Pics of the New House

This is the front of the house that faces the highway. We are set back far enough from the highway though that it doesn't matter.

This is a pic from the side of the house. You can't really tell from the pic but there is a nice, cute covered porch. The current owners are going to leave all of the plants and the patio furnniture.

This is the two bedroom guest house. If you look to the right of the pic you can see where the deck of the pool is. It is an above ground pool but still nice.

Behind the trailer (lol) you can get an idea of what the garage looks like. It is HUGE!

This would be the barn. All set up for horses that we don't have. lol

A Day At The Park With Carson and Ryann

The kids and I went to the park in Pryor on Friday and had a blast. The kids climbed trees, played baseball, played on the playground equipment and monkey bars and fed the ducks. As luck would have it or should I say "my luck" - I got there expecting to take lots of pictures with my camera. But when we got there my battery was dead. lol So here are a few pics that I took with my phone. So please excuse the poor pics but at least I have something to share. lol

Ryann showing off in front of the other girls. hee hee She is turning into me as a kid. lol

Monkey Boy, Carson swinging in the tree. He was so funny!

Silly Carson posing for mommy.

Remember Where's Waldo? Well this is Where's Carson?

Ryann climbed up higher than Carson so the challenge was on.

Carson tried and tried and finally made it higher than Ryann up in the tree. Here is a pic just before he managed to do it.

Here is where he made it higher up than Ryann.

Ryann posing for mommy.

Isn't she pretty???

Carson trying to get the ducks to come to him. He was just aching to touch one.

Ryann feeding the ducks.

Carson got upset with Ryann cause she took over the bread.

Carson found a ten dollar bill before we went and so he bought the bread himself.

He almost got to touch one here. He fed alot of them but never got to touch one.

We had a really good time. We played alot of baseball - and let me just tell you - Carson hit the ball so hard once that the ball went out into the street and a car ran over it. lol He had a ball. Ryann ran after the ball once and did a tumbling pass which grabbed two older girls attention. We heard them saying thing like... "yeah I use to be able to do that." But we watched and they could barely manage a cartwheel. hee hee Ryann loved it. She started tumbling everywhere just to show off. She even had the grown ups attention. All in all we had a great time.

I Have Two New Babies!!!

Well I am proud to announce that the kids and I are the new proud owners of two of the funniest puppies. lol

This is Miss Bella

Doesn't she look like a princess? lol

She is only about 3 months old and absolutely adorable.

She is an English Bulldog.

This is Mr. Cooper

He is Carson's baby boy.

He is a 6 month old Maltese.

They are so funny. Little Bella is an ankle biter and Cooper thinks he is suppose to hump EVERYTHING. lol They are so cute together!!! We just got them Saturday so we are still waiting to get to know their personalities better.

Ryann Finally Got To Do Her Stunting

My Weekend With The Kids

After three weeks of not having the kids - I finally got a weekend with them. We had alot of fun too. I picked them up on Friday night after Ryann's last minute cheer practice. We got home and shortly after went to bed so we could get up early for Ryann's cheer competition in Tulsa.

We got up early Saturday morning. Before we could get out the door Carson had fallen back to sleep with Infamous. hee hee

On the way to the competition I was in the wrong lane and missed our darn exit. So we had to drive several extra miles to get back on track. lol I hate driving in Tulsa.

Ryann and Sidney (Chooch and Megan White's Daughter).

Sidney competed in the first session. In this picture Sidney has already competed and Ryann is still waiting for her turn in the second session.

We went to the first session in hopes of seeing the individuals compete. Apparently they didn't have individuals at this competition though. We didn't have to be there until 10:30am and we got there at 7:30am before the doors even opened. lol

Carson isn't much of a cheerleading fan - he'd rather be wrestling.

He did keep me entertained though.

When it was finally Ryann's squad's turn I managed to take one picture which didn't turn out well. I was so excited to watch that taking pictures didn't happen.

So here is Ryann posing for me right after she came off of the mat.

