Monday, December 24, 2007

Happy Holidays to Us


Well, for those of you that haven't heard yet and for those of you who already knew and have been waiting for this post, here it is...WE ARE HAVING A BABY! Sparky Jr. or Sparklette will be born sometime in June. June 16th is the due date, but I don't think I know a baby that has come on it's actual due date. We are sooooo excited and can't wait. We know it will be a huge change in our lives but we are ready. Since we are making such a huge change in our lives I thought it only right to make a blogging change as well. So this will be the last post on this blog. We will now be posting at http://sparkysfamily.blogspot.com/.

Saturday, December 22, 2007

25th Birthday, Good Friends, Christmas Stuff and Racheal Ray

Let me start this off by saying that I have the best husband in the world! Now, let me tell you why. On November 29th, 2007 I celebrated birthday number 25. Very exciting to be a quarter of a century old. I had no idea what I was getting. For weeks Russell had been prepping his gift as the best present ever. I couldn't think of anythig that qualified except a house and I knew it wasn't that. Well, I go to school, enjoy my day and then come home to no electricity in the apt. because someone had run into a transformer and knocked it out. So, I am sitting there waiting for Russell to get home and it is getting dark and we had no flashlight that I could locate. So, I go and wait outside. Russell calls and tells me he is almost home and I tell him I am outside. He tells me to go back upstairs because it's a big present and he doesn't want me to see it in his car. He comes in and tells me I can go outside and see my present but I have to cover my eyes. I follow the intructions and he moves me outside and tells me I can open my eyes. There is Terri Lee on my doorstep yelling, "Happy Brithday" in my face. I was sooooooo excited!! He had planned this starting in like September. It was the perfect birthday present and the best yet! I was totally surprised and we had a great time. Here are some pics from the weekend. Terri has more but she hasn't sent them to me yet. (hint hint)
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This was Sunday at lunch.
I had my first homemade cake on my birthday since I've been married because Russell had Terri make it for me. This was also Terri's first time to make a 2 layer cake. It was yummy and beautiful. Thank Ter!
Getting ready to sing happy birthday and blow out candles!
Thank you honey for the best birthday present ever. I will take the same thing next year! Now onto some other things.
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This is a pictures of me, D'lynn and Allison. We have been friends for a long time. D'lynn was in my wedding and Allison was my coordinator. I couldn't have done it without her. Anyways, D graduated from ACU a few years ago and decided she wanted to be a world traveller so she moved to Hawaii and started teaching scuba lessons and other things. This was the first time I had seen her in almost two years. So it was very nice to see her!
I put on a Christmas concert at school with my 4-6 graders and here they are. We had so much fun and they did a great job. Everyone said it was the best christmas production in a long time. I was quite proud of myself.
Here are my Christmas decorations for the apt. Sorry the tree is turned the wrong way but you get the idea!

I was doing some shopping in Southlake recently and just happened to walk into Williams and Sonoma and guess who was there doing a book signing. Racheal Ray! I was so excited to be in the same place as her. She wears me out on TV but I love some of her recipes. I called my sister because we share the same love for her and told her I was standing like 20 feet away from Racheal Ray. I ran into a lady in Starbucks later and she had stood in line to get her book signed. She told me she stood there for 3 hours! WOW!
Well, now that I have caught up on my updates maybe I will be able to stay on top of things better. I still have one more really big update to do and hopefully that one will be coming soon. I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season! I know I am! Merry Christmas!


Monday, December 17, 2007

I know, I know

I promise a new post is coming! I am going to do it this week! Can't wait I have so much to tell everyone!