Bunco 80s style!

My Bunco group met last Friday night and I thought you would enjoy a good laugh at the pics!

Me

Sherry & Jennifer
Lana & Brylyn (laughing)

Natalie (25 weeks pregant)

Jennifer, Lesley (35 weeks pregnant) & Brylyn

Lesley (still 35 weeks pregnant)

Jennifer & Me

Maddy's first BIG hair cut!

Last night I was going to quickly trim Maddy's hair and she said, " I want it cut like my friend, Jessilyn's."

I said, " Really, that's pretty short? Well we can go tomorrow after school then"

So, armed with a picture of Jessilyn (who has a bob) we went to get Maddy's hair cut!

She cut right where her fingers are

I think it turned out way cute, although I haven't really styled it yet. I guess you will see more in the upcoming blog posts right?

Valentines Celebration

Friday evening Aaron and I went to our church's Valentine's Banquet and danced and laughed and had a great time. Whenever we go out, just the two of us, I am reminded even more how much I love him and what a great friend he is. Saturday Jake's baseball tryouts were postponed because of the great rain shower we got that morning so we just hung out for a bit and then went shopping for sports equipment. Jacob got a new bat and cleats and Maddison got shoes, shin guards, and a ball for soccer.

For dinner I made (our traditional v-day meal) Crawfish Ettoufee and for dessert, my special Chocolate Mousse!

The Valentines presents

Aaron, Jake & Maddy (aka Maddison Montana)

Erin, Jake and Maddison Montana

Jake "eating" his Valentine's mousse

Maddy in the throws of enjoyment over her Valentine's mousse

El Paso GIRLS Weekend

Last weekend 9 of my closest TX girl friends and I got to go to El Paso for a Beth Moore event! We had a wonderful time. The weekend was full of memories and laughs. Tears too were present, what can you expect with 10 women (3 of whom pregnant!). At the conference we got to "trash" the trash we'd been holding onto and search for the treasure God has for us. The conference topic was based on Hebrews 10:23-25, 32-39. Great stuff! After the conference on Saturday we got to go shopping and decided to go to a movie (a VERY rare treat)! We saw Bride Wars and thought it was cute our husbands were pleased because that is one less chick flick they may be pressured to see. Here are a few pics from our weekend.

This isn't all of us (I tried) all 10 of us took up one elevator

Bethy on Saturday

Us after at 2 hour wait at PF Changs

Why not 3 days ago!?!

Just a minute ago I heard my dog Izzy getting into something. Since she is one of our resident vacuums I didn't do much, I figure she'd clean up something I had missed. Then I heard her come out closer to me and crunch something. I again figure I missed one of the wagon wheel pasta I served recently and was glad she found it.
30 seconds later I hear her in the pantry and hear wrappers crunching so I went over and closed the door, culprit inside. It got quiet so I opened it and as she walked out I found and open candy cane wrapper on the floor! We had a whole box of mini candy canes on the floor because I figured they were safe since they hadn't been opened. . . . well Izzy love peppermint so I am finding out.
My question is, why couldn't she have found the candy canes 3 days ago when she was sick to her stomach? It might have helped for goodness sake! Instead I am left with 2 puke spots and a half eaten box of candy canes!

Pinewood Derby!

Saturday Jacob's cub scout pack had there pinewood derby. For those that are unsure about what this is, they received a kit from there cub scout pack which contained a block of wood, wheels and axles. They (and their dads) were to make a car following some regulations. Saturday was the day the pack raced them. This was of course Jacob (and Aaron's) first attempt, but Jacob had the 4th fastest car in the entire PACK! There wasn't a trophy for that BUT there was one for 3rd place in his den! So that is the trophy he received!

"Lightning" is the one in the middle

This was the "winner's circle" the 4 best cars raced for the grand champion. Jacob came in 4th here, and the winner was the green car which was also from his den.

Midland Welcomes George W. Bush home!

Yesterday the kids and I went to Midland's Welcome Home Rally for G.W. or "Gdub" as Aaron calls him. We waited for 5 hours with around 30,000 others! There were musicians and some other entertainment so it went by relatively fast. I am thankful we had the opportunity, I was trying to stress the historical value to my kids. Not sure if they grabbed hold though, this morning Maddy asked "When is another President going to come to Midland" when I tried to clarify that GW wasn't the president when he came she said, " I know! But went is another president that isn't the president anymore going to come to Midland?" I smiled and said, "Probably not ever that is why I wanted to make sure we went yesterday." I hope it sticks with both my kids. The whole day was fun and different.

As we waited in line to get into the plaza people from Monster Energy Drinks were there and handing out free Monster cans. So I broke down and told Jake it was his chance to try it. He is always wanting to try energy drinks and I always say NO!

Finally a little after 4:30 GW's plane flew over

And a little after 5 (it takes awhile to go from the Midland Airport to downtown) he arrived and spoke! All in all, it was a great experience!