Katie and THE KIDS: 2008

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Happy Birthday to Three of My Favorite Ladies!
Debi September 14th
Leslie September 13th.
Kristie September 12th
I just wanted to make sure these gals knew I was thinking of them even though I'm a horrible friend and didn't even call.

And, yes, I borrowed some pics from your blogs. :)

GO DESPERADOS!!
Mason Graham #33
Center and Middle Linebacker

Playing Center (he's the one in front of the quarterback with is bum in the air)
Look for #33 that's our Mason-Man!

Yes, we have our own cheerleaders! The girls naturally want to be cheerleaders now. Do you have any idea how expensive cheerleading is!?!? Good Grief!

We were lucky to get to play @ Cougar Stadium.(The Colony High School Stadium.) We usually play at the very expensive 5 Star sports complex The Colony built a few years ago. But, this year there has been big drama involving the seeding of the fields, and unusually hot weather during prime growing time or something like that. I don't get it all, I certainly have no talent for growing anything. Long story short the league had to scramble to find practice and game fields for everyone changing the whole season's schedule etc. Drama!

Papa Larry came to watch the game!

Kaylee wearing Papa Larry's hat.

Here's Gracie upset with me because I fussed at her about running up and down the stairs.

We won! Good Game Boys!!

Mason was excited to get the #33 which was his dad's number when he played. Mason's step brother A.C. is on his team and Mark is one of the coaches. His step-mom is the team mom. The Desperados have a really neat website for anyone who may want to check it out. http://www.tcdesperados.com/.

Yes, us Texans take our football very seriously. Sometimes too seriously. But, we a good group of supportive coaches who seem to prefer encouragement over yelling and belittling.

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OUR WEEKEND VISITOR

This is Tiger. Around 7am last Saturday morning Duke started going crazy barking and practically breaking the window in Mason's room trying to get at something. The girls went to investigate. They found a kitten in the tree out front. They carefully coaxed her down and after I made sure she was nice, proceeded to pet her. This silly cat practically jumped into Kaylee's arms. Aww.. sweet kitty. You can imagine the first thing out of their mouths,"OH MOMMY!! She's so cute can we PLEASE keep her!?!!" Followed by all the promises to take great care of him feeding and cleaning etc. Umm one problem girls. Mommy is REALLY allergic to cats. Yes, she's cute and sweet. Well, from what I can tell through my watery itchy eyes. Ok girls, I think she must belong to someone. Let's go inside, lock up Duke so he doesn't break the window, and leave her alone, she'll go home. HA! Silly cat stayed driving Duke nuts. Finally I told the girls to put the cat in the backyard so the dog couldn't see her and we would take her to the SPCA. That worked for awhile until Duke accidentally got out. I was inside enjoying a lazy Saturday morning only to be interrupted by screaming, barking, growling and hissing. Nice. I ran outside to see the girls crying hysterically and screaming for me to get the cat. Duke had the cat backed into a corner. He was growling and snapping at her , she was in full arch, hissing, and swiping her claws at him. No bueno. I yelled at Duke to stop but, as he is a dog and doesn't care much for cats, he ignored me. Crap. So, I did the only thing I could do. I shoved Duke back with my foot and grabbed the cat. The cat went nuts clawing it's was onto by back and wrapping itself around my neck. Double crap. I finally got the cat inside and locked Duke out. I immediately started sneezing, got watery itchy eyes and started to welt up everywhere this stinkin cat touched me. Cute.The girls took the cat into the garage and played baby with it while I headed for the medicine cabinet for some allergy meds. Soon, it was time to go to Mason's game. So, we locked the dog up in Mason's room and left the cat in the garage. I couldn't risk her getting into the front yard and Duke breaking a window trying to get to her. By the time we got back the SPCA (which doubles as The Colony's pound) was closed. The girls were very excited that they would get to spend the whole weekend with the cat. So we spent the rest of the weekend shuffling the animals around for potty breaks so neither would see each other. Nice. Finally on Monday the kids and I took her to the SPCA. The kids watched as they took her and put her into a cage next to the BIGGEST rabbit I have ever seen in my life. This rabbit put all the Cadbury bunnies to shame. It was the mutant albino bunny on steroids. I kid you not when I tell you it was almost as big as our dog. The girls eyes sparkled "Awww Mommy look! He's soo CUTE! Can we?" Don't even go there girls.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

What we've been up to..

