How 'Bout them COWBOYS !!!

I love the fall and all the outside events. I have never been much of a football fan but for those of you who grew up in or around Irving, as I did, you know that we love our Dallas Cowboys. Well, I have a new found favorite Cowboy player and I think he is absolutely the best!!!!!!! He is destined to be the next Emmitt Smith, especially since he is #22. A new legend in the making. Check out these pictures I took...
The last one is the final score of the first game of the season - WE WON!

First Days of School

The first day of school is a big deal at our house. Full of big breakfasts, special clothes, and of course, pictures. This year was also full of tears as we have hit the milestone...first day of Kindergarten. I am not sure who it was worse for, me or Clara. I can't believe that 5 years have gone by and my oldest little girl has started school. She looked so big as she sat in her seat waiting to begin her journey. It caught me off guard how time has flown by and now she is no longer a little girl. I was even more caught off guard at how nervous she was because she physically made herself sick. We spent the morning running to the toilet and talking about what she was scared about and trying to calm those fears.

Today was just as hard for Ashley, as she was at day care 'all alone' as she put it. This was her first experience without Clara at day care with her so it was equally traumatic for her.

Richard, on the other hand, being a boy has had no trouble getting off to school. He leaves with two neighbor boys at 6:30 to catch the bus at 6:50 and doesn't even blink an eye. 5th grade is going to be a snap, so he thinks!

Here are some pictures of how we will remember our first year of Intermediate school, Kindergarten, and day care '08...enjoy!

School Hair Cuts

The girls went for their official 'Back to School' haircuts and I can't believe how cute they turned out. Not to mention how old they are beginning to look. So we are back to school tomorrow (Clara on Tuesday). It's all over but the crying. By the way look for the teary-eyed pictures of her first day of Kindergarten later this week.

APPROVED!!!!!

For those of you following my blog, I am ecstatic to inform you that I have been approved. My thesis that is. I recieved my confirmation this past Thursday that the University of Phoenix approved my thesis for completion...meaning...I will actually receive my degree without having any further revisions of my thesis. Here is the email that my professor sent to me....


Hi,

I have some great news, which should improve your weekend. Your ARP has been accepted. Your only deductions were details, while important, you don't need to resubmit. You should be very proud of this work.

Yippee - you are done - Congratulations : )


Thank you for your support and continued thoughts througout this process. I have three more classes to take and then it's on to Phoenix to receive my papers.

Prayer request!!!

I have a prayer request that I am asking for because I know my faithful and supportive family and friends will help me!

I am in my final stages of my thesis for my master's program and am feeling the stress. My thesis is due next week and with the chaos of starting back to school for me and the kids, I am really feeling the pressure. I just pray that God will guide me through this fire into the triumph successfully and the thesis will get finished on time (just in time for school to start).

Thank you for your support and thoughts! I couldn't do this without the support of my family, especially my amazing husband who has spent COUNTLESS hours being a 'single dad' during the last year and a half so that I can work on bettering my eductaion. He is fabulous and I owe more than half of this degree to him!
Thanks Babe!!!!!

Summer!!!!!!!!

We have been super busy over this summer, hence the reason for me being slow to catch up on the blogging. We have been swimming almost everyday for the last month with the exception of the week we spent in San Antonio going to Sea World. I take that back, we did take a dive in the hotel pool each night we were there. I have tried to keep the kids busy, and out of my hair. We even had a visitor stay with us. Bless her!!!!! Keith's cousin's daughter came to stay a week with us. She is 10, same age as Richard, and was the best live-in babysitter I have ever had (the only live-in babysitter too). It was amazing. While she was here, we took in a game of putt-putt, some bowling, of course the water park and several other things. It was the BEST! I have attached yet another slide show, because there are way too many pictures to add onto just one post!



I hope you enjoy our summer fun as we wind down the summer. Yes, you read that right. Our summer is already coming to a close. I have already started doing some things around the school and attending a couple of meetings. Before you know it, we will be back in school mode full force with two do to homework now. I can't wait!

Dance Costume Pictures

Today I took my girls for a 'photo shoot'. You would have thought the died and went to heaven. They were in their element, for sure. It is amazing how they have grown up. It goes by so fast.
Enjoy these pictures...I know they enjoyed making them.