MATTHEWS FAMILY

Crown Lake - Horseshoe Bend, AR

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4th of July - Greers Ferry Lake

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San Antonio in May

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May was a busy time for us. The kids and I went to San Antonio for Memorial Day weekend and then 2 weeks later my father-in-law had open heart surgery, so we went back down. While there we had a great time with my best friend, Karen. She is the best and can host like nobody's business! Thanks again for "putting us up" all those days! I'm including a few photo's from both trips. Enjoy.

Spring Break 2009

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Kyler's 9th Birthday

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Kyler's Friends

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More Kyler party pictures

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I have no idea who the homeless looking guy is...

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Yeah Me!!!!!

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It's my birthday...it's my birthday!!

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Can you tell we were having some fun?

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There aren't enough words...

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More birthday pictures

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We had a crazy fun time Saturday for my, 29th birthday!

January 24, 2009

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Thanks to all who came out in celebration of my 29th birthday!!! Ohkay, so maybe it wasn't really my 29th, but I prefer to think of it as such, so roll with it! I had a really great time and hope that you all did as well.

Steelers headed to the Super Bowl...

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My husband is pumped up over the Steelers win last night. Now to start planning for a Super Bowl party!!!

National Title...

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Well as we know, the Sooners weren't able to come up with the BIG win. So heart-breaking, or at least around my house it was; Kyler actually cried and Mike did a lot of "growling" and sighing. I was actually surprised at how well we actually played. Usually chOklahoma shows up for the all important games. I do not feel as though we choked last night but rather simply outplayed by that Florida team...

Well, life goes on! It'll take Mike a few days to get over the loss, but he'll live!

Ashlyn's basketball team is playing in the Moore tournament this weekend. They played their first game yesterday afternoon against Central Jr. High. They won; Ash has been feeling under the weather and it showed during her game. She only scored 2 points, but she had multiple assists. Her next game is tonight at 5:30p and hopefully she'll be feeling much better. She been consuming Nyquil dinners the past 2 nights!

These days, Kyler is my little skater dude. We spend more time and money at Moore Skate! The kid can inline like no body's business. I can't skate to save my life, so maybe I'm just easily impressed?!? When I picked him up last weekend, he was in the speed skating contest and was actually running periodically on his skates!

Well I haven't uploaded my latest batch of photo's , I know I'm starting to slack! But I'm going to post a pic of our man Chris Brown.

Boomer Sooner - Baby!!!

Do we look like Sisters?

2008-12-23T10:53:00.002-06:00

This picture was taken at my company Christmas party. Laura and I are asked all the time if we're sister! What'dya think?

GDIT Christmas Party

2008-12-22T10:02:00.004-06:00

Just a few pics from our company Christmas party. We ate Van's BBQ, played "dirty santa" & heard Point Blank (live band). A good time was had by all! Pictured: Bob (my boss) and then Charlie & Linda w/me (Charlie is my former boss and Linda is a co-worker. Then me and my hubby! :-)

Chichasha Basketball Tournament

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Just a few pictures from Ashlyn's tournament last weekend...

Few More Shots...

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Angela Pepin Photography

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These were just a few of the 100 shots taken by my very talented sister, Angela, during out recent trip back to Arkansas.

Thanksgiving in Arkansas

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Thanksgiving was a very busy time for the Weatherfords. We started off with Thanksgiving, then held a surprise party for our Dad's 60th birthday and that was followed up by his (our Dad) wedding on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. My sister, Angela, took pictures at the wedding and also took pictures of us with our Mom & Dad.

Enjoy!

It's been a while...

2008-12-17T06:39:00.002-06:00

Ok-ok, I know I've been neglecting my blog; but my New Year's resolution is to post more often! Well, I'm trying to adjust to this freezing cold weather we're having! I don't do too well with COLD! I prefer the tropical 80 degrees Cancun has to offer. I'm still trying to figure out how I can move there!

Ok, so recently my kids have been very busy with school activities. Kyler auditioned for the school Christmas play "The Misfits". He won the role of Santa Clause and did a really good job! Ashlyn has had basketball games 2 a week for the past several weeks and then last week, her team attended a tournament down in Chickasha, Oklahoma. They ended up getting 3rd in the tournament. Go Lady Panthers! I'm going to post pictures of Kyler's play as well as one of Ky with his G'ma Sue and some of Ash during the tournament.

