Happy Easter

Jesus is risen! He is risen, indeed!


The kids wanted to color eggs and we were happy to oblige!


Here's a picture of Mommy that Little Girl drew on an egg.



Easter presents from Grammy! The kids were thrilled!

Little Girl's Belated Birthday Party

It's tough to have a birthday 2 days after Christmas. It's tougher when everyone is sick during your birthday. So, Little Girl had a birthday delay. She wanted a kitty theme so we did our best to put together a kitty party. It all starts with the cake.

Cotton Bowl Victory! Missouri 38 Arkansas 7

Dad and I headed over to the Cotton Bowl early. We hoped to go to the Mizzou tailgate party in the Centennial Building. That started at 7:30 AM. Yikes! We DID NOT go that early that's for sure! We meandered our way through the Cotton Bowl grounds wondering if we'd ever find the rental car again. As we past a concession booth, Dad saw Pat Summerall looking very lost. We made it to the tailgate party in time to see Truman the Tiger, the Band, the Golden Girls, Chancellor Brady Deaton and the head of the Alumni Association giving a mini pep-rally.

Happened to see Missouri Governor Matt Blunt at the rally holding his little baby and walking around with his wife and security. No, I did not say hi to the governor. After that, it was off to the field. There were plenty of Razorback fans. Arkansas has been to plenty of top-tier bowl games in the last ten years. The last time Mizzou was at the Cotton Bowl was 61 years ago. So, it was a bit intimidating and the fans brought their A game.

Fortunately for Missouri fans, Tony Temple, field general Chase Daniel, Coach Pinkel and his staff and especially the Tigers defense brought their A game.

Plus we had Marching Mizzou!


Truman belted out pushups each time Mizzou scored. Even at the end when he had to do 38 pushups in a row, he never tired. That says something about this season. When I was a student, sometimes Truman seemed to get tired if he had to do 35+ pushups.


When there was one minute left, Coach Pinkel got the Gatorade (OK, I didn't have time to crop and zoom).

Time to take that knee:


The scoreboard tells the tale: Missouri 38 and Arkansas 7. Note: Chase on the Jumbotron.



The celebration begins!


Trophy time! This is where we found out the executive representing AT&T went to Mizzou.


Here's Tony Temple!


With the myriad of candidates running for President, I finally, finally found my ticket: Tony Temple and Chase Daniel! With the Mizzou Defense for Congress!

Happy New Year, Tiger Fans!

Cotton Bowl Parade

No parade in Dallas would be complete without Emmitt Smith

OK, here's someone who just doesn't get it.

Here comes Truman the Tiger!

More Truman. Note: In the parade, Arkansas had a real Wild Hog in a trailer. It's a little hard to bring a real tiger to a parade.

Here's the Golden Girls.

Live from Dallas, Cotton Bowl Pre-game Part I

Dad and I arrived in Dallas this morning. We stopped at the hotel and found to our fortune that there was a Whataburger next to it.


But we wanted REAL Texas food and the desk clerk suggested going to the West End. We headed off there. There was a sea of Mizzou Tiger fans with a smattering of Arkansas fans.


We even saw a KOMU truck drive by.

We headed into the YO Steakhouse and had a true TexMex meal: Steak and Enchiladas for Dad and Fajitas for me.


We found out the Cotton Bowl parade was nearby so we waltzed a couple of blocks to watch.

And Now We Are Three

It was Little Girl's birthday.  Even though we were all sick, we wanted to make it special for her.  Rachel gathered enough strength to bake and decorate the cake.  




Here's Little Girl's view of the cake:



Victory is defined as getting a Veggie Tales CD as a birthday present.



Little Girl feeds her new panda in her new doll high chair.

Go Speed Racer Go!

One of Little Guy's new presents was a radio controlled Corvette.  Another was a NASCAR driver costume.  He felt it was a good combination.  The day after we opened presents, I built a track out of blocks for him in the basement.  Then it was race time!

Merry Christmas with the Flu!

Besides the relatives who were supposed to arrive, we had an unplanned guest at Christmas: a virus.  That made it interesting to say the least.  We squeezed merriment out were we could.  

We did get the tree up before illness hit.  One of the things about moving into a house with 9 foot ceilings is that the tree, which we bought years ago to squeeze into tiny apartments, is tiny.



Mizzou wear.  No Tiger fan should be without it.  Especially when going to the Cotton Bowl.



"Look at my new purse!"



"This present is as big as me!"



Little Girl loves the new play fort.



 Little Guy has Fridgits.  Don't know what they are?  We'll show you.



Here's what they look like on the fridge!  Add marbles for the fun to start.



Little Guy can build boats, cars or helicopters with this set.



Little Guy gave his sister a rocking chair for Christmas.  We'll be painting once we can get out of bed.