Thanksgiving 2013.

Trip to IN, thanks for the memories mom.

Rieley and I went home to spend a few days with my mom/her grandma. Mom's lymphoma has come back and with a vengeance. She has been placed under hospice care. After many tests and her current condition, she decided to live out the rest of her life with "quality of life" over doing any chemo. the doctor, my sisters and her, decided chemo may be too harsh for her condition. We were able to spend 5 days of quality time with her. She is unable to do much for herself, other than use her voice and tell us what she needs and what she does and doesn't like. We were able to get her in a wheelchair one day, with Shelly pushing, and took her out to enjoy the fall colors and weather. Think she really enjoyed getting out of her room, University Place and being outside. Am glad Rieley and I were able to go and see her. Only God knows when it will be her time.

Pittsburgh Bound!

Rieley and I ventured out to Pittsburgh to see Hunter during parents weekend. We had a blast and didn't waste anytime while there. Thursday night Rieley and I ventured to the Carnegie Mellon Library for a couple of hours, while Hunter attended a meeting. Then we were off for a yummy dinner at one of the many super places to eat in Pittsburgh. Friday, we did some homeschooling while Hunter went to classes and we met Trey, for lunch at Paneras. Hunter and Emili joined us after classes and our adventures began. We went to NOLAs for dinner, Rieley didn't care for it as, she was tired and it was VERY loud. Saturday we went to the Phipps Observatory and saw many beautiful flowers and displays, dinner was at Red Robins. Sunday we went to Carnegie Museum of Nature and History. Awesome, Rieley was in heaven with the dinosaur exhibit itself. Hunter then had to take us to lunch at Olive Garden with Emili and then he was off to another med school interview, and we had an early flight out Mon morning, TX bound.

Trip to Atlanta. 10/1- 10/14

Didn't know we could do so much in such a short time. But, daddy scheduled a fun filled weekend and fun we had. We arrived Fri afternoon in Atlanta and daddy was there with open arms to meet us, after he found his way to our luggage carousel. We unloaded at the hotel and then we were off to Stone Mountain, only to find they would be closing an hour after we arrived and no laser shows on Fri, boo. So, we road the cable car up to the top of the mountain and enjoyed ourselves making sure we were back in time before the last cable car went down. The only other way down was to walk and that was not happening. Off to a steak dinner, Rieley was allowed to get her own steak, of course off the kids menu but she was thrilled.
Sat, we were up bright and early for FULL day of activities. Headed out to the aquarium and we were not disappointed, what an amazing place. Then we ventured to Coke World( not what we expected), a quick peak at CNN studios and then to the BIG or HUGE ferris wheel. I am not one for heights, but did it for the family. Only had to threaten Tim and Rieley with pushing the panic button once, after they thought it would be cute to rock the car. Not cute at all. Hunter had recommended we eat dinner at Mary Mac's, and we decided to give it a try. True Southern cooking at its best. Only bad thing is, everything is fried. But, the peach cobbler was really good, not as good as mine though.
Sunday, we headed to the Atlanta Zoo(highlight was seeing the giant pandas), American Girl doll store, a mall, with a Disney Store, a Barnes and Nobles(the little one needed some more books for trip home) and then dinner at my Uncle Ed's. Great visit and food.
Monday came all too soon, daddy had to go back to classes and Rieley and I needed to return to TX and prepare for our Thurs departure for Pittsburgh.
ThaNKS DADDY FOR AN AWESOME TIME IN Atlanta.

Road Trip, Dallas/Ft Worth bound.

Rieley and I headed to Ft Worth for a few days at the beginning of Oct, for Homeschooling Day at the zoo. We arrived a few days early and had some fun. We went into Dallas and found the American Girl Doll Store and  the Disney Store, Rieley was able to spend some of her own money and mom and dad spent theirs too. Of course, we hit up P F Changs for lunch and it was so yummy.
Was able to meet up with a blogging and facebook friend for the first time also. Met Kim Dixon at Paneras for breakfast and visited about an hour before starting the rest of our day. Also, got some yummy bagels to bring home and freezxe to enjoy.
On Thurs, we joined the Mason family (Nadia, Amilie, and Louann) at the Ft Worth Zoo and had a blast. We allowed the girls some down time before meeting up for dinner at Freebirds. The girls had a blast playing and Louann and I were able to visit. Fri we met them at the Childrens Museum to see the new Curious George Exhibit and then headed to the Cowgirl Museum, before we knew it , it was time for Rieley and I to head back to Andrews. Rieley had Nutcracker practice at 10 am on Sat, and this momma didn't want to get up at 4 am and drive back.

Another tooth is gone, tken by the dentist. 9/18/13.

Rieley had a tooth pulled by Dr. Wilkerson, her front teeth weren't coming out and the permanent ones were coming in with NOWHERE to go. So, after a little happy juice and an hour of waiting, she is minus another tooth. The tooth fairy was more than generous, we need the rest of her teeth to fall out on their own.

7 years and 5 months later, first official lost tooth.

Rieley was scheduled to have 2 teeth pulled next week. Well, he will only be pulling one. She was so excited, she lost her first tooth at a Girl Scouts meeting. Wishing and hoping other one comes out but it has no movement to it at all.
 The tooth fairy was not prepared at all, so some lucky girl got $20 for her first official lost tooth.