In My Neck of The Woods- Pinking Out

I wrote yesterday as Mrs. Hart at The RHOK asking the Question 

Do You Pink Out?

Today, I'm gonna show you for my neck of the woods a little closer view of how my kiddos & our football team "Pinked Out" this past weekend!

We (our team) turned pink early in my neck of the woods due to the Susan G Komen Race here in Tulsa. I like to create an early awareness around my parts. Because early detection is always best!

Braden & Kaybrie- sporting their socks, wrist bands & holding one of the posters I made!

The 2011 BA Black 5th Grade Football Team

A close up of the socks. One of the players is still wearing his shoestrings from last years pink out theme, wonder how that Moma got so lucky to not have to buy new cleets?

That's what is happening in my neck of the woods. You? Link up today at The RHOK. Inquiring housewives like myself want to know.

In My Neck of The Woods~CYA to the Sun 5K

Yes, I did my first 5K this Labor Day weekend!

Go read about it at The RHOK where I am hosting today!

My Moma and Me before the 5K!

In My Neck of The Woods- Tulsa Firehouse 23 Tour

For this week's Neck of the Woods, I'll show you a little tour that my nest got the privilege to take. Very humbling and enlightening experience for my entire household. I greatly admire all of our service personnel- fire, police, military and their families, who make it their mission on a daily basis to serve, protect and risk their lives daily for us.
God Bless ALL of You and Thank You!

Firefighter Buddy, who is Daddy Crow's first cousin showed the Crow kiddos around the firehouse where he works this past Saturday after Braden's first football game. I think both of my kids now have aspirations to fight fires, serve and protect, and help those in emergency situations.

Here they are perched aboard Ladder 23- this is Buddy's truck. A 65' ladder. Wow!

Uh oh, all geared up. She wants to be a firefighter girl. I think she resembles E.T.

Braden actually got to put on ALL the gear including oxygen mask. This is my favorite picture though. Yep, I think he looks rather handsome. Note the soot on the visor. Scary.

See how Kaybrie is not afraid to try anything....she went back for a second light show and knew exactly which buttons to push!

That's what happened at my nest this week, what is going on in your neck of the woods? Inquiring housewives like myself want to know. Be sure to link up at The RHOK today!

Also, if you haven't entered yet I have giveaway going on here at The 4-Crow's that ends on the 31st. Make sure you enter here!

In My Neck of The Woods- #94

Who is starting 5th Grade on Thursday, weighs in close to a buck ten, is all arms and legs and is eating me out of house and home? No not DeMarcus Ware that plays for the Dallas Cowboys-he weighs a lot more.

But wearing his numbers proudly for the third year in a row my son Braden, who by the way, as long as he stays at 110lbs or under get to carry the football for the first time ever in the Indian Nations Football Conference this year! WooHoo! Oh yeah that's what this football Moma is talking about! I love me some pigskin fo' sho'!

This picture of Braden was taken on August 20, 2011 at the Locust Grove scrimmages-  2011 jerseys are not in use!

So, what is going on in your neck of the wood? Link up today at The RHOK. Inquiring housewives like myself Mrs. Hart want to know!

Also, if you want to know what else is going on in my neck of the woods. I have a great giveaway going on here at The 4-Crow's. Go enter by clicking here!

My Neck of The Woods- Kaybrie Goes to Pre-K

My baby girl started Pre-K at ILCAP yesterday!

First, the Moma Crow got crafty with another Crow Creation this weekend.

What do you think?

A little, Peace Love & Pre-K Bling for my Girl!

Then she woke up on Monday morning and insisted on straight hair, with french braids on both sides!

  I insisted she hold the cute little "First Day" sign that I found through Pinterest on HowDoesShe?. 

Don't worry, Braden will be doing the same- only with a 5th grade on it.

I apologize HDS, my printer was out of ink and for some reason it will ONLY print shades of blue w/ no cute backgrounds! So if any of my readers decide to do this yours will be 100x cuter!

And of course I have to get my little cover girl modeling with her hands upon her hips!

And...I will show you what she learned on the first day of school! Why didn't I keep teaching her sign language? Better yet, I guess our entire Nest better get to learning!

Now it's your turn. What is going on in your neck of the woods? Inquiring housewives like myself want to know! Link up today at The RHOK!

Oh and don't forget to enter my Something Borrowed DVD Giveaway while you are here!

In My Neck of The Woods

At my nest this week...MOM things/Me Week!

Yep, my nest is pretty much resolving around Moma Crow.

I am doing my in-service training at work. The kids are out of school, but I am certainly working doing training and cleaning for the 2011-2012 year. On Monday I became officially certified by the American Heart Association in CPR! I had CPR in both high school and college, but it is amazing how much you forget. I highly recommend that any of my readers look into this. The AHA is a great organization. They support the Go Red for Women Campaign and if you become certified and move out of state, your certification follows you, unlike local certifications. Check into it on their site!

