I cut some holes in the big box that it came in and 
made an awesome cat house out of it.  

Here they take the "his" and "hers" sides of the bed while 
I labor to put the treadmill together from approximately 2,000 parts.

Here Ellie & I enjoy the Christmas lights in Bricktown on a fairly warm December evening.
We had just enjoyed a nice meal at "In the Raw" sushi - a great evening!

Here Greg shows off the Nerf pistol he got to the people who had
stolen his Nerf rifle.  (They ended up with both guns!!)

This is how Rocket helps me decorate the Christmas tree.
See how the lights shine through his tubby belly?

This is how Feisty helps me put up the Christmas tree.

This is how Feisty helps me wrap Christmas gifts.  She has a heart to help!

I've been trying to re-learn the piano, but each time
I try to practice, I feel like I'm a lifeboat in a shark-infested sea.

Here we are!  This is most of the gang of "regulars" that did the 6am spin class with Peter
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday each week at Aspen Athletic for years.  
Most of us are now at Pacer.

Enjoying Ethopian food with my buddy Ellie in November 2011

Psycho Shawnna with Lovely Ally
enjoying Korean Day at OCU

Mom with her running buddies at a race in Jay on a very chilly morning in October '11

Lovely lunch with Candice at the Art Museum

We had the joy of introducing Wei & Jaiyi to the game of baseball one night at a Redhawks game

Rocket is not much of a snuggler,
but he made an exception on this day.

Feisty is beautiful to me, but
it is hard to get a good picture
of her.  This one comes close.

In mid-September we moved from our beloved old home to a 
newer place which we also really enjoy in the city.

Here, Rocket helps with the packing.

Some great friends of ours from church put in a LONG day of moving us.
Here we enjoy a brief rest while we enjoy some lunch.

Here Feisty enjoys the little house 
that Rusty & Cody gave them as a gift.

Desirae & I got to spend an evening together
shopping when she was in town on business.

Here I find a new friend that I just had to buy.

As a child, my favorite stuffed animal wore a hat just like this. 
 I felt like a real train conductor for a moment there! 

Ellie & I enjoyed a great sushi dinner together one night in September - we ordered the boat! 

July was so hot, we rarely peeped out.
One day we tried the Cowboy Hall of Fame but the inside was overly 
air-conditioned, and the lovely garden and park area was miserably hot.  Sadness.

Burmese traditional dancers at a picnic celebrating World Refugee Day

Here's my attempt at Korean sushi,
also known as Kim Bob.  It was good!

Reince Priebus, chairman of the 
Republican National Committee.

He gave a talk in mid-June 
which I was able to attend.

Are these two cute or what?!

 For the past couple of months, I have been blessed to be able to work from home 3 days a week.
Let me tell you, it is awesome.  Usually the cats go off somewhere and sleep all day, but sometimes
they decide to hang out with me.  On this day my lap and my reference materials were particularly attractive. 
 

My Inbox is so full of urgent 
matters, how will I ever get 
it all done?  :-)

I grew this myself!  

When softball-sized hail was predicted one evening, we decided we'd rather not have Eric's
windshield knocked out.  My clever husband managed to get both cars in our one-car garage.  

I'm not even sure if there was a full inch of room on this side!]

He had to get in and out of his truck "Dukes of Hazzard"-style

Scott, Michelle, Eric, Melanie, and Ankur

Ellie made me Kim Bob one night 
for dinner - it's like Korean sushi and
is eaten very commonly in Korea.

It was great!!

Dinner at 105 Degrees with Ellie

OKC was in the middle of a terrible and very long drought when I went to visit my parents 
in Westville and saw they were in the middle of terrible floods.  They had rain every day for nearly a month.

My parents' front yard - and this is one of the highest
points in Westville.

This is a moto-cross track beside the Illinois River.
Well, it's usually beside the river.  
For a week or so it was IN the river. 

We're at Moe's for dinner.
"Welcome to Moe's!"  

Baby shower for Joan & Bryan - this crowd is mostly 
made up of hot yoga students and teachers.  
Joan continued to practice up until her due date.

