiful, caring, and mature young ladies and I am so very proud of them!!! We didn't do anything real big for their birthday this year because they have been so busy that we simply didn't have time. We are planning on taking them somewhere special before too long, maybe over Spring Break. They spent their birthday weekend with Jordan going to an area quiz bowl in Woodward on Saturday and Sunday (actual birthday) Jordan had gymnastics and Dakota had softball pitching practice.

They are both doing excellent in school. Jordan made the superintendents honor roll for the semester! Dakota made superintendents honor roll for the 1st nine weeks and principals for the semester. She missed out on superintendents by 1 point in one class! She was a little bummed about that, but I am so very proud of both of them for the grades that they make. They are so busy with sports, and other extra activities that making straight A's and one B to me is excellent!!

Their basketball team is undefeated!! As of today they are 14 and 0!! They are both doing amazing. As I said before, they both made the A team and get to play quite a bit on it. And now the coach has decided since the B team had not been doing very well that he would put 5 of the A team girls on the B team to help out a little. So they get to play a couple of quarters on the B team, to help them out, and then get to play on the A team too. So this has meant more playing time for the girls, which is nice, and more games for us! lol But that's okay, they are loving it and doing so great!!

Jordan is doing awesome in gymnastics, finally did a back handspring last week, she was pretty pumped about that!! Dakota is doing amazing at pitching too. She has got some power behind that ball. She probably throws 8 out of 10 strikes now!! And she's still got about 3-4 more months of practices before softball season even starts. Only thing that concerns me is that she's got so much power, that the girl playing catcher is not gonna want to catch the balls Dakota pitches! She even makes her coach's hand hurt and she really stung Ed's hand the other day! lol

They are both still active in Awana and FCA. This keeps them and me busy on Wednesdays. There is rarely a day (even weekends) that we don't have something going on. But I wouldn't trade it for anything!!

Ed is still pumping for Oxy, he loves his job. He's home early most days and he works every other weekend, but those weekends he's usually home before noon.

Bryce is still living in Shattuck and he's working at a salvage yard in Woodward.

Girls got to go to South Padre Islands over Christmas with my Dad. They had a blast. It was cold there though, colder than it's been in over 10 years they said, so they didn't get to swim in the ocean like they had hoped, but they still had a lot of fun. Went on a dolphin watch, to a big zoo, a place where they take care of sea turtles, ect... It was a fun trip for them and they really enjoyed spending some time with their Grandpa!! The Bahamas Cruise didn't work out, some sort of booking mix up, so that is why they ended up going to South Padre Islands.

Well, I think this about catches everyone up on what's been going on around here. Hard to believe it's 2010 already. Hopefully I'll do a little better about updating at least once a month! lol But no promises! :o)

Dakota # 35 and Jordan # 21

This month has just flown by!!

Basketball season is officially underway!! Girls have an awesome team this year!! They took 1st place in the Hooker Jr. High Tournament. Won all three games by quite a bit and played excellent. Their next game they played was at Keyes and they won it by a lot too (45-11). So they are 4 and 0 right now!! Texhoma tournament starts Monday. Should be some more good games!!!

Had a nice Thanksgiving, just the four of us at home. Bryce wasn't able to make it out this year, but guess we'll get to see him for Christmas!! We smoked a turkey and had all the extras to go with it, Grandma Margie even gave me some noodles to fix that day, so we had awesome noodles too! lolll Thanks Grandma!!!

Friday I took the girls to town to do a little shopping, wasn't going to go, but Jordan wanted to get something for Tyler (her boyfriend) at one of the sales, so we went. Wasn't too bad really, we didn't go until around 9:00 that morning and the crowds had pretty much cleared out!!

Getting excited for Christmas, the girls and I put up our tree already, I'm almost done with my shopping and everything is even wrapped and under the tree now!! The girls had quite a surprise this year and they are so excited!! My Dad and step-mom are taking them on a cruise to the Bahamas for their Christmas present this year!! What an awesome gift, they can't wait!! We went in and got their passport applications sent off and put a rush on them so they'd make it back in time. Now the next thing on their lists is getting nails and toe nails done and going to tan a few times so they won't be the whitest people on the ship! lolllllll

Hoping everything works out and we make it to Laverne for Grandma Margie's Christmas, I look forward to that every year!! Just hope the weather cooperates for everyone this year!!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and enjoyed some time with their families!!!

November 2009 Schedule

Holy cow, can my life get any busier?? lol

Nov. 1st - Softball pitching practice (Dakota) - 1:30
Nov. 2nd - Gymnastics (Jordan) - 6:00
Nov. 3rd - Quiz bowl practice (Jordan) - 3:30 - 5:00
Nov. 4th - FCA Meeting - 3:30 - 4:30; Awana 6-9
Nov. 5th - Quiz bowl practice (Jordan) - 3:30 - 5:00; DogFest at school 5:30 - 9:00
Nov. 6th - Guymon FB Game; Lunch w/Carrie
Nov. 7th - Pumpkin Patch Craft Show
Nov. 8th - Softball pitching practice (Dakota) - 1:30
Nov. 9th - Gymnastics (Jordan) - 6:00
Nov. 10th - Quiz bowl practice (Jordan) - 3:30 - 5:00
Nov. 11th - Awana 6-9
Nov. 12th - Quiz bowl practice (Jordan) - 3:30 - 5:00
Nov. 13th - Dallas' B-Day slumber party; school play; lunch w/Carrie
Nov. 14th - Hen Party at Shawna's
Nov. 15th - Softball pitching pratice (Dakota) - 1:30; Gymnastics (Jordan) - 2:00
Nov. 16th - Basketball Tournament - 7:00
Nov. 17th - Quiz bowl practice (Jordan) - 3:30 - 5:00
Nov. 18th - FCA Meeting 3:30-4:30; Awana 6-9
Nov. 19th - Quiz bowl practice (Jordan) - 3:30 - 5:00; Basketball tournament 7:00
Nov. 20th - HS Bball Game; Lunch w/Carrie
Nov. 21st - Basketball Tournament - time TBA
Nov. 22nd - Softball pitching pratice (Dakota) - 1:30; Gymnastics (Jordan) - 2:00
Nov. 23rd - Basketball Game @ Keyes - 7:00
Nov. 24th - Quiz bowl practice (Jordan) - 3:30-5:00

WOW - this is where I get a few days off!! Thanksgiving Break!!!!!

Nov. 29th - Softball pitching pratice (Dakota) - 1:30; Gymnastics (Jordan) - 2:00
Nov. 30th - Basketball Tournament @ Texhoma - time TBA