Dude ... Sometimes You've Just Gotta Live Life!
on Dec 31, 2008 in Special Days His name is Matthew, but we call him Matt.He is a snowboarder dude and he took Little Billy under his wing and taught him a thing or two about snowboarding.At one point during our Utah trip, Little Billy asked Matt, "Why would you do that?" in r

It's Hard Work Having Fun!
on Dec 28, 2008 in Special Days If we had counted the number of times we (the On The Upside family) has said the words, COLD, SNOW, TIRED, SORE and BEAUTIFUL ... in the past 48 hours - it would be A LOT!I know I have said the word BEAUTIFUL at least 1000 times myself, because ... i...

Utah Is BEAUTIFUL!
on Dec 27, 2008 in Special Days And ...Utah is COLD!We went skiing today up on Power Mountain (BEAUTIFUL!) and it was about 14 degrees during the day. When we finished for the day, the temperature was 6 degrees *brrrrrrrrrrrr*. None of the On The Upside family has ever experienced...

The On The Upside Family Heads North
on Dec 26, 2008 in Special Days The On The Upside family has left Texas and the warm weather behind. We've traveled north in search of snow. And ...WE FOUND IT!In the beautiful state of UTAH!We just could not be happier!The littlest On The Upside child whined quite a bit about putt

Merry Christmas My Children
on Dec 25, 2008 in Christmas To Courtney, Chloe, Billy and Alexis ...I love you very much and I thank God every day for choosing me to be your mother.Merry ChristmasMy Sweet ChildrenYou are the JOY of my life!I'd also like to wish our family and friends a very Merry Christmas an

I Need Me A New Elf!
on Dec 23, 2008 in The Cowboy I can't even begin to count the number of times, over the years, that I have lied.Now, don't get me wrong, I do not approve of lying and I do not consider myself to be a liar ... but, I have told my share of lies.I tell white lies to avoid hurti

Sorry Hon - It's Not Happening!
on Dec 22, 2008 in Alexis Alexis is always mentioning things that she wants.She is not unlike most 7 year old girls - I would imagine.She wants toys.She wants certain foods she sees in commercials.She wants to visit Six Flags and Disney World and Sea World.She wants to go to...