The much-loved Pastor Chuck Smith visited our church this spring and we were very honored to meet him.
  What a wonderful spirit he has - amazingly positive and loving to everyone. 

Pastor Ken with Pastor Chuck

Scenes from an outing in Tulsa with Desirae & Mom.  
Did I mention that Mom is always game for trying on a funny hat?  She's a lot of fun.

The robins have returned, our fruit trees are in bloom,
the Panseys are blooming...it must be Spring!!

Look at my artistic style on this shot.  I capture one cat in deep
thought and another in a deep stare in the mirror.  Yes, I'm getting good at this.
If only it wasn't all out of focus and crooked...

My Mom is always a lot 
of fun when there's a 
strange hat to be tried on.

Rocket pulls out all the stops for the 'cutest cat in the house' award.

I put one of Eric's t-shirts on the desk behind my computer monitors.
It is apparently better than any high-dollar cat bed as a sleeping spot.

This was taken from the back of the church
with my phone, so pardon the poor quality.

Ellie with a chocolate-covered 
strawberry on an evening that  
we went out for dinner together.

This is the meat department at the Wal-Mart Super Center right 
before the second ice storm in two weeks was predicted to hit.  
It looked like the end of the world.

Once sworn enemies, these two are starting to warm up to one another.
Here they are just waking up from a nap, notice the entwined front legs. 

Here Eric teaches Sean some stretching techniques

We enjoyed a short but sweet visit from our good friends the Chodzkos on January 1.
What a great way to start the year!  

Here's a slightly blurry shot of Mom's new cute cat.

Case in point: 

The AIS Christmas party was HUGE as we've grown over 50% in the past year.
We played games, ate good food, and received gifts - a good time was had by all.

This is a shot of Rocket inaction, 
which is how he spends the rest of his time.

Our lights this year - I'm so excited!  I have wanted a lighted cross for years but they are
very expensive to buy.  My Dad helped me make this one instead and now it means so much more.

This year I had more help than ever with putting up the tree, 
but mysteriously it took me three times as long to finish it.  

The cats agree that the tree is by far the best toy I've provided so far.

Desi finds a friend at Sam's on black Friday

On November 20th Mom treated Desirae & I to the 
traveling Broadway show, "Wicked" in Tulsa.  Here we are
doing a little shopping to get warmed up before the big event.

On November 12-14 I was blessed to get to sell my 
"Memorize Scripture - On the Go!" product at the 
Calvary Chapel ladies' conference in Dallas, TX.

The traditional Korean dress was not all that flattering, 
but I can see how it would be very comfortable!
I don't know this girl, they just wanted her in all the pictures. 

The owner of Eric's company was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame
on November 4th.  Here we are in black tie clothes attending the event.

I'm a big fan of Warren Barfield, so Eric indulged me
by attending a marriage seminar in Moore because 
Warren was going to do some songs there.  He was great.

This is a shot of our annual neighborhood Oktoberfest cookout.
It was nice but we enjoy our random visits with neighbors on our 
nightly walks a little more. 

On a particularly warm October evening, Eric and I decided to 
go to Lake Arcadia to have our dinner around the fire by the lake. 
It was very nice. 

I had a $50 gift certificate to use at 105 Degrees, a raw food restaurant that I love.
My friend Lisa was willing to help me enjoy the experience, boy, did we ever have a nice time. 

My friend Kambria's birthday was on the 8th of October.
Skye arranged a very nice party at her favorite Thai restaurant to celebrate, 
followed by fancy desserts at their house.  It was really great to catch up with them.

My Mom and her friend Linda were in town for Encyclomedia so it's a tradition
that we spend each evening shopping until we're exhausted.  We brought Ellie along
one night so she could get in on the action too.  This is Ellie, Linda, and Mom. 

Due to some lost fights on Rocket's part that led to 
outrageous vet bills, our cats are now indoor-only cats.
Here, Eric helps them watch for invader cats out the window.

Eric decided to remove our dead pine tree one evening after work in September.