Merry Christmas to all!

Winery Trip

2008-08-07T12:25:00.004-06:00

A group of us girls got together a week ago and took a limo ride out to an Oklahoma winery. It was in Chandler, Oklahoma and oh so pretty! Their gift shop was loaded with very cool home decor that too was for sale. I think that I was the only person who left the winery with no wine, but a few new decorations for the house!

Kyler's Construction Skills...

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San Antonio, TX

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San Antonio, TX

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San Antonio, TX

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Computer Failure

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Easter was my last post?!? I have been neglecting the blog! I've been really busy with work, vaction and more work.

I tried to upload my pictures from the family vacation to Mexico, but they will not upload. Sorry :-( When I got back from Cancun, I downloaded ALL 250+ pictures taken and then deleted from my memory card. I then uploaded to the Wal-Mart website and had the pictures mailed to my home; this is very convenient! However, my laptop crashed right after that, so now I don't have access to the files and had to scan the pictures. The quality is very poor.

Anyhoo, I'll attempt to do better with the blogging.

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Easter

2008-03-23T18:42:00.003-06:00

Happy Easter!! You can't celebrate Easter without having an egg hunt. So this afternoon, Mike and Ashlyn hid the eggs so that Kyler could find them. And of course, a cold front moved in yesterday and cooled down our temperature, so I almost froze to death... June will not get here fast enough! For your viewing pleasure a few pics from the egg hunt...

Birthday Party Guest

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March 13, Kyler's 8th birthday!!

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CRAZY WEATHER!!!!!!

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I've never experienced such non-sense as the weather this winter! I could care less if I EVER see snow again!!! We were supposed to get snow yesterday but thankfully did not. We had a few flurries today, but nothing major. The high today was 41 degrees which we reached around noon and then it started dropping; it was 38 degrees when I left work at 5p. Weather reports are predicting a high of 72 degrees by Sunday. Whoo-hoo, now that's my type of weather. I am hoping to work on my tan for Cancun!!!!!

Ashlyn's Spring Picture

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Basketball Game

2008-02-22T20:13:00.005-06:00

Posting a few pictures of Ashlyn from one of her last basketball games.

I'm still here...

2008-02-20T16:33:00.003-06:00

I know that I've been neglecting the blog! I've been busy? I hate posting without pictures and no my camera is not broke. I've just been focusing my energy elsewhere! I promise I'm going to get back to regular posting or at least regular for me.

The family is doing very well. We are looking forward to Spring Break. No big plans this SB, will probably take a few days and visit the family back home. I hope that the weather cooperates and gives us spring time weather! Very tired of the COLD!!! This Oklahoma weather is CRAZY!!

Well, I don't want to overdue it on this post, so I'll say Goodbye!

Optimus Prime

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Basketball Team Christmas Party

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No School!!!!!

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Ice Storm 2007

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Thanksgiving

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Sorry for the lack of posts; will try to do better in the future!!! Here are some pictures of my nephews and Ashlyn and Kyler at G'pa Larry's...

More Fall Break pics...

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Fall Break 2007

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We spent Fall Break Kansas City with my younger sister Teresa and her family. Ashlyn opted to spend this time with her dad, so she missed out on the fun! Friday afternoon we went to the Cider Mills, where we were able to see how they make their cider. We also enjoyed a hay ride and the 8 acre corn maze. They had a small pen with a Shetland pony w/foal, Mama pig and two piglets and then there was also Mama goat with a baby; they were so cute, except for that Mama pig! Saturday night we went to Worlds of Fun and enjoyed some of the roller coasters. Kyler even rode the Mamba!

Ashlyn

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Ashlyn's 7th grade school picture...

Style

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Kyler decided he was going to

"dress up" for school the other day.

This is what he came up with...

Just got Ashlyn's school pictures today;

check back later for those.

More Pics...

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Neighborhood Cookout

2007-09-22T21:43:00.000-06:00

Tonight we hosted a cookout with several of our neighbors; celebrating both Mike and Ben's, birthdays. It was also in "support" of National Good Neighbor Day, which is tomorrow. The food was good and the company was great. A good time was had by all!!!

State Fair

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OKC State Fair

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Oklahoma State Fair

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Family a-FAIR

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Tonight we attended the 100th Centennial Oklahoma State Fair. The kids rode until they almost puked!!! Mike and I each rode one ride a piece, that is all we could handle!!! I managed to capture a photo from the top of the Ferris wheel, so cool!!!

