Friday Night Fun!

Well, the long awaited cocktail party pictures. Here I am with my handsome date Stephen (my younger brother) and might I say we had a blast! We were on the terrace of some building I have no idea where in downtown Baton Rouge. It was a great night and fun was had by all. Took me a few days to recover, but I can do that every now and then! Great food, great music and great company. Chad was working back in Alexandria and is very grateful to my "little" brother for chaperoning me! Thanks, Stephen!

Rocky

Okay, so I know everyone is looking for great pictures of a great cocktail party. . . my battery is dead on my camera. It will come alive again! Anyway, in the meantime, I thought I would give you a peek at one of our other "animals". Rocky is my husband's greatest friend of all time. He loves him, and Rocky loves Chad. They are two guys with the same ambition-love to be loved and eat as much as you can! KK picked him out at the pound on October 30, 2003 and he was precious. He still is our little guard dog. Even though he likes to chase squirrels and lays around with the cats, he's got a pretty good life! We love him and he loves everyone around him-even Daisy-although I think he stares her down as she gets to go back into the house every evening. We lovingly call him "Boy" because he is the son Chad will never have-even though Chad says when we got him fixed that ruined that! It is always a great comfort to look out the back window underneath the big pecan tree and see Boy just waiting for someone to pet him, play with him and FEED him!

Recovering

I guess it is safe to say that we are all recovering from the cocktail party last night. I will post pictures when I get home and back to my computer. It was a blast. We partied until 11:00pm (WAY past my bedtime) and then went to a place downtown called the Wine Loft until almost 2am. Yes, me, my brother Lester, his wife Kelly, my brothers Michael and Stephen, Michael's friend Erin, Mom and Dad. Fun, fun, fun. Until I had to get up at 7am. Anyway, went tailgaiting at LSU this afternoon and now watching LSU play Georgia on TV. We better win! Go Tigers! I cannot believe that High School Musical 3 opened last night and we haven't been. I haven't mentioned that we are DIE HARD HSM fans! Will write tomorrow. Gotta go cheer on them TIGERS!!!!

Going for the weekend!

We are very happy to say that we are going to Baton Rouge this weekend to visit my brothers, sister-in-law, and niece and nephew. We are soooo excited. Chad has to work so he will be home with Daisy and Rocky (our other dog I will introduce soon!). Anyway, we are going to a cocktail party for my older brother's work and I will have many a picture when I get back! The girls are EXTRA excited b/c they get checked out of school early today. Have a great weekend!

Is that dog overweight?

Yes, it is the question I get often about my poor Daisy. We love her. She is only 15 months old, and part miniature dachshund and something else. Unfortunately for her, she got the weiner dog head and legs and a BIG body. She is the sweetest dog ever and very smart. The bad news is that she is getting bigger by the HOUR. My brother lives in Baton Rouge and came to visit a couple of weeks ago. When he saw her he was like, "Is that Daisy? If she could talk, she would say, 'I know I haven't seen you in a while Uncle Let, but I have put on a few pounds!'" Pretty funny and pretty true. But we still love her. How can you not?

FUDGIE!!!!!

I thought since I just started posting, that I would explain the whole "Fudgie" thing. This is Fudgie and he/she is a part of our family. (We call Fudgie him and her b/c we can't decide what gender the monkey is. Well KK knows but she changes her mind too!) Anyway, Fudgie is a Webinz stuffed animal that KK acquired at the beginning of last year some time. Now, both my girls have a ton of Webkinz, but something about this monkey is special to KK and now all of us. He is a little crooked in the face, a little flat in the belly, and his arms and legs are especially long! But we love him and basically can't be without him. He goes everywhere we go, mall, church, grocery store, sometimes school, often to work with me in my car, you name it, he is a part of this family. Amazingly enough, my little shy Em has become the voice of Fudgie, and when she is Fudgie, she is out of control! We all get roped in, we laugh, we talk to him, it is really insane. Anwyay, you will see Fudgie here often because he is now a big part of our family and our kids! And you know, after a while, he looks kind of cute . . . . and you can get kind of attached. (Don't tell anyone!)

President WHO?

With all of the election **** going on now, who would have thought that it would really matter if President Bush came to Alexandria, LA. Don't get me wrong, I like him and all, but not when he messes with MOST of my day!!!! KK is singing in a Red Mass Friday morning (a mass to honor police, firefighters, etc.). Anyway, she had practice from 9 am to 12 pm downtown. Well, who would know it, President Bush is here SOMEWHERE in the vicinity, sooooo we have to block EVERY street in the town. It took me one hour to get to her and get home. Craziness. On the 5:00 news tonight you will see some lunatic who is crazed to get to the cathedral downtown to get to her "baby". (That would be me and Em, trying to get to KK!) Sounds way more dramatic than it actually was, but I was definitely irritated. I know all of you who know me are not surprised!!!!! Hello President Bush and GOODBYE!

KK's big day

October 19, 2008

The birthday girl with Dad, Em and me (and of course Fudgie)! I guess you can tell Em didn't want to have her picture made!

Well, today was KK's 11th birthday and wow, it is very hard for us to believe that she is already 11 years old!!! She has grown into such a sweet little girl (although she is not really a little girl anymore). Fitting that today would be my first day to blog and it is my first born's birthday. Anwyay, we had a great day, went to Natchitoches to see Gran and Papa, ate really well, had chocolate pie, ate really well AGAIN and came home and had ice cream. (Okay, by the end of the day we were all really wondering WHY we had eaten all that junk all day long!) That's what birthdays are all about isn't it? I love you Lu!