Life is more fun living than writing about.

We had a good week here.
Monday, can't remember... shopping I think.

Tuesday, Frisco pool. I spent some time on the lazy river then suffered with the ramifications.... sunburned legs.

Wednesday, the boys had a birthday party at a neighbor's house so I did the final insurance shopping.

Thursday, we had a couple of neighbor kids over then tried to go to a Magic show at the library. Tried was the operative word in that sentence, the tickets were all given out before we got there. We came home, chilled for a bit then went to the neighbors to swim.

Friday was a tough day. Nic was not invited to a rather important birthday party. I was trying very hard to divert his attention by keeping him busy. We started our day getting daddy's oil changed and a nail taken out of his tire. Then we FLEW to Safety Town for a bicycle safety course. After Safety Town we couldn't let the fun end. We went to Strikz and bowled some bowls. I did TERRIBLY the first game and recovered by the second. Our combined scores still landed me in 3rd place. Ugh.

Friday couldn't end too soon. I had BIG plans to watch the new Disney Channel movie, Princess Protection Program. Will went to see MF and ended up getting invited to a movie with her family. It was their first "outing" and no one took a single pic. Ugh. I'm sure there will be other opportunities.

Today Will and I went to a playoff baseball game that his BFF was playing in. Drew's team won and it was a pretty exciting game. They play again tomorrow but I'm not sure if we'll go. It was awfully HOT today even to be a spectator. I felt bad for the kids and umps who were playing in the 107 degree heat.

Thursday also marked the one year anniversary of the fire. It was a little emotional for me, especially because I was alone, but was otherwise uneventful. I am ready to put it in the past. A blip in our family history. If we can just get our last few checks as reimbursement we'll be ready to move on.

This week promises to be a HOT one here in TX. I see swimming and reading and maybe some deck time. The stain guys FINALLY made it out on Thursday. Once it dries completely, hopefully tomorrow, we will get to put together our new deck furniture. I am pumped because the set includes a fire pit. S'MORES! I'll post photos of that for sure!

Ok, time to get the boys off to bed. It's summer and all but we all need our beauty rest.

Time flies by!

Off to the Frisco community pool today and hope to have some down time this afternoon/evening to up-date the blog and put away the end of school year papers. It seems a reasonable goal. Stay tuned!

Good morning from sunny Orlando!

Home!!!!

So far so good. The plan for today is that the boys and Fred are headed to DTD to go to Disney Quest. Basically 5 stories of gaming. Not my thing so I'm not wasting $40 on going in to not play. I have no big plans... exploring a bit then getting a pedicure at 3:00 then meeting the boys and Fred for dinner at Wolfgang Puck's restaurant. Tonight we will probably swim and maybe watch a movie in the pool. Can't do that many places besides Disney. Here are a couple of pics of our journey so far.

The boys trying out a few things at the Lego Store.

The world's largest helium balloon. $16 per adult will take you 400 ft in the air.

June action, LOTS of it!

These are totally and completely out of order but you get the idea, we have had a busy June!

A trip to the 6th Floor Museum in Dealy Plaza to learn about the life and death of JFK. Nothing wrong with a little history lesson over summer vacation.

Megan tries a Whataburger! Yummo!

Nic wins a Great Debater award from his 5th grade teacher, Mrs. Duke. By the way there was no competition for said award. He won hands down.


Nic's 5th grade party had an Oscar's/Movie theme. My pal Sabrina and I went to GoodWill to see if we could find outfits that might be Oscar worthy. I found nothing but a memory... Imagaine this as a balloon skirt and throw a little rinestone action on the neckline and you have a great dress that Jen and I wore a few years back....

Nic "graduating" 5th grade. That is his principal Mrs. Kazanski.

Nic and his pal Alex walking the red carpet as they got on the bus to head to the movies.

Lunch just yesterday at GoGo Burger in downtown Frisco. So many fun and yummy places to eat around here.

Me filling water balloons for the 3rd grade field day. I am guessing this was only #4 of 100 since I was still smiling at this point.

Nic ans some pals at the Frisco ISD night at the Frisco Rough Riders Baseball Game.

In the 10th inning they had lost interest in the game but were still having a BLAST!

Dippin Dots in the commemorative helmet, inning #4.

Me, Will and my three chins. I love taking shots of us together but sure don't need any company.

