New iphone

I've wanted an iphone ever since they came out, but couldn't justify the cost, until now. I already had cingular / att and was eligible to upgrade my phone. I saw that they had the iphone for $99 (so what if it's a refurb) and went for it. I got the phone last night, and it is so cool. The kids have ipod touch so we already knew how to do the itunes stuff and had some music, games, etc. in our itunes library. George helped me get it sync'd and put some stuff on and I am really having fun playing around with it. I need to add all my contacts from my old phone to this one, so that will take some time. But I think I'm really going to like all the features - the ipod, the maps, email, internet, etc. It's so cool!

Picture from Christmas morning

For Christmas I surprised my dad by researching our family history and I put together a book with our family tree. I really got into it, using ancestry.com, and was able to trace our roots (on dad's side) to Germany and England. Anyway, mom took this picture of us when I was showing him the book, and pointing out some of the interesting things I found. The sun was shining in on us, and I thought it was a very nice picture of us together.

Not sure yet - new hairstyle

Got my hair cut Friday, not sure if I like it yet. It's so short! Anyway, here it is. The color is way too red, but I think it will tone down in a few weeks - I hope!

Back to blogging

Wow, I've been off here since Nov. 21 - what a hiatus! That just goes to show how busy December and January were!

In December I went to Vegas (work conference), on a cruise (our 15th wedding anniversary), then to Ohio (home for the holidays). In January, I'm just swamped at work. Like August, the beginning of a new semester is a lot of work for me and my staff and it's exhausting.

But, here are some pretty cool goings-on:

Lauren is playing Vicki Smith in a play called Caught in the Net at Harbour Playhouse in Dickinson. (photo above) She is such a talented young actress, I'm very proud! It's a play about a bigamist, John Smith, who has a teenage daughter with one wife and a teenage son with his other wife. The two teenagers meet online, and plan to meet in person. The play is very funny as John tries to keep his two families apart. This weekend is it's last weekend open, then we're always like "what now?" because we suddenly have so much more time.

Cory is wrapping up basketball season, but had one very cool game. His team was 0-3 going into the game. Well, this was a close one and his team was losing 21-19 with 6 seconds left, and the other team had the ball. The coach told Cory to foul the kid with the ball. He ran down there, but the kid turned and he was able to steal the ball. He dribbled back and set his feet and launched about a 25 foot shot. AND IT WENT IN! His 3-pointer won the game with no time left! The sad part was, I missed it! I was working on Lauren's room. She got new furniture and I was cleaning out the old, cleaning out her dresser and closet, touching up paint, etc. I was in the middle of a mess, and since they had lost every game by 20, I thought it was safe to keep on working. I was so sorry to have missed it. Cory was so excited. He said "Mom, when that shot went in it was pandemonium!" He said even the other team's parents were high-fiving him! I so wish I would have been there! :(

He's at 7 on 7 football practice now, that's his next gig. I told George we have four seasons here in Texas - pre-season, football season, post-season, and the off-season. Now Cory's found a football league to play in during the off-season. He is so crazy about football!

Well, that's it for now. I'll be back soon to post some pictures, though!