Most of you know that I LOVE me some football- especially when it comes to watching my little man play! I am now serving the second year as our team's treasurer. We take pride in our BA Black Tigers family! Monday night we had  mom's night out with the mom's on our team. We met at Chili's in BA! We chatted. Ate. And of course there were door prizes involved. Three of them. Two pairs of FlipFlops that I made and a necklace that Ms. Ann made- sorry Ann I didn't get a picture.

The door prizes were won based on votes tallied by the individual mom's based on creative name tags. The tags had to meet the following criteria.

1. The Mom's Name

2. Their Player's Name

3. Be Creative

Me & Kortney-the Team Mom, one of my BFF's!
 Before one of us finishes thinking of it, the other one does it, that's just how we roll and throw!

My nametag- oops, I forgot to take a picture of the finished product. I  sewed Braden's name on it in beads and had a daisy behind it and of course had it hung around my neck on my BA lanyard! The $130?- LOL, what else but our team dues.

We gave away a pair of Tata FlipFlops of course!

And of course we gave away a pair of BA Tiger FlipFlops.
Go BA Tigers!!!

That's what is going on in my neck of the woods this week. I am so ready for Friday. First football scrimmage! Go BA Black!! 

So tell us at The RHOK what is going on in your neck of the woods. We want to know!

In My Neck of the Woods

If you want to know what is going on in our neck of the woods this week you will have to go to The RHOK! Yep, Mrs. Hart/ I am hosting over there today! Find out why we have this new guy in our nest!

My Neck of The Woods

If you have been reading about our nest this week you know that there have been a few happenings.

1. Moma Crow has been sick- yeah I mentioned that somewhere. I seem to be immune to every first round of antibiotics the doctor gives me. So I am now on round two and I think this one is going to work. Another sinus infection. YUCK!

2. NKOTBSB- Yes, Moma Crow got her moves on and partied like it was 1989 on Sunday night, go see Monday's post and listen to me screaming like a teenage girl!

3. The good thing. Football camp ended and we get a two week break before football practice begins!

4. Daddy Crow got a very pink eye and no one else in the family got it!

We discovered this week that Kaybrie is quite handy with scissors. It seems she has a favorite pair in her classroom and if she doesn't get them, well let's just say she didn't get sent to the office this time and she is still in the Lutheran School and I am still a teacher there. Her grandmother before knowing the scissor story directed her into fashion design. Check out her creation. When all else fails around our nest she can produce us waterproof clothing out of Wal-Mart sacks.

Oh, and in case I do lose my teaching job...

it appears that my son has a way with my students!

(This particular student's mom suggested that I post this picture on my blog)

That is What is going on in my neck of the woods, what about yours?

Link up at The RHOK, where inquiring housewives like myself want to know!

In My Neck of The Woods- It's #OklaHot!

Evidently not #OklaHot enough to fry an egg on pavement at 108* though!

#OklaHot enough to buckle the pavement on the Cimmaron Turnpike on our own Oklahoma toll road's though.. Hmmm, our taxpayer's dollars at work there, huh? That's pretty #OklaHot if you ask me!

photo courtesy of KRMG, Tulsa

Personally, I'll just sit back enjoy my $.34 lime ice- yes, the Sonic at 51st and 145th in Broken Arrow knew exactly what I was talking about when I ordered and continue to work on my tan after work and enjoy documenting the many milestones that my children make this summer such as this one!

Kaybrie jumping off the diving board for the very 1st time this past weekend!

What's going on in your neck of the woods? Inquiring housewives like me want to know. 

Link up at The RHOK!

In Our Neck of the Woods- Freedom, Family, Friends & Fun

In our neck  Nest this week we of course celebrated freedom, family, fun and friends!

Of course our annual RW&B picture! Look at how much The 4-Crow's have changed this year!

Uh oh, no good can come of this...

The Kirkley's- our neighbors/friends across the street came over  to Grandma's and swam, ate and  popped off lots of fireworks!

Our annual pool shot!

Will I ever capture a firework  picture correctly?


What is going on in your neck of the woods this week?
Let us know at The RHOK. Inquiring housewives like me, Mrs. Hart want to know.

In My Neck of The Woods- My Fit

See this? 

Here, let me get in a little closer...

Yes. 

That is my $120 Chi Flat Iron.

and YES is is broken.

I did it while throwing a MOMMY fit. Have you ever done that before? You know when you tell the kid three simple instructions.

 Get the swimbag. Put your swimsuit in it. Then grab the two swimsuits on my bed.

