How do you eat YOUR...

Oreos? Last night Parker was sitting at the table eating his Oreos with milk. I was cracking up...but he's pretty smart!!
WITH A SPOON...


I'd like to see your funny quirks...maybe even your favorite way to eat Oreos! Please share!!

Sweet Shabby Souls!

We met for our June book club in Bricktown at the Bricktown Candy Co. What a treat!! I love candy, not so good, and books, great!! So this was the perfect meeting place. My s-i-l, Catherine, was able to finally go with me. We had a good time...as usual!!
Natalie, Becky & Kelsie

Jeana, me & Catherine

Me & Catherine

It's About Time...

Phil and I bought this camera 5 years ago and we STILL don't know any of the tricks to using it. I've wanted to take a class but just haven't yet. SO, high up on my 'to do' list is to learn how to use this awesome camera I have. I would really love to learn how to take professional pics with it. I am in awe of that talent some people have. Hopefully in the near future you will start seeing a significant change in the pics I post on my blog...keep your fingers crossed!!

Minute to Win it...OCoC Style!!

For the past month at church we've had a GREAT family series on Wednesday nights. It's a time to bring families together for fun activities, a time for making memories. We've done a lot of Minute to Win it games and last night families went around to different stations and played the games...these are a lot harder then they look. Ms Laura and Ms Jennifer do a great job planning these things! Hope you enjoy the pics!!

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Here's the website for all the instructions to these games...Minute to Win it!

Mojo Takes Third

Last night Olivia had her awards ceremony for softball. Mojo, the team she plays for, took third, which is pretty impressive considering NONE of the girls on the team had ever played ball before. I'd say we've got ourselves a pretty good little team. The progress they've made since the beginning of the year is amazing. Phil and Justin help coach the team...I'm sure that's the reason for their success!! Here are some pics of my cute little ball player!!
The girls with the Mojo sign waiting for the ceremony to begin.

Livie & Karli

Brought to you by the number 19!!

Lining up for Trophies!

Livie receiving her trophy from coach Denny.

Hey Mom!! Look what I got!

The team with their trophies! Way to go, Mojo!!

Livie & Kennedy

GO MOJO!!!

Is Cheerleading a Sport???

I know I'm gonna get a lot of flack for this post...one way or another. There is a case being decided this week in Connecticut to determine if cheerleading is a sport or not. My obvious opinion is YES!!! I cheered in junior high and high school and let me say we worked out butts off just as hard as the next 'sport'. We practiced everyday for the first month in the summer to get ready for cheer camp, which is all outside in the scorching heat. Cheer camp was a means to learn things but ultimately a competition, not only for the school but individual cheerleaders as well. We also started practice about a month before school started back in the fall. According to an article on Foxnews, an activity can be considered a sport under Title IX if it meets specific criteria. It must have coaches, practices, competitions during a defined season, and a governing organization. The activity also must have competition as its primary goal -- not merely the support of other athletic teams. Title IX is the 1972 federal law that mandates equal opportunities for men and women in athletics. If we're going by this definition, cheerleading is definitely a sport. And NO, it doesn't say anything about using a ball!! Click here to see the full article.
I'll have to post a cheer pic of me later!! Ha!!

Let me know what you think!!!

I Love My Shelfari!!!

Have you ever noticed the little bookshelf to the side of my blog? It's a Shelfari shelf and it holds the books I am currently reading. Sometimes there may be more than two books that I've got going so you'll see 'previous' and 'next' buttons underneath the shelf that you can click on. Try it out...
When I was younger I didn't enjoy reading very much, although I think I did read all the Sweet Valley High books, if anyone remembers them. Now, I LOVE to read...I just wish I were a faster reader. It's coming along though.
Shelfari is a website that allows me to keep track of all the books I've read, plan to read, and am reading. It's like I can 'collect' all the books I want and IT'S FREE! Wahoo!! I enjoy checking out what my friends are reading and what they think of the books they read. I can spend a good amount of time shuffling through books; it's about as good as being at the book store (almost).

Check it out...shelfari.com

My username is Kelly T.

Happy Reading!!

Silly Girl!!

This is what happens when your 7yr old gets a hold of your camera...





