Adventures

Introducing...Braedyn...My great nephew

2007-07-26T17:32:00.000-05:00

Braedyn on his birthday.

This picture was taken on Mother's Day. What an angel! Braedyn and his Mommy!

Braedyn at a sleepover at his Aunt Kelly's.

Such a cutie!

Updates coming soon!

2007-07-09T21:57:00.001-05:00

I swear! Lots of new adventures!

FYI for you stupid men

2007-04-24T22:47:00.000-05:00

Nine words women use...

1.) Fine: This is the word women use to end an argument when they areright and you need to shut up.

2.) Five Minutes: If she is getting dressed, this means a half an hour.Five minutes is only five minutes if you have just been given five moreminutes to watch the game before helping around the house.

3.) Nothing: This is the calm before the storm. This means something,and you should be on your toes. Arguments that begin with nothingusually end in fine.

4.) Go Ahead: This is a dare, not permission. Don't Do It!

5.) Loud Sigh: This is actually a word, but is a non-verbal statementoften misunderstood by men. A loud sigh means she thinks you are anidiot and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguingwith you about nothing. (Refer back to #3 for the meaning of nothing.)

6.) That's Okay: This is one of the most dangerous statements a womancan make to a man. That's okay means she wants to think long and hardbefore deciding how and when you will pay for your mistake.

7.) Thanks: A woman is thanking you, do not question, or faint. Just sayyou're welcome.

8.) Whatever: Is a woman's way of saying F@!K YOU!

9.) Don't worry about it, I got it: Another dangerous statement, meaningthis is something that a woman has told a man to do several times, butis now doing it herself. This will later result in a man asking "What'swrong?" For the woman's response refer to #3.

What is wrong with her?

2007-04-17T17:43:00.000-05:00

Ok, I found another celebrity who I can't stand. Angelina Jolie. Why would she say this?

PARIS — Angelina Jolie's adopted kids tugged at her heart strings a little bit more than her biological daughter did -- at least when she was first born."I think I feel so much more for Madd and Zee because they're survivors, they came through so much," Jolie says in the new issue of U.K. Elle."Shiloh seemed so privileged from the moment she was born. I have less inclination to feel for her...I met my other kids when they were 6 months old, they came with a personality. A newborn really is this...Yes, a blob! But now she's starting to have a personality...I'm conscious that I have to make sure I don't ignore her needs, just because I think the others are more vulnerable."

While I applaud her for adopting theses kids, I have to wonder how she could say that about her own child that she carried for 10 months. And the quote where she states that those kids are survivors...like they remember what they have been through.

Reagan's first T-Ball game

2007-04-07T11:28:00.000-05:00

She is so freakin' cute!

The funny part about this day...Me, being me, was yelling out to her on the field on what to do. I kept telling her that as soon as the ball was hit to go after the ball. After I said that to her three times, she looked over at me and yelled back, "STOP TALKING TO ME!". So, I did.

People who get on my last nerve!

2007-04-01T16:48:00.000-05:00

My new thing is looking a celebrity mags. There are a few celebrities who I will skip over every time I see them. They have everything and they are a waste of oxygen. Here are mine...who are yours?

1. Britney Spears - anyone doubt this one?

I'm sick of the bad marriages, dropping the kids, kissing Madonna, seeing her crotch, shaving her head...just plain sick!

2. Paris Hilton - If I hear, "that's hot" one more time, I'm gonna scream!

I am also tired of seeing her crotch, (why don't these girls wear underwear?) I don't think this girl can sing a lick and I don't really care who she is "doing" this week!

3. Nicole Ritchie - Will this girl ever eat again?

I think it is stupid that this girl gets so much attention because she was adopted by a famous singer. She has no talent. I think I watched all of one episode of A Simple Life. It was stupid and Paris and Nicole were too mean. Useless!

4. Mariah Carey

I liked her when she first came out. She is just too big of a Diva now and I could care less if I here of "MiMi" again!

5. Michael Jackson - FREAK!

This is a perfect example of "What went wrong?"! He went from Thriller to this. He actually had the talent but not a brain!

6. Whitney Houston

She is proof that it does matter who you marry. It all went down hill after she married a career criminal.

7. Last, but not least...TomKat!

All the Scientology b.s. left a bad taste in my mouth.

*all pics were from the MSNBC.com site.

Jack Bauer~I love this man!

2007-03-28T19:25:00.000-05:00

Do you really think there are men out there like him? He is so freakin' hot, I can't stand it!

I'm bbbaaaaaaaaacccckkkkkkkkk!!!!

2007-03-17T20:11:00.000-05:00

Well, I took a few months off because I was really getting frustrated with this site. It was nearly impossible to upload pictures, and that is mainly what I do on this site. So, I'm going to try again. I know you all are so excited I'm back!

