Tuesday, July 31, 2007

"While you were out..."




So… Garry and the kids went to Oklahoma for Casey & Christa’s 10th wedding anniversary party a couple of weekends ago! They left on Wednesday and didn’t come back until Sunday afternoon. I had to stay behind to work, so I found something to keep me occupied while I was home alone! I have been wanting to remove the wallpaper in the kitchen for sometime now and finally just dove in! I started taking wallpaper down on Wednesday night and by Friday night, my mom and I were STILL working at getting it down. What a job! And, yes I did recruit my mom! She accepted, willingly of course! She might think twice the next time, but we had lots of fun while we were at it. After all of the wallpaper had come down, we filled some nail holes and cracking in the ceiling and painted it! Then we made yet ANOTHER (at least the 3rd) trip to Home Depot for light fixtures, which we hung around midnight on Saturday night! Yes, WE hung them!! And they WORK!!! Then I textured the walls and mom replaced door handles and recovered my chairs (with some awesome fabric she found!) and by 4:15 on Sunday morning, we were almost ready to paint! We slept for a few hours and regained conciousness after a much needed trip to Starbucks! And then we were back at it! We almost had everything painted by the time the gang pulled in! I think Garry thought he was on the HGTV show “While you were out!” The kitchen is back in working condition now and looks awesome! We love it! Garry said he might leave more often and see what happens!!! And by the way… they had a great time in Oklahoma! I will post more info and pictures on that a little later!

Look! No wallpaper!!

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

The Princess...


Ready for preschool graduation!!! May 16, 2007…



As I am sure you can imagine Karsyn learned much more than the days of the week at preschool…

We can’t wait for Kindergarten in the Fall! Stay tuned for that!

Saturday, July 14, 2007

The King...



As most of you know, every year in the talent show at school, Kaleb sings Elvis!! This is this years performance!

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

I'm a Blogger!!

Hey all!! Yes, I have conformed and am going to try and keep up with a blog!! Like most of you who update daily, I am not sure I can compete, but will try to udate at least weekly. I will briefly bring you up to speed on our summer and post a few pics to start! Garry finished up his first year as Big Man on campus, as the Assistant Principal of Bennett Elementary aka “The Best School in McKinney!” (one of the 19 elemetary schools here in McKinney!!) Post 3rd grade and preschool graduation, we headed to Hereford for my cousin Shawn’s wedding! Garry officiated and Karsyn (now 5) was the flower girl! We had lots of fun and laughs while there! It is always good to spend time with family. Garry and I celebrated 12 years of marriage in May as well! WOW!! We have since spent lots of time swimming and playing with friends! And did I mention baseball!! Lots of baseball!! Kaleb played for the Nationals this season. Garry and Kaleb (now 9) just returned from church camp at Austin College and Kaleb has been nonstop talk since!! They got in yesterday around noon from 4 days of camp AND still made it to the midnight showing of Harry Potter #5 with their buddy Jon! Crazy boys! Karsyn and I enjoyed a quite evening of Princess Diaries 2 and crashed! The boys cruised in around 3am. While the boys were at camp, Karsyn and I enjoyed spending quality “girl” time with our friends Jamie, McKenna, Libbie and Ashton Michael! We had a sleep-over, complete with pizza, movies and manis and pedis! We had lots of fun staying up late and giggling! We even made it to early church service the next morning ON TIME! That should about bring everyone up to speed. I hope to keep you there with my updates!! Wish me luck! Until next time…

Preschool Graduate!!




McKinney Marshalls baseball game!



Girl Power!!!
Sleep-over with
the Michael girls!