Birthday!

Well, less than 2 hours and I will officially be 31 years old!!! Ugh, it sounds so old, but I still feel immature and very young! Not sure that is all a good thing!
Maybe a little something about me you did not know was that 31 years ago in 1978, there was a terrible and historical ice storm in Dallas. My mom had already planned to have me at home and had been seeing her midwife, Donna throughout the pregnancy. On the 30th,, my mom went into labor with me. The weather worsened and the power went out, so they send my Uncle Jeff out to Euless to pick up Donna, the Midwife. Uncle Jeff still remembers the treacherous drive going to get her. By around 6:30 am on December 31st, 1978, my mom gave birth to a very healthy baby girl, that's me! I was born at home with flashlights and a fire. Very crazy, but it made for a great story!
27 years after Donna delivered me, she assisted me in delivering my little Princess, Emme at home. Some people call us crazy, or careless, but to each their own!!
So here I am 31 years later with a great husband, Precious daughter, home, and everything we need, and our health, and I could not be more thankful. I hope for many many more years like this one. I am so happy with my life and family, friends, old and new!
Happy Birthday Me!!!

Oh where, Oh where could my camera be???

Oh yes, I left it behind at my parents house! Ugh! It will arrive tomorrow, and I can't wait to download my Christmas pictures and post and blog. So stay tuned and shall update soon with everything we have been up to.
Until next time...
Oh wait...nevermind!!

60 Wonderful Years

Today we celebrated 60 years of fabulous marriage for my Grandparents. They are so incredible sweet to one another and they truly complete each other. Granny is literally the eyes for Grandfather as his sight has failed him in the last couple of years. He is her true companion in everything they do. After 60 years of marriage and being well into their 80's they are still as in love as they were when they were dating. I cannot fathom knowing and loving someone that long. I hope that I can accomplish the same successful and amazing marriage. Thank you for modeling such a loving relationship to your children, grandchildren, and now your great grand children. I love you so much.

They celebrated by staying at the beautiful Gaylord Texan for two nights. We met them there this morning for a huge breakfast. It was great to share breakfastwith them and then tour around the hotel and take lots of pictures in all the fun locations. The girls really thought they were on a photo shoot! I only posted a couple of pictures, but there are millions, believe me!!

Granny and Papa 60 Years!
Granny and Papa and 3 of their 12 Great Grand Children

Heidi, Hannah, and Emme

Miss Priss!

This evening, Heidi and Hannah came over so mom and dad could go on a much needed date. We ate pizza, watched a Christmas movie and then topped off the evening with a gingerbread house. They could hardly contain themselves from eating all the candy before it went on house. It was lovely, then they got a couple of minutes to enjoy the candy. Now they are off playing tag!!!

Wednesday was Emme's very first movie debut. We took her to see The Princess and the Frog. It was very cute. She got all dressed up and insisted on her navy and red apple shoes to wear with her Christmas dress because they matched....they had red in them!!! She packed her new Sleeping Beauty purse full of the nessecities, brush, lipstick, fake cell phone, McDonalds toy, and plenty of jewelry. We handed her $5 for her snacks at the movies, so she put it in her purse and acted like she was 16! She got to carry her own ticket in and pay the man when she ordered her own popcorn. She really thought she was very important stuff! Once in the movie, she got comfortable and enjoyed all the very long previews and finally the movie began. She did great for about an hour, then she needed a bathroom break and to run in the lobby. She did finish it out, but I really think hubby enjoyed the movie more than she did!!! Oh yes, only one picture from this special day, as I could not figure my cameras flash out. Very frustrating!

Thursday, Emme got to enjoy her class party at school. The parents were invited to join in on the fun and enjoy a small performance. I was ready with camera and video camera in hand. Even Daddy got to go too. All the kids were pumped. They had cupcakes, cookies, different cupcakes, candy canes, Hawaiin punch, received more goodies from all their friends, and a great gift from the teacher. Uh, and to think I was brave enough to let 3 extra little girls go home with me after all the sugar!!!!

The all were wearing their reindeer hats made from their foot print and hand prints.

All the kids presented their parents with this ornament they made from their fingerprints. I love it! I will forever decorate my tree with all the homemade ornaments!

Emme and Addy enjoying some more sugar!!!

Showing off a cookie!

I am going to attempt to attach a video of her song performance, so stay posted for it soon. Oh yes, the kids also got to serve the parents juice and cupcakes. They were so proud of themselves. Emme really has gotten into a great group of kiddos at a great school. Her teacher is great, and has to have a special gift to handle that group of energetic 3 and 4 years old!!! Thank you Jesus!

Catching Up

Shall we catch up? I will go through pictures for the month that lead up to today for our update!

Emme put on my sleep mask and said it was her bra. She is so funny! Emme also tried on Daddy's underpants!!

Emme posed on the ladder to the attic! Right after this picture she let go to adjust her hat and fell off! Oops!!

Miss Emme decorating the tree. It took me a while to get it together to actually decorate. I usually can't wait for Thanksgiving to be over, but this year I had a little trouble getting into gear. However, I did have all my Christmas shopping just about finished before Thanksgiving. Shopping is that part I love about Christmas!

Daddy helped Emme put the star on the tree.

Wylie held their annual Christmas Parade downtown. We love living in a small town, because they offer so many things to do during the holidays and Fall. It was more than cold at the parade. We ended up leaving early and headed for mexican food instead so we could warm up. We went with our good friends kristy and Tyler.

Me and my precious before the parade began. This picture actually made it to our Christmas card.

She was cold and probably a bit miserable, so she is doing her tooty face!

This was the other picture that made it to our card this year. She did so good. I was pleasantly surprised when she sat down, I took two pictures and this was the first and there was no bribery needed!

Today was her Christmas Show Off at Dance. She did everything but dance!! She stood there and smiled, giggled, dug in her nose, fell down, faked falling down, talked...and so on. We are wondering if we are wasting our money on tuition for her!! Hopefully she will improve before June when she has her big recital.

Here she fell down and thought that was fun, so she did it again!!

Emme and her good friend Addy. They are cute together and they also go to school together.

After the show, they got to have a party complete with cupcakes, 2 cookies, chips, Caprisun, and suckerss!! I was in ahh at how much sugar they were given.

After dance today, we headed to Northpark for some shopping and Christmas festivities. We got to see the dogs and cats for adoption. Emme loved that! But we are dog free right now and I do not plan on adding a pet to our family....ever!

We went to see the train exhibit. That was neat. Amazing how they can make everything so little! E had a great time. Don't you love the paper conductor hat??

Another pic by the animals.

View atop dad's shoulders.

Okay, do you think she is a diva or what!? This is her new stance when posing at anytime. I absolutely love it!!

While we were at the mall we saw Santa, but Emme would not get close. She says she is affraid of him and does not like his beard. We got to enjoy a puppet show. It was Emme's first puppet show and she called it a Poppit Show! She really liked and it was really on her level. If you haven't gone, you should go. It is all free except the trains!

I am planning to take her to see The Princess and the Frog on Wednesday, so pictures shall follow.

Well, excluding making memories with my daughter and hubby, my other favorite part of the day was when hubby let me open my present. I will post some pictures of my early Chrsitmas present. The absolute best ever!!!!!!!

Oh yeah, after a family dinner, we made chocolate chip cookies together too. I love, love, love family days! Best ever!

Uh...

Well, I am at a loss as to what to blog about today. I know I haven't blogged about Tday yet, and I plan to soon. So I will put that on my to do list! I haven't put up my tree, but I am planning to!!
So, I will get back with yall tomorrow...hopefully. I will put my thoughts together and try to organize!