Giving Back

So last weekend I participated in the Relay for Life of Navarro County.  I was a team member on the Mini Beasts with my buddy Crystal (and Co.) and was Team Captain for my "work".  It was a blast!!! 12 hours of walking for a GREAT cause.  It was supposed to take place at Lake Halbert, but the weather did not cooperate so it was relocated to the Navarro College gym.  12 hours of walking in a circle sounded pretty boring and claustrophobic but it had a fantastic turnout!  We raised over $102K between all of the teams.  Thanks to Todd Jones of Two Doors Down, none of us passed out from boredom.  He was a BLAST at MC'ing the party.  Cha Cha Sliding at 5AM was CrAzY!  It was really heart warming and yet so sad to see how many people in the community had fought or lost battles with cancer-- including so many young kids.  They rattled off names of loved ones lost, and I felt tears begin to roll down my cheeks as I heard some familiar names being said - including "Randy Green".  Good 'ole Coach Green.  He was one of my top 3 favorite teachers in high school.  He made history SO much less boring.  What a great legacy he left behind...

It definitely was worth being awake for 24 23.5 hours!  I can't wait until next year!  Thank you Crystal for forcing me to do this with you ;).  I had SOOO much fun!

 Me, Crystal, Caroline, and Cindy

Amber J., Cindy, Crystal, and Me

Peace Out Relay!!

Only 3 of us left by the end beginning of the night morning!

Our life!

So ----> I'm not so sure how to begin this blog.  My long-life friend Becca writes a blog and I hope that I can be as half as creative as she is in mine.  I don't want to annoy people by posting comments about my life on Facebook every single day, so I figured this would be a good way for my family & friends to keep up with our busy-ness!

This past weekend Michael and I went to Vegas (my first time!) for a grudge race.  T1 v. NRG CMR.  I was stoked to get a chance to be in Sin City!  We had a really good time, but the race car broke after a couple of awesome passes.  I have decided that I am bad luck and should never attend another race.  Every single time I have gone to a race in the last [year] something has happened to the car!  Other than the bad luck at the track, we had a GREAT time while we were there!  I couldn't believe how big everything was...I mean, it was larger than life!  We rode in a Ford Dually limo from Planet Hollywood to Rain at The Palms with about 30-fellow racers/racer wives.  It was SO fun!!  How else to bring Texas to Vegas than a truck limo?! [Thanks Tony!]

Michael ate fresh, real, sushi and LOVED it.  I'm stoked that I'll have an official sushi-gettin' buddy now.

We sure were exhausted-- and after the most terrifying 2-hour flight in my entire life, I landed safely back in Dallas. 

Kambry hung out with her Unc (aka Brandon), Lily, Ninnie, Gimme, Dude, and Roo over the weekend while we were gone.  She had black fingernails with pink polka dots when I got home!  She was waiting patiently in the front seat of Gimme's car with the window rolled down.  As soon as she saw me she screamed, "Mommy! Mommy! That's my Mommy!!!"  It was so sweet - and the PERFECT little munchkin to come home to!

Kambry got her first ever report card this week from school!  The grades were either "M" - Mastered, "W" Working On, or "A" Attempted.  She got an "M" on everthing EXCEPT:  Waiting Patiently, Following Teacher Directions, and Putting Together Small Puzzles.... Kambry?  Not waiting patiently?  NOOO WAY! The good thing was, I got to actually see what the expectation of intelligence was for a 2 year old in daycare.  Needless to say I was a pretty proud Mama!  One of the goals was to speak in 2-3 word sentences.  I think she's got that one down, pat!  Early today [while holding her "pinwheel"] she said to Michael, "I broke my pinwheel earlier...last week!"  I don't know why that was so weird to hear her say, but it just boggled my mind that she understands the concept of the fact that there was a week BEFORE this one. haha!