Avery

Before I had children of my own, I would see kids in public with dirty faces, messy hair and sloppy clothes and I swore that I would never let my kids go out in public looking disheveled. Then I had Avery.

Her latest obsession is socks and shoes. Here she is with both of Drew's shoes on.

She likes to wear one of her shoes and one of Drew's shoes and sometimes to spare myself her temper tanrum, I let her appear in public this way.

Some people laugh (mainly teenagers) but other mothers smile knowingly remembering what it was like when their child insisted on wearing something weird in public. Avery also likes to take her socks off and put them on her hands. She even hides them in her bed sometimes so after we put her to bed, I'll come back in to check on her and she has pulled the sock out and put it back on her hand.

She's a funny monkey.

Burgled!

I had my purse stolen today--right out of my car! I guess it's a little bit my fault for leaving my purse in an unlocked car but I was too trusting that nothing would happen in the few minutes I was out of the car. I ran into my brother's apartment for about 15 minutes or so and apparently didn't lock my car. Since I was only running in for a few minutes, I didn't take my purse. When I came back out, it was gone. We have cancelled all the cards and alerted the bank that my checks were stolen along with my ID but I still worry about identity theft. I know thieves can do a lot with just a little bit of information. I'm hoping it was just some punk teenager that was hoping to fill up his car with gas and maybe buy some CD's at Wal-Mart. My cards were cancelled within 30 minutes of being stolen so he/she wouldn't have gotten far. I looked in all the dumpster's at my brother's apartment and surrounding parking lots hoping the thief threw the purse away but I didn't have any luck. I really liked that purse, too! So now I get to try to put all that back in order. It's just a sick feeling knowing someone has my stuff and not knowing what they're going to do with it. :(

The big 3-0

My birthday was yesterday and my hubby sent me the most beautiful bouquet of roses--30 to be exact. Turning 30 has not been a major event for me. I haven't been dreading it and even though it will be weird not to say I'm 20 something, it wasn't hard to leave the 20's. Thanks for the roses, Brent. They are beautiful!

Tonight we went to Amarillo to celebrate with my family. We got a sitter for the kids and enjoyed a nice dinner with just adults. We went back to my parent's house for cake and presents. My mom put a pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey game up and the kids had fun playing that. Drew especially loved the mask. Here's Avery doing her homeless drunk man impersonation. Crazy hair and one shoe is her usual MO.

A good birthday all around.

Happy Birthday to Torrie

Happy Birthday to the prettiest and sexiest 30-year old mom in Hereford. Thank you for all your love and support, I'm the luckiest man in the world to have you as my best friend and wife for eternity. Hope you have a wonderful day.

Chopped again!

When I cut my hair the first time, I was planning on making a pretty dramatic cut--around 11 inches or so at the shortest point. I had a specific haircut in mind but I kept seeing girls around town and I decided that there was no in between for the outcome of this haircut. Either it looks really cute or really bad. I decided that I would fall in the latter category so I hesitated making the jump and cutting it all off. My hairdresser decided to cut it a little longer and told me we could always cut off more later. My later came about 3 days after. I wasn't really digging the style and I wondered why I didn't just cut it how I wanted it in the first place. So I called my hairdresser and she got me back in and here is the result. I'm really happy with it. You like?

Drew: Mom, my bum and my tummy are telling me I don't have to poop or throw up but my weiner is telling me I have to pee.

Snow Day

It happened again. Yesterday it was in the 70's, my kids were playing in the yard with no need for jackets and today we woke up to this:

I had no idea this storm was blowing in until yesterday. The forecast was very ominous, calling for a couple feet of snow with drifts up to 20 feet. The weathermen really like to freak people out here by making every storm seem like the end of the world. Well, it didn't snow as much as predicted but we got quite a bit for a spring day in Texas. The drifts by the fence were a couple feet tall. You can see that blue riding toy is completely covered on the deck.

All the schools were closed and the whole city shut down early. Brent closed the pharmacy early and what is usually a 45 minute drive home took almost an hour and a half. So we got to enjoy a nice day home together as a family--packing. I love the snow but unfortunately this is moving weekend for us. We are closing on our house on Monday so we have no choice but to move in this weather. Luckily most of the moving has been done but we still have all the big things like fridge, washer, dryer, etc. So hopefully the roads will clear and we can move otherwise Sunday will be crunch time. Wish us luck!