If I Only Had Time...

365 Project: Day 147-San Antonio

2011-05-30T09:02:00.004-05:00

I made a San Antonio photo book of all our SA memories! I love looking at it! It makes me miss my wonderful friends and city! What a great 6 years!

365 Project: Day 146-Maren's last day!

2011-05-30T08:52:00.004-05:00

Maren's last day of school! She had a wonderful year with wonderful teachers! She will be full-time preschool next year instead of 2 days a week! Yikes! What am I going to do with myself?

365 Project: Day 145-Last day of 1st grade!

2011-05-29T18:36:00.009-05:00

Tate's 1st day of 1st grade--- ---Tate's last day of 1st grade

Few inches taller, few less teeth, where did my little boy go??

365 Project: Day 144-Farewell to 1st grade picnic

2011-05-29T18:28:00.004-05:00

Tate had a Farewell to 1st grade picnic. We all joined him for hot dogs, chips, drink and a cookie. Unfortunately, it was raining outside so what was supposed to be an outside picnic turned into eating in his classroom. It was nice to see his room, teacher, friends and parents for the last time before school was out. Here comes 2nd grade!

365 Project: Day 143-Whew!

2011-05-29T18:19:00.003-05:00

After watching the Weather Channel all morning and was sure a tornado was going to come through Wichita, we, luckily, missed alot of the severe weather. We got a few rounds of storms with lightening, thunder, hail and hard rain but, for the most part, missed alot of it. Whew! I had to work in the evening and Jason had been out of town. I had gotten some water, snacks, shoes, blankets, pillows, flashlights, and new batteries for the weather radio and put them in the craft room downstairs that has a cement wall from the garage. He, finally, arrived in town, got the kiddos, pizza and a movie and camped out for the night and luckily, it passed without them even needing to go downstairs! I know alot of the US got hit alot harder from those storms than we did and, hopefully, they didn't cause too much damage!

365 Project: Day 142-First Grade Rocks

2011-05-27T16:05:00.003-05:00

Tate had Author Night at his school for his class. Each child wrote a paragraph and made a picture about the question "What are your 2 favorite things about 1st grade?". Most answers were about PE and Computers. They published them all in a hard back book titled "First Grade Rocks". At Author Night, they each got up and read their story to the class and their families. Too cute!

365 Project: Day 141-Nice to Meet You

2011-05-27T16:00:00.004-05:00

Maren and the giraffe at Tanganyika wildlife park! This was a very cool park! You can feed the giraffes and the lemurs, pet kangaroos and ride camels. We can't wait to go back!

365 Project: Day 140-Lightening

2011-05-27T15:38:00.005-05:00

Jason and Tate set out to buy a gecko and, with a little more research, ended up coming home with a, lower maintanence, beta fish. Meet our new pet, Lightening! They love him and he is quite pretty! Maren was just upset it wasn't a girl:)

365 Project: Day 139-Cascarones

2011-05-26T17:40:00.002-05:00

Keeping up with the San Antonio tradition, we taught our neighbors about cascarones. Click here to read about them! I, surprisingly, came across them at WalMart and they were made in San Antonio. Kinda funny. Anyway, we sent the kids over to the empty lot across the street because these eggs filled with confetti make a mess and they proceeded to crack eachother over the head with all 12 of them. Quite the excitement for about 5 minutes then they were off doing bigger and better things!

365 Project: Day 138-Date Night with the Boys

2011-05-24T10:29:00.002-05:00

Jason and I had a date night with Tim McGraw, Luke Bryan and The Band Perry. What a great concert!

365 Project: Day 137-Big Trouble

2011-05-24T10:23:00.002-05:00

Maren thought a new shirt she got was a dress then came up with it pulled down over her bum and put heels with it. Nice. And then argued with me when I told her to put some pants on. We're in for some big trouble!

365 Project: Day 136-Warrior of the Week

2011-05-23T22:15:00.001-05:00

Tate was the Warrior of the Week at school. Way to go, Tate!

365 Project: Day 135-The Princess at Sport Clips

2011-05-23T21:59:00.002-05:00

Miss Thing in her princess dress at Sport Clips to get Tate's haircut.....after the picture, she said "Mom, give me the keys, I need to go shopping!" Oh boy!

