Tonsil Day!!!

Carsyn got her tonsils and adenoids taken out this morning. She did well with the surgery. The medicine they gave her first to make her a little more calm was so funny...she was flat on her back, smiling and laughing and trying to speak with slurred speech. Scott and I couldn't stop laughing. The surgery was quick. He said her tonsils were awfully large but came out well. She had a hard time waking up...she cried and cried until they gave her a few more doses of pain meds. We went to a recovery room for a mandatory 4 hours. She did not sleep one bit. She was awake the whole time and wanted to eat. Sometimes she was crying and wanted her grandma. Sometimes she was walking all over the room...complete with iv...laughing and joking. The iv was the worst thing because she wanted it out.
We are home and she is FINALLY taking a long nap. yeah!!! Keeping her calm for two weeks is going to be toughbut she is doing great so far!
By the way...she took daddy baby along for moral support...the entire hospital staff got a kick out of that big ugly baby doll! They all thought it was her baby brother and agreed is was the ugliest doll they'd ever seen! Daddy baby went through surgery and recovery with her!

Back to School

So the home computer is still being repaired.... no new pictures to post yet. But there are many ready to go when we do finally get it back! I had my first week back at inservice...a little dull as usual, but good to get back into the swing of things! My students start on Monday...we are almost at 2400 students last I heard. Wow, that's way too many. We now have portable buildings all around the school....our administrators call it our FEMA community. It's pretty bad.
Speaking of pretty bad, Carsyn's tonsils are still awful. We went to see the ENT last Monday and he said they were almost touching. She is getting her tonsils and adenoids out this Thursday. It seems like something happens the first week back to school almost every year for me!!! Marcus is going to have to miss his 4th day of school to stay home with Payton...not sure what other option we have. Thanks goodness I have a stay-at-home mom friend who lives right by my school and will let Carsyn rest at her house at the end of the next week so she doesn't have to go back to day care too soon.
Well I guess I should go...a little ballerina who is currently on her 6th outfit of the day (and it's only 10:45 am) is dying to go swimming. Talk to you later!

What Time is It???

The big day is FINALLY here. We have literally been counting down for months. For those of you out of the loop, it is HIGH School Musical 2 premiere day. You all have to watch it tonight on the Disney Channel. Great music, appropriate for all ages, and Zach Ephron could not be any more adorable. So check it out! Carsyn is going to school today in her new HSM shirt, hat and buttons with stickers to share. Yeah!!!

The Hills discussion group...after the show

Ok, to all my Hills fans out there. This is our weekly post show discussion group....kinda like a book club but much easier. So what did you think?
1. Lauren...didn't you feel so sad for her when she went home to see her mom?
2. Heidi...she had a boob job and a nose job. Too bad she didn't have a brain job or a common sense job...what an idiot. She has NO friends except Jen Bunny who has the biggest nose ever!
3. Spencer...oh my goodness...the Hollywood grafitti wall? What an idiot.
4. Do you think Heidi and Spencer really started the rumors? I think Heidi is a complete idiot and is totally naive to the fact that Spencer did it. Just my thinking.

What else?????

tattoos and haircuts

Of all the times to NOT be computer ready...this is ridiculous! Scott and I went to get matching tattoos on Saturday...now that's love. We took in the previously posted photo of carsyn's hand doing "Ilove you" in sign language. He drew that with three flowers around the wrist,,,one for each kid. It's on my ankle and definitely permanent, but is really awesome. Scott has his on his arm. We will show pictures soon!
Today I got my haircut...short! I got it really short in teh back...Jenny calls is a stacked bob. I feel so stylish now. Again...pictures will come when I figure it all out or get my other computer back!

I'M STILL HERE!!!

Hey everyone. I am still here and have just returned from a 10 day trip to Ohio to see the family. Unfortunately our computer is still in the repair stages so I am using my Mac laptop from school. Normally it is more user friendly, but I can't figure out the photo program for the life of me. Amy took a millon photos while we were there and they are all amazing. Please check her site for postings of the girls and Marcus...I just realized that hundreds of photos and 10 days but not one photo of me. Oops.
check it out!
www.acovey.blogspot.com

Just checkin in!

Hey everyone. Our computer has a Trojan virus. Not good. Luckily scott and I both have laptops from work so I am not cut off from the world. However, I am not sure how the photo programs work on the Mac that I have so nothing to show you now.
We have had a summer week...I am done with summer school...yeah! It was really a good experience and I had great kids...but it started way too early!
Marcus is happy...he earned a lot of money babysitting the girls while I worked so he bought an LCD tv to mount on the wall of his new room. Also, he got the top braces on Monday. He looks just about the same, maybe a little more grown up. He is really excited about them. He is at football camp all this week at the high school....two hours every morning. So I am playing carpool mom/ housewife all week and lovin it.
The kids and I are meeting jill and luke at chuck e cheese today...big stuff. I really needed an excuse to get the kids OUT of the pool. The girls are lovin it and spending all of their time in there. Neither are afraid of the water and are having tons of fun learning to swim. The highlight of Carsyn's summer was when she discovered that her princess barbies can swim in the pool with her! Now all we need are some barbie swimming suits....styrofoam meat trays work well as rafts.
Scott has a renewed attitude this work and has been working like crazy. IT is good to see him happy at work, even after a long day.
Only a week and a half til we're in Ohio! See you all then!

