Racing birthday and schedules...

Yea... it's me. HA! been a while I know.
So incredibly busy.
All of us.
So here is much of December
in a little nut shell.

Stormy's wanted to do her birthday get together at a store where you
 paint or make jewelry.
She enjoyed making her sign out front to let her friends know that they
were at the right place :)

There were a lot of choices. The girls had fun there were still two more coming.
These were the early birds.
They had a great time and I think next year she wants to come back and do
the jewelry. I may make on too. ;)

Stormy was in the Spelling bee too. So incredibly proud of her. She won her homeroom (fourth grade) and then went onto the next round and she and the other fourth grade winners competed against the winners of the fifth grade homerooms.

We went with friends down to Atlantic Station to see the tree and the "snow" that falls every night at 6 p.m.
Well it was the equivalent of spitting and sputtering foam out of machines in the trees. We  were all a little disappointed.
But it was so great to hang with friends :) 

My Matt-Daddy ran his first race in a couple of years. He is getting his groove back.
I was so proud of him! 

Always makes it better to run with friends :)

Boosterthon was also a big part of our November and December.

The kids all get pledges and they run laps to raise money for the school.

They ran and ran and ran.... to the point of silliness I think !! ;)

As they run each lap the teachers mark the back of their shirts.

The cutest stinking shot of the day???
Stoney and his bestie ran together most of the laps. But this one they
reached out and held hands on the lap.
O. M. G. Love those two.

It was a great day.
The kids ended up after all was said and done raising over $25,000.
WOW
It is going towards purchasing Promethean boards for every class room.
Which by the way...
Are the coolest tools ever for the classroom.


So that is most of our December in a nut shell.
Sans time back AL with family.
 I actually didn't take one. single. photo. While we there.
I couldn't believe it.

So hope you guys are well.
We are so busy..
hence why I have not blogged.
Stormy is in the fourth and fifth grade
production of Mulan Jr.
She has had practice multiple times a week since November.
The play is finally next week.
With four performances.

Stormy has also been doing hip-hop jump rope again this year.
There are three more performances next week.
then we are done.
Stoney has started basketball. we are two games
 into the short season.
(they won last night ans he had one rebound!)
AND.... Matt-Daddy started back to college this semester!
WooHoo!!
So proud of him.
He had a 18 hours to transfer from years ago.
So he is a little ahead of the game.
I am so proud of him.
He is in class two nights a week and every Saturday
and working. It is hard but the reward will
be so worth it.
Tennis starts next month and near the end of that
will begin swim team.
Whew.
Is it Summer yet?
Feels like it outside...js.
It is very busy...
But I wouldn't change it for a thing.
Seriously.

Have a great Thursday!!
Ciao!

Roller Derby Princess

Two weeks out so far and it feels like more... just saying. ;)

I am behind on blogging. We have been at the pool or out being busy everyday.

And ... you know.. It has been like 187 degrees.. I mean seriously..

There was no easing into Summer this year for sure.

Stormy was invited to a skating birthday party a few weeks back. 

Stoney decided he would rather eat pizza and playing on the climbing apparatuses.. ;)

For her first time in an actual skating rink... I was impressed.

I mean she taught herself...

At home...

on carpet...

And very little hard wood or vinyl...

In Dora skates no less that she got for her birthday back in '08 I think...

I mean... she is doing something I never learned how to do...

I am so proud of her. She never hesitated. Never said she was
 scared or had any fear at all.

She rocked it! And was even moving her head and hands to the beat
when a little Bieber hit the air waves ;)

Hope everyone is keeping cool and hydrated...
August is here with all it's fury.
No wait... we've only been out of school two weeks.
It just feels like August.
Blech...

Ciao!
Rox

Not City Life....

I know.... I have been away for awhile.. sorry.

It has been a bit busy.. But I know.. No excuse. I could put a picture up and say hi.

But I did miss you guys.. really.

We have had a surgery (don't worry all is fine, it was scheduled)

A play with out of town company. That meant some serious house cleaning, that took more than a day.

Tennis practice started for both minions but on separate days.

A week long bout with vertigo = NO fun zone.

That put me out of commission. Seriously out.

And a spur of the moment one day road trip.

That's where the pictures on this post come in.

Now these photos are not the best.. This is the day that the vertigo started.

On the way to AL just out of the blue. Stoney laughed really loud and I got dizzy.

Then it got worse as the day progressed. I couldn't even chew anything with a crunch.