BTW, my lost post was in purple font, so it was hard to read, SORRY!

Weekend Getaway

2007-09-16T18:17:00.000-06:00

This past weekend I went to visit my baby sister and her family up in Kansas City. Unfortunately I don't get to spend as much time with them as I'd like. I got to spend some fun time with my sweet niece Rian; she is so much fun and is such a little doll!! Teresa and David, thanks for being such great hosts; we look forward to seeing you again soon!!!! Last night we enjoyed a "Girls Night". For those who don't know, this is me and my little sis, Teresa.

Labor Day Weekend

2007-09-02T20:01:00.000-06:00

I don't normally like to post unless I have pictures or something really interesting to post about. I've got pictures of Mike high on his pain medication after surgery Friday; but I guess I should be nice and not post those. He is feeling better little by little and is hoping to be back at work by Wednesday. Kyler ended up in the ER this afternoon, he has an ear infection. I've not heard Kyler scream from pain, like he did today, in a long time. He finally gave into exhaustion and fell alseep while waiting for the dr. Of course we got out of the ER after 6pm and the pharmacy was closed. Hopefully, we'll make it through the night without any drama!

Oh yeah, our OU SOONERS won their season opener last night!!!!!!

That's it...enjoy your LABOR DAY!

The boys...

2007-08-20T11:06:00.000-06:00

Kyler is riding to/from school with our neighbor's son, Brenden. Brenden's mom, Shannon, sent me this picture of the boys taken before heading off to school last week. Yesterday was Tristan's 1st birthday, he is Brenden's little brother. The picture of the three boys was taken at his party. Is he not the cutest?!?

First Day

2007-08-15T20:07:00.001-06:00

Well we managed to make it through the first two days of school, yeah!!! I'm such a bad parent, I forgot to take pictures of the kiddo's on the 1st day; I did however, manage to snap a picture this morning. Enjoy...

Last Day

2007-08-15T18:25:00.000-06:00

Sunday was the last day for the Moore pool to be opened. Of course the kids had to enjoy one last day of cool, pool water in the hot, hot sun!! Kyler just recently learned to jump off the diving board, so of course I got a picture...

Site from the train

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Amtrak Train

2007-08-12T19:29:00.000-06:00

Well, our much anticipated train trip finally arrived! Mike and I along with both of the kids rode on the Amtrak train from OKC to Gainesville, Texas this past Saturday. We pulled out of the OKC depot at 8:30am and the fun began!!! The ride down was so nice and relaxing. They had a dining cart on board, so we ate some breakfast and enjoyed the ride. About five minutes before we were scheduled to arrive at the Gainesville depot, I heard the conductor (the train version of a flight attendant?) giving the lady behind us a phone number to call for transportation. According to the Heartland Flyer (Amtrak) website, there was supposed to be a shuttle taking people from the depot to the Outlet Mall. Due to all the flooding, they were only operating this during the weekday, so we were to call a taxi. Well, the one and only taxi driver in Gainesville was not answering her cell phone. So with nothing else to do, we take off walking toward downtown. We stop by the local optometrist office (block and a half from the depot) looking for a phone book so that we can find transportation to the mall. The receptionist at the doctors office warned us that the taxi driver was probably not the way we wanted to get to the mall. Apparently she is the "Otis of Mayberry"! By this time Mike is irritated (that's putting it mildly too) we've attempted renting a car, the area bus service is not working, the taxi driver is still hungover; so Mike walked a few doors down. He met this really nice shop owner who volunteered to drive six of us to the mall. This nice man even came back to the mall to pick us up so that we had a ride back to the depot!!! He saved the day for us. So we get to the outlet mall only to find out that the majority of the shops are gone, but not according to their website!!! I really am going to have to stop believing everything I read on the Internet!!!! We ate lunch, did the kids school clothes shopping, thanks goodness for GAP and Rue 21, then we had hours to kill until our transportation was to come back for us. Once we arrived back at the train depot, we had over two hours to kill until the train arrived. Kyler and his new friend Katie kept us well entertained! They've decided they are going to get married and have sixteen kids!! They were so cute together. They played hide n seek in the train depot (lets hope they don't have hidden cameras) they played weather station, watched for trains, had their penny's flattened by freight trains. They did very well considering the amount of time they had to kill! Finally, although about thirty minutes late, our train arrived. We loaded the train, settled in with dinner (hamburger from the dining cart) and watched the kids enjoy themselves some more. Ashlyn played Tetris (thanks to Katie's mom, Loret) Katie and Kyler created their sixteen kids (thanks to the Dixie cups provided by Amtrak) and Mike and I did NOTHING!!! It was great to be on our way back home!!! We arrived back in OKC at 10:30pm. Very long day, but new friends and memories were created!!! I'm going to post a few of our pictures. One is of the local man who gave us transportation...

