Twilight

Well, I've seen these books in stores for quite some time, but never purchased them because I wasn't into vampire books. The movie for the Twilight book came out and I wouldn't go with Kelly and Pam to see it because I hadn't read the book yet. Well, my friend Debbie finished it and told me I had to read it...So, after MUCH procrastination I finally got to reading the book. (I still struggled at the beginning, because as I said, I'm not into vampires.) Well, the book was wonderful! I now have the Twilight bug! Debbie, Tori and I went to see the movie last night, and I must say that I was impressed. The movie did a really good job of following the book. Sure, there were so many details left out that the movie can't do justice, but there weren't made up scenes or characters like I have seen in movies in the past. Edward Cullen in the movie was very good. He wasn't what I had pictured in my head, but very good. (Except there were a few times where they made him just look googly eyed and crazy.) I didn't care so much for Bella, and Esme used to be on Grey's Anatomy. I didn't like her on Grey's, and so it was hard for me to accept her in Twilight. I purchased the 2nd book yesterday while shopping. (Remember I couldn't find it anywhere in Pitt.) I read it today and really loved it. I had heard that it wasn't all that wonderful after Twilight, but I really enjoyed it. Can't wait to be able to get my hands on the third book. (Wal-Mart had them tonight, but only the hardback. Sorry, too cheap to spend that much on a book.)

Definitely worth the read!

DONE!

My Christmas shopping is COMPLETE!

Now, could someone please come and wrap all of these presents? haha

Tori and I went to Joplin yesterday and finished the majority of our shopping. All of my packages ordered online have been delivered, and I went to Wal-Mart to buy some paper and finish up a couple of little things this evening.

Tomorrow it is time to clean the house!

We are going to spend Christmas Eve by going to Parsons to church with Grandad and then opening presents at his house. I'm sure that the kids will LOVE that! :-)

Christmas day we will open presents at home, then we are going to Vic's mom's house and his Grandma's house. So, it will be a fun and busy day!

Merry Christmas!

DONE!

I am done! My Christmas shopping is COMPLETE! :-)

Christmas Rush

Well, as my kids keep reminding me, there are only 4 days until Christmas. This shouldn't be a problem, but I still have TONS of Christmas shopping to do. I just haven't been able to find the time to do any. If it wasn't for amazon.com I would have VERY little purchased.

Friday night we went with the Thompsons to Riverton to the Southeast basketball game. The first half of the girls game was pretty much a blow out. However, the girls really pulled it out and came back at the end. We went into overtime and won! The boys also had a pretty close game, but won. As always, the Thompson/Colvin trip to Sonic was interesting! HaHa

A few weeks ago at church I signed us up to ring the Salvation Army bell at Wal-Mart for an hour. I thought that is would be fun and the kids would learn a little about giving...Well, of course everyone but Megan bailed on me. So, Megan I loaded up and headed out. When we left the house it was sunny and semi-warm. I was excited thinking it would be a great day for bell ringing. I was extra excited because I haven't purchased a new "coat" since I was pregnant with Tori. (Yes, she will be 14 in January.) So, all that I had was a hooded jacket. Well, of course as we started the wind picked up and the sun disappeared. It was sooooo cold. Megan would put her bell down every now and then to run in and warm up. We were doing a countdown the entire hour. Well, of course our relief didn't show up. Finally I called our relief and they had forgotten. They got there about 35 minutes late. So, we rang the bell in the FREEZING cold for an hour and 35 minutes. But, it felt good to do something for others!

Saturday afternoon we went to another SE basketball game. We played at home this time against St. Paul. The girls lost, but the boys won, leaving them still undefeated. (They won three games to start off the season in the Baxter Route 66 Tournament.) It is extra fun to watch the boys play because Jake plays. He is only a sophomore, but plays quite a bit of varsity. He does a wonderful job and has had a few exciting three point shots. Our high school boys are just a great group, but then I think that I am a bit partial because most of them play baseball for Vic and so they are extra dear to my heart.

Today I went to Wal-Mart and tried to stock up on groceries. Couldn't do any Christmas shopping because I had Megan and Aubrey with me. (Blabber Mouth 1 and Blabber Mouth 2) We also went to Walgreens to stock up on some cold medicine. I woke up yesterday not feeling to well, then I don't think that my cold hour and 35 minute bell ringing episode helped. So, I pretty much just watched TV the rest of the day, which is terrible when I have so much to do.

While we were in Pittsburg we searched the entire town for the book New Moon to no avail. I finished the movie Twilight this week. I thought that it was really good. Debbie and I are planning on going to see the movie tomorrow at 4. (Hopefully I can get some shopping done before then, and find the second book!)

More Thanksgiving Pictures

Check this picture out! There used to be a huge street sign all of the way up the back of the picture between Tori and Brett. Thank you Picassa!





Pam also shared these pictures...




Vic is wanting to learn to play the guitar. Well, Grandma Walls knows how to play, so she sat down and she showed him a couple of things. It has always been a standing joke that Vic's dad, Jim, says he can play the guitar. (Well he really can't!) He sat down then after Grandma. All of the kids were on the floor in front of him and all of a sudden he just started strumming away randomly and singing made up songs. The horrified/shocked looks on all of their faces was priceless!