I'm going to skip the pictures this time and just update you on what has been going on.

My son Drew just made the Middle School golf team. He is the only 6th grader to make it. I'm so proud. He is also playing baseball, this will be his last year in little league. THANK GOD! I have a bad taste in my mouth from LL. Some parents just kill me. I also get sick of some coaches as well. Little League has become very political too. Have you parents noticed that each coach has their child playing quarterback, shortstop, guard even if they shouldn't. Have you noticed that their child is selected to the all star teams, even if they don't deserve it? My husband coached my son's basketball team several years ago. Parents really liked him, thought he did a good job, and wanted him to coach all stars. My son wasn't the best player, by far. He was the type of kid who would get an offensive rebound under the basket and some kid would yell at him for the ball and my son would pass it to him...even if he had a better shot. Anyway, the league came to him and asked if he would coach the all stars and said that my son could be on the team if he coached. My son did not deserve to be on the team so my husband declined. Not a lot of men would do that. Now, Drew is a good baseball player. He hits very well and only made one error in the field last season. Yet he didn't make the all star team. Instead, each coach's son made it and a first year player made it. They didn't win a game. Now, I'm not saying if my son made the team they would have won a game, but Karma...it's a bitch!

This will be my daughters first year playing t-ball. I can just she her now. Some kid is going to grab the ball before her and she will kick his/her butt. That, or throw a fit.

My niece had her baby on March 11. A healthy boy weighing 7 lbs 4 oz. So, I guess that makes me a great aunt.

Well, I guess that's about it for now. I feel better now that I got the Little League rant out of my system!

Old style games

2006-11-21T23:56:00.000-05:00

Ok, I just read the Film Geeks post about Thanksgiving and the games he used to play as a child. I started thinking that I just went Christmas shopping for the kids and I bought toys that mostly corresponded with the television. This made me think of the toys my sister and I played when we were kids. There are so many more games I came across that I loved as a child and amazingly they didn't involve a tv!

San Francisco

2006-11-15T20:18:00.000-05:00

Damon and I recently went to San Francisco. We had a great time. Too much to see in just a few days. I would recommend anyone to go see this city. I took over 250 pictures but I figured that would have been too many to post. Hope you enjoy!

View of San Francisco from the dinner cruise.
Fog? In San Francisco? Never!

Forrest and his box of chocolates.

The sea lions were hilarious. This was the best part of Pier 39.

Alcatraz, my favorite part of the trip.

Typical shot of the city.

China Town.

The second Winery we visited.

The Charleston crew at a winery

Whoo Hoo, I'm buying some wine!

Markham winery

View from the Top of the Mark

From one year to the next...

2006-10-31T20:48:00.000-05:00

Ok, I've tried to update this on several occasions but this site wouldn't cooperate with me! Sorry! Anyway, here are pictures of Reagan from last years Halloween and this year. How does this happen? She went from a sweet little mermaid to Brittany Spears.

My baby is 5!!!

2006-10-10T09:53:00.000-05:00

Reagan's Barbie princess cake

She is sooo cute!

Me and Cara attempting to unpackage the toys. Why do the toy companies make it sooo difficult to get the toys out of their boxes?

Reagan talking on the phone while playing with her favorite toy.

Rockin' Reagan!

Reagan really hates posing for the camera. Can you tell? : )

Jordan and Judi

Cara cookin' in the kitchen

Weekend fun

2006-10-02T18:00:00.000-05:00

Well, Drew had a football game at Laidley Field in Charleston. It was especially exciting for Drew because he got to play on astro-turf. Sunday's game was very exciting, a come from behind, double overtime victory! His team is now 4-1.

Drew is #99

I do have to say, not one player Drew blocked got the tackle! He's a blocking machine!

We also played ping pong. The kids really like playing, especially Drew. He's learning, has the strategy but needs to work on keeping the ball on the table. Reagan just smacks the crap out of the ball so you really need to watch her!

Oops, she did it again!

2006-09-21T09:57:00.000-05:00

Well, actually, it wasn't an oops. She did it on purpose. This is the second time she has cut her hair. This time she did it so everyone could see. She still hasn't done it as bad as I did when I was her age but I'm not giving her any ideas.

Reagan cut her hair at the babysitters. She and her friend both did it. Her friend was smart enough to just cut a small piece from the side of her head, but not Reagan. The duo also cut the mane off of a pony owned by the babysitters daughter.

Marshall vs. Hofstra

2006-09-11T14:30:00.000-05:00

Well, this was a much more enjoyable game for a couple of reasons. First, I was able to be around all my friends and have a good time. Second, we won (although I wasn't too sure we would after the first few minutes of the game). Here are some pictures of the tailgate and the game.

Girls day at the tailgate!

