Update on us......

I know it has been a long time since I have posted anything. Sorry about that. No excuses, other than being busy with work and home. Oh well!! So here is what is going on....

Winter is getting more independent and sassy every day!! Today, she didn't want William to turn off her movie so we could eat supper. She hit at him. Man did that make him mad! She doesn't do that type of stuff all the time, but when she did, man, things can get bad quick!! Let's just say that she doesn't have any stuffed animals in bed with her tonight because she is trying to earn them back! (pray for us!!!)

It seems that when she has her bad days that she will be sweeter sometimes too. We were coming home from church last night and she was singing Blue Skies and Rainbows all by herself. She had to call Grammy and sing it to her because she was the one to teach it to Winter. Mom was proud.

One day, when Win was having a bad day, she was talking to William on the phone. (Shiann and I witnessed this or I would not believe it either!!) Anyway, she knew that William would know that she had been sassy and had a fit to watch a movie. He was asking her how her day was and SHE WAS TRYING TO HANG THE PHONE UP ON HIM!!!!! Have you ever had a moment when you had to walk away to laugh or you would cry?? That was it! It was funny, but of course I didn't let her see that I thought it was funny!!! Where does she get this stuff?????

William stayed home from work sick one day recently and Winter stayed to help him feel better. Wouldn't this make you feel better too????



The Brown came over a while back for our monthly 42 party. Winter tried to get Dane to watch a movie, but he wasn't into Shrek like she is. I know it is a little blurry, but aren't they cute??


A ride with Pop and Skye on the 4-wheeler...what more could a girl want???


"Nap time" with daddy!!!




Winter likes to be a ham for the camera and she's growing like a little weed!!




Reading a book with daddy.




William is doing well and so am I. Hopefully I will be able to move into my new classroom soon at work. I have never had a new lab before so I'm so excited!!!



Oh...one more thing....









I'M PREGNANT!!!!!!! :) Due June 24th so I'm only about 5 weeks along now. :) We are so very excited! I told Winter not to belly poke anymore because there was a baby in mommies tummy. She looked at me funny and laughed. I told her to talk to the baby and she said "Hallo baby!!". It was cute. See, she does have her redeeming moments!!

A "big girl bed", playing dress up, and watching high school football

Some interesting things have gone on this week that I just had to share!! Winter now has a big girl bed.


We gave her the queen sized cedar bed that we have had since we got married. Anyone who has seen our house in the past knows what bed I'm talking about! We only had one fight and one hole in the wall where the bed fell trying to get it set up in Winter's new room. (Luckily William's foot was a few inches away. He would have had a big time broken foot, maybe feet, if not.) Winter seems to like her new bed and room. It seems like she has slept better since moving into the big bed. She even got new sheets, pillows, and a ceiling fan. :) How fun!

While cleaning out the "changing room" (her former room)Winter found her dress up clothes from Auntie. She insisted that I put the puppy and lion on her. It was funny. I asked her what a lion said and she went "ROOAAARRR"!







I had to laugh. She has become quite a ham about things. On that note...One day, she kept saying "Tio is at school" over and over. (Tio is one of mom and dad's horses who is in training, thus school.) William asked her, being sarcastic, "Winter, where is Tio?" She quickly replied "Daddy, I told you, Tio at school!". Well, I guess that comes from me saying to her, you just said that to me, when she's telling me something over and over!!

And finally...Winter went to her first football game in Overton this Friday night. We ended up sitting with some people from church, one of which is the counselor, Terry Stretcher. She had a great time with Terry!!! It was so cute! She would jump on her lap and scream "Go Green!!". It was quite hot, so she had some water. I think more of the water ended up on her shirt. One time she said "I cool mommy!!" Well I guess she was because her shirt was covered with water. She watched the game and cheered for the horse to come back and generally had a great time. At one point she said "They hit the green boy, that was a bad choice. No no!!" As we left the game, she said that again and told those other boys that they were not making good choices. :) I don't guess she gets the full concept of football, but it was fun to watch her having a good time with others.

Summer is over...back to school

Winter and I have finally gone back to work and school this week. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Winter went and didn't cry much. I took her on her first day so I think that helped. Then on Tuesday, she got sick and William stayed home with her. Anyway, we have all been sick this week so it has been a little more difficult than I had hoped, physically anyway.
I also found out that I'm teaching three subjects this year. It is going to be a challenge.
Anyway, that is about all that is going on with us right now. I will report back as school gets going!

Does amount of dirt equal amount of fun?

I just had to share this picture. On Monday's we have a play date at the church. The kids, there are three the same age and several older ones, play and play until they can't move anymore. It makes it really nice because they nap well afterword. Anyway, I took this picture of Winter today after we played. I know it isn't that clear, but yes, that is dirt on her face!! Enjoy!