Silly Pics!

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Say CHEESE!!!

Stupid Girls!!!

More of Granny's birthday

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Granny's Birthday

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Birthday Girl!

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My niece Rian turned 2 this past Thursday. Her birthday pictures were too cute not to post! My favorite is the one with her big brother, Lil D!

More recent trip pics...

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Recent Trip to Arkansas

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Just finished downloading the pictures taken over the past few days. I'm going to post several for your viewing pleasure!

July 16, 2007 - Ashlyn

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July 16, 2007 - Kyler

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Ashlyn

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Cowboys

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Kyler and his buddy enjoying a good time of "cowboys going to the rodeo".

Isaiah's Birthday

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Kyler's big night out at the movies. Who knew that a 7 year old needed to primp for such an occasion. Kyler's friend Isaiah invited Kyler to the movies to watch Transformers. After his shower, I caught him preparing for the night!

13 and 1 week

2007-06-30T18:59:00.000-06:00

Guess now that we are thirteen, we are pretty cool! (or at least think we are!) Ashlyn grabbed my camera earlier to this afternoon to conduct a "photo shoot". Hopefully, soon she'll realize she looks so much better when she isin't smirking or giving the peace sign! I thought the they were quite comical! Enjoy.......

18th Day of Rain

2007-06-30T16:09:00.000-06:00

I'm beginning to think we might need to build an ark!!! Today was the 18th consecutive day of rain. Yesterday there was so much rain that the water was standing on our street, causing the polycarts to float down the street. Kyler dressed for the weather and headed out to get the polycarts out of the street. What a good citizen! Usually we'd be experiencing dry weather, high water bills and extreme heat, so I guess we won't complain.

2nd try

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Ashlyn's 13th Birthday

2007-06-27T20:12:00.000-06:00

Better late than never; I finally have the slideshow of Ashlyn's birthday party from Saturday. A huge THANKS to Angela for putting together! Right click on the red "X" to open.

Next WWE Wrestler??

2007-06-27T18:42:00.000-06:00

Kyler has just recently gotten into the whole "entertainment wrestling" Yeah I know... anyway last night he came walking out of his room adorned in the most horrific getup! Of course I have a picture!

Friday Evening

2007-06-22T20:09:00.000-06:00

Nothing big going on in the Matthew's household, just a typical Friday night here. We are gearing up for an exciting Saturday, June 23, 2007. I cannot believe that my first born will be 13!!! Makes me feel really old too. Ashlyn is going to have a pool party tomorrow night. Let's pray the rain stops at least temporarily! It's rained everyday for the past week!!! I'm not going to torture you with pictures, this time, but tomorrow I should have lots of party pics to post! Be sure to check back.

Recovering

2007-06-20T15:59:00.000-06:00

Well I'm recovering nicely from my "procedure". I feel much better today and am planning on returning to work tomorrow. Not sure how long I'll manage being there, but I will at least make an appearance. Mike has been wonderful in caring for me.... he made several trips yesterday for all of my different food cravings. Kids are doing well, Pretty Girl is also recovering nicely, the swelling is subsiding. I picked through my pictures to add a few. Enjoy!!!

Next Olympic Champion?

2007-06-18T18:21:00.000-06:00

I think I might have the next Greg Louganis! Kyler loves the swimming pool and loves performing "tricks". I'm waiting for the day he is injured from one of his tricks. Kyler is such a daredevil! Ashlyn has spent the past two weeks with Jeff, attending basketball camps. She was named MVP for the 3rd year in a row at the Putnam City North's basketball camp. I think that this was her 4th year attending. Both kids are enjoying their summer.