It was Auditory triggered. I have never had it with sound trigger.

So, these pictures... Well there are some I don't even remember taking so there ya go.



We went to friends home in AL. She and her husband have a farm of sorts. Not a working farm per say.
But a farm non the less.
They have chickens and baby chicks. Roosters and a horse and donkey.



This is Blackjack. He is a sweet boy.




They even had a turkey show back in January and it stayed. I mean if I were getting feed put
out everyday and had a dry place to stay and a safe place...
I'd stick around too. : )
 And I found out a couple of days ago that another has showed up.
I guess the word is out....



We went for a walk in the woods. It was warm but not too hot.
It was beautiful. The leaves were just starting to show on the trees.



And there was a little green poking up from the ground.





She has a speckled chicken. Love this bird. I will be back to get more photos of her for sure. ;)





There were some great trees on the walk too.





This is one of my favorites.. I guess a vine got wrapped around the trunk.
Way cool I think.


I hope you guys have had a great March.. It is finally Spring!
Finally.
I did not think this Winter would ever end.
We have had a few warm days.. It is colder today... But it is not frigid and it is not snowing.
Amen. :)

Promise to be back on a regular basis. I have pictures from the play and some Spring
shots as well.

Have a great weekend!

Ciao,
xoxo



A Longing...

 OK.. It has been a HOT mess here.. and by hot.. I do NOT mean it has been

shorts and flip-flop weather :)



Last Sunday night started the Southern version of the Ice Age.

We got this gorgeous, lovely, fluffy snow falling and swirling in the form of these beautiful,

large, white snow flakes.. It was really beautiful! It was... We were told maybe 2 inches.. Great. That is just enough to play and it will be gone in a day or two...



We got up Monday morning and it was about five inches... It was beautiful and quiet.

The kids played and threw snowballs.. I even got a few solid pics

out there before my hands froze in place.





Then.... Then it started to happen... The sleet.. the frozen rain. It put a nice shell over all the snow.
Think... Dairy Queen.. a vanilla cone dipped in the chocolate that gets hard as it dries.
That is what it turned into... And not near as enjoyable as that
cone would be.. let me tell you.

So It went from over 5 inches of fluffy snow to... a few inches of ice.

It basically shut the ATL..

D - O - W - N.

Believe me.. No school for a week!! A week mind you.. Unheard of around these parts.

No trash pickup. No school. Nothing is open. Interstates and all roads..

Shut down.

Huge trucks and passenger cars stranded on the side of the road for days.

No deliveries to the grocery stores. If you could even get there.. there

was nothing on the shelves.

It was a HOT mess.



And to top it all off... The temp didn't go above freezing until Thursday... So for over four days
we were iced in.
Good. Times.



Can you say... Cabin Fever? Can you say.. Mom, I'm hungry.. (again)
It's all fun and games until you have done everything you can possibly think to do.
And you have eaten everything in the house... (with no way of getting more)
;)
What I would have given to have had access to that trampoline up there.



SOooo... I'm sure you're asking yourself..
Why is she posting THESE pictures while she writes about an ice storm.
Well, since you asked, I will tell you.
1- I haven't uploaded my pictures from the snow yet.
2- As I was cleaning off my hard drive of 2010 pics I found these.
3- They reminded me of how warm and breezy that late Spring evening was in our friends
backyard.
4- How I LONG for it to be that weather again!

So.. For the Record... I am done with Ice. I am done with Snow.

I love living in the South.

I have a whole new respect for you guys up North.

I do.

I don't know how you do it.

Bless you and all that snow and those freezing temps you have every year.

My Hat is off....

p.s. I will get those pics uploaded soon. I mean the kids and I have only been together

now for 10 days.. We still have two more to go. Ha!

Monday is a Holiday!

 What Luck.... not  ;)

I am either going to have start praying harder...

or start drinking.

Seriously.

I guess two months is more than enough time off  ;)

So without further adieu...

Here we go!

These are shots from the pumpkin patch and corn maze followed by

 the Fall Festival and then Halloween :)

I am going to do my best to play catch up and stay caught up!

Hope everyone had a wonderful October :)



The sky was an amazing fall blue that day.. but it was  H O T  let me tell ya!




Goodies on the bake sale table at the school's fall festival..



Stormy got her hair sprayed blue with decorations ;)

My Mad Hatter :)

Running to the next house for more candy!


We hope that everyone had a wonderful October! Especially
Halloween!

Ciao!
Rox