Jana, Becky, ME, Cara, Pam, Judi and Katie

See our tattoos?

Katie doing some sort of bong contraption. She wasn't able to do it but she gave it a shot at least

Best picture from inside the stadium!

Best picture from outside the stadium!

Stupid wvu fan!

I would like to give Cara credit for taking this picture of my new buds, McG, Basil and Jamie.

I took a million pictures at Hanks later in the night, many of which were of Becky's brother. I'm not sure why...I will post some of those later.

MY wvu TAILGATE

2006-09-06T16:31:00.000-05:00

We chose not to go to the wvu/MU game this year. We had tickets offered to us but decided not to go due to the obnoxious wvu fans. We had a good time anyway. Lots of food and drinks to go around. I really should have eaten more! After the game, Marty, Katie, Damon and myself went out to the garage for a little ping pong. I won a few games, but Damon was the ping pong master!

This is one of the few pics I took of Damon. Not sure what he is so happy about.

Self portrait of me and Katie, early in the evening.

Jim and Pam watching the game with a lot of enthusiasm!

This is Marty drinking some sort of alcoholic beverage. I don't know what it is!

This is Katie. She and her boyfriend Marty moved her recently from Columbus, can you tell? But, they are troopers. They have already bought MU season tickets and will be tailgaiting with us!

This is Bradley, Jim and Pam's son.

Football Season is back!

2006-08-29T13:46:00.000-05:00

Well, here are the pictures of Drew's arms from football practice. I am always scared that the school system will question us about the bruises, like what happended to a friend of mine a couple years ago. Anyway, they looked much worse in person.

Drew is playing at Hurricane this year. We have me a lot of new and friendly people. We are all enjoying a change, plus it has been good for Drew. He had to earn a spot on the starting line up (which he did) and will be better prepared for middle school next year.
Yay Drew! Rub his face in the ground!
This picture looks like Drew is getting the tackle...he didn't. Drew is all lineman and doesn't have that killer instinct... yet. But I thought it was a good picture!

Another freakin' virus!

2006-08-21T08:51:00.000-05:00

Well, I have to take my computer in to get fixed again! Evidentally, I have another virus. My computer will not start up. It will just keep shutting down and restarting. What kind of person makes these viruses? Why would this person do it? Is their life that lame? I figure it came from the game my son plays online. He spends hours playing a game called Runescape...so beware! Aghhh!

Updates

2006-08-16T08:49:00.000-05:00

Nothing has really happened since we returned from the beach. Drew started football practice. This year he decided to play in Hurricane instead of Milton, for many reasons but it has been a great experience for him. It will prepare him for middle school football next year in the sense that he has had to earn a starting position at Hurricane as he will in middle school. Which brings me to the fact that Drew starts MIDDLE SCHOOL at the end of the month. Does this mean I'm getting old? I'm not sure how much longer I will be able to pull off the 29 age, unless I say I was a slut and had him at the age of 14. Yeah, that's what I'll do! Anyway, back to the subject...Drew practices 4 times a week for anywhere between 2 1/2 - 3 hours a day. His arms are covered in bruises. I asked if he gave any bruises out or only accepted them. I'll take a picture and post it later.

Reagan is the same. Although she is going through some new phase. It's called "hateful" and she is good at it! She has also inherited my competitiveness. Our family started playing slugbug at the request of Drew. At first Reagan really didn't understand what to look for. She would just yell out "funny car" at just about every car she saw. Now she knows a slugbug but wants them all for herself. I beat her to one on the way home a couple of days ago and she threw one huge tantrum. She was screaming it was her slugbug, it was her turn, Mom cheated, etc. So, I tried to explain the rules AGAIN. I told her you didn't take turns in slugbug, it was whoever saw it first. That didn't work so I just gave in. So, yesterday we are driving down the road and we come across a slugbug that is always in the parking lot at Milton (the person works at the store). I allowed her to yell out slugbug so she would be happy. After yelling it out, she starts to gloat. "haha, I won, sucka!" I don't know where she got that from! Another thing Reagan has started making into a game is everytime she sees a police car she will yell out "Po Po". That came from Cara!

That is all I have. Between life at the football field and work (which I can't talk about) I've got nothing else!

anyone else having problems?

2006-08-08T10:47:00.000-05:00

Everytime I go to my blog it comes up with a white page. What is going on?

VACATION

2006-08-01T17:55:00.000-05:00

I've tried to update my blog on several occasions but the pictures just would load. Today, the blog Gods were with me! YEAH!

We went to Myrtle Beach this year and had a great time. I think I could live there! We stayed at a customer's house in a residential neighborhood so we could still do the tourist thing but didn't have to deal with the tourists! The best thing about the house, other than being very nice, was it was FREE! Gotta love it.

