New Job

I have accepted a new position with Lamar Consolidated ISD in Rosenberg in the Community Relations Department. I am very excited! I will be about ten minutes from home and will not have to deal with Hwy. 59 Traffic!!!!! Although the freeway construction is almost complete. I promise I am staying here until it is time for me to retire.
I am truly grateful though for the opportunity I had in Fort Bend ISD we have a great team and I could not ask for better supervisors than the two I had in FBISD its like we just feel right into place with each other along with all our staff. I will truly miss my Curriculum family! I have been very bless in the past couple of positions I have been in to have wonderful supervisors so I do count my blessings!

Basketball Picture

Sierra Baskeball Picture for UpWard
Bulls so far they have a 2-1 Record. They lost their first
game this past Saturday by 1 point.

Basketball Season

Basketball season has arrived! Sierra is playing basketball for Upward at Calvary Baptist Church in Rosenberg and so far they have a pretty good team. They started practice first week in December and continued to practice during the Christmas holidays. Sierra's team is made up of 5th and 6th graders, boys and girls and these kids are so tall. Ya, Ya I know I am short so it is not hard for half the team to be taller than me actually my own child is a little pass my shoulders at 10 years old (which is scary) but these kids are tall and so serious and dedicated to the game. This will be her second year playing and she is really enjoying it. The team this year is alot different than the team she played on last year so she has gone from being a leader and almost the tallest to about the second to the shortest on team and having to learn new positions which is really great I rather her be a well rounded player not just playing one position for three years. So far I am very impressed! They won this past weekends game, GO BULLS!

"A" Honor Roll

Report cards came home yesterday for Lamar CISD and my girl received ALL A's! Way to Go!!!
Reading-97
Composition -94
Language Arts-95
Math-92
Science-95
Social Studies-91

HAPPY NEW YEARS!

Time has traveled so fast it is hard to believe that 2009 is already here! 2008 is definitely a year I will remember and a year that will definitely be in our History books between the economy, hurricane Ike, and our first black president. We enjoyed our New Years Eve, of course some of our family got together for dinner, and fireworks! Then I went to “Watch Meeting” at Pilgrim Journey Baptist Church. I so much enjoyed the singing by their praise choir, and women choir, the Christmas skit the youth department performed, and an outstanding Christian hip-hop group “Soulfruit” their style of singing was refreshing to hear. I loved how they had something for every age group to keep you entertained and continually praising the Lord until 2009 rolled in.

CHRISTMAS DAY-"CRUMP STYLE"

Our family had a wonderful Christmas we spent the day with our family. I am very thankful to have a family like ours which I realize is becoming very existent a large family that gets together with all the Aunts, Uncles, Cousins, all the time also to have a Grandmother “The Mother of the Family” still alive and full of energy. This Christmas gave us time also to reflect and look over 2008 and to realize how bless we are for what we do have no matter how little it maybe. We know first hand how the Lord took care of my Aunt Bobbie who the day after Thanksgiving had a massive heart attack. This was the first Christmas in years we were missing someone from our gathering but we rejoiced just knowing she was at home recovering well. We did have lots of Christmas day fun first having my mother here in town to spoil Sierra was wonderful, then going to my Uncle Jerry and Aunt Kathy’s house eating until we were about to burst, playing games, watching the kids open Christmas gifts, to the CRUMP’S Flag Football Game that was hilarious! Also having the Sherrod’s back in town (My cousin’s who moved to Florida who have now moved back), Ya!! We honestly did so much over the Christmas break it was so unbelievable I needed a break from the break. I do wish I would have taken pictures that Monday before Christmas when all the kids were out of school when my Aunt Kathy and I had a total of 8 kids “The Crump Daycare” It was fun though! As everyone at work knows I talk about my family all the time and I actually enjoy my family and thankful that we are close and I would not have it any other way.
(Christmas Pictures coming soon)

Actually 1st Place in UIL!

Well Friday at school they announced that Sierra actually received FIRST PLACE in LCISD UIL Spelling competition instead of 3rd. Sierra brought home her medal and will compete in the Regional competition in February. WAY TO GO GIRL!!!!

3rd in District in Spelling UIL!

Sierra had Spelling UIL this past weekend at Wertheimer Middle School in which she represented Juan Seguin Elementary. This competition allows two students from each elementary in LCISD, which has 19 Elementary school, to enter and she received 3rd Place, which was better than her record from last year in which she received 4th place out of 18 elementary schools. Only the first top two in the district get to advance to regional competition but we are proud of her! Great Job!

Awareness

Monday, November 24th Sierra was diagnosed with Insulin Resistance (Pre-diabetes) which I thank God that this has been caught at her age now so that we can work on becoming healthy and being able to control it with out medication now before it is too far gone and turn into full blown diabetes. Sierra has always been checked every other year just because Diabetes is a disease that runs on her father’s side of the family. I know she has not been checked since we moved back to the Richmond-Rosenberg area unfortunately we were so wrapped up with controlling her allergies and asthma. The interest in getting her checked out started with a note sent home from the school nurse who noticed a skin condition called “Acanthosis Nigricans” which results in velvety, light brown to black markings that occur around your neck, armpits, etc. and she advised us to get her blood sugar levels measured. This skin conditions is a signed that your body is producing very high levels of insulin which means some day it will stop all together producing insulin your body needs this is when Type 2 diabetes comes into effect. After a total of two different appointments they diagnosed her with Insulin Resistance, normally your blood sugar level measures less than 100mg/dl (milligrams per deciliter) after fasting hers measured 105 the first test which is pricking your finger after fasting that morning. The second test called the OGTT (Oral Glucose Tolerance Test) ,where you fast drink this solution and they test you about two hours later, it was 123. At this time this condition can be controlled by diet and exercise. Although she is pretty active in activities like dance, and basketball we have to keep a set exercise routine and totally change our eating habits. I now more than ever actually have to plan the meals I cook and what she eats for the entire day and have to be very aware of what she is eating when we go out to eat along with actually asking her what she has eaten when she is away from me. We are currently seeing a dietician who is helping us with meal ideas and teaching Sierra she has to learn to make healthy eating choices because we are not always together. Of course we know changing our eating habits is hard enough for an adult so it is definitely hard for a ten year old. This is totally an entire family effort so we have to be on the same page to be able to encourage her to do this because she has no choice. We will make it through and change never hurt anyone. So keep us in your prayers!

Sierra Palacios

This is Sierra Alexus-Nichole Palacios my daughter. Sierra loves having fun and exploring new things. You never know what she will do next but one thing she loves is dancing. Sierra has taken dance lessons for six and half years. Sierra is also loving Basketball! Sierra does wonderful in school A's & B's, never meets a stranger. Sierra is somewhat of a tom-boy but has those girly days. "My Angel"

Sierra having a Hannah Montana moment. We went to Libby Lu in First Colony mall then took pictures at Picture People. My Rock Star!!!

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AB Honor Roll

Sierra made AB Honor Roll for the Second 6 weeks!!!!! I am so proud of my girl! Sierra has also been invited to participate in this years spelling UIL, she is hoping to get a little higher than last year which she received 4th in the district for Lamar Cons. This years competition will be Saturday, December 6th so I'll let everyone know how she does.