Monday, December 21, 2009

LCE Idol

Every year our school holds the annual LCE Idol. Each grade level puts on a show for the kids. They have a great time and so do we.

I am very sad to say that I missed it this year due to a very important sister's graduation. I have located three of the last four years for your viewing pleasure. The fourth one is hiding, but when I find it you will to get to enjoy it too.

2008


2006


2009


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Progressive through Some Food

On Saturday, we had a progressively good time with some Sunday school friends of ours. It was decided to spread the Christmas Cheer at three houses by celebrating with a progressive dinner. We ate way to much and laughed just as hard.

The feast began with a colorful spread of appetizers at Lindsay and Foster's house. Some of my favorites included: Heathbar Apple Dip, Fondue Cheese, and of course some Mexican Salsa.



After stuffing our faces full, it was on to the next stop. Adam and Amy did a fabulous job with the main course. Casey's casserole was even edible. We enjoyed a fantastic main course of some good old southern cooking. Chicken, corn, mac and cheese, and green beans.
The set up was better then a five star restaurant and the service was great too.



Lastly, my favorite meal of the day, dessert! We scurried off to Jack and Sara's house to enjoy a spread of deliciousness that included cheesecake and homemade hot chocolate. I tried one of everything.


Now, our Sunday school class agreed to celebrate the real reason behind the season......presents : )

I'm just kidding we love Jesus also. We had a very "colorful" gift swap that left a few embarrassed.

Adam and Amy paused a moment to proudly display their new gifts......


Not sure which part of the progressive dinner I would entitle this, but Jack showed us how he likes to dress up as an old women and dance around his house singing Christmas music.

The food was wonderful and good times were had by all.


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I'm a Big Girl Now

Some things we know about Brooke:
1. She likes to pretend she is Korean
2. She makes really good Buffalo Chicken Dip
and
3. She just moved into a cute little house!

Brooke and her friend Jessica moved into this darling little thing. I was given the grand tour of the place when I arrived and even got to meet their ghost they have living with them, Mr. Willie.


Fresh in her moving clothes I caught her proudly displaying her keys and her cute new bedspread. (Overstock.com)



Our tour then took us into the living room to see the stylish decorations of Brooke and Deb.

Brooke, Jessica, and Mr. Willie -
I hope you make many fun memories in your new house ;)

Wednesday, December 9, 2009

Happy Birthday Mom!!








On Saturday, Mom had a birthday. Now I am not going to say how old she turned but here is a list of FIFTY SEVEN random things we all love about her.

She use to try and scrub off her freckles when she was younger
She had me, Brooke, and Kristy.
She takes care of Charlie
She is a great gift giver
She cooks wonder dressing for Thanksgiving
She loves and accepts everyone she meets
Her middle name is Carol
She sneezes every time she eats a York Peppermint Patty.
She likes to drink Margaritas
She has a green thumb
She always has a stylish no ride
She makes up words Example: Thunk, a verb, past tense of think
She makes up phrases Example: I swear on a bear.
She read us stories before bed when we were little
She works in her PJs some days
When she tells stores, she gets very animated
She cries during George of the Jungle
She brings home any dog that she sees on the side of the road
She secretly wants to be a rocket
She would marry George Straight if he asked her today.
We think that when she was little she had Elvis sheets on her bed.
She will not try clothes on at the stores, if she can not wear them she gives them away.
She types fast
She has not found out about all the stuff we did growing up
She likes to keep the house clean
She married Dad
She is not only a dog whisper, but a fish whisper as well
On the side she rescues frogs out of the pool.
We can keep up with her but looking at her facebook status.
The older she gets the higher her heels get
She ordered 10 different dresses for my wedding
The more she drinks the louder she gets
She is always smiling
Her make up always looks pretty
She does not like for you to take pictures of her in the morning
She if extremely afraid of black grasshoppers
She is hiding her GPA from college from Brooke and I
She loves Christmas decorations
She is a secret Sci-Fi junkie (all into planet of the apes)
She hates the way she looks in tennis shoes
She will not get a pedicure because she thinks the people are going to talk about her toes in Korean.
She is a great Mom
She is into the same music that my kids listen to
She does not like to fly
No matter how she feels at a party she will dance
She really can’t handle long island ice teas, but she has not learned that yet
She helped me plan a perfect wedding
She has two cars so she will not put miles on her new car.
Her initials spell DCB
She does not talk about people badly
All of her teeth are brand new (Thank you Dr. Childress)
She is good at her job
She cried every time Brooke and I pulled out of the driveway for college.
She is a good speller
She got a tattoo after she almost gave Brooke a spanking for getting one
She came to all our school plays, honor days, and everything else growing up.
She does not act like she is&*$$%&*W!