Happy 4th of July

Happy 4th of July, everyone! We are hoping the rain will stay away long enough to swim, eat and watch fireworks tonight. July 4th in Central Texas is always great....so much to do! Hopefully tomorrow night we are going to the carnival and the rodeo!

Here's some photos from the land of the free and the home of the brave!

S'Mores!!!

Here's the s'mores pictures. Thanks for the idea jill...they were so yummy!

Finally...We get to swim!!!

It has been unbelievably rainy here in Texas this spring and summer. We have not had much cooperation with the weather to use the pool. But last weekend we had three straight days of sunshine and spent hours in the pool. Jill and family came over Saturday night. We swam, ate dinner together and made s'mores around the fire pit. Here are some photos!

My "Feather"

Did anyone watch Nate on Oprah the other day? He had framed and matted a feather in a woman's living room. Her husband had passed away and it was meaningful to her (anyone know why? I missed that part.) Anyway, they were talking about what their "feather" is...the one thing that symbolizes what matters most. This is my feather. I need a great photo of it (hint hint Amy) so it can go in our house. IN fact, Scott and I are even considering tattoos of it! I taught Carsyn this a long time ago. Now the whole family does it all the time. Even Payton comes close do doing it! So I guess it's our feather! What's your feather?

The Beast

Thanks, Aunt Amy, for finding the shirt in the right size. Here's Marcus, AKA "The Beast." He saw this shirt at Steve and Barry's but never could find it in his size. This is him posing in his best angry face.

And still more Jamaica!

OK, here's more photos. Me, trying to mimic a Corona commercial. Scott being super studly in the water (don't tell him it's on here!), my efforts at being artistic with Scott and the blue blue sky, Scott looking out the balcony, and me posing on a perfect photo bridge!

Just the two of us!

It seems silly, but for some reason on vacation we just take so many pictures of us together. We mastered the self timer on the new camera by the end of the week. Here are some results. All were taken by us!

(Actually the first was taken by a waiter, but the rest are our own!)

More Jamaica

Jamaica is everything stereotypical that you hear it will be. They constantly tell you "No problem," we heard Bob Marley the moment we stepped off the plane (can't tell you how many times I heard "Don't worry 'bout a thing..."), men in dred locks are walking the beach selling things. It is truly amazing. I have never seen so many long legged women in my life!

Our resort was all inclusive...all the food and drinks you want. All we had to do was lay on the beach and a waiter would come to us offering drinks, snowcones, fruit, cold washcloths. It was the most relaxing place every!

The country is beautiful! The most gorgeous beach on one side and lush mountains on the other.

Here are some more photos.

A view from the balcony of the pool, beach grill, and restaurant.

Our verandah.

Our room from the beach. We are on the top right.

Jamaica...Part 1

We just got back from a 5 day vacation at Couples Swept Away resort in Negril, Jamaica. It was amazing. Here are a few quick photos...more to come!

Jamaica, Mon...No Problem!!!

We just got back from 5 days in Jamaica. We stayed at the Couples Swept Away resort in Negril. It was AMAZING!!! Here are a few photos...I have to get dinner going so this will be short. But as soon as I have time, I will post more and tell you all about it! The first is our view from the room. So beautiful. The first thing I did every morning was drink Jamaican coffee and just look at it. The second photo is us on the beach in the evening. You should've seen the man who took it...an old European man with a very dark tan, a hairy chest, bald on his head, wearing a very tiny speedo...yikes! His wife was topless....so he was the better option.

Blogger Challenge and other stuff

Tag....I'm it. Thank goodness Amy gave me something to do. I am subbing for three days of summer school and I have NOTHING to do. I am so bored. Sadly, I have to leave in 30 minutes for a funeral. The son of one of my fellow teachers hung himself in his room last Friday. He was about to be a junior at my school. It is tragic and sooooo sad. No one seems to understand why. We have had so many tragedies at this school.
Change the subject! Here's my survey response.

I was "tagged" by Amy and here it is!
Four of my favorite jobs:
1. teacher (especially right now during summer vacation)
2. Mommy
3. Party planner
4. Wedding planner

Four of my favorite local places
1. Mikeska's barbecue
2. My back yard, of course!
3. Salado...just walking the streets and shopping
4. My school...I know, it sounds sick, but it's pretty fun here!



Four of my favorite foods
1. chocolate chip cookies- my homemade ones of course
2. stuffed sea bass from Diamondbacks, in Waco
3. anything Italian with a good glass of wine
4. STARBUCKS...not really food, but filling anyway!

Four of my favorite international places
1. Italy
2. Fiji
3. Australia
4. Paris

Four names of people I am tagging:
Everyone's already been tagged! I am at the end of the list!

Testing the new camera

OK, let's try this again. I am trying trying trying to post photos with my new camera and it hasn't worked so far so we'll try this. This photo was an accident. We had an awesome full rainbow the other day. I thought I had panoramic photos on my camera...but apparently you have to take a few photos and it pieces them together into one. So it looks like i have 3 driveways and 3 rainbows!

Happy 2007

Happy New Year! I am sure that sounds odd to everyone, so let me explain. Today the stars must have been aligned or something. Because it was raining, the house was picked up, and both girls took an extra long nap at the same time. So I finally got back to my scrapbook. I finished Christmas and Marcus' birthday and officially put the 2006 book out on the shelf. This probably doesn't mean much to you non-scrappers, but to those of you who are fanatics like me, it is a major accomplishment. All aspects of my life are scrapped