Nutcracker and the Frog Princess

Saturday was a special day for both girls. Kyla And I went to see the Nutcracker Ballet in Lubbock. Memaw and Aunt Clarissa met us there. It was beautiful and Kyla especially liked the mice in the Mouse King's army. :) She was also fascinated by the orchestra pit and of course the Sugar Plum Fairy. Aunt Clarissa bought her a nutcracker ornament and then she won a nutcracker statue at the end of the show!

Laura and Neely went to see the new Disney movie The Princess and the Frog. Laura loved it! She loved the frog princess and the alligator that played the trumpet. Fun times had by all!

Kyla and Mom: Ready for the Ballet!

Pics for Christmas Card

Some Christmas pics for our 09 Christmas card. Our friend Caitlin took them! She rocks!

Christmas Shirts by Memaw

We woke up this morning to a winter wonderland in Plainview Tx! I guess we had dense fog from around 7pmlast night until 8am this morning and it all froze! It was dangerous but beautiful. The girls wore their new christmas shirts that Memaw made them to school and Mrs. Sharon's house today. Very cute! The countdown for Christmas break is officially 8 days and counting!!

Santa

The family loaded up and went to the Fair Theatre tonight to enjoy Christmas Storytime and a visit with Santa! After storytime we watched the Plainview Christmas Parade in 27 degree temp and snow flurries. Fun times! We also went to the Brew and visited with the Chavez and Malone Families. Kyla and I enjoyed a yummy WARM Chai Tea. Thanks Nee! Merry Christmas everyone!

Weekends

Had a couple of really good weekends here lately. My mom and I joined up the first weekend in November and went to see my sister at San Angelo State. It was fun. We shopped and giggled and shopped some more. Didn't really buy much, but had a great time! it was the first time I had visited Clarissa at ASU. We also went to church together that Sunday morning. FUN!!!

This weekend the Wood Family came to Plainview from Wichita Falls! It was great to see them! The girls had a blast playing and Neely and I enjoyed catching up with Steve and Michelle and watching the girls go CRAZY!!! We ran a 5K Saturday morning here at the Plainview YMCA. Michelle ran with us. Then it was off to Lubbock for some Chick-Fil-a and science spectrum/omni theatre. The girls loved it! Then this morning we all went to church together and Neely cooked a great meal for lunch. GREAT TIMES!

Curlers for Sunday Morning Before and After

Recovering

We are finally getting better! It all started last friday, Oct. 9. Neely was the first one to be sick, dr. gave him antibiotic and steroid shot and called it sinus infection. Then on Sat. Kyla started running fever. Soon to follow were Laura and I!! Yuck! We all took antibiotic, but I believe it was something viral. We have not all been that sick and at the same time in a LONG TIME!

My mom came on Monday night to help with the girls so Neely and I didn't have to miss any more work. Mom is now back home with the flu!!!! Kyla was swabbed for the flu during all this and her tests were negative not once but twice. Who knows what it was but it was BAD. Praying mom is well soon.

Here is a picture of Kyla on Saturday night. The first full day of fever, she looks pretty pitiful. This pic will probably get me in trouble one day (with her), but I think all the families affected by CMS can relate to this look. It is truly the look of Congenital Myasthenic Syndrome.

Then on down you will see some shots of the girls much improved today, Sat. Oct 17.