Homecoming 2010

If you come from a small town, (small town-as in 1,000 people and one stoplight)...then you know how much fun Homecoming can be.  Everyone usually looks at me funny when I tell them about the big homecoming production that my hometown of Caldwell, Kansas puts on every year, but it really is neat how everyone tries to make it back to see each other.

Keeley made a new friend named Abby!  These girls hit it off the instant they met each other.  (For you Caldwellians reading this, Abby is David Wolff's little girl)

We attended the homecoming parade and assumed position to get as much candy as posible.

Keeley is grabbing candy and filling up her little zebra backpack.

She even rounded up some help from people standing nearby to help grab more candy!

I think she had a little too much fun after the parade, because I found her asleep on the chair with her zebra bag full of candy on her lap. 

We went to the football game and Keeley got her face painted.

After Keeley went to bed, I met up with my best friend Shanna from High School at the one bar in Caldwell.  Actually, I think there are two bars.  Two bars for a small town is pretty impressive.  I love this girl!

Shanna's Dad took a picture with us!

awwww....cute picture!   





For those of you that don't know...I don't have a single Aunt, Uncle or Cousin because both of my parents were only children.  These two are about as close to having cousins as me and my sister will ever get.   They are like family to us.  I babysat them when they were littlle...uggggg...I feel old.  

(Dana-we missed you this year, but considering you are days away from giving birth, you had an excused absence:!!)

Fall Basketball

The girls are playing fall basketball and today was Mikayla's 1st basketball game of the season.   She was playing against all boys and she scored 9 of their 12 points.  Let me tell you...Frankie and I were soo proud of that girl that it brought tears to our eyes.  It was definitely one of those "parenting" moments that I will never forget. 

The gym is pretty dark, so my pictures aren't that great...but here you go! 

Mikayla is at the far bottom block getting ready for the rebound.

Getting in their places on defense!

For all you OU fans, that is Barry Switzer in the middle of the picture...his grandson is on Mikayla's team.











RoughRider Run

Today at Yasmine and Mikayla's school, they had their annual fundraiser which is called the RoughRider Run.  The last two weeks, they have been going out and getting pledges from people based on how many laps they could run around the track.  Today was the big run and they had 30 minutes to see how many laps they could run/walk.  The girls did awesome...but they were sooo tired!  Yasmine made it 12 laps and Mikayla was able to get in 11 laps.  Mikayla was pretty upset when she heard she didn't get as many laps as Yasmine, however, as I am typing this, I just realized the 1st graders only had 25 minutes for their run and the 4th graders (Yasmine) had 30 minutes, so it makes sense that Yasmine had more!  Wheeew, Mikayla will be relieved.

Yasmine started off strong!

Daddy was standing on the sidelines ready to give her water!

This picture was taken after I told her she still had 25 minutes to run.  HA!

She survived the run!

Me and my little runner!  If I had planned better, I would have taken another set of clothes to work to change into so I could run with her.  There were several other parents running with the kids, so I was bummed...but NEXT year, I will be better prepared.

THIS little girl CAN RUN! I call her my little Cheetah because she is just about as fast as one.

Mikayla had to stop to ger a laps crossed off her card

 

Frankie got out there and ran a lap with Mikayla.  Notice I said "a" lap.





Frankie and "The Cheetah".  She survived the run!



This is Mikayla and her teacher!

Cupcakes and Sparkly Nails

Today on this lazy Saturday, we have:

1.  Painted our nails


#2.  Baked pink cupcakes

WWE fanatics

 Frankie has somehow managed to turn our daughters into full fledged WWE wrestling fans, so when we told them we bought tickets to Friday Night Smackdown in Oklahoma City, they were beyond ecstatic! Last night was the big night and they had soo much fun. I didn't partake in the activities and decided to stay at home for a nice quiet and relaxing evening to myself! I DVR'd the show and the girls were excited when they got home because they could see themselves on TV every once in awhile when the camera cut to the crowd. They had a SUPER FUN Night with Daddy!

 

OU Volleyball Game

Tonight we had some family fun going to the OU Womens Volleyball game against Texas Tech.  Since Yasmine played Volleyball last spring, she was really excited about going.  The girls LOVED IT!  Frankie even treated us to yogurt at PassionBerri after the game. FUN NIGHT!



It's Football Time!

Last night, Frankie had the TV set up outside with the BBQ grill fired up!  We had a lot of fun enjoying the nice weather, good food and exciting football!

I tried to strike a "Keeley Pose"

We saw this hamburger cake at Target and thought it would be perfect for our BBQ!

And because we are big nerds...we put candles in the cake for no apparent reason so we could blow them out!