There's Your Sign

I had to share this with all of you that know Super Dave's little penguin story. Our friends Mike and Janet saw the sign and thought of Super Dave, posting it on FB. Laughed HARD, still laughing.
Momma Wolg

Christmas 2010

Another Christmas here and gone. I don't really want to put up the decorations. JT refuses to believe it's really over. I LOVE Christmas, celebrating the birth of our Savior, and the warmth of the season. Could you imagine if people had the CHRISTmas spirit throughout the year? Giving, volunteering, doing for others, trying hard to make sure those in need don't go without, attending church, spending time with friends & family, singing, telling others you love them and thinking about them, beautiful decorations, wonderful food, celebrating Jesus' birth... I could go on, but you get the picture. Could you imagine?

As we do each year, we stayed home for Christmas and attended Christmas Eve service at church. And, as always, we had a wonderful Christmas! Grammy & Papa came. I SO enjoy the eve service, singing carols, hearing the Christmas story and lighting candles. My favorite is looking at my children in the candle light, treasuring them as a gift from God and the amazement at how much they have grown in a year, and remembering the most important birth of all.

On Christmas, Uncle Paul and family joined us as well. The kids were so EXCITED to see their cousins. We had a great time eating, visiting and playing games. LOTS of laughter and LOTS of food.

I hope all of you had a blessed Christmas, as we did.
Much love, Momma Wolg

Sissy is "helping" make holiday goodies. Chocolate!

Santa brought Sissy a big girl bike in her favorite color. Woo Hoo!
Barely awake, JT came in to find Santa brought him a new bike, a.k.a. motorcycle.
Wow! Santa saw him at the store when he found this bike and cried because he wanted it so.

Although it was COLD outside, the kids took a quick ride on their new bikes.

Daddy had to try too.

Opening presents with their cousins.

Another emergency vehicle...happy boy.

the 'dramatic duo'

Lyndsey with her new DS

Kids table

Adult table (Zach, maybe next year you can join the kids table)

SOME of us got a nap.

Can we NOT make the hunting game a tradition? Yawn.

Discovering Canton

Canton! OH MY!

There is so much to see; it was overwhelming. And, so much creativity and talent.

It's hard to believe that after almost 20 years in North Texas, I have finally discovered Canton. My bible study gals, the Tuesday Sisters, go on an annual outing and this year, we went to Canton. Many of us had never gone, but we had a Canton veteran to show us the ropes. Thank You Bethany!

We LOVED it and had a great girls weekend! Our quest to experience Canton, shop til we dropped, find Christmas gifts, eat funnel cakes, fried pies, blizzards and frozen cappuccinos, was successful!

I do believe we will be going to Canton every year for our girls outing. We had such a great time and came back tired from all the walking and ALL THE LAUGHING. Good times!

Here are some of the pictures from our trip.

We promised to take care of our sister if she got too tired shopping. We sent proof to loved ones. With rolling cart and wagon, we set out.

Funnel Cake -- check Here is part of the gang at the end of Day One. Lots of loot, tired and in need of food. Heading out for Day Two -- it was COLD, but no crowd.

Some of my Sistas!

Made it back with LOTS of presents...some for friends and family, some for us.

MY FAVORITE was the hand stamped pendant that we all got alike with all the sisters' names and scripture reference.

My Third Grader

My sweet third grader has been busy at school. Besides all the holiday stuff at school and the winter class party, the third grade had their school musical program. This year was "How the Penguins Saved Christmas", which is ironic if you know Daddy's parenting story about little penguins. Amazingly enough, I got no calls from the school. Whew! Made it through that.

Sissy made an adorable penguin. Here's her long-time buddy. They have grown up so much since Kindergarten. Unfortunately, my camera was not cooperating and I didn't get many good pic's. It was such a cute program. Great job third graders and Mrs. Irick.

Sissy also had a presentation at school for being chosen as Student of the Month for her class in October. Her Daddy and I are so proud of her! The criteria to select the students are: putting forth their best effort, the qualities of trustworthy, responsible, respectful, fair, caring and a good citizen, and sets a good example for others. Great job Sissy!!

On honor roll too

Giving Thanks

There is so MUCH that I'm thankful for this year. The entire list would be far too long to post, BUT here's a few.


I'M THANKFUL FOR:

• Daddy...my hubby. What would I do without him? I don't ever want to know. Enjoying growing old together, laughing along the way.


• Sissy...my sweet girl. She adds so much to my life...like flavored creamer in my coffee. I hope we are always close as we are now. So proud of the little girl she is.


• JT...my little buddy. I enjoy all the time we share together. He makes me laugh -- so funny and so cute!


• My kitties...love and enjoy them so much. Cat Lover indeed!


• My Girlfriends...I treasure my friendships and would not feel complete or content without them. For women, I believe girlfriends are necessary and by God's design.


• Tuesday Sisters...my special circle of friends. What a blessing to have these sisters to study the bible with, laugh with, cry with, pray with, live life with, count on.


• My Church & bible study class...I love my church and our class. They are HOME for me, Daddy and our kids.


• My Job...I am enjoying working part-time doing book keeping for a friend with her own company. Such a good fit for me in so many ways. Blessed.


• *Facebook...it's great to stay in touch with friends and family that otherwise I couldn't. You just can not email or call everyone to stay caught up. It's nice to see what's happening and who needs prayers, not to mention the humor.


• My health...I feel and look OLD, but in general, I'm healthy and hope to get fit in 2011. I did okay in 2010, but fell off the 'get fit wagon' for several weeks. Back again and hope 2011 is a good year.


• My friend, 3 Boy Mom, getting better and treatment working.


• My God and his unconditional love and forgiveness...I'm not worthy and continue to fail time and time again. But, I know He is there no matter what.

Momma Wolg

Thanksgiving 2010

Well, I'm running behind posting pictures and blog posts since Thanksgiving. This is just a busy time of year. I can not believe Christmas is less than a week away!

We went to Grammy and Papa's in Lubbock for Thanksgiving. AND, Daddy's Uncle Faun, Yolanda and Ethan came too. The kids had such a great time playing with their cousin. Everyone had a great time, great food (thanks Grammy) and great time away.

I made a quick trip over to New Mexico to see Mimi, who had surgery on her wrist. I got to see Dad for dinner also. It was great to see them both. I'm happy to report that Mom is doing well! My sister and I got Mom a Keurig coffee maker for Christmas. I took it to her for an early so I could set it up and she could start using it while in a cast on her Right arm. She likes it (I liked it - jealous).

So much I'm thankful for, but I think that will be a separate post. :) Momma Wolg

Grammy had a fun activity planned...decorating 'turkey' cookies.

Ethan is getting a little help from Yolanda.

Here's JT with his cookies. Mom even helped make a 'batman' cookie.
Sissy, the big girl, doesn't need any help. :)

The chocolate icing was good!

The gang for Thanksgiving dinner

The weather was so nice we got to spend some time outside playing.

Beautiful Fall Trees in Grammy & Papa's yard

Buddy, 1 of Grammy's 3 cats. He is by FAR the biggest!

Buddy Budah

Here's Clyde, the lion

Gracie, the beautiful black cat, is people and camera shy.

Random

Just a few random, fun pictures from the last week or two. My family! They always keep me laughing.

JT is an Indian for Thanksgiving.

I refrained from posting the full length shot. Let's just say his Indian name is "Wear No Pants".

Rainbow out front.

But, it's not a double rainbow that bright & intense. (*youtube) LOL!

*Hedbanz Board Game
VERY funny playing with the kids.
They don't quite get that you're not supposed to help the other person win.
Hysterical every time.

Field Trip

A few weeks ago, Sissy had her 3rd grade field trip to Elm Fork at UNT. It was a fun science field trip. Sissy and her classmates had a great time. They kept saying this is an "awesome" field trip. It was fun. I enjoyed it and feel lucky as a SAH Mom that I can go on most of her field trips. I did skip the bus ride this time (instant headache).
Here are the few pictures from the trip. I just can't believe how big Sissy and her friends are getting, especially the ones I've watch grow up since Kindergarten.