What's In a Name?

This is a silly little game, but hey, I like silly little games!
1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME (first pet, current car): Puffy Accord
2.YOUR GANGSTA NAME (fave ice cream flavor, favorite type of shoe): Chocolate Fudge Reef
3. YOUR NATIVE AMERICAN NAME (favorite color, favorite animal): Red Dog
4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME (middle name, city where you were born): ElPaso (i have no middle name)
5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 of your first name):Rusam, though I prefer E-Boo Won Kenobi
6. SUPERHERO NAME (2nd favorite color, favorite drink): Blue Tea (unsweet)
7. NASCAR NAME (the first names of your grandfathers): Fred Caskey
8. STRIPPER NAME ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne/scent,favorite candy):Amarige KitKat (really? my name is amber-which hasn't always been, but now is commonly used by strippers)
9. TV WEATHER ANCHOR NAME (your 5th grade teacher’s last name, a major city that starts with the same letter): Turbeville Tuscon
10. SPY NAME: (your favorite season/holiday, flower): Winter Peony (right up there with Jason Bourne)
11. CARTOON NAME: (favorite fruit, article of clothing you’re wearing rightnow):Pink Lady Apple Shorts
12. HIPPIE NAME: (What you ate for breakfast, your favorite tree): Donut Texas Live Oak (it's my birthday & James surprised me a chocolate crunch donut - my favorite)!

Christmas at the Rockin' H Ranch 2007

Since we were in New Mexico on actual Christmas day, we didn't get to open presents with my side of the family until the 28th. All of my siblings live within a 20 mile radius of my parents. We get to see several times a week. Nonetheless, my mom likes for all of us to pack and head out to their house in the country to spend the weekend with them. We always have so much fun eating, opening presents, playing games, watching movies, playing outside, feeding the horse, etc. We didn't make it back to our house until Sunday afternoon. Monday night we headed over to my aunts house for New Years Eve. Between 16 adults & 9 kids under the age of 9, we had a packed house!

Christmas in Roswell 2007

We left for Roswell Wednesday night around 7:00. We knew it would be a long drive, but we figured Kelton would sleep and we wouldn't waste an entire day driving. At 4:00 a.m. we were about 40 miles outside of Roswell & we could already see the city lights in the distance. Right about then, we had a flat tire. For anyone that has ever made the drive to Roswell you know that it is about the loneliest stretch of highway around. There are no trees to block the wind and absolutely no light on the roads. My poor husband had to get out there in 25 degree weather (probably 15 degree windchill) and attempt to change a flat tire without a flashlight. The only light we had to help was from my cell phone. Don't know if any of you have ever tried to change a tire in the dark, but it's pretty tricky, not to mention dangerous. About an hour later, he finally had the spare on & lowered the jack only to discover the spare was flat as well. We called his folks and they came to the rescue with some Fix-A-Flat. We pulled into Roswell at 7:00 a.m.! Besides that, we had a wonderful time in New Mexico. Two of James' cousins & their wives came in from Florida & Colorado & his sister flew in from California. We had lots of good food, quality board game time & it even snowed! Plus, it's always nice to have Kelton's Net-Net, Poppa, Jop (AKA Uncle Jeff) & Tawyn (AKA Aunt Taryn) there to chase him around and give us a break. We came home the day after Christmas & the trip home was much less eventful, thank goodness!

Getting Ready for Christmas

December has flown by. Kelton has been sick off and on with allergies/virus since Halloween. It became a full blown virus the very beginning of December. We snuck out of the house to see the Christmas program at church, which was so cute. Besides that we spent the majority of the first 2 weeks of December at home. Kelton was well in time for us to make it to the last day of Mothers Day Out, which is always fun! Since we are leaving for Roswell on the 19th, I've got lots to get done in a short amount of time. Excluding Kelton, I have bought 1 Christmas present(1 down, 19 to go)!

Bath Toys

90% of the time Kelton takes a shower with me. It's much easier and faster to throw him in there with me. Plus, I don't have to wonder what he's destroying in the other room while I'm in the shower by myself. Anyhoo, the other day I turned on the shower & told Kelton to get some of his toys (meaning from the bathtub). I went to the other room to get a diaper and I came back a minute later and this is what I found: his cash register, 2 of his golf clubs, his Little People bus and several balls, including some of Daddy's golf balls, plus a fully clothed child in the shower. I must have spent 10 minutes drying off all of his toys. I got so tickled, I couldn't help but take a picture. Maybe next time, I'll get the toys!

Random Pictures

I put some makeup on Kelton, which he's not so sure about!

And he put some makeup on me. James doesn't much like the
thought of him dabbling in the world of makeup artistry.

