A cute little flag football player!

Tag had his first football game last weekend. They got to play at Union Tuttle stadium where Union High School plays and it's a beautiful facility. The boys had a great time playing and even though they don't keep score, we won our first game! Here are some pics of our big football player from the first game. :)

No, he didn't get to pick his number...

Coach brought eyeblack for the team! Tag was a little embarrassed at first. ;)

Cutie!

Love him!

1st play of the game. Isn't that a pretty church in the background!

Tag snapping the ball....I love how the 2 boys beside him are looking at this like they've never seen it before! Like they're saying "what in the world are they doing?!" Ha!

Love the smiles on all the kids' faces in this pic....shows they are really having fun!

Our boy in action and looking for a flag to pull!

Good game guys!

Go Jefferson!!

SO glad Nana and Poppy got to be here for 1st game!

Our sweet family!

Birthday and a Surprise Visit

I had what will most likely always be one of my best birthdays ever this year! I was sitting on the couch watching tv on my bday when my dad called to tell me "Happy Birthday". He asked if my presents had arrived and I told him that I didn't know because I hadn't been to the mailbox that day. He told me to open the door to see if they left them outside the door, which I thought a little odd, but went ahead and checked anyway! And there were he and mom!!!! I am still in shock they were able to pull the surprise off! They had flown in, gotten a rental car and driven to the apt. all without my knowing! I felt so special!!! Thanks so much Mom and Dad (and for Tommy for helping them arrange it and for keeping it a secret!)! They came on Wednesday and stayed until Sunday and we had so much fun! They got here before the kids got out of school so we were able to go surprise them. They of course had NO CLUE that Nana and Poppy would be there to pick them up from shcool! I got a cute video that I might try to upload later of the moment they saw them. Tag had the biggest grin and ran straight to them for hugs and Bella acted like it was no surprise to her at all! haha! You never know how kids will react!

For my bday dinner we ate at the Cheesecake Factory! Yummmmmmmy!

Tommy had ordered me this yummy cookie cake (my favorite!) and gotten us some Maggie Moos cheesecake ice cream to go along with it! It was delicious!

The kids enjoyed all the snuggling and lap-sitting they got while Nana and Poppy were here! We hadn't seen my dad since we moved here in June. And he looked wonderful...couldn't tell at all he had had any problems before!

Tag had his first football game while they were here (those pics will be in another post!) and afterwards we went to Krispy Kreme! The Balloon Guy was there and they were doing face painting.

Mom and Dad got me a new sewing machine for my birthday!! I love it so much! Here are Bella and I trying it out!

We also took the kids to Chuck E Cheese's for some fun!

When we were at Wal Mart we saw this Elvis car! All I can say is WOW!! My mom loves Elvis so we had to take pics! ;)

This was on the hood of the car! I understand that people love him, but really? Doing this to your car??



We had the best time while they were here and it was the best surprise! Love you both dearly!!

Labor Day 2009

I am WAY behind and have several posts I need to do to catch myself up! But I got a new sewing machine for my bday and it's taken over my free time! I'll try to do one post a day to catch up. :)

We had a nice and quiet Labor Day weekend. We did go to a new park that had a splash play area and the kids had a great time! I'll let the pictures do the talking. :) And Bella is in most of the pictures since I'm usually right there beside her! ;)






She was raising her feet up like the seal's tail was



Trying to spray everyone!



Waiting on the bucket to drop water on him!



We hope you all had a wonderful and relaxing Labor Day!!

UPDATE on Tommy's Internal Medicine rotation: He was in his 2nd week of medicine and working with a cardiologist as his attending. But that doctor is now shutting down his office here, so as of today, Tommy started working with a Hospitalist at St. Francis Hospital and will be there for the remainder of the 11 weeks. I hope he's having a great first day with his new attending!!!

Gotchas & Pinty-tails

This year at Jefferson Elementary (the kids' school) they are doing a new character education program that promotes positive behavior. For the first few weeks of school they talked daily to the kids about the 3 foundations of the program...being respectful, responsible, and safe. Starting this Monday, teachers began handing out "Gotcha" notes to students if they saw them acting respectful, responsible or safe and Tag and Bella both got 1 each on Monday and also again on Tuesday! Their own teacher can't hand them out, it has to be another teacher. For instance, Tag got his Tuesday for being respectful and responsible because he said "yes maam" to another teacher when she asked him to take keys to another teacher at recess. Bella got hers for walking quietly in the halls. I think this program is going to be wonderful because they are loving working for some Gotchas! Oh and they get rewards for how many gotchas they get and they'll have a Gotcha party each quarter where they can trade their gotchas in for sundae toppings to make the principal into a sundae, or duct tape her to the gym wall, or paint to paint the principal, and water balloons to throw at staff! It's just a real neat program and you can only imagine how much the kids are looking forward to doing this to the principal and teachers!!!

Tag with his "Gotcha" note

Bella with her "Gotcha" note


This morning Bella Rose wanted to wear her hair in "pinty-tails" to school. I'm not sure where she came up with this terminology (piggytails maybe?) but I just love to hear her call them this instead of Pigtails that I hate to correct it!

Could she be any cuter??!


This was yesterday morning...Tag sporting his new favorite shoes! I love them too!

This morning...He's such a cutie pie!

Have a great day!!!

End of 2nd Rotation Celebration =)

Ok, maybe we are reaching for something to celebrate, but we are pretty proud of Daddy! We went to eat at Fish Daddy's restaurant Sunday night. Tulsa has a gazillion restaurants, but not very many seafood places, or at least that we've seen... Our dinner was yummy and we had a fabulous night! It was nice and cool and breezy so we ate out on the patio. And for the most part of the dinner we were the only ones out there so it was just perfect! I told Tommy I felt like we were on vacation or something...even though we were only about 100 yards from our house! hehe! ;) I ate grilled fish that was topped with shrimp and crawfish in a white wine sauce....mmmm mmmm good! Tommy had some sort of combination platter and it looked yummy too! It was just an all around nice night and here are some pics as we sat outside waiting for our food!

I also wanted to remind you to please please still be praying for little Kate McRae. No, I don't know this family personally, but they have just stuck in my mind and heart and I am constantly checking her caringbridge site and praying. It is heart wrenching and sometimes I don't want to go check her site, but it is our duty as Christians to pray for those in need. Kate is going through her 2nd round of chemo now and they are at home for this round and just having a really HARD time. They really need to be lifted up right now. You can also click the link below and leave them a message to let them know you are praying for Kate, as they are constantly asking for people to intervene with prayer for their daughter.

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/mcraekate