Luke

MY MAN...

I was "tagged" weeks ago by Shelley, and I know that we will all need to help pick her up off the floor that I am actually completing it! But, after this past weekend, I figured he was worth a post just about "him". (I promise, more info. in my next post about this past weekend... it was fabulous! You will all be jealous!! :-) )

SO..... without further delay, here are my responses to the "My Man" tag...

1. Who is your man? Luke Martin Killian
2. How long have you been together? 15 years (1 dating, 1 engaged, and 13 married)
3. How long dating? 1 year (oops... kinda jumped the gun on that one in the last question! :-)
4. How old is your man? 36
5. Who eats more? Not that you would know it by looking, but Luke eats like a HORSE. He almost always has a big bowl of cereal before bed, and that is after eating supper. He has the metabolism of a teenager!
6. Who said "I Love You" first? I have no idea. (Is that bad?!?!?!) I think it was kinda at the same time.
7. Who is taller? Luke
8. Who sings better? Me
9. Who is smarter? I don't know... probably Luke, but I think I could give him a pretty good run for his money! ha ha!
10. Whose temper is worse? We are both pretty bad... I think his fuse is longer, but when he finally blows it, the explosion is louder.
11. Who does the laundry? ME. Are you kidding? He SERIOUSLY had to ask me how to run the washer this past year!
12. Who takes out the garbage? Luke. Almost ALWAYS Luke.
13. Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you are looking at the bed, that would be Luke.
14. Who pays the bills? Me.
15. Who is better with the computer? Me.
16. Who mows the lawn? Mostly Luke, but he just got the most awesome riding mower, so sometimes I do it now.
17. Who cooks dinner? Me (if it gets cooked... we are all pretty busy these days! ha ha)
18. Who drives when you are together? Luke
19. Who pays when you go out? Does it matter? It all comes from the same place! ha ha!
20. Who is the most stubborn? Oh, I don't know... we are both very hard-headed. Probably Luke, though. I usually give in first.
21. Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? I don't know... I would probably say me, but I'll bet Luke would probably say him!
22. Whose parents do you see the most? That's a tough one... we see them all as often as we can.
23. Who kissed who first? It was mutual... you know what I mean.
24. Who asked who out? He asked me out.
25. Who proposed? He did.
26. Who is more sensitive? On a day to day basis, me, but he is really sensitive and sentimental in a big-picture kind of way... I don't really know how to explain it.
27. Who has more friends? It's probably about even...
28. Who has more siblings? Luke does, BY FAR! There are four of them, 3 boys and 1 girl, in his family. In my family, it's just my brother and me.
29. Who wears the pants in the family? Luke does on the big stuff, but I like to think I fill out a pair of pants pretty well for the day-to-day stuff, if you know what I mean!!

OK!! Now you know more than you ever wanted to know about My Man! So... I tag GINA!! (She will probably be even more likely than me to never do this!! ha ha!! Love ya', Gina!)

MOO!

Yesterday afternoon I look out my front windows and, what do I see? The well-loved cows are back to finish off the job they started on my front porch (since I hadn't gotten around to cleaning it up yet...) Anyway, I decided to fling open the front door and take a photo of them in action, and that would probably scare them off, right? NO!!! They continued eating happily and even posed for the camera.It's not a very good picture, because it is back-lit and the flash didn't go off (and I was too irritated to fix it), but you get the general idea...

COWS!!!!!!!

Yesterday I decorated my front porch for Fall. I was pretty proud of myself! It looked great. Pumpkins, mums, Indian corn, a couple of scarecrows, and a few bales of hay. So, even though the INSIDE of my house was a mess, at least the outside was looking pretty spiffy. What did I forget? Oh, I forgot that the fence to my yard is down, and so my 6 cows have the run of the place, including the yard, and (apparently), including the front porch! Take a look at what they did to my festive Fall porch!Note the scarecrow, face down in the yard. Note the hay that is strewn EVERYWHERE. Note the overturned mums (that are also chewed.) Note the half-a-bale of hay that is drug into the yard. You can't see it, but look hard for the cow poop that is EVERYWHERE on the porch. Mind you, these lovely cows have 35 acres to roam and enjoy, but they choose to sleep in the yard every night. This does it... the fencing guys are getting a call TODAY!!! I need to reclaim my porch!! Luke laughed at me and said, "What do you expect? They are cows! They eat hay!" All he got in response was one of "those looks." Curse those cows... (I'll try and post some photos of these lovely "pet" cows at another time.) Now comes the clean up...

More Cheerleading Pics...

I couldn't resist a few more photos of the big "pee-wee" cheerleaders. Here is the official team photo of our entire squad.
Here is Katie performing her best jump.
Here is Abby, looking beautiful during practice.
Here are the Killian sisters, ready to do the perfect cheer. Can you say "Spirit Fingers"?

Brace Face!!

My big girl got braces today!! Can you believe she is old enough?!?!?!? She handled it like a pro... no complaining! I was so very proud of her. Above you see the "before" shot, and below you can check out the "after" shot. Doesn't she look beautiful?

Happy Fall, Y'all!

We started off our busy day today with a visit to the Hospital's annual Pumpkin Patch. After a quick photo "op" with the scarecrow, it was off to the rest of our activities!

The Mighty Miss Grace

Here you can see how Gracie spent her time at the pee-wee football game... playing with my friend Jennifer and her son Cason. I thought we would have a hard time keeping her off the field and away from the cheerleaders on the side lines, but then again, is Grace ever predictable? She thought it was hot, so she just relaxed and tried to keep cool. (Thanks, Jennifer!)
Then, when we got home, she announced she needed a bath, because she had "the sweat". Nothing could convince her to wait, so into the tub she went. She took her glasses and plastic grasshopper with her. What can I say... she's an original!

Pee Wee Cheerleading

Today was our first game for Pee-Wee Cheerleading. The above photo is our sweet little squad (two girls are missing - they had a conflict today and couldn't make the game.) I must say, our little squad did AWESOME!!!! It was really warm today, and even the little ones cheered the whole time. Our team won, and I'm sure it was because of the awesome support they got from these girls! :-)
Here are Lainey and Abby, cheering like little pros! Nobody would have ever guessed it was their first game!
Here are Katie and Abbey H., doing a great job with their pom-pons! Don't they look cute?

Abigail Ann

Miss Abby has had a busy week in kindergarten. Above is a photo of her at the zoo, which is where her class went on their field trip. They had a VERY good time.
Then, on Friday, kindergarten had their first six weeks "learning celebration." They got up on the big stage and perfomed songs, poems, and other things that they have learned since school began. After the big performance, they got to enjoy some snacks with friends and family. Abby did a great job!! We're so proud of her! The photo above is Abs with some her her "buddies" on the stage.

More Camping Fun...

Due to popular demand, we must have more pics of the great camp out!! :-)