This is My Reality

Meet Sebastion

2009-12-06T00:53:00.006-06:00

This December, we have had the pleasure of an elf from Santa visiting us. He has been received so dang well. Kameron was so dang excited when he got here! Sebastion, our elf, arrived in the netting of our Christmas tree we cut down.

The first night, he brought 2 new friends for the kiddos to play with along with a story about them. The kiddos love them and have taken them everywhere with them!

The second night, he ate all of the kiddos left over Halloween candy. He only left a ton of empty wrappers and 2 empty bags.

The third night he must have been hungry because we found him sitting on the coffee maker fishing in our fish bowl. He had taken a straw, a ponytail and a hook from the tree and rigged a fishing pole. Kameron decided that he had to leave something out every night for him.

Kameron made a snow angel yesterday in the snow that Houston got. Sebastion must have seen it because he wanted to make one too so he got my flour down and made himself a snow angel. He also ate the cookie and drank the milk that we left out.

I have been having so much fun with this elf! I can't wait for the rest of the month, I have some great things planned!!

Halloween Advent Calendar

2009-10-01T09:59:00.004-05:00

I was searching the web about a week ago with my SIL gathering ideas for our annual Halloween party. As we were searching, I came across this idea for making a Halloween advent Calendar. I loved it!! It was so dang cute and I so wanted to make one. I started collecting the boxes and painting. I didn't realize I wasn't so good at painting until I got the boxes in the house and saw brown on sides or fingerprint marks where I had moved it around and smudged the paint. I finally got the painted right and started decorating! I love em!! I have been having so much fun with it. I can't wait to get them all filled with fun treats and things to do. I didn't know what I could put them on, the boxes were bigger all together then I expected. I knew I didn't want to paint our biggest cookie sheet, cause we really like it and use it tons. I was walking past the fridge and "ding" a lightbulb went on. So, our calendar is on our fridge. The black boxes stand out so nicely on the white fridge!! I don't have all of my boxes finished, but I am working on that have 15 of them up. I am going to get the others finished up tonight and tomorrow night. Lovin it!

Today, being the 1st, they are going to get a candy and a mini card that says we get to decorate for Halloween. We are going to put out the few decorations I have and then rake leaves to fill some pumpkins. But before we fill the bags, we are going to have a leaf pile treasure hunt!! I'm going to hide goodies and let the kiddos try to find them. It is going to be so much fun!! I can't wait lol.

T-Ball

2009-10-01T09:55:00.004-05:00

Kameron started t-ball this fall. It is loving it! He keeps telling me that he wants to hit a home run, but he isn't used to hitting off of a t, so he is working on that one lol!! He looks so dang cute in his uniform. So cute!! They have played 2 games so far, and in both of them, the teams just went through their rosters and everyone got a chance to bat. At the latest practice, they were getting people out, so I am guessing that they will start playing more closely to the rules. It doesn't matter to me, because Kameron is having a blast, and that is what counts. It lasts until the end of October. I'll try to get a few more pictures up as he improves over this next month!!

Labor Day Weekend

2009-09-14T00:05:00.004-05:00

Our Labor Day weekend was anything but a labor free weekend. We were moving everyday of that weekend and several days into the following week. We fed friends from church on Friday, had more friends over on Saturday for BBQ, games and some Rockband!! Sunday my parents came to visit and Monday we went to see Adam's mother. We ended up going up to where her dad was born and going out on the small lake in her husband's boat. It was a lot of fun for us. The kids and Adam had so much fun, and that made it a good day for me. I didn't have to talk much, just enjoy watching my family have some fun on the water. Kameron and Kaydence both went out on the tube at a slow speed with Adam. They loved it!!!! Neither one of them wanted to get off. They were full of smiles and they were waving at the boat. Adam also took a shot at kneeboarding. I wasn't sure if he was going to be able to do it, but he sure did. Hopped up there the first try and was going strong. He tried to do a trick, turning around in the water, but didn't make it and we lost him. Circled back and he tried a few more times. He was doing pretty good. We had gotten up there later in the afternoon, so the boat wasn't too long of a ride, had a quick dinner and headed back home. Tuesday brought Science lessons and a visit to grandma's job. On Wednesday, we took a field trip to the local animal hospital and AWANA was that night. Kameron had learned the Bible verse and was able to get his vest and little AWANA book and bag. He was super excited about that! Thursday we went bowling with our homeschool group and Friday was supposed to be a park day, but we got rained out!!

