Kennedy loves your Christmas gift!

For the first time in several years, all of my immediate family was able to gather for Christmas.  Twenty-three people traveled to Tulsa/Broken Arrow for a weekend of food (chocolate popcorn and Anna’s famous pretzels), fun, family-visiting.  We stayed at a Hampton, with an indoor pool, a must when my family gathers, especially since eleven […]

Observations from Kennedy:
After watching a Skechers commercial, she said, “They just keep coming out with new shoes so you’ll buy more and spend more money.”
And when one of those third-world, sponsor-a-child commercials came on, she said, “They just try to make their commercials sad so that you feel bad and send them more money.”
I took […]

Well, we didn’t make it to Lawton for Christmas today as planned; however, we have tried our best to have fun at home.  K. and I played chess this morning.  We’ve also watched our fair share of Christmas movies (along with the weather updates).  Kennedy has gone outside twice, and the last time, Walt and […]

I have always done better at school than I probably should have.
I’m not genius-level on the IQ chart
by any means (read: like my brother Josh).
However, when I try, I do really well. I went
into grad school with the attitude that anything
“C” or above would […]

Kennedy’s Christmas concert was last night.  Granny and Papa drove over for it.  Kennedy didn’t like any of the four songs the second grade sang, except the last one, “Hip-hop Reindeer.”  She didn’t crack a smile at all until the boys put on their antlers and sunglasses and began to dance.  She had told me […]

This expression is said in American schools thousands of times each day.  Ricky and I were just talking about this at Thanksgiving.  It is way overused, but the kids still think they are being clever every time they say it.
I’m just waiting for Kennedy to pop off with it.  She hangs out with the high […]

Every year our NHS chapter goes out for dinner and ice skating at the outdoor rink in Bricktown.  This year, K and I went with them; well, we skipped the dinner, but met them later that evening.  Another teacher has a daughter a little younger than Kennedy, so the girls had someone to play with.
Kennedy […]

Wow!!! I can’t believe it; they won again.  Next stop, THE FINALS, which I heard will be in Stillwater next weekend.  It was definitely cold, but we had fun, especially the dinner before with Mom, Dad, Sarah and Coop.  Walt said he would go to the game with us next weekend, as long as the […]

Kennedy and Kylee played their annual basketball game.  Although Jones prevailed (again), Luther put up a good fight.  Did you miss the game?  No worries because Kennedy has eight more over the next several weeks.
Here are the home games and times:
December 12 10:00
December 19 10:00
January 30 1:00
February 6 11:00
February 13 10:00