The Graduate

Today was Kellissa's graduation and the Terrell Family was in full force. We were loud and proud. She finally spotted us after she walked the stage. There were just too many people there! Kasey and Whitney got there an hour early and the closest seats were in the 3rd deck...these people mean business! Our seats did allow for good pics though. It was a really nice graduation and we are all so proud of Kellissa. She graduated from the IB program as well as National Honor Society. I am way too excited for her to go to college....decorating her dorm is in my near future!


We can't believe that she is graduating. What an exciting time ahead for her.

She finally found us!

Party time!

Kelly had to get back to the ballpark but we wanted a picture of him at the graduation.

Whitney is getting some love from Walker.

Cousins or sisters???

Uncle Buck and Kellissa

Me with the graduate



Our two graduates: Elijah from Kindergarten and Kellissa from High School

Mother's Day

My mom. I don't even know where to start. She has the biggest heart, best smile and faith beyond compare. She is a wonderful mom and deserves way more than John and I can ever give her. I don't know what John and I would do without her. She is the best!


After church, we went to the nursing/assisted living home to visit all of our loved ones. Most of them are under the same roof which makes visiting all that much easier. This is my Aunt Nita. She is my grandma's sister and always sings "I love the wienie man" at the family reunion. Love it and her. I promise she was excited to see us...she just wasn't happy we took her picture because she didn't like the way her hair looked.

We did lots of fishing. The fish were definately biting.

The boys took the paddle boat out...it has seen better days but does the job!

My muffin man. I heart him so much.

Sterling and Ashton planking in the pool

Old as Mold

May 6, 2012  11:10pm

Kelly: Did you spill something on the floor?
Me: What? No!
Kelly: Then why is it wet?
Me: I have no idea. Why would you think I spilled something???
Kelly is right. I spill lots of stuff but this time I was not guilty of spilling anything. Because I am a good wife, I went to clean up this mess and found water coming out from all sides of our island.

After some investigation on Kelly's part, we found some mold underneath our sink and a very warped cabinet. I immediately called our builder. He is #2 on my speed dial after Kelly. Help!

May 7, 2012   10:00am

To the rescue!

The poor plumber had the fun job of removing the dishwasher.

Hello dishwasher. How I used to hate you. You never dried my dishes and you smelt.

Oh dishwasher, what did you do? You made my island into a holding tank of nasty water.
Wait...what? You weren't even installed right? The plumber never put the drain together. So every time we used the dishwasher, it drained into the island. Good thing we have an energy efficient machine that doesn't use a ton of water! He plugged the drain into the side air vent tube which explains why it wasn't drying.

This was underneath the dishwasher. A circle of mold and gross water. Boy, did it smell!

We thanked our builder for building us an indoor swimming pool. I told them the water is a nice green color and warm but they didn't want to come swimming. Party poopers.

May 9, 2012

Our kitchen is now quarantined off. It has been tested by a micro biologist for mold - as we have a ton growing under the island - and we have a dehumidifier and 2 industrial air purifier things running 24/7.

May 11, 2012   10:30pm

 Our kitchen is officially drying up. No more smelly mold or water. Thank goodness!

Kelly and I are now in the process of clearing out the island as they are going to demo it and build us a new one. You may ask when we are going to have our house warming party? It is looking like Christmas time now!

Meet our newest pet....

We didn't want a pet. We really didn't. We aren't home enough and the pet would probably starve. But it wasn't up to us. She found us. She - a 4.5 foot long rat snake - has taken up residence in our and around our home. I found her early one morning curled up in our front porch window. At first, I thought it was a not so funny practical joke our builder was playing on us but she turned out to be very real. VERY. REAL. I screamed and screamed and she didn't care. She was staying put. We even called animal control Trophy Club PD to remove her but she wasn't having it. She threw a fit and crawled back in our wall .That is right! She is living in a weep hole in our wall. Aren't we lucky!?!


Meet Lucille.

Lucille needs to learn to use the restroom in the yard!

They came armed with a BB Gun and a machete. Lucky us!