John's Easter Cookies 2012

OOOPS!

Our week has been off to quite an interesting start. As you can see, my precious baby Roxy had an accident. While jumping off the bed, she dislocated her hip. While yesterday was quite traumatic, she is doing much better today. She is handling life on three legs much better. However, she is still quite UNHAPPY about not being allowed to sleep in the bed anymore. Last night she sat and barked at me as if to say "mommy did you forget about me?" She goes back to the vet on Friday to see about removing the bandage. Let's keep our fingers crossed!

Oh--and I found a SNAKE in our closet. Although it was only about 8" long, it looked to me to be a "copperrattlemoccasin"--but John assured me I was overreacting and that is was a garden snake. Nobody was injured in the removal of the snake from the house. Hopefully, the rest of the week will be rather boring for us.

Everyone has been waiting to see the unvailing of the backyard. With exception of the pergola and landscape lighting, it is finished!! We love the firepit (and so do the neighborhood kids). Chinook believes the water fountain was put their specifically for her. She loves to climb on top of it to get a drink of water.

Of course, John's pride and joy is his

outdoor kitchen. It turned out

spectacular. The grill he designed is

wonderful and we've already had some really good outdoor meals.

With the onset of fall, comes football season. Our Cowboys are ranked 9th in pre-season and we are ready for some great games.

WOW How Time Flies

Okay, so we blinked and now it is summertime. To answer everyone's question upfront--yes, we are still working on the backyard. John has given me a date of July 4th to be finished. I am keeping my fingers crossed.




This Spring we did take a trip to the Dominican Republic. It was awesome!! The beaches were the most beautiful we had ever seen. We had a fabulous time!!





We had an amazing experience a couple of weekends ago. John's Dad had won a raffle through the OKC Repertory Theatre and was unable to use the package, so he gave it to us!! We enjoyed a night at the Colcord Hotel in Dowtown OKC. We were taken to dinner at Rococo (if you haven't been, you must go--the BEST crabcakes ever!!), and then great seats to The Lion King production. All evening we were driven around in a vintage 1969 Rolls Royce. We will never forget that evening--it was great!

More Christmas Pics

Okay, so I didn't add many cute Christmas pictures (other than the dogs) on my last update. So here are some of the cutest people we know. Lisa's neice, Taylor, came over to decorate Christmas Cookies. She stays quite busy these days with school and athletic activities. Matthew, Lisa's nephew and John's lil buddy was quite proud of his creations. His imagination is on a roll these days. He likes to call John and talk about things they need to go "fix" with his tools. He turned 4 just before Christmas and of course asked for a "Lawnmower BDay Cake"--as any 4-year old would--right?

John's brother-in-law, Kary, and neice, Sarah, decorating cookies at John's dad's house shortly after Thanksgiving.

Brrrrr!

It has been so long since I have updated and since we are completely iced in today, I thought we were due for an update. The dogs had a wonderful Christmas. Santa was very generous with the toys and bones. John & I were very fortunate to spend the holidays with family and friends. Now we are just waiting for Spring to arrive so we can continue our backyard project. The weather must be good for work on the outdoor kitchen to begin.

Ready for Fall

Wow! It is already November. Halloween was great in our neighborhood this year. The weather was perfect and we had a bonfire in the backyard with some of the kids after trick-or-treating.

Of course our two favorites were Captain Jack Sparrow (aka Matthew) and Our NBA All-Star (aka Taylor).

We attended the NASCAR Race at Texas Motor Speedway on November 2. Mom, Dad, and several friends went with us. Of course John prepared the BEST food for our tailgating festivities. Dad had a really good time...

John continues to nurse a back injury--please keep him in your prayers as a great deal has been going on with many loved ones. We will be attending his Aunt Elizabeth's funeral on Thursday. He continues to stay strong--but his heart is overwhelmed. We send out love and good wishes to everyone and invite you all over for s'mores at anytime!!