365 Project: Day 134-One Windy Soccer Game

2011-05-23T21:56:00.002-05:00

We had an early soccer game on Saturday. It was freezing and windy and this is about all you saw of Maren the whole game. Brrr!

365 Project: Day 133-Last Soccer Game

2011-05-21T09:44:00.002-05:00

Tate had his last soccer game. He made great improvements this season! His coach, Meurig, is an amazing coach. He is/was a professional soccer player. He has some serious soccer skills, amazing to watch with a soccer ball and has not an ounce of fat on him. We are very forturnate to have him teaching Tate and are looking forward to the fall season!

365 Project: Day 132-From the White House

2011-05-21T09:31:00.003-05:00

Tate's class wrote letters to President Obama it hopes of receiving a letter back. Within a month, we got our letter from the White House. Pretty exciting to get important mail!

Here is a copy of the letter Tate sent:

365 Project: Day 131-Something Borrowed

2011-05-21T09:23:00.003-05:00

I finally finished this book so I can see the movie! I'm loving reading books on the iPad. I'm not on to her book #2, Something Blue! Cute books!

365 Project: Day 130-The Neighbors

2011-05-17T10:57:00.003-05:00

These are are neighbors! It was quite a surprise to open the paper and see their picture. The mom, Amy, is an OB in town and her husband, Jeff, stays home with their 5 kids. They have 3 biological boys and have adopted twin girls from China. They have become quite a staple at our house. The kids play together nearly everyday. They are an amazing family and are now over in China adopting #6, a 3yr named Charlie. They took the whole clan over there and are going to be gone for 2 1/2 wks. They have sent us a link to their pictures they have been posting so it's been fun to follow their adventure and see little Charlie. Our kids are missing their friends and will be ready for them to come home!

365 Project: Day 129-Best Mother's Day Card

2011-05-17T10:47:00.003-05:00

Since we had been gone all weekend, Jason had the kids make Mother's Day cards for me while I was at work and had them on the counter when I got home. They were the best cards ever!

365 Project: Day 128-Hottest Day Yet

2011-05-17T10:43:00.002-05:00

Monday hit a record 100 degrees in Wichita! It broke the record that day from back in the late 1800's. Crazy weather! Although, the wind was blowing so hard it didn't really feel that hot, since we have San Antonio's 100 degrees to compare to...now that is hot!

365 Project: Day 127-Happy Mother's Day

2011-05-16T21:58:00.004-05:00

It was a Happy Mother's Day with these two wild ones!

365 Project: Day 126-Kansas City Royals

2011-05-16T21:35:00.004-05:00

We went to Kansas City and met up with our old friends, Frank, Shannon, Carter and Madison, from Houston. They now live in Dallas and drove to Kansas City to meet us for a Royals game. It was a beautiful evening and a fabulous ball field. It was great to see our friends again and it was amazing with the difference in ages of the kids, how much fun they had together. By the way, I have a picture of Carter holding Tate in the hospital when he was born. Too cute!!

365 Project: Day 125-Mom's Picnic

2011-05-16T21:25:00.004-05:00

Maren's school had a Mom's Picnic for Mother's Day. She made a picture and a letter about mom, we brought a picnic lunch and ate outside in the courtyard, played lots of carnival games and got her face painted. What special day they planned for all the moms!

365 Project: Day 124-Cinco de Mayo

2011-05-16T21:21:00.003-05:00

We got a babysitter and head out for Cinco de Mayo. The party bus beat us to the party!

365 Project: Day 123-Swimming Lessons

2011-05-16T21:17:00.002-05:00

Both kids started swimming lessons at the Y to refresh for the summer. They take them at the same time but in different groups. Makes it nice to only have to make one trip a week!

365 Project: Day 122-The Lone Cake Pop

2011-05-16T21:13:00.002-05:00

The lone cake pop left from Jason's birthday. Needless to say we all split it!

365 Project: Day 121-Happy Birthday, Jason!

2011-05-10T12:27:00.002-05:00

Happy Birthday, Jason!

365 Project: Day 120-Wichita 1/2 Marathon

2011-05-10T12:24:00.002-05:00

Jason and our friend, Lynn, ran the Wichita 1/2 Marathon! Her husband and kids and me and the kids made 3 stops along the trail to see them go by. They did great! Jason finished just under 2 hours!

