Today I'll be at Pryor Band Days with these kids. What a great day for a contest.........

Sunshiney and beautiful!

Love~ First or Last?

Men always want to be a woman's first love. Women like to be a man's last romance

~ Oscar Wilde

Me & Min

This is my BFF from Middle School to HS, Mindi. She lived down the street from us on Irene Lane. We had many adventures over the years, including boys, softball, basketball, boys, driving in my dad's jeep, walking all over creation, boys, Colorguard, summer band camp, boys, church camp and oh yes, boys.

We may not be in touch every day, but she is still considered one of my closest friends. It's amazing to me that when we get together (which is not near enough) we can just slip right back into a level of comfortable friendship.

An upperclassman took this picture and posted it to Facebook. I was so glad to find it this week!

What the Hail!? or Hail Storm 5-10-10 Moore OK

These 'hail balls' look alien-ish

This is the biggest piece of hail I have ever seen. Glad I didn't see it hurling toward me or mine!

It hit so hard it left a divot!

None of this hail reached us in Ft Gibson. It was in the Oklahoma City area. (these particular photos were taken in Moore, OK, south of OKC) It seems OKC always gets the brunt of storms. We have friends in the area and we always worry about their safety when we hear of weather like this. Thankfully no friends of ours were hurt. One great thing about living in Oklahoma, there is never a dull moment in the weather!

The One with Art

I grew up with a beautiful little girl named Tracey. She grew up to be a fantabulous artist. We all knew she was destined to be an artist.....take a look at her work and you will see why. So beautiful......just like her.

Tracey Harris

Portable Coffee

Shopping in Staples last night I stumbled across these wonderful little candies: Bali's Best Coffee Candy. It's like a little teeny cuppa coffee you can carry in your purse!! It was very tasty and all Joes over the age of 10 loved them.

Our Carly

Photo by Leslie

Dry Gulch

Cassi and Salani (either in the middle of a blink or she has had too much egg nog!) at Dry Gulch waiting to ride the Christmas Train. Thanks for Uncle Tom and Aunt Therese for taking them......

Team Jacob

We loves us some wolves around here.....

Time Flies

My girls are growing up so fast.

Carly turned 15 on November 16th and Cassidy turns 10 today.

Happy Birthday Bubble Girls!!

Twilight is Everywhere!

Mattel is in on the Twilight madness. Here is an Edward Cullen "doll" we found at KMart this weekend. He even sparkles......

CassiJo Golightly

CassiJo wants to be Holly Golightly for Halloween....it's a work in progress. How do you think we are doing? Final product. Cutie patootie!!

Ginormous Guys

They aren't giants.....the house we are visiting just has low ceilings in the kitchen.

The Wheels on the Bus

Kai is all boy. Give him a few cars or a big bus and plenty of passengers and he is happy!

Maya Gets a Guitar Lesson

Uncle Joe playing with an electronic guitar with Baby Maya.

The Original Spiderman Kiss

I love old romantic photos. :o)

Bat Bug

I want to buy one of these for Uncle Joe.

16 Years of......

Today is our 16th anniversary. Can you believe Uncle Joe has been able to put up with me and my silliness for that long?? :o)

Dear Joe,

Thanks for being my BFF, my love, my husband, and the father of our girls. You are awesome and I am glad to share my life with you.

Love,

AJ

Summer Fun

Cassidy gives a thumbs up to a go-cart race with Mom on our Branson trip last weekend.

Pie So Good You Might Drive to Oklahoma and Hug Me

Peach Pie

3/4 c. white sugar
1/4 c. light brown sugar
1/4 c. all purpose flour
4 ripe peaches peeled and sliced
(about 5 cups)
1T lemon juice
1/4 t. ground cinnamon
1/4 ground nutmeg

Bake at 425 for 10 min then reduce to 350 for approx 40 minutes
in the following pie crust::::>

NEVER FAIL PIE CRUST

3 c. all purpose
1 t salt
1 1/4 c. shortening BUTTER FLAVOR CRISCO
5 1/2 T water
1 egg
1 t. vinegar

sift flour and salt together. Cut in shortening. Mix water, slightly beaten egg and vinegar together and add to flour mixture.

Roll our on lightly floured board (add more flour if too moist)

Makes (2) 9'' pie crusts