Snaggletooth

William lost his one of his front teeth last night. I knew a couple of weeks ago something was happening. His outside (lateral) incisors were really starting to move apart and causing a pretty good size gap. You can see in the picture on the side the tooth is still there how much things have moved apart. I wiggled the two front (central) incisors and low and behold they were both loose. After many nights of wiggling Doug pulled it last night. He was freaked out but happy to put it in his pillow. He is truly on his way to being a snaggletooth. He is even doing the whole lisping thing. Too funny. The other is pretty loose as well and should be coming out shortly. Sorry for the food particles in his mouth in the pic. He was eating breakfast when I took the picture. Since I am the Mom of the Year he is eating Pop Tarts for breakfast. Go Me! Breakfast of champions right there.

Trendsetter

I was just sitting here watching John & Kate Plus 8 and I noticed her shirt. It was my mood swing shirt I got last year at Paige's. And then at their next episode she was wearing my Mom cubed shirt. Granted hers said 8 but I got mine two years ago when I got the boys their big brother little brother shirts. I have Mom cubed and soccer mom. I love the shirts. I got them at Couture Moms. Courtney got one too. Even Doug and Bryan got one. You should see people's faces when they see Doug wear a Dad to the 5th power. It is humorous. But I must say I was first. The pics are from Ethan Hohnadel's birthday party at Johnson Road park the weekend before last. We had two parties that weekend. Very Busy. But we had fun playing at the park that day even though it was hot.
Take care,
Raye

Lookout & Remembrance

Last night Doug and I had a date night. It was great. We went to Dinner and then to 8.O to see Andrew play his last gig with Lookout. Again. It was nice. Brian was so nice to us. He saw me taking a picture of Andrew and then after the set came looking for Doug and I. Earlier in the day we were talking about the memorial tattoos we wanted to get. I have always wanted one that was not a traditional one you see on everyone. My dream would be to go to LA and have someone at Kat Von D's shop design one but I don't see myself going to LA anytime soon. Standing there at 8.O I got the wild hair to go and do it so off we headed to Randy Adams. They were great. They really worked with me on my "vision" as the artist called it. He was so nice. Here is what I ended up with. I have never experienced that level of pain before without being in labor. At least with labor you get an epidural usually. I was squeezing Doug's and for dear life. I wanted him to take a picture of me getting it but he told me he would have to let go to take the picture. I told him too bad and take it with the other hand.

Mom when you read this post don't freak out. This is my way to outwardly show my remembrance for Ryan.

Will doing his work

My tattoo

Dirt Dogs

Earlier in the day I played at our United Way softball tournament. I pitched. Can you believe it? I was so sore the next day I could hardly move. It was great to play again. I forgot how much I loved the game.

All I can say is Yikes!!

Rebekah

Cari & Candice

Put Me In Coach

Last Saturday Doug coached William's game. Jodi was out of town so Asst Coach Doug became Coach Doug. He was really into it. He did a great job.
Go Coach Doug!!

Coach Doug

William got to be a captian that day

Brotherly love

March for Babies Awards Luncheon

Yesterday I attended the March for Babies Award Luncheon. It was fun. I was a little disappointed that we were not in the top 5 since we raised just shy of 1700. The number 5 team raised I think 2200. We have our work cut out for us next year. The food was good and Teri Lyn hung out with me after for a tasty beverage on the Patio at Joe T's. I took a half day so I could enjoy the tasty beverage. It was so good. The weather was perfect. What a great way to celebrate the awards luncheon and Teri Lyn's 40th birthday. I must say she handled that birthday well. Much better than I probably will.
Take care,
Raye

Table Card

Justin Frazell (99 the Wolf) and Son - 2008 Tarrant County Ambassador Family

Home Improvement Fun

I found the coolest things at Jabo Ace Hardware. They are outlet and switch covers. The cool thing is they are textured like your walls so they disappear. They come in three differnt textures or smooth. They are primed and ready paint unlike the regular plastic covers that your house has. They are about 2 dollars which is nice seeing as we paid about 9 dollars for the oil rubbed bronze metals ones we have in the house. The one thing this company needs to do is make one for cable outlets. They have blank ones but you have to drill your own holes. They are called Invisiplate and they are made by a company called Plaztex. www.plaztex.com . They are really cool. I have Doug busy doing little projects. We just bought some brown outlets to replace the white ones were we have oil rubbed bronze covers. Looks great. No more white outlets with brown covers.

Can you see the light switch?

This is what it looks like up close