The Alma Mater does good........saw this on Yahoo today! GO CATS!!!

ABILENE, Texas (AP)—Abilene Christian set a record for points in an NCAA playoff game, beating West Texas A&M 93-68 in the second round of the Division II playoffs Saturday.
Bernard Scott rushed for 292 yards and scored seven touchdowns, both playoff records.
The combined 161 points was an NCAA Division II record.
Abilene Christian (11-0) gained 810 yards of offense and scored touchdowns on 13 of 14 possessions. The only time the Wildcats didn’t come away with points was on their second possession, when they missed a field goal attempt. The teams combined for 1,531 yards, also an NCAA Divison II record.
Keith Null, who completed 42 of 63 passes, set a school record by throwing for 595 yards and seven touchdowns in the loss for West Texas A&M (11-2), which was eliminated despite gaining 721 yards. Buffaloes receiver Charly Martin caught 14 passes for 323 yards and scored five times.
Abilene Christian, which will host Northwest Missouri State next Saturday, led 42-34 at halftime.
Billy Malone threw for 383 yards and six touchdowns, and Johnny Knox caught five passes for 125 yards for the Wildcats.
Scott had 19 carries and rushed for six touchdowns and added another score receiving.

Do these windows look clean??????

THEY SHOULD!!!!!!

I have been cleaning like Cinderella today in preparation for

the Thanksgiving Celebration next week!

For this group.....I think I will need the tall ladder. OH MY!

9 years ago today......

Here is where knowing how to use the scanner would come in handy, but since J isnt here to show me......Imagine a 20 month old little girl with blonde wispy hair and big brown eyes.
That would describe our niece, Maddie, who went to Heaven 9 years ago today.

From February of 98 to January of 99, there were 3 little girls born in our family on Jonathan's side-----Maddie in February, Hope in July, and Jill in January.

We think of her often......and miss her so much......please say a special prayer for her Mom (Carra), Dad (Jimmy), and brothers (Davis and Jake), as well as the rest of our family today, as we remember our sweet Maddie Ivy Carter.

My New Favorite Gadget

This is my new favorite thing----- a cocoa maker!!!!!! You add 4 cups of milk and some Quik OR your fave hot chocolate mix and turn it on! It mixes and heats up to the right temperature and then shuts off. It kicks back on when the temp falls or the hot choc needs to be stirred! It also has a frothing option. It comes with a recipe book as well. For all the hot choc lovers out there------this thing is GREAT!!!

(I got it at everythingkitchens.com because they had free shipping.)

I am a little behind here!!!!!

Thomas has been practicing with his bow since Dad and Jill came home with a deer last time.

His friend, Brandon, that lives across the street came over for some of the action, too!

What would be so hot that it would cause this face??
And this face??????

Habanero Hot Sauce!!!! I made jambalaya this night for dinner and the kids decided to try the sauce.....straight! Not smart. I do not think they will do that again anytime soon.

Grant, thank goodness, did not follow suit on this one!!

This is the Lady Primrose Warehouse Sale in Dallas last Friday at 7 am. BFFL, her mom, and I had to leave here at 5 to be there to get in line! It was COLD, but we had fun!

Here is BFFL standing in line! People were trying to take stuff off of our cart because they thought BFFL worked there. The look on her face was priceless.

A New Game

This morning's conversation with Jill went something like this:

Jill: Mom....the boys and I made up a new game this morning.

Me....Really.....What is it?

Jill: It is a combination of Four Square and Soccer......We are calling it Foccer.

Me: Couldn't say anything.......didn't know what to say!!!!!! I am hoping it doesn't come up again!

Weekend Recap

The story that goes with this is at the end!

Isn't that an original title???

I guess I should really start from last Wednesday......

Grant comes home from school, starts to play Monopoly Jr., then says he has to go lay down for a while. I go upstairs to check on him.......102.5 fever. LOVELY. He and I stay home from church and he sleeps until morning........2 am in the morning.......then he wants to TALK!! I kept saying "Grant...I really have to sleep...remember I have Boot Camp and have to get up at 4:30".

