Spring in RO, Part I

Last night Keyton had a soccer game here.

It was a beautiful day for outdoor sports.

80 degrees and the sun was shining. There was a 30% chance of rain.

It clouded up off and on all day like it would rain, but in between the sun came out.

The team was playing another home town team so the game got pretty rough.

It always does with this team. Some of the boys are who Keyto played with when

we originally moved up here and a lot of them are class mates.

I love how boys can be so competitive on the field, but the minute they walk off all is

forgotten and they are buddies again.

Wish I could say the same for some of those crazy parents!

We could see the clouds getting closer and closer. It was getting darker and darker.

Cool thing about Spring in RO is that when weather guy says it's gonna rain, no matter the percentage, it usually does at some point in the day. Usually rain here in the spring isn't all day, but short showers on a regular basis. It has been dry for a couple of weeks now, so we seriously needed the rain to liven up the bluebonnets and help out the next round of wildflowers.

I told my friend, "when I feel a steady rain drops I'm heading to the car, which is seriously 1/2 a mile away, and it is all mud and rocks down the hill to get to the car.

I text Brent who is with Tucker at soccer further South and tell him "it's gonna rain".

He says "no it's not" (he was joking).

Well, there never was a steady stream of rain DROPs, it dropped maybe TWO drops and BAM full force rain coming down. So I grab Keyto's bag, my purse and chair and take off.

I am wearing flip flops and finally had to run barefoot because my feet were sliding around.

It wasn't a pretty sight.

But those clouds sure were!

The rain lasted just until Keyto got to the car and then stopped and that was that!
Unfortunately we lost 2-1. We probably could have at least tied if it hadn't started raining.

Just in: Brando and team just won 7-3. They were tied 3-3 and Brando got up to bat in 7th inning with 2 on base and 2 outs. He hit, ran to 1st and drove a run in. We scored 4 runs in that inning with the two outs. Since we were visitors they still had to bat and we held them and WON!
The team is 8-2 in district play I believe.

Have a super weekend.
Hugs, K

Today's SNOW Report...

This is what we woke up to Friday morning, almost 13" of snow!

School was canceled the night before so we got to sleep in :)

The back yard was beautiful and so peaceful.

Hugs, K

Playing in the SNOW!

This is our Snowman, The Joker, whose mouth was made with red food coloring which I still have on my fingers. Brando, myself and Brent were the creators.

The other two helped in between throwing snowballs

and Keyto throwing Tucker down in the snow!
Which I must add resulted in quite a few frozen tears...

The snow was perfect for snowballs and snowmen.

The following is one of those MAD/crying he's so MAD moments...It was snowing so much it drenched us like rain would.

Once we finally got the big boy to come outside he had a great time.

At first, we had Wally on a leash, but soon let him go and he loved the snow.

It was hilarious to watch him run in it.

Hugs, K

Happy Holidays

We hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas full of love and joy!

To ALL of our family...we miss you and will see you soon XOXO!

Brent, Kerri, Brandan, Keyton and Tucker

He's not very smart

but we love him anyway! Silly Dog! With all the rain, he has been digging under the fence and getting out. One day, when Brent drove up in the driveway this is what he found...Wally...STUCK! Under the fence. Whining. Silly Dog! It was interesting to watch Brent and Brando get him back through :)

On another day, Brent drove up and Wally was just sitting on the front porch waiting for him. We have also walked out into the garage to find him sitting in his kennel. We keep the garage door open a little when we are home so Dudley can go in and out and get some air in there. That is also where we keep Wally's kennel for when it is cold or raining or he is just being a sissy and can con Brando into letting him in it even it it's just a little cool outside with NO rain.

You should see the set up Brent has got going along the east fence to keep him in! Everytime Wally escapes the set up gets more elaborate and complicated.

Sorry so long in posting. Can't believe it's been almost a month. I've been so busy and weekends have been kinda slow with all the rain. When we have downtime, I don't have many pictures, but then when we are busy with sports and activities I have pictures but no time to post them! I do have some great ones to post this week though so stay tuned!!

Have a super Monday! I will be subbing at Tuck's school with the 3 year olds! I had two classes (each day am and pm) of 22- 4 year olds on Thursday and Friday. It was too cute.

Hugs,

K

Storm Clouds

Last week when we were having all those massive storms, I got this picture from our upstairs window. I just thought the colors were amazing! The dark at the bottom is the outline of houses and power poles. The dark at the top is the outline of the storm cloud passing over us.

Of course the storm's winds pulling our patio table over and shattering the glass wasn't too amazing!

Have a super week.

Hugs, K

Summertime??

Did I just wake up from a long winter's nap? Is it summer? Must be...the temps here are right at 80 degrees? It sure is nice!

