Sleepin' Beauty D.J.

A Sleepin' Beauty Dog's Life.

Usually he sleeps flat on his back like a person, but with his legs & arms up, which is fun to watch. He is so trusting amongst us.

Funny Dog.

D.J.

D.J. is still having a hard time adjusting to Texas. He seems to have gotten bad amnesia or something from when he got sideswiped by that car cuz' sometimes it seems he thinks he's a "cat"! He likes to eat the cat foot outside more than the dog food inside! Plus, as you can see, the kids put on a collared shirt on the dog confusing him even more! LOL

One of the cats, "Batgirl" had 3 kittens - one black, one mixed patches, and a tan colored one. I think D.J. is always looking for them to play with. The kittens all have blue eyes too. I've only seen them a couple of times after it rains. Will try to post some pixes soon.

See, poor D.J. - now he thinks he's a horse! He's a good dog though. He'll never complain and totally lets C.J. pull his ears, his tail, and ride him!
Am I a dog, a cat, a horse, or a boy? Oh well, I'm loved.

Chicken Foot

This is the game Kyra & I learned on Thanksgiving & our new pasttime. Good way to practice her math skills! Try it sometime! Great family game!

The object of the game is to play all your tiles and have the lowest score at the end of the game. At the start of the game, each player draws tiles from the "chicken yard", one tile at a time. The first player to hold the double-nine tile goes first, positioning the tile in the center of the hub, then play proceeds clockwise. The remaining tiles that contain double nines are then played into the other notches on the hub, forming a double "chicken foot". Thereafter, tiles may be placed on any of the six "chickentoes", and so on. Chickenfoot can also be played with double twelve dominoes.

Happy Thanksgiving!

This was taken right before we went to Great-Grandparents Carmie & Alvin's place to celebrate Thanksgiving. It was an early feast because Kerry's youngest sister had to leave by 1pm. We had fun.

Afterwards, we headed back to the house to continue our own Thanksgiving celebration. Menu included my brined turkey, Mom's ham, potato salad, candied yams, fresh stuffing, cranberry sauce, gravy, and Mom's famous apple & pumpkin pies. Yum Yum!



C.J had fun as you can see in his lil' pilot outfit! Although he later caught Kyra's cold and is still a little sick. He's feeling better today though.

Mom, Ashley, Kyra, and I later played a dominoe game called "Chicken Foot" that they taught us earlier that morning at Kerry's parents' place. It is a really fun game and quite relaxing. We played through the night while listening to classic Christmas music. It was a relaxing evening. The guys just relaxed their "tummies" while we played.


Mom and Ashley even later taught me an old card game called "Hand & Foot" and by the time we finished, it was already almost midnight. I guess "us girls" really got into the game.

Hope all of you too had a great Turkey day! XOXOX

Happy 7th Anniversary to Us!

Can you believe it's already been 7 years since our Las Vegas Wedding? Sean and I dined in Lake Jackson to celebrate the special occasion while Mom watched our trio at home. We went for the usual fave of ours- italian. Johnnie Carino's and it was good. However, it didn't have Sean's fave linguine w/ white clam sauce and my crave for shrimp scampi but it was nice. It was a bit awkward dining just the two of us, as we've gotten so use to our usual "party-of-5".

Last night, we ALL dined out for a change, at Ryan's (similar to HomeTown Buffet) and are getting use to now having to wait for a table because of our now, "Party-of-Eight" family count. It is an experience in itself lately going out to dinner w/ our large group, but mighty fun- considering CJ's funny table manners, Alyssa's never-ending eating habit, and Kyra's drama shows. (No extra entertainment needed on our outings- LOL)

It was funny when we got to the italian restaurant. There was no hostess to greet us right way so we assumed that "you help yourself" since menus were right at the door, so that's just what we did! We grabbed one of each menu and started looking for our table. Then, the hostess came out apologizing as she was sitting another couple ahead of us. (must be new like us) so it was quite embarressing at first. So not everything here in Texas is DIY style. But then it seemed as if everyone was observing us as if were on our very first date! Even our waitress seemed a bit too nosey at times around us.

I guess us not spending enough quality time together alone, is starting to show. LOL Either that or we just look too obvious "out-of-towners".

FYI- Copper is traditionally symbollic for "7 years"

Grandparents' Day

September 12, 2007Kyra got double special treatment on Grandparent's Day over here in Texas. She got to have lunch w/ her new Grandpa Kerry and Great-Grandma Carmie at her new school. It was a fun day for her to share all these new experiences all at once!

Barbie Day at Great-Grandma's

October 6, 2007 The girls had a blast playing at Great-Grandma Carmie's Barbie Beauty Parlor that she made literally all by herself! From quilts, furniture, and even designer clothes for Barbie! This woman has some talent! She also had the girls go shopping there where they came home with cute little personalized outfits for their own barbie dolls. It looked like a showroom for Barbies in the bedroom and that wasn't even everything out.
The girls even now have a new cousin to play with. Mykaila is five and is Darryl's (Kerry's younger brother) granddaughter.
CJ went along but realized there were no "cars or trucks" that Barbie had to lend him, so he went to hang out with Darryl's red-nose pittbull, "Shadow" instead. But then Shadow wouldn't share his toys, so CJ just ended up going w/ us to run errands instead. LOL