This is during the awards ceremony. Jammy of Jamfest (the name of the competition) came out to decide on the squad with the most spirit. SURPISE!!! We won that one!! Look at those girls screaming and yelling. lol

Ryann's squad had a stunt that fell so they didn't take first. They came in 3rd.

This is Ryann and David McClelland - one of her coaches.

David is such a sweetie! He is absolutely hilarious too! At the end of Ryann's session they called out all of the crazy dad's to have a dance off. No Carl didn't go. lol But then they announced that some of the coaches wanted to join in. So David went out on the matt and danced for his girls. It was so funny - he was really good. He was on his back flipping around like a street dancer. He ended his dance with a roundolph full twisting layout. I think that may be why he didn't win. lol They said no tumbling. Oh well - he was still the best!!

David put Ryann in a minor stunt just to show how easy it is to put her up.

He would have put her up higher but they were on concrete.

After we left we made a quick trip to Super Target. Then we were homeward bound. Ryann didn't last long. lol She was all cheered out.

When we got back we stopped by Colby's house to talk to him about partner stunting with Ryann. Colby let Carson play with his Gecko.

On Sunday we got up and waited around a little bit - we wanted to give Brandon and Colby time to wake up before we asked them to stunt with Ryann.

This is Carson showing he can do jumps BOY style just as good or better than Ryann. =0)

Ryann getting ready to go stunt with the boys. She was so excited!!

Carson just had to get in on the make-up action. He went for a more clown look though. lol

We couldn't get in touch with Colby to stunt so Ryann posed lakeside for me.

My baby girl is getting so flexible. This is the one stunt we wanted to do with Colby and Brandon. Only up above their heads.

Ryann's Close Up.

She is getting to be so grown up.

Somebody make her stop!

Maybe they should have a reality show for kid models. lol

You go girl!

If Ryann can't go up in stunts - she will just put Carson up.

Go Carson! Go Carson! Go Carson!

Well needless so say Ryann never got to stunt with the boys. So we own them for five hours next weekend or their coach will get them better than I ever could. mua hahaha (evil laugh)

Brandon is a Daddy!!

Mom's Lhasa Apso finally gave birth to her puppies tonight!! She started at about 9pm on January 26th and finished at about 3:30am January 27th. She had five puppies before she finally gave birth to Brandon's new baby girl - sorry no name yet - a beautiful beautiful baby Lhasa. She is mainly red with black ears and feet with a white belly and a black mask across her face.

I was sound asleep when Brandon came into the room at 3:30am and just yelled - I GOTTA GIRL!!

He has been waiting weeks for this mama to finally give him his girl. Now he has her and she is beautiful.

Check out her mask across her lil eyes.

CONGRATULATIONS BRANDON!!!

Shawn and I Had a Car Accident Today

Well before I say anymore - we are alright.

Shawn and I drove to Claremore knowing the ice storm was coming. We thought we had enough time to get there and back before it got bad. Well we were partially wrong. We made it to Claremore without any road trouble but the entire front of the car and windshield were covered in ice. Thank God for defrost. We went to RSU to drop off his award letter to the financial aid office which took a couple of seconds and then were back on the road again.

Just outside of Claremore there was a BIG wreck. At least 4 or 5 cars involved. They had the fire trucks, ambulances and alot of police cars there. The wreck blocked all lanes of traffic so the highway patrol rerouted us down a backroad. Problem is we didn't know where the road went to. So we drove several miles down this road and didn't find anything so we turned around. I was doing all of the driving and Shawn was being a typical male and was doing all of the navigating. Of course when I said we should pull over at someone's house to ask directions he said OH NO! So we drove around turning this way and that way for almost 45 minutes. Then we finally got a glimpse of the turnpike and headed in that direction. We made it to an overpass that went right over the turnpike and as we had just gotten onto the overpass another car came towards us. This woman was going way too fast and then about a quarter of the way across the overpass she slammed on her brakes and started sliding. She came at us sideways and I looked over at Shawn and said we're gonna be hit and then BAM! She hit us. We stayed in control and never really spun or anything but she went spinnning. Thank GOD noone flipped over the guard rail onto the turnpike. That really would have been bad.

