Her future...So Matthias thinks....

We did some shopping at a golf store here in Dallas (thanks to Chris and his Christmas gift to Matthias)on Sunday afternoon and Matthias has decided that Ava will play golf. Oh and she will like it....and if not PRO then good enough to beat all the guys she plays with when she gets older....I love it, That's a daddy for ya!! She even got her own golf club set...

Matthias and Ava!!

Saturday night...Building Blocks and reading.....

Sunday at Lunch....Awwwww!!

Sunday- WE LOVE THE SUNSHINE!!! IN THE BACKYARD PLAYING....60 degree weather

Matthias has really been the best ever lately. He cleans and cooks and most importantly takes over with Ava when I just don't have it in me anymore. I'm good until about 6:30pm ever day and that's it. This week has gotten a little tougher for me, i'm just uncomfortable in every position I'm in...Standing/Sitting/Sleeping you name it. These are a few of them hanging out this weekend.
Thanks Babe!!

Things to do on a cold rainy day........

Ava and I made a pecan, chocolate chip cheesecake Saturday while we were stuck inside with cold rainy weather. It started out as a pecan/c.chip cheesecake but by the time Ava were done with it we had a Pecan Chocolate Chip Strawberry Mandarin Orange Cheesecake.....ohhhh sounds kinda funky huh!!! But TASTE YUMMMMY!!! At least we think so!!

Our weekend with the cold weather...Friday

A couple pictures of Ava and I. About 4 1/2 more weeks...yipppppppppppeeeeeeeee

Then I turned the camera over to Ava, not bad huh.....She likes playing with my camera..I wonder where she gets that from....

Ava's Second hair cut--Ever!!!

My Ava Lou got her second hair cut ever this past week. Not such a big deal you say--But she's only had hair for a year now, so I can still make a deal about it. I thought it really needed a few layers but NO!!!! The hairdresser snipped about 5 times and told me to just be patient and let it do its thing for now. I guess I should appreciate this--those $30-$40 haircut and styles will be here soon enough. Poor thing, she got her momma's S-L-O-W growing hair!!

Not a big fan of the hairdryer, during the styling process

Ready to go....enough of this!!

One Year Ago, crazy how they change so fast!!

This is a test...........................

no workie workie

I won I won I won!!!

Back in the fall a blog war was declared by our good friend Jennifer. Whoever blogged the most would win a prize, cut off date was New Years Eve. Time went on and a few of us kept up the blogging, for me it just became a great way to share our life here in Plano with all our friends in family throughout the states and Germany. Well guess what I Won!! So, for my prize I got a Southwest Airlines Gift Certificate for 15.00. How awesome is that....Thanks Jen, YOU ROCK!!!

This was on our Girls Trip in Santa Fe, the Manager of this great restaurant loved Jen!!!

Snow day!!!

It has been the coldest winter in Dallas in like 4 or 5 years. Schools and businesses have been shut down due to ice and snow storms. I know some of you don't get it, I mean look at all that snow......... But we don't have the best drivers here in this part of the state. Plus we don't deal with these conditions very often.what do we do...SHUT ER DOWN!!! Ava's first walk in the snow.....yipeeeee!!!

BRRRRRR!!

This is probably the closest we'll come to snow this year, Ice on the trees in the Park...

The winter ice storm of the year came through this weekend sending everyone in to a frenzy. Our grocery store was packed yesterday morning, they said it was as busy as the day before Thanksgiving. Everyone stocking up and preparing for a weekend spent in the warm indoors. The line from freezing to not went directly through our part of Texas. Fort Worth freezing, Denton freezing and everything west of Dallas freezing...Plano, Dallas and east Texas just cold with tons of RAIN-which we really really need!!

These pictures are from the park two blocks from us!!

The two that get a list of their own!!!!

The Tiger Woods- b/c he's just an overall bad ARS!!


And my #1 of course!! Matthias Alexander Gerlich!!

The (was 6 plus matthias is now) 5 in no order!!

The David Beckham
The Lenny Kravits!!
Andre Aggasi back in 88-90's

Still not so bad!!

This is a new one for me Wentworth Miller from Prison Break..
And my very first to ever make a list was Rick Sprinfield in like 1983...

Not how you do it.....