Thanksgiving 2007

My 2 Turkeys! I can't believe Thanksgiving has already passed and it's almost time for Christmas. We had a great Thanksgiving, though it went by too quickly. Pretty much all of my family lives in the same town so we see each other all the time, but it's still nice to go home and sleep in the house where I grew up so we always spend a couple of nights at my parents' house (even though ours is 20 minutes away)! I feel like a kid again & my folks "baby" me the whole time I'm there, so that's always nice. Who wouldn't want to go home to that? Kelton loves to go out & hit golf balls & feed the horse & all those fun things that you get to do in the country. One of my parents' Great Pyrenees keeps managing to get out of the fence so my dad took Kelton with him to inspect the fence. Kelton got a kick out of that. I was watching them through the window & it was so funny. My dad would bend over & look at the fence & kinda pull on it to examine it. Right behind him, Kelton would kinda bend over & check out the fence himself. I never knew the fence was so interesting out there, but that kid would've stayed out there forever had we let him!





My little sister, Aubin & me. Isn't she cute? We shared a bedroom until I was 13, when I was finally brave enough to sleep in a room by myself (though honestly, I would still have her come sleep in my bedroom when I got scared......I had a very overactive imagination & just knew she could protect me if harm came my way which is funny b/c I'm 4 years older)! Not that she needs protecting, but I am fiercely protective of her all the same. I often call her when she's out with friends & she gets to hear a lot of, "where are you?" "when are you headed home?" "have someone walk you to your car when you are leaving" & "if no one will walk you to your car, call me....I'll send James!"I love to bust out with "nothing good happens after 12:00 so there is absolutely no reason for you to be out past then", which is what my dad used to tell my when I was in high school. At 25, Aubin doesn't find it very amusing, but I think she knows I just worry about her & that I'd be lost without her. I'm not sure why I didn't get a picture with my 2 other siblings. Probably a good thing. Otherwise who knows how long this paragraph would be?!?!


Golfing in the pasture. That's how we do it in the country!













My little Indian! This picture is out of focus because he was standing so close to me, but I had to post it to show off his feathers & vest he made at Mothers Day Out!

Mispronunciations

It's been awhile since I last blogged. We've been so busy here lately , though honestly, I have no idea what we've been doing. Kelton has been sick off & on for three weeks with the same bloomin' virus. He threw up all over mat the doctor's office. It was down my shirt, in my socks, in my hair - EVERYWHERE, which was delightful. He cracks me up. He talks constantly & I know ya'll can't imagine where he gets that from! He says "E-I-E-I-you, mama", which means I love you, all day long, which of course melts my heart & probably allows him to get away with more than he should. He likes to sing his ABC's & Jesus Loves Me and he can count to ten. Six is his favorite number & he likes to say it all the time. In fact almost all numbers are 6's in his mind. The problem is when he pronounces 6, everyone else thinks he's saying the four letter word, sh*t. Which brings me to his favorite animal, a "horny", which is Kelton code for horsey. So every time we go to a store my sweet little boy points & yells, "sh*t, "horny", & "my body", which is Kelton code for his blanky. So basically the entire time I'm at HEB I'm walking around smiling wondering who is gonna turn me into CPS first. This kid cracks me up. I'm so thankful he's mine!

Big Daddy's Halloween Birthday

My dad's birthday is on Halloween, so my mama has always made October 31st extra special. She has always jumped at the chance to dress up & this year she decided to be an officer in the navy (though I'm not sure why she decided to draw a large, fake mole on her cheek). Since we had Trunk or Treat at church we decided to postpone my dad's birthday dinner until Saturday night. After Trunk or Treat, we headed over to my cousin's house to have some cupcakes and let the kids get even more hyped up on sugar! I have got the greatest dad ever and as far as I'm concerned that's a fact, not a biased opinion! He's always been so loving, giving, patient and wise. He's eager to help any way he can, even if it means spending all weekend at my house helping James put a swing set together for Kelton. When I was growing up he used to say, "your mama and I are your biggest fans" and I always knew he meant it. He's the first man I ever loved and I couldn't wait for him to get home from work everyday so I could help him take off his cowboy boots and we could hang out! Growing up, he would take all of his daughters' on "date nights" & let us decide where to eat, etc. He still takes us on date nights & I so enjoy getting to have my dad all to myself for a couple of hours! One of my favorite things about my dad is the way he loves my mother. I love to watch him while he's watching her. He is endlessly amused by her (honestly, we all are - she's pretty entertaining) and you can tell she is his world. I hope James is still that smitten with me after 38 years of marriage! Another thing I love about my dad is the way he is with his grandkids. It doesn't matter how tired he is, that man gets down on the floor and "wrastles" with them just because it makes them happy and he lives to make them laugh! My dad is one of the biggest blessings in my life! My mom says that I have him wrapped around my little finger and truth be told, he's always had me wrapped around his!

Halloween 2007

Kelton was not a big fan of his dinosaur costume. In fact, this may be the only picture of him where he is actually wearing the dinosaur head. Poor Kelton has been sick with a virus for over a week & I came down with it Monday night. We missed the Halloween party at Mothers Day Out on Tuesday so I refused to let us miss the festivities on Wednesday night. I gave Kelton some medicine to nip that runny nose in the bud & off we went! We first stopped by Daddy's work to trick or treat around the office and then we went to Trunk or Treat at church. You can tell from the pictures that Kelton is a little groggy. We had lots of fun, but hopefully we will feel better next year.