tee hee hee....

I had to get up at 4:30 AM this morning for a FIVE AM conference call (ARGHHHHHH!) to train these people in Asia on something for work. The team lead's name is Qingdong--pronounced "King Dong". :)

Catching up.....

Well, I've let it happen again. I've gone TOO long in between blog posts. I hate when I do this. So, I'll spend this post playing catch up!

On Thursday, May 17, Landry became a 2007 Pre-K graduate! Her school had a Pre-K graduation at one of the nearby elementary schools. It was so great! They sang several songs, had a nice "commencement speech", handed out diplomas, and had a cake and punch reception. Landry did great and sang EVERY WORD. However, she became very distracted and frustrated because her cap kept coming off when the kids around her were doing their choreographed hand motions!

Pre graduation at La Hacienda Ranch.

Sunday, May 20 was my birthday. I am now 22!!....or something. We spent the weekend at my parent's house and had a big shrimp fry on Sunday. This is one of my all-time favorite meals at my parent's house, so it was a nice treat for my birthday. Jeff (and the girls) got me some new charms for my Pandora bracelet and Landry colored 3 dinosaur coloring pages for me. I also got a new camera from my parents. It's a Nikon D40X and IT IS AWESOME!! I am loving it! Korley didn't give me anything, but she did take my cake away from me......

Our Memorial Day weekend was fun! We all went to a wedding shower for our friends, Adam and Angie on Saturday night. It was very nice and aside from chasing Korley around the house all evening, we had a great time!

Sunday evening we went to a wedding for my high school and college friend, Kelly. Our friends, Scott and Kristen (who we owe BIG TIME) were gracious enough to watch the girls and let them spend the night so Jeff and I could stay out really late (ok, since I'm 22 now, midnight is REALLY late!!). The wedding and reception was beautiful and we got to see and catch up with LOTS of old friends. Good times!

Some of my college friends that were at the wedding.

Yesterday, we went over to a friend's house for a Memorial Day BBQ and to swim. The food and entertainment was great, and although it rained most of the time we were there, the kids didn't care--they swam in the downpour!

The B-I-B-L-E....through the eyes of a five-year-old

Some of the funniest things Landry says (unbeknownst to her) are during the 5 minutes or so before she goes to bed when she is saying her prayers. Just recently she has prayed to God to give Jesus "good luck tomorrow" (don't know what Jesus had going on.....job interview? big game? dance recital?); she's prayed that she is thankful for things that grow--flowers, trees, and fingernail; and she's begged God in a prayer "that when I get to Heaven I get to have my skin".

Her mind never ceases to amaze me. Last night was no exception.

I was reading her the story of The Garden of Eden from her preschool Bible (complete with pictures!) before she went to bed. After the story, we were talking about how Eve disobeyed God by eating the apple. I told her that Eve should have obeyed God and ignored Satan. Here's the rest of the conversation:

Landry: Who's Satan?
Me: The devil.
Landry: But, where's his picture?
Me: Well, the devil presented himself as a snake in the Garden of Eden [pointing to picture].
Landry: [confused/concerned look on face] Oh.---Is the devil a hondaconda (anaconda)?
Me: No, it's just a regular snake.
Landry: Do you think he's a King Cobra?
Me: No, I don't think so. I think it's just a garden snake because they are in the Garden of Eden.
Landry: [seems satisfied with this answer...then] Do devil garden snakes live in apple trees in Texas?
Me: No (really I have no idea). It's time for bed.

Tonight's story is Noah and the Ark....should be another interesting conversation.

Dia de las Madres

I had a great Mother's Day yesterday! First, I got to sleep-in. Back in the old days, sleeping in meant waking up at 11 or 12--nowadays, it's 8:30!! Jeff took the girls to the grocery store and they came home and cooked me a big breakfast--eggs, bacon, hash browns, toast--yum!!

Landry picked out some flowers for me at the store. They are VERY VERY VERY bright and they have glitter on them! :) She told me that she "picked out Mexican flowers for me because I love Mexican flowers".......uh, ?que? But, I do love them because they are from her!!

After breakfast I went to Home Depot Landscape and bought some flowers to plant in our flowerbeds. I bought 4 flats of flowers and thought it would take us about 30 minutes to an hour to plant them. I guess it's important to say that I have NO green thumb--when it comes to yard/garden work, I am clueless. So, the 30 minute project that Jeff took over turned into 4 1/2 hours worth of planting. Poor Jeff--you should see how sunburned the back of his neck is! But, our flower beds do look a lot better! Thank you, Jeff!

Last night we went to eat dinner with my mom and dad at Saltgrass. We had a great time visiting, and as usual, the girls LOVED seeing their PopPop and Gigi!

Quiz

Here's something fun I stole from Deanna.

Think you know me? Take THE QUIZ.

K is for Kindergarten

Last night was an event that has been highly anticipated by Landry for days--Kindergarten Orientation!!

Jeff and I got to learn all about her new school and the things they will learn and get to do in Kindergarten, while Landry got to go with the teachers and future Kindergarteners to do some activities. The school mascot is Cowboys, which bodes very well for Landry since she wants to be a cowgirl when she grows up.

Before the children left, we watched a little slide show with pictures of some of the things the Kindergarteners this year had done. They showed pictures of them learning and had pictures of them at a petting zoo and at the pumpkin patch. When Landry came back to us at the end of the evening, I asked if she had had fun. She sighed and said, "Yeah, it was fun--but, we didn't go see animals or go to the pumpkin patch!"----Geez! Guess she wanted all of the fun crammed into the orientation hour!

Here are a few pics from last night.

Landry in front of the school.

This is our miserable attempt at a family picture. Landry looks cute--I don't know what I'm doing--Jeff looks like he's about to fertilize the flower beds.

Landry and her friend Maggie.