HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Zack & Kayla playing before we head out for Thanksgiving

K' hanging in her outside chair while everyone gets ready!

Better late then never.... I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We ate a REALLY QUICK but yummy lunch then we were off to the Cowboys Game (which wasn't much of one) but it was FUN!!! Miss Kayla stayed with her Nana & Papa & her new best friend that she talks about daily, UNCLE RILEY!!! (he just has that effect on girls hu) :) Then yesterday as the house cleared out (we had lots of guest this week) we took down Thanksgiving stuff & up went Christmas! Miss Kayla is very intrigued with it all this year so that is FUN!!! I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving & now we are off and running getting ready for Christmas.

On a side note be praying for RP.... For a successful surgery and that he will be up and going in NO TIME!!!

Have a great day all!!!! xoxo

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRIAN.... thank you for making our wonderful Jennifer so very happy & treating her like the princess she should be treated. We are so blessed to have you in our family & thanks for being such a WONDERFUL friend/brother-in-law to J. He is so excited to have someone share all of his DORKY AND SILLY jokes he likes to pull at random times in the year!!!! Hope you are having a great day & we love you!!!

H, J & Kayla... :)

THE WORLD THRU my eyes :)

SO I know A LOT OF THINGS ARE GOING ON IN Today's WORLD..... especially here in the US. I think my lovely (2nd) MOM is going to have a nervous break down every time I talk to her. All I keep saying to myself is "WHAT DO YOU DO????" I was sitting here thinking about this today & I was saying to myself am I naive, in denial, or just don't realize how screwed up everything really is.... Probably a little bit of both, but I sit back and say it is out of our hands; all we can do is pray. Then as I say that I remember one of my WONDERFUL & loving friends quote "Our new president is not a Christian, so does that mean the world is coming to an end....??" I don't remember her words verbatim so I wont say who said this, but again this makes me wonder... All we can do is go to bed every night & wake every morning thanking our Lord for our amazing families, friends & blessings.

On this note we should never take anyone &/or anything for granted, tell our loved ones we love them as much as possible & if you think you may have done something wrong or hurtful say your sorry! It is so easy to treat your loved ones & friends as you would want to be treated. I try to live by this motto everyday..... DON'T get me wrong I am not perfect, but I am definitely getting better as I age!!! :) On that note have a great night all & never stop praying.... :)

PS: for those who have been asking, Miss K had a MUCH better week at school, to bad next week is a off week she would really be adjusted!

Kayla & School....

K packing her lunch for school

So Kayla started her first day of Mother's Day out Tuesday. She finally got into Sonshine Academy & her first day was eventful. Her teacher said they painted a turkey & learned left/right.... Then she said she had some happy times & sad times.... :( When I got there to pick her up she was crying saying "all done, all done" Everyone says it takes a couple times for her to get adjusted so we will keep our fingers crossed! So all day today I have been teaching her about school & making her say her teachers names just keeping it fresh in her brain.... Who knows how much she really understood but hey it made me feel better :)

Jen T, has it really been 2 months... NO WAY we have to get together!!!! She misses you guys & when the neighbor saw her today he was like oh my gosh she looks so different in just two weeks.... She is doing the corkiest little things & is such a little parrot. She also started this weird thing today where she runs and hides behind me when something scares her.... SO STRANGE, she never has done that before! IT AMAZES ME THE THINGS they pick up & learn on a daily basis. I bet she will pick up all kinds of stuff going to school now.... "can't wait" :)

Well I am off to watch the rest of the CMA (of skip thru the parts I want to watch...) GEEEZZZZ that Kelly Pickler looked BEAUTIFUL! Have a great night all....

Picture from Disney & the win...

Here are some pictures from the win & Disney... It would only let me add 5 so here they are!

The winning flag!!!

Kayla & Mason being silly

Kayla in front of Cinderella's castle

Kayla & Mason holding the winning flag

Kayla with Mickey & Minnie...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY

Ok as we all know the airline industry is having their troubles along with every other industry. I feel very blessed to be working for an AMAZING airline, Southwest. Granted we have our good & bad eggs, but for the most part everyone is AWESOME to work with. We are paid very well, get treated FABULOUSLY (compared to the others), & have great benefits. Over-all Southwest Airlines Employees should be & I think are very happy to be working for one of the best carriers in the world.

That being said, Kayla & I wanted to come back Sunday afternoon & all the flights were full so non-rev traveling was out the window. (that is flying for free (seat available) for those who don't know this term) I looked on-line & found a ticket for $139.00 Orlando to DFW, this is a very good price being I was buying it Sunday morning. The airline I was flying I have had issues with in the past & told myself NEVER AGAIN WOULD I BE FLYING THIS AIRLINE.... I thought what the heck it is cheap & we really wanted to get home. So James takes us to the airport (he had to stay back and play in a caddy tournament today, which he won!) We get up to the ticket counter and I had shipped a bunch of stuff home so I knew my bag was safe. James puts my bag on the scale & I CRAP YOU NOT the lady bust out a tape measure and starts measuring my bag. I started to laugh being I fly with this bag all the time (it is the club glove duffel type bag.) She says to me, "your bag is 62 & 1/2 inches we only allow 1 bag 62 inches free." I literally started to laugh & she got pissed.... (This airline is known for only hiring "certain type" of people, which I thought wasn't legal anymore but who am I to judge) James then becomes mad and demands a supervisor. We are now creeping on the "45 minute" rule they have, the supervisor comes over & she measure it again. She said see 62 & 1/2 (James is getting real mad now) He says to the Supervisor, will you please measure the bag I know it is under 62 inches & I am not paying $75 extra for it. The guy does it and sure enough it is under 62 inches... IDIOTS I SAY.... You know these airlines want people to keep flying them but every time you turn around they are giving poor customer assistance & charging you for everything. There was even more drama when we got to the plane but I am not even going to get into it... they are all just a bunch of nuts....

I just know & we vowed to never again FLY THIS ATLANTA BASED AIRLINE!!!!!!!!! That all being said we are back!!! Miss Kayla starts her new school on Tuesday (hope it goes great). James is coming home tonight & we are ready for some R&R before the holidays. Disney can really WIPE every inch of energy out of you!!!! :)

Hope everyone is great & have a wonderful day! xoxoxo

A VICTORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SO TODAY WAS simply bittersweet. Ryan had his 2nd PGA TOUR victory! What an amazing blessing this is to our family & theirs.... It has been such a roller coaster year & all of the "blood, sweat & tears"(as the like to say) have paid off.

First and foremost we have to thank the big man upstairs; if it wasn't for you God I really don't know how we would of made it thru some of our days. For this we are forever indebted & THANK YOU!!! Second, J what a wonderful husband, father, friend, & employee you are.... When everyone was talking down you stood strong and held your ground.... WE ARE SO PROUD of you & you were right.... "YOU KNEW he could do it & that IS WAS COMING!" Thank you for never giving up & being so strong & loyal for our family. I LOVE YOU!!! Third, thank you to all of our family & friends for all of your prayers & words of encouragements. We love you!!! Forth, CONGRATS RYAN..."you did it" what an amazing time we had & we are so blessed to have been there to share it with you, Jen & Mason. WE thank you for everything, for such a wonderful experience & for all of the everlasting memories we will all continue to make. LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!

Off we go to Orlando in the morning for the Disney Tournament (which he won 4 years ago) there we will be having a celebration at the Foltz's house.... "Buying out the Hess store again as J says".... "GOTTA LOVE FLORIDA" Have a great day everyone & thank you again for all of your calls & texts.... xoxoxo

ps: will upload pics when I get them downloaded....