MOCHA MORNINGS

Every mother loves to brag about her kids, so I am taking a minute to brag about mine.  Our oldest is 15, a freshman in high school and part of a very athletic freshman class.  They went undefeated in football and so far they are undefeated in basketball.  They are being told they are the best freshman team in Wyoming, which makes all of us parents really proud.  As I have mentioned in a previous post , our small town of Cody publishes EVERYTHING in the newspaper.  So, you can only imagine how happy I was that our son Dillon got recognized for his points scored in a recent game and equally as happy he didn't have to suffer from humiliation of his mom being recognized for speeding through town.  (thank you again Ms. Policewoman for only giving me a warning!)  My only complaint about the paper is that every time he has been mentioned in an article they have spelled his name wrong.  I guess that's what I get for trying t...

A fun and challenging, I might add, Thanksgiving Day tradition of mine has always been the hunt and possession of a Black Friday newspaper on Thursday morning. Thinking back to last year, when we were visiting back home in KY, I remember my siste-in-law and I going to several stores with no luck in finding one until finally stumbling upon the "last one" in a grocery store cart. This year since my family of six stayed here in Wyoming for Thanksgiving I decided to just have the paper delivered. Less work, same result! Happy Thanksgiving and be careful out there snatching up all those Black Friday Deals!