I LOVE this girl, she makes me laugh!!

Memorial Day 2010

I hate when I get behind with my posts; it's very irritating! This year we went to Scott and Kathy's for a Memorial Day cookout. Our friend Jeana, and her kids Aubree and Brody, joined us as well. Scott got out the Slip'n Slide and the kids cooled off a bit after jumping on the trampoline!









Sheesh!!! That was a lot of pics! Thanks for sharing yours, Jean!!

SYTYCD!!!

It's season 7 of So You Think You Can Dance...this show makes me so happy!! When I was young I always wanted to take dance lessons but for some reason never did. I cheered in jr high and high school and was able to dance some then. I loved the feeling of being up there performing and I've always enjoyed watching. I'm sad to say that I only picked up on this show in season 5, I can tell from last weeks show I missed some great dancers! This year I've already picked some of my favorites...I'm just sad they only have a top 11 instead of top 20.
Season 7 Top 11

Some of my personal favorites (even though this year it's really hard to only pick a couple)
Lauren

Kent

Last week these two danced together and it was great. I'll try to keep you posted on how my favorites do!!
Enjoy!!!

Thompson Soccer

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Giddy with Excitement

The story is set in post apocalypse times what used to be North America is now 12 Districts known as Panem which is under a dictatorship dominated by television. The base of this dictatorship is in a city known as Capital. Once a year as a highlight 24 (two from each district) teenagers are drawn by lottery to play the Hunger Games in what is called “The Arena” in these games there is only one unspoken rule you may not eat the dead players. The 24 teens must fight each other – at the end of the game the losers will die and the winner gets a life of comfort.
The heroin is Katniss Everdeen from the 12th district, living in very poor conditions in a mining community known as Seam. Volunteers to take her little sisters place when her sister’s name is called, although there hasn’t been a winner from the 12th district in thirty years. Fighting to stay alive while battling with emotions and feelings she has for two of the other contestants Peeta Mellark and Gale Hawthorne.

I've read The Hunger Games and am almost finished with it's sequel, Catching Fire. Throughout reading them I continually kept seeing this in my head like a movie...I guess that means it's a pretty darn good book. I did a little searching this afternoon and found they ARE going to be made into a movie. There is NOTHING boring about these books and you never know where the next page will lead. I am so excited to see these on the BIG screen!! Yippee!!!

Swimming with a 'Vision'

Parker's soccer team, 98Boys Vision, had their end-of-the year party a couple weeks ago. We went to a team members home for some swimming and cooking out. It was a really great night for spending time outside. The team was also celebrating an outstanding year. I think I mentioned in a past post that they were undefeated in regular season and only one loss in tourney play. That's a great feat if you saw where they were last year. The last tournament of the year was The Presidents Cup, a state tourney, that they won!! Woohoo!! Coach Matt bought all the kids a t-shirt in honor of that great victory and they received their medals from the tournament.
Parker figured out quick this wasn't a good idea...

I love action shots and this is especially cute of Liv having fun in the water!!

Yes, this is Coach Matt...hehe!!

E's never afraid to get in on the action!

A little Smores roastin...Fun!

'Most' of the team

Coach Matt and Parker

Definitely a Monday...

National Donut Day

When: Always the first Friday in June

National Doughnut Day honors the Salvation Army "Lassies" of WWI. It is also used as a fund raiser for needy causes of the Salvation Army.

The original Salvation Army Doughnut was first served by Salvation Army in 1917. During WWI, Salvation Army "lassies" were sent to the front lines of Europe. These brave volunteers made home cooked foods, and provided a morale boost to the troops. Often, the doughnuts were cooked in oil inside the metal helmet of an American soldier. The American infantrymen were commonly called doughboys. Salvation Army lassies were the only women outside of military personnel allowed to visit the front lines. Lt. Colonel Helen Purviance is considered the Salvation Army's "first doughnut girl".

On National Doughnut Day, look to see if your local doughnut shop, or other organizations, are offering free donuts to solicit donations for the Salvation Army or for another needy cause. If you find them, please be generous.

Note: The word "Doughnut" is often shortened to "Donut. So, if you see the term National Donut Day, its the same day.
From HolidayInsights.com

In Your Own Skin...