365 Project: Day 119-Smores

2011-05-10T12:21:00.003-05:00

It was a beautiful Saturday night and our neighbors got a new fire pit. They put it together while we sat and drank some wine. The kids then roasted smores! They had a great time!

365 Project: Day 118-The Royal Wedding

2011-05-10T12:17:00.002-05:00

I woke up just in time to watch the Royal Wedding! I was just going to record it but Jason got up around 5 and asked if I wanted to turn it on. I'm so glad I did! Maren came into our room soon after and watched it with me in bed. We loved it!! What a beautiful wedding! She now loves Princess Kate!

365 Project: Day 117-My Family

2011-05-01T22:50:00.002-05:00

Maren had one of her pictures, My Family, displayed in the hallway at her school. Too cute!

365 Project: Day 116-Rio

2011-05-01T22:46:00.002-05:00

Tate had gone with a friend to see Rio a few weeks ago so on this rainy cold day, I took Maren to see it. She loved her special afternoon and the movie was adorable!

365 Project: Day 115-The Boss and his Office

2011-05-01T22:41:00.003-05:00

I had to go to Walgreen's District Office, which is where Jason's office is, for a customer service meeting before I went to work at the store. I took him lunch beforehand and even got a rare picture of him in his office while I was at it.

365 Project: Day 114-Clothes

2011-05-01T22:34:00.003-05:00

Day of cleaning out closets, sorting clothes into give away piles, garage sale piles and Kid to Kid piles and reorganizing totes to according to age. Yay! I love spring cleaning! I still don't feel like I get rid of enough but some of the cutest outfits I just can't part with!

365 Project: Day 113-Happy Easter

2011-04-29T16:56:00.004-05:00

Easter bunny, church, spending time with family, egg hunts, candy, great food, no rain, GREAT DAY! Happy Easter!

365 Project: Day 110-Perfect Bed

2011-04-29T16:32:00.003-05:00

After taking the sheets off the bed in the guest room to get them washed for Mom and Dad to come visit, Bella found a perfect bed!

365 Project: Day 112-Easter Eggs

2011-04-27T22:09:00.003-05:00

Dyeing Easter eggs for Easter Sunday--we had to get the whole family involved!

365 Project: Day 111-No Skinny Girl?

2011-04-27T21:58:00.003-05:00

With Mom and Dad in town, we needed to stock up on Skinny Girl. We stopped by the local liquor store only to find out it is on backorder for at least a month and the whole town was out...Yikes! We called Mike in IN to have him check the grocery on the way out of town..he found 6 bottles! After some miscommunication with Jason, who was in a town an hour away, and only got the message that we were out and not that we had found some, got 4 bottles up there. So, we are now well stocked on Skinny Girl! Yay!

365 Project: Day 109-Poor Lucky Ball

2011-04-27T21:17:00.003-05:00

So, technically, I missed taking a picture this day but this one is from later in the week and it definitely deserves it's own day. Tate loves his basketball. We are constantly telling him if it goes in the street and a car is coming, don't go chasing the ball into the street. Mom and Dad had just gotten into town from their drive from IN and Dad and Tate were outside playing basketball. The garbage truck drove by and Tate stopped to wave, the ball then goes into the street, which, he did what he had been told and stayed on the side. The garbage truck backs up and runs over the ball. It sounded like a shot gun. We heard it from inside the house and didn't think anything of it knowing the garbage truck was outside until we heard Tate crying. His lucky ball, which he calls it, had been run over. Poor little guy..you would have thought he had had this ball his whole life not the whole 2 months since Jason had gotten it for him. So off to Dick's, Papaw and Tate went for the exact same ball and an additional Jordan ball which made him a much happier boy. The lucky ball wasn't so lucky!

365 Project: Day 108-Lip Smackers

2011-04-25T21:14:00.003-05:00

Maren loves her Lip Smackers and I have to say I love them too! The Easter flavors make you want to eat them..Sugar Cookie Icing, Orange Creme Egg, and Easter Cake! Yum!

365 Project: Day 107-Carrot Patch

2011-04-25T21:06:00.003-05:00

Maren and I made little carrot patches for her bunnies with sugar wafers, crushed oreos in chocolate icing, orange Mike and Ike's and a little green gummy. Too cute but glad I only had to make 3!