I haven't been good about blogging lately! I'll try and do better! I didn't have a lot of time so I'll post pics to show you what we've been up to the last couple months!

Kaylee fell asleep in her closet waiting for me to come home. (She was hiding so she could jump out and surprise me.) Aww..

Happy Birthday Gracie! She turned 6 on August 10th! Mason wanted to bake a cake by himself as his gift to her. She wanted a Hannah Montana cake but, we couldn't find any of those cake topper thingers. So, clever Mason went to the toy aisle and bought some Hannah Montana lip gloss and nail polish and used that to decorate the cake!

Gracie gets a little help from her brother reading her bday cards.

Gracie and Kaylee doing the "banana split" on the swings in our from yard.

Papa Larry put these swings in the tree a couple years ago! The kids LOVE them!!

Mason in some of his football gear. Yes, he's playing tackle this year. Ugg.. He is on The Desperados team. He plays center and middle linebacker! I'll put up some pics from one of the games soon!

We FINALLY painted the girls room!! I HATE to paint so, the girls room has stayed blue for many years. Not just any blue but a dark, very hard to cover up blue. Thank goodness you can buy Kilz in colors now. We chose blackberry smoothie. We are all happy with it!

Grandma's birthday was on August 17th! Happy Birthday Grandma!

Family! We had a tiny family reunion of sorts when Aunt Lyn and Uncle Joe came to town on business. We got to spend time with Uncle Brian and Aunt Sylvia too! We had a really nice time. I wish we all lived closer to one another.

First day of school!!

My BABY started kindergarten this year! :'(

Yes, Gracie gets two pictures. Didn't you read the caption before this? MY BABY STARTED SCHOOL!! I'm having a mini mid mommy crisis about the whole thing. Don't worry I'll be fine. Well, until next year when Mason goes to junior high anyway.

My big 2nd grader.

Masons in 5th grade already! Last year in elementary school! Oh boy.

Kaylee walking her little sister (MY BABY!!) into school.

Gracie's backpack is as big as she is!! hee-hee! Too cute!

Gracie at her desk in her classroom.
What's this! No tears!?! No hugging Mommy's leg? Come on! Gimme something! Nope not a thing. Just a "see ya later mom!". Gracie has actually know her teacher. Ms Waddell, since she was a baby. Mason had her and Kaylee did too. Gracie has always loved her. Ms. Waddell said she HAD to have Gracie in her class! She wanted the whole "Graham set".

Alright guys that's all I got for now.. I'll post more soon!

Friday, July 11, 2008

Hello All!! The kids came home from their dad's for a couple of weeks and are now back at their dad's for the second two week summer stay. We had a fun couple of weeks though! We saw a couple movies KungFu Panda and Speed Racer. The were both good! But, of course you can imagine after seeing KungFu Panda I heard a lot of "HIIII-YAAA!s" around the house. "Mom he hii-ya'd me!" Good Grief. I had to work on the 3rd so the girls at the office bought the most amazing cake (chocolate strawberry) and took me out to lunch. I came home to a house full of people with dinner, cake (made by the kids of course),balloons,ice cream and presents! Oh! AND Gracie found her first wiggly tooth (it was REALLY wiggly and fell out four days later). It was a great day! The 4th was a really fun day! We went to the annual July 4th parade here in The Colony. That was fun! Of course the kids favorite part is the candy they throw. Later that afternoon we went down to the lake where they were having' a big July 4th celebration. We had so much fun! I spent some birthday money and got us a family fun pack for $30 (that's big spending for me!). With these bracelets we could all do all the activities as many times as we wanted! Bull riding, surfing, rock climbing, slides, bounce houses, get you face/body painted , little wash off airbrush "tatoos" and balloon animals as many times as you wanted! Plus we were on the lake so the sunset was awesome.Oh, AND they had a Journey cover band which was fun for me! Then of course the fireworks over the lake. They were amazing!! My sweet Momma gave me a new camera for my birthday so I took A LOT of pictures!! Here's a few... Here's the bday banner Grandma and the kids made for me! Thanks for making the day so special Mom,Sarah, Dad, & kiddos!