The Hopper Family

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Countdown to summer....

37 days until the end of school for the boys! This school year has flown by! Next year we will have a middle schooler. OMG! The boys will be transferring schools due to the new house. Tristen is wanting to participate in band, as one of his electives. We have his band interview set up for May 12th.

TAKS testing is today and tomorrow. I'm so over the TAKS test. Both of the boys do fine on the TAKS tests, but please don't get me started on how this test has overtaken our schools.

My younger brother Bear has a boat that is currently being stored in Austin. I'm hoping we will be able to get it up here and take it out on the lake a few times this summer. Our new house is only minutes away from Lake Lewisville! Can't wait until summer!

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

House news...

We are cleared for closing.......I'm excited, but will be even more excited on May 16th - our closing date! I promise to spill the beans on May 16th! Here's to hoping we are smooth sailing for the next 23 days!

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Krysie's Wedding

Krysie is a good friend of mine. She is actually the one responsible for Jason and I. She and I use to work together. She was in my wedding and I was recently in her wedding this past weekend. Here are a few pictures! Her and her new hubby are on their way to PARIS!

...Morgan, Krysie, & Me at the Rehearsal Dinner...

...Me & Jason at the R-Dinner...

...Me and the lovely Bride...

...Jason & Me after the wedding...

...Me & The Weils...

Pictures

...Colby getting ready to catch...

...Tristen....STRIKE 1, but he ended up hitting the ball...

...Jason....coaching Colby before he got up to bat...

...Jason & Daisy at the RoughRiders game...

...Jason & I at one of my events for work at the RoughRiders game...

Thursday, April 17, 2008

Computer Crashed!

Our computer crashed and although most of my pictures were backed up online, not all of them were. Luckily, any pictures that I liked, are most likely on my myspace or on here. Lesson learned....backup all pictures to an online source!

Life is still in the fast lane around our house. School is nearing the last 6 weeks and I cannot wait and I know the boys are super eager for summer, as well.

We are under contract for a house, but I won't be spilling the beans until after closing. I'm weird like that and don't want to jinx anything.

Nothing else really exciting to report. I'm finally going to the doctor for my finger that started hurting about 2 years ago. I went to my general doctor about a year ago and got x-rays done. It isn't broken and I've put off seeing a hand specialist up until now. I just hope it isn't too serious. My bff Kate had her baby boy yesterday and I cannot wait to go meet our new 'newphew' Alex.

Sunday, March 30, 2008

Weekend Happenings...

We had a pretty busy weekend! Jason has softball on Friday night. Colby and Tristen were both scheduled to have baseball games on Saturday. We got up early and Jason and Colby left for his game at about 745am. They got their only to find out the game had been canceled due to the previous night's rain. The fields dried up and were prepped for Tristen's game. They played a hard fought game, but lost by 1.

I took some time for 'me' and went and got my hair cut and highlighted. I love it! I was in such dire need of a hair cut and some color.

After the Tristen's game, they had a birthday party for a friend at Woodward Skate Park. It is a skate park for skateboards, rollerblades and scooters. They LOVE this place. I enjoy it b/c it is in the Grapevine Mills Mall, so I can drop them off and then shop for two hours, which is exactly what I did. It wasn't a very successful shopping trip though, as I only bought one shirt! :(

Saturday night, one of Jason's co-worker's, Hoan, was having a get together at his house in Garland. Jason played golf all day, so he got home around 745 and we headed out the door. The kids went with us and had a blast. We had a good time hanging out and with good friends. The boys always enjoy going with us to 'adult' parties. Mid-way through the party, one of Jason's other co-workers showed up with his wife. Well, his wife accidentally dropped her phone when getting out of the car and it fell right down the drainage gutter. So.....the guys and me (with camera in hand) head out to see if we can retrieve the phone. We could all see the phone and knew that we could eventually get it. The guys tried for about 10 minutes to get the manhole cover off b/c a few of the guys insisted that it wasn't locked and that they could get it off. Well, they were wrong...it was locked. So, finally someone mentions DUCK TAPE. Long story short, and about after 20 minutes of trying to get the phone. Some good ole duck tape and a long pole, we were able to retrieve the phone. It was quite amusing here are some pictures illustrating the scene.

Sunday....Jason had softball again, but the boys and I slept instead of going to watch him. His Sunday games start at 845. He has two of them and I was just exhausted and needed to get the house picked up. It was nice to sleep in. After Jason got home, he and I went and looked at 6 houses w/our Realtor. We liked two of them and are going to continue looking. It is exciting to finally get the process started! After house hunting, I went over to a friend's house to help her with wedding stuff and Jason took Colby to baseball practice.

It has been a whirlwind of a weekend, and I can only predict that the upcoming weekends are going to be the same now that baseball has started, along with the house hunting.

Jason....playing with the kiddos...

...The whole group...

Me...wrestling with Tristen & Colby. (Allison was trying to help!)

Jason and me

Trying to remove the manhole cover

Jason...attempting to get the phone from the gutter. Tristen was looking through the hole on the manhole cover giving directions on which way to move the pole with the duct tape.