365 Project: Day 106-Full Moon

2011-04-25T21:02:00.002-05:00

What a beautiful full moon!

365 Project: Day 105-Snakes and Reptiles

2011-04-25T20:51:00.002-05:00

Tate is obsessed right now with snakes and reptiles. He spent the entire Saturday morning looking them up on the computer and really would like one in the well outside his window. He and Jason went to Petsmart and checked out the geckos. Maybe if he saves his money....

365 Project: Day 104-Look familiar

2011-04-20T21:10:00.003-05:00

This would be the title of the email and picture I got emailed to me on Friday from our neighbor, Wesley, in San Antonio! A picture of our old yard and a glass of wine that we shared in the evenings many, many times! Thanks, Wesley!

365 Project: Day 103-After a long day...

2011-04-20T21:04:00.002-05:00

After a long day of work, picking up kids from their respective schools, changing and running across town to soccer practice then back home to grab a late, late dinner that usually consists of easy scrambled eggs and toast, do homework, bath and off to bed, this is about the only picture to come out of the day...walking into our kitchen from the garage after cleaning out the car from the aftermath of the earlier described day! Whew!

365 Project: Day 102-Some SA Favorites

2011-04-20T20:53:00.003-05:00

No grocery store can compare to HEB in San Antonio so while we were visiting, we stocked up...minus the Rudy's BBQ sauce which can only from Rudy's. Needless to say, I miss being able to get these essentials on a weekly basis! *HEB Raspberry Chipotle Sauce (over cream cheese) with mini crackers , Tomato and Alfredo Spaghetti Sauce, Salt Lick Salsa and HEB Trail mix in the snack bags*

365 Project: Day 101-Cricut

2011-04-18T09:25:00.002-05:00

My new toy...a Cricut cutting machine for my scrapbooks. It cuts letters out with different fonts and different objects depending on the cartridge. The kids are loving too and spend at least an hour cutting out dragonflys, spiders and castles.

365 Project: Day 100-100 Blooms

2011-04-18T09:14:00.003-05:00

In honor of day 100 of my 365 day project, I was looking for 100 of something. One of our trees in the front yard is in full bloom and is beautiful so 100 blooms it is! I love spring!

365 Project: Day 99-Don't forget the water

2011-04-11T09:52:00.003-05:00

Oops, that's what happening when you try to make hard boiled eggs and forget to put water in the pan. And they really stink too!

365 Project: Day 98-First Soccer Game

2011-04-11T09:41:00.003-05:00

Tate had his first outdoor soccer game today! He did really well! Despite the crazy winds that would blow your chair over everytime you stood up, it was a beautiful 93 degree day at the soccer fields!

365 Project: Day 97-My Office

2011-04-11T09:36:00.002-05:00

As I was working on the computer at my desk, Maren had to get her computer and set up her own "office":)

365 Project: Day 96-Easter Cuties

2011-04-10T09:08:00.003-05:00

A photographer in town has one day each month that she schedules appointments in 10 min intervals and she takes pictures on a themed set. This month's theme was Easter. It was the first time we had done this and it was cute. The set was cute and the pictures turned out pretty good. After you take your pictures you wait until they upload them, then you can view and order them. This is the kids waiting in the lobby to view the pictures then she emails you small images of them so you can use them in your blog:)

365 Project: Day 95-Drugs

2011-04-10T09:04:00.002-05:00

This is my view at work! This is all the fast movers:) I worked at a super slow store today. Nice!

365 Project: Day 94-Spoiled Rotten

2011-04-10T08:58:00.003-05:00

We're all ready for bed and it's nice to know we have good protection right next to us:) Bella cracks us up, she loves to go to bed around 8, doesn't get up until the morning, is so content to sleep next to us and, as soon as Jason moves 1 muscle in the morning, she is all over him for her morning walk....and she won't leave him alone until he gets up. Sorry, no sleeping in for you! Spoiled rotten!

365 Project: Day 93-Go Butler!

2011-04-08T09:28:00.002-05:00

Poor guy was so excited to be able to stay up to watch Butler play in the National Championship basketball game that he fell asleep! Good think he didn't miss much!

