Some Updates and Pictures

Greetings.

I thought I would post some pics for you all to see as well as send out a little update in the life and times of me. Nothing too exciting but hey, I'm posting something and that in itself is pretty darned exciting.

First, I have a funny quote from Audrey who will be soon turning 5 on April 1. Yesterday, I was taking the girls to school and from the back of the van Audrey says..."Terri, I need a kleenex to blow my nose cuz my boogers smell like cinnamon!" I'm pretty sure that is one thing I didn't think I would ever hear out of anyone. And she was so serious about it.

Second, I thought I'd shoot you a recent picture of our pup, Casey, who will be turning 1 in March. She is so stinking cute that I can hardly stand it sometimes. She is a bouncer...she looks like a bunny rabbit when she is running around in the backyard. I do have some concerns, though, as apparently she is somewhat suicidal. We live on the corner of a very busy street and she has run out into this busy street with oncoming cars on more than one occasion. Each time, I have a mini-heart attack. Therefore, she no longer gets to go out the front door on her own...she is now carried. We'll be seeking counseling for her suicidal thoughts. In the meantime, check out how cute she is while she is still alive...


Third, I also thought I'd post the picture we used for our Christmas card this year cuz it's so very cute, too. It's got the whole fam...

Fourth, a little update on our girls who are growing like crazy! Chloe will be turning 9 on March 13 and is in the 3rd grade. As I mentioned in the last post, she is taking piano and she loves it. Her Christmas recital went perfectly and we were all very proud. Kyle and I have gone with her a couple of times to her lesson and her teacher is very pleased with her progress. She is also a big fan of Hannah Montana and she loves to sing and dance around the house.

Suzie is 7 and in 1st grade. She has recently started taking an art class in which she is learning drawing, painting, clay sculpting and lots of other stuff. She really enjoys that. Ballet is another interest she has so once her art classes are done, she may try out ballet for a while. Webkinz is quite a passion for her as she now owns like 8 or 9 of them. She LOVES to be on the computer and play with her Webkinz on there!

Audrey will be 5 on April 1 and she is in Preschool. She is really enjoying it now and I think she will be very excited to go to Kindergarten next year. She will be starting some gymnastics class here in the next month and can hardly wait...it will be great for her as she is a ball of energy. As noted above in the stated quote of hers...she says so many funny things. She absolutely adores Casey and many times will call me just so she can talk to Casey on the phone.

We love spending time with the girls. They are pretty great. Since Chloe and Audrey have bdays so close to one another, they are having a combined party at this place called "Pump It Up" which has a bunch of indoor blow up things they can play on. They are both super excited!

Fifth, Kyle and I recently went on a cruise! He actually won the cruise through work so we couldn't pass up a free vacation. We left from Galveston and the plan was to go to Progresso and Cozumel but we ended up not leaving Galveston in time to get to Progresso cuz of fog but well still got to go to Cozumel which was tons of fun for us since that is where we went on our honeymoon. So, here are a few pictures of our trip...

Here is our room. Each night, we had a different towel animal and this particular night it was a snake and I thought it was so cute. We also had an elephant and a stingray. Those steward people are amazing at keeping our rooms clean and making these animal thingys. We spent a lot of time in our room taking naps and watching TV cuz it was kinda chilly on deck (at least I thought so but I am admittedly a cold wuss).

The next picture is of our bathroom. I was just so intrigued by the bathroom cuz it was so small and odd...and that button above the toilet...that's what you pushed to flush it. It got to be a joke



with me and Kyle cuz everytime we flushed, we announced it so we could both cover our ears...it was soooo loud! Deafening loud! Check out the nice bubbled vinyl blue floor but it dried amazingly fast.

Allrighty then...moving on...here is Kyle and I in Cozumel. That is our massive ship in the background.






We had a lot of fun in Cozumel. We went to a beach and just layed out and I played in the ocean some. Here's is our view from our chairs...




I know...I know...it's not very pretty or anything. It was so hard to be there...that's just the kind of sacrifice that we were willing to make : ) Oh, just in case you're confused...my feet are the ones with the pink toenail polish.

And here is a lovely iguana who is missing half of his tail. He was not far from us on the beach...



Poor little guy. Hopefully that tail will grow back. And the final picture is of me sitting oh so lovely like in a lounge right before dinner.







Check out the beautiful decor surrounding me. Gold and shiny! What is with cruise ships and their decorating????

Anyhoo...we had a great time!

That's all I got fer now...Loves to all!