Farewell Texas Stadium

On December 20th we celebrated Joey's 40th birthday with a Cowboy game, the last game ever to be played in Texas Stadium. Other than the fact the Cowboy's should have just stayed in the locker room for the game, it was a wonderful time. We had venison, venison and more venison thanks to Brye's fabulous hunting skills. We tailgated for several hours prior to the game and barely escaped the worst cold front of the season so far. Our seats were as high as you could get which worked to our advantage given the weather. The mile walk back to the car was blistering cold and according to Julie the coldest she'd ever been in her entire life. The Farewell ceremony was pretty neat, kind of boring at parts, but they did actually turn the lights off with the fans still in the stadium which I thought was pretty cool. The Cowboy's lost but we had a fabulous time. Thanks Jenn for coordinating this wonderful trip, Happy birthday Joey and Farewell Texas Stadium.

It's A . . .

I am so far behind on my blogging so you're getting several posts at once!! On December 17th, Brye and I found out we will be having another boy!! Yes, I have the Carter Curse. In the past four generations of Carters, only two girls have been born. I'm very excited though. Bexley is going to be a great big brother and he is so boy, I'm not sure a girl would be able to keep up. Brye says they'll be best friends and if they turn out to be anything like my sisters and I they definately will be best friends. Our next task is the name game. I of course have picked out a name, but I'm just waiting on my other half to get used to it. We are trying to get Bexley used to the idea of having a baby brother, but he is not quite there yet. He knows theres a baby in mamma's belly, but also thinks there's one in daddy's belly and his own belly. Hopefully when mamma's belly gets bigger he'll begin to realize it.

The Word of the Week. . . . "Ration"

Our first Thanksgiving without our mother was as successful as it could be. My three sisters and I were in charge of the five day long menu and grocery list for 22 people, 5 of those being teenage boys. Needless to say there were several meals days where the word "ration" was used in conjunction with portions of food. We also used the phrase, "you snooze, you lose" at breakfast almost everyday. I think we went back to the grocery store three times for milk, ice and butter. Midnights at Allsups for "gut grenades" was the guys hotspot. The food however, was absolutely delicious; our mother was a great cook and taught us well. We have no idea how Nonnie did it. She was amazing. I have to admit we had a really good weekend. Thanksgiving dinner was great.
Friday, the kids got to play in the park, then we went to enjoy the festival of lights in City Park as well as meeting Santa. Bexley wasn't too thrilled, so no Santa pics to share yet.

Somehow we were able to get all 14 grandkids together for a group picture. It was quite an experience and not one single picture was perfect, but these were the best I could get. I guess that's the fun of it though.

Bexley's 2nd Birthday!

On Saturday, we celebrated Bexley's 2nd Birthday. I can't believe it's been two years. Bex is becoming so independent (or at least he thinks he is). He is talking so much and very well. I love him more and more every day. Anyway, we had over his very best friends; Jordan, Case, Korbin, Madelyn (or Adelyn as Bex calls her), Sophia and Grandpa and Jo Jo. We had fun with our fireman hats, but the best part was the swingset Bex got from his grandparents. Thanks Daddy for working so hard to put it together for the party. I have to say thank you to Jammi Palmer for the slide show you are able to view here. She is my photo guru and I love it. Someday I'm going to have to pay her. Thanks james, love you.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

I've been tagged

Thanks Sharon, here goes!

8 TV Shows I Love To Watch:
1. Gray's Anatomy
2. ER
3. Private Practice
4. Lipstick Jungle
5. The Backyardigans
6. Sunday Football
7. House
8. Channel 8 News

Favorite Restaurants:
1. Dos Charros
2. Boston Market
3. Baker's
4. Pei Wei
5. Chili's
6. El Fenix
7. Rockfish
8. El Sombrero in Childress

8 Things That Happened Today:
1. Made breakfast for Bexley
2. Took Bex to his 2 year well check
3. Reminisced with Sabrina Lathram-Dorris
4. Came an inch from t-boning a dodge ram who ran a red light in front of me.
5. Had lunch with my two favorite teenage girls
6. Emailed an old friend (sorry Amanda)
7. Completed four court reports for work
8. Gossiped with Angie

8 Things I am looking Forward To:
1. Bexley's 2nd birthday party
2. Baby Carter #2
3. Being with family for Thanksgiving
4. Christmas Shopping for family
5. Coffee with Poppa
6. Cowboys football game on 12/20
7. Wearing my new UGG's
8. Being pregnant with Jodi

8 Things On My Wish List:
1. To see my mom again
2. A big family of my own
3. Healthy children
4. No stress during the holidays
5. Happiness
6. A pay raise at work
7. To fit in my old clothes come June
8. My dad happy

8 People I Tag:
1. Jennifer
2. Julie
3. Jodi
4. Jammi
5. Jenny
6. Shada
7. Ashley
8. Sarah

Go Dawgs!

Better late than never. Back on November 8, my nephew Curry's football team, the Southwestern Oklahoma State University Bulldogs play the Texas A&M Commerce Lions in Commerce, TX. Commerce is only a little over an hour drive from McKinney so we all packed up along with Julie and Jodi and their families and Cousin Sarah and Olivia and headed to commerce to watch the game. The Bulldogs did end up losing, but Curry had a great game. The kids loved yelling, "Go Curry". After Curry's game we rushed back to McKinney to watch Texas Tech vs. OSU. Sarah is an OSU graduate so she was a little outnumbered here in McKinney. Brye had not joined us for Curry's game and instead went and bought a brand new flat screen TV so we could watch the game. Really? Anyway, it was a great game for Tech, sorry Sarah, and a wonderful time for family. Now, everytime we watch football, Bexley says, "Go Curry, Go Texas Tech, Go Cowboys" all in the same sentence. Poor kid is so confused.

A Special Thank You

I just want to take a few minutes to share some thank you's to some special people in my life and my family's lives. This past weekend we (my dad and sisters) were invited back to Childress to the Pregnancy Outreach Center's annual fundraiser. We were told that the fundraiser was going to "mention" my mother's contributions and work to help found and run the Center. What we were not told was the outpouring of heartfelt gratitude we all received from everyone. I know my mom was special to me and I've heard people tell me that my mom was special to them. What surprised me were some of the people I didn't realize my mom had touched and how they expressed that. At one point in the night the entire room gave my family and my mom a standing ovation. I learned after the evening ended that the person who actually led the standing was someone I didn't even know cared. There were many others there that I had never met that made sure we all knew how important my mother was. I just want to say a special thank you to Angie Husband for inviting us to this event as well as Susan Davidson, Pam Horton, Jay Parmer and all the others on the board of the Pregnancy Outreach Center who cared so much for my mom to honor her at an event like this. I do hope you were able to raise the money you were going for. It was a very nice night and we all had a really good time. Thank you so much, and God Bless.