This is for Mom and Dad. And MaMaw and PaPaw.

I saw this in Fredericksburg the other day and just had to take a picture for everyone. There is another, smaller sign off to the left with ordering information, if you'd like one of your own. ;)

The Coach meets The Amish Lady Part 2

I made it! I'm in the room with Pioneer Woman! In just a few short minutes, I'll be getting to meet her and apologize for the Longhorn/Sooner debacle... and what does The Coach do? He goes and flirts with Pioneer Sister.

Not really. The Coach doesn't flirt. The first time he asked me out went something like this... "So, ummm, do you want to ummm, go out and do something sometimes?"

Very verbose my man is.





Ok, I'm getting near! Here are my Line-Mates, Lucy and Sarah meeting PW. I'm getting excited!

I made it!

Now I'm falling all over myself trying to apologize for the Longhorn/Sooner questions. Typical Texas coach's wife - I get to meet a celebrity and all I can think to ask is a football question...

She forgives me :)

She was also entertained by The Coach's comment on our drive to Austin. He asked me, "So, are there going to be any people at this book signing? Because I've never heard of this Amish Lady."

After my quiet giggle, I calmly answered, "Yes, honey. There will be lots of people there. She's actually kinda famous."

Lets just say he didn't believe me and was shocked when he had to hunt to find a parking space on the 4th level of parking garage.

See the small child on my hip trying to strangle me with my necklace. Yeah, the breathing treatment she was on at the time made her a hyper wild-child. It was late at night and she wasn't even close to slowing down.

All in all a very fun night!

Pioneer Woman was funny - She had to have been exhausted by the time she got to me (remember - 18th from the end) and yet she was gracious and smiling.

Marlboro Man was hot and Pioneer Sister and The Coach hit it off famously.

The Coach meets The Amish Lady part 1

Ree Drummond (aka The Pioneer Woman) was at BookPeople in Austin to promote hew new cookbook "The Pioneer Woman Cooks." Of course, half of central Texas showed up - including me. Yes, I'm a devoted PW fan :)

She started off by taking questions from the crowd - including ME! Of course, I managed to screw it up... I asked a loaded question, given the enviornment, "So, are you a Longhorn or a Sooner?"

The crowd got a kick out of it, but I'm not sure she did. She bowed her head a bit but responded nicely with, "Well, actually I'm a Trojan." DUH - I knew that. She graduated from USC... I should have thought before asking.

Here she is recovering from my rudeness:

And here is Marlboro Man.





Let me tell you, I've always thought MM very nice looking, but he is very smooth too. I have to admit, there is this sexy aura that surrounds him. After I got my books signed, we were organizing Livi, the bags, the books, the coat, etc. he started to talk to me a bit. My toungue was tied - blah blah blah - I sounded like an idiot! He asked me what my blog was and was being nice in general and all I could do was gag on myself. I sounded like I had a mouthful of mashed potatoes. sigh.... I can be such a dork.
Plus, he took several pictures of Livi - I think he thought she was pretty cute. I hope she makes PW's blog!



But here is the sexiest man in the house - The Coach. He already managed to sew up the 'Father of the Year' award with his single-handed victory over the Swine Flu earlier this fall, but now he is vying for 'Husband of the Year' after his show of dedication and love last night.
Pioneer Sister was very impressed that Jeff drove me to Austin and watched Livi in the bookstore for 3+ hours so I could meet PW.
Apparently Jeff made friends with Pioneer Sister and Pioneer Mother in the kids' book section while I was standing in line. He had no clue who they were. Figures.



Here is Livi continuing her World Domination Tour of toy and book stores. I like that the Olivia book is right behind her. The BookPeople store is amazing - I fell in love. Too bad its all the way in downtown Austin or we'd be there every weekend.
The childrens' section employees deserve extra pay after last night - just sayin'.

It was a long wait. I was the 18th person in line from the end. Here is a pic of the end of the line to prove it. My feet hurt - of course I chose to wear my cute black heeled boots rather than comfortable shoes...

Here are my Line-Mates, Lucy and Sarah. They drove in from San Antonio. We had fun visiting whilst waiting our turn.

Up Next: Me and the Pioneer Woman!

The Coach

Here is The Coach... doing what he does best :) He loves football and football loves him. Right now he is super busy with football playoffs + basketball season. And he doesn't complain one bit.

He wakes early to take Robbie to basketball practice, then has his own teaching duties, then does football practice, then basketball practice, then home for diaper duty to give me a break, and he is usually the one who stays up late (or gets up at night) with Livi.

Blanco will be playing in the 3rd Round Playoffs at Victoria Memorial Stadium Friday night at 7:30 vs. Refugio. Its a re-match of last year's Quarter Final playoff game. Should be a very good game - and a very cold one! Bundle up and come support the Blanco Panthers! If its a bit too cold, the game will be broadcast on KTKO 105.7 FM

Robbie's basketball

Believe it or not, basketball is harder to photograph than football or volleyball... Here is Robbie in his first game against Hunt. We won by quite a bit.

Here he is in his second game against Johnson City. We should have beat that team badly, but barely squeaked by with a 1-point victory.


Livi is not very interested in basketball. She just likes to run around the halls.

23 week belly pic

Here I am at 23 weeks and 4 days... wearing jersey #4 for Baby4 :)

I tried to catch Livi smiling for the camera for a change... but no go. She isn't into smiling these days.

Livi wishes Robbie a 'Happy Birthday'

I'm going to try uploading a video of Livi wishing Robbie 'Happy Birthday!'