Thursday, December 5, 2013

Pretty...Happy...Funny...Real

It's that time again!!


PRETTY:
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My Grandmother is possibly one of the 'prettiest' pretties I could possibly share with you! I am so blessed to have memories of her being at many of my 'firsts' throughout life. We were thankful she was able to come spend Thanksgiving with us...and she was thankful to see her sweet dog Molly. Since her stroke and broken hip she can no longer have Molly live with her. Amy's mother-in-law, GranJan, has been taking care of Molly. GranJan is so sweet...she brings Molly to visit as often as possible.


Happy:



Last Saturday we (Philip, Allison, and myself) hosted the 5th annual Indian Thanksgiving. Now, as you can see by the picure, we do not mean Indian as in Native American's. We mean Indian as in India.

It all started about 7 year ago when Philip and I had met and friended several guys (and a few girls) from India. Neither of our immediate family's were celebrating Thanksgiving on the actual day, so we decided to make dinner for our Indian friends. It was a huge hit, but alot of work, so we decided to do it every other year. 2 years later we did it again...with much success. We still decided we'd keep it at every other year, meaning 2011 was the next one. That year we couldn't find a day to meet up prior to Thanksgiving so we did Christmas and we got to tell the Christmas story. (This was probably my FAVORITE year.) 2011 was such a hit we decided to go Annual. Last year I wasn't able to attend, so my sister stepped in to help. This year - we made it a joint effort...and as you can see it was wonderful. It was the biggest crowd to date, with the most food...and the most leftovers! I look forward to next year!

Funny:

Our sweet Lily dog has been so good lately. Her barking is down to a minimum, her destroying things is down, and her eating things she shouldn't hasn't been a problem. ...until last week. One day last week I found her on our bed chewing on something. You always knows she knows better when you walk in and she runs. She ran. I finally cornered her and got her to 'drop it'. That when I found a silver lid. After a few minutes of searching and trying to figure it out, we decided it was a tube of lip gloss she'd found in the bathroom. Ah Lily - you are the best at picking random things to eat. Once I cleaned up the mess on the bed and threw away what was left, and confined Lily to the living room, we all settled in again. Lily jumped up in my lap and layed down. That's when I noticed she was all glittery from her lip gloss eating. It appears she just wanted to be pretty like Mommy. She her sparkly beard?!




Real:

We had these new cars for almost a week. We LOVE them and the room they give us! :)

His:


Hers:



(ask me how I feel about it in a month when I pay my first car payment in a year...)

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Crash...Bang...New!

A few weeks ago I picked up the girls at daycare and headed to one of our favorite restaurants, El Pueblo. We were meeting our friends for some yummy dinner before church.

To get from the girls daycare to El Pueblo is a straight shot down one not-to-busy road. So off we went and we were trucking along as normal, until we got almost to the restaurant. We were happily driving along and then there was a blue truck in the middle the road and CRASH...BANG...we hit him.

I want you to know I've had wrecks before. My parents tend to think I have a bullseye painted somewhere on me or my car to bring them on. This one was by far the most nerve wracking for me. Why? Because I had two sweeties in my backseat. My first thought was "OH MY GOSH I just had a wreck and the girls are in the car! OH MY GOSH are they ok?!" So I checked on them. Ally was in her seat laughing...yes...laughing. I guess a little bump is funny. Rissa wasn't too sure what to think and as long as she could see me she was fine. My poor car....well...see for yourself.



So here's the 'juicy' part. The wreck happened in front of an establishment called The Towne Pub. Only I would have a wreck in front of a bar with an European name...in Denison, Tx (the last city before Oklahoma). Anyway, the guy turned left across 2 lanes of traffic in front of a bar. The impact broke the drive shaft of his (REALLY OLD) truck. Once he and his friend/passenger/the other guy got the truck to stop rolling, the driver walked away. Yes, you read that right...He WALKED away. Pulled up his hood on his jacket and left. In broad daylight. Well...in the fading daylight...but you get the idea. He had insurance and a valid license so everyones guess? Drunk.

He then hid from the cops for 2 days to 'sober up' so he couldn't get arrested for being drunk. Instead he got ticketed for leaving, and for something else, and they won't tell him where his car is. Works for me.

After many annoyances with his insurance, it was FINALLY decided that he was at fault. (you think?!) And then they totaled the Fusion. Sad day.

However, we had already decided to get a used SUV for me. With the payout though, we were able to get Alan a used SUV too!

Introducing:
Leanne's 2011 Ford Escape.


and Alan's 2003 Ford Explorer


We are seriously giddy with our new cars. Ok, maybe I'm giddy and Alan's pleased. But we love them!

(There Dad -- I blogged about the wreck! :))