Shelly's Blog

Happy New Year 2013! We've had a very cold and rainy year so far.  That being said, we went to dinner and then stayed in on New Years Eve this year.  Woo Hoo! Alyssa participated in the Academic Rally at St. Pius on Saturday and she placed 3rd for the poetry she submitted about sky diving. On Sunday we celebrated Ryan's 5th birthday party at Monkey Joe's. ......Then we went home to watch the Houston Texans lose their playoff game.  Bummer. Alyssa is on the St. Ambrose JV basketball team and we have had several games to attend in the afternoons as well as practices on the days she doesn't have games.  So far, January is full of games, practices, birthday parties, doctor's appointments and orthodontist appointments.  I can't wait until February.

When was the last time I wrote on this blog.  *big sigh*  I guess I just need to stop making promises I can't keep.  I totally missed blogging Alyssa's birthday.  So I guess I'll start from there. May 15th was Alyssa's 12th birthday.  Happy Birthday, Alyssa!! (A LOT Belated) My baby was such a cute bald headed baby.  Just look at her!  I can't believe my baby is now 12 years & 8 months old! Isn't she just beautiful ? Not sure about the rest of you, but the summer months flew by for the Milner family!  Jessica started Cross Country practice in June and four days a week she was at the school running or weight lifting. During July, we went to Panama City Florida for vacation. We had a very nice and relaxing week but after a couple of days, the seaweed floated in on the tide.  The kids and Glenn rode a jet ski while I lounged on the beach.  That's my idea of a nice vacation! August was the start of ...

15 years ago today, at 6:32 am, God put a 7 pound 12 ounce precious bundle into my arms and my heart. She was a little early, 4 weeks to be exact, but I think she was just so excited to finally get here that she didn't care that she was early. Of course, getting here early meant that she had to stay in the NICU unit at St. Joseph's hospital for a few days. She was a bundle of energy then and she's still a bundle of energy today. Happy 15th Birthday Jessica......I love you!

The kids were off on Spring Break a couple of weeks ago. I took off that Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday so that we could do something fun. We went to the rodeo to see TBP and then on to Galveston. We got burned to a crisp. The weather was just so nice that we didn't think to put on sunscreen. I know.....Really stupid. I had also received a jury summons to apear at the court house on the following Monday. No problem, right? I just waltz right in, do my "thang" and waltz right on back out. Wrong. I was selected for a felony murder trial and spent 6 days as a juror in court. This was a Harris County District Court presided over by Hon. Judge Ruben Guerrero. A couple of things stuck with me after going through the whole trial jury process. One, it was a great experience and not anything like I thought it would be. Two, I hope I never have to do it again. The whole thing was very emotionally disturbing for me. The way I feel, it's not up to me ...

I just realized that I promised pictures in my last blog update and I have yet to post them.....(so much for keeping up with the blog), so here they are. Enjoy! The Stingerettes Performing at a JV Football ga me Halloween Pumpkins - Jessica's and Alyssa's Artwork Thanksgiving - Alyssa, Brianna, & Jessica Stingerettes performing at NW Mall Making Goodie Bags to take to the Assisted Living Center Getting ready to hand out treats to the Terrace Delivering our goodies Christmas Eve at the Milner's Thank you VERY much Elaine! A Horse for Alyssa Christmas Morning Creating Tye Dye Shirts The Finished Products Kemah Boardwalk Vicki's Birthday Celebration

It's 2012. It's the first of March 2012 to be exact. Unreal. Lots of things have happened since my last blog post back in September 2011. None of them majorly mind-blowing, but still a lot of time has passed. First, the drought is over! It has rained and rained and rained and rained over the past 2 months. The grass is greener, the flowers and trees are happy......life can't get better than that, right? Second, I made a few New Years Resolutions. First and foremost, get back in control of my eating and exercising habits. I decided to join Weight Watchers at the beginning of the year. It's worked before for me and I knew it would work again. So far, I have lost 24 lbs. I have quiet a few left to lose, but I'm back on track and more in control. Third, I also made a New Years Resolution to be nicer. Now, normally I'm a pretty nice person, but there are a few people that just get under my skin and I get a little snippy with them. I'm trying to be a better person...

It seems like we dove right into the start of the school year head-first. We have already had a lot of homework, tests, dance practices, spirit week, football games to dance for at SAS, open house at Jersey Village, Meet the Hornets night, attended Grease-The Musical at JV, and Parent/Teacher Conferences are coming up at both schools - just to name a few of our activities. And, might I add, that Jessica was asked to the Homecoming dance and we were out shopping for a dress this weekend. We found a beautiful one! Homecoming Dress Spirit Week - Crazy Hair Day This might be Dancing??? Getting Ready to Watch Some TEXAN FOOTBALL Meet the Hornets Night Stingeretts Performing at an SAS Football Game Texas has been plagued by one of it's worst droughts in history. We've had many wild fires pop up all around us but I think our wonderful firefighters have contained most of them. I've been trying to do my part to help our little feathered friends by providing water. We've had a ...