Happy First Day of Winter

Cass and I had a girls only outing and we got our nails done. Michael and Dylan went out for lunch while we were out having fun.

My friend Mary gave me this wonderful gift. It was Wintertime Chili mix and all of the ingredients so I thought I would make it on the first day of winter. It was very good!!!!! Thanks Mary!

I also made a brownie fudge pecan pie. I hope it is good!

Date Night with Ann and Ricky

Tonight we ate dinner at Smokin' Guns BBQ. Since I live with an award winning BBQ master I usually do not like to go eat BBQ. The pork sandwich was really good and I loved the french fries. Michael was quite proud to see they had a 4th place ribbon for pork from the 2005 competition in Leavenworth because that was the year he won 3rd in pork. (Maybe we should own a BBQ joint) After dinner we enjoyed driving around looking at Christmas lights and even drove through the Plaza. What a fun-filled evening!!! Can't wait for our next date!

Weekly Update

I was so excited when I found this t-shirt for Michael. It says "Lighting Engineer".

You can not see this picture very well but I had to post it anyway. We had a tour bus in front of our house watching our Christmas lights. Michael was EXTREMELY happy and proud.

We had our last day of work yesterday and now we are off for two weeks!!!!! I am so happy!!!

Some people wore silly holiday outfits for the staff meeting but the best was my friend Katie's outfit.

After the meeting I went to Dylan's market day. He made little basketball goal games to sell. He made a profit of $28 and he was very excited. (They did not use real money)

After a busy and fun day Michael took me to go see "The Fighter" and I really enjoyed it. Yay for winter break!!

Weekend Extravaganza

My annual shopping day with my friends Ann and Sheila was on Friday. NO WORK AND ALL PLAY!!! We started the day off at 7:45am and got home at 9:10pm. We were exhausted!!!

Starbucks was our first stop but we ate breakfast at the Kolache Factory. It was really good!

After the 12 hour mark we stopped but Lukas Liquor and they were giving free samples.

Fun!!!

Wow, look at all of the presents!!

I had my mom, dad, and my nieces waiting for me when I got home from the long shopping day.

It was so much fun to have them all there. Yasmine, Keeley, and Mikayla were sure excited to see me.

Later that evening I caught Keeley trimming her toenails. YUCK!

Saturday morning the whole gang was cuddled up watching TV.

After more shopping with my mom and sister we had our family Christmas. We had my favorite meal: Turkey, mashed potatoes, dressing, rolls and cream cheese corn.

New pajamas!

Opening presents

We had such a wonderful weekend! This afternoon Dylan had another preseason game and they won by 7 points. Dylan made a beautiful lay-up. I have 5 more days until winter break! Yay!!!!

Best Onion Rings Ever!!

When Michael is gone we try to go out to eat at least once. This time we invited Katie and her niece Finley. We enjoy little dates with them so we decided to go to Snak Shack (used to be known as Shake Shack).

Best onion rings on earth!!!

Dylan, Finley and Cass

Finley just chillin out while eating her hamburger

Thanks guys it was a fun outing!

The Difference Between Cass and Dylan

Cass on a Sunday afternoon.

This is what Dylan did on a Sunday afternoon! (made a plan on paper for a light show and then actually did it)

I love them both so much!

It's Sunday Already???

Here is my new recipe that I will make for Christmas morning. Ice Cream Caramel Cinnamon Rolls and yes there is ice cream in these delicious melt-in-mouth rolls. Click here for recipe. They are so EASY!

Michael and I each had a buy one get one meal at Noodles and Company so we took the kids there. The kids and I had never been there and now I know that we will be back. YUMMY!

After lunch we headed to Dylan's first preseason game. He was one of the captains and he scored 4 points. They won 24-14.

Our #52 dribbling down the court

Shooting free throws

Michael and I went on a date last night to Knuckleheads again. Guess who was there! Yes, Chubby Carrier. Who can say that they have been on stage not once but twice with a Grammy nominated band?? I CAN! Chubby grabbed my hand and two other women and we danced on stage. Don't worry my clothes stayed on!! (I forgot that Dylan was on stage with them in May but he has only seen them once) We really hope they win the Grammy! We had lots of fun and did not get home until after 1am. That is late for us. Today I have been trying to catch up on laundry. Does a family of four ever get caught up on laundry? I have only 4 days of work this week because Friday is my annual shopping day with my friends Ann and Sheila and my family is coming Friday so we can celebrate Christmas this weekend. YEA!