This picture of Reagan is probably my favorite from the beach. I bought the kids ice cream and could barely get it back to the beach before it melted. Reagan didn't find it amusing that I took this picture.

For all you crack heads...this picture is for you. The kids had a great time in the pool, especially with dad throwing them.

Reagan taking a break from the pool for a sandwich.

Drew's friend he invited to go to the beach with us backed out on Wednesday night...we left on Friday. The little turd didn't give us anytime to find someone else to go but luckily Drew found a friend to hang with. He was from Seattle. He's the extremely white kid in the back.

Reagan and Drew would have been happy to stay at the beach 24/7. They had a lot of fun and there was actually no whining while at the beach.

Reagan also liked the hot tub that was in the back yard of the house we stayed at. She couldn't get enough swimming!

Drew was pooped. Funny how kids don't care if they have sand all over them.

This is home girl Reagan. The braid was supposed to be out the whole in her hat but when she turned ghetto it moved to the side.

This is one of only two pictures I'm in from the beach and both are selfportraits. Do you think it would have killed someone to take the camera and take a picture of ME?! Obviously, yes, it would have.

This is a pic of some chick on the beach. Damon or Clay took it so I retaliated...see Joe below!

Joe is on the right in red trunks. I think I have at LEAST 6 pics of this guy. Oh, to be 18 again!

Drew's newest interest!

2006-07-20T12:45:00.000-05:00

Drew loves wrestling now. He reminds me of how I used to act when it came on Saturday mornings. My sister and I never missed it. But man, how it has changed! When we first started watching wrestling, it was called Georgia Championship Wrestling. Now it is Raw, Smackdown, or something silly like that. I can remember working at ASC and my former boss and the secretary would talk about it for hours. I used to think they were silly but then again, I did go see some matches in person, so who really was silly? Ok, yes, it was them but anyway...

I mean, who are these guys? Johnny Nitro? Stupid name!

Now, this guy, not so bad.

Today's stars just don't seem to have the same appeal. I can remember hating the Four Horsemen. Especially Lex Lugar and Ric Flair (Woooo)!

Nice fake blood!

Sad thing is...this fool is STILL wrestling! Dude, hang it up!

I absolutely loved the Rock and Roll Express. Ricky Morton was awesome! Funny, back in the early 90's I was at Robby's and Ricky was in there after a match at the Huntington Civic Center. I asked for his autograph and he gave me his room number. I still have it and will pull it out for a laugh!

Ricky Morton and Robert Gibson

But this guy, he just doesn't impress me!

Scotty Too Hotty

Here are some of MY favorites! I didn't like the Freebirds...they were the "bad guys".

The Freebirds

I can remember thinking this guy was HOT!

Wildfire Tommy Rich

You gotta love the American Dream!

Dusty Rhodes

I really liked Sting, until he went to "The Crow"/gothic look.

We are a swimmin' family!

2006-07-18T09:31:00.000-05:00

It looks like that is all we do! But this time seemed to be a little more fun. Maybe because Momma had some eye candy!

And for all you guys who come here, I didn't leave you out!

Here's another hottie for the younger crowd!

Reagan...she hates the camera! Can ya tell?

Reagan is my daredevil. Not a lot she won't try!

At least she has good taste in men..."catch me Dustin"

THE GANG'S ALL HERE!

2006-07-12T13:48:00.000-05:00

All of Damon's dads side of the grandchildren were in town. This is not an easy thing to accomplish. The two oldest grandchildren, Lane and Emily, live in Southern California. Taylor, the youngest of Clay's kids, lives with him in the D.C. area. Of course, mine are about 45 minutes away. We had a good time, grilling out and swimming. Lane had to return to California already to go back to work. He is now 18. Geez, I can remember when Damon and I first started dating Lane always said I was his wife. He was in our wedding just before he turned 4. How old do I feel!!! Em is still here, until the end of next week. Every year Lane and Emily get to choose a vacation somewhere in the continental US. THis was Lanes year, who chose NYC for the 3rd time. Em isn't much of a traveler. Last year she actually chose WV.

Taylor, Emily, Dewey, Lane, Drew and Reagan

SWIMMING AND GRANDMA'S AND GRANDPA'STaylor jumping in
Drew...at least he isn't making a silly face!
Reagan has started going under water and makes you watch every time she does! She still comes out of the water with the face of shock!
Emily and Dewey...this dog's tongue cracks me up!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CARA

2006-07-09T10:55:00.000-05:00

Yes, Cara turned 34 on Friday. And of course, I was there taking pictures. Damon and I went out to dinner in Charleston to celebrate our 14 years of marriage then I dropped him off at home to celebrate with Cara. That, of course, was his idea. He doesn't like hanging out at Hanks.

