Party Animals

Ethan had his first official "friend" sleepover.  Cannon and Coale came home from school with Ethan Friday after school.  They played video games and went swimming (Brrrrr!)  Ava was right in the middle of the boys all night long.  I kept waking up throughout the night hearing the boys upstairs.  Each time I would think to myself surely they will go to sleep soon. Boy was I wrong!  When I finally got out of bed at around 7:00 they were still going strong.  Coale confessed to taking a nap sometime in the early morning, but Cannon and Ethan declared themselves party animals!  They did polish off a 12 pack of cherry Dr. Pepper sometime during the night.  I'm not sure if that contributed to the "party" but I'm sure it didn't hurt. We also had a little excitement at about 7:00 in the morning.  We felt an earthquake! It was a 5.6 centered in northern Oklahoma.  Poppy didn't realize what hit us!

After the kiddos left, all of the partying caught up with Ethan.  He is currently sacked out with puppy.  He may be growing up but he still is my sweet baby.

Whitson-Morgan Stadium

Tonight we watched the Clarksville Panthers take on the Lamar Warriors.  The past few years Lamar has dominated Clarksville.  This year, with our new coach, Clarksville took back the Battle of 64 trophy! We were also honored to take part in unveiling the new turf on the football field.  The school was able to raise enough money through private donations to purchase the new turf and looked great! The stadium was renamed to Whitson-Morgan Stadium in honor of our donation! Go Panthers!

Daddy, it looks...

For the last several weeks we have been working diligently on the new Chicken McMansion for our newest pets. We are so close to finishing it! Ava walked in the shop today and proclaimed, "Daddy, it looks like an a-fessional!". I think she means it looks professional. Love that little pink-eyed stinker. Lol!

New Year's Restitution

As Chris slept soundly and snoring, my 2 angels and I waited for the ball to drop and ring in the new year, in New York of course. There's no way I would make it to the real midnight in our time zone! As we sat together talking about what a new year might bring, Ethan asked me what my New Year's resolution would be. Ava looked at us puzzled and said,"What's a New Year's restitution?".  I said it is something that you are going to try to do better this year than last year. She stops and thinks for a minute and then decrees, "My New Year's restitution is to sing and dance. Because that's what my talent is!". I love that little stinker!

A little midnight (or 11:00) selfie