Labels: Daughters, Fun Events, Photo, Road Trips, Sisters

This is an update for the girls to read one day in the future:

February 17, 2009 -
You girls are watching lots of Sponge Bob Square Pants these days. Not sure why but you are. We just had Valentine's and you both received necklaces, scratch pads and candy. Both of you take dance, piano, tennis and tumble. We saw Paul Blart Mall Cop and you loved it. Go figure.

Chaney scribbled permanent marker on the counter and has been banned from television for a week. This is good because you have not been doing piano practice and this will now give you plenty of time. Chaney, you love to give gifts and you love to get gifts.

Piper, your dance group performed at the boy's college basketball game last night. You had your teeth cleaned today and will head to Stillwater to see about braces down the line. Piper, you have become interested in the computer and want to start your own blog.

Both of you are attending Cimarron Montessori School and are pretty darn smart. I take you to lunch every Monday and we eat at the Club every Friday.

Labels: Daughters, Family, Memories, Sisters

If you don't have kids you most likely don't understand when parents talk about that weird "all out" love they have for their kids. I never really understood it until I had my girls. Now I look at so many things differently. I'm in awe of these two little girls that I helped create and I remind myself daily that their future may rely on how and what I teach them today.

An example of the parent love I'm talking about would be sitting through 2 hours of piano plunking just to see your kid get up there and plunk just like the rest of them. Here are our daughters playing in their grand recitals doing something I'm not sure I could have done at their age and I'm sitting back enjoying every single second of it. Enjoy...

Daughter #1

Labels: Daughters, Fun Events, music, Parenting, Sisters

It's my sister's 47th birthday and she is now officially older than me. You see we've both been 46 years old for the last 23 days. My sister and I were both born in 1962 and we are not twins. Huh?

My sister was born in January and I came along later that year in December. Growing up, many people thought we were twins. We even looked a bit alike at a very young age (see photo below).

Luckily we outgrew the look alike thing and I ended up with the good looking gene while she ended up with the mediocre gene. Sad but true.

My sister and I grew up in the 70's when there really wasn't anything to do. No video games, no iPod, no cable and no VCR. My only hope to find adventure was to terrorize my sister.

My favorite terror plot was taking the talk thingy out of here phone. In those days we had to hold a receiver that was connected to the phone by a cord. You could unscrew the receiver and remover the sound making device. My sister would run into her room and answer her phone only to hear the person on the other end repeatedly say, "Hello? Hello?" I would normally be under her bed laughing my butt off.

Listening under the bed with an old cassette tape recorder was another fun activity. My best friend and I would sneak under the bed and listen to all of her boring phone conversations. We would usually hear something like this, "Are you kidding me? Are you kidding me? You've got to be kidding me? Are you kidding me?"

Eventually we would get bored and spring out from under the bed, leaving my sister screaming for mom at the top of her lungs. We had many more good times pulling pranks on my sister which I will detail later. I just want to end this post by saying happy birthday sis and beware, there might be Saran Wrap stretched over the toilet seat next time you sit down!

Labels: 70's, Family, funny moment, Memories, Photo, Sisters

I am very proud of my two daughters. They both put in time and effort walking on their own to qualify for the Kids Route 66 Marathon in Tulsa. The run was only 1.2 miles but the kids felt like true runners.

Both girls completed the race well ahead of many others and received medals for their effort. It's never to early to get your kids physically active. Our girls loved walking and want to continue. Get your kids outdoors and keep them active!

Labels: Daughters, Fun Events, Photo, Sisters

Labels: Daughters, Fun Events, funny moment, Halloween, Hot Wife, Memories, Photo, Sisters

Labels: Daughters, funny moment, Photo, Sisters