365 Project: Day 92-Stearman Field

2011-04-08T09:20:00.002-05:00

There is a little airport (or I should say landing strip) north of town and it has a restaurant at the end of it where you can watch the little airplanes come and go. We went to lunch with some friends there and it was the windiest day ever. No planes flying that day. It was a good lunch and we'll have to go back again to see the planes. This KS wind is a killer!

365 Project: Day 91-Death by Chocolate

2011-04-05T09:30:00.006-05:00

The children's museum, the Exploration Place, was having a fundraiser on Sat night, Death by Chocolate. Walgreens was a sponsor and in charge of taking pictures there. Since it was Walgreens, we got on the list to get in and didn't even have to work! Very exciting! They had booths after booths of fancy chocolate and, of course, we had to try it all. They had a caricature artist, magic show, fashion show, wine ring toss, buffets and open bars and lots and lots of chocolate and even milk shots, in case you were overloaded with sweets! Can't get much better than that! We had a great time, ate way too much and came home with a goodie plate:) Can't wait until next year!

365 Project: Day 90-The Superdome Pizza

2011-04-05T09:25:00.002-05:00

It was a beautiful Friday night and the neighbors have decided that on beautiful Friday nights, everyone should hang out outside with wine, let the kids play and enjoy the night. So that is what we did. We were outside for about 5 hours and, needless to say, noone had had any dinner so they ordered this gigantic pizza called the Superdome. Super was what is was! It barely fit into the back of this Jeep! It fed 10 adults and about 15 kids. What a deal!

365 Project: Day 89-Crazy KS sky

2011-04-05T09:23:00.002-05:00

I know, once again, a KS sunset! I can't help but take pictures of them!

365 Project: Day 88-PF Chang's Horse

2011-04-04T09:32:00.003-05:00

Maren usually doesn't go to school on Wednesdays but today was picture day so she went, all dressed up, for a half a day. Afterwards, we met Jason for lunch at PF Chang's. She loved the huge horse in front of the restaurant and wanted her picture taken by it. She also loved her outfit and thought she was pretty all day long. It's fun to dress up during the week:)

365 Project: Day 87-Angry Birds

2011-04-04T09:29:00.003-05:00

This silly and addicting game on the iPhone is a total time waster but fun to play after a long day at work and you don't want to do anything else and that's just what I did!

365 Project: Day 86-Horned Lizard

2011-04-04T08:50:00.004-05:00

Tate's 1st grade project was to do a diorama on an animal they were studying. His was a horned lizard. He made his lizard out of model magic clay and he loved it. He did a great job!

365 Project: Day 85-Headed Home

2011-04-03T08:41:00.002-05:00

We left for our long drive home early in the morning. It had been snowing all night and the roads were pretty icy. They ended up getting 22 inches of snow over the next 2 days! The snow followed us pretty much the whole way home. After our cold vacation, I'm now ready for spring!

365 Project: Day 84-Friends

2011-04-03T08:33:00.002-05:00

We took a sleigh ride out to a tent in the woods for smores' and hot chocolate. We then got a great group photo with the horses (you can barely see them) in the background. The Clarks (Jill, Nathan, Chloe and Spencer), the LaBerges (Greg, Meredith and Noah minus Alex), the Whites (Joe, Amy, Julia and Aiden), Dad and the Matloffs-Mere and Greg's friends from grad school (Susan, Steve, Isabelle and Daniel). What a great group of friends!

365 Project: Day 83-Ski School

2011-04-03T08:28:00.002-05:00

All the kids lined up with their instructors at the end of their 2nd day of ski school. They all did so well! We were getting ready to take them up the chair lift so they could ski down a green run to our house. We couldn't believe what progress they had made. Remember, pizza (stop) and french fries (go).

365 Project: Day 82-Let the Skiing begin

2011-04-02T08:53:00.002-05:00

The Whites and us on top of the mountain! We hadn't been skiing in 7 years and it comes back like riding a bike. What a great time!

365 Project: Day 81-Hello Mountains!

2011-04-02T08:44:00.003-05:00

Hello Mountains! We arrived in Copper Mountain, CO and this is the view from the balcony of our beautiful ski in, ski out house. What a gorgeous place!

