Our San Antonio Trip

We had a lot of fun in San Antonio this weekend. We left OKC Thursday around noon and stayed at my sisters house that night. The rest of the weekend we stayed at the Westin La Cantera. It was really nice! My Mom works there and made the stay even nicer for us! (Thanks Mom)

We enjoyed a really nice, romantic dinner at the hotel for our 2nd anniversary and had chocolate covered strawberries and champagne waiting for us when we got back to our room!

Painting Izzy's fingernails. She thought this was the coolest thing ever. She had never had her nails painted before! Poor girl! :)
Clint and I were LOBSTERS after we layed out by the pool on Saturday! The sun was hot but the breeze was very nice so it was hard to tell that you were getting burned.
Uncle Clint and Izzy making funny faces!
Clint and I at the hotel

This sweet video is of Izzy singing the "Barney Song" to me! She is so darn cute!

Wordless Wednesday

2 years ago this Saturday!

Ahhhh.....relax!

I can feel it now....light breeze, warm sun, cool pina colada & my skin going from "Casper" to something more tropical!
Clint and I are heading to San Antonio on Thursday to see my family and to spend time at the Westin La Cantera for our 2nd wedding anniversary. I'm so excited! The hotel is beautiful and the view is unreal!
I talked to my Mom last week and she said the temp has been in the 90's! AMEN! I'm ready to get out of this 50 one day, 75 the next and wind that is just HELL on your hair!

So, the traditional gift for your 2nd anniversary is cotton. What in the world could I get for Clint that is useful...and cotton. NO, not underwear or a robe! This will take some thinking and I'm running out of days! So...if any of you blog readers could help out, leave a comment on what a good "man" gift for cotton would be, that would be fantastic!

Wordless Wednesday- Picture of the decade

The baby was diagnosed with spina bifida and would not survive if removed from his mother's womb. Little Samuel's mother, Julie Armas, is an obstetrics nurse in Atlanta. She knew of Dr. Bruner's remarkable surgical procedure. Practicing at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, he performs these special operations while the baby is still in the womb.
During the procedure, the doctor removes the uterus via C-section and makes a small incision to operate on the baby. As Dr.Bruner completed the surgery on Samuel, the little guy reached his tiny, but fully developed hand through the incision and firmly grasped the surgeon's finger. Dr.Bruner was reported as saying that when his finger was grasped, it was the most emotional moment of his life, and that for an instant during the procedure he was just frozen, totally immobile.

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Becoming a Foster Parent

So most of you that know Clint and I know that we are in the process of becoming foster parents. So far the process has been pretty easy. There has been a LOT of paperwork to fill out, but other then that... not much. Tonight is our first meeting with our "Home Study Contractor". She will come out and interview all of us, and tour our house. She comes about 3 times over the next couple of weeks. Our first training class starts May 3rd and will be every Saturday from 9-5 for 5, yes I said 5, weeks!!

Our home study and our classes will probably end around the same time and then we will be transferred to the placement unit, where they will approve us as foster parents and place a child in our home.

I'm not really nervous about it. Ok, maybe a little. Everyone keeps saying, "what if you get attached to the child and then have to give him/her back to their mother". I guess I can answer that by saying that I'm already pretty good (I use that lightly) at NOT being the mother to children. I know how to love and take care of a child that is not mine, so I think I will be great at this role.

Anyway, that's the update so far on our foster parent journey. Stay tuned!

Jeremy Camp

So last night Clint, Stephanie and I went to the Bricktown Ballpark and saw Jeremy Camp in concert. He was really amazing. He only sang for about 45 min, so we were a little sad it wasn't a lot longer! He's story is really touching. He is truly a man of God.

Weekend Alone

Well, Clint is on the slopes as I type. He left this morning for his ski trip with his men's group. It's a short trip, they come home Sunday, but he deserved a little time away!!! This picture was from last year before he went.

I'm holding down the fort. Tomorrow night I am having a "Girl's Night In" at my house. Complete with gossip magazines, nail polish, and "Dirty Dancing" the movie... so it's sure to be a good time!