Isabella steals my camera...again

Pumpkins...

I love the girls' school.  It is awesome.  I picked them up this afternoon and they were both beaming with pride with their little pumpkins.  They were so excited and proud.  Apparently Dave and I both missed the message that we were supposed to bring little pumpkins for the "pumpkin patch".  The girls were out Friday, Monday and Tuesday.  Today we had no idea.  What I love about their school is that they didn't skip a beat and the girls participated without even realizing that we screwed up and did not bring pumpkins.  Even when we picked the girls up, the teachers were nice and didn't mention that our girls were mooches:) Sophia decorated hers in class and Isabella took hers home to decorate.

Tomorrow Sophia's class is having a Potty Party.  They are making a big deal about using the potty.  Hopefully Sophia will get the message.  She has been pretty good...she is half time in panties/half time in pull ups.

Life is great in the Wilcox household.  Rice has been sending Morgan stuff.  I keep joking with Michelle that it would be awesome for Morgan to go to Rice and then when she graduates she could move to Houston....that would be so nice...Now we have Ashlee and Danny in Katy...we are blessed. 

I am teaching the multiplier in my AP classes...I keep warning the kids that the class would get harder...I think they finally got my message today....lots of problems that were difficult...but they loved it!!!! 

Never a dull moment...

Life is great...9 pm last night I was watching the Texans (they ended up winning!!!) when Dave decided to put the girls to bed.  He sneezed with his mouth close, popped something in his neck and passed out.  It scared the living daylights out of me...He came to and was white as a ghost, eyes purple, sweating profusely, asking me to take him to the ER.  We rushed him there and long story short, he is ok...We were there until almost 3 am.  Apparently he caused trauma to his neck when he sneezed, which made him pass out.  He is ok, they took scans of his neck.  Poor Dave thought he was internally bleeding.  I took today off because getting home at 3 am and then waking up at 5 am did not sound like a good plan. I am just grateful he is ok.  It didn't help that all day long Monday I watched Long Island Medium about people dying.

Today was still ok.  Dave ended up working from home half the day.  We kept the girls home and around lunch time we tried out Katy Cajun because it just opened.  I have to say I was very disappointed.  The food was good, but the atmosphere was horrible.  It was almost pitch black...very weird atmosphere.  At 4 I had my session with my personal trainer...I am so happy I have been doing this. The only awkward part was that my ex brother in law was working out there next to us the entire time.  How weird...I  know it has been over a decade, but it is still awkward.  Christa laughed and said, at least he can report to your ex that you were with your personal trainer.  I am just so grateful that my life has turned out the way it has...I am very blessed and am glad I appreciate my blessings:)

One more thing.  My mom is awesome a made a cover for the "love nest".  It came in today and we love it!!!!

Wonderful day!!!

Today was awesome....The girls and I slept in (6:45).  We took it easy, I cleaned, did laundry and worked on school work.  I kept the girls home with me since I had the day off.  Around noon we went to the Y so I could meet my trainer.  Hiring him was the best thing I have done...He is working my tail off.  I told him after my 10 sessions are up, I want to do one more hard core month, and then scale down to one or two days a week.  We went to HEB and then came home and got ready for tomorrow's school day.  I could really get used to more quality time with my girls.  Dave came home a happy man... House was clean, girls bathed, fed, ready for tomorrow!  Life is good.  The Saints won last night and tonight we are going to watch the undefeated Texans win:)

Spicewood

This weekend was wonderful.  Good family, good friends, good food, good wine:) We are blessed.  Friday we drove to Spicewood, Texas.  Christa, Tara, and our family rented a house on the lake (it is dried up).  The house was beautiful.  We made burgers on Friday.  Saturday we woke up and took the kids to Sweet Berry Farms.  We then headed out to Spicewood Winery.  Saturday Lance cooked AWESOME steaks.  This morning we woke up and drove back to reality.  Lots of important decisions were made...life is great...we are going in a bright direction:)  All four of us are not feeling that great today because of the change of weather.   Our throats hurt, but we will live.  Tomorrow I have Columbus day off so I have decided to keep the girls home (Sophia has sicky poopoo...sorry if it is tmi).  We don't have much longer until Thanksgiving, then Christmas, then Spring Break, and then May will be here before we know...life is great!!!!

Presidential Debates

Tonight is the first Presidential debate between Obama and Romney.  They both seem to be saying the same thing...I know they are saying different things, but both go round and round without saying much. Today was kind of hard.  I had a couple of kids who were rude in class...99.9% of the students are the best.  I hate that the one or two kids who talk back, talk while you are talking, roll their eyes, take my energy away from the others who are respectful and do the right thing. 

I am teaching Aggregate Expenditures Approach- Average Propensity to Consume, Marginal Propensity to Save....etc...pretty dry stuff...I have decided that tomorrow to review the concepts the kids are going to perform short skits representing different topics.  It should be interesting to see how these bright students make the dry material interesting and memorable:)

After school Christa and I met our friend Diana for dinner at Beck's Prime by my school...I love that place!!! I had the best salad:)  I came home to 2 smiling girls, a smiling husband, and a smiling dog...life is good....great in fact!!!

Life is Precious....

Life is so precious.  A sweet girl I graduated from high school with lost her husband yesterday.  He was killed in a car wreck.  They have five small children....I can't even imagine.

Today started early...up at 4:30, then to work out with my trainer at 5...great workout!!! He makes me use machines and equipment I would never use.  He is worth every penny!  School was good.  I picked the girls up and then we came home and tinkered around.  Dave got home late because he had to go get fitted for a tux.  He is in a wedding in November. 

The weather has started to feel chilly...I LOVE IT!!!!!