I was dreaming of green grass, pink roses, sundresses and flip flops!

Hope you are having a good day!

Hugs,

K

(pic taken last summer)

Busy, Busy

So sorry for not posting lately. It has been so crazy around here. School and sports are back in full swing and with Brent working this new shift, it is all up to me!

Hurricane Ike made a little visit here on Saturday, but not strong enough to scare us away from the mall! It turned out that we were on the outer edge of it, instead of closer to the middle like the weather guys originally thought. I guess on Friday they were telling everyone we were really gonna get it though. When I went to do my weekly Walmart shopping after work on Friday the shelves were empty! Crazy around here how they react to storms and such.

Anyway, Brandan still had all his bday money and gift cards, because there really isn't anywhere around here to really shop unless you have a free afternoon. Since games were canceled and it was so wet, we headed to Arlington to the mall. I also got my haircut here before we left! We had a great time shopping. Brent was working.

So, on Sunday, Keyto had his last indoor game so I took him to that while Brando and Tuck stayed home and relaxed. Brent was working. Then I took Keyto to CH to pick up his new glasses at Eyemasters. They didn't open until 12:00 so we shopped around until then. Tuck will get his new glasses sometime this week. They both got great check ups and their eyes are healthy!

Then home to what I thought would be a relaxed Sunday at home, do a little cleaning, fix a good dinner, finish a sign i'm working on...but no, get a call Brando has baseball practice and Brent won't be home in time to take him. Should only be about an hour practice (yeah right!)...get home about 6:00. Luckily Brent fixed spaghetti when he got home so dinner was served!

Monday night - Tuck's first outdoor soccer game...lost to a huge team from DeSoto (very rough), we are playing 6, 7, & 8 year olds! They don't have enough kids in these small towns to do a team per age, so they combine. I swear one girl was as big as Keyto and 50 lbs. heavier!

Tuesday - Keyto's first outdoor soccer game in Waxahachie (WON 7-1), Brando goes to baseball game with friend, luckily Tuck has no soccer practice

Wednesday - Brando baseball practice

Thursday - Tuck soccer practice

Friday - Frito annual party at Six Flags - looking foward to this!!

Saturday - two soccer games and start a baseball tournament

Sunday - hopefully win a baseball tournament

So that's my week! I will try to post some pics tonight of the boys and what they have been up to.

Love you all and have a great day!

We awoke this morning to

a TORNADO SIREN! I'm moving back home. Not once in my adulthood have I heard tornado sirens in Lubbock, but I've been here 8 months and this is probably the 4th time! It was 3:45 when the weather woke me up. Brent was just going to bed because he is leaving today at noon and is sleeping first (team trip). We turn on the TV to see a huge line of storms from the far North to the far South of the Dallas area. Brent is like Oh No! So we go downstairs and start unplugging stuff (we were struck by lighting once before since moving here ya know) and there is no satellite, so we try the laptop with no internet connection. Then TORNADO SIRENS start going off! So I go wake up all the boys and we pile them in the closet. Brent pulls out an old old black and white TV from the garage to try and get some weather. There is only fuzz on the channels but we can hear what they are saying. No Warnings. Get this. The only clear channel...Telemundo! Clear as can be! You can only imagine Brent's reaction to that! We put the kids back to bed and I get in about 30 minutes of sleep before the alarm!

I guess they went off because DeSoto has some pretty BAD damage and we aren't too far from them. I didn't see any pics on the news yet, but will hopefully tonight. Also, a co-worker told me that the roof was blown off a hotel in South Waxahachie. The winds were up to 90 miles an hour!

On the up side! I have noticed everything here gets greener a whole lot faster. I guess it is the rain. Everything is just so pretty and green!

Weather update!! Just heard the electricity is out at the Jr. High so they have been sitting in the hallway since 8:30 this morning. They have buses ready to take them to the High School gym so they can feed them lunch later...oh wait...lights may be coming on. Anyway, Brent just called and he is on the way to school to get BAM if the lights don't come back on. How miserable would that be to spend the day sitting in the floor of a gym doing nothing?

Well, better get back to work.
Have a happy spring day!

Rain, rain, and more rain

It is raining today, well since mid-morning and is supposed to turn into sleet later this evening. I don't know that we will get snow, but maybe it will freeze and school will be delayed. I could use an extra two hours at home in the morning! Keyto was supposed to have a band meeting tonight but it has been canceled, Tuck's soccer was canceled, so now waiting to see if Keyto's basketball practice is cancelled.

Brent is cooking the Angel Chicken recipe I got from my mil. So I am looking foward to a nice evening at home with warm food and a fire!

Have a nice evening and be safe!