Nolan's Graduation

Pam just e-mailed me some pictures from Nolan's graduation last May. It was quite a day. We started out at the football stadium for a bright sunny day. Well, as soon as the ceremony started a small thunder cloud moved right over us. So, we all sat in the rain for awhile until they called for a delay so people could get out of the rain. Well, the cloud seemed to sit on us, and so they moved the ceremony (after it was about 1/2 way through) to the high school gym. This was the last class to graduate from the old Chanute High School. They built a new high school right next to the football field that they started using this year. Thought that I would share the picts! Enjoy! :-)

Black Friday Shopping

WHAT A DAY!

I had one of the BEST days I have had in a long time!!!!!

I picked up my friend, Debbie Thompson, at about 4:15 this morning. We headed to Wal-Mart in Pittsburg. It was funny, because there wasn't anything I couldn't live without if I didn't get it, but I still love the excitement of going so I drug myself out of bed. Of course Wal-Mart was the usual push shove atmosphere, but it was more fun this year, because I could step back and laugh at people who were running around with their "mean on." LOL I even got myself some new towels! (With a family of 6, towels are important!)

We then hit a few other places in Pittsburg and decided it was time to head to Joplin. We headed straight to Wal-Mart there and found some more stuff and different sizes of things that Pittsburg Wal-Mart had run out of. We went to several different places, and while the parking lots were full everywhere in Joplin I never felt as though there were many people and there was plenty of room to shop. (I hate it when things are so congested and crowded when you are trying to look at things. It takes the fun out of shopping.)

We ate at one of my favorites, Chic-Fil-A!!!!! I love that place.

I could not have asked for a better shopping partner than Debbie! She shops like do! Go through, find what you want, and go. We both have four children, so most of the places we went appealed to the masses! :-) Not once did I have someone pulling on me when I stopped to look at something that I wanted to look at and whining they wanted to go somewhere else, I didn't have to break up any fights, I didn't listen to any tattling, and there was no one sitting in the van because they refused to go into "that" store. I called Vic on my way home and told him it was such a wonderful day! I can honestly say that I have not had that much fun shopping since mom died, and for those of you that remember how much fun Mom and I had shopping, you know that is something quite special!

THANK YOU DEBBIE FOR A WONDERFUL DAY! (Oh, and I love your new purse!) :-)

Thanksgiving 2008

What a wonderful day! So many things to be thankful for!

We started off the day with a visit to see my dad and his entertaining Beagle, Buck. Buck sang for us today to Home on The Range. As I have said before I don't know what I would ever do without my dad! He surprised me by fixing brownies and deviled eggs for me to take with me to Thanksgiving dinner. THANK YOU DAD! :-)

Then, we went to Vic's grandma's house to see all of his dad's family. We were so pleasantly surprised to find Aunt Char and Uncle Gary there! We don't get to see them that often due to them living in Texas. Grandma looked wonderful and was the wonderful hostess as always, even though we know that she couldn't do it without her trusty sidekick Lou! It is always fun to get to spend time with Vic's dad's side of the family.

Finally, we went to Vic's mom's house and celebrated with her. She feeds us until we can barely stand it! Aren't moms wonderful about that! It's fun to get to be with just his two sisters and brother and their families and do some catching up. I know that Carol loves the house full too! (HaHa)

Finally, it was back off to see my dad again and bring him a plate full of Thanksgiving food!

(Then of course the girls and I looked from Parsons to Pittsburg (and I mean all over Pittsburg) looking for a Joplin paper with the Black Friday ads in it. Can I just say that we couldn't find one ANYWHERE! Oh well, my friend Debbie Thompson and I will be off at 4 in the a.m. anyway. (I've seen the ads, just wanted the Target ad to get some things comped at Wal-Mart.)

Southeast Jr. High Football

Tori cheered this year for the Southeast Jr. High football team. (Southeast consists of Cherokee, Weir, and McCune combined.) Our team was AWESOME! They went undefeated! This is a picture that they had taken when the season was over to remember forever! :-) I must say that the cheerleaders were especially awesome this year too! (You can click on the picture to blow it up and see it closer, as you should be able to on all of my pictures.)

Pitt State Homecoming Parade

 

Tori and Aubrey danced in the Pittsburg State Homecoming Parade with the Jody Phillips Dance Group. The parade theme this year was "Superheros." The float played "I Need A Hero" (don't know for sure if that is the right name, but I'm sure you already can hear the song in your head). The little girls road on the float and the big girls danced in front of the float. It was really cute!

Megan's Frowny Face

I miss Megan's frowny faces! HaHa I was going through pictures and it seems she has outgrown this stage...She was smiling in all of her recent pictures!

Fun With Technology

Tori's Basketball.

The Morning Sun
Posted Nov 12, 2008 @ 12:38 AM

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GIRARD — The Girard Middle School girl’s basketball team went 3-1 against Southeast on Tuesday night in middle school basketball action.
The Trojans picked up a 33-12 win in the 8A game as Jenna Schroeder, Hayden Herlocker and Hayden Bauer collected eight points apiece.
For the Lancers, Tessa Robin and Tori Colvin each added three points.