365 Project: Day 80-West Kansas

2011-04-02T08:35:00.002-05:00

We started our drive around noon for our CO vacation which put us in the middle of nowhere KS at sunset. Seeing that there is nothing to block the view, we got a wonderful picture of the sunset. We also saw a sign to see an 8000 lb prairie dog, a 6 legged steer and a 60 car train from the engine to caboose. It's so flat that, once again, there is nothing to block the view of a whole train. I rode with my camera in my lap taking in all the crazy sights west KS had to offer.

365 Project: Day 79-Team Jordan

2011-03-21T22:14:00.003-05:00

Someone has, in the past week, gotten a new love of Michael Jordan. Maybe because he has been watching Space Jam or because it's tournament time and basketball has been on at our house nonstop. That someone's dad had to go out and buy him some new Team Jordan shoes. He's in heaven!

365 Project: Day 78-What a smile!

2011-03-21T22:05:00.002-05:00

Tate lost his first top tooth! It had been loose for probably a month but Jason and I were too chicken to feel it and see how loose it really was. So, Tate comes running in from wrestling the neighbor (and I won't mention it was a girl) with his tooth in his hand. Yay!! Now I don't have to pull it out. What a cute smile!

365 Project: Day 77-Finally!

2011-03-21T22:00:00.003-05:00

We finally got our bar handles on the cabinets downstairs! They didn't have any on them when we got the house. We had bought some a long time ago but hadn't had a chance to put them up. Jason had called a carpenter that was supposed to come Saturday morning to hang them but had to cancel at the last minute. So...Jason spent the day and got them up. They look fantastic! Slowly but surely the house is coming together!

365 Project: Day 76-Go Purdue!

2011-03-18T22:05:00.002-05:00

We settled in for a Friday night of Purdue basketball....and we won, which made it an excellent night!

365 Project: Day 75-Little Leprechauns

2011-03-18T21:57:00.004-05:00

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

365 Project: Day 74-March Madness

2011-03-18T21:51:00.004-05:00

The brackets are printed, the USA Today is bought, ESPN is on the computer, the picks being made.....let the tournament begin! Crazy March Madness! Go Boilers!

365 Project: Day 73-Oops

2011-03-18T21:45:00.003-05:00

That's about all I have to say about that....and Jason found it when he woke up, cleaned it up before I got up and took this nice picture so I knew what kind of mess it was:)

365 Project: Day 72-Lucky Duck

2011-03-18T21:35:00.002-05:00

Tate came home last Thursday in tears because he couldn't find his Nintendo DS that he'd taken to school. Arghhh! Since Friday they didn't have school, he had to wait until Monday to ask at school. He had 4 people he needed to ask: the bus driver, his teacher, the front office and the girl who watches the after schoolers, which is where he goes on Tues and Thurs. He asked 2 of the 4 and since he rode the bus home he didn't get a chance to ask the after schooler. We drove over to the school to check and, sure enough, she had it. Can you say happy boy? or lucky duck? I, honestly, knew that he wouldn't find it and was prepared to buy another one but made him check with everyone before we got to that point. Lucky me! And now his name is tattooed to the back.

365 Project: Day 71-Rango

2011-03-15T12:09:00.003-05:00

After 2 days of beautiful 70 degree weather, Sunday was rainy and cold. Tate and Maren had been wanting to see Rango but with the weather being so pretty, we didn't really want to sit in a movie theater. So this was a perfect day to go. About 5 minutes into the movie, the power went out and you could hear the thunder. I went to check outside and it was hailing. Didn't think I could make it home to get the car into the garage to prevent any hail damage fast enough so we finished the movie and it was clear by the time it was over--with no damage, thank goodness!

365 Project: Day 70-Birthday Party

2011-03-15T12:06:00.002-05:00

Maren had a birthday party at our neighbors house. It was a carnival theme with a bouncer, pony rides and face painting. She loved her butterfly and so did not want to take it off before bed!

365 Project: Day 69-Monart

2011-03-12T13:01:00.003-06:00

Maren started a new art class at Monart art school for an hour on Fridays! This was her first class and the theme was St. Patrick's Day. She made an adorable leprechaun for our refrigerator. She had a great time!

