Headed to NC

Sitting on the plane ready to dept Lubbock for jacksonville nc to see
my meg & to WELCOME ZAC HOMEftom Iraq!!!! Note the nice brown windy
sandy haze as we leave. My hair & teeth are riddled with dirt.

Will be checking in when I get to Dallas!

Nothing stops the boy

See the Brown in the background? Thats just a taste of the nasty sand
blowing. Oh but it won't stop ATV boy :)- just throw down the
windshield & put on mom's (ultra cool) shades :)

Such sibling sleep

The truth be known ... They are asleep in MY bed. This is where they
come in the middle of the night. If we get them a king size bed do you
think they will stay out of mine?!

Lady Pirates Video

Here's another video of the AWESOME Lady Pirates!!! Read about their game against Levelland here.

This video features the Seminole & Levelland games :). Enjoy! (i had to compress the file...so it's better viewed as-is instead of full screen :/

They play Brownfield at Brownfield on Friday (Jan. 25).

Leighten & her Deer

Wow Wow! Miss Leighten (my niece) got a deer! :)

 

Oh the teen years

Yes she is grounded. And yes she posted these notes herself.

Determination

Reghan has incredible determination. What she doesn't realize is that
doing such things just PROVED her capabilities :)

Miss Reghan

Look at those pearlies!! I can't tell u how she has been counting the
days down to today! Congrats regh! They are beautiful!

Sent from my iPhone.
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Abby in the morning

This is what abby does when I tell her I'm going to take her picture.
Nice. She is her mother's child I suppose.

Hmmmm

And angela. I'm sure u are getting quite a kick out of thus huh??!!

I asked hayden what my face looked like when I found abby & the empty
headrests. This is what he gave me.

No mischief here

Guilty

Yes she drew all over her face & yes these are self-planted stickers
on her mouth.

HO-LY Cow

Seriously. I didnt want to publish this but-we seem to have a serious
rat problem at our house.

Not really. But for abby's sake it would have been better.

I wasn't even OUT of the room. I was around the corner. This is
compliments of Miss abby kay- who is incapable of sitting at the
moment (wonder why).
I guess maybe she thought the stuffing in the couch wasn't quite
'plush' enough. This photo is only half the mess. Oh yeah b/c I
angrily stuffed the first headrest back before I thought 'oh-this will
make such fantastic blog material' and grabbed my iPhone.

What in the world. I'm sure mom, marla, kb, & mandalyn are having
quite a laugh at the moment. Yes. My child.

St. Luke's Southwest Groundbreaking

Sunday I joined my mother & father-in-law, Barbara & Ray Ehlers at their groundbreaking ceremony and service at St. Luke's Southwest Campus off 98th and Frankford.

WOW. What a service. I'm so thankful I was able to be a part of the morning.

Enjoy. I think it speaks for itself. :)

Cooper Lady Pirate Basketball

Bliss gone.

Seriously. They should call the Howlin' Hurricane the Hurlin' Hurricane.

The SIX story treehouse

And for those annoyed at all the posts-did I mention -I LOVE my iPhone.

Playing the H2O treehouse

Happy boys

Home of the...

6 story howling hurricane.
I promise they didnt hire me for marketing-but they should.

1000 of the 80,000

Hayden is having water wars on the sea-doo (he's in red). Rhyan is
playing water basketball. David is getting a massage. I am sitting.
And I'm not getting a sunburn-didnt even have to apply sunblock. Oh.
Did I mention MY massage an hour ago? Oh x 2- there is a Starbucks in
the lobby. Can I get a Glooooooo-reeeee?!!

Book now!

Seriously. Go book your room now.
www.greatwolflodge.com Tell them I sent you & ask for the Pass The
Pepper discount. They will have no idea what to do with you. Maybe
they will give you a big discount:) .

Best place EVER!!

We are staying at the grand Wolf Lodge in grapevine!! Seriously-this
is the best place ever! 80,000 square foot INDOOR waterpark! We got
here at 6:30 & its 11pm now. We r WORN out!

Boys trip

Ok. I'm about to pee in my pants from laughing.

We r on a boys trip with rhyan & hayden- we left after rhyan's
tournament (he scored 9 points in his game today!) and after hayden
fell off the bleachers backwards. Needless to say, I missed the last
game.

Back to the peeing explanation: hayden just told rhyan to QUIT
LITTERING and buckle up or I'm gonna call 1-1-1!!!!

Shame or rhyan for littering b/c he wasn't wearing his seatbelt.

More stories to come in this great adventure!

Visitors

Abby & hayden waited & waited by the front door for NANNIE & PEPAW!
They finally arrived & we can now resume our day!

Crazy!

David & I r on our first official overnight ride. This Is totally
crazy b/c I am blogging this on the back of his Harley while were
driving down the road!!
Isnt that awesome?!
We're having a great time!

Happy Birthday-

We r celebrating Grandpa Wuensche's birthday today....which means
cousins galore! Abby & Hayden found the swing along with their second
cousin Kristen!

Oh miss abby kay

Abby & I are passing the time away in the car waiting for her big
brother Rhysn to finish at the Orthodontist. Abby found some ponytail
holders in the seat & insisted on not just having 2 pigtails- but
THREE MOMA THREE!!! Now we have a potty emergency & must go inside.
Um.... I made her take the forehead ponytail out :).

Marla&Steph

Best seat in the house

We are so excited to be here at Hardin Simmons University to watch miz
Kimberly Dawn graduate from college! We are even more excited that we
were able to sit with our rather loud kids in the balcony! Kim just
received her diploma- so we are NOW in the foyer sitting on the lovely
couches watching commencement on tv! Ahhhh life with toddlers.