Cara really liked her balloons! Unfortunately, they didn't make it home. Mary decided to bust them to inhale the helium, which didn't work on her manly voice! The only one that survived was the big silver one.
Where are the rest of Cara's "friends" on her birthday? By the way, who ever won the bet on Stacy's reason for not showing up?
These are the newest members to the Hanks Crew. Cara introduced them as the "gay guys". They were really fun to hang out with.
"Make a funny face!"
Cara imitating Mary.

Scotty and Cara...before the infamous tooth incident!

Cara playing darts...I don't think licking the tip before throwing it makes you any better! Jana had to go home early because she had to work the next morning...maybe she should have gone home earlier! haha, I love ya Jana!

Sour Candy

2006-06-30T15:41:00.000-05:00

These pictures were taken on Father's Day at my Dad's house. Reagan begged for this candy but I don't think she expected what she tasted.

And, the winner is...

2006-06-25T16:00:00.000-05:00

A few months ago I posted an entry of my "new and improved" fourth bedroom to be used my any overnight guests. How sad is it that it took 2 months for an overnight guest? Anyway, last night, I finally had one! Cara is the winner! She is the first to sleep in the room! Yeah! Now, you ask, what does she win? Well, now that bedroom will now be named, "Cara's room". I know she will be honored. My last guest bedroom in our old house was named "Becky's room". Since Becky has not visited as much lately...she lost it! The rules of Cara's room are: 1. Anyone who stays the night from here on out have to ask Cara's permission to sleep in her room. If she says no, it is sofa city. 2. Cara always has first dibs on the room. 3. Cara no longer has to make reservations at Hotel Williamson. 4. Cara's stay at Hotel Williamson is free for life. Disclaimer: Free for life or as long as we stay at this house. Congratulations CARA!

And, along with staying in the room, guest also get the best wake up call! REAGAN! Just ask Cara...

Mommy's Princess

2006-06-22T20:13:00.000-05:00

On Father's day my mother started complaining that Reagan's bangs were too long. After she went on about them for 5 minutes I told her to take Reagan on the deck and cut the stupid bangs! (Love you mom!) Anyway, after my mom had finished, she looked at Reagan and told her how beautiful she was. Reagan's response was..."Are you jealous?" After looking at this picture, you have to be jealous that she is my daughter and not yours!

yes...that is pizza on her face!

Swimming

2006-06-21T18:55:00.000-05:00

Saturday, we spent the day at Damon's friends in the pool. Drew had a few boys to play with while Reagan entertained the adults.

Reagan was trying to sweep water back into the pool. This shot cracked me up. I have about 4 of the same picture...just couldn't quit taking pictures of this!

Reagan has just started putting her head under the water. She really hates water in her face.

After this jump, no water was left in the pool!

WV DAY AT CARA'S

Drew struggling to get on the float.

Reagan and her posse.

Drew trying to hide from he so he could squirt me with a squirt gun...not too good at sneaking.

This action shot reminds me of Baywatch...running on the beach.

Random Pictures part II

2006-06-16T11:35:00.000-05:00

Our trip to San Antonio. Damon played golf the entire time we were there and I saw the Alamo!

Reagan got lice from her day care. She didn't seem too upset to have mayonaise all over her head.

Reagan has a problem with slobbering! Can you tell she picked this outfit by herself?

Christmas card pic.

I've posted some of these before but I still crack up everytime I see them!

My New Years Eve... Cara's New Years Eve

Damon and Andy at the Stonewall?

This pictures speaks for itself!

Cara and Reagan lookin' good!

Rory, 2 of his kids, Cara, Drew and Reagan...breakfast at Shoneys

More to come...

My week...boring!

2006-06-12T21:50:00.000-05:00

Well, last week I went to Canaan Valley
for a Mental Hygiene Conference. There is absolutely nothing to do there except swim in the indoor pool while dodging the yard apes! The last night we were there I went over to the main lodge to eat dinner when I discovered a sign they had just put up stating that the cable and internet would be down starting at 11 p.m. If you've ever been to Canaan, you know that everything shuts down at 10 p.m. Therefore, if you take away my cable you've taken away my entertainment. Anyone who knows me knows that I immediately pitched a fit! Yeah, yeah, I know...Reagan gets it from me. Anyway, the cable didn't go off and I was able to see the Miami game...even though they lost. But regardless, this deer, eating grass outside my door, was the excitement of my week. Sad but true.

Since nothing happened last week I decided to post some of my favorite pics...some never before seen!

A birthday kiss for Cara!

I just love this picture!

Reagan and Jordan.

Reagan and Drew. What you don't know is that is MY side of the bed and they literally pushed ME out!

Drew's birthday party. This was a hard day for me. Drew had just gotten into trouble for leaving his new baseball bat we paid $150 for at the ballfield. So, Drew was not allowed to get presents for his birthday, only money, and had to pay for a new bat. Yes, we are mean parents, but our kids will learn responsibility!

