Like Father like Daughter

Just like her daddy, Abby loves the computer. She likes to sit and pretend she is doing business. She also really loves to watch videos of herself and could do it for hours. Sometimes I walk in and she and Seth are just chilling surfing the net. Gotta love it.

This and that

I haven't posted lately because there really is nothing to post. So here is what I could think of... I am the girls basketball coach at church. The girls are nice and we have fun but there is a lot of work to be done. When you only practice once a week for 30 minutes you cannot get much accomplished. None of them really have any basketball experience and look at me like I am speaking a foreign language sometimes. Its even harder when they all are asking incessantly to go into the game, equal playing time and all. Lets just say, our first game was 40-6.

Abby and I are currently sick. She has a viral infection, liquid in her ears and a sore throat. Poor little thing hasn't hardly slept the last two days. She is so miserable. I pretty much have the same thing and am exhausted and top it off with a UTI and that's my life. Seth has been good with us though, he has been good about taking care of Abby in the middle of the night trying to help me rest, which is impossible because I feel like poo. Poor Seth working hard, going to school and taking care of us sickies...gotta love him.

That's about it, now you know why I haven't posted. Hopefully something cool and exciting will happen so I have something to blog about.

As a side not if you care at all about being pro life click on the link to the left called Fight FOCA which Obama says he is going to sign. Read up about it. Its not a good thing. Essentially:
The Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) would eliminate every restriction on abortion nationwide.
FOCA will do away with state laws on parental involvement, on partial birth abortion, and on all other protections.
FOCA will compel taxpayer funding of abortions.
FOCA will force faith-based hospitals and healthcare facilities to perform abortions.
Go and sign the petition.

This, that and the other

Here are a few videos of Abby.... the first is Abby building a stack with her blocks. She can actually build them a lot higher then in this video, but it just makes me think how incredibly fast she is growing up. The second, only watch if you don't mind being annoyed. Its one of her mini-tantrums. This is what happened soon after the first video because she kept wanting to watch it on the camera over and over. I think its funny, but doesn't even come close to a real tantrum where in last week she got ticked, ran over to her baby stroller, lifted it above her head and chucked it, among other things. She inherited my temper I suppose.

As a side note, Seth, Luke and I went horse back riding again but the experience this time was a lot different. Just a few highlights were....my horse Bella kept kicking other horses in the face, then when she would come up on their back side she would bite them. I had a really hard time controlling her. It was 30 degrees, and we went for a four hour ride which turned into a 5+ ride, due to an another "experienced rider" or so he said (he was also about 65) fell off his horse once, got his foot stuck in the stirrup, losing his shoe and almost getting stepped on. Then a few minutes later getting bucked high into the air and landing flat on his back (we were surprised he got up). He kept on insisting on one more try but the guide said he was not running a rodeo. Then switching out the horse for another(which was nice because then I switched too), the man promptly getting on the new horse and it taking off on his own agenda because the guy was a goof and was flailing on its back like an dope. Not being able to trot or run the whole time due to the aforementioned. Then near the end his wife another "experienced rider" fell off her horse. It made for a long, miserable ride. But I still enjoy it and want to go back!

Five Years

Seth and I celebrated our five year anniversary last week. So we decided to go for a night to the Gaylord hotel, which is a huge and beautiful hotel. It was still all decorated for Christmas, since our anniversary is on the second, which made for a festive time. We walked around the "river walk"patterned after the one in San Antonio, admired all the little details and took a walk through the "vineyard" at least that's what they called it. I am not sure but I would say t was more like some nice grape plants for a 60 second walk. They also had a show called Ice that we went to with amazing ice sculptures of the nativity, ice skaters and animals all kept at a frigid 9 degrees. It was awesome but my camera died halfway through so I didn't get some of the pictures I wanted. However, it was a bit on the pricey side for the length of time we were in there, I tried to make Seth stay in there to get our money's worth (yes I would freeze to get what I paid for) but Seth wasn't a big fan of that idea. Any who... here are just a few of the pics.The night time view off our balcony
The daytime view

Touring the massive lobbyThe Ice man that greets you

A ginormous ice ornament

The Ice cave and walkway

I finally have some time to post some Christmas Pics. Above are the posed and showered versions. Below are the lovely Christmas morning. We woke up, ate doughnuts and Cinnamon rolls, and then dove into the presents. My sister Cassidee also came to share in the Christmas morning Festivities. Abby loved unwrapping the presents and just kept asking to do more. Now when she sees something wrapped, she heads right for it.

A new baby among many that Abby adores Some new slippers that were a challenge to put on

See Abby's excitement

My sister Cass and her new cook warePhoto op in front of the tree
Abby's new outfit, hat and boots (the "Gun" is borrowed :))

Grandpa and Abby ready to head to to the mountains.