BLEED GREEN!

As of last week, i am officially the Assistant Womens Basketball Coach at Thatcher High School! Coach Henson called me and asked if I would be willing to help out. He said,"I'm looking for 3 things; 1. i want someone who knows my program. 2. i want someone who has some coaching experience. and 3. i want a female on the staff." I am all 3 of those things! Fantastic! Coach Henson was my basketball coach from 5th grade until my junior year in high school. Under the program he built we went to state every year. We lost in the final game of my freshman year (i was not liked by many seniors who didn't get to play because he moved me up) but every year after that it was Gold Ball or nothing! (the state trophy is a gold ball ;) His last year coaching at the high school was in 2002 (my junior year) because EAC offered him a teaching job in their science department. And even though we took state my senior year, it wasn't the same without him. Now, the high school asked him to come and coach. I am so looking forward to working with him. He is a fantastic coach who taught me so much about sports and life. I know i can learn so much from him about how to coach girls! I will also be working with one of my favorite teachers from high school. Mr. Cramer! how awesome is that!!! Can't wait to see what kind of fun we will have!

what is this? 3rd grade?....tag i'm it

1. Where is your cell phone? right here on my desk...texting shari in between browsing
2. Your significant other? studying for a test...
3. Your hair? messy bun and in need of a cut
4. Your mother? she should cut my hair
5. Your father? gave me my sence of humor...it's scary sometimes when we say the SAME THING at the SAME TIME! dun da duh!
6. Your favorite thing? curtis laughing when he farts. seriously, so funny
7. Your dream last night? hm... don't know if i had one
8. Your favorite drink? H2O, but not far behind is Mountain Dew
9. Your dream/goal? get my degree...soon
10. The room you’re in? the office/game room
11. Your hobby? volleyball. wait what is a hobby? something you enjoy doing and don't get paid for? then it's still volleyball.
12. Your fear? car accidents of any kind
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? hopefully where we will be to raise our family
14. What you’re not? short. definatly not short
15. Muffins? COSTCO! blueberry, poppy sead, and chocolate! it's hard to go there and not get a case of 'em
16. One of your wish list items? a new camera
17. Where you grew up? Thatcher
18. The last thing you did? just gave curtis a bath! a clean happy baby ready for bed, means a happy mommy!
19. What are you wearing? what do you think....take a guess.... you're right, a t-shirt and shorts
20. Favorite gadget? my i-pod. i use it every day!
21. Your pets? Fransico the cat. but curtis just calls him KITTY!!!
22. Your computer? needs to be cleaned. we need to get rid of some files!
23.Your mood? sleepy. i just took some tylenol pm so i can have a good night sleep so i can drive to prescott and back tomorrow!
24. Missing someone? yup. some people live too far away!
25.Your car? freshly waxed! what a difference it makes! very shiney!
26. Something you’re not wearing? shoes. i'd rather have naked feet (or flip-flops)
27. Favorite store? toss up...savers and khols. wait! old navy is in there somewhere too
28. Like someone? sometimes
29. Your favorite color? red. or black. or purple.
30. When is the last time you laughed? about 2 minuets ago. i had curtis sitting on my lap, and he leaned over to one side and pooped. then he laughed. it was hilarious
31.Last time you cried? a couple saturdays ago. a motorcyclist followed me home and chewed me out. he said i was tailgating him. he threatened to pull my licence (CDL). i know he can't do that, but about a minuet later, a cop car pulled into the parking lot. that's when i lost it. nothing happend though, just thought i would loose my job!

if you feel like doing this, go for it. it's kinda fun!
ps. i like you too emily!

Happy Birthday...and other stuff too

Last friday (september 12th) my baby boy turned 2 years old. What the H? He's not a baby anymore...he's a toddler for sure. I was out of town at a tourney on his actual birthday, but we celebrated on sunday with some presents and candles in a cinamin roll. Next year we will make a bigger deal about it, but he was happy with everything. he knew how to open the presents, but seemed more interested ripping up the tissue paper than finding what was inside.

Curtis loves Great Grandpas new riding lawn mower. He yells "trateeeeerrrrrr" every time sees it (because its a John Deere), and then he begs to ride it. Below is Curtis watching his favorite show on earth. We have several episodes recorded and he could watch all of them all day long. But we save them for special times, like when mommy needs to shower, or when mommy is making dinner. This particular time was right before we were going to get in the bath and get ready for bed and he was trying to delay that as much as possible. He was so happy though! i love the 2nd picture down!
this is an attempt at a picture of us together. It's good, No?

where does he get it from?

his sence of humor, that is. this morning i was clipping curtis' finger nails. for some reason he hates this. anyway, i was on the LAST finger...the pinky. i said "hey, can i have your pinky?" he looks at me perplexed...you can read every thought going through his mind at this point. he says "Binky?" and then proceeds to suck on his Pinky like a Binky! i laughed out load so hard that clifton had to come from the office and find out what was wrong!

on sunday, it was time to get ready for church...clifton was still in bed upstairs, while curtis and i were having breakfast downstairs. after we finished eating, i called upstairs yelling, "Clifton!"
and trying his best to say it out, curtis follows with "CLI--NTON!" i heard clifton laughing from upstairs and i knew he was awake. the rest of the day, daddy was not daddy. he was clifton.

curtis has reached an age where he recognized sillyness. if we laugh, he is certain to repeat whatever it was that got that laugh. we are finding ourselves careful to only laugh when we know it is okay to laugh. we have caught him in the bathroom unrolling the TP just having a grand time...hard not to laugh, but can't promote that behavior right? he sure has become so fun to take care of. he understands more than we think he does. i love teaching him new things. right now we are working on ABC's and colors. what a big boy!

i am: hoping to go back to school next fall
i know: m&m's taste fantastic
i want: to go to nationals in November (counsil bluffs, IA baby)
i have: to take a shower ASAP
i wish: clifton was done with school
i hate: having a messy kitchen
i miss: my six pack
i fear: crashing the bus. nothing worse than feeling like your gonna roll the bus, am i right?
i feel: sunburnt. dang lap swim class!
i hear: my dryer going. never ending loads of laundry
i smell: chocolate (refer to previouse "i know")
i crave: pizza mostly. but i think i've gotten over that addiction.
i search: the world wide web hoping to find a brand that carries womens long sleeve purple t-shirts
i wonder: where we will move so clifton can continue to go to school and get his bachelors
i regret: not finishing my senior year of volleyball. i got pregnant...don't regret that though!
i love: watching movies with my best friends! (i can't remember the last time i laughed that hard at a movie...thanks shari and denise! I love you so much it's retarded!!)
i care: about my calling. but who in their right mind would listen to a 23 year old when they already know this stuff huh?
i always: sing in my car
i am not: the best singer...only the best in my car
i believe: i have an addiction to cool t-shirts...that is my next bad habit i need to kick, but i can't say no to a cheep $5 shirt! it's better if it's free though...
i dance: like a sexy beast. for those of you who haven't seen my 'sick' moves, you are missing out
i sing: in my car! and when i drive the bus late at night. everyone is asleep, they can't hear me.
i don’t always: act my age...but it keeps me young!
i fight: love handles! (5 lbs. down baby)
i write: nothing
i lose: the will to work out. come on willpower!
i win: almost every time...i'm very competitive
i never: listen
i listen: never...okay sometimes...im stubourn as well as competitve. i also listen to curtis asking for a popcicle every 5 min..
i am scared: of obama
i need: a new hair style
i am happy about: the EAC volleyball team! Undefeated in conference play!
i tag: whoever wants to!