We love you Mom

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Stop, Drop, and Roll

Yesterday was a Monday all day.

There was a one particular moment in the day that made me forget it was Monday.

It involved my students, a cell phone on vibrate, and the fire alarm.

Each month we have fire drills at school. The kids have been doing this since Kindergarten so they pretty much know how it goes. I just happen to have my cell phone laying on my desk yesterday. It was turned to vibrate. I usually put in in my purse on on the mouse pad in case it were to go off. Yesterday, I had it sitting on my computer, when what you do know, it rang.

Normally, I would just walk over, cut it off and that would be that, but yesterday, as I walked over to the phone to cut it off, I turned around and all my kids were walking very quickly to the door.

Thinking that somehow they had managed to all come up with a plan to escape class as the very exact moment I turned my back, I asked, "What are yall doing?"

With a very puzzled look they replied, "Fire Drill!"

I must say that it took me a minute to stop laughing. They all thought my phone going off was the fire alarm.

After I composed myself we all starting laughing.

It's good to know they are good a prepared for a fire.

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Monday, December 7, 2009

Tis the Season

Can you guess what this spells?Thats right, it spells LCES! Compliments of the 4th and 5th grade teachers.


One of my favorite things about my job (besides the whole reach a child thing) are the people I work with. There is always a bright smiling face roaming somewhere on our hall or a funny story to share at the lunchroom table.


Every Christmas we like to get together and celebrate a little, and this year was no different.


On Friday at 2:45 sharp we made a b-line for the door to get "our party on!"


As mentioned before, we really don't ever get together without some sort of food involved.



Amy was estatic over her cute snowman. He even makes a few pictures during the night.




Kanada has been trying to steal one of these from my house since she saw it a few months ago. I decided it would be better if she had one that said her name on it, not mine.



Since Brittany had been at Quantum training all day, I decided not to make her pause and smile.



Anne was very happy about her candle and book.



Kim loves music. Kim loves i-tunes. Kim loves her gift card to i-tunes. We love the cookies that Kim brought. (pictured below)

Christy's toes and eyes were happy. She was all smiles about her pedicure gift certificate and the magazine to compliment it!


This is the contest winner for the cutest coffee cup! It is the perfect gift.



After the gifting giving portion of the night was coming to a close, it was time for, well I am not really sure what happened at this point. We figured out the timer on the camera and the pictures will speak for themselves.



1. "Ah, let's take a cute group picture."







2. "Oh cool, let's try to spell LCES."


3. No comment (please notice that Anne and I are about 1 second behind)




I can't comment on the picture above, but I can say that when ever this wonderful group of ladies get together we don't do anything but laugh. Merry Christmas LCE girls!

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Thursday, December 3, 2009

The Soup that Surfed the Web

Today I got an e-mail.

It was titled Santa Fe Soup.

It was from my cousin Lita and it was a recipe.

Now, she has never sent me a recipe before, and I don't think I have ever received a recipe as a forward, but I suppose their is a first time for everything.

I can't say that it is any good, but I thought it was my duty to send it on. Don't want bad cooking luck for 7 year!

Subject: Santa Fe Soup1

lb. ground chuck (browned and drained)
1/2 med. onion chopped
1 pkg. ranch original dry mix
1pkg. taco seasoning dry mix
1 can 16 oz. kidney beans (undrained)
1 can pinto beans (undrained)
1 can black beans (undrained)
1 10oz. can original rotel (undrained)
1 can diced tomatoes (undrained)
1 can whole kernel white corn (undrained)
2 cups water

Cook onion and meat til browned....drain...stir in remaining ingredients and simmer for 2 hours. Garnish with sour cream or shredded cheese. Good with corn bread....Enjoy it really is good!!!

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