365 Project: Day 68-Soccer

2011-03-12T12:55:00.003-06:00

Spring soccer has begun! Tate (in the red shorts) is ready to try it again. The indoor season was a little rough. The other boys on the team are really good! Their coach is a semi professional soccer player so I'm hoping with practices and games, he will have a good influence on Tate. The indoor season was just games and no practice so I think this season will really help now that we have practices.

365 Project: Day 68-Wine Club

2011-03-12T12:47:00.003-06:00

I'm in a wine club that meets once a month on Wednesdays! Very fun! A local wine connoisseur chooses 4 different wines in a certain group. This month was odd-ball reds. There are about 40 girls in the group and it turns more into a social chit chat after the wines are explained. Then we drink coffee afterwards so we can drive home!

365 Project: Day 67-Homework

2011-03-09T09:14:00.002-06:00

Homework time...Tate usually has a page of homework a night. He is working on addition and subtraction, learning plane shapes (triangle, square, rectangle, hexagon, circle, attribute, trapezoid, rhombus, side, corner, polygon-are some key vocabulary words for that) and, this month, he has to do 4 book reports. He is reading some chapter books. His first report was on Nate the Great. Now, he is working on reading Martha Speaks: White House Dog. They are also writing a letter to President Obama!

365 Project: Day 66-Japanese Chicken Salad

2011-03-09T08:55:00.003-06:00

Monday night dinner...We love this Japanese Chicken Salad from Cooking Light. Very light, easy to make and pretty tasty!

Here's the recipe:

2 cups water

2 chicken-flavored Bouillon cubes

1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts

1 (2 inch) piece peeled fresh ginger sliced

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup fresh lemon juice

2 tsp vegetable oil

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp black pepper

12 cups torn iceberg lettuce (I use a bag of lettuce)

1/2 cup chow mein noodles

1/3 cup sliced green onions

1/4 cup sliced almonds, toasted

2 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted

1. Combine the water and bouillon cubes in a large saucepan over med-high heat, stir until bouillon cubes dissolve. Add chicken and ginger, bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low, simmer 20 minutes or until chicken is done. Cool chicken in broth, discard broth. Shred chicken with 2 forks.

2. Combine sugar, lemon juice, oil, salt and pepper in a small mixing bowl, stir with a whisk

3. Combine lettuce and remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Add chicken and dressing, tossing to coat. Serve immediately.

365 Project: Day 65-Church

2011-03-09T08:51:00.002-06:00

We finally made it to church on Sunday. We tried a Presbyterian church that some of our friends go to. It was very similar to the church that I grew up in. Tate had a few boys from his class at school in his Sunday school class so he had a good time. We sure miss Max!

365 Project: Day 64-Last Basketball Game

2011-03-06T20:48:00.003-06:00

Saturday was the last basketball (and last indoor soccer) game for Tate. He has improved so much in both and truly loves basketball. He now wants to be a professional basketball player when he grows up. And his favorite part of any season is the trophy/medal at the end!

365 Project: Day 63-Date night

2011-03-06T20:42:00.002-06:00

We have a new date night set up with some friends who have kids our kids age. We watch their kids on a Friday night while they go to dinner and they watch our kids another Friday night while we go out. Very nice! Kids get to having fun playing while we catch up on trying all the restaurants in town. This restaurant, Yia Yia's, is supposed to be one of the best in town. So, knowing that it was our night to go to dinner, I made reservations there. Jason came home from work that night with a gift card to there from his store managers. Very, very nice! Needless to say, we had a great dinner and the kids had a great time playing with their friends. And it was pretty good!

365 Project: Day 62-Walgreens

2011-03-06T14:09:00.003-06:00

After 3 months off, I finally went back to work. I do have a regular store that I'm going to be working at but this is not it. They didn't have me on the schedule until next week so I picked up a day at this store in El Dorado, a little KS town about 30 min away. They are super slow but it was a 10 hour shift. I was nervous for about 5 minutes then it was like I had never been gone. It was a nice day!

365 Project: Day 61-Dominos

2011-03-06T14:02:00.003-06:00

Since my kids can't stand to be away from me for 5 minutes, I set Maren up on the kitchen floor playing dominos while I made dinner. She loved it and it entertained her for quite some time. We may have to do that again!

