Bah Hum"bug"!

Well Christmas was going great until 4:00 AM yesterday.  I woke up to hear my poor husband in the other bathroom hovering over the toilet.  I went to check on him, but he didn't want me to come in so I wouldn't get it.  Well....that didn't last long.  At 8, it was my turn.  So we spent all day yesterday on and hovering the toilet.  Merry Christmas!  My wonderful brother came by to drop some crackers, soup, and Sprite off at my front porch when he found out we were sick.  He called me later to let me know his daughter just started as well.  I also got a phone call from my mom saying my dad starting getting sick this morning.  Oh boy!!!  So this is a warning to all out there....the bah hum"BUG" is out and alive this Christmas holiday.  Beware!  Well, I'm off to keep myself hydrated.  I am feeling somewhat better right now (knock on wood!)  Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!!  I will post at a later time w/Christmas stories and pictures!  Until next time...

Another Awkward/Embarrassing story...why me?

I have no idea why embarrassing things always happen to me at the wrong time, but here we go again...

Yesterday Luke and I made a quick trip down to Dallas and back for a wedding reception for Stephen Robertson.  On the way down, I was not feeling good, so we had to stop at 7-11 so I could use the bathroom.  The only bathroom they had was a unisex one with a urinal and then a wall with a door beside it for the toilet.  I went in, locked the door, but the door into the stall would not lock.  After a few minutes someone rattled the door a few times and I heard the click of the lock come undone.  I froze, made lots of noise, and it was silent for a few minutes.  I thought I was good until I heard the door open, so I hopped up real quick to flush, and then I saw feet underneath the wall and started to hear peeing noise.  GREAT!!!  Some man is right outside the door using the bathroom.  Now I am stuck behind a wall, b/c I DEFINITELY can not go out there until he leaves.  He finally leaves the bathroom so I rush out to wash my hands, and as I am, the door opens again, and you will never guess who it was.  It was the man's wife and kids.  They open the door, stop in shock when they see me, turn and look back out the door at their husband/dad.  I'm staring down the entire time trying my hardest to make myself invisible and leave quickly.  As I'm walking out the door, the wife reopens the door, looks at the sign on the door, and is yelling something at her husband in a different language.  Oh if I knew how to speak in tongues then and to know what was being said!!  So folks....moral of story....do NOT use a 7-11 bathroom if it is not an emergency (yet mine was) and NEVER trust the locks on their doors, b/c you will never know who might stop in to join you!

Not a whole lot has happened since I last posted....the only thing that has happened, is that my hair color has changed!  I'm now half blonde!   Well, I hope you all have a wonderful Sunday and an awesome Christmas this week.  Until next time... 

Tagged - I know 2nd post in 1 Day!

8 TV Shows I Watch
1. Biggest Loser
2. Dirty Jobs
3. Storm Chasers
4. Iron Chef America
5. Big Bang Theory
6. Football
7. 24 (can't wait for this next season!)
8. Can't think of any other ones I watch

8 Favorite Restaurants
1. Freddy's
2. Q'doba
3. PF Changs
4. McClaren's Pantry
5. Chili's
6. Sonic (only for their drinks on rare days I actually drink pop!)
7. Goldie's
8. Teds

8 Things that Happened Today
1. Went to early service for church
2. Ate yummy chili for lunch
3. Finished the baby book I made for Katie Cassady's shower
4. Went to baby shower for baby Emma and laughed a ton!
5. FINALLY updated my blog
6. Went to prayer meeting for Vienna Team
7. Went to church in evening
8. Making my mom a christmas present


8 Things I Look Forward To
1. My office x-mas party this Friday night!
2. Finishing x-mas presents
3. Spending x-mas with my family
4. Seeing OU play in the national championship game!! Boomer Sooner!
5. Starting a family
6. Spending eternity in heaven with my family
7. Growing closer to my husband
8. Growing closer to my friends

6 Things I Wish For (praying)
1. Patience and understanding during this tough time
2. God will protect our country during these coming years
3. I will spend eternity with my family
4. Healthy pregnancies for all those who are expecting
5. Continue to have a strong marriage
6. Being content


8 People I Tag...
I think I'm one of the last to do this, so if you haven't been tagged yet,
then, Tag...You're It!!!

November Update!

To start off, I'm going to hopefully cheer anyone up who might be having a bad day or just give you an extra smile! Here is my 2 year old nephew's version of "Had a Bad Day!" He's spends a lot of time with his daddy playing Rock Band and Sing Star (PS game with pop songs to sing)

His other favorite song is "Chasing Cars" which he does know the words but the video I took you couldn't hear him very well.

November was a great month! Some key highlights were....I surprised Luke with tickets to see the Trans Siberian Orchestra....AWESOME!!!! If they come back I highly recommend everyone go and see them. You definitly get your moneys worth!