Pumpkin carving at its best! Drew was really grossed out and had a hard time pulling the seed and crap out of the pumpkin. Fun night!

And last but not least (up until October), Drew...

He didn't want to go trick or treating so I told him he could dress up and scare the other kids. He was very excited. He came outside with our biggest knife...which I quickly instructed him to go back inside and find something else...so he came out with a big serving spoon. At least the cops wouldn't be called!

Random pictures

2006-06-04T23:51:00.000-05:00

This is a picture of Damon on our roof. He was about to clean out our gutters before he realized the roof was hot! He soon got off the roof and cleaned the gutters from the ladder.

Drew's graduation night! He received the award for being most studious in his class. A few years ago he hated being known for being smart but it doesn't bother him now.

This is Reagan at the Point Pleasant ball field. I just thought it was a cute picture of her. This is just before she got in trouble!

This is a picture of Reagan and her friend Lae Lae.

Memorial Day

2006-05-30T11:53:00.000-05:00

Ah, Memorial Day. A good reason to have a cook out and invite friends over. Cara, Jana, Ferg and Drew's friend came over for a great steak dinner. Becky and Chris were invited but decided to go to her parents house instead. I think my house was the place to be! : )

Drew and his friend Mark

Cara getting a strawberry kiss from Reagan

Ferg showing his fatherly skills

Cara, me and Jana

Jana had just left due to her 9 p.m. curfew but the rest of us watched the Heat win game 4!

And finally, the infamous end of night self portrait!

Reagan's graduation

2006-05-27T09:07:00.000-05:00

Here are some pictures from Reagan's graduation from day care/ preschool. She is in the 5 year old classroom but since her birthday is in October she cannot go to Kindergarten. She was not happy about having to stay behind and all her friends are leaving. The kids performed 3 songs before receiving their diplomas.

Yep, that's my girl. Always looking for the camera!

After throwing a fit, she found a cap and gown!This is Reagan's best friend. This is the same girl that Reagan fought last week. They were actually on the ground throwing punches!

Virus!

2006-05-22T17:48:00.000-05:00

Sorry for not updating lately. I have a virus on my computer and I'm unable to download pics on here. Don't worry, my computer is in good hands and will be fixed in a few days! I will update you all on Reagan's adventures soon!

As requested by Cara...

2006-05-14T19:49:00.000-05:00

Drew is notorious for writing the funniest things! Last year Drew wrote a letter to me telling me I had potential for the girl race/white race. This year was just as funny.

M-oney lover
O-ffering love
T-easer
H-elping me in baseball
E-ngulfed in love
R-ank:Dictator - in a good way

He made me a mothers day card with a poem in it.

Roses are red
Violets are blue
You love softball
And you should play again

Not much of a rhymer but a lot of entertainment! He is so sweet!

My Mother's Day

2006-05-14T19:21:00.000-05:00

I had a great mothers day! All my family came to our house, my grandmother, my mom and step dad, my dad and step mom, my sister and niece and nephew. Not to mention, I was able to spend the whole day with my kids and husband. I couldn't have asked for a better day!

Me, Mom and Judi

Mom and Boots

Anita and Dad

Grand ma and me...self portrait

the kids in the sandbox

Jordan and her boyfriend Shawn

Reagan and Shawn...I think Reagan thinks that Shawn is HER boyfriend!

Anyone who knows Reagan...

2006-05-11T23:08:00.000-05:00

knows you cannot take your eyes off of her...for a second! Wednesday night Reagan and I were home, quiet evening, enjoying ourselves. She asked if she could play in her sandbox, it was nice outside, so I said, "sure, but do not leave this area".

I was in our sunroom where I could look out the window to see her and I could hear her playing. Just let me say, I made a bad decision! After a few minutes I realized I didn't hear her so I looked out the window, then I heard the doorbell. At that moment, I knew something wasn't right. Just before I allowed her to play outside I had put a little treat for the ants that had invaded my house. I thought Reagan had outgrown the stage of putting things in her mouth...I was wrong!

I knew at that moment when the doorbell rang that Reagan had gotten into the ant poison. I asked her several times, assuring her she was not in trouble, but I needed to know if she put it in her mouth. Of course, she said no. She first said that she poured it out, but when asked where she pointed to several locations. I finally was so scared that I started crying when she gave up the truth telling me she was thirsty! I then grabbed her up and ran for the car. At this point Reagan was terrified. She was screaming crying. Damon and Drew were at the gym so I first went there to grab them...but forgot my cell phone. So did Damon. The cell phones would have come in handy while speeding down the interstate. Damon kept telling me to slow down..of course I didn't listen. Let me tell you, I would make a great race car driver or police officer in a high speed chase! You wouldn't believe the stupid people on the interstate who get in front of you when you have your flashers on speeding like a crazy person!!!!! Of course, those idiots got honked at...lights flashed at...and a special finger too! Don't they know to NOT mess with a scared mother? Anyway, we arrived at the hospital, only to have to wait. I figured that a child that swallowed poison would go back immediately. I was wrong. Some stupid kid with an ankle injury went back before Reagan. Luckily, the poison Reagan drank was very mild and the amount she took did not affect her. All the hospital/doctor did was call poison control, look in her mouth, push on her stomach and release her. Damon and I are taking bets on how much they will charge us...any guesses?