Will and is WONDERFUL 3rd grade teacher, Mrs. Rutter. We will miss her.

Will at the Crawford Oasis.

Will and his pal, MF. I hope they get in the same class again next year. She is a great friend.

Nic at the Crawford Oasis.


A rousing and I do mean ROUSING game of Trouble the night before IN company heads home.


Had to take the Hoosiers to Dickie's for Texas BBQ. Yum!

A year ago today...

One year ago today I awoke in a hotel in Plano, TX relatively homeless, ie did not own a home. By the time I went to bed that night I had signed not only my life away, but my husband's as well, and once again was a homeowner.

A year later I am tired, happy, loved, and did I mention tired. I am ready for a VACATION! So, my hope is that in about 48 hours I can sink into an airplane seat and watch the clouds float by as I anxiously look forward to landing near Mickey's house and spending a week as his guest. I am in the throws of preparing for our trip but did want to put in a little up-date. I am also going to do a second post with a bunch of pics from June thus far. It's been crazy busy in a very good way.

Rainy Tuesday

The storms started around 4 I think. It woke me up every time it rumbled and that was a bunch! Today is going to be another LONG day.

The kids are wrapping up school in 2 days and we are running hard to the end and beyond. I don't think I'll be resting until late June. That will be nice.

Today I am getting my toes done for the second time in my life. It is my little treat to myself before this CRAZY 5th grade party tomorrow. After toes I get to take Nic to the Dr to have his feet checked then back to school to decorate for the party. Then it's time to come home and fill water balloons for the 3rd grade party that might get rained out anyway. That would be a HUGE bummer. After balloons I have a PTA meeting tonight then I get to come home and work on end of year treats for the teachers and staff.

Our first year in TX has been overall one of the best yet. The boys did wonderfully and the staff did all they could to make us feel welcome and lead my boys in the right direction. I wish I could be more generous but all the same I hope they like what I have planned. it's cute and SWEET and I'll post a picture once I have a finished product!

Well, I should go get my things together for running today. I have been doing my busy work and making phone calls this morning while it continues to rumble outside. It's nearly as loud as my tummy. Maybe I should eat something before I head to the nail salon. The pedi girls might get annoyed with the churning of my tummy while they work.

I promise I haven't been on vacation.

I need to go on one and will be going on one soon but not just yet...

Life has been busy and I haven't had too many deep thoughts lately. Sometimes I do think of something deep and then I forget it. Such is life right?

We are winding down to the last 5 days of school. The nightly homework is minimal and all BIG projects are completed. Well, except for my big project... As a co-room parent I am helping to plan and execute the 5th grade end of year party. The third graders have a party too but I will hand that off to my other co-room parent. Next year Nic will no longer have parties and I'll give Will and his parties my full attention.

We had a great Memorial Day weekend. We had nice family time, mellow time, neighborly time and reflecting time. I watched the Indy 500, well the last 150 laps, I went to church and missed the first 50. I had DVR'd it but didn't see a good point to starting from the beginning. I got the idea. I thought all day of the Krider clan and extensions of people who were in IN having a blast, enjoying each other's company. We so wish we could go but the 12-14 hour trip makes it hard when we have school on Friday and Tuesday. Maybe next year we won't have ice days and we'll get that Friday off. Maybe... I am not committing mom!

I am spending my evening being inspired by watching the 2009 Scripps National Spelling Bee. Did I spell that right? These kids are AMAZING. They are down to three spellers and the competition is as fierce as the AI finals or the Dancing With the Stars finale. I would have a hard time spelling some of these kids' names let alone the words they are spelling. Some are having a hard time pronouncing the words but they can spell them so I guess that is all that matters. I am enthralled by them. Sorry I didn't call you back Denise, I got sucked in!

OK, more importantly than the spelling bee, today Fred and I celebrate our 16th wedding anniversary. We had a mellow day that included going back to sleep after the boys were off to school and a leisurely lunch at the Fox Sports Grill. We also picked out but did not pick-up some patio furniture. I will pick it up this weekend before our next round of guests who arrive next week. I am most excited about the set because it includes a fire-pit and we'll get to have S'mores in our own backyard!

Fred left this afternoon to attend our Niece Megan's high school graduation. 16 years ago she was the flower girl who wouldn't walk the aisle and now she will walk the stage and get her diploma. Yeah Megan! We can't wait to see you next week right here on out door step!