2007... see ya, wouldn't want to be ya.

Good-bye 2007!!

A special thanks for the gift cards...

Scott & I have been spending our gift cards & cash received for Christmas. Here's what we got with our 'loot':

• Crock Pot (I broke the lid on our last one)
• Deep-fryer (We LOVE french fries! - already used it twice)
• Stainless steel garbage can with flip-lid (for the bathroom... dang dog!)
• fabric to make curtains for the master bathroom
• placemats for the glass table (you're right Jill, it's hard to keep clean)
• 3 travel coffee mugs (not just 1, not just 2, but 3!!)

Thank you Mom & Dad (Larry & Vicki -and- Dick & Sandy) for the gifts!!

What a BEAUTIFUL day!!

Today was 70 degrees! Here we are after church today. None of us can believe how warm it is at the end of December!

Our church is in downtown Austin, so we go right by the Texas Capital every Sunday (zoom in to see the dome in the background). This is my favorite street in Austin, Congress Ave. See how it's all decorated for the holidays?

It a Jacuzzi for your hands!

After church today we went to Rudy's with some friends. Our friends showed us the 'hand wash station'. Isn't this cool?! You insert your arms & then jets spray and rubber squishy things rub your hands. When you're done you get to wear a blue round sticker that says "I have Clean Hands".
Rudy's barbeque is one of our favorite restaurants in Round Rock. It was really crowded today & we had to wait in line... but WELL worth it. We will take you there when you come visit! :)

messing with Dillon's picture

Merry Christmas from Texas

Merry Christmas Y'all

Them are some green grapes!

Madison & I made a fruit tray for Christmas day... look at the size of this bunch of grapes! Wow!

here's the stuff I look at each day

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\par
Stack Trace:\par
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.ReadResponse(SoapClientMessage message, WebResponse response, Stream responseStream, Boolean asyncCall)\par
at System.Web.Services.Protocols.SoapHttpClientProtocol.Invoke(String methodName, Object[] parameters)\par
Int64 imageId, Byte[] imageData, String imageStatus, String userId, DateTime checkinDate)\par
}
***** Assembly Information ****
Assembly Name Version Build Date Yes
mscorlib 1.0.5000.0 04/13/2007 08:50:46 PM Yes
A2 2.0.2.6 01/19/2007 06:55:10 AM Yes
System.Windows.Forms 1.0.5000.0 03/23/2006 05:07:37 PM Yes

Uhhhh, yeah. This is the type of stuff that I am supposed to fix? MmmHmmm. Looks like some alien language.... Oh! It is!
Actually I am starting to catch-on to some things (certainly not the stuff here) so my days aren't quite so overwhelming.

More snow humor

Does this remind you of anyone you know?
Comments are welcome. :)



ps: There are no right answers, I'm just curious who you think..

A little snow-humor

These crack me up. I love Calvin & Hobbs!

Madison's Christmas party

Madison had 3 friends over on Friday night for a little Christmas party. We played some games, here we are playing a gift-wrapping game. I think all the 'girls' (jared & dillon too) had fun!
Madison & Amber:Ashley & Kelsey:
Dillon & Jared:

Where is that singing coming from...?!

Scott made the comment that he really misses singing with the Les Hale Chorale since they retired the group a couple of years ago. He disappeared for a while & suddenly we could hear singing from.... the backyard? Here is Scott doing some reminiscing by singing one of his favortite solo songs: "You Raise Me Up" sung by Selah. Scott had his headphones on & didn't know I filmed him. heehee

find the pencil game

Okay, here's a little game we can play. In the picture I posted a few days ago called "Dinner with the Watson's" there is a pencil somewhere in the picture that it shouldn't be. See if you can find it. You will probably have to click on the picture to enlarge it.

Hint: Dillon's arm is on the right side of the picture & he's the one who 'projectiled' the pencil.
Hint: The people in the picture have no clue there is a pencil in the picture.

Comment back to us if you found it or need more hints.

My hair

Some of you will relate to this (mostly girls) & some of you will, um, basically not care (Howie or Damon).

Now that I'm working 8-5, I'm having a hard time finding time to get a haircut. I am busy most weeknights getting all the crap done around the house or I just want to veg-out when I get home.

So now my hair is really long. For me. Really long for me.

Most of you know that I keep my hair very short and 'messy-looking' or 'spikey' with gel. If I try to apply gel now it just goes straight & stays crunchy. So lately I've been using a 'wax' on it. A funny thing about wax is that it doesn't distort the color of my hair like gel... the gel made my hair look black even though it's really brown... so now everyone thinks I've 'colored' my hair. Huh!

What I really wanted to share with you is that today I used a new type of shampoo since I ran out of the old kind (I haven't had new shampoo since last summer because I shop at Sam's Club & they sell shampoo by the barrel) and my hair is SO SOFT today. It's amazing! I think the combination of my hair being long enough to actually run fingers through it and that it's not crunchy makes me notice it more. I keep petting the back of my head today.

I'm at work, otherwise I'd take a picture. :)

Update on stuff:

Well... I've left you hanging on a few things... so here's what's going on:

Scott's MRSA is clearing up. Yay! The surgeon will meet with Scott on Jan. 14 for an evaluation & reschedule of surgery.

I'm still working at the job I accepted last month. God has provided this job to fill a need for my family; it gives us an income. I am not a good fit for this particular position but we're making it work for now.

Scott's Houston project was supposed to be finished on Dec. 15. We're thinking another month to finish it up. Scott physically can NOT work the long days anymore, so he has hired a guy in Houston & Scott moved back to Round Rock. It's nice having him home, but sometimes the guy in Houston could use a kick-in-the-butt (but Scott's too far away to do it now!).

The kids are experiencing finals week. They will be off tomorrow through Jan. 7. Madison scored 99% on her Spanish test! Jared has a debate tournament Jan. 4 & 5 so he won't be completely vegetated over the break (BTW Jared no longer works for Chili's... long story).

Dillon has joined Jared on the Stony Point Rugby team. They both made 'starting' team. I don't know whether I'm happy or sad about this. Their first game is January 12. Pray for them. :)

Oh yeah.... it's December in Texas!!

Here's the current weather conditions. Just an FYI.... my office Christmas party is tomorrow.... we're going boating on Lake Austin. :)

Dinner with the Watson's

We celebrated my Aunt Jeannetta'a birthday yesterday by having fajitas at their house. Here's the Watson Crowd: Kaitlyn & Tim, Jeannetta, Margaux (with kitty) & Kurt.We are so thankful to be near family... Aunt Jeannetta lives about an hour south of us. Happy Birthday Jeannetta!!

Funny Macey

While Christmas decorating Madison was teasing Macey with a blow-dart shooter. Macey didn't like it much...

Jared's new profession?? I hope NOT!

Jared was goofing around with the bow tie from his orchestra tuxedo & pretended to be a chippendale dancer. I wish I could have gotten him dancing on video, it was FUNNY!! This is just a very brief glance at what he was wearing, be ready to twist your head sideways to get a full view.

Dillon's choir concert

Here are a couple of video clips from Dillon's choir concert.

Dillon needs to work on his 'groove'.


Short clip, but you can see how many kids there are!