The Rowdy Wright's

NYC 2009

2009-06-11T21:02:00.001-07:00

My beautiful mom and I waiting for everyone near the WTC site.

Dessert anyone? It all looks so pretty!

The view from our hotel window in Tribeca.

First church in Manhattan and it's Episcopalian. :)

Very beautiful on the inside

Outside the Stock Exchange

Michelle (Jack's girlfriend), Collin, Jack (behind Collin), me, Jenn (Collin's wife), cousin Doug(behind Jenn), and Kelly

This photo was taken right before we went into the Mets vs. Marlins. Mets won!!! woohoo! It was a great game!

First season at Citifield for the Mets. It's really nice!

Times Square

My two beautiful sisters, Kelly & Jenn, in Times Square our last night :)

My seester, Jenn and I spent a good part of our last day in Central Park with her friend Shanna. It was a gorgeous day. I'm now peeling from the sunburn I got, but I'd do it again :)

I had to be picked out of drawing to answer a question to get David Letterman tickets. My question was, " Dave has a friend named Rupert who has a business around the corner from his theater. What kind of business does Rupert have?" THE HELLO DELI!!!

I was very excited to see a taping of the David Letterman show. Even if his guest was Paris Hilton! UGH!

Jog-a-thon May 2009

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TOMMY (really loves to run)

JOSH (silly running man)

CASSIE (who smiles when they run?)

My kids LOVE to run. I'm so happy about this, cause it's my least favorite form of exercise. Cassie and Josh each ran 10 laps and Tommy ran 11. They were running to earn enough money for a digital reader board for their school.

Cassie's haircut May 2009

2009-06-11T20:36:00.000-07:00

Cassie loves to go with me when I get my hair colored. I went in May for my first blonde application of the summer. Cassie decided that she wanted to get her hair cut while we waited for the color to do its thing. So, here are the before, during and after photos of her haircut. I love it on her. Especially for summer :)

Easter 2009

2009-06-11T20:32:00.000-07:00

We spent Easter day in Pomeroy with my parents. It was a very nice day. We went to church with Grammie and then had a nice, family dinner. The weather was beautiful. I love this time of year! This picture may not be that great cause it was taken with my phone, but it's all I had this year.

Tommy's Shiner-May 2009

2009-06-11T20:13:00.000-07:00

So, I get a call from the school one day at work. It's the school nurse telling me that Tommy hada little accident and has a black eye. I immediately think," Oh no! He's gotten into his first fight! Who would touch my little boy? I'm going to have words with that kid's mother cause I'm sure my Tommy didn't/wouldn't start a fight, EVER!" Oh no. No fight. Well, maybe you could call a small bouncy ball a worthy opponent! Yes, he is my son. For those of you who know me, know that I am somewhat of a klutz and very accident prone. Seems that Tommy was bouncing his bouncy ball against the wall before school. Just as the bell rang, he decided to throw that bouncy ball against the ground just as hard as he could and he was bent over the area where he threw it (as hard as he could) and the dang thing ATTACKED him! Nice shiner, huh? I'm sorry, son. You may have your mother's klutzy, bad luck!

Pinewood Derby 2009

2009-06-11T20:01:00.000-07:00

Joel Forrester is a good friend of our family who was so great and helped the boys make sure the wheels were put on correctly and that the cars weighed what they were supposed to. Joel doesn't have any boys, yet, so he was excited to help and the boys had a great time with him! THANKS JOEL!!!

Can you tell how Tommy felt about his car? The flames HAD to be on this car or the world might end! I really like how he put the weights on the top of the car this year. Tommy LOVES the pinewood derby!

Josh was so proud of his first pinewood derby car! He had a great time racing it and even won a few races!

We wouldn't have such great looking cars if it weren't for our wonderful friend, Pam, who did all the detail work on the cars. She is so talented and she overcompensates for the fact that the kids' mother has zero artistic ability! Thanks, Pam! We LOVE YOU :)

FINALLY! Random pictures from the last month or so

2009-03-02T09:35:00.000-08:00

Rollerena :)

One night a month the kids' school has a roller skating night at the local skating hotspot (it's the only one in Richland). It's always lots of fun. Here are some pictures from that. The kids LOVE to go. It's fun for mommy to sit and watch and remember all the times she roller-skated (fell repeatedly) at the Rollaway in Lewiston. "Memories. . ."

Josh and his friend AJ

Cassie held onto the wall all night

Tommy may be showing off here a little bit and he's going the wrong way just so his mother can take a picture :)

BLUE AND GOLD! Tommy received 3 awards this year for his Webelos endeavors so far. He was given the Citizen, Science and Engineering Awards. He loves scouting and is doing really well! I see an Eagle Scout in our future! :)

The boys are sooooooooooooooo cool! We were at TARGET (the store that makes mommy happy) and they found these glasses. Begged me to buy them. Just couldn't do it!