He finally fell back asleep. We knew that he probably would not be going to school the next day, so we asked one of the sweet ladies at church if she could keep him until noon since Jonathan and I were both enrolling at different places on Thurs. Thank goodness she could! He made a trip to the Dr.......white spots on the tonsils.......GREAT.......and no, he cannot go to school Friday either.

Did I mention that we were having a garage sale on Friday at my house? I had it all planned and in the paper, signs made, change gotten........now I have a sick son to go along with it! He woke up like a little bouncy ball on Friday, a little excited that he was going to be around to "help" with the festivities. He was acting totally fine.....I am sure the attendees of the garage sale were wondering why he was not at school. I drug everything onto the carport from the garage and we were busy! At about 11 the phone rings.......I recognize the number as the elementary nurse.

GREAT. This time it was Thomas. I thought maybe he had the sore throat, too, or he was faking it because he and Jill were a little mad that G got to stay home and "help" and they had to go to school. No sore throat though....he was in MUSIC class and was doing some kind of dance and tripped over the person next to him and fell into the corner of a table and had a laceration in his head that the nurse could not get to stop bleeding. Did I mention blood makes me faint and that I was having a garage sale?????

I left all the stuff on the carport, loaded up G, and we went to get Thomas. I had not showered, neither had G. We looked lovely.

We picked up Thomas and headed to the Dr., the same one who had seen G the day before for his throat and Jill for her weekly allergy shot. She stitched him up and off we went......after stopping for a Coke.........back to our garage sale. If anyone stole anything, I did not notice. At that point, I dont think I would have cared. Take it......take it ALL!

He had a little headache, but was fine for the most part.

Jill gets home at 4 and is questioning Thomas about how he got to come home. He says, "Look....I got stitches"......she was a little sympathetic!

He is fine now......and so is G. (They all went to school today...that reminds me of another story from today....I get a call at 10:30 or so...its the school secretary wondering where Thomas is. I dropped him off this morning was my response....surely he has not figured out how to skip school! He is in 2nd grade! She says that maybe the sub counted the wrong person absent. TRUE! He was there. No need for worry.)

Saturday........more garage sale.......but only like 3 people with a grand total for that day of $2. Something like 80 overall.......which is fine with me. I used my proceeds for a cocoa maker. I already ordered it. When it comes in......I will give a consumer report!

We also went to a birthday party for a little one year old from church!

EARLY on Sat morning, Jonathan and Jill went to the deer lease. It was girls weekend with dad.

Our niece was there with J's brother and the other guy on the lease's daughter was there, too.

I get a call about 8 Sat night......(whisper) "Mom....we got one....we are going to find it now. I will call you later." They did get one.....a doe.....Jill really enjoyed getting to identify the insides and especially cutting open the stomach...just to see what the deer had eaten. Is this MY child? I would never ever do that. I would get my nails dirty. She, however, could care less about all of that! Her brothers were jealous---they went to the deer lease and did not get anything with dad! G is going this Friday.....maybe he will have some luck!

Conversation with Thomas, age 7

This is a recap of the conversation I had with Thomas after school.......

Me.....How was school today?

T.......Fine...except one of the kids in my class had to go to ISS (In School Suspension).

Me......Why?

T.....She threw rocks at a boy and hit him in the head. He had to leave school and everything because the nurse could not fix him.

Me.....That's not good. Why was she throwing rocks at him?

T.....He had some piece of paper that she wanted and he would not give it to her. Mom, can you imagine being beaten up by a GIRL?

Yes........June Cleaver does live here.

Kindergarteners at the ZOO!

Grant and some of his classmates!

He used to love to take pics with me!

Grant and Bud.....my adopted child for the trip!

Sliding

The cutest baby owl EVER!

G wasn't even scared! He kept trying to count the rattlers!

Mom....my legs are tired......

CUTEST little kindergartener!

Trying out the balance beams at the park

Acting so goofy with Lacey.....these 2 have been friends a long time!

Halloween 08

Here are our trick or treaters!

Ours.....Darth Vader, knight, and gladiator

plus BFFs kids...the jeanie and the alien

the finished product.....each kid and J took turns with this masterpiece!
My Sweet Babboo......just being himself!

They thought the insides were "so gross". Is this really what is in pumpkin pie?

Im not touching it with my hands.....where is a spoon?

Dad said......."just dig it out!"