Reagan is an adventure and one I want to keep for a long time!

Jana, you asked for it...here it is!

2006-05-09T13:46:00.000-05:00

To explain, Jana stated on her blog that she though I forgot that I had a son because I post a lot of pictures of my daughter. I explained that I would post more of Drew except he either makes these horrible faces when I attempt to take his picture or doesn't smile at all. (He gets this from his dad.) Anyway, here are some examples of why I don't post more pictures of my son...enjoy!

Would it hurt him to smile?

What is that all about?

mmm...mmm... good!

Homeboy Drew

The best shot of Drew!

Now you know why I don't put a lot of pics of him...hey, I'll show this to Drew and it may help him to decide to stop making these stupid faces! If it works, I'll try it with Damon!

Momma's baseball stud!

2006-05-05T15:03:00.000-05:00

His team isn't doing well but he is! You go Drew!

Reagan says, "Thank you, Cara"

2006-05-03T19:20:00.000-05:00

Thanks for my new clothes!

Ta-Dah!

Who's it gonna be?

2006-04-29T11:47:00.000-05:00

Who will be the first to travel ALL the way to Culloden to stay in the new and improved guest bedroom? I know it is a long haul but someone has to be first! And yes, it will be decorated by the time someone stays here.

Dance Party in Culloden

2006-04-28T22:05:00.000-05:00

I need to get my daughter into some dance classes!

Not sure what she is doing but she was doing it to the Black Eyed Peas. At least she has good taste in music!

Memories

2006-04-28T15:15:00.000-05:00

Alright, Cara brought this subject up on her blog so I thought I would go into more detail. Cara and I used to share an office while working at ASC. Our old boss, Marc, wasn't crazy about this idea but after a lot of whining and promises, we got our way. And yes, we were his favorites! On my last day at good ol' ASC, Cara came up with a list of sorts that she read at my party. They still crack me up and will show others how much fun we really had together!

1. Running in the office is NOT allowed.
2. Throwing snowballs in the office IS allowed on certain occasions.
3. If you are going to have a baby shower, don't do it on a day that our country is being attacked by terrorists. It doesn't make for a very good atmosphere.
4. If you become stressed out at work, driving around listening to John Denver's "Thank God I'm a Country Boy" with your windows down and singing as loud as you can will definitely calm you down.
5. Making funny signs on the computer and hanging them in the office is not allowed.
6. If you lick food items, it will prevent others from eating your food.
7. If you leave your car unlocked in the parking lot, expect you seat to be reclined, your windshield wipers turned on, you air at full blast, and things in general in disarray. Or it could be moved completely just so she can watch you look for it.
8. Whoever gets the most Christmas cards is the "winner".
9. If she has hidden something in your office that crows like a rooster every day at 1:00, she will never tell you where it is. You must find it yourself.
10. During winter months, the weather in Milton (at least where Kelly lives) is drastically different than it is in Huntington.
11. It IS possilbe for someone to know every song written during the '80's.
12. If you leave your cell phone unattended, when you return, the banner will say "I love Kelly" or "Kelly is great".
13. If you leave a camera unattended, expect a self-portrait of Kelly to be included when you get your pictures developed.
14. Chomping on ice is very annoying.
15. If you go out of town with Kelly you are sure to make new friends.
16. According to Kelly, the on-call pager conveniently does not get service at her house.
17. If Kelly is driving... a minivan will beat a mustang out of a stop light any day.
18. It IS possible to work with someone every day, share an office, talk to them every night on the phone, sometimes twice a day on weekends...and still not get tired of them.

2006-04-24T12:21:00.000-05:00

Green and White game...Go HERD!

Saturday was the green and white game. There was a lot of excitement with this game due to the movie (We are...Marshall) filming and the 1996 national championship team being present. They started this new tradition last year. All the players start walking from the Cam Henderson Center to the field. On Saturday they did a mini version of this where they walked around the west parking lot. The parking lot was FULL so it was hard to get good pictures, not to mention this stupid guy kept putting his head in my shots! Anyway, Matthew McConnaghey actually walked with this years team and the '96 team. I was so busy looking for Chad Pennington and Randy Moss I didn't even see Matthew. Damon pointed Matthew out to me...after he had already passed!

