Today is Frank's (Dad's) Birthday!!!
Happy Birthday, Dad!!

Posted on: Wednesday, November 26, 2008

Today is Mom's (Pat's) Birthday!!
Happy Birthday, Mom!

Today is Leo's birthday!!
Happy Birthday, Leo!!

Today is Kenneth's birthday!!
Happy Birthday, Kenneth!!

Congratulations to Mom & Dad on 33 years of marriage today!

We all love you VERY much!!

Posted on: Wednesday, August 27, 2008

 A point of clarification...

I didn't mean for everyone posting to have to post a picture of themselves.  I know that is difficult (says the person who is often by herself when taking pictures!), but rather a picture of something you are doing, etc.  Although pictures of the poster are always good.  :D

 A family challenge

We all know that everyone is busy.  Often times a week or more will go without a post here.  I know Dad especially likes to hear from everyone on a regular basis, and I know I am probably the worst non-posting offender.  Therefore, I issue a family challenge.  I challenge every person (individually, not family!) to write at least one post a week about what is going on in your life and to post at least one picture a week.  52 posts and 52 pictures.  So, who is going to accept the challenge?

 MAY 2010 BE A YEAR TO REMEMBER WITH ONLY GOOD THOUGHTS

 missed again!!!

Up early and still not the first one to say happy birthday!! That's all right, we are still about 6 hours out from his birthday TIME!!

So tell us what you are doing today? I know that Dawn and the boys will have big plans for a big day or small plans for a special quiet day! Whichever, let us know!

This is 'start inventory' day for me. I will be dragging Simone and Blaize next door and begin the process. It really isn't bad at all, but as you might imagine the room is not the tidiest, I have not organized that room for several weeks now. Then after that is done, I have 2-3 orders to be pulled to be shipped out Monday. As a result of that, I will be pouring some paints as well.

We are not going to a show in Jan. so bisque is not a huge issue, though we are teaching a class in Houston the end of the month, so we have to get 15 each of 3 pieces poured.

I am not sure what we are doing for New Years Eve...Dad says we are going to burn the wood pile..Steve doesn't know how many people, if any are coming, so it will be a night of surprises! Hopefully all good ones! :)

Have a wonderful day Jchon! We are thinking about you!

 Happy

birthday Jchon!  Have a fun filled day,

 JCHON - MAY YOU HAVE THE HAPPIEST . . .

 Those boys

crack me up!  I was rolling when Nee told me that story:)  Although I am pretty sure it was one of the male phoroahs that had the Sphinx built it is nice to know that some of it sinks in. 

We had a great Christmas although a quiet one.  Nee will be going to NTC Feb. 15, which we are not looking forward to.  He willbe gone untill April 5th.  The boys and I will fly to Vegas around that time and we will have a vacation in Cali, Vegas, and Oklahoma before he deploys.  If anyone wants to come let me know and I will get more specific dates as we figure them out.

 . . . . and to all a good night . . . .

 Conversations from the backseat revisited

I really did not realize how much Michelle had been teaching them until I heard an awesome conversation from the backseat.

  It all started with tony calling leo, "Leonardo DaVinci."  Then some how the conversation turned into a contest between who was greater, Leonardo DaVinci, one of the worlds greatest minds, and, wait for it, Stan Lee, the creator of comic legends spiderman, fantastic four and much much more!  At one point Leo exclaims " What so great about Leonardo DaVinci!"  To which Tony looks disgusted and in a preteen kind of duh voice says, " He was a great painter, he painted the Mona Lisa!"  Then, in a Paradise-like debate move, Leo retorts, " Thats it!  Stan Lee created the Fantastic Four!"  Which he says like, pow, i got you, that my arguement is so convincing that, that is all i have to say. ( and on a side note, some how he says fantastic funny, like "Thanfastic four!")

From there, they go back and forth with the kind of, Oh yeah, well I bet you dont know this or that conversation.  One of my favorite parts when Leo goes back to ancient Egypt and correctly states who ordered the Sphinx to be built.  To which, an Abbott and Costello routine almost erupts when Leo pronounces the word sphinx.  He says, " Queen So and So, created the, then he says, Spinx" Then Tony corrects him and says sphinx.  Leo replies, thats what I said, Spinx.  That whole bit ran four or five times.  I was amazed by how much they had retained and was almost crying from laughter at the same time!

 Hey... I just posted!!!

So I resent that remark;-)...AND I even posted a pic of elijah. So there;-).  Our holiday consists of me working a bunch;-)  My "part time job" was 36 hours last week, and they have told me that after the new year they will make me the night manager.  I will be in charge of the store (jointly with the day manager) for 5 days in feb when they go to the big toy convention in NYC.  It is hard to be on my feet all night after being with the boys all day, but if you have to work, it is fun to work at such a wonderful toy store!  The bosses are really sweet as are the other employees!  And it really is kindof cool to help someone pick out the perfect gift and then have them come back to report how much that person loved it!!  Jchon and I both have tomorrow off, so we will be taking the boys to go see santa.  Then we both work wed and he works thur and we will be set for friday!  As I have not even started (nor purchased fabric) for the jammies this year, they might end up being store bought...which coul turn out for the best since they might actually fit that way;-) And FYI for anyone wondering about christmas cards...if you are lucky, I might EMAIL something soon;-)  It has just been really busy;-) 

All is well here with the boys, though I think daniel is having the hardest time adjusting to me working.  Every morning at breakfast he says "you dont have to go to work today, do you mommy?"  Kind of breaks my heart;-).  JJ will be starting preschool again after christmas thanks to my folks.  And elijah is a big ol' six month old with 2 teeth!!  i will try to post santa pics tomorrow.

That is our roud up here.  Merry christmas to you all!

Love

Dawn