A trip to Colorado

This week we took a trip to visit family in Colorado Springs, CO. Winter did good most of the time in the car. As long as she was able to watch a DVD she was happy. The first top was at Shiann's house. We spent Thursday there with them and went to the river again. Winter had a good time playing with Auntie until she didn't mind and got a spanking from Shiann. Friday morning we left for Amarillo to pick up our cousin Pat. Winter had a great time talking to her and feeding the chickens with Don. That is all we heard about all the way to Colorado, while we were there, and back home. (Mom has the pictures of Winter and the chickens, I will get them on here later.)
Saturday morning, after I got my Harry Potter book, we left for Colorado Springs.



On the way there, we stopped to have lunch and Winter had Cheetos. Can't you tell? It looks like she's raising her hands to pray. It was cute.



While there having lunch, we ran into some people from Clifton, TX who had been to Trek somewhere in Colorado. I thought it was interesting that were that far from home and met people from a place I knew!


We went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo on Monday and let me tell you, it is on the side of a mountain!! Winter had a great time and when we ask her about the zoo, all she can say is that she fed crackers to the Zebra. But, she is getting it mixed up. You can see he here feeding crackers to the Giraffe.

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I will tell you, if you ever go to that zoo, go at a time when the tram is running and you can take it to the top and walk back down. It is up hill all the way. A beautiful zoo, but a lot of up hill walking. This chipmunk, at least that is what I think it is, was taking popcorn from people around.



Winter riding the zebra.




And a pony (Mom said she was talking to the girl the whole time. The poor girl didn't know what to think!!)



We got to spend some time with family we don't get to see very often. Here are several cousins that we had dinner with on Tuesday.





Winter and Aunt Leota (Or Auntie Ota and Winter said).




A BEAUTIFUL picture of Pike's Peak taken by Pat from Aunt Leota's yard.




Shiann, Troy, and Jessie met us in Amarillo for supper on Wednesday night.





And finally....
I will leave you with this final thought and image. A french fry burrito...with "kepup" made exclusively by and for Winter Elizabeth Curry.

Just a quick funny

Yesterday William, Winter, and I were leaving Taco Bueno (which she calls Taco Beeno) and were trying to get Winter to hold our hand as we crossed the parking lot. She had a fit and said "I'm holding my hand!!" and insisted that she didn't need to hold my hand. I looked down and she was holding her hands in front of her! Anyway, it was funny so I thought I would share!!

Being Tagged

Kara tagged me, so here is what I have to say! :)

First memory: The earliest I can think of is my 3rd birthday party. Mom made me a Barbie Cake, with the doll in the middle, and I had lots of people there from church.

First real kiss: Does 3rd grade behind the bushes on the playground with David Smith count? That is the first one I can remember. Unless you count 6th grade when David and I (still "dating" at this point) tried to "french kiss" and both jumped back and said "Gross!".

First love: I guess it would be David Smith (who, from what I hear now, doesn't like girls anymore!!) but I'm not really sure. After 7th grade I never really dated anyone until I met William. So I guess it would actually be William, my husband.

First thing I think in the morning: In the summer...Do I REALLY have to get up? Is Winter up yet? During school...Okay, what are we doing in class today?

First pet: Missy the dog and Wilma the cat. Missy was a lab that we had forever and Wilma was a tabby cat that got bailed in the hay!

First question you'll ask when you get to heaven: What is it like to be able to know what will happen before it does?

First thing you think of when you hear the word vacation: Driving somewhere and getting to relax when I get there!

First best friend: Rebecca Miller. We went to school together from 1st to 7th grade, were in 4H together and both loved to ride horses. I think she's working as a park ranger somewhere in the panhandle now.

Last time I dressed up: Oh my, I can't even think about this one. I guess it was when I went to NASA and we had a formal type dinner there. That was at least three years ago.

Last thing I ate: Some sugar-free peach cobbler and a piece of chocolate cream pie. We had small groups tonight so there are always good things to eat there!

Last CD I bought: I honestly don't know!! I don't think I have bought one in a while!!!

Last time I cried: Tonight when asking for prayers in raising Winter. (She's getting really sassy and saying NO! to everything and everyone.)

Last good book you read: Karen Kingsbury's new series after the Firstborn books called Sunrise. That is the name of the first book too. It is GOOD!!!

Last time you told someone you loved them: Just now when I put Winter to bed.

Last really funny thing you did: I guess Winter thinks that everything is funny. I can't think of anything off the top of my head.

Last thing I watched on TV: The Last Food Network Star It is a good show!!


Okay, here are my answers. I guess I will tag Mary and Shiann! I'm looking forward to seeing what you have to say!