Miranda's Prom

Isn't she lovely? I say she got best dressed.

Miranda and Parker: sweet!

Miranda had to kneel down so we could be similar heights.

Miranda's Prom Group. Again, she's best dressed.

Leaving for prom in the rain.

5" of snow... Cliff made it home before it started to fall on Friday, February 12th. It was beautiful, but it melted quickly on Saturday the 13th.

Jenny took this picture of Miranda helping Jordan with an English project. She giggled and ran away saying, "Prediction: One day they will be best friends." (Miranda and Jordan tend to fight a lot.) Jenny is speaking their new relationship into being.

On Friday, January 29th it sleeted. The temperature continued to drop all day Saturday turning the slush to ice. Parker came over on Monday for breakfast, because the schools were on a 2 hour delay.

Happy Birthday Jenny!

Jenny turned 15 on January 19th! She had to postpone her birthday party a week (too many people went out of town for the long Martin Luther King holiday.) Three friends came over for pizza, cookie cake, movies, and a sleepover. Jenny got her learner's permit on January 20th.

Jordan loved practicing and playing on his church league team. (Tuesday and Thursday nights.) On Monday and Wednesday afternoons though, he would work out with a training coach. Those two hour sessions left him sore from push-ups and running suicides and laps. Although he moaned about those practices, he learned a lot. He is a great ball handler and shooter. But his strongest area is defense. He is all over the other players and snatches the ball before they know it.

Allergic to Cliff?

My eyes starting swelling up at night on December 23rd. The doctor is the one who made the correlation between Cliff being around more for the holidays and my allergic reaction. After several allergy test, I found out I need to clean more. I'm allergic to dust mites and need to wash my sheets in hot water weekly and vacuum twice a week. I also found out I'm allergic to nickel and fragrance! The combination of Cliff's use of new products full of fragrance and the dust mites made my eyes swell up at night. I am taking allergy medicine, cleaning more, and threw out the new products.

Happy New Year!

We took the kids shopping December 28th. The girls racked up with new jeans and shirts. Miranda is also "shopping" for a prom dress. Jordan got a new driver, hat, video games, and jeans.

On New Year's Eve we went to a party (with Cliff's golf buddies.) It's sad when you have to take a cat nap in the middle of the party. Between the allergy/ sinus medicine and the fact that I don't stay up late, I just had to "rest my eyes."

Overall, all is well with the Warnocks. Happy New Year!

Parker got Miranda these cool rain boots for Christmas. She took him to a concert and got him a polo shirt.

Jenny got a lambie robe, chi straightener, books, movies, ipod dock, and money/gift cards.

Miranda got two new jackets, books, movies, ipod dock, and money/gift cards.

Jordan got new golf clubs, a new golf bag, movies, ipod dock, books, and money/gift cards.

Lisa got a new coat and new clothes.

Cliff is still looking for his gift :)

Christmas Day

We slept in till 9 am. Bruster's gift cards, itune gift cards, and the $100 bill in each stocking was a big hit!

Christmas EVE

Our Christmas Eve traditon includes opening three presents: pajamas, a game, and a movie. We ate pot roast and mashed potatoes for dinner with cream cheese biscuits. Everyone opened up their gift of pajamas. We didn't have a game this year...Grams gave us Sequence for Thanksgiving. Miranda did get DDR Extreme...Jordan got Mario Olympics...Jenny got Guitar Hero Legends. But we opted to just watch a movie. Jordan got Raiders of the Lost Ark. Miranda got Hair Spray. Jenny got Princess Bride. Lisa got Australia. Cliff got GodFather. We watched Raiders of the Lost Ark and went to bed.

Winter Wonderland

On the way back over the mountain we counted 70 abandoned cars on the side of the road.

hanging out

Opening Presents

Fun and Games

C

Defensive player of the game!

Blake is great at defense. Of course, basketball players have to play both offense and defense...but it's hard to tell when the ball changes hands especially at this age. He did a great job covering his man - no matter who had the ball. Look at how he dives for the ball though. The crowd goes wild (at least 5 of us do :) I'm glad we got to see Blake play.