365 Project: Day 60-Dr. Seuss

2011-03-04T09:36:00.002-06:00

It is Dr. Seuss week at the kid's school! They both came home with Dr. Seuss hats:)

365 Project: Day 59-Skinny Girl

2011-03-04T09:20:00.002-06:00

A few weeks ago, I was recommended Skinnygirl Margarita by a friend so I found it at a wine store down the street. It is quite popular right now and is flying off the shelves so I'm glad I found it. That night we had our neighbors over for dinner and we drank pretty much the whole bottle. It definitely lived up to the hype! Yumm!

We drove straight from San Antonio to Wichita on Monday so by the time we got home, unloaded the car, got dinner (yummy, cheese quesadillas with tortillas from Alamo Cafe) and kids into bed, we were exhausted. Leaving a huge mess of luggage in the living room, I got my pajamas on and climbed into bed to catch up on some shows. A few minutes later, the same neighbor called and said "Are you in your pajamas? I know it's been a long day, I'm bringing you Skinnygirl!" That was, seriously, the sweetest thing ever. I love great neighbors!

365 Project: Day 58-Best Friends

2011-03-01T22:18:00.003-06:00

And off they go...Maren couldn't wait to see Lauren and they were off they went like no time had passed!

365 Project: Day 57-Gruene Hall

2011-03-01T21:56:00.002-06:00

When we were moving away from San Antonio, we had a bucket list of things to do before we left and we did a pretty good job of doing it all. We never did get to Gruene Hall, which is in Gruene, TX. It is considered the oldest continually run dance hall in Texas and has had Willie Nelson, George Strait plus many more. We decided to cross it off our bucket list. Had a great time with great friends! We may be getting a little old for really loud bass and way too late nights but definitely a night to remember!

365 Project: Day 56-Go Spurs Go!

2011-03-01T21:40:00.005-06:00

We, finally, made it to San Antonio and it was so good to be back! The weather was gorgeous and happily left our winter coats in the car. We had a wonderful dinner with our good friends, Julie and Colby, and headed to the Spurs game! Being away has made us appreciate our friends, the Spurs and the city that much more. And, of course, we won! Go Spurs Go!

365 Project: Day 55-Chick Fil A

2011-03-01T21:32:00.004-06:00

After 3 months of no Chick Fil A, we hunted one down in Oklahoma City on the way to San Antonio. We all inhaled our chicken with Chick Fil A sauce...Yum!

365 Project: Day 54-Basketball

2011-02-23T21:55:00.004-06:00

Jason got the basketball goal up tonight and Tate is in love! The neighbor kids and Jason played well into the dark. I see long evenings playing basketball in our future.

365 Project: Day 53-Haircuts

2011-02-23T21:44:00.005-06:00

Both kid's were due for haircuts. We normally go to a kiddy salon but we haven't found one yet in Wichita. So I took them both to a "cosmetic cafe" to get a good haircut. They weren't used to not watching movies and sitting in firetrucks but both were complimented on how still they sat. Tate looks little in such a big cape!

365 Project: Day 52-Tornado

2011-02-22T09:31:00.003-06:00

Preparing for the Kansas tornados....Since Tate had the day off for President's Day, we went to the Exploration Place, a kid museum, downtown. They loved checking out the shark exhibit and learn about Kansas, especially the tornado simulator!

365 Project: Day 51-Princesses

2011-02-20T22:26:00.003-06:00

Maren wanted to have a princess party for lunch so she set 4 place settings complete with cheese and water and informed everyone that they needed to be in their proper attire. I was the only one that was compliant.

365 Project: Day 50-Sabor

2011-02-20T22:08:00.004-06:00

We went out for dinner with some friends at a popular restaurant in town, Sabor, which is a Latin Bar and Grill. It was fabulous! We had yet to find a great dinner in Wichita but we will definitely be going back here! Yummm...

365 Project: Day 49-One Friday afternoon...

2011-02-19T08:45:00.004-06:00

On a beautiful Friday afternoon, this is what you can find us doing...Jason came home early, which is unheard of, Tate was playing hard with the neighbor kids, Maren, who had been to a mommy's day out at a gymnastics studio all afternoon, was exhausted and watching TV on our bed and I was overseeing the basketball goal production in the garage before getting ready for our neighbors to come over for dinner. It's a good day!