The Butler Way: One Day Better

Perry and I have really enjoyed watching Butler make it to the Final Four. Read this article about their faith!

The Butler Way: One Day Better

Where you at?!?!

So . . . even though I've been updating the classroom blog and stalking everyone else's blog, I have fallen short on keeping up the Tyndall blog!  I haven't posted since December!  I'm sure you all are going through withdraws, the shakes, and the whole bit (obviously joking), so I'm back with a few random pictures.

My boys greet our neighbor, AJ, like this every afternoon.  

She caught them on camera a few weeks ago.  How sweet is this?!?!

Preface

I have been known to literally put my car in reverse to pick up what I think is a treasure on the side of the road . . . one woman's trash is another woman's treasure right?!?!  Well this is especially true about old windows.  Do I need 10,000,000 old windows in my storage shed/laundry room?  No!  Do I have that many?  Not really, but I do have more than I am actually going to use.  I finally made a treasure out of one, and I feel proud.  Take a look.  What do you think?  

I FINALLY made the curtains I have wanted for my dining room a few weeks ago.

And I found this fabric for my living room, but I have not really decided how to "style" them?  I'm thinking long like the dining room but a little more "flowy".

AND . . . that's all folks!  

Check out the Pi Day pictures on the classroom blog!

Christmas Pictures

Thursday night we celebrated Christmas with Perry's family at his Aunt Valerie and Uncle Cleve's house.  This is one of our favorite times during the holidays.   Cleve cooks oysters and steak, and we do a Chinese Gift Exchange which is always a lot of fun!

    

Jay and Uncle Perry building a house.

"Lauran, take a picture of my Harrison Barnes dunk."  

Valerie gets the Uncle Eddie hat.

"What the heck is this?!?!?!"  

Last year Mike went home with a Snuggie...

Cleve, Perry, and Jay 

Perry and I have always exchanged gifts sometime on Christmas Eve.  Partly because I can't wait any longer to give him his gifts, but also because Christmas Day can get sort of busy.  

Rufus got a little tissue paper stuck to his lips!

Perry's new toy!

My beautiful new ring!

Lambie...

Rufus...

Thinking about it....

Attack!

Christmas morning we head over to the Tyndall's to open gifts and have breakfast.  

Perry's new boots and cooker!

Santa brought Vickie and Dorsey a gas grill.  They were really suprised!  

And I got to put it together!  :)

We hope you all had a great time with family and friends during the holidays!  

Merry Christmas and Happy 2011!

Christmas at Aunt Laura's

We got a jump start on the Christmas celebrations this past weekend.  My Aunt Laura always does Christmas on the Sunday before Christmas in hopes that we can all be there; however, I am not usually able to attend.  This year was the first year in many, many years that we were all together.  I was so excited about the day, and it was perfect!  I feel so blessed to have grown closer with my mother's family over the past few years!  They are so wonderful to me! 

Me, Grandma Hazel, and Perry

Grandma and her Granddaughters

Christmas Pictures and Introduction to the Twins!

Back in October, right before my birthday, we almost hit a puppy on Highway 58 on the way to the farm.  He was hiding in a ditch, daring to cross the road.  We decided to turn around and pick him up, filling for sure that we could find him a good home.  Much to our surprise, he had a twin!  They were just the cutest guys ever, and immediately they stole my heart!  So we did find them a good home...in my laundry room!  We named them Press and Breaker.  Couldn't you just eat them up!!!!

 Meet Press!

 Meet Breaker!

So . . . here are a few of the 10000000000 attempts at a Christmas picture.  Crazyness is all I have to say about this!  I can't even imagine how you all with kids do this!  Superwomen!

Merry Christmas to you all!