Thanksgiving

2008-12-01T21:35:00.000-08:00

Thanksgiving 2008 was well attended by all of the Morrow's except for brother, Jack, who will be home at Christmas-time and we can hardly wait! We had a fabulous time doing nothing but, eating, playing, eating, relaxing, a little pinochle and some more eating. :) Kelly, Jenn and I did go out for about a 3 mile walk the morning of Thanksgiving. Helped us justify some of what we consumed :)

Here is Miss Cassandra in her Native American attire that she made in her kindergarten class for their big Thanksgiving Feast.
Ella loved to try on everyone's shoes in September. Now, it's coats. Here she is with cousin Emma's coat on. . .

. . .and here she is with cousin Cassie's coat on :) She's so cute!

Uncle C-mo played "keep-away" with the boys to let off some energy

Catch it Tommy!

Jenn & Collin before the ambush. . .

All Jenn wanted was a nice picture with her husband and 2 children. She got a few extra!

Sorry Jenn!

So, Cassie loves homemade whipped cream. (who doesn't?) She would get about 1/2 a piece of pumpkin pie and slather whipped cream all over it, lick it all off and then go get more whipped cream. After about 4 trips to the kitchen, she was cut off :)

Here she is with her bowl LICKED clean.

The Wright kids can't go anywhere without their Wii. Well, who can blame them for wanting to play it on Grammie and Papa's 52" flat screen TV. Yale had to play, but needed his dad's help.

Here's is Yale yelling "I won, I won!"

Cousin Becky, Jenn and Ella. Thanks for doing the dishes Becky and Jenn!

Gr. Evelyn and Grandma Burt. They won't look at me!

They do not like having their picture taken.

Grammie Sue playing Uno with Yale and Josh. Their favorite game!

There was a parade Friday night in Pomeroy. Very exciting cause Santa was on his way! Here are Tommy, Aiden and Josh waiting in the rain.

Emma and Cassie so excited to see Santa too!

Santa comes in on a fire truck. DUH!

My 3 kids with Santa. They all still believe. How fantastic is that? :)

Halloween '08

2008-11-17T20:28:00.000-08:00

Thank you to Pam and Lecia DeBrine for getting my kids' costumes made! Halloween would've been not so fun without their help! Lecia made my boys Mario and Luigi. They looked so great and got several compliments! Pam hand painted Cassie's little Pocahontas dress. She's got more creativity in her little pinky than I do AT ALL! :)

Here we are: Lecia, me(referee in life and on Halloween) Tommy (Luigi), Josh (Mario), Cassie (Pocahontas), Payton (a princess), & Micah (Power Ranger)

We were trying to catch the boys jumping in mid air like Mario and Luigi might in the game! :)

Cassie's 6th Birthday and Elk Camp Weekend!

2008-11-17T20:00:00.001-08:00

This is the birthday girl!
Cassie turned 6 on October 22, 2008. We were in Pomeroy the weekend after her birthday since everyone was home for Elk Camp Weekend. Elk Camp has become a yearly event that my brother and a bunch of his buddies from high school attend. He explains that they spend about 180 minutes over a 4-5 day period hunting. The remainder of their time is spent playing poker and enjoying some "drinks." I digress! Back to my daughter. :) So, we celebrated Cassie's birthday and got to hang out with the cousins. Even Aunt Kelly came home. We had a social gathering for all the "Elk Camp widows" on Saturday afternoon at mom and dad's house. It was a great time!

Cassie in her new coat from Grammie & Papa. And her horse she loves dearly, that her daddy gave her (since this picture, our weiner dog, Otto, has torn the horsey to shreds!!
Cassie was/is devastated) :(

Cassie's birthday cake. It's the most requested cake in our family: chocolate wafers with homemade whipping cream. Cassie's is in the shape of a 6 of course. In this photo: Josh, Yale, Ella, Tommy & Cassie. (notice horsey never leaves Cassie's hands)

The tree in the backyard that my siblings and I used to climb. Aunt Kelly threw all the kids up there for a photo shoot :)

Josh, Yale and Cassie in the tree. Yale is not thrilled to be up there!
That Aunt Kelly is scaring the poor lad!

Here are all the "Elk Camp Widows and friends."
We had a great time pigging out on lots of food and just laughing until our sides ached!

Day at Boulevard Park

2008-11-16T23:51:00.000-08:00

Dad's 60th Birthday weekend Part 2: Saturday in Boulevard Park

It was a gorgeous day. Jenn packed a lunch and we spent most of the day in Boulevard Park on Bellingham Bay. We ate, walked along the trail, threw the football, climbed on rocks & just had fun!!!

Tommy and Cassie were excited when they found a trail off the main path that did a little loop.
Tommy, Josh, Collin, me, & Kelly

My 3 FABULOUS kids!

Collin & Jenn :)

Dad & Collin solving all of the problems of the world

Jenn, Michelle & Kelly visiting with mom

Tommy & Cassie

Uncle Jack, Cassie and Josh on the rocks

Random picture of a sailboat on the bay

We all want to come back next summer to go sea kayaking!

