OH CRAP!

While I was at my parents' house for lunch today we were all getting ready to leave and this "smell" was lingering behind Kodiak like she had BAD gas. It was really funny, but man did it ever burn your nose too. Caitlyn, my niece who is 3 yrs old kept saying," something is stinky!" We all kept laughing and saying that Kodiak had gas. Well, I take Kodiak outside to see if she "needs to go," but she refuses to do anything but stand there and stare at me. I took her back inside and I went ahead and left to go back to work and my mom and the kids left to go to the vet with one of the other dogs. My mom got back home about 1 1/2 hours later and she walked into the house and could STILL smell the stinch. My mom said that she either really has bad gas or she has gone to the bathroom in the house. A few minutes later Caleb went into the living room and lo and behold he found the culprit of the stinch - 4 HUGE PILES OF POOP! My mom said that one pile was honestly 4 inches high and about 8 inches wide - she said," Kimberly, I'm not kidding, it was gross!" As she was telling me on the phone about this whole incident - I am just laughing and laughing. I told her that if I would have had to clean up the poop - I would have gagged or thrown-up because I don't think that I could handle it at this point. Anyways, I will be going to get Ms. Kodiak Marie after I get off work and take care of a few things. Hopefully she'll have the poo poo all out of her system! LOL

The fun times of having a dog and having a dog that enjoys eating weird things like bugs, sticks, etc...............have a great day!

Awesome Movie!

Mammia Mia was sooo good. I want to buy it when it comes out on DVD!!!! I saw this on Broadway and really enjoyed it. I was definitely NOT disappointed between Broadway and the movie. Here you can see the Broadway link: http://www.mamma-mia.com/

Definitely go and see it if you enjoy musicals and music from Abba!

Mamma Mia!

I am so excited because I am going to see this movie this afternoon with my mom!!!! I have seen the Broadway show and it was awesome, so excited!!!!

84 Year-Old Bride..........sooo funny!!!

The 84 Year-Old Bride

The local news station was interviewing an 84 year-old bride because she had just gotten married - for the 4th time.

The interviewer asked her questions about her life, about what it felt like to be marrying again at 84, and then about her new husband's occupation. "He's a funeral director," she answered. "Interesting," the newsman thought.

He then asked her is she wouldn't mind telling him a little about her first 3 husbands and what they did for a living.

She paused for a few moments, needing time to reflect on all those years.

After a short time, a smile came to her face and she answered proudly, explaining that she first married a banker when she was in her early 20's; then a circus ringmaster in her 40's; later on a preacher in her 60's, and now in her 80's, a funeral director.

The interviewer looked at her, quite astonished, and asked why she had married 4 men with such diverse careers?

"Easy, son," she smiled. "I married 1 for the money....2 for the show.....3 to get ready...and 4 to go!"

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HONEY!!!!

As you can probably tell from the title - today is Les' 37th birthday!!!! I just wanted to write a quick note of our fun birthday weekend for Les.

We started out by going to the rodeo on Saturday night and had an absolute blast! We actually didn't even get home till 2:15 AM....... :) We went out to the Ladonia Rodeo and had a good time. No one was hurt majorly - thank you, Lord! Then we danced our hearts away afterwards with the live band. It was so funny b/c Les and my friend, Kristy, were dancing and this guy came over and asked me to dance. I accepted and we were out there and the first thing that he asked me was," Are you married?" I said," yes, he is actually right over there dancing with one of my girlfriends." So, we finished dancing and I went over to Les and Kristy to tell them what he had said. Well, Les and I were out dancing and I saw Trey (the guy who had asked me to dance) walking around looking for someone to dance with. So, Les and I decided to dance over to him. I tapped him on the shoulder and asked him if he was looking for someone to dance with and he said," yes." I told him that my friend over there in the black shirt would dance with him. So, he goes over to a girl in a black shirt (not Kristy) and asks her to dance, but she tells him no. So, we go back over to him and tell him to go a little bit further back. So, he asks Kristy to dance and they do. Then several more times over the next little while he comes back to dance with her. We knew he was young, so Kristy asked him how old he was and he was 18! It was really funny because then 1 time while they are dancing he asks her if she likes to party. She says," well, not really." We just kept teasing her about it and we got a really good laugh out of the whole thing, but definitely fun!!!!

On Sunday night, we went and ate dinner at Texas Roadhouse with my family - we had just picked them up at the airport. My parents had been in MD and were bringing the kids back to Texas for the rest of the summer. It had been about 2 weeks since we had seen my parents and it was fun to see them! They even brought us some maple candy and my mom brought me a pair of pewter earrings from their visit to the Trapp Family Lodge (The Sound of Music). The Trapp Family had escaped from Austria and resided in VT (http://www.trappfamily.com/).

Les, I am so glad that you are my husband and we have had an awesome 9 months of marriage and can't believe that we have been together almost 3 yrs now!!! I am so glad that God brought you into my life. I look forward to all the memories, trips, and all around life that will come our way as we live out our dreams together. I LOVE YOU!!!!!!!!!!!

ADDITION TO THE POST!

I was just talking to a girlfriend of mine because she was asking how old Les was, etc. I was telling her that the first time that I ever found out when Les' birthday was was actually on July 13th of 2005. It was a Wednesday night and I had been at a bible study at church (we were doing a video series of dating). Well, I had a huge crush on Les and I thought that he might be interested too; which he was......:) I asked everyone "in general" if anyone wanted to go get ice cream - definitely hoping he would accept and go too; which he did!! He was driving one of his big trucks and he met a few of us at Braum's in Allen. I remember him saying that his birthday was the next day and we asked him what he was going to do and he said that he was going to stay home and work on the truck! I think I remember him saying that his mom would possibly be coming over to make dinner.

Today, Les is actually teaching my nephew how to shoot guns with my dad. Caleb has this huge fascination with guns and they went shooting - the 3 men! :) I hope that Caleb is having fun and learning the safety of guns too.

Just wanted to share a memory from our 1st summer of meeting and getting to know each other.

4th of July Weekend!!

It's about time I am telling myself........hahahaha Normally I have not wanted to get on my laptop after being on a computer all day at work. So, I have not made the time to do it. :)

Here is a lowdown of our 4th of July weekend celebrations!!!

Thursday night - we went out to Royse City to visit with my mother-in-law, Doris. We had a good time. We went and had BBQ at this really good BBQ place. Then we went and got the dogs and took them for a walk around city park. After that we went back to the house and talked till about 11 PM. It went by so fast, but it was great seeing her and spending time with her! I am definitely fortunate to have a mother-in-law that I get a long with so well. Oh, one of the highlights besides the walk around city park was her feeding the goat. Oh my gosh what a site and man can that goat eat fast......hahahaha It is so cute b/c the goat eats its meals out of a bottle still. After Doris put the goat back in the cage; I could see the goat in there shredding/eating the newspaper in her cage. It was pretty funny!

Friday - slept in!! Then Les worked 12 - 6 and I did things around the house. After Les got home; then we headed out to Garland for their 4th of July events. They had booths set up and my favorite booth was the ice cream booth........LOL You could pick your ice cream and cookies and they made you an ice cream sandwich - VERY GOOD!!! The picture below is of us at the festivities in Garland.

The fireworks were awesome and we were literally right under them. I took several shots, but the picture that came out the best was this one. I don't know how to do a video posting, but I got some great video of the fireworks too.

Saturday: Slept in!!! We went to a wedding early afternoon and then that evening we went out to the Honey Grove rodeo. There was a dance afterwards and those are always fun! At the rodeo they have started a new thing: mini-bullriding. They are boys about 12 yrs or so and they are riding bulls, but not the HUGE ones in the main bullriding event. On Friday night one boy named Chance was taken by careflight to Dallas, but he was back out for Saturday night to compete. He ended up with a bruised lung, but he was ready to go again. BRAVE (or stupid?!?!) little guy! In fact, I think he might have even been in Ladonia last night too competing. I didn't catch the boys' names from last night. He did good if it wasn't him and no injuries besides a few bruises for the boys last night - Thank you, Lord.