My Mother-In-Law, Carol

This is Carol, one of the kindest hearted people there is on this planet. She always takes care of others and will do anything that she can to help others! I can honestly say that she is one of a kind. We all love her!

(No Carol, these are ALL good pictures and I'm not taking them off!)

My Dad

These are a few fun pictures of my dad. He is such an intersting individual with so many different interstests and talents. Without him, I would not be able to make it in life. He helps me in more ways than he will ever know! He went from being voted most popular in college to being voted best dad and granddad by the kids and me!

Oldies But Goodies

 

 

Dance

Tori and Aubrey are both on dance competition teams for the Jody Phillips Dance Company. This is Tori's third year and Aubrey's second. They both LOVE it! The following are pictures of their groups. Aubrey is in DCI and Tori is in DCII.








I know that my opinion isn't the best one to take, but I think they are both amazing dancers, and each with their own different flare!

I thought that Aubrey received a huge compliment a few weeks ago when Jody pulled her out into the hall and told her that she had had a phone call about Aubrey. A mother wanted her daughter to be in Aubrey's dance class because Aubrey was such a good dancer and fun to watch! WOW to that one! :-) This mother couldn't have been prouder!

Tori also continues to shine and stand out. She was telling me yesterday that she is front center almost all of the time in the new dances they are learning. I am very proud of her also!

We're going to see the Nutcracker ballet with our friends the Horgans at the end of November. I am sure that the girls will love to see the professionals! (On a side note, Tori was in the professional version of the Nutcracker a few years back when it came to Parsons. That was a fun experience and she was WONDERFUL!)

You know you're a Lancer when...

In relation to Jeff Foxworthy's you know you are a redneck when...

You know you're a Southeast Lancer when you can do an entire load of laundry consisting of nothing but Lancer Blue! (light blue)

Oh, and have I mentioned that I am SICK AND TIRED OF DOING LAUNDRY?

Pittsburg State Football Game 11/1/08

Notice the Pitt State banana earrings? They are my favorite!



What a fun day!

I had never been to a Pitt State football game before, but believe me I will definitely go again! It was a girls day out! Tori, Aubrey, Megan, our wonderful friend Anna Thompson, and myself loaded up and went together to a ball game. (Brady was supposed to go with us, but stood us up at the last minute to go hunting with his father.)

While we weren't so much into the game aspect (not that it was even a good game...), we really enjoyed the social aspect of the game. Pittsburg State, for those of you that don't get the chance to frequent Pittsburg, put in a huge new jumbotron that they have dubbed the "Jungletron." They have a guy walking around with a tv camera and they often put fans cheering or what have you on the screen. (Have I mentioned that it is huge?) Well, Megan, Aubrey, and Anna would head down by the wall everytime they saw him coming in hopes of getting on the Jungletron. Everytime I saw the camera man heading their way I would get my camera out in hopes of getting a shot of the girls on screen. Well, Miss Megan finally made it on, and I got my shot! Too bad I don't have an awesome zoom camera...But, oh well, I think this one is pretty amazing. He was really close up on her face!

Not only did Megan wind up on the Jungletron, but later in the game Gus was throwing a football into the crowd playing catch with the fans and she happened to catch one of his passes. Too bad when she threw it back she beamed the lady in the front row in the shoulder! LOL It was funny! Gus ducked down and hid behind the wall and came up slowly like he was so guilty. It was a hoot!

Between all of the Megan fun, me screaming "loudly" when they set off the cannon after the National Anthem, and the joy of having fun Miss Anna with us, it was definitely a time of memories for all!

Halloween

WOW! Today was so much different for me. First of all, Cherokee schools do their Halloween celebrations totally different than I am used to! They have their Halloween parade first thing in the morning, followed by the parties. (I'm used to having them last thing in the afternoon.)

Secondly, my kids are getting so big that all but Megan ditched me tonight. Tori, Aubrey, and Brady all went with friends. So, Megan and I went together by ourselves. (Not that she was happy about that!)

I LOVE trick or treating in Cherokee! We only went down two streets and Megan had completely filled her pail. People here are so generous! :-)

When she had enough trick our treating we went to the Baptist Church in town for their Fall Harvest celebration. They had games for the kids. They even had an awesome hay maze in the street out front. Both girls wound up meeting up with us there.

After-a-while we got hungry and headed down to the local bar and grill to eat. It happened to be karaoke night. I was amazed by Miss Megan! She jumped right up there and sang a solo! Then, Tori and her friend were barely singing, so she jumped back up and took over their mike. Aubrey and her friend sang also and did a wonderful job. It was a great time had by ALL!

Tori dressed up as a boy...Aubrey dressed up as Kellie Pickler....Brady was Angus Young, guitarist for ACDC...and Megan was a black cat

Megan Cheers

Vic's Old Man Baseball Team

Vic started up an "old man baseball team" over here in Cherokee. A couple of weeks ago they played a triangle with Pittsburg & Parsons. He seemed to really have a good time. He was a bit sore aftwerwards, but will always enjoy the memories. He caught as usual, and Brady played the music.