Marlys' 5th Birthday

Tuesday was Mar's birthday. I wanted it to be so fun, but we were all so sick (everyone but Mar, of course). We opened presents before she went to school, and then my and Ry went to the doctor. On the way home I stopped my Krispy Kreme and picked up some donuts and capri suns and took them to her class for her treat.

Last night we asked where she wanted to go for her birthday dinner and she said McDonalds! I was all for it because I had a fever and the thought of going through a drive-thru was way more appealing than the thought of going to some where to sit. We stopped by the grovery store and bought some medicine and a birthday cake before heading back home.

On Saturday we are having a party in Tennessee for her. Hopefully we'll all feel a lot better!

Me and Donnie's new workout

I'm It

20 YEARS AGO...
1. I was 9 years old
2. I lived in Monroe and my best friend was still Ryan Anderson
3. I guess I was in 4th grade...so my teacher was Mrs. Dinodica
4. My grandma Cartwright was dying of breast cancer
5. I spent a lot of time watching tv.

10 YEARS AGO...
1. I was 19 years old
2. I was going to Snow College
3. I lived with Jill, Lindsey, Tricia (hag), Lanae (hag's sister) and Kim.
4. I had a super huge crush on Mike Esplin...he looked like a lollipop kid on The Wizard of Oz
5. I had no idea what I was going to do when I grew up

5 YEARS AGO...
1. I was 24 years old
2. Me and Donnie had recently celebrated our first anniversary!
3. I was 9 months pregnant...she was actually due in 3 days (but the booger was 12 days late!)
4. Me and Donnie lived in an apartment in Killeen on the second floor and I dreaded climbing the stairs, as huge as I was, in the 100* Texas heat
5. I had no idea I wouldn't lose the baby weight...I was so sure I would!

3YEARS AGO...
1. Donnie had only been home from Iraq for 6 months
2. We were renting a big house in Killeen
3. Marlys was about to turn 2
4. I was in school full time, but I still hadn't figured out what I wanted to be when I grew up.
5. We were looking forward to moving on post

1 YEAR AGO...
1. We were just getting settled into our new home in Texas
2. I was still in school full time (nope, still didn't know)
3. We were feeding the missionaries 3-4 times a week
4. We had BBQ's every weekend with the whole neighborhood
5. I had just bought Donnie a motorcycle

THIS YEAR...
1. We moved out of our beautiful home in Texas and moved to North Carolina
2. We bought our second home
3. Marlys started school
4. We got a new car (Jeep Commander)
5. Rylee turned 2

YESTERDAY...
1. I did a lot of housework
2. I played on the computer a little
3. I talked to my grandpa on the phone
4. I ordered Donnie an Evan Tanner t-shirt
5. I had some bubble gum ice cream

TODAY...
1. I volunteered at Mar's school this morning
2. I did hard-core house work
3. I went to Wal-Mart and got the oil changed
4. I packed everyones stuff for Tennessee
5. We're going to Tennessee

TOMORROW...
1.Me and Donnie are going to a University of TN football game in Knoxvile
2. I'm going to eat a hot dog there
3. We're staying at Jon and Teresa's
4. We'll see Aunt Shirley
5. I'll get some of Jon's famous french toast!

NEXT YEAR...
1. Donnie will be finished with BNCOC
2. He will hopefully be accepted as a Warrant Officer
3. Let's hope we move back to Texas
4. Rylee will start Preschool
5. Tracy will probably give birth again :)

I Tag....Ashlee, Lynnzie, Aubrie, Janice, Leslie, and whoever else is a sucker for these things

Cute picture of the kids this morning....

Chuck Liddell getting the snot knocked out of him

If you don't like Chuck Liddell, this was awesome. I however, really like him a lot, and was completely SHOCKED when this happened. What made me really mad was for the first round, Rashad Evans just danced around avoiding Chuck. Chuck was basically chasing him all over the ring. Rashad was scared to death and you could tell. Everybody was booing because all we were watching was Chuck trying to fight and Rashad trying to hide. Then out of nowhere comes this punch and Chuck is knocked out on the floor. He was down there for a good 5 minutes. I thought he was dead.

UFC 88 in Hotlanta!

Me and Donnie left on Friday morning headed for Atlanta! We got to drive through a hurricane, and so that was pretty cool. While in Atlanta we went to UFC 88 (If you don't watch this stuff, you should), the World Of Coke (It's right next to Coke's world headquarters), and the Georgia Aquarium (the largest in the US, or so they say).

This is me and Donnie right inside the World of Coke. That

wall in the background is actually water that changes color.

This is in the tasting room at the World Of Coke. You can drink

as much as you want. They have the favorite drinks from around

the world...I don't recommend Italy's, it tasted like ear wax.

This is right outside the Coke Store. They bottle their own

Coke there, and let you take a bottle for free.

This is the aquarium. They had a huge Titanic exhibit going.

It was kinda creepy to see all the stuff they had pulled out of

the ocean. It was really cool though.

This is the Rich Franklin, Matt Hammil fight. Rich won. I love

him because he is so freakin hot. That's all.

Chuck Liddell, probably the most popular guy in the UFC.

He got knocked out....big time.

Chuck and Rashad Evans, minutes before Chucks head was

knocked off.

Donnie looking up at a whale shark...they have 4 there. Donnie at the World of Coke

This is the view from our seats. I have no idea who that is

on the screen though.

This is Donnie after smoking lots of marijuana. (Huh? He told me

to put that.)
That tall building is the Omni hotel. The windows have a

lot of weird designs from the tornado that went through

downtown Atlanta about 6 months ago. This is in the

Olympic Centennial Park

We know we're cute, you don't have to remind us.

I would love to have a scandalous affair with this man.

Tropical Storm Hanna