Reese

Monday, April 13, 2009
Have you ever been so tired that you just couldn't even walk? Have you ever felt like it took too much energy to even get into bed? After a particularly busy week, I got this picture of Reese. She actually obeyed without a fuss when I told her to go to bed, and this is what I saw when I went in to tuck her in...



Reese is so much like her mama in so many ways. She asks for a book to take to bed every night and at every nap time. I have been a reader for as long as I can remember, and I can probably count on one hand the number of times I've crawled into bed without a book. I love to read!

As a child I would sit at the table and read the back of the cereal box.

As a teenager, I think I was the only one of my friends who was into Dean Koontz and V.C. Andrews. I loved them!

My first year of college I read every book ever written by Stephen King, even Danse Macabre. (Maybe that was why my GPA wasn't too great that first year...)

As an adult, I'll read almost anything, and I hope that's rubbing off on Reese. I've also been known to fall asleep in the middle of my book. Think that might be something she's picked up, too. Check out these pictures of her:




Places I've Been

Sunday, February 22, 2009
David and I have been talking about taking a long vacation this summer. We started talking, and decided to make a list of the places we've visited in the past, and try to go somewhere different. Our maps are below...

Shannon:

visited 26 states (52%)
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David:

visited 36 states (72%)
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Katie:

visited 17 states (34%)
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Reese:

visited 14 states (28%)
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It looks like we've all been pretty well traveled in the Southern and South Eastern part of the United States. Maybe it's time for us to visit some of the mountains out West or the New England area. Who knows!?!?!
Saturday, January 17, 2009
My baby sister, Alyssa, is engaged to Chris Pack. About a week ago, Chris' dad, Eric, called me and we set up a surprise visit from Chris. He left Camp Lejeune at 7:50pm EST and arrived here at 11:35pm CST. Mom, Allison, Anna and I planned a big "girl's night" to get Alyssa to Little Rock so that we could pick Chris up at the airport. We went to dinner and rode all over Little Rock to burn time until his plane arrived. About 11:30pm I got the call that he was on the ground. (Alyssa thought David was calling me to tell me his truck wouldn't start.) We went to the airport and managed to get Alyssa in by complaining about being old and having to pee all the time. Ha! She made fun of us, but in the end, the joke, and the surprise, was on her!