My Funny Girl

I just had to post this pic. Grace loves putting on my glasses, and she looks soooooo funny:)

Twilight

Friday night was the big night of FUN!!!! My friends and I went out to dinner and then stood in line for half an hour or more to watch the long awaited movie Twilight. We had a great time hanging out together. One of my friends had on an I Love Edward shirt. The rest of us were too timid to wear one, so I was glad at least one of us wore one. To be honest, I was a little disappointed in the film. It was extremely low-budget, and you could tell. The makeup job was also awful. But I loved the film just the same, just because of what it was:) I cannot wait to see it again, and to see the next one.

$1.55 a gallon

Can you believe that? Sean paid that yesterday. WooHoo

Sean's Holiday Party

Sean's company just had its big holiday party this past Saturday. It was a lot of fun!! Sean hurt his back earlier in the week and that prevented him from being able to walk very well, so we didn't get any dancing in on the dancefloor, but we still had lots of fun none-the-less.
We got there at 6:30 for drinks and appetizers. His company gave everyone 4 drink tickets, which were used by everyone, except us I think, to get alcaholic drinks. Thank goodness they had a few sodas, so we had something to drink:) But that alone cost the company tons of money. Then we had the nicest buffet meal!! The mashed potatos were my favorite I would have to say. They were literally silky tasting. I have no idea how they got them that way, but they were delicious. After dinner, they had a "casino night" where they gave each guest there $2000 in Booz Allen bucks to go and play with. Sean and I don't gamble, so we thought our boys would have fun playing with this "money", so we brought it home for them. Their door prizes were all great, too bad we didn't win any! They gave away gift cards to Starbucks, Olive Garden, Best Buy, $50 to the movie theater, $200 to a spa, a 37-inch TV, and a couple other things. I am hoping next year to score something:)
Anyway, it was a fancy night, so I did my best to fancy myself up. I love seeing people all dressed up and it was a lot of fun to meet Sean's co-workers!

Thank You Power

We read this book last month for our book club. It is such a good book! I recommend it to anyone who wants to be uplifted. It is about being grateful for what we have and are given in this life. It was so encouraging to me. When you read this book, you are reminded that there are lots of people out there who remain positive and uplifting even when things don't always go their way. It was a great book for me to read. It made me concious of all the good things people do for me and for others on a daily basis.

OOOPPS!

So I love music! I can listen to it all day long. I can appreciate just about any kind of music as well, so that helps my reputoire(sp?) be diversified. Anyway, I just turned on my blog to listen to the music while I was doing something else, and realized something I think is hilarious. I added a few new songs to my playlist the other day. They are current songs, and songs I love hearing on the radio! Much to my funny suprise, the second song on my playlist has a bad word in it at the beginning of it:) I never knew that cause they can't play that word on the radio. So please excuse the language of taht song:) If you get offended by that stuff, just skip that song.

I Feel My Kid's Pain

Yesterday I had my annual exam, and while I was there I got my flu shot as well as a tetanus shot. MAN!! Now I know how my kids feel when they get theirs. I was pleasantly suprised to not even feel the needles go into my arm, but once they pumped in the vaccination, my arm hurt. It hurt all day yesterday and still hurts pretty bad today! Now I need to make sure and be careful when my kids get their shots to not touch them in the general vacinity of their shot:)

Simple Pleasures

Tonight Matthew and I went on a date. We like to take our kids on dates ideally once or twice a week, but realistically we haven't done that even in a month's time. But I told my boys last week they could each go on a date with me this week. They get to choose where we go and what we do. Matthew just wanted to go to the store and walk around and then he finally decided on a sling-shot air plane(99cents) and a horse ride outside the store(50cents). So all in all, our date cost a whopping $1.50, but the smile on his face was priceless! I really felt something swelling in my chest as I looked over at him and he was so happy just doing what he wanted to do and doing it with me. Gotta love those simple pleasures we get in life!

1st Family Camping Trip

This past weekend we went camping for my birthday. This was the first time we have gone as a whole family. Sean has taken the boys before and they have camped many times in the backyard, but this was Grace's first time and our first time as a family. This was also my first time since I was 14 or 15.
I was happily suprised by how much I enjoyed it!! It was sooo nice to spend time with the kids without all their toys and the tv and the phone and the computer and the...
Now of course I forgot the camera, so I don't have any happy moments to post, but we will bring it next time. The only down side to going was that it got freezing cold that night and luckily we camped close to our house so that at 12:30am Sean could take a frozen Matthew adn Grace back home to sleep in their warm beds. We are fortunate to have weather that allows us to be able to camp basically all year. Right now the temps are still in the upper 70's and lower 80's during the day and in the 60's at night(except that one night we went and it got down to 41).

AirFest 2008

This past weekend we went to an air show at Lackland Air Force Base. It was really neat! It was free to the public with free parking, so we loved that. They were showcasing planes from the different branches of military and then a lot of stunt things going on. We were watching this one plane, I think Sean said it was an F-16. He was flying intensly fast and doing some awesome tricks. The only downside to it was that is was almost deafeningly loud! Grace was screaming, and I had both her ears covered as much as I could. Matthew was also crying because it was so loud to him as well. But I have to say, it was quite amazing. The announcer was explaining one of the tricks the pilot was doing and he said the plane was making a turn at 9G's. That is pretty intense!! We plan on going to this every year.

The Elections Are Over

FINALLY!!! We have elected a new President. I really don't enjoy politics all that much. It tends to bring out the worst in people, and that isn't my favorite side to see of others. I didn't vote becuase I never registered here locally after we moved a few months ago. To be honest, I am not sure who I would vote for. There are things with both the candidates that I liked and things I didn't really like. I think with either person as President, there would be change, which in my opinion, is a good thing for this country right now. I just hope and pray that President Obama does what is in the this country's best interest, and I pray for his safety. I hope no crazy person does something awful! When someone is in a high-profile position, there are always people who are passionatley for and against them. There are also a few radicals out there, and I just hope no one does anything stupid.

Texas State 5A Marching Band Contest

Last night my husband and I went to the finals of the State Marching Contest. My husband had never seen anything of the sort, so I was excited to show him a part of my high school life. It was really fun being there with him. I actually haven't done anything with my clarinet since high school. Sean is always encouraging me to pick it up and to teach our kids and to even give lessons. I would love to do all that, I just haven't made myself do it yet. It was a HUGE part of my life back then, and I was really good and had a great time with it. I think last night helped to jumpstart my playing again:)