Big News for my Seester!

BIG news: My sister is having a GIRL come February (her due date is the 14th ♥) ! Her and Eric are beyond excited and she's already starting to get the baby room together. On Saturday Tay and I are heading up to Canton to check out some "girlie" stuff with my sister! Her name will be Brittyn Elizabeth. So now I will have 2 new nieces within a few weeks apart of each other. Taydem will not know what to think. She will be in baby heaven for sure. Super excited for Danin. I think she's wanted to be a Momma since she was like Taydem's age. Now she will have a baby all her own. Let the fun times begin...Seester!

Maybe since Danin and I look so much alike, just maybe Brittyn will look like Taydem!!

Class 4A

(Rankings for State of Texas- According to Texas Girls Coaching Association website)

1. Lake Travis

2. Canyon Randall

3. Friendswood

4. Waxahachie

5. Dumas

6. Vista Ridge

7. Aledo

8. Red Oak

9. J.J. Pearce

10. New Braunfels Canyon

11. Dallas Highland Park

12. Brenham

13. Victoria West

14. Longview Pine Tree

15. Frenship

16. Mission Veterans Memorial

17. Paris North Lamar

18. Copperas Cove

19. Alamo Heights

20. Edcouch-Elsa

Champs.....

I don't really want to Toot the Horn too fast-----but---CLAP YO HANDS and STOMP YO FEET, DEM LADY PIRATES CAN'T BE BEAT! This past weekend Leven and his girls won the Tyler Tournament. There were 32 teams in this tournament. Leven's been going to this tournament since we first got here and he said he never thought he could win it! Their record is now 20-3! Love it!



Jane Anne and Hannah were All-Tournament picks!

 http://www.news-journal.com/sports/high_schools/et-volleyball-pine-tree-takes-tournament-title-more/article_4195a480-8e86-52e5-83c4-0894cdae12ac.html

Not only did the Varsity do well but so did the Freshmen and JV teams.  Pine Tree hosted a 9th and JV tournament and our Freshmen A team had to play "up" in the JV bracket. Our Freshmen B team played in the Freshmen bracket. (He has so many freshmen he had to make 2 teams for the month of August. He is making cuts this week...) The Freshmen A girls, I call "My girls" because they are the ones I coached club last spring. They did so well and beat two JV teams and made it to the championship game against Pine Tree's JV!! WOW. So the two teams had to battle out who was better. The JV was determined not to let the freshmen beat them. Both teams played well and it was fun watching them! The Freshmen B team ended up getting 3rd in their bracket. So over all...........great day for Lady Pirate Volleyball. Leven was super proud of all his girls.

Eat More Beef...

TWO WORDS: Jucy's Hamburgers. We all love Jucy's here in East Texas. There are 5 locations now. Two in Tyler, two in Longview and one in Marshall! They are now offering so much more than the well known BURGER! Salads, chicken and fried pickles are just to name a few.

The Slice



Cowboy Salad

Here's a picture of my nephew Aidan one Halloween! A-D-O-R-A-B-L-E

Jucy's also offers CATERING! I even help out with some of the caterings so call them today if you are interested.

And if you have NEVER even tried Jucy's.....you are missing out!

Happy Happy FRIDAY to you all! Leven is in the Tyler tournament this weekend. He starts pool play today at 1:45. Bracket play is set for tomorrow. Let's go LP!

No mam!

So I'm in love with Miranda Lambert and her new gal group PISTOL ANNIES! Their album is so my kind of music. Plus I love good harmony and they got it. Go get the album (or download it) today!

Ok, if I'm having a bad day I usually go to this website and I usually turn that frown upside down!

 I DID NOT take these pictures OR come up with the comments underneath.

 I hope your day is a little brighter now!

There's an actual website:

http://www.peopleofwalmart.com/photos/

Cracks me up!



Alright folks, we need your help! We are trying to figure out what the hell is going on here. Is she exhausted from saving so much money while shopping at Walmart? You tell us!



Dizzam!! Check out the glutes on Bobby from the Ernest movies! Impressive!



I know your parents probably always told you to “dream big” but I don’t think you’re doing that correctly.




Hmmm, I would have figured she would be buying white-trash bags!

 

Movin on UP...14-3

Last night Pine Tree played MEXIA and Robert E Lee in Tyler. We had our brooms out (not really) but we swept both games. Here's the newspaper article:

http://www.news-journal.com/sports/high_schools/article_445f98df-e9e5-5939-9395-c596eab07621.html

Seniors 2011

Crazy BUSY Weekend...oh and we are 12-3!

Saturday we literally spent 12 hours in a gym. Trever, Tay and I got up early Saturday morning and drove to Nacogdoches to watch the Lady Pirates play their first game at 9:00. They won that game, then the next game and were to play in the championship game 5 hours later..........ugh! Well if you have ever been to Nacogdoches, there's not much going on except having Stephen F. Austin State University there. So we were pretty much stuck. Taydem and I went to get some ice cream at Marble Slab, hoping she might fall asleep in the car, but that didn't happen. Trever had to be back in Longview at work by 5, so thank goodness we have great friends that got him there on time. After the game (they lost) I jetted back into Longview to pick him up at 9 when he got off. I was pooped. I then got home and had to make cupcakes for Taydem's birthday party that we were having on Sunday. Check out the article on the tournament. Even though the girls lost, they still made Leven proud. They are only getting better with each game.

http://www.news-journal.com/sports/high_schools/article_7e65595a-f085-5edb-aee6-743e9ce80e04.html

Taydem turns 4...TODAY!

We had her birthday party yesterday in the heat of the day. We had a wonderful turnout. Tay is a sweet special little girl and it showed yesterday with all our family and friends there celebrating her big day. Thanks to my parents for letting us jump into their pool!

Taydem's cake couldn't have been more perfect. My co-worker, Teresa, made her cake again this year. Super cute. She told me she wanted a Barbie with purple hair. And I found one!

Taydem and I made these for her school!

Here are a few pictures from her birthday. She had a blast and got 11 Barbie's total. OMG! She also got a life size baby (it wears 0-3 months clothing) and she has not put that baby down yet. She is such a good little Momma! She named her baby, Addison.

Goodie bags for her friends