Flashback Friday

ok who was not cute when they were little? my question is - what happened to all of us?

here is a few pictures of me when i was little. people ask me all the time if my hair color is real - i am thinking if they saw these pictures there would be no doubt!


this is me and my two best friends from childhood - Mauri and Monica


do you have any favorite childhood memories that you would like to share?

Screen Caps and Cell Phones

In the last few weeks . . . .

I have pondered how it can be 101 degrees at 10 am


I looked at my melons


I had Starbucks


I got bitten


I enjoyed the Mike Leach radio show – live


I lived vicariously through my friend at Walt Disney World


I got a pedicure with the girls in my family


I got to marvel at our newly renovated auditorium at church


I watched all the dogs beg for breakfast at work


I ate breakfast at work


I had a puppy under my chair at work


I went shopping for pots – for work


I got a new headband – not for work


I watched it rain


I watched the sun


I got a frozen hot chocolate


I got ready for football


what have you done lately?

Wordless Wednesday

Fall

Do you have a favorite season? I really don’t think that I do – BUT I really do love fall and all the new things it brings:

1. Fall color – this is one of my favorite trees and it does a glorious job of putting on a fall show every year whether it be red, orange or yellow!



2. Sports! Who cannot love the end of baseball season and the beginning of Cowboy season!?

3. My 2nd annual trip overseas to see my best friend. We always have the best time together – this year we are doing Italy!


oh yeah! we are FIERCE!

4. Work finally slowing down after a busy summer

5. All the new seasons of TV shows like So You Think You Can Dance and Dancing With the Stars and new movies. I am especially excited about New Moon!

6. October 6th is the Engineer’s birthday and it starts a three-month steady stream of birthdays, anniversaries and holidays!

7. I love carving pumpkins! Need I say more?







8. My annual murder mystery party. Every year I host a murder mystery party where I have 7 of my friends come in costume and character and we solve a murder. This is one of my favorite nights of the year and I highly recommend it.


These are the box sets I use

An Affair to Dismember

Roman Ruins


Chicago Caper

The Good, The Bad and the Guilty

9. Cool mornings and warm afternoons – they produce the BEST sunrises!



10. Looking forward to giving thanks and giving gifts! I started buying Christmas gifts in July!

11. Pumpkin Spice Latte at Starbucks



Why do you love fall?! Please share and add to the list!

LiveStrong Toby Ryan

Yesterday morning after I dressed my mom came in and goes ‘Karen! You look like Lance Armstrong today” So I immediately thought to myself . . . ‘WOW! What does she mean by that?! Does she mean that my abs look this good?



or that I look THIS good in Oakley sunglasses??!



But no, when I thought about it, and looked in the mirror I saw this



Do you see it?!



So Saturday I did look like Lance – livestrong lance

Also in this picture is my good friend Toby Ryan and this was at his album release party. I am so proud of him and would encourage you to check out his new cd. You can download it off of iTunes and get it on amazon and many other places.



So go to his site here or here and check out his sound. He writes, plays and performs all his own stuff!

All I Need - Toby Ryan

…..I think I may have to become a groupie!

Flashback Friday

Ok so you all know my family visited the Alamo a week or two ago. Well the only other time I have been there I was about 3 or 4. My mom took this picture of us near the cannon. So here is my only memory of the Alamo – standing, squinting and waiting for the shot. I bet I was hot too.



When we got there my sister and I had the same idea – have mom take the same picture 25 years later. So here you go!



The only difference would be….who has their hands on their hips. HA and, I guess the age thing.

Vacation!

My sister and her family were here last week and we had a greeeeat time together. We hung out at home for a few days because the Engineer was in a wedding here. Then we took off for sunny San Antonio – but first a few ‘home’ pictures.

Apparently her Auntie ‘Rocks’


I got to show the kids around the nursery for a field trip. Here we are talking about the different kinds of grass seed and how we scoop it and weigh it out to be sold.



While Falcon and Engineer attended the wedding . . .



Mom and I got all the grandkids together outside to play in the kiddie pool. A good time was had by all!



Sunday we got to visit the Wind Energy Museum and marveled at all the windmills – large and small





On Wednesday we headed out to San Antonio and the first thing we did was to swim in the pool on the roof of the hotel!



The roof was super hot but the pool was super nice!

That evening we had dinner with some family friends at one of our favorite Mexican food places, La Fogata. If you are ever in San Antonio – you have to eat here!



One of our main reasons to visit this wonderful city was to go to Sea World! My sister and I loved it when we were kids and just knew we would have a great time taking the next generation. A good time was had by all!

Feeding the dolphins



Seeing Shamu



Meeting Shamu (yes we did get to meet the real life shamu!)


Tired and happy family



The next day we visited the Alamo. I was excited about this because it had been a long time since I had been there. It was cool to share some Texas history with the kids.



Auntie Mule (how much of the trip went!) oh and I loved it!



Happy Kids





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