Way to go Mavs!!!

Yea...the Dallas Mavs won the 2010 NBA Finals tonight --- 105 to 95 against the Miami Heat!!!! What a great Series!!!!

Birthday, Birthday, Birthday!

Early June is full of birthdays; June 2nd - Lisa turns 47 and Jake 'the cat' turns 5; June 7th - Dad turns 68; and June 10th - LeNay turns 45. Next up -- Hannah, June 25th - she'll turn 14. After this, we take a birthday break unit October: Ken & Laura.

'Baby Jake'
5 years old

Lisa @ 47

Dad @ 68

LeNay @ 45

Mom got us such pretty cakes this year!

Of course, I should also mention the rest of the family who have already celebrated their birthdays this year: Mitch turned 48 on May 20th, Sarah turned 21 on May 7th, Mike turned 55 on May 4th, Ed turned 56 on April 25th, Cassi turned 25 on March 26th, Kristin turned 23 on February 21st, Mom turned 69 on January 19th, and the Twins - Tyler & Mandi, turned 24 on January 14th. Everyone is growing up and growing older!

Sarah @ 21

Mitch @ 48

Ed @ 56
Notice the Dallas Mavs colors
Maybe that's why they are 1 game away from winning the Series!!! ;)
We'll definitely do this again next year!!!

Cassi @ 25

Tyler & Mandi @ 24



Wow...another busy year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I had a visitor!!!!

To my blog visitor -- it was very nice meeting you and spending time getting to know you. I look forward to our next visit!!!

#2 :)

Favorite Pic!

Ok, so mom and I don't have many good pictures together - that's something I've noticed and have started working on, however we took this picture at Mitch's birthday party that I really like! Love the big smiles!!!

ps..mom doesn't like it much -- but I do and it's my blog so I can post if I want!!!!!!!! :) Sorry Mom ;)

LOVE IT!

'2010' A Year In Review

Ed and I traveled to Paris to celebrate our 1st anniversary on July 3rd. We had a wonderful time but I was almost glad to be home as we certainly didn't gain any weight on that trip. I don't think I've ever walked so much in my life.

One day in late July we were driving around North Richland Hills and found our dream house -- well, it had all the potential to become the 'dream house'. It was a foreclosure that needed quit a bit of work but we decided we were up to the task. We started the negotiation process in late July and finally signed on the dotted line on October 18th. We've had a General Contractor in there working on it since that very day and it will finally be complete on January 18th per the Fannie Mae agreement -- we knew our contractor would be good..just didn't realize how slow he was! Nonetheless, his work is superb so we opted for good and slow vs. sloppy and fast. It will be beautiful when finished!!!

Oh yes, God provided incredible renters for the Carrollton house too. We put a 'For Rent' sign in the yard on Sept. 6th and by Sept. 24th our renters were moving in.

Ed has had a great first year at IBM, in fact, he helped bring in a big deal in June that made him #3 in the country and #1 in the West. Of course, I was very proud of him (and great timing with this house we just bought)!!! He's been on the road a lot though, 29k miles in November alone --- the only bonus I seen in this is that it helped him qualify for Executive Platinum on AA for yet another year.

Me...same thing, not much change. I'm ready to get this house thing done and all moved in, after that I think I'm going see what else is out there. Oh yea, Newsflash, Chip Coyle, VP of Field Marketing resigned last week to take a job as CMO with Charles Phillips. We'll see how that changes things in Field Marketing, especially with Mark Hurd at the helm.

In summary....very very good year. Ed and I are very blessed and want to remember to continue to be grateful and always have a giving heart!!!