Hoda and Kathie Lee went where few women have gone before...au naturel on live TV. I think makeup is a double-edged sword. Don't get me wrong, I usually feel better when I am completely made up but who's to say it's for everyone? I don't understand how women got the makeup and men didn't. One of these days I may try to do some research on that. Anyway, this story got a lot of buzz on the internet, they even reaired it on the national news that evening. One thing that makes me wonder is why do two women without makeup get so much attention? Seriously, it's like people must think most of us wake up every morning already made up. Second, I think natural beauty is something to behold...this is how God made us so we should embrace it. KLG and Hoda's makeup artist, Mary Kahler said, “The purpose of them doing this overall is to help women feel comfortable in their unique and very own look,” Kahler said. “Makeup is a tool to enhance what you already have, but it shouldn't determine who you are.” To see the rest of this
Read more: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/37130121/ns/today-today_fashion_and_beauty/#ixzz0piZFDaGh
Here is the part of the show where they reveal themselves...

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In honor of Hoda and Kathie Lee, I'm revealing myself au naturel...

Happiness is...

H - half popped popcorn kernels

A - Air1

P - Phil's sweet side

P - playing ultimate frisbee with friends

I - in the sun, resting by the pool

N - kNocking off the pounds

E - enjoying a good book

S - snuggling with my kids

S - seeing God's handiwork in peoples lives

Summer Reads

I completely love to read, which at one point in my life I couldn't stand to read a book. I get so much gratification out of finishing a book...even the not-so-good ones. I keep track of what I read, have read, and want to read on Shelfari. It's a lot of fun for me to go and see what I've read and get suggestions from others on what I might want to read!

So, here are a few books I hope to finish over the summer...

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Against all odds, Katniss Everdeen has won the annual Hunger Games with fellow district tribute Peeta Mellark. But it was a victory won by defiance of the Capitol and their harsh rules. Katniss and Peeta should be happy; after all, they have just won a life of safety for themselves and their families . But there are rumors of rebellion among the subjects, and Katniss and Peeta, to their horror, are the faces of that rebellion. The Capitol is angry. The Capitol wants revenge.










Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel’ d’Hiv’ roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours. Paris, May 2002: On Vel’ d’Hiv’s 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France's past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah's past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life. Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling portrait of France under occupation and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this painful episode.

The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness

A dystopian thriller follows a boy and girl on the run from a town where all thoughts can be heard—and the passage to manhood embodies a horrible secret. Todd Hewitt is the only boy in a town of men. Ever since the settlers were infected with the Noise germ, Todd can hear everything the men think, and they hear everything he thinks. Todd is just a month away from becoming a man, but in the midst of the cacophony, he knows that the town is hiding something from him—something so awful Todd is forced to flee with only his dog, whose simple, loyal voice he hears too. With hostile men from the town in pursuit, the two stumble upon a strange and eerily silent creature: a girl. Who is she? Why wasn't she killed by the germ like all the females on New World? Propelled by Todd's gritty narration, readers are in for a white-knuckle journey in which a boy on the cusp of manhood must unlearn everything he knows in order to figure out who he truly is.


Little Bee by Chris Cleave

WE DON'T WANT TO TELL YOU TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS BOOK. It is a truly special story and we don't want to spoil it. Nevertheless, you need to know something, so we will just say this: It is extremely funny, but the African beach scene is horrific. The story starts there, but the book doesn't. And it's what happens afterward that is most important. Once you have read it, you'll want to tell everyone about it. When you do, please don't tell them what happens either. The magic is in how it unfolds.








the other half lives by Sophie Hannah

Ruth Bussey knows what it means to be in the wrong - and to be wronged. She once did something she regrets, and was punished excessively for it. Now Ruth is trying to rebuild her life and has found a love she doesn't believe she deserves. Aidan Seed is a passionate, intense man who has also been damaged by his past. Desperate to connect with the woman he loves, he confides his secret: he killed a woman called Mary Trelease. Through her shock, Ruth recognises the name. And when she's realised why it's familiar, her fear and revulsion deepen. The Mary Trelease that Ruth knows is very much alive...

HAPPY READING...