Girl Scout Rally!

One of the best things that Gabby and I have been involved with this year is the Girl Scout organization. Not only has it been fun, but it has been a great way for me to spend time with Gabby and see her in her environment with her friends. Plus I have made some wonderful friends in my co-leaders!!! LOVE you Angel and Mackenzie!!!!

Anyway, we had a great time this morning tasting cookies, making cookie milk shakes, learning songs and as you can see in the picture below dressing up like cookies!!!! Look out friends and neighbors, we are headed to your door to sell some cookies!!!!

Long time no blog....

Wow, can it really be 4 months since I last blogged. Where does the time go????What a crazy end to 2009. We had a wonderful Christmas! Oklahoma was blessed with snow on Christmas Eve this year (14 inches). The most snow on record in Central Oklahoma. It was great to have a white Christmas and very special for Nana and Papa who had never experiences a white Christmas!

The down side was that the entire state practically shut down for days and we were stuck in the house for most of the two week Christmas break. We ventured out for a few movies and a play date or two, otherwise Mommy would have gone absolutely MAD!

Now here we are already a week into the new year! I am trying to get the house market ready this month, so I will be in a cleaning tizzy! We are excited at the thought of being closer to our Texas family and friends, but getting very sad about the idea of leaving our Oklahoma friends. I can't believe our time here is almost at an end!

Enjoy some great pics from the end of the year! Happy 2010!!!

Starting First Grade and other things...

Well it has been two weeks since my baby started first grade at Centennial Elementary. Originally she was in class with several of our neighbors children and although she was thrilled with that situation I had my reservations. Luckily, for me, there were too may kids in each class and Gabby was randomly picked (or as we think - kicked out by her teacher for talking too much!) to go into Ms. Kysar, the new 1st grade teachers, class. I really like this new teacher and hope that our second start to the year is a bit less trouble!

Jackson has also started school again. He is still at First Presbyterian, but will go three days this year. After ending last year happy we are starting this year full of tears again! I was hoping since it was the same school we would remember how much fun he had and enjoy school. Unfortunately, he finds mommy to be more fun and I feel awful bringing him to school these days.

Gabby has also started cheer leading at Twist and Shout! She loves it and looks forward to going every week! Jackson on the other hand has started Karate! He has only gone two times, but her really seems to like it as well. If only he would listen a little and not practice his moves on his sister!

Will try to get better at posting more often now that school is in full swing!

Summer is flying by....

The summer is really flying by. This July I took the kids to my hometown of East Northport, NY for the first time in a few years!!!

While we were there we took in some of the sites - a trip to Sesame Place, NY city, A Broadway show, the Hampton's, Montauk Point, Six Flags Great Adventure, the beach and many more! We had a fantastic time visiting with family and friends, but were very grateful to come home and sleep in our own beds.

Next week we are off again to visit our Texas branch of family and friends. After that we come home and school starts the 18th! I cannot believe my baby is going to be a first grader in two weeks!!!!

Where have they gone....

Can it really be that 6 years ago my life changed so much! Today my baby girl Gabby turns 6 years old. As I look back on this time I cannot believe that it has gone by so fast! She has brought so much joy (and drama) into our lives. There are so many words I could use to describe Gabby - friendly, happy, energetic, loud, athletic, emotional, girlie, fascinated, smart - but the one word I would use to BEST describe my angel is PRECIOUS! She is a gift that we were not expecting at the time, but have been overjoyed since the moment she was pulled out into the world! Happy birthday baby girl! We love you more than words can ever say!

End of School...Beginning of summer fun!

I am (as usual these days) a bit behind. Last week Gabby "graduated" from Kindergarten and is now officially a 1st grader! How crazy is that. I remember the day she was born like it was yesterday and now here we are a blink later and she is about to be 6 and headed to 1st grade!

Jack is also moving up...he is no longer is CDO (Children's Day Out and has been moved to Preschool. He will go 3 days next year! I am not sure what I will do with ALL that time!

Anyway here in OK summer vacation is in full swing. The kids have a VERY busy June schedule. They have already started school camp and will soon be enjoying Vacation Bible School, tennis lessons, swim lessons, cheer camp and a trip to NY! We are also house sitting for our dear friends and neighbors so we have unlimited use of their pool this month! The kids are sleeping great these days!

Well I am off to get them in bed and ready for another fun filled busy day!

My sweet (sleepy) Jack....

Many of you know that my sweet Jack has had his fair share of issues/illness over the past year or so. I had hoped that once we got him on his asthma meds he would start getting better, and initially that was the case. However, a few months ago he started randomly falling asleep in the strangest places. I finally called the doctor after having to go pick him up from school about an hour after I dropped him of because he had fallen asleep on the playground (with about 20 kids running around screaming and playing!) Anyway, after some MORE blood work and testing they have determined that he is most likely falling asleep because he is anemic. He has never been a very good meat eater, so this really did not surprise me at all!

If this poor child has any more problems I am pretty sure the doctor is going to dedicate a room at her office specifically for me and my children!!