Well we had some drama at our house on Father's Day. Somebody broke into our backyard during the night Saturday and attempted to steal our lawn equipment that is kept in our shed. Something must have spooked them off, because they took nothing, just turned everything upside down, and we found our weed eater in out polycart. The worst of it all was that they injured Pretty Girl. We think that she must have attacked them, or at least attempted to, so they kicked her or stomped on her front leg. We took her to the animal hospital so they could xray. They discovered no broken bones just alot of swelling. Pretty Girl has been living the sweet life the past two days; laying on the couch with an ice pack!

Okay, because I like seeing pictures, I think that others might too, so I am going to post a few!

Jr. Olympics

2007-06-10T11:18:00.000-06:00

Ashlyn competed in the Jr. Olympics held in Yukon, Oklahoma yesterday. It was a timed shoot out and the one with the most points won. Ashlyn took 2nd place. I'm going to attach the video of Ashlyn's round, hopefully it will work.

Ok, I tried and it wouldn't let me attach the video. So this picture is all you get!

Saturday Chores

2007-06-02T17:02:00.000-06:00

Such a beautiful day!! Took the family to Chili's for lunch and a trip to Home Depot today. Then we enjoyed the much, missed sunshine this afternoon by doing a little yard work. We rewarded ourselves with a dip in the nice cool pool afterward. Now I'm going to eat the taco's my wonderful husband cooked up!!

Tree Monkey

2007-05-28T15:22:00.000-06:00

Kyler loved climing the big ole trees @ Pawpaw Jim's.

San Antonio

2007-05-28T15:12:00.000-06:00

Rain, rain and some more rain! We left Friday afternoon headed to San Antonio for the Memorial Day weekend. It poured down rain for most of the trip there. Most of the weekend was overcast and dreary. We had a good time regardless! I was able to spend time with my friends Karen and Tara. Was so good seeing them both. I don't get to see them often enough!! Mike and Kyler floated the Guadaloupe River (I have no idea how to spell it either!!) with pawpaw Jim, so a good time was had by all!!

Sunday Swim

2007-05-20T19:03:00.000-06:00

Finally, the sun was out in full force and the kids were able to go swimming!!! We spent the afternoon enjoying the new pool. Our neighbor Myra and her son Ethan came over to enjoy the cool pool and warm sunshine!

Ada, OK - home of Michael Shane

2007-05-19T20:21:00.000-06:00

Today we drove to Ada, the town where Mike was born. Mike's family had a little get together. We took both kids and spent the afternoon. They played a little ball, including Pawpaw Jim! It was nice seeing Aunt Mary & Uncle Jim and meeting new family. Oh yeah, Mike said that I had him dressed like an old man!!! I thought that he looked good!

Summertime Fun

2007-05-13T17:39:00.000-06:00

Mother's Day weekend turned out to be a busy one for us. After the LONG day we experienced yesterday with the installation of new floors, we decided to get the kids a swimming pool today. Its so what I wanted to do on Mother's Day! The kids are very anxious to get in and cool off. I can't imagine how hot our weather will be this July and August. The past two days we've been in the 80's.

More views

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Here are a couple more pictures!

Busy Day!!!

2007-05-12T20:37:00.000-06:00

I finally got the new flooring that I've been wanting! It looks SUPER!!! My brother-in-law, Steven and Butch, a co-worker of Mike's did an AWESOME job!! They definitely have something they can fall-back on if needed. We started this morning about 10:30 and by 8:00 tonight we had the floors cleaned, furniture back in place and were enjoying the new floors. Much thanks to Steven and Butch for sacrificing their Saturday's to help us!!!

Cancun

2007-05-09T19:23:00.000-06:00

Finally got the pictures that were taken in Cancun. Since Mike ruined the 1st disposable camera, in the ocean, I didn't have too many pictures to choose from. For some reason we always looked like we'd just crawled out of bed. So laid back down there, I could really use another week of fun in the sun!

Spring Fling Slideshow

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Right click on the box with X then select open.
Thanks Angela for creating this!

Cowboy Kyler

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Only Kyler would have come up with this idea!!!

Lazy Day...

2007-05-05T18:39:00.000-06:00

Today has been one of those days where you just lay back n take it easy. We've had very overcast skies w/ high winds. We had a rain shower a little earlier, right after I watered my lawn. Go Figure! At least I will have a nice, green lawn. More rain expected over the next four days and that will help lower my water bill! My sweet husband grilled me the best steak I've eaten in awhile, for dinner tonight. What a treat! He even cleaned up the kitchen!!