Saturday, just a few days ago, Adam and I marched in Fort Worth, protesting big Gov., way to much spending, the health care bill, and those stupid czars. It was raining the whole day, but we had fun and it felt great to be apart of something meaningful. I was asked about my shirt a few times, and when I told people we were homeschooling, I was told that it was great! One lady was homeschooling too, another her daughter was doing it. One couple knew of a family that homeschooled and their kids were doing great, college at 16 and 17. It made me feel great to hear success stories!! Hopefully Washington will take note of the people that came out and actually attempt to listen to what was being said and expressed. I can't even understand how Congress is going to vote on something that so few of them have read. 1017 pages??? Are you kidding me?? I think if they all read the bill, that they could see that it is doing more then is being said, and not doing other things that are being promised. Such big irrational changes are needed, and if we slow down and think, we can figure out better and smarter ideas. To actually think that insuring that many Americans won't add anything to our debt is probably one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. I was shocked when he said that. I'm proud to be an American, and I don't want to see this country go astray. I want my kids to enjoy the same freedoms that we enjoy. Pray for this country, that it doesn't fall apart at the hands of unseen people with their own agendas. Pray Hard!!

Visiting Nanny's

2009-08-07T20:37:00.005-05:00

We finally made it up to Nanny's house. It always seems like there is something else getting in the way of our trips up there. But, we were finally able to go, and man it was worth it. It is so nice to get up there to relax and visit. We had such a good time. We went to the Colorado River, played in the water, waded to a section that breaks up the river and looked for rocks and sea shells and watched the kids float down a small ways with the current. We took walks, rode around everyday in their Mule ( a large golf-cart type 4 wheeler farm vehicle) looking for deer and checking out the cattle. We played games, read some Marley history, and spent lots of time visiting. It was a great visit. We all had a good time.

When we left on Thursday, we drove back over to Austin to visit Adam's Aunt Tanya and her daughter Ashley. That was a great visit too. We shared pictures, played with the kids and visited. We don't see them often and the kids loved playing together. Ashley couldn't wait for Kameron to get to her house. It was a great 4 days, and I can't wait for our next trip!!

Check out my other blog for more of our trip!

Curriculum Clean Out

2009-08-04T23:42:00.004-05:00

I found this site the other night, searching late, and was so excited. It hadn't started yet, but I finally remembered to check back today and it is way cool. It is called the Curriculum clean out and basically people are giving away homeschool material by way of a drawing. Each blog that is having a giveaway has different ways of entering and some of them have ways to earn extra entries. Check it out, it is til the 15th of August for most of them.

Curriculum Clean Out

Busy Busy Busy

2009-07-27T12:35:00.004-05:00

We have been so busy this past month, getting the new storeroom/pantry/washroom/school room ready. There has been so much sawdust and paint and clean up. Dad built tons of shelves for a whole 9 foot tall wall of books. I'm super excited to be filling that up. I have a picture of the school area, which is where we have been dedicating the most time to get it ready for the school year. We did our first day today, using the new workboxes I have been working on implementing and it went great. I absolutely love this system. I wanted to share this picture, and I've got to run so I will post more later. You can see our school happenings on my other blog:

Here we Row

Blueberries, Fishing and the Children's Museum

2009-06-28T18:00:00.008-05:00

We finally got to go blueberry picking this year! We went with some friends and family and had so much fun. It was really slim picking, but it was great nonetheless. We plan on going back again to get another batch, before the season ends. We enjoyed making blueberry waffles and blueberry muffins.

We went to Lake Livingston State Park and went fishing as a family. We packed a picnic dinner and headed out. We fished from a pier and it was so much fun. We were there about an hour without any bites, but when we moved to the other end of the pier, we started getting some bites. They were smaller fish, but it was still a lot of fun to catch them.

Last summer, at the Community Center in our town, we went to one of their summer activities and received a free coupon to the children's museum. It was so packed, but fun. They had so many things to do and see that we couldn't even do it all in one day. I would love to go back soon, and hopefully we will be able to. Kaydence got cranky towards the end so we headed out but it was great!

I'll finish adding pictures in a bit, blogger is taking forever!

