Sisters

Julia and Emi Payne

Mary Jo and Gracie Parker

The girls were supposed to be watching a movie and we walked in and this is what we found!! All four kids, sleeping, in a chair with there sister!!! They were sooooo cute!!!

Maggie

Oh my Gosh!!! A PUPPY~~~

Wake up Girls!! I am here and ready to play!!!

6:15 am and truely this is the dance Julia was doing in celebration of having a puppy in her bed!! It was Hilarious!! Julia, wait and see what else is under the tree!!!

Look What Santa Brought

For as long as I can remember Julia has wanted a dog, and well Santa got the very best one and put it in bed with her Christmas morning!!! Thank goodness she is sharing with Emi!! This is our baby MAGGIE and she is a boxer...I hate to get all sentimental,,,(again))) this has been the best Christmas ever and getting a puppy has just made my Christmas perfect!!! We love you and welcome you to our home Mag!!

Cari's Shower

Congratulations McCords!!! We are all so Excited, except for maybe Presley,!! We had baby Brynlee in front of her and she wanted nothing to do with her...I hope that she likes baby Kolbi better than she liked Brynlee!!! Cari had a beautiful shower and got lots of great gifts!! Can't wait to meet her!!

Mosty Cosins Picture

This is a picture of all of the Mosty cousins (my mothers side)...This is at my great grandmother and grandfathers 50th wedding anniversary. My mom is right in the middle..ps....my mother is the 4th daughter of 5 daughters!!!! Love, love love this picture!!!!

Welcome Home Major Payne

I must say that..... having my family whole is one of the best feelings that you can have. I am so proud of my dear husband and the wonderful man that he is....He is a man of great honor, respect and love!!! We are so lucky to have him!!!

A girl and her Dad!!! We sure are glad to have him home!!!

We see him

There is no real way to express the feeling that comes over you when the bus pulls away and you see a hundred or so soldiers returning from war..The emotion that is in the crowd, and me personally was all over the place. You can't yell loud enough, you can't clap loud enough, you can't just run onto the field, these men and women are going to follow their colors all the way across the field. They are escorted by the horses because this is the Cav. Please keep in mind, this is approximately 150 of 5000 returning and for those that are home,................ there are others going..

You cant tell really, but Chip is 2nd soldier in, 2nd row!!! Welcome home Heroes!!!!

Waiting for our Soldier

Sunday morning the girls and I sat and waited and waited at Fort Hood for the last leg of Chips 15 month deployment to end. As you can guess, the last 30 minutes were just about the hardest of the deployment. We got there early and waited with about 300 other people that were waiting for there soldiers to land. From his FOB, to Balad, to Kuwait, to Budapest, to Ireland , to Main, to finally Texas!!! The trip home was long and very over due. He is one of nearly 5000 troops that have completed this tour out of Fort Hood and have just returned home or that will be coming home in the days and weeks ahead!!. ....Yeah, he is home..Have more welcome home pics!!

Karli on the Trampoline

This is Karli on the trampoline!! She did soo good!! We have loved getting to know her!!

Good Job Karli!!!!

Julia

This is Julia's first floor pass in the meet!!

Gymnastics Meet

This is the results from the gymnastics meet that Julia competed in this weekend.. She did so well and got 3rd place in the trampoline!! Good Going Jules!!!

Look at this!! Julia got first place in her floor routine!! I was so proud of her, and all of the kids!! Good job to Colin too!! She is in the 2nd place spot!!

Gymnastics Meet

Karli, Colin and Jules!! Good going girls!! Julia loves tumbling with the older girls and it is making her such a good gymnast!!

Halloween

We had a great time trick-or-treating Halloween night.. I don't remember Slaton ever having such a huge crowd of children like we have had the last 2 years.. There are kids all over and if the weather had been just a little warmer, kids could have stayed out later..Also, great participation as far as all the candy givers!! You didn't come across many houses with there porch lights out!! Emi is a pink lady bug and Julia is a Rock Star!!

Combo Sectionals---Dallas Texas

This past weekend my Combo team, (which is a doubles team), got to play in Dallas for the Sectional tournament...We were competing for the 5.5 Lubbock Women. We did really well and it was a super fun trip...If you are wondering why Kenda is in the pics, no she is not on my team, her Combo team from Amarillo was there and playing the same tournament...We got put in a different bracket and the only way we would have met up was in the finals!! Well, neither of us made it..but it sure was fun to play...I would have loved to put her team against ours in just a friendly little competition!!!!! HaHaHa...it is probally best that it didn't work out that way, we are all pretty competitive these days!!!

Combo Sectionals