Congratulations Mark!!

I would like to congratulate Mark on completing his Associates of Liberal Arts Degree this summer from Del Mar College. He studied hard, made wonderful grades, and was nominated
and accepted to the Honor's List.
He is now attending Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
I am so proud of you Mark. Keep up the good work!!

Follow Me Please!!

I visited my daughter Holly's site the other day and she had this neat new fun blogger widget added to her sidebar. It is called the "follower". If you visit my site, please sign up as a follower on my sidebar. Just click on "Follow this Blog" and add your name. So, please sign up and let me know you care!!Thanks for the idea Holly!!

Thanks Kim!!

My friend Kim gave me this blog award. Thanks Kim!

Here are the rules:
I have to answer the following questions with one word answers and one word only! Then I must pass it on to seven others! This award comes with a list of questions:

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Where is your significant other? work
3. Your hair color? brown
4. Your mother? Bobbie
5. Your father? Ernest
6. Your favorite thing? family
7. Your dream last night? forgotten
8. Your dream/goal? exaltation
9. The room you're in? bedroom
10. Your hobby? blogging
11. Your fear? failure
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? wiser
13. Where were you last night? shopping
14. What you're not? perfect
15. One of your wish-list items? pool
16. Where you grew up? Oakdale
17. The last thing you did? work
18. What are you wearing? brown
19. Your TV? Fox
20. Your pet? none
21. Your computer? Sony
22. Your mood? average
23. Missing someone? yes
24. Your car? Altima
25. Something you're not wearing? shoes
26. Favorite store? Target
27. Your summer? short
28.Love someone? yes
29. Your favorite color? green
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? today

Those who I think are deserving of this Brillante WeBlog Award are:

Holly
Cindy
Tynel

Nicole
Amber

Melissa B.
Taryn

Rating Our Twilight Blog!

We've been added to Twilight Topsites.

Please go to our Twilight Blog and click on the link-on the top right-hand side of the page, and rate us! We're trying to be ranked #1. It may take some time, but we're hoping to get there. Your participation will help us reach our goal.
Thanks!!

Deal or No Deal!

If you like Deal or No Deal you will enjoy this SNL video clip.
I really like Steve Carell.
I thought it was funny!

Ike Evacuation!

I'd like to thank Holly and Joey for letting us evacuate to their house last week when Hurricane Ike was nearing the gulf coast. I am grateful that we were spared here in Corpus Christi but I am sorry for those in Houston who have lost so much. It's really tricky living on the coast because you never know where the hurricane is exactly going (it had been projected to hit us) so you have to be prepared- boarding windows, checking supplies and food and packing all your valuable pictures and things. It's a lot of hard work and then you don't even get a drop of rain. I am happy though that we had a 4 day weekend to got to visit our family in Dallas. Tara was able to come on Saturday morning and we were all able to spend the day together. Hurricane Ike went through Dallas on Saturday though so it was stormy outside most of the day. We did venture out in the evening though and played some laser tag. It was Aubrey and Ella's first time as well as mine. We had a lot of fun!!
Here are some pictures of us as we waited to be seated at
The Jalepeno Tree. Holly and AubreyJoey and CaliTaylor, Ella, Mark and AubreyAubrey taking pictures with her new "pink" birthday cameraElla posingRick and Tara enjoying their CiCi's pizza Joey, Aubrey and Ella ready for a round of laser tag.
I borrowed this picture from Holly's blog. I thought it was sooo cute!!

Happy 7th Birthday Aubrey!!

We love you Aubrey!
Have a Wonderful Birthday!!

Sarah Palin for VP!

Last night I watched the Republican National Convention and really enjoyed Sarah Palin's speech. She is such a breath of fresh air and I feel is a real straight talker. I feel excited about the election again! If you didn't get the chance to watch it, you can read about it or watch the video HERE. The second picture is of her with her husband and 4 of her children. She's had a baby since this picture was taken. Let me know what you think!