The Pilgrims and the Indians

Today was the Kindergarten Thanksgiving Feast! Here is my little guy dressed as a Pilgrim (isn't he cute) The girls were Indians in his class. It was so much fun to go to his school and see him all dressed up, and to be there for his "feast."

Some of Jason's friends, Nya, Colin and Jason.

4 Little Monkeys

I just thought that these little guys were so cute, I had to take a picture. Yeah for pretzels and Sesame Street. Here are the names of the boys, Issac, Ian, Sammy and Ethan. Needless to say I keep calling them the wrong name, oh-well.

October Showers bring....

November Flowers???

Couldn't have said it better myself...

Couldn't have said it better myself... that's why I am not a world renowned author. I found this Quote by J.K. Rowling today. She was talking about Harry walking into the forest in Deathly Hallows and his fate as the "Chosen One." The Quote isn't about him though... it's about the rest of us.

"The destinies of wizards and princes might seem more certain than those carved out for the rest of us, yet we all have to choose the manner in which we meet life: whether to live up (or down) to the expectations placed upon us; whether to act selfishly, or for the common good; whether to steer the course of our lives ourselves, or to allow ourselves to be buffeted around by chance and circumstance."


Speaking of quoting people... here is a gem from Ian today. He was holding my hand in the walmart parking lot, and he kept hurrying trying to get in front of me and turning around at the same time. I asked him what he was doing and he said "Stop getting your shadow on me!" And he was right, when we walked side by side my shadow was overtaking his shadow, so he was pulling ahead and checking behind to make sure his shadow was untainted. I love how he made it sound like my shadow was a disease, what a nut!

Jason vs Crowd

Here is the video we took of Jason accepting his award. Please notice that the other children use the isles to go to the front. At least he knows the shortest distance between two points is a strait line! Way to go super citizen! My favorite part is when he looks to the left... then looks to the right... and then goes to the front. Oh, It's not on the video, but do you know how he went back to his seat? Yep, he went the way he came, through the little kids again!

Let the Countdown Begin

A couple of Jason moments...

So, since the beginning of November, my sweet little Jase has started counting down till his birthday. He actually wrote his name on the calender on his birthday, I had to laugh when I saw it. Every morning and every night he tells me how many days left, he is probably telling his teachers and friends too. Jason likes to write in his notebook and he keeps writing his his birthday with a 5 and then an arrow to the 6. I think someone is excited about his birthday this year... Guess what, only 15 days left.

Last Friday Matt and I went to Jason's school for his awards ceremony, Jason was going to receive the Citizenship award for his class. When they called his name to get his award, he decided not to use the isle to walk to the front, but he went strait through the seated crowd, probably stepping on the other kindergartners, (how's that for a good citizen!) Yep, that's my son!

Joe Satriani

Quick question, Where were you when you heard who the next president would be, and who told you? Well, I was at The Houston House of Blues and Joe Satriani told me that the President elect was Obama... I think that's something I will never forget. Oh, and there was an awesome concert too!

So, I would like to be nominated for the wife of the year award because I took my husband to see one of his favorite musicians! Alright if you know me, I was pretty excited too, maybe I don't deserve any awards.

The House of Blues was great, it was a small venue and we were so close! My eardrums may never recover (somebody answer that phone!). Okay and I am such a dork... The stage curtain was this crazy quilt (I'm probably the only person to ever notice) I was impressed.

The concert opened with Mountain (and for you 60 and under crowd they are the band that plays Mississippi Queen on Guitar Hero III) they were really good, especially since they stayed up way past their bedtime and Mattock was over hours before. The Bass player could have been one of their grandchildren, and he was really fun to watch.

Then the main event... Joe Satriani, wow, that's all I have to say... Wow! Oh, and I was so excited about Stu Hamm, who is probably one of the best Bass players ever! His solo was incredible and made me feel totally inadequate. Oh, and it's always fun to watch the crazies at the concerts. One of my favorite things was seeing people sing along.... to instrumental guitar music!

We couldn't have done it without the Rixner's, thank you for watching the boys, feeding them, putting them to bed and staying up late to wait for us!!!


Stu On the Bass!


Joe & Stu

Yeah... were were that close!!!

At the House of Blues

Um... I can totally do that!