2009-10 School Pictures

We got the girls' school pictures back today. Darby doesn't like hers and wants re-takes. Thoughts?


More pictures of Darby are in the album.

Oh, by the way, that's not Shelby's real hair in the back. She's wearing a clip-on hair extension thing she got for her birthday.


More pictures of Shelby are in the album.

Festa, Tacos, and Cuppies

I was pleased that the girls and I were able to attend the annual Mesta Festa, as the last couple years we've missed it. It was also cool to have been able to sample some Big Truck Tacos food that I'd recently read about. I must say that I was not disappointed.



The burritos were quite huge. My thumb is left in the picture for scale. While I initially thought $6.50 for the burrito was steep, I'll now acknowledge that I've paid more for lesser burritos, but never less for better.



Since we had sampled one somewhat recently opened neighborhood eatery, I figured, why not another. Every day we drive by Cuppies and Joe, but we never seem to have the time to stop. No hurries today, so upon the conclusion of Mesta Festa, we trekked on over. I have to say I LOVED the atmosphere, as did the girls.



While I'm not a coffee drinker, and not necessarily a cupcake connoisseur, I am a fan of ANYthing peanut butter, and here I had found great satisfaction. Called "Neverland", I definitely give my cupcake selection at least four out of five "Noms" (someday, this will make more sense).



Shelby and her insatiable appetite for chocolate danced in the "Chocolate Rain", while Darby had the seasonal "Bibbity Bobbity Boo", a pumpkin-flavored variety. Even though I don't drink coffee, and there's only so much cuppie I can take, I could spend a lot of time in this place. Very cozy. Free Wi-Fi. Apparently live music sometimes. Yummy all around.

Flu ridden week

We've spent the entire week, thus far, inside, with the exception of a visit to the doctor's office, as both girls have the flu (fortunately NOT H1N1). Though I've been careful, I am sure to follow, but so far I feel okay.




Funny part of the story is when Shelby was getting her nostrils swabbed for the flu test, she started sneezing a bunch and said to the doctor, "you touched my sneeze gland". Cute, huh?

Free Tweeckets!

I attended an OKC TweetUp tonight on a whim. Knew about it. Didn't really feel like going. But on the way home figured what the heck. Well, it paid off to be spontaneous for once. Not only did I meet some nice people, but I won a door prize. Free tickets to a pre-season Oklahoma City Thunder game!


Here's a pic of Thunder mascot Rumble the Bison and I...

Laborous Weekend

The girls and I had a packed Labor Day weekend, beginning Friday with a trip to the drive-in theater to see G-Force, followed Saturday by a day trip to the Wichita Mountains for a little rock climbing and hiking. The family album has been updated with a few additional pictures from the day trip, but this one is my favorite. The girls looking out over the valley, in quite reflection and relief that they had finally made it to the top (it was a much tougher hike than they expected).



Sunday and Monday we helped good friends move, which doesn't sound like much fun, but we had a pretty good time.