So this woman got out of her car and approached us asking if we were okay and we said yes. Apparently she was too. She agreed that she had been going too fast and had slammed on her brakes which was what caused the accident. But after talking to her husband on the phone she came back over to us and said yes this was your fault. WHAT??? In no way was that accident our fault. I was only going 20 mph and we stayed in control the entire time. She was the one going to fast and couldn't stay in control. She hit us! So Shawn argued with her telling her that she had been going too fast and that it was her fault. I agreed with him - it was the truth. Then she started saying that the overpass was a one lane overpass. WHAT???? There were no signs posting that. We double checked and took pictures. Another man showed up and stopped to help. He agreed that it was a one way. Again we pointed out that there were no signs posting that. They both said well everyone who lives out here knows that. I explained to her for like the umpteenth time that we had been lost and still had no idea where we were.

So we called 911. The redirected us over to the Highway Patrol who said it would be hours before they could get to us if there were no injuries. There were too many other accidents involving injuries that they had to get to. They just advised us to swap information and go on our way. So that is what we did.

Shawn drove home. He is better on slick roads than I am. The roads weren't really that bad it was just the bridges and overpasses that were bad. Then when we got home the dam and the spillways were pretty bad. Shawn got us hoome okay though. We reevaluated the damage to the car and it really isn't that bad. Just a minor dent in one of the doors. Mom is NOT happy! The other lady just had a broken headlight. So I don't know that we are even going to involve insurance companies.

Time will tell how this tale will end. lol We made it home safe and all is well now.

Oh yeah - the lady that hit us finally told us how to get back to the highway. lol If we had gone straight instead taking the overpass we would have been on the right track. ugh

Brandon Job Shadowed a Surgeon

I am posting this a little late but at least I didn't totally forget. haha

Brandon is planning on going to medical school and becoming a surgeon. His school offered him a chance to job shadow a surgeon for the day and he took it. So on December 12, 2008 he spent the better part of the day in surgery observing at Craig General Hospital in Vinita. He got to sit in on three different surgeries. They were mainly gall bladder surgeries but still he got to sit on and watch. He wasn't in the observation room he was actually in the surgery room where the procedure was taking place. I think that is so cool and so good for him.

He did get a laugh when an older gentleman came in and needed the roto-rooter treatment (anal exam). lol Brandon got to observe and when it was over the man asked him if he had learned anything. lol

He was only there from 7:30am till 1:00pm but he liked it.

I think it was a great experience for him. I am dying to buy him some medical books now when we have the chance. I am so excited for him and his future.

Carson Won Another Trophy!!!

Carson had a really big day today. He got up at 4am to drive to Berryhill, OK - where ever that is - to compete in a wrestling tournament. I waited hours and finally got my call from Carl about how he was doing. He had won his first four matches - BY PINNING THE KIDS not by points alone. I was so excited!!

Over an hour later I got another phone call and Carson had lost his first match and was put into the losers bracket. Unfortunately that ment no chance at a first place trophy anymore.

Then I waited a couple of more hours to finally hear that he had won four more matches! All but one of them was by pinning the kids - one of them he won by points. He fought his way through the losers bracket and came out on top - he got third place!! My Baby Boy brought home another trophy and was so happy!

Honestly I'm not sure who is more excited - me or him. lol I have text messaged everyone and I mean everyone to let them know. I have also told all of my online friends and now I'm posting it here. I am so proud of him. He did so well.

~* WAY TO GO CARSON *~

Lookie At These Cute Puppy Pics

I couldn't resist posting these. lol

Was there ever any doubt who ate the football?

Awww Look at Chica

She is pretending to be a BAT instead of a RAT.

Hee Hee I found the crazy lady's shoe!

It's a dogs life - eat shoe, sleep, repeat. lol


Almost got it - my bone is under here.

"Oh Did you hear about that Huzzy across the fence that got the scabies?"

"I was told not to tell ...but yeah I hear she's got it bad!"

"Honestly we can keep a secret."

I'm stressed and I need a cigarette!

Tired baby Serenity. Takes alot out of a pup - chewing up a football.