Great American Scrapbook Convention

2009-06-08T10:56:00.005-05:00

This past weekend, I took a road trip with a friend of mine, Wendy. We went to Arlington to go to the annual Great American Scrapbook Convention. It is a weekend full of classes, crops and all the shopping possible, devoted to scrapbooking! It was awesome. We left Wednesday afternoon, and we came home Saturday morning. It was great. We volunteered some, (they reimburse you), shopped like crazy, and spent 6 hours at a organized crop. All of this was on Thursday. Friday, we stayed at her mom's house and scrapped off and on all day. It was great. I had so much fun and look forward to next year.
I was bound and determined to get pages completed at this crop. I've been to a few, but haven't ever really gotten many pages done, usually it is about 2. This year was going to be different. I spent about a week and a half, pre-planning pages. I put the pictures into baggies, added embellishments that would work good, picked background colors, found letters, stickers, anything I might want to put on the page and added it all to the baggie. So I went semi prepared to the Convention. So, I completed 32 pages in about 20 hours. I spent 6 hrs Thursday, 8 on Friday and about 6 on Sunday scrapping. It has been great! I feel so good. My next project is going to be birthday invitations for Kaydence's birthday party. It is coming up quick. It is going to be a birthday/Fourth of July party. I'm making a double sided invite. I'll post the pictures when I get em done!! Here are the layouts that I got completed! They still need their journaling, and a few need the titles, but I will add those today or tomorrow and put them into their albums! Hope everyone had as good a weekend as I did!!

Sprinkler Time

2009-06-01T17:00:00.003-05:00

Summer is most defiantly here. It was time to pull out the sprinkler and let the kiddos play. They had so much fun!! It was great to see them all playing together and having a great time. Kaydence was a little hesitant at first, but once she got the hang of going over the sprinkler, there was no stopping her. They sure enjoyed themselves. I just couldn't resist posting the last picture of them crashing!!!

On Saturday, our first tomatoes from our garden ripened and turned red. There were 2 cherry tomatoes!! Lorie ate one and said they were good!! Yeah!! We were successful! On Sunday, the other 2 almost red tomatoes were ready. We have had 4 tomatoes so far and should have a bunch more very soon!!

I made this card for my sister's Mother-in-law. She sent me several different plants and flowers on Memorial Day and I wanted to tell her thanks. I learned to make this stair step card and used some of my new paper from Stampin' Up! Isn't it awesome paper. I can't believe that I have been a demo for over a year and had never bought their paper, it totally rocks!! (I also used it around my colored pencil holder)

Lawn Mowing 101

2009-05-27T23:14:00.008-05:00

Mowing the yard is always a hot chore. Inevitable actually. Well, unless you want to live in weeds taller than you. But, since most people don't, mowing the yard is a fact of life. Kameron has been asking to mow the yard since last year. I don't know what it is, but he wants to help mow. Adam has been wanting to convert one of the mowers so that Kameron could use it. This evening was it. Adam fixed a mower so Kameron could help and he loved it. You would have thought that we bought him a brand new toy instead of giving him a lawnmower that works best for him. It was great. He was so proud and excited.

On another note, I've been getting ready to go to GASC and have been prepping pages. I was reading online about scrapbooking storage and found this super cute idea. The awesome part about it was that she had attached a pencil sharpener to the side of the bucket she used. It was great so I used mine and presto!! Here it is:

Today is also my brother-in-law's birthday, so I wanted to tell say:

Happy Birthday Kort!!

Happy Quilting

2009-04-30T22:06:00.004-05:00

Every year, the square dancing club we joined has a huge fun fest. They ask for donations from each couple for the country store that they have. It is their way to raise money for the year. I decided that I wanted to make a quilt. A very dear friend, Shelly, taught me how to make a rag quilt so I decided to go with that one. I bought the material on Sunday, after church, so I could get it made by Thursday. I got almost everything cut out Sunday. I worked on it Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday to get it all assembled and ready. I was still trying to get the edging around it when I should have been leaving tonight to go drop it off. I made it in time and they decided to use it in their silent auction. It made me feel good that because they all seemed to really like it. I really liked it too! Adam told me that he didn't want me to donate it because he wanted it here. I plan on making another one for us soon! I love how the pieces go diagonally across the quilt.
I love quilting. I really enjoyed this, even though it was a long process. I love the finished result and I love quilts. I have one that my grandma made and one from my great-grandma. I love them!! I have always loved having a quilt to wrap up in and I'm going to be making a few more with the material that I have here. I am going to have my grandma show me some more ways to make the quilt so I can have different varieties around. They will go awesome with the quilt rack that I found at a resale shop!! Hope everyone is doing good!

Easter, Anniversaries & the Beautiful Outdoors

2009-04-21T16:31:00.009-05:00

Easter was great. The day before, we had the annual family Easter party. It was so much fun. Everybody brought food and eggs for the kiddos to hunt. We played games, the men played flag football, and lots of visiting went on. It was so nice. Easter morning the kiddos woke up to a visit from the Easter bunny. Kameron got a bowling set and Kaydence got a bubble machine. I then went to Church with the kiddos, and then we went and spent some time with Adam's family.

On Sunday, the 19th, we celebrated our 6th Anniversary. I can't believe that it has already been six years!! It seems crazy that time has gone by so fