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Jr. Prom

John..... Always keeping an

eye on these boys!!

Way to Go Dani Girl!!!

Well... the bribe we made her when she was little has paid off. We told all our kids if they graduate with a 4.0 and don't get into any trouble we would buy them a car. We did this hoping we wouldn't have to be paying for college. Well, we bought the car in December and have just been praying for the scholarships to come. Well, she got word today that she has recieved a full tuition scholarship to NKU. This is where she has been planning on going. We are thrilled. Her money she automatically gets from the state for having all A's and a high ACT will pay for her room all four years. Now we just have her books and meals to pay for. She is working on several other scholarships and we will keep hoping on those and we may get off pretty light here. We are thrilled. LIfe is good!!!

(Too bad she is under the weather with a fever and nausea .... she is having a hard time getting excited ... and she has been checking the mail everyday for this!!)

Oh ... and I lost 2.4 more pounds today. I have lost a total of 21 pounds. So far I am still the biggerst loser. I have 2 more weeks to go to collect the money!! Keep your fingers crossed, I want to go shopping!!

I am a Big Loser!!

Only news I have right now is that I am fighting to be the biggest loser at work. So far I am in the lead. I have lost 18.8 pounds. We have 3 more weeks until the end. Keep cheering me on.

John's nasal saga.

Okay... so the man had to have surgery after all. This is him when he woke up from anesthesia and the second shot is of him after the nurse told him she would put a "dressing" on it, so he wouldn't drip blood while getting to the car. Of course, I had to get a picture cause I knew that wouldn't stay on long. Sure enough, as soon as his butt hit the car seat and the nurse walked away, he said, "This stupid thing is coming off!" I was rolling.

John goes to the Pentagon for his weekend drill this weekend. He is very excited to be wearing his "cast" on his nose for that trip! Oh yeah, he will finally get to wear his Captain stripes in March. Whoever thought he would make it to O6? I am proud!!

For anybody who reads this who is interested, Dani's graduation is set for June 10th at 11 AM. Whoo hoo, we are getting close.

We Babysat today!!

Our little monkey. So much fun to babysit!!!

My hunk of a boy!

What a hottie my baby is!!

Another Day

• Here are the recent pics I took of John. He is keeping ice on his nose and sleeping a little more (the pain med and congestion seem to do him in a little. ) Of course, he hears and sees the flash go off, and you can see his reaction the last time. I LOVE IT!!

• These are some senior pics I took of Dani. I am going to order them tonight or tomorrow. Finally, she is excited about some of her pics.

Never boring around here

One basketball game.

One 43 yr old man.

One 23 yr old elbow.....

One very broken, busted nose.

Six stitches.

My man will never grow up.

This happened at 11 PM at night last night.

Life is fun!

LIttle bit of nothing

Not much happening here except for work, work, work. Dani is working at a church daycare from 4-6 PM after school everyday. CJ is playing indoor soccer and intermural basketball at school. Alex is coming home and running everyday after school. John is playing volleyball and pickup basketball once a week. I have been scrapbooking a couple times a month at Ashley's house. I took this pic of Alex the other day and am having it blown up for my wall. It is just different.

Day in the life of our crazy family.

Okay, after waking up to mushy snow on the ground, I picked up Alex and met Dani at the YMCA to watch Kendall take swim lessons (see Paper Chik blog for photos taken there.) She was the cutest and smallest one there. We then ran home for Alex to eat (Dani went to a swim meet to watch some friends.) John and CJ got a hair cut, then John dropped CJ off at the indoor arena to watch a "friend" play soccer, before he went to the Y to work out. I quickly made the swim video while Alex ate, then we drove to CJ's game to watch him play. Ashley brought us the baby while she left for 30 min. to rake in a huge job scrapbooking. A budding actor friend of ours came over and I took some head shots of him for his auditions. Then, I took pictures of Alex for fun and for a school project she is working on. John and CJ played in the snow, before John sat down to some much needed work on his computer for work. Dani's friend Krista came over and they were extremely loud working on a school project which involved doing something creative while presenting a couple famous poems. Well, of course these choir girls decided to add the lyrics to popular songs and sing them. We got to listen to the music to "Do you believe in love?" with different words sang to them VERY LOUDLY. I can only wait until this afternoon when they bring in the boys to do the dancing on their video while they sing the song. Very interesting around here. Alex had 3 friends meet her here early so I could take them to a party at 8 PM, meanwhile Dani had about 8 more friends come over to hang out and watch videos. Of course, John was outside when Ryan and Shane arrived and those boys came in my door dripping snow because John hit them with snow balls when they got out of the car. Yes, they did fire back. Boys never grow up! These kids left at midnight and we picked Alex up at midnight, so our night was over. Can't wait to see what today brings. ha

Okay, Paula.... I am trying to add something to give John and Alex a break. I couldn't remember my log in or password. That is why I haven't responded.

Let us see.... John has been at the Pentagon the last 4 days. He gets back tonight. Dani got a job at a daycare and works from 4-6 everyday after school. Alex is still running on her own, just staying in shape for next year. CJ is playing indoor soccer and just got contacts. I have lost 5 pounds this week, and plan on losing a whole lot more soon. John still has a killer body. Ummmm, let me think, if I have any other news. ....Ashley is skinny and Kendall is gorgeous and Brian is lucky. He has a hot wife and a gorgeous baby. I mean she is so so so darn cute.

Oh yeah, we got forked today. Pretty cute. Girls loved it. They thought they knew who did it but were mistaken. So, now the hunt is on to figure out who "done it".

Out for a relaxing jog

Are they nuts? It is freezing outside and they are going out jogging? Alex said she just wanted to go for a run and then Dad suggested 6 miles AFTER they started. Huh..... I would never have started, much less continued after that comment. I would have said See ya!!

Testing

I guess I will see how this works. I know I won't be able to post very often, but it may be fun to add a pic to now and again.

This is John and CJ putting up the XMas lights. This may be some people's first look at our deck.