One evening we had a big storm and afterward
the sky was really orange and had a beautiful rainbow.

This shows how the cats supervised all the work that went on
to repair the hail damage on our house.  They were very diligent.

This shows Rocket's rather large pink belly
and Feisty's rather large eyes.
They're "special" kitties but we love them dearly.

A dark but pretty shot of Rocket
 

My sister Desirae visited one Sunday evening
on her way to a week of training. We had a great time!

Mom & I celebrated her birthday early because I won't be home at the right time.
Here I show my "crafty" sister that I can be handy with paper crafts too.  Aren't you jealous Desirae?! :-)

Here Mom reads her card before opening her gifts.

When Mom first arrived we began her visit by taking Rocket to the animal emergency room.  (He's OK now.)
Then she met my friend Eron and watched me get a massage (I did offer to let her take my place!) 
Then we had surprise late-night visitors (neighbors who had locked themselves out.)
The next morning we attended the 6am Spin class at my gym (Mom was a hit with the gang at class.)
We took a break to change clothes and open gifts, then headed to 90 minutes of Hot Yoga. (Mom did GREAT!)
Then we had lunch at Pei Wei and shopped all afternoon.  What a great 24 hours!!

This is the pretty new bedspread that Mom got for us.
Feisty graciously offered to model its high comfort factor by relaxing on it for me.

On July 9th & 10th, I set up my first-ever booth to sell my product, 
"Memorize Scripture - On the Go!"  It was a hit!  32 units sold in two half-days. 
I met lots of people who are interested in this so I have high hopes that it will help many people. Yea! 

My summer garden has been less than successful this year.
The only thing I've been able to grow are some green beans and a few 
of these extra-long cucumbers.  I have lovely tomato plants but not a single tomato!

In late June we attended Dragon Kim's Tae Kwon Do cookout - good fun!
Here we have Master Kim surrounded by Erics

This is what you call "giving someone the turd eye"

It's a girl!  Yes, we have yet another new addition to the family.
This sweetheart is named Feisty.

Eric was quick enough to catch this cute 
shot one morning before work

I already have a ton of Rocket pictures on the site, 
so one more can't hurt anything!

My friend Ellie and I enjoyed a very nice
meal at one of our favorite restaurants - Big Truck Tacos - 
before she headed back to Korea for the summer.

We were honored to host our new friend Warren at our house
one night, shortly after he got back from 16 months in Africa
on a mission trip.  What a great guy!

We got a wild hair and decided to see the 
Trans Siberian Orchestra in late May.  
We had front row seats and were surprised that we were very entertained by the show.
And we also learned the true definition of "wild hair"! 

 The climbing crew - heading off to Horseshoe Canyon Ranch in Arkansas.
It was beautiful when they left, but it snowed after they got there and they were almost snowed in.

At Todd Lannert & Shani Long's wedding shower we enjoyed catching up 
with our old friends Ryan & Erin + Skye & Kambria.
And naturally, by "old" I only mean that we have known them for a very long time!  

Mom was in town in March for a conference
and spent one night with me - always a treat!

My Korean friend Ellie was brave enough to cook some of her
favorite Korean dishes for us one fine March evening.

One of Rocket's favorite things to do was to hide in the Monkey Grass
and hunt things from the camouflage.  Imagine his dismay when he discovered
that I had come through and cut it all down!  Don't worry Rocket, it will grow back soon.

I attended another Blue Star Mothers packing day in early March.
I think it went very well.

Eric bought me this picture in 1998 when we lived in New Orleans.
Who knew it was a portrait of things to come?!

Can't you just hear the music
playing, "Do the Hustle!" 

 This is what happens when you try to 
paint in a house where a kitten lives.

He went EVERYWHERE before we 
discovered what was going on.

Yes, even on the hardwood floors.  
Thankfully it all came off!

Birthday girls - Ellie's birthday was on
the 1st and mine was on 12/24 so we
were having a belated celebration.

I've always had a jigsaw puzzle set up in this room, but
I have turned it into a cozy reading room now.  I love it!