Matthew is the guy in the middle...like the back of his head? (I did get some good pics of him on the field) It is probably a good thing that I didn't see Matthew walk within inches of me...I'd probably been arrested!

While we are on the subject, I didn't even get good pictures of Chad and Randy as they walked by either. I did get a picture of Randy's posse, just not him! Like Matthew, I did get good pics of Randy and Chad while they were on the field.

Coach Matthew!

1996 Championship team!

A football game was played but the other stuff was much more exciting! I'm looking forward to our first game against WVU. Hopefully it will be a good game!

Here are a few pics of Reagan. She is now obsessed with gardening. The Easter bunny brought her some Strawberry shortcake gardening tools so he is digging and watering everything!

The other morning Reagan actually got dressed without a big fuss and was in her room watching cartoons. I, of course, was running late. As I walked by her bedroom this is what I saw, which freaked me out for a second. I first thought...Oh dear Lord, she is multiplying!

2006-04-18T21:09:00.000-05:00

Easter weekend in Virginia

Over the easter weekend we visited Damon's brother, wife and daughter. They live on Fort Bellvoire near Washington, D.C. We had a great time. On Saturday we played beach volleyball. For those who have never visited an army base, they really are cool. They are miniature cities. Everything you could want is on the base. Anyway, back to beach volleyball...I'm still paying for it! I never exercise! I hurt everywhere from my feet to my neck on Sunday and even worse on Monday! But it was fun. We played men against women with a couple of Clay and Chrystal's friends. The women won the first two games and it went down afterwards! Well, actually, we let them win!

Chrystal, seated; Clay standing next to Chrystal, Jesse the dog, Reagan, Sean and Renee.

Prior to playing volleyball on Saturday we attended a breakfast buffet and Easter egg hunt at the Officers Club. Breakfast was a typical buffet, nothing special. The Easter egg hunt was held on the lawn in front of the club. It was a nice idea, just not well planned. Drew thinks he is too old to participate so he was bored. Reagan suddenly became bashful so she attached herself to my leg. The people responsible for the egg hunt thought it would be a good idea to have all the kids hunt eggs all at once. This scarred my daughter. All the older kids grabbed all the Easter eggs before she could get one. A nice man who saw my daughter screaming crying was generous enough to take an egg from his daughter's basket and give it to Reagan. That just wasn't good enough for Reagan. She had been to an Easter egg hunt at her daycare so she thought the only way to get candy was to get the eggs. She didn't understand that you traded in the eggs for candy and no matter how many eggs, if any, you still got candy.

This was the line they had to stand it to get some freakin' candy!

This next picture is probably my favorite just because it is so funny. Drew cannot stand to have his picture taken with his sister. Can you tell? We were across the street from Clay's house at the playground.

And finally, Reagan. She is just so darned cute. And yes, I am biased!

Oh, sorry. Just one more pic. This little boy is just the sweetest thing. His name is Sean, Jr., aka Seanbear. He has been through so much in his three years. He has a tumor behind one of his eyes, just finished months of chemo and still has such a good disposition.

2006-04-14T15:30:00.000-05:00

This is my daughter's room. I've been asking her for weeks to clean it. Her idea of cleaning her room is to shove everything into her closet. Thursday morning, I had a breakdown. We were running late and I couldn't find a pair of shoes for her. So, I started throwing everything out of her closet and telling her since she hasn't cleaned her room I would either throw her toys away or give to a little girl who couldn't afford toys. A few months ago I took 75% of her toys and made her a play room in a huge closet off the spare bedroom thinking this would be a good way of keeping her bedroom cleaner. Hah! What was I thinking?

So now I have two rooms to clean!

On another note. Cara and I had lunch today at the Chinese restaurant on 6th Ave. We often read a blog by our friend and former boss, Marc. For some reason he wrote about his fortunes he got at this restaurant. He really seemed disturbed...does he not know that these fortunes are crap? Anyway, Cara and I were joking about it so I decided to post ours.

This is Cara's. "When you are comfortable, you can do anything" What the hell does that mean? What could you possibly read into that? The only way this fortune could be interesting is if you add the famous "in bed" to the end of it.

My fortune was "You have a heart of gold". Yeah, I already knew that. Tell me something I don't know! haha

2006-04-12T19:07:00.000-05:00

Introduction:

This is my first attempt at this blog thing so it will probably suck! I don't care, it will probably be better than the film geeks blog! haha Anyway, I have two kids and have been married for almost 14 years.

This is probably my favorite picture of my kids. My daughter looks so innocent and is holding a picture with the word "suck" on it...cracks me up! This picture was actually taken to give to a friend who graduated from WVU (she wasn't accepted to MU) for a going away present.