Good, long weekend

So this weekend was nice. Mike and I were commenting on how long it seemed. I had to work this Friday ( it wasn't my Friday off), but even with that we had a nice weekend. We had dinner with Kelly, Bailey-Paige and Jacob (Cas' cousions) on Friday night, and Mike and I had our dinner club down the street on Saturday. Sunday I did laundry (YUK!) and just hung out at home. Looking forward to next weekend as always!
Take care for now.
Shelley

Sorry it has been a while...still getting used to Blogs

OK, so I know it has been a couple of weeks, and I am getting used to this blogging thing, but I promise it will be more regular soon...So there is so much that has happened since I last posted...We have had two birthday parties for Cassidy to attend, as well as I had food poisioning(YUK!). We have been doing well, and have started a new Black Family tradition. We have started Family Night once a week with Cassidy. With work and Cas school, and going to the gym in the evenings, we haven't really been doing well with that. It is so cute though, because Cas will ask every Sunday night now, "Mommy, what night is Family night this week?" And when I respond and tell her, she usually says, "Oh good, I can't wait!". Sometimes, she simply wants all three of us to sit on the couch together and watch a movie. It is amazing to see the excitement in her eyes when I pick her up from school and tell her it is family night. She is so cute! Other than that, we have rolled into the New Year with a vengence. We have been staying super busy, but it would not be normal if we weren't. I will post a photo album soon...I promise...Take care!
Shelley

Sleigh-Hay Ride

So here is the first official picture that I have posted. Our neighborhood had a "Sleigh-Hay Ride" to drive around the neighborhood and look at Christmas lights. They served Hot Chocolate and had cookies. We had a lot of fun. Cassidy really enjoyed looking at the lights. She had a wonderful Christmas. There will be more pictures to follow as soon as I figure out how to post to a photo album! Take care and Happy 2009!

I can't believe I have figured out how to start a blog...

OK, ok, so I know that I am knowlegable on the computer, but was not sure if this was going to work. I will upload some pictures to start this off as well this weekend. I can't promise I will update every day, but will try at least a couple of times a week. That is at least if I get this all figured out. So Christmas and New Years were wonderful. It all seems like a whirlwind since about the 2nd week of November. We celebrated Thanksgiving here in Houston with my Aunt and Uncle Ricky, Mom and Garth, and Chris, Kelly, Bailey-Paige and Jacob Lowe. It was wonderful. Very relaxing and I ate way to much. Then we rolled into December, and our feet never stopped moving. Mike had his Office Christmas Party with the Doctors, I had my office party downtown with Huey Lewis and The News, and we had our neighborhood dinner club Christmas party. All were fun (although I think the 2nd two were the most fun!) I didn't go to the first one. Cassidy had a School party and then Anadarko had a Kid's Christmas Party and Santa was there along with dancing elves. (I will post pictures I promise). Cassidy got to meet Santa Clause twice and only took a picture with Mommy in it with her. She had more fun meeting Mrs. Clause than Santa this year and was full of questions to her regarding the reindeer. We made the traditional reindeer food, and waited for Santa to come. Christmas day was quiet at the house as we had just the three of us. the day after Christmas we celebrated with Mike's family, then on that following Saturday, we celebrated with Gammy and Poppa! Boy was that fun! Gammy and Poppa spolied Cassidy as usual, but that is o.k. we don't mind. We spent New Year's Eve at Chris and Kelly Lowe's. That was a lot of fun as well. We did however ring in the New Year as we were driving home with Cassidy crashed out in the backseat. I will post more tomorrow along with some pictures. Take care all!
Shelley