Dad's 60th Birthday: SURPRISE!

2008-11-16T23:18:00.000-08:00

Here are some random pictures from our weekend in Bellingham the 2nd weekend of September. It was Tommy's 10th Birthday and Dad's 60th we were celebrating. What dad didn't know is that our brother Jack and his girlfriend, Michelle, were flying in from back east. No one had ever met Michelle before besides our sister, Kelly. We were all excited. The best part is that dad was really surprised and had no idea that Jack was coming. Even though we all were sure that mom had blown it! :)
Love you mom!

Had to take this picture! They were dressed alike :)

Uncle Collin and Josh

Cassie reading to Ella, my niece (Collin & Jenn's daughter)
Josh, Tommy, my nephew Yale(Collin & Jenn's), Jenn & Ella on the couch. Tommy's Guitar Hero was attached to his hand the entire weekend!

Ella is at that age where she loves to wear everyone's shoes.
Here, she has Uncle Jack's size 13's on! Poor girl, she can't move at all :)

My dad, aka Papa J.D., reading to Ella

I don't know why we had Cassie's snow hat and scarf there in September, but we did. Don't the girls look cute? Notice that Ella has raided Auntie Steph's purse and found a granola bar and prescription drugs! I am "aunt of the year." That's great, goes with my "mother of the year" award! hee hee hee

Jack and Michelle! She fits right in our family :)

Collin and Jenn! The bartender and cook for the weekend and the host/hostess with the mostest! Their house is so nice and relaxing. Thanks guys for letting us crash there!

Sooooooooo, why we waited until midnight the night before Jack and Michelle had to get up and leave at like 4am, to take this picture, I will never know. But, here is the sibling picture for September '08! I am looking forward to December '08 when we are all back together and get another picture to replace this one :)

SISSY! (Kelly) & BROTHER! Jack

The three J's!

Dad(J.D.), Jack and Josh watching the lighting of the dad's birthday cake.

Jenn took these photographs of sailboats in Bellingham Bay and then had them printed on canvas at Costco! They are gorgeous! These were dad's birthday present from Jenn and Collin. We all were thoroughly impressed!

So, Jenn made this awesome cake for dad! Sooooo yummy. This is a picture of the growth that was on the side of it. Great inside joke with our family. A "had to be there" moment!

Tommy's 10th Birthday: September 11, 2008

2008-11-16T22:15:00.001-08:00

Tommy's Birthday was celebrated in Bellingham, WA at my brother's house this year. We actually were there to celebrate my dad's 60th as well. Those pictures will be a separate post.

Tommy's Nintendo DS decked out with all the Guitar Hero paraphenelia (sp?)

Guitar Hero for his Nintendo DS! #1 gift on his birthday list this year!

Thanks Grammie and Papa!

Uncle Collin and Aunt Jenn thought a Mega building set would be fun for Tommy cause he loves to design and build things. It has 45,000 pieces or more, maybe a million pieces. I suggested it stay at their house in Bellingham for when we come to visit, but my wonderful brother insisted that we take it home :) It actually ended up at Grammie and Papa's. All the grandkids can enjoy it there and my new vacuum won't get ruined sucking up all the pieces :)

Back to School!

2008-11-16T21:55:00.000-08:00

Here's the neighborhood gang on the first day of school. My kids with the famous Kylee and Lilly! These kids are inseparable. :) It's fun to have good friends 2 doors down! Cassie started Kindergarten this year and had a different first day of school! That's why she is a bit of a mess :) But, still cute!

This was Cassie's official first day of school. They do kindergarten so weird here! It was about a week after the boys started

They are really the best of friends!

Here are the boys on their first day of school in their new duds! They were so excited to go back. (Mommy was too sssshhhh)

Thanks Nana Joy and Papa Bill for the new clothes!

The boys thought they looked pretty cool! :)

Summer Vacation '08

2008-10-27T23:04:00.000-07:00

This was the kids' first ferry ride to Friday Harbor. We had a great time!

Cassie and cousin, Ella, love to play on the tricycle!

My nephew, Yale, and Josh. These two are buddies! Josh gets to spend time with his cousin and has access to an unlimited supply of Root Beer while at Uncle Collin and Aunt Jenn's. Can you say sugar high? What the heck, we're on vacation!

Mommy's yacht! WAIT! Who posted this picture? :)

Each of the kids got to pick out a treasure on vacation. Tommy found this "Dragonology" book in a shop down on the pier in Seattle. He couldn't put it down the rest of our vacation.

Roche Bay in the San Juan's. The kids were so excited about posing with this seal?

The kids with the pig at Pike's Place Market.

The kids and I with their cousin, Owen, outside the first Starbucks at Pike's Place Market

Here I go!

2008-10-27T22:17:00.000-07:00

OK! If you can't beat 'em, join 'em. Everyone I know has a blog and so, here is my attempt at one. I'm hoping to get on here regularly to update it, but bear with me!