HOMECOMING 2009

Homecoming 2009 was tonight!!!

As I have shared before, both Raelene and Allison were on the homecoming court.

WELL, GUESS WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THEY BOTH WON!!!!!!!!!

RAELENE IS THE 2009 HOMECOMING QUEEN and ALLISON IS THE 2009 HOMECOMING PRINCESS!!!!!!!!!!

BUSY THURSDAY.................

We have a busy day today. We will be leaving this evening for Frank's school board conference, because I have to babysit until about 5pm. We are packed, except for the last minute things and I need to repack the diaper bag. But everything else is done and ready to be loaded. We will be home sometime on Saturday, as the conference ends around noon that day. Here is a picture of one of the rooms at the Hilton we will be staying at.

Frank asked me what I wanted for Valentines day, this morning. I really want the new Duggar book, and the one by the Gosselins, so that is what I am getting. I ordered them from Wal-Mart this morning. I had priced and priced and shopped and shopped and all in all Wal-Mart was the cheapest. They will be in the mail sometime next week. I know, I know, not too romantic, but I love books and I love to read, so that was and is something that I would not just buy for me, since they are not my normal cheap books.
I have been really down this week, I am having some issues with my sister, just younger than myself and it has really hit me hard. I think the only way to really get some peace and some closure with this is just to avoid her and to stay away from her, I know this is not the best fix to the problem, but she has really hurt me so much over the years, that I need to stay my distance and not continue to feel bad at her hands. Pray for me, this has really been rough for me and hard on me and it is really eating me up.
I hope that you all have a lovely Valentines day..We will go out to a nice dinner tomorrow night, since Frank's conference stuff ends at 5 pm tomorrow night. I really plan just to rest and relax and read tomorrow. I think I really need it, no fighting kids, no phone calls ( we will be roaming in Santa Fe, so I don't have to answer if I don't want too) and just a nice big fluffy bed to relax in and enjoy the quiet and the control of the remote....

NO SNOW YET, TUESDAY!!!!!!!!!

So far we don't have the snow that we were due to have. I was all ready. We did our running around yesterday and planned it to stay home today and be ready for that snow storm that was due us..Oh well, the day is not over yet, so we shall see.
My dad has the stomach bug now, along with my sister that is in college. My other sister and her husband and little boy had it really bad as well. I think we have finally gotten rid of it here. I bleached and lysoled everything!!!!!!!
The girls are getting excited about homecoming. I think I am too..I ran for homecoming queen here in Maxwell too,(did not win, but had fun all the same) so it is neat to be on the other end as mom this time around. We got dresses for the girls off of eBay. Alli's is short and cute and Raelene's is the same color as her class colors, not sure if she will wear that one to homecoming or save it for prom and then wear her old prom dress to homecoming. Frank's class is being honored that night so pretty neat night planned. I will be sure and post pictures and details. Allison is running for junior high princess and Raelene for homecoming queen at the high school level. This is Raelene's first time to run, she has lost out nominations by one vote and never got this far, so she is thrilled. Allison of course is up for the first time!!
Frank and I are getting sort of excited about this weekend and his conference. It will be nice to get away and stay in a hotel that we did not use coupons for..Not that there is anything wrong with coupons for motels..gotten some great deals and stayed in some nice ones, but this will be a treat and the rooms look so pretty!!!..LOL.. We will take the baby with us, just because the girls have ball games, plus she will keep me company during the day and she is pretty much my shadow anyway. His first board meeting will be the 19th.
My mom and I are on a committee to plan a party for our Baptist Association's 100th birthday. It will be here in Maxwell since we are right off the the interstate, plus we will be renting a building at the school to use. In the 100 years this Association has been active, our family has been involved in over 50 of it, so I am looking forward to this event.
Okay, I need to go and get the mail, so I am out of here..

DRIVERS ED, MAXWELL SCHOOL BOARD, AND WINDY WEATHER!!!

John started drivers ed two weeks ago. You know I was okay with Raelene and driver's ed, because number one she is the oldest and we knew she would be the first, number two it was a blessing to have another driver in the house, and finally she was already a little older and past 15. But I was just not ready for John to start drivers ed. It has really been a big step for mom...
I did not tell you that Frank is the newest member of the Maxwell School Board!! There was an election and we missed the dead line due to other things coming up, but it turned out that no one else put in for school board, so those interested were asked to send a letter of intent/interest to the president, (a friend of ours) and they would chose new members last week. Frank went ahead and put in his letter and the other night he got a spot. WOW!!!!!!!! We to this weekend to a training section in Santa Fe, and we get to stay at the Hilton. WOW, that is big time for us. We have to pay for the room and they will pay us back.
The wind is blowing..We had some rain yesterday and are due for snow tomorrow..we do need the rain, and snow, so I am not complaining, but wow...we had such great weather last week...lol

Sick, Sick and More Sick..

We have all had a nasty run of the stomach flu here. Started out last week with Traci and we are still battling it with Christi. Nasty stuff. I have washed everything in bleach water and sprayed the rest of it down with Lysol..Just plain nasty. I have even been boiling water to drink, since I don't know what is causing it. Not only have we had the stomach bug some of us have had head colds as well. Just ugly around here.
Pray we get over it soon, as we have not done much more than sleep and CLEAN for days now..
The kids said that there was a line of kids in the nurses office waiting to be picked up yesterday and that the home sick list is long as well..
I will post more later, as we I have other new passages in our lives, that don't involve vomit and Kleenex...LOL