Because we all could use a good laugh!

So I pulled out the video camera again today...twice in one week, it is a miracle!  I enjoyed making the video of Collin yesterday and wanted to capture a little more of him on video. He has been laughing a little bit more lately. He really likes peek-a-boo...is it a little early for that? I don't know. But regardless it is really cute. Well, Justin has had a busy schedule working the ER for Peds this week. So aside from not seeing much of us because of class, he doesn't get home until 1 in the morning. He has seen Jaicie for all of 10 minutes in the past 2 days. And until Saturday morning will see for about that long. Anyway, He has missed a lot of Collin's laughing so far, and I thought that I should video tape it so he can see it later. So, as long as you can ignore my obnoxiousness on the video (I hate my voice on the film) you are welcome to watch and enjoy Collin and his adorable laugh...It is quite contagious. So if you need a good laugh...Here is one for you. 

Oh yeah, and just for the record being alone in the evening SUCKS! 

OAMC Blog

I know, what is OAMC right?  OAMC is Once-A-Month Cooking...and my sister is a PRO!  She has started a new blog Here And you should definitely take a look at it and follow it as she teaches her secrets! It is well worth it. If I had freezer big enough to store a month worth of cooking in, I would totally do this!  So check it out and follow it...

Another video

Okay, so as I was loading the video of Collin rolling onto my computer, I found that I had missed loading a video of Collin from when he was 2 weeks old. It is crazy how much bigger he is now! I thought I would load this one up too...He is certainly a cutie!

Collin Rolling

So, I blogged before about Collin rolling. So here is the video to go along with that. I took it today and I am horrible at capturing things on video, so please forgive the shakiness of it. Nigel---If you were here, you would have done an amazingly better job of it...but alas, I am here alone and have to do it myself! Hope you enjoy!



It is hard to believe that he is 3 months and 12 days already. It seems to have just flown by. Before i know it he will be graduating high school...AHHHHH. That is scary!

Go! Collin, GO!

So, tonight Collin made his first move into the world of movers...He rolled over from his stomach to his back. So I rolled him back to his belly and he did it again. Over and over til he got fussy! It was fun! He is now 3 months and 11 days. I only wish I had a camera on him when it happened. But it was cute and I thought I would share the fun news!

By the way, he is quite regularly sleeping through the night! YAY for the return of sleep! And to top that off, both the girls are actually sleeping through the night too...(where is some wood to knock on!)

Just thought I would share!

New Blog Obsession

So, I decided that I need a good place for my friends and I to share recipes. So, I started this new blog. If anyone wants to share their recipes on it as well, email me and I will add you to the authors list! It is kind of fun. So far their are only two Authors, so we need more. But it is a fun way to get new recipes.

One you get to the page, you can browse recipes by clicking on the Labels under the Other Recipes link. This divides the recipes up by the type. And I will make sure each post is included in this list. (If I get to busy and miss one, let me know) right now there are only a couple of recipes. But we are working on adding more! So let me know if you want to submit. And if you just want to enjoy the recipes...do that too!

Hope you enjoy!

Hurricane Ike

I thought that I would make a quick post on the Hurricane situation. I have gotten a lot of questions from people asking how we are doing and where we are in relation to Ike. So...

Here is a map of the great state of Texas. Lubbock is on the West side of the state, NW of the Houston/Galveston area. It is funny that more people know where Amarillo is when Lubbock is bigger and has a major university...

Anyway, back to Ike. As you probably know, Ike hit Galveston directly. And Houston got it with the Hurricane downgraded to a 1. It is expected to Turn to the northeast so we shouldn't get hit by Ike at all.

It is nice that we won't even get any of the water that falls as it passes Texas. I think we tend to miss most of the storms from the Gulf.

We do not however miss the remnants of hurricanes/tropical storms out of the pacific. On Thursday we received 8 inches of rain in 24 hours that fell following Tropical Storm Lowell. The storm was really bad. The biggest problem with the flooding is that Lubbock is filled with lakes. These lakes are usually in the parks and they flood and take their level up over the side walks, the parks and into the housing surrounding them. We also have really bad drainage problems on roads. The roads don't drain, I don't know if there just isn't any sort of sewers or something under the road, but the roads flood really bad and you can't drive through them. So you get rain like we had this week, and you are trapped in your house because the road in front of your house is so flooded your car will get washed away. The canceled school on Friday for Jaicie. The Walmart parking lot was so flooded there were hardly any parking spots left.I saw a picture of a stop sign that had only about a foot of metal below the sign.I drove through an intersection Thursday around 3, before the worst of the rain. The intersection was completely flooded and water was up covering the sidewalk on the edges. It was crazy!

Anyway, we wanted to let everyone know that our family is doing fine despite the storms all around us. We are greatful for the fact that the rain expected to continue to fall through Sunday stopped. We have been very fortunate. We have many friends down in Houston and surrounding areas. And we will continue to keep them in our prayers in hopes that they are safe and their homes are okay. Lubbock is set to take evacuees from the Areas hit by Ike, so it is a good thing that a lot of the water here has subsided.