Congrats Kim!!! We are so proud of you!

Me&Mandy

Regh's Fall Sports Banquet!

Yummmy Soup

This is by far some de-lish soup. My "friend" (I say friend b/c well...I have never met this person...but she blogs...and had we been in college together, I'm quite sure we'd be soul-mates along with Mandy & Cathy Jane). At any rate...Boo Mama is the epitome of hil-ar-ious. So there. Go see her blog...but try this soup first. :)

Obvious Credits to M3-Marla

Cheesy Chicken Asparagus Soup
(it is not required that you even like asparagus to like this soup. It's GOOD, yummy..ahhhh)

12 Chicken Tenders or 5 Chicken Breasts boiled - cut up & save the broth
4 potatoes & 1 Chopped Onion (I hate onions...so i usually just use onion powder)
Cook the potatoes & onion in the chicken broth

Add...
1 tall can asparagus (drained & cut into pieces) add 3 tsp. of the juice to the concoction.

1 lg. jar Cheese Whiz
1 small jar jalepeno cheese whiz
1 pint half & half
Salt & pepper
stir often & let simmer.

AHHH. This is so simple...and verrrrry delish. You must try.

Happy Souping.

This is why...

Nothing was left. Abby Kay Is one choc-o-holic!

Happy Anniversary

This is what was left of the delicious chocolate covered bananas,
strawberries & apples that David gave me for our 6th Anniversary!
Edible arrangements is the VERY best! Yummmmmy!

Our Elves

We've indulged in the Elfin crazy...hold on to your seats :)


Elfin' Kids

What a Dance...

Ok...David & I will be celebrating our six anniversary on Saturday...so I've been doing lots of reminiscing (is that how you spell it???) My dear friend Mandy sent me this hilarious video the other day...and I MUST SHARE IT! Just know that this song was THE song that I met Mandy and Cathy to in college :).

Pee before watching.

glumbert - Best wedding first dance ever

Little miss hot chocolate

Future honey cookie affeciando

This is what..

Paul does with the leftovers from honey cookies! (Lendi Is pouring the
drink! Not to be. Confused with his new preference for nails.)

Time for honey cookies!

Grandmas siblings

Shirley grandma clarence & doric

Crazy sexy granny

Taken w/my new yummy iPhone

Mom & her 2 out of 3 sisters

Happy turkey day

Happy birthday David !

FIRST PLACE

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!! Reghan's team placed FIRST!!!!! Wooooohooooo!!!!!! She gets to advance to area competition!!!
Congrats Regh! We are so very proud of you!!!

More of Reghan

I just dropped off a snack for Regh. She hurried off this a.m. with nothing to eat! She is about to do her speaking competition on Parliamentary Procedure....Im so excite for her!!!
Oh...and on Rhyan's post..Im driving..and I hit the 'p' key with the o...there by spelling ypoung instead of young...please overlook...in too big of a hurry to edit post!!

My Studly FFA Guy

Look at this handsome FFA'er! Rhyan is competing to. He's doing some kind ofsomething about hot wire fences. It is very sophisticated & I totally don't understand it. Yes I have reached the milestone where my kids are educating me...wow. Very proud of this ypoung man!!

My FFA girl

Regh sent this from her phone. She is competing today ...then headed w/the volleyball team to their playoff game. Go Lady Pirates! She has a busy day! We're so proud of her!!!

My Little Boys Rides Free

He learned to ride his bicycle without training wheels.



I hate to admit this...ok...I didn't BAWL...but I did some crying.

My baby boy. Just look at him....this was...YESTERDAY!



Hayden spent the first part of last week with his Nannie & Pepaw. The boy would live there if he could. He loves to fish and play golf...and that's what he does when he goes to Nannie & Pepaw's house. And he plays with Specka Pepper the weenie dog that I promise must have Pepper blood b/c she is treated like one of my siblings...and I don't remember having a sister growing up... :)

Hayden got a new bike at Nannie & Pepaw's because his old one...well...I think he rode the tires flat. It would not hold air, and Pepaw had already changed the tube once.

Hayden begged Pepaw to take the training wheels off...but Pepaw would not. He told Hayden that his Daddy would do that.

Well evidently the child has already learned how to slip through the back door to get things done. A little boy from across the street rode over while Hayden and Pepaw were on the riding lawnmower. Pepaw says that Hayden got off the lawnmower very quickly...and Pepaw didn't think much of this until....He looked up to find HAYDEN RAY EHLERS riding down the street on this little boys bicycle! ALL BY HIMSELF! See it makes my eyes water now!

I am just a tad bit proud.

He couldn't wait to show me his new talent, and did so at a cafe in Dickins, TX at 8:30 p.m. - DARK. He rode until...he crashed in the soft gravel. Yes. We've had lots of crashes lately.

After we got home he showed David that he could ride (this was at about 10 p.m.), and he rode...until he wiped out in the driveway. Please don't think this holds him back because if he does more than bat an eye we wouldn't notice.

This is the same child that basically taught himself to swim.

Oh. This thought just occurred to me. Please pray for us. The boy has no fear.

Miss Sparkly

Abby is a girly girl. I was not a girly girl...but I LOVE that she is! Her Nannie sent these Dorothy shoes to her...and Abby could not wait to put them on...but look closely to see if you can figure out one small flaw...







Nannie sent two RIGHT shoes. It mattered not to Abby Kay. She insisted on wearing them anyway. Full-blooded woman.