Believe me next time I will throw won't throw the hairbrush on the tile floor and do it myself because the life of my Hot Pink Leopard Chi was not worth a Mommy tantrum and NO I did not feel better and still want to throw up over my actions. I have begged for forgiveness, understand that I am human, and praise God I am saved by the blood of Jesus Christ and will now have to work an extra 14 hours somewhere to have straight hair again! 

Thank you Hot Pink Leopard Chi-you were the best 4 years of my hair's life! 

Now before you commit me, head on over to The RHOK and let us know what is going on 

In Your Neck of the Woods!

*Disclosure- no human being was the target of the fit, only the tile floor and no four letter words came out of my pretty, little big mouth!

In My Neck of The Woods...

Will not be found on this blog today. Nope. If you want to know what is happening at our nest, you must go to The RHOK!

Yes, it is Mrs. Hart's day to host "In Your Neck of the Woods"!

And since I am the hostess with the mostest,

shhhh...don't tell the other housewives I said that!

GO LINK UP!!!

In My Neck of The Woods- The Crafty Crow Strikes Again

Ha Ha!

I kind of like that...

The Crafty Crow.

It's kind of got a cutesy little ring to it.

So, if you are my family or friend you know if I supposed to give you a gift you usually see it on Facebook or receive it about a month to two weeks before its due date. Yep, that's how I roll.

My friend Angie and I decided that we/our infant room are throwing a first time mom/friend/teacher at our school a baby shower. It also helps that I was chosen by Vocalpoint to host one of the Pampers Little Miracle Mission Showers between June 4-June 18!

We are having the shower this next Saturday, June 11th for Baby Seth!

Now I get to show off a few of the things I have made- maybe next week I can show you how the entire shower wrapped up!!

A Wordle for the table, that doubles as a gift & decoration for Baby Seth's room.

A Diaper Cake- my first one! Too cute to use! Table decoration & gift, and emergency diaper use, I'm sure!

Now, what is going on in your neck of the wood? Link up at The RHOK and tell/show us!

In My Neck of The Woods

Hello blogosphere...guess you are wondering what has been going on in our neck of the woods aka our nest, since I haven't been keeping you informed. I really do have a several good excuses. 

#1 I was sicker than I have ever been sick in my life. Bronchitis, Sinusitis, and earaches like you wouldn't believe. I missed TWO days of work, and am still on meds.  Miserable!!

#2 Last week was Braden's last week of school. We were a little busy.

#3 We were a little storm aware here in Oklahoma. BTW if you haven't signed up for the Recovery/MILK software at The RHOK yet you need to.We have only 100 copies to give away!

Now, I will show you how we officially kicked off our SUMMER...

and no you will not see my sunburn!

We did it Lake Texoma style at Little Glasses Resort!

 (very windy, very gross and stirred up if I might add- I'm a spoiled pool dweller-LOL)

Now its your turn. Nosy RHOK'in Housewives want to know all over the nation what has been going on in your neck of the woods. Link up! And while linking up don't forget to buy your ticket to our next RHOK Out on June 25th! It's guaranteed to be FUN!!

In My Neck of The Woods- Public Service Announcement: FRAUD

On Monday May 16, I arrived home at approximately 4pm. I went to check my mail and bring my trashcan that was by the street to the house-our trash pickup is on Mondays and Thursdays here in BA. When I got the can to the side of the house I looked down and noticed a bunch of crumpled envelopes. BA trash doesn't take trash unless it is in a trash sack. Drives me crazy. I reached down and after further inspection realized they belonged to local residents. They all had stamps and return addresses, had been slit opened. Some were obviously bills, a graduation announcement and one from out of state. I called the BA police and they sent an officer out.

Of course fingerprints cannot be lifted off of an envelope. There were 10 envelopes dropped in my trashcan. I of course knew exactly what this was, having had 10 years of bank management experience in the past, and have dealt with this before in the branches. Identity theft at its worse. What makes this even harder is that the BA police had to call the Wagoner County Sheriff out to contact these people, because even though they have a BA address and live 8 blocks or so from me, they aren't annexed w/ the city of BA- poor folks.

How many times do people have to be told use online banking or go to your nearest mailing station and physically walk your mail inside to a box. Very tragic. This is a Federal Crime folks, do not steal things from mailboxes, do not mail personal information from mailboxes, it takes months even years to get these things straightened out!