This was my treat last night after a light dinner at Chili's. It's okay I was at the gym for an hour today, so we're all good. But I have to tell you, dangerous very dangerous. Plus, I've never done the drive through thing at Krispy Kreme before for just 3 doughnuts--that's not right...

We(Ava and I) had 2 of these....still hot and gooey--Chocolate glazed

And 1 of these....still hot and gooey.........Raspberry filled glazed.
Matthias asked me this morning if I wanted one of the doughnuts for breakfast, yea right, they we're gone within 10 minutes after purchase....

One Great Book!!

I just finished this book......OH MY GAWD, it's sooo good. John Grisham is now one of my favorite authors. I love his writing style, especially in this non-fiction book.
Goooo gettt it!!

ABOUT THIS BOOK

John Grisham’s first work of nonfiction, an exploration of small town justice gone terribly awry, is his most extraordinary legal thriller yet.

In the major league draft of 1971, the first player chosen from the State of Oklahoma was Ron Williamson. When he signed with the Oakland A’s, he said goodbye to his hometown of Ada and left to pursue his dreams of big league glory.

Six years later he was back, his dreams broken by a bad arm and bad habits—drinking, drugs, and women. He began to show signs of mental illness. Unable to keep a job, he moved in with his mother and slept twenty hours a day on her sofa.

In 1982, a 21-year-old cocktail waitress in Ada named Debra Sue Carter was raped and murdered, and for five years the police could not solve the crime. For reasons that were never clear, they suspected Ron Williamson and his friend Dennis Fritz. The two were finally arrested in 1987 and charged with capital murder.

With no physical evidence, the prosecution’s case was built on junk science and the testimony of jailhouse snitches and convicts. Dennis Fritz was found guilty and given a life sentence. Ron Williamson was sent to death row.

If you believe that in America you are innocent until proven guilty, this book will shock you. If you believe in the death penalty, this book will disturb you. If you believe the criminal justice system is fair, this book will infuriate you.

Happy Birthday ALMA!!

Happy Birthday to my good-ole-buddy Alma, who's been sking in Colorado all weekend, must be nice.........we're going next year, darnit!!!

See you next year!!

I have to say, I was disappointed in the ending of this game much like I was disappointed in the ending of the previous week. Both failed attempts of Romo running into the endzone like a wild man to win the game. It's done, and we'll see a better team next year--I predict...

Romo did an awesome job of taking on the starting quarterback position mid season, then doing a few exciting things to give us all hope for the rest of 2006. Over all we ended up in a better place than we would have with Bledsoe.

I'm sad its over for this year College and Pro football!! What will we do with our weekends now????????? Seems like I forget and remember every year...But right now I have no idea...Spend more money???

Oh WELL, Next year we plan on making it to a few more Cowboy's and Raiders games...I think its time for Ava to experience the Red Raider Hype, much like I did when I was little, their never to little for this(right Britta?)

The most fun for me in 2006 was watching Matthias and his new found enthusiasm for our beloved sport....He lived for his fantasy football and spent many of hours on the couch tuned into ESPN...He's quite the pro now, with 3 seasons under his belt!!

So long a farewell football season, we'll see you in August....yipeee I can have a beer with everyone then...heehee!!

An email from my husband today...

Babe, just found that in a German magazine, it was regarding B. Knights
>new record. I think this was the game your parents and the kids went to.
>So Tech is also known in Germany.
>
>Love you
>Ein Basketball-Fan mit Haut und Haaren - und prophetischer Gabe: Texas
>Tech gewann und machte seinen Coach Bob Knights dadurch zum ersten
>College-Trainer, der 880 Siege errang
>
1. Januar, NCAA-Basketball Texas Tech gegen New Mexico Lobos
>

7 More Weeks!!!

So when I start feeling sorry for myself...I just remember what its all about!!!!

Ava got soooooo many cute and fun toys for Christmas and Birthday. This was from Jeff and Wayne, she wore it to school today!!! It's sooooo Calvin Kline!!! OHHH LALA!!!

Our Anniversary and New Years Eve!!

Our view of our friends Stacy's ROMOmentum sign below there booth...to the right of the furthest field goal poles...
Zoomed way into the sign........
Liz, Tim, Greg and Matthias.....top row baby, but great fun!!
Matthias and I


T.O.


Liz and I after the game....and on our way to dinner............then to bed at 11pm, we'll be ready for a fun NYE next year. This day was really fun and long!!!