13 days and counting!!!!

Only 13 more days until graduation! I am very excited. Cannot wait.
Also have a job interview with the Fort Worth Zoo tomorrow (Wednesday, April 30th) to be a mammal keeper. Keep your fingers crossed that I get the job!

Tyler is now a Boy Scout...

On April 24, Tyler crossed over from cub scouts to boy scouts. It was a very proud moment for Brien and I. He has worked very hard over the past 2 years to accomplish all the requirements he needed to become a boy scout. He also received the highest ranking for the crossover which was the Arrow of Light. What does this all mean? It means that I simply drop him off for his meetings and don't need to stay with him. Also he will be going on camping trips with his troop and we don't need to be there. We can go on the camping trips but he has to pitch his own tent, make his own meals and do the stuff with the other boys. It's very exciting but also very scary at the same time.
Here are a couple of pictures of his ceremony. The first one shows his Arrow of Light achievement. The second is him lighting the candles and saying the Scout law; the third is changing over of his handkerchief from Webolos (cub scouts) to Boy Scouts; the fourth one is of the Scout Master welcoming Tyler to the troop and giving him his handbook.

Brien's Workshop

Well, I wanted to share a couple of pictures with you all to show you the progress Brien and James made on building his workshop. They worked on it last Saturday and Sunday. Both men were very sore the next day. Poor guys. This weekend they will have a break from it since Lightfoot is sending him on a Trane (a/c manufacturer) fishing tournament this weekend. But I think their plan is to work on it some more next weekend.

Congrats to my nieces....

Should have done this earlier but haven't remembered to do so until now.



First...Congrats to Kaitlyn who is now going to Regionals as a representative of Florida's gymnastics team. She won 1st place all around in the Florida state competition and scored the highest overall. I am very proud of her. I'm looking forward to finding out how she does. Her competition is the first weekend of May and if I didn't have finals the following week, I would be there in a heartbeat.



Second....Congrats to Courtney. She scored a grand slam in her softball game. I am very proud of her. You can read about it on my sister's blog.... http://twokiddosmom.blogspot.com/ I am happy to see that she has really enjoyed playing softball. Way to go.

That's it for now. Later.

This says it all!

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Botanic Garden Pictures

Fort Worth Botanic Gardens

Yesterday we took Moo-Moo and Pop-Pop to the Fort Worth Botanic Gardens. It was a beautiful day. We got lots of great pictures which I will post later after I get home from work. Afterwards we went a place called Railhead BBQ and it was a good meal. We then headed to the Fort Worth Stockyards to walk around a bit. Afterwards, we drove on home and started to relax. We all watched Alvin and the Chipmunks...which by the way is a very cute and funny movie. Hunter laughed almost the entire time.

Today...they all headed out to the Fort Worth Zoo. Unfortunately I had to work. Totally wish I was at the zoo with them today. But I did get the chance to have lunch with my sister Marti today. It was good. We ate at Subway.

Well...I better get back to work. I'll post pictures from yesterday's trip to the gardens later tonight.

I'M SOOO EXCITED!!

For a couple of days I kept seeing this black Hummer driving around painted with an advertisement and it was Planet Smoothie. I was upset because there isn't a Planet Smoothie near me. The closest is in Houston which is about 5 1/2 hours away. Well, the other day I saw that Hummer again and got to see the back end of the advertisement. It read Montgomery Plaza XXXX 7th Street Fort Worth, Texas. I drove by that location and they are in the process of finishing up and will be opening soon. I love me some Planet Smoothie. And the best news about it is that it is only about 5 minutes from work. Yeah!!!

Great News!

I am happy to inform everyone that we now have internet access at the house. It's been awhile since you really have to shop around for an internet provider living out here in the country. But I found one and they came and hooked us up today.