Chase Ray Lasley

I am an aunt again! Woo hoo! On Sunday, August 29th, Dusty called us a 2:30 in the morning to tell us that Megan's water had broke and they were headed to the hospital! Darren and I went back to sleep knowing that this could be a very long processes...no need to head to the hospital just yet. Well, at around 6:00 a.m. we got a text saying the baby should be here around 8:15! Holy Moly...shortest labor EVER!!!!!!!!!! So we got up, got ready, and headed to the hospital in Enid. Chase Ray Lasley made his way into the world on August 29th, 2010 at 10:02 a.m. He weight 7 lbs 10 0z and was 21 inches long! We just love him so much already and think he is a PERFECT new addition to the Lasley clan!

Could I become a "runner"???

Anyone who knows me knows that I HATE running! Pretty much the only way to get me to run is to chase me...or maybe have a really big clothing sale...I may run to that! Well, the past month I have been trying to watch what I am eating and maybe get a little exercise too! The wonderful thing about working at SandRidge is that we have a really nice gym and I can work out on my lunch break. So, I have been dragging my co-worker Ashlei down with me a couple times a week. It makes things much easier when someone else is being tortured with you! I have been "toying" with running on the treadmill and mostly do the walk/run method. Walk 2 minutes, run 2 minutes, walk 3 minutes, run 1 minutes, blah blah blah. I was starting to get the hang of that and thought...maybe I can run a mile! This may not sound like a lot to you in shape people out there but to me this is CRAZY! Well, today I DID IT!

So now I have this funny idea in my head. Maybe, just maybe, I could become one of those runners. My friend Kelly has been so inspiring lately. Every time I check her facebook status she always has a new update about how many miles she ran that day. I am not kidding you it blows me away every time I see it! Kelly was never really a runner until she trained for her first 1/2 marathon last year. She is currently training for another one right now and I just think it is so inspiring. So I had a thought...Could I run a 1/2 marathon? MAYBE! So I decided to plant the seed in Ashlei's head today (there is no way I could do this ALONE!). Guess what...SHE'S IN! So we are going to do it! We are going to start getting really used to the whole running thing for the next couple months, then mid-December we are going to start training for the Oklahoma City Memorial Half Marathon! HOLY COW!

Now I think I am being pretty bold by making this post this early on! I am really good a quitting things and I really don't want to quit this! So all you readers need to hold me accountable! Tell me to run run run!

Just Because

Last night after I got my hair done I came home to these...Just Because!

I love my husband and am so lucky to have him!

Fabulous Find

Lately I have been very interested in finding and "antique" piece of furniture and reworking it. This all came along when I was reading a blog that referenced http://www.allthingsthrifty.com/. This is the most amazing "how-to" website. I LOVE IT! After seeing some of the posts she did on painting and glazing furniture I became obsessed. I sent kept sending Darren pictures telling him that this is going to be our next project. The only thing I had to figure out was what furniture I was going to paint! Well after taking inventory of what we had there just wasn't anything suitable. So next I got to put my favorite pastime into play...SHOPPING :)


When Darren and I go visit his family I always make him take me to Weatherford to get my ring cleaned (I just love how sparkly they make it!). Well on our way there we always pass this antique mall so I wanted to stop by this time. OH. MY. GOODNESS. This place was huge/amazing! I was in heaven. And right when we drove up I found my DREAM piece of furniture to redo. So after a little persuasion (didn't take much) I talked Darren into letting my buy! Weeee!

LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!


Here is my delima. I am absolutely IN LOVE with this thing as is. It already has an antique worn look to it. Soooo I think we are going to leave it cream for a while. Eventually we are going to paint it turquoise and do a glaze over the top. But I just can't part with the cream for the time being.

Happy Birthday Gidget!

Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday to you! Happy Birthday baby Gidget!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So I was a little excited about Gidget's birthday this year! After all, she is and always will be my very first baby! Since Gidget is a little 4th of July baby I knew her ACTUAL birthday would not be a day for celebrating because we would be all over the place doing 4th of July festivities. So Saturday was a day for celebrating! Darren and I got up on Saturday to run some errands so I made him take me to Petsmart so I could hook my little love bug up for her birthday! I REALLY wanted to get her a new collar but didn't really want to order the one I saw online...I just don't think I can justify $20 on a new collar right now! So we got her some delicious treats instead!

Gidgets Birthday Gifts:

1. Dog Treats (duh)
2. A can of dog food (She NEVER gets this unless she finds it at my mom's house)
3. A monkey squeaker toy
4. New bones

When we got home I couldn't wait to give her at least one of her toys! She and Ringo were absolutely obsessed with the monkey. They fight over it so bad they have already pulled one of his legs off (poor monkey).

Well Darren was really excited about the new dog treats so he decided he wanted to start "training" the dogs. (I personally think they are a lost cause)

Gidget trying to learn how to SIT...she wasn't very good at it :)


Ringo peeking through the window wondering why Gidget is getting all the treats!


Ringo was actually much better at the "training" which was a complete surprise to us! When Darren would pull out a treat and tell him to sit he would do it IMMEDIATELY! What the heck Gidget!?!?! When we would tell her to sit she would start bouncing all over the place...oh well...at least she has her looks!

Here is a really blurry picture of them playing tug-o-war with THE MONKEY :)


And finally here they are WIPED OUT after a long day of playing and birthday celebrating!



I even talked Darren into letting Gidget sleep with us "since it's her birthday!" I can be very persuasive! She got the rest of her birthday gifts on her actually birthday and she loved them all...she told me!

Here is Gidget when she was widdle...


Happy Birthday Doodle! Mommy loves you!

In loving memory of GRANDMA DEMO

On June 16, 2010 I lost my first immediate family member. My Grandma Demo passed away that morning at about 8:00 A.M. I am so thankful that my entire family made the trip to Hutchinson, Kansas to see her just 4 days before. When we went to visit her I was honestly bracing my self for the worst. I had been warned by my family that she wasn't doing well at all and she probably wouldn't know who I was. Much to my surprise she was completely alert and aware! The first thing she asked me was if I was being a good house wife! Haha! Gotta love her! It was so great to spend time with her. She asked me how my married life was going and if I had been cooking, etc. I got to tell her the funny story of my attempt to make her famous CARROT COOKIES! How was I supposed to know there is a difference between baking powder and baking soda?!?! I think she found me quiet entertaining that day :) When we headed back to Oklahoma after visiting her I honestly did not think that was the last time I was going to see my grandma. I thought she had many many more months in her. But Jamey warned me that he thought she was holding on until we all got to say goodbye to her. And that was exactly the case. How sweet of her to wait for us all to get to see her one last time! I know she was suffering and was completely ready to go. She even told my aunt that she was ready to go to her Heavenly Home. And that is exactly where she is looking over me right now!

Grandma's funeral was beautiful! There was a slide show and TONS of pictures of her with her family. I love seeing old pictures! She was so beautiful! That day was really hard...

There was one thing that my mom told me that really just made me love my grandma more than ever. My grandma's friend went up to my mother and was giving her sympathy. She told my mom that my Grandma Demo had told her a while ago that she really just wanted to "hold on" until I got married. She wanted to make sure that she got to see me marry a really nice man! Wow... Even though my grandma didn't get to make it to my wedding she stuck around to know that I was taken care of. The last day I saw her I took her my wedding video to watch :)

I loved my Grandma Demo so much and will miss her! I hope I grow to be a wonderful woman just like her!

Mary Lodema Wright

Me and Grandma Demo

Our Last Christmas together

Too Busy Too Blog

So lately life has been crazy! I have picked up more responsibility at work and therefor have been left no time to blog! I promise to get my stuff together soon and give you some wonderful posts :)