Sunday: We went to church and then we grilled that evening. We just hung around here and did things because we had had a very busy weekend; which we love! There aren't too many days out of the week that we don't have something going. :)

Overall, we had a wonderful 4th of July weekend!!!!!!!!!!!

Mass

Yep, my parents are in the giant state of Massachusetts (haha). They are visiting a close friend of mine, Thomas, and his family. Thomas and his siblings bought an old farmhouse together several years back. On the property is a cottage that they rent out throughout the year. They are letting my parents stay there for free since we're like family. :) Anyways, they called me this morning and asked me to look up where they were going online. It looks like they are going to have a blast! There are about 5 or 6 of them going to this place: http://jiminypeak.com/sum/s_attractions.html

If you scroll down and look at the Mountain Coaster; this is just one of the activities that they are going to do. Looks like a blast!!!!!!!!!! I wish that I was there to go too, but they said they would take a lot of pictures! Can't wait to see those........LOL :)

Last night.........

...............I learned to play Tennis!!! I had a lot of fun! Lauren and I went after work and she taught be the basics of playing. When our friend Eileen got there; then we played Australian Tennis; which is 2 against 1. We each took turns being the single and I ended up winning the game! It definitely helps that I am athletic too - as I told Lauren," I feel like I'm dancing." :) I love sports and now I can add this to my list of things I like to do! We played for about 1 1/2 hours and it was pretty warm, but we did find a court that had some shade to it. That helped a TON!!!!!!! So, if you are up to playing a rooky; then give me a call and we'll go and have some fun.

Best Friend, Julie

CONGRATULATIONS TO JULIE & NATHAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

They were engaged on June 28, 2008 in Boerne, TX. I am so happy for her and can't wait for the BIG day!! Her wedding date is (drum roll please)......................May 2, 2009!!!

I am so happy for Julie. She is my best friend from high school. We met when I was about to finish my sophomore year of high school. I was a current Tallenette and she was going to be trying out. We stood next to each other in try-outs, but then over the summer; she grew tall over the summer..........LOL We still stayed as friends and then over time became inseparable. We have had so many laughs over the years and I can't even tell you how many stories........LOL I think of a lot just sitting here and they're making me laugh thinking about it.........HAHAHAHA

Julie is a wonderful person and someone that I can always trust no matter what and go to her with whatever. She is a wonderful friend and someone that I consider to be more than a friend - a sister!

Julie, I am so happy for you and I look forward to being there and standing by your side through the whole thing. I hope that you and Nathan will have MANY years of happiness. Remember to keep God in the center of your marriage and He'll work everything out! I love you!!!!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!

YAY, we're getting off work in 39 minutes.........I can't wait. I just LOVE getting off early; even if it's only a little early. :)

We have LOTS of stuff going on this weekend, so I'm not sure if I'll be posting any, but I'll write more next week if I don't get a chance this weekend.

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!!!!!!

You Know You Drive a Standard Well When...........

....you drive while eating an ice cream cone in the TEXAS summer..........LOL

Yes folks that is exactly what I did. I totally wasn't thinking when I got an ice cream cone today at Chick-fil-a. I got to my car and thought," oh, how is this going to work?!?!" Well, I managed very well and did not have any problems, did NOT drip any ice cream (hahaha), AND made it back to work with about 1/2 the cone still left to eat while sitting down at my desk. :) I was very proud of myself!!!

Just had to share and this is what the Icedream looked like piled high to the sky......:)
http://www.chick-fil-a.com/#menu (click desserts and then icedream) YUMMY!

It's July.......WOW!

I can't believe that it is already July - where has the other 6 months gone?!

I am excited because on Thurs we'll be getting off work early for Independence Day on Saturday - YEAH!!!!!!! I am so excited b/c I LOVE fireworks!!! I just can't get enough of them and they never seem to last long enough. :) LOL

We went Saturday night and saw fireworks in Allen. We had a blast! I ended up running into a friend of mine from high school. I had not seen her in years and was so excited to meet her kids and catch up before the fireworks.

That's all for now - just completely stunned that it's already July. Almost 9 months of being married!!!!!!! (THIS Sunday) :)