For Thanksgiving, my boss and his wife went to Vienna to see thier daughter, so I got to have the full week off!!! I started with a trip down to Arlington, TX to see my best friend from college and her 5 mth old little girl that I haven't seen yet. Then on Thanksgiving, Luke's brother from Wyoming flew in and spent 4 days with us! We had sooooo... much fun and miss him so much now! We took him to see the James Bond movie and the movie Australia. Again, I highly recommend seeing Australia. It's long, but very good!

The last exciting thing is that we finally got a X-mas tree!! We went from our little 3 foot fiberoptic tree to a nice 9 footer!!! Here is a picture of it in all its glory! Notice that we had to bend the top of it down so it wouldn't hit our ceiling!!!

We finally got all of our X-mas shopping done this weekend!! I just have to finish making the gifts I need to and then it will be all done!!! I hope you all have a great week and a Merry Christmas if I don't update again til then!!! Blessings to all! Until next time...

Funny question of the month...

Last night I went on a Father/Daughter date with my dad since I had to go to Yukon to vote, we ended up going out to eat after to the Rib Crib. Our waitress was a giddy nosey teenager who kept coming over to our table and saying, "You guys are laughing again...what are you talking about?" Which our response was an awkward look at each other and a polite "Nothing", because number 1 it's none of your business and 2nd we didn't want to offend her with what we were talking about!! Well, at the end of the meal, again, she came up and said, "You guys are so cute. How long have you been...(I'm praying inside at this point she won't end the question with the word married) father and daughter?" WHAT???? Did she seriously just ask us how long we have been father and daughter? Again...the awkward look at each other and then my dad's classic response of, "Well.......uhhh....since the day she was born!!" haha Gotta love those stupid questions!!!

Until next time...

Lots of catching up to do...plus new look!

Well, I thought I was going to be on a roll there for a second last month, but that came to an abrupt halt!!! Well, even though it was over a month ago, we did have a good time on our vacation! Here are a few pics...

A pic of where we sat at the Broncos game!

The stealth bomber that flew over before the game!

A nice close up picture of Cutler and the guys!

Me and Todd Helton at the Rockies game!

Coors Field

The weekend of Luke's 30th birthday in October, we went on a trip to Kansas City, MO for a banquet in honor of one of Luke's father figures who won the "National Childcare Worker of the Year Award" for all Christian Childcare Organizations. Randy is the director of Mountain States Children's Home where Luke grew up at. It was a fun time because all his kids flew in to surprise him at the banquet, so that meant we had to hide from him for a whole day. That was pretty hard when you are staying in the same hotel! At one point, Abby (his daughter) and I were stuck in the hotel gift store while Luke was stuck in the stairwell of the parking garage because Randy came down from his room quicker than we thought!

We had a good Halloween going to a couple of parties! We first went to our class party and then on to Yukon, to see my nephew and spend a little time with my family. My sister was begging me to come because my nephew had been going on and on this past week about seeing "the whoopie cushion". And yes, that is what I was for Halloween! We didn't take any pictures of ourselves, but I was a whoopie cushion and Luke went as Marty McFly (from Back to the Future) Here is a pic of what my costume looked like!

Well, that about sums up the last couple of months for us! Luke is absolutly loving his new job with Cox as an engineer and I am staying busy with my work! Life is going to start getting a little crazier the closer we get to the holidays, but I will try to stay updated as much as I can! Hope you all have a wonderful week! Until next time...

Awkward Moment

So have you ever been in a situation and when someone comes up on the scene you are praying so hard that it's not who you think it is?! Well, here's a great story for ya! We were on our way up to Vail and Luke said he had to go to the bathroom bad, so we pull off on an exit that shows a gas station, but when we get off, there is not a sign to show which way to turn for the gas station. By the way, if you have ever driven through the mountains you know that the gas stations are few and far between. So we look in both directions, see nothing at all and have to take a wild guess which way. So we go right and drive...and drive....and drive...and nothing but houses. So I get on my new handy dandy phone and go to the GPS system and search for gas stations. Not handy at all, so we turn around and start going back toward the interstate. Luke couldn't last that long, so we drove down what looked like a deserted road which had a couple houses on it, but shortly came to a dead end. So we turned around, and as soon as we did, we noticed this at one of the houses...

As you can see, the car is stopped right in front of the driveway so Luke jumped out and took off to use the port-a-potty. As soon as I take this picture, I look up and see a car coming down the road. Yeah, you guessed it...the homeowner. I see him put his blinker on and stop right in front of our car and roll the window down. So I jump into the driver seat to move the car forward and roll my window down. And I pray this will be the only time that I start a conversation with a stranger with, "I'm sorry sir, my husband is using your port-a-potty. We're from Oklahoma and are lost." :) Thankfully he just laughs at me and asks if I wanted directions. Well, I think that's a little too late sir!! What a humbling experience!