As Seen on TV...

I am sure you have seen the infomercials for them… “blankets with sleeves.” The Snuggie!
When Markus turned 40 in late November Eric and Lisa thought the appropriate gift was a snuggie… We all laughed when he opened it and I really didn’t give it much more thought. That was not until I was given a neatly wrapped belated birthday gift from Eric & Lisa… You guessed it, a snuggie. But not just any snuggie, a leopard print one. Not sure if there is some underlying “cougar” dig there or not. :)


Well Amanda and Allie have been fighting over it with the recent cold weather. They love the way you can wrap up and still use your arms! It has turned out to be a great gift – Thanks Eric & Lisa.
I also received these other great gifts from friends & family – A Hooters gift card, silver earrings, a massage from Massage Envy and lot of lotions & bath products.

Thanks so much to everyone for making my 40th birthday a very special one.

Now the real work begins….

We sold our house; rather quickly too considering this market, and are to close on it very soon.

Now we are frantically sorting, throwing away, giving away, packing and storing all of our stuff. It is amazing how much stuff one family can accumulate in just a few short years. David and I cleaned out the attic and found more to throw-out than to actually keep! We took two trucks and a trailer load to stuff to the trash collection last weekend. Even with that, we have a storage unit that is bulging full!

Although we will miss some of our neighbors, we are excited to move on with the next part of our life.

"Viewers like you"... # 2

Another "viewer" for you all to "meet"....

Nina & Tobias - from Germany. It looks a little cold there - with the snow covered trees in the background. Try to keep warm! Can't wait to see you on your next visit to Texas.

If you have not sent me a photo for the blog, please send it to: Sharonanderson1969@gmail.com

Working girl

My little baby is almost all grown up. She started her first job on Friday. She is working at McDonald's. She had a great first day and was told that she was doing very well. She looks so cute in her uniform!

Amanda on her first day of work

"Viewers like you"...#1

Here are the first photos of some of our "viewers"....

Eric, Austin, Ethan & Lisa - From Leander

David's good friends "The Watsons" - from Georgia

Keep checking back to "meet"other folks. ...and if you have not sent me your photo please do so the following email address.

Sharonanderson1969@gmail.com

It's 2009 already?

It seems like just a few weeks ago the school year was starting and we were planning our Halloween costumes...Now it's all over...Where does time go? Where did 2008 go? Hopefully 2009 will be an even better year for all of us!

We had a few friends over to ring in the new year.... Looks like we had a good time. :)

Paul & Jen came up from Houston

Markus having a "good time"

Melanie had fun, or at least had good booze!

A happy dog once he got away from the fireworks!

There was singing,

and more singing.

There was kissing,

and more kissing! (Now you see why they are having baby #3!)

Leathea & Mel having fun.

Jen & Lisa

What a cute couple.


David and I acting silly!

We are lucky to have such great friends to spend time with. Can't wait to see what memories we make together in 2009!

Happy New Year!!

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas!!!!


We spend the holiday with my Mom & Dad. As usual the girls got way too much stuff. Santa was really good to them this year. He brought Allie a Powerwing scooter, Emily a Rip Stick and Amanda a Lomography Camera.

Instead of giving each other a lot of small stuff David and I got the family an Ocean Kayak. It was really hard to keep it hidden from the girls but we did it. It will be great to use at the beach or just camping around here. We spent the morning opening gifts and playing outside.

Having Christmas "poppers" complete with paper hats has become a tradition with us.

Even Grandpa gave the new Powerwing a try.

Amanda made a drawing of David and Ashley as a gift for David. It took her about a week to do it and it turned out really good. She is quite an artist.

We left Mom & Dad's the day after Christmas and went to Lake Georgetown for a few days of camping. The weather was a bit cold but we had a good time.

Allie & David took the new Kayak for a trial run on Lake Georgetown

Hope you and yours had a wonderful holiday!!

Who is watching us????

We seem to have a few followers of our blog from around the globe. David and I thought it would be fun for everyone to "meet"....

We would like to post photos of our friends and family who view the blog.

If you would like to send a photo to place on the blog please do so. I will only use your first name(s) and general location....

Please send your photos to me at Sharonanderson1969@gmail.com

Crazy Days....

I have been frantic since returning home from Australia. I realized on Friday, Dec 12th, when my “vacation fog” cleared, that I had done literally NO Christmas shopping. So since then I have been a woman on a mission… I have used ever spare minute between meetings, picking up the kids & swim practice to purchase gifts. As of today I am just about completely done – Thank goodness!!!!!!! Now I just need to get it all wrapped and hidden before Tuesday when we head to my parents house.

Allie had her Christmas party on Thursday and David & I both got to go celebrate with her. She was very excited that I was there on my birthday.

They had a book exchange, made gingerbread houses and ate lots of snacks. Way too much candy for one day!

Our trip home

We spent a few hours in LA on our way home. We rented a car and drove around to see a few sights. David took me to see the famous Venice Beach. It was nothing like I expected. There were guys working out which I expected, but it was very dirty and a little scary. I did not feel very safe walking down the street. There were a lot of panhandlers and homeless people sleeping all over the place. It was definitely and experience!

We drove up to Santa Monica and watched the sun set from the famous boardwalk. The carrousel and roller coaster were closed for the winter but the farris wheel was running. After a lot of begging I got David on for one ride with me! He is a big chicken ya know. I don’t think it was too bad for him though.

The next morning we headed to the airport for the final leg of our journey home. My Mom and the girls met us at the airport with flowers and the biggest hugs you have ever seen. They definitely missed us as much as we missed them!