LSU vs. Arkansas

OK...OK...so Arkansas won...big deal! It was only by 1 point and hey, you Arkansas fans have to admit you were a little scared there for a while when the score was 30 to 14. I did notice that no one bothered texting me when we were winning. That's how it always goes though. No one texts me when LSU is winning, but the minute we start losing, people start blowing my phone up with texts. I think I had 5 come in at the same time as soon as the game was over. Enjoy your little Golden Boot trophy...we don't have room. Our two crystal footballs are filling our trophy case! Good luck in your bowl game...wait, never mind!

LSU vs. Arkansas

Awww...how sweet!!! Me and my honey before the game...notice how bundled up I am...well, it was cold. Not only that, soon after kickoff, it started raining. Yes, it was cold, wet, freezing rain. It's a wonder I don't have pneumonia.

The gang's all here!!! David, Kim Pilcher, and Mike. I don't know if I've ever been to an LSU game without Kim being there...he's a hoot!

Wait a minute...is someone out of place in this picture??? Oh yeah, it's Melanie...our Razorback fan! Just kidding Mel!!

#1 item on the girls' Christmas list

My brother brought two of his boxer puppies up to Mom's on Thanksgiving for the girls to play with. This is what they want Santa to bring them for Christmas. Can you tell by looking at the pictures who's going to be the "roughest" with the new puppy??? Aren't they precious (the puppies AND our girls)???

BFF's

This is Marcia...AKA Aunt Sha Sha to my kids. Marcia stopped by Mom's on Thanksgiving to say hi. Of course, we had to have our picture made together. Dawn wasn't there or it would have been all three of us in the picture. We were known as the "Three Muskateers" growing up. I've been gone from Louisiana for almost 10 years now, but will always consider them my BFF's!!!

LSU/Ole Miss continued:

OK...this is how close we were...too dang close!!! That's the CBS camera right there in front of me.

This is where we ended up sitting after Mike text me saying there were empty seats around him. This was so much better...at least I could watch the game on the field and not on the screen.

Ever heard of "Big Herman"? Well, here he is...the biggest baby ever born in Louisiana weighing in at a whopping 15 lbs. and (I forget how many ounces). Who cares about the ounces...the 15 lbs. blows my mind!!!

This is "Big Herman's" moma. The back of her shirt says "MAMA HOUSE". What a woman!

LSU vs. Ole Miss

Well, we lose once again. I'm seriously considering following another team! NOT! It's really hard to sit there and watch LSU get beat so bad by Ole Miss of all teams. Oh well, we had a good time. We had tickets on the 2nd row...yes, I said 2nd row. I'll never sit there again. I got some good pictures...of the players behinds!!!! I did get to see them up close...heck, we were right behind the CBS camera. However, I couldn't see what was going on on the field. I kept having to look up at the screen on the scoreboard. Right before halftime, David and I moved up where Mike was sitting. He text me and said there were a few empty seats around him that no one had claimed yet...so we moved. I got some pics, but none of me and David. He was too mad to have a picture made with me. Mad at the game, that is. So I'll share a few (of the players behinds) to let you see just how close we were at the beginning of the game.

Don't forget to unload your car after shopping!!!!

I just wanted to give you all a little reminder (I seem to need plenty these days, I don't know what's happening to my memory)...don't forget to unload your car after Christmas shopping. Anyway, when I got home from shopping Saturday night, I thought, well I'll unload the car later...the girls are still up and they don't need to see all of this. I ended up unloading what I had bought for myself (I mean, come on, who goes Christmas shopping without buying something for yourself?) Well, as I mentioned in my last post, we had company come over to watch the game and me and my wonderful memory forgot to finish unloading the car after the girls went to bed. Wellll, I had to go by Wal-Mart today after work to pick up a few things. Morgan knows the code to my car that unlocks all the doors AND pops my trunk. On our way out to the car, I told her to go ahead and unlock it and pop the trunk for me. Boy, it sure would help me if my memory was a little better than it is. Sooooo, I'm standing at the back of the car...she pops the trunk and walks back to open it for me. As soon as the trunk went up...I gasped and slammed it shut!!!! I'm just thankful her little hands weren't in the way. WHEW!!! You should have seen the look on her face...I think I scared her to death. She said, "What's that?" I said, "Oh,...I forgot to unload all the presents I bought for everyone the other night." She said, "Is any of it ours?" I said, "NO." Then she said, "What was in that box...it looked like a play computer or something?" I said, "I don't remember...it's probably something I bought for someone else...get in the car and get buckled." Needless to say, I had to cram everything I bought at Wal-Mart in the front seat of my car. I sure am going to miss "Jungle Jim" and "Sugar's" house this year. We knew where their spare key was and before I would go home from Christmas shopping, I'd make a stop at their house and unload. Now I just need to remember to unload it all before I pack the car up to go to Louisiana this weekend!!!

A fun day of shopping

Well, I don't have a picture to add to this post, but wanted to let you know how my shopping day went yesterday. I met Marcia and Misty in Monroe yesterday morning...well, our plans were to meet at 9:30, BUT someone was a little late...try after 11:00. Oh well, it didn't stop me...I shopped until they got there. We shopped in the mall, then on to Toys-R-Us. Boy did we have a hay day in there. I ran into Janet (my principal from Prescott), her daughter Katie, and her two beautiful boys. It was good to visit with Janet...I haven't seen her since I moved from Prescott in May. I sure miss them all. We had to take a break from shopping long enough to eat so we decided to eat at Copeland's. If you've never eaten there, you need to try it. The food is delicious. Marcia and Misty dropped me back off at the mall around 4:00 and I shopped for a couple more hours, then headed home. I got a lot done, but still have so much more to do. I'm seriously considering shopping online. At least that way you could avoid the crowds. When I got home, David had bought the LSU/Troy game on tv. Boy, LSU is forevermore struggling this year. Some friends of ours from church came over and watched it with us. We barely pulled that game off. Well, I have lots to do before bed. David will be out of town on business Monday through Thursday of this week, then we'll be headed to Baton Rouge Friday night. Not sure I'll have much to post this week...we'll see.

