Exciting news. Christine looks happy with Drew but her and Terry are expecting their own child in September. Congrats! I can't wait.......... in the meantime we are still waiting for Neal and Alishia to have their little girl in April.

Happy Birthday, Blaine. I remember a time when I didn't want a little brother but I sure am glad you are here now. I miss you little bro.....We love you.

Happy Mardi Gras, everyone! I sure wish I was down there doing the Mardi Gras thing. Instead I am here in 40 degree weather actually going to school. Here, they have school on Mardi Gras day.........weird.

We went to tour the Budweiser Headquarters today. St. Louis is home to the world headquarters of Budweiser.
Here are the girls petting a Clydesdale Horse. His name was Mark. It was pretty exciting to be that close to that horse. They are so beautiful.
The weekend went by really fast and Brandy leaves tomorrow. That makes me sad because I am really going to miss her. Man, she and I can really laugh at things. We had a great time and I hope she will come back soon. We love you, Brandy...have a good trip back.

Brandy played in the snow. Her snowman may be small but he is cute and her snow angels were heavenly!

Snowboarding day! They looked good anyway.
Kyle is helping Brandy before she gets a lesson. I love these kids, they all think they can do this without a lesson.....I wouldn't even think about it. I have video that Kyle will post on Myspace later when he gets home from work.
I finally found my rabbit hat Keith bought me when we lived in OKC. It was very warm and I was not the only person wearing one either.

Don't be jealous, Christine. Brandy has seen some serious snow come down over here last night and this morning. More snow! Just what I wanted. We are going to attempt to take Brandy and Kyle snowboarding in all this so wish us luck!

Brandy got in last night after a long delay in Houston. Somehow her luggage got here before her. How in the world did that happen? But she was excited to be in the cold weather. I wish we could switch places! Today we went to Arch. This is on the way there. Even though it was cold, it was a beautiful clear day and Brandy went to the top and was able to see far.

We went to the City Museum. I had heard it was a cool place and it was. There were caves to go in and slides and beautiful art everywhere.
There was also an aquarium where people could touch some of the sealife and animals. I touched a very soft bunny rabbit. Brandy touched a stingray and these baby sharks. She said they were gritty and slimy.
Brandy is going down a monster slide. They had a couple of them and they were very cool. It was a good time. We also went to the Art Musuem. It is a gorgeous building and we saw art from all different parts of the world. Even mummies from Egypt. We had a fun day and can't wait for tomorrow!

Happy Valentines Day to my love. Even though we can't be together today, I can't wait to see you tomorrow. I picked this picture because Keith got a Xbox 360 for V-day. He is now hooked on Texas Hold'em. If he doesn't keep up with his studies though, I will have Josh and Kyle give him a talk.........

I had another interesting evening....I went eat dinner with friends and on our way back we saw a restaurant on fire that is not far from my home. Michelle and I ate there once and it was not very good but it had been there 23 years so what do we know. The Pasta House. Anyway, Leighton and I went back and parked in the mall lot to watch the firefighters fight it and it was incredible to watch. It seemed the water only made it madder. Those firefighters are the bravest people ever. The back of the place collapsed.....it was something to watch.

It's cold in Indy!!!! Riley says hi : )

Mardi Gras has begun! Here is Brandy at the ROU Ball and I am absolutely sure she is the most gorgeous one there.
Brandy is coming to visit very soon so stay tuned for more pics of her in the cold! Right now there is snow on the ground and with the wind chill it is 3 degrees.

Kyle played in a 3 on 3 volleyball tournament on Saturday. It was fun to watch him and his friends show their moves.
That is Kyle on the ground giving it his all.
Here is Kyle's new haircut. He went short again and it looks great! There is no smiling because he is kind of mad at me right now. Ah well, life with a teenager!

I was tagged by a fellow blogger, Tanya, to list 6 weird things about myself. I have been reflecting about this since I don't think anything is weird about me. However, others over the years have made comments so I will go with those.

1. I adore the color pink. A great deal of the clothes I own are pink, I now write with a pink pen thanks to my sister in law, I have a pink laptop case and so forth. If I could, I would have everything pink. The person who thinks this is the weirdest, of course, is Christine. I love pink!

2. I like to move. I know most people don't like to move but if I can't live in my hometown then I just soon live in as many places as possible. I like discovering a new city and everything around it. I like meeting new people and some of those people have turned out to be the greatest humans I know. None of that would have happened if I had not moved around. However, once I move back to my hometown, you will not be able to pry me away with a crowbar.

3. I am obsessed with books. Not owning them, reading them. Everytime I start going to a new library, the people know my name. I have lists....lots of book lists. New books, books people recommend, Holocaust books I want to read, authors I like, the works. I have an MP3 player strictly for book tapes. There is not one song on my MP3. Just books so I can listen in the car and in between classes. And if I am reading a book that is pink, even better!

4. I seem to be weird because of the kind of shows I DON'T watch. I cannot stand the most popular shows on TV. Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, all the CSI's, never saw a Survivor, Simpsons and a host of other shows. It is only because of Keith that I watch some of the shows I watch now. Does that make me weird? I would rather be reading.

5. I will have to put down laughing since many people have commented on it. Last semester a professor asked me why I laugh at him all the time in class. Could not really give him a reason. I love to laugh. Plus laughter covers up a host of other things I am not ready to share with the world. But I do find odd things funny. Just yesterday I watched a girl put a poptart with the foil still on in the microwave. When the sparks flew, I laughed. I just read this quote over the weekend........."Time spent laughing is time spent with the gods." Japanese Proverb

6. Last, but not least, is all my children were born on the 17th of a month. Many people think that is weird. However, I think it is something cool and they can share and now 17 is our family number. We love the number 17. And this is an excuse to put another picture of my kids on the blog!

Alright, 6 weird things about me. Whew, that was hard. Plus, I should be doing homework. I am supposed to tag 6 other people but I don't know 6 other people with a blog so I will challenge everyone who reads this to post at least one weird thing about themselves on my comment page or email me with it if you are shy! At the very least, it will give me something to laugh at.......