So, here we are...March 2011. I've been a total slacker at this for quite some time, and for that I apologize. I've posted a few random photos, and hope to be able to find more time to keep up. I now have a job as a housekeeper at a hotel in Seneca, SC. It's a job, and it kept Luke from having to go back to Oklahoma to work. He recently started a job in Salem, SC at a rat farm. Yes, you heard me right...a rat farm. He seems to like it, although the work is hard, and he's making pretty good money. Again, whatever kept him from having to go back to Oklahoma was what we decided to do. Even if it meant P/T, minimum wage, no benefits, etc. It kept our family together, which was the ultimate goal. So, here we are, making it work!!! Oh, by the way, because I probably won't get to it on the 17th: HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!!!!

We had a blast at our annual Halloween party. This year's theme was: ZOMBIEPALOOZA. This was only the beginning of my costume...Mare and I tied for 1st place in the scariest costume contest(what a surprise, right?). I think next year we're having a geriatric theme. Good times!

We did get a good bit of snow this winter. However, NOTHING like winter in Syracuse! The kids had a great time playing in the snow. I had fun too, but A WEEK OF SNOW DAYS!? Get real SC...you wouldn't survive a NY minute in the winter!

This was taken on a Saturday right before I had to leave for work. I didn't want to go, and they didn't want me to go either. Miss my Saturdays with them!

I got a new tattoo! This makes number 7, and going to get number 8 on Thursday! This one is mostly in part for Mare. "We'll always be friends forever" is a line from The Fox and the Hound, and we say it to each other ALL THE TIME!

When we got back to Florida, we surprised everyone with a little visit from Aunt Ronnie!

There are just waaaaay too many cruise photos to post, so here at least is a group photo.

We had such a good time on the cruise celebrating mommy and daddy's 50th anniversary!

Here are some Halloween photos...there are just too many to post them all, but I'm sure you can get an idea of how much fun we had...can't wait to do it again next year!

Rita winding me up...she was a Shooting Star...complete with toy guns...and I was a Wind-up doll.

Susan as a woman of the 60's I think!?

Becky as a Renaissance Wench...and Sadie"the wild thing".

Gordon as Freddy Kreuger in our backyard cemetary.

Sara, George, and John Paul "The Bum".

Halloween Fun!

Even Mommy and Daddy dressed up...and very creatively, as BLACKMAIL!

George was a little bat who wasn't willing to spread his wings for the camera.

Sara was a vampire complete with fangs and fake nails!

We're still trying to figure out who Rosie and Sadie buried in Mare's back yard, but he/she added to the Halloween ambience, so we let him/her struggle!

Halloween Fun!

Barb the Yankee fan!

Pumpkin carving: a family affair!

George was offering the jack-o-lantern a drink.

Brian and Sue...hippies at our costume party!

Luke, the Honkey Cowboy, gettin' a little frisky with the witch.

Halloween Fun!

Last night was the annual Boo in the Zoo in Greenville. We had to run to the Dollar Tree to invent some last minute costumes as I hadn't yet recieved the ones I'd ordered off of Ebay. So Sara was a BAT FAIRY, and George was an ARMY GUY. (Thanks grandma! All the camouflage stuff you had gotten came in handy).

This morning the kids were playing with the masks they got in their Trick-or-Treat bags last night at Boo in the Zoo...cute little critters, aren't they?