A night at the movies!

Since kids are out of school today, we decided to take the girls out to a movie last night. Their movie choice was none other than Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa. It was a real cute movie. David and I personally like the first one better, but we enjoyed this one too. We had some good laughs! The little girl sitting in the middle of my two (so they wouldn't fight over her) is Jordyn Nowlen. Jordyn's mom and I teach 4th grade together at MIS. Morgan and Lauren just love "Jor Jor". That's the name Lauren gave her. We took them out to eat before the movie...I was hoping they would say Ameca (a great mexican restaurant here in town), but NO...they had to have McDonald's. Soooo, McDonald's it was! They had a great time and so did we. There's nothing like hearing the laughter of 3 precious little girls!

Joining Pauline Baptist Church

We just recently (in October) joined Pauline Baptist Church here in Monticello. This picture was taken the morning we joined. We've been visiting this church since we moved here in May and decided to become part of the Pauline family. It is a wonderful church filled with so many kind and caring people. We've made a lot of friends there. There are so many people who attend they had to add another service. We attend the 8:30 a.m. service, go to Sunday school at 9:45, and are out by 10:30. It's pretty nice. We really miss Central Baptist Church in Prescott, but we are glad to have found a church here in Monticello. Oh, and they also have AWANA which the girls both love!

Ready for a break!

I'm so ready for tomorrow to be over with. I'm still worn out from the weekend and could have literally taken a nap today at school. I yawned my head off from lunch until the end of the school day. We're about to have a long break though. Kids are out Thursday and Friday. Teachers have professional development Thursday, but guess what??? We're off Friday too!!! YEAH!!!! Of course, I've already got my days and nights planned. Thursday night, I plan to take the girls to see Madagascar 2. I'm going to clean house all day Friday and just kick back and relax Friday night. I'm getting up early Saturday morning and heading to Monroe to meet Marcia and Christmas shop ALL day. I plan to get a lot done. I have only bought 2 gifts and have a ton more to buy. Then Sunday, of course, church, out to eat, nap, and get ready for next week. One more full week and then we'll have our Thanksgiving break. I'll be worn out again. I'll be heading to Louisiana Tuesday when we get out. Stay Tuesday and Wednesday night in Louisiana. Eat at Mom's Thursday and head to Little Rock to spend the night and get ready for the LSU/Arkansas game. Maybe I'll see some of my Arkansas friends there. Gotta go for now...ttyl!

Meet Jersey and Millie!

This is Jersey and Millie..."uncle" Mel's dogs. By the way, Mel is a girl (Melanie). I have no idea why they call her that. Anyway, Morgan and Lauren just love these dogs. They got them out first thing Saturday morning to play. Poor Millie is all I have to say (that's the one Lauren is holding). Our girls even include these dogs in their prayers every night. They're hoping for a puppy from Santa...a boxer though.

Just scootin' around LSU!

I know, you're probably laughing right now wondering if we really rode this around campus. Yes, we did! And boy did we ever get some looks...and laughs :-) Hey, it came in handy when we were walking to the stadium and back. She carted my kids around. Melanie and I had to be careful when we were on it together...it kept wanting to "bottom out" when we'd hit a bump for some reason!! HA!

Trick or Treat!

Guess who? Well, you probably guessed who Morgan was...none other than Hannah Montana. Lauren, on the other hand, may be hard to figure out. She was Sharpay from High School Musical. They had a blast trick-or-treating here in Monticello. We loaded up on candy and need to give it away so we'll stop eating it! By the way, if you like High School Musical, you'll love the new one...High School Musical 3. I took the girls to see it and it was so good! Next on our list is Madagascar 2. We love kid movies!

Playin' "dress up" at Nana's

Isn't this precious? Our girls LOVE to play dress up at Nana's house. One of their favorite friends in Columbia is Jessa. Everytime they go to Nana's they want Jessa to come over and play. Nana has a room upstairs with a trunk full of dress up clothes. As soon as we get there, that's the first place they go. I shouldn't even bother packing much when we go to visit because all they wear are the dress up clothes while we're there.

Friends forever

The Robbins' came to visit back in September. Morgan and Lauren were so excited to see Riley and Lainey Bug! They played hard and had a great time. We sure do miss all our friends in Prescott.

Crazy Hair Night at AWANA

Well, you guessed it! Crazy hair night at AWANA. Mom was here...thank goodness. She worked on the girls for a while trying to get some crazy hair do's. Lauren wasn't too crazy about it at first. She said everyone would laugh at her. She has a thing about thinking people will think she looks funny. I told her that everyone would have crazy hair at AWANA. Well, my girls were two of the few who participated. I almost fell out when I walked Lauren to her classroom and she was the only one who had crazy hair. Her leaders even forgot! I thought I was going to have to take her back home, but she stayed and one little boy came in with his hair spray painted. Thank God!

First Day of School

Well, this is all new to me so I hope it turns out ok. I wish I had started this a long time ago. I guess I can start with the girls first day of school. They look real happy in this picture, right? Well, that was before the day began. Lauren did fine and adjusted well. Morgan, on the other hand, did not do so well. She was so excited about starting a new school and then BAM!!! I don't know what happened, but that all changed when she came back to me at the end of the day. It took her at least 2-3 weeks to adjust to her new school. I must say, she is doing extremely well now and loving it! Lauren...well, she's been fine from the get go. Let's just hope it stays that way.