My Louisiana Complaint

Okay, so my biggest complaint about Louisiana is the insects. They are out of control. They are everywhere, and the worst thing about them is they all bite. I bet some of you northerners didn't even know that ants and flies bite people. Well they do along with the millions of mosquitoes that are here.
So, Brody had his 1st encounter with a cockroach last night. Seriously, this thing was the size of my fist. I opened the door for one second to throw out the trash and it came in. I knew it was Brody's 1st time seeing a cockroach, because he asked what it was, and if it could fly (I actually think he was mistaking it for a crow, because it was so big). We had no Raid, because I assumed we were safe living on the 2nd floor of an apartment, plus the management sprays for bugs, and we are 20 feet above ground (wait maybe the cockroach did fly up here). I got the vacuum out and told Brody if the cockroach tried to make a run for it to vacuum it up. I quickly went to the store and got Raid and we killed that sucker. I'm sure it will not be the last time this happens, but now I am prepared. Thank you Raid.

JD's Wedding

Brody's cute little brother just got married. We are so excited for JD and his new wife Michelle.

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Brody and I took a kidless trip to Idaho for the wedding. We knew we made the right decision not taking the kids when we couldn't even make it from Lake Charles to Houston without them freaking out about it being too far away. We drove and traveled alot during this trip. The times we weren't driving or flying somewhere we were at the wedding and wedding receptions, and my children are a nightmare in that type of setting.
We started the trip Thursdays. We got to the SLC airport, went to pick up our economy rental car, but they were out of cars so we got a sweet minivan. We had no kids, but somehow ended up in a shaggin wagon.

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Brody and I then went to Lone Star Steakhouse, which I renamed Love Star Steakhouse to be super cheesy, in Centerville, Ut. This is the restaurant Brody and I met at. I worked there during a summer between college semesters. The 1st shift I worked with Brody he asked me out, and we have been together ever since.

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Thursday night the brothers took JD to dinner and paint balling for his last night of freedom as a single guy.

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Friday morning we went to Rexburg, Idaho for the wedding. They also had a beautiful luncheon in Rexburg that afternoon.

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They then had a reception on Saturday in Pocatello.

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We traveled all day Sunday and picked up the kids in Houston. It was actually my birthday...I know you're jealous you didn't get to travel all day on your birthday. As much as I appreciate not having the kids on this trip I sure missed them like crazy.

My Wedge

I got tagged a while ago and in my tag I mentioned I looked like a boy most of my childhood, because I had a "wedge" haircut. A few people replied saying it couldn't have been that bad. Some wanted to see pictures. I forgot about this until recently when I was visiting my parents house in Houston. They have many pictures of me with this hideous haircut. I showed Baylor one of the pictures knowing that he would be truthful about the haircut making me look like a boy. I showed him this pictures and told him I was the little girl on the left. I told him that was me when I was a little girl, to which he replied, "That is not you, that is a boy...just like I'm a boy."



Monday, March 3, 2008
I've Been Tagged

Share 6 non-important things/ habits /quirks about yourself

#1 I sucked my thumb until I was 8. I know that's forever. I tried to convenience everyone it was okay because it taste like spaghetti. After a while I only sucked my thumb at night. After trying everything my mom made me sleep with socks on my hands. I soon discovered that nearly all my socks had holes in them, so I would just pick the ones with holes and stick my thumb through the holes and continue my horrible habit.

#2 Growing up I lived in 2 different places. The first was Midland, Texas, which is where I was born and then we moved to Houston when I was 8. While living in Midland we had a pretty small house and a not so small family. There were 13 people in a 4 bedroom house. I shared a room with 5 of my sisters. That's right 6 girls in one room. I don't know of anyone that can top that, but if so let me know.

#3 One of my frantic childhood memories is an encounter with an armadillo. It all happened one summer day while bike riding with my friend to Sonic (which Brody refers to as “Slow”nic), which is a another story, because in Texas Sonic is awesome and fast, but apparently everywhere else in the country they are slow and not so great. Back to my story...my friend and I were almost there when we came across an armadillo. I swear the armadillo looked at us with its beady little red eyes and started chasing us away. We turned and rode away as fast as we could not looking back, fearing that if we did the armadillo would claw our eyes out.

#4 Apparently in the mid-late 80's there was a new fabulous haircut called the wedge. I was about 6-7 years old when I decided with two other sisters that we had to get this haircut. My two other sisters quickly grew out their hair, but I kept this boy like hair cut for about 4 years. I looked like a little boy for most of my childhood. I have a brother-in-law that refers to me as Stan instead of Stacey when he sees pictures of me with this haircut.

#5 I have only one somewhat adventurous experience in my life that I can think of. I know it's kind of lame but here it is. While in high school some friends convinced me to climb the 2 story building that the school's swimming pool was in. When we got to the top we were to hang from an open air vent and drop into the swimming pool. I was fearless and I did it. You can all applaud me and carry me on your shoulders next time you see me.

#6 Randomly, I know the make and model of cars really well. You can point out a car in a parking lot and cover the name and make and I could tell you what it was and possibly the year it was made. I don't know how I know these things but I do. I'm really good just try to test me.

Birthday Boy

Baylor just had a birthday and is 4 years old now. We just adore Baylor. He is totally awesome. We love him so much and are so happy he is in our family.
We went to Houston for a few days last week. Brody went to Memphis for a seminar to get certified for dental sedation. So if you ever want to feel like you are in la-la land picking daisies while receiving dental treatment than Brody can do that for ya.
When Brody came back on Sunday we celebrated Baylor's birthday. Baylor had a blast playing with cousins and opening presents.
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Baylor's real birthday was yesterday, August 31st. We celebrated as a family and went to Chuck-E-Cheese and had a Word World birthday party. Baylor loves the Word World cartoons. I actually give that cartoon alot of credit for Baylor being able to read and spell. I made him a Word World cake. He got a scooter, Thomas the Train tracks, Thomas movies, and a Cars toy. Hope you had a happy birthday buddy! We love you!