So here are my three newest digital layouts...Printed the top two to display in my frames.
I just love Rick eating the big Cheeseburger...he finished almost all of it! What a kid!
Mar 28, 2009
Mar 26, 2009
Whaky Weather Thursday Forecast!
It's spring in Abilene: Snow possible
Three-day forecast
Today -- Windy with a high near 85, low 48Friday -- Windy with temperatures falling to about 41 by 5 p.m. Overnight low near 32.
Saturday -- Sunny with a high near 66.
Source: National Weather Service
But hail may not be the only frozen precipitation parts of the Big Country might receive -- some areas to the north of Abilene might get snow Friday night.
Of course, that's after an expected high of 85 degrees today.
Wednesday's cold front brought Abilene its biggest rainfall amount since March 13, when 0.74 inches of rain fell, according to the National Weather Service in San Angelo.
Abilene's total rainfall for the year to date is 1.88 inches, more than an inch below the average rainfall of 3.16 inches. Southern parts of Abilene received most of the rain and hail Wednesday; however, Fire Station No. 1 on Grape Street reported penny-size hail at 11:30 a.m.
"We received a lot of calls of pea-sized hail, and we got a few calls reporting anywhere from penny- to nickel-sized hail," said Hector Guerrero, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in San Angelo.
Hail measuring ¾ of an inch was recorded in Silver Valley in Coleman County, which is about 40 miles southeast of Abilene.
Most of the severe weather occurred southeast of Abilene, Guerrero said.
The weather service issued a severe weather warning for Taylor County at 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, but the thunderstorms had passed through by 1 p.m.
The National Weather Service could issue freeze advisories Friday, Guerrero said. After today, temperatures should plummet. On Friday, the National Weather Service is predicting temperatures dropping to 41 degrees by 5 p.m. It will be windy throughout the next few days.
Blizzard watches have been issued for the Amarillo area.
"It's going to be chilly, but the good thing is it's spring, so it'll warm up soon," Guerrero said.
Temperatures should climb back into the mid-60s by Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
Mar 25, 2009
Mar 23, 2009
Family Day & Graduation at BCT
We visited Jason at BCT in South Carolina and here is a sampling...it will be updated when I have time this afternoon!
Mar 21, 2009
Here are Dan and Jason arm-wrestling! (Updated)
Jason with all his 'stuff'. After graduation we went to his barracks to pick him up and found he had packed all his new bought luggage with stuff! Where did he get all that?! No wonder the PX had piles of luggage for sale!(Mama, da habt ihr einen teil davon gekauft!) They curb on the economy there very well!
Here is Echo Company all in formation...can you see Jason? Well, left back looking over all is the kid!
We got to take Jason to the airport, we also took him out to eat. So the story is this..."We had a "Garmin" to tell us how to drive. One fun part is that you can search for a Restaurant and it takes you there! So we found a Greek restaurant and drove 20 miles (or whatever it was) to find the location but not the restaurant (it will be a Mexican eatery soon!). So we found another Greek restaurant about 7-9 miles the other direction...so we let Garmin take us there...not yet open, coming soon! So we decided on going down a road that Jason had heard about which was full of eateries...well, we found the street and the place we were looking for (forgot the name of it) and it also was closed. Now we decided to drive along the road and look for anything that sounded good...stopped at Ryans all-you-can-eat and had fun there. Jason is back that is all that counts :-) Then off to the airport, drop of our luggage, and sit in rocking chairs waiting for the plane. That gets boring after a while, so lets go behind the security and look for something else to do. We had coffee and ice coffee and sat there for a while. Jason challenged Dan to armwrestle, well first it was Tiffany's turn but she said her arms were too short, so here is Dan trying hard to beat Jason, but that kid has accumulated muscles and Dan gets beat.
(Hey Dan, remember the good ol' times when you pretended Jason was stronger and he got to beat you!? Well, those days are over!)
Mar 20, 2009
Back from South Carolina!
Pictures will follow tomorrow...can't see out of my eyes for all the burning...soooo tired!
Mar 17, 2009
Mar 13, 2009
Yeah! I am 50! Can you tell?!
My friend said: "50 is the new 40", so I just re-live the 40's :-)
Breakfast was gift giving. Earings and necklace from Parents and Rick!
(after I already got my gift from Tiffany and Jason [have to take a pic of that and post it])
Our trip to San Angelo (here I thought Kristy really wanted to go to San Angelo with me just to find out that her and my parents were just trying to get me out of the house!)
When we came back....
...I was greeted with sash, glasses & 'Mardi Gras' necklace all showing off the 50!
And my husband had flown in the Executive Chef of the Ritz Carlton from Boston, just for ME! And my sister too!
They were cooking all day, just for my surprise party!
Here is the Chef with all his creations!
Kristy and Anita
Rick and Ronny (our nephews) with party hats!
Ronny and I (thanks for the book I will have to read on the plane to S.C. next week! Have to take a picture of the cover and post also!)
The party room...see the cake with the candles? Have to download Sandra's pictures, she took better ones I hope...not long distance shot :-)
Mar 10, 2009
Our Visitors!
As I wasn't at home when they all arrived, they had to make their own dinner...poor mother! Why is Ronny just watching?
Rick helps me make pancakes...good job!
Dan and Rick working on computer and Nintendo...did I take that picture...can't remember what they were doing.
Dan tried to get Jason's old car started and the dogs remembered the golden olden times and wanted a ride!
Rick plays Mario Kart on the Wii while Oma sleeps!
After Rick is in bed Ronny and I get to play Wii, oh, I think everyone was in bed when we started to play!
The family around the computer...who computes together stays together!
Hmmm, I think Rick was beating Cousin Ronny!
Dan and Ronny building airplanes for Rick, the first one Ronny shot off went right behind the Schrank! Hey, just like old times when Jason made paper airplanes. If we ever move the Schrank we will find paper airplanes!
Mario Kart against Tiffany! Yeah, this is fun and we need to do more!
Tiffany, any comments?
I think we were playing tennis this time!
The Camarro up on stilts! (1969 convertible).
Yep, Rick on the Wii and Mario Kart
Rick is the one who will be fixing Jason's Z! Yeah Rick!
Dirk and Ronny also worked hard on it, but mostly it is Dirk who works on it...looks good, Happy Birthday Jason!
For that hard work you deserve a big Cheeseburger, especially if we can buy them for half price :-)
Building a Lego Truck, you might be surprised, but this little 4 1/2 year old can build this one all by himself. He also did an airplane in the airplane. Have to take pictures of that also.
Mar 4, 2009
Yesterday was unofficial pink day at school!
It was TAKS testing all day so we didn't see our student workers, but when our last worker of the day was able to come in and work for a few minutes we just had to take a picture as Kristy (the boss), our worker (she who shall not be named in this blog), and I (Kirsten) all wore pink!
Mar 2, 2009
Last night on the Animal Channel
Watch the first elephant aunt be pushed into the lake by the bigger elephant. And later as the real Mama slowly joins her baby and then leads it to safety. On Animal Channel they showed the struggle of the baby even longer! At the end the baby got stuck in the mud coming out and the big elephants cleaned out a channel for it with their feet so it could walk out.
Now this is what I call a good Mama!
Now this is what I call a good Mama!
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