My Neck of The Woods: A-Z Mother's Day Card from Braden

Hallmark had absolutely nothing on my Son this year. Braden outdid them 110%!! At school this year, one of his assignments was to identify his mom A-Z in the form of a Mother's Day Card. I have to tell you, I didn't know how well, he really knew me- funny what they do learn in 10 years or dream up! Each page was illustrated and handwritten. It will be a prized possession forever! (some of them really crack me up)

A- Awesome Mom ever
B- She likes to Blog
C-  Your last name is Crow
D-  Loves Her Down to Earth
E-  Everlasting Mom
F- Takes me to Football practice
G- God made you special
H- She made me Healthy
I- I love you
J- Jesus loves you
K- Kaybrie loves you
L- You are Loving
M- Most favorite Mom
N- You are Nice
O- On fun mode
P- Likes to take Pictures
Q-You are Quick with Cooking
R- You like Red for the Hogs
S- Your name starts with an S
T- You like Twilight
U- You watch UnderCover Boss
V-Very Best Mom
W-Watch American Idol
X- You like Xing Out stuff that is wrong
Y- She likes Yellow for the Broken Arrow Tigers
Z-You like Zebra Cakes

Today's Post...

Today I am hosting A Sneak Peek Into Your Neck of the Woods over at The RHOK!

So, if you want to know what is going on at my nest I guess you will just have to mosey on over there to see...

But, if you are one of my kids teachers or know my kids teachers, you can't tell!!! 

Shhhh...its a secret!!!

You should link up, inquiring RHOK want to know what is going on in your part of the woods!

In My Neck of The Woods

Around our nest I am always taking pictures. But its not often that you see The 4-Crow's pictured together! Give us a holiday like Easter where I get to coordinate our outfits and you can bet my nest that I am going to get some snapshots! Special thanks to my Moma for getting these in after church on Sunday. Which I have to tell a funny story about that one.

We attended my hometown church of Rexroat Baptist in Wilson. We were in the middle of singing The Old Rugged Cross, you know the verse where Jesus died on the tree. Well Kaybrie was really paying attention. She looked up at me and said pretty loud- Jesus did not die on a tree, He died on THE CROSS! She was determined to set the Baptist Hymnal Straight!

Moma & Daddy Crow

Braden & Kaybrie

The Family- yes my arm is at a weird angle, the wind was blowing and  I had just finished moving my hair, not sure if I was putting it down or on my hip! LOL

Now its your turn to tell The RHOK what is going on in your Neck of the Woods. Make sure you link up this week, because we want to know!

My Neck of The Woods-Tushka

I think for today's edition of What's Going on in My Neck of the Woods, I have to go back to where my family roots began. You see my Moma was born and raised in Tushka, Oklahoma- just fell short of graduating there by one year when she married my Daddy in May of 1973 and moved to Wilson, OK- where she then graduated high school in 1974, the year I was born. For those of you who have watched any national weather coverage over the past few days, you know that this rural southeastern Oklahoma town of only 345 people was destroyed by an EF3 tornado on April 14, 2011. I praise God that my entire family- uncle, aunts, cousins and friends are safe. The loss of life in this town was 4. The damage to the community is unbelievable. The school completely leveled.  

My Cousin Dwayne Tomlinson posted the following picture on his Facebook page on Sunday that his girlfriend Alyssia Shores took, along with the following caption. I knew then exactly what I needed to share with my readers today. 

After almost every house was ripped from its foundation and trees that have stood more years than any of us are old were ripped from their roots and all from the ground, this is the message that people from Tushka AMERICA wants to put out; no matter how hard the wind blows or how much destruction gets thrown at us our determination and pride will conquer all. This flag stood tall after the storm. This picture was taken hours after the storm hit. Nobody put it up. It survived through the night. To all the families that lost everything stand strong, like Ole' Glory has.

Tushka is a part of My Neck of the Woods, without it I wouldn't be who I am today. I admire this community- there is no doubt the love it has for its neighbor which is a reflection of each one of their love of God. They will rebuild bigger and stronger than ever.

Thank you Dwayne and Alyssia for allowing me to repost- I love you both and I know that my readers will continue to lift this town in their prayers and if asked will do whatever need be done.

*I just realized as I type this that this will post on the 16th anniversary of the Oklahoma City Bombing. How symbolic that Ole' Glory stands so strong. 

...One Nation, Under God, Indivisible, With Liberty and Justice for All. Amen.

Link up today at The RHOK and tell us what is going on In Your Neck of the Woods!

A Peek Into My Neck of the Woods

This week at The Crow's Nest, we congratulated Braden on his third consecutive 9 weeks on the Honor Roll. This time it was the A & B Honor Roll. He also got a certificate for perfect attendance and was recognized for several other accomplishments. We are so proud of our little scholar!

Also, T-Ball started. As you can see Kaybrie is the typical coaches daughter on third base. She makes my heart smile. All she wants to do is bat and run bases. Fielding is for the dandelions.

Well that's a little peek into my neck of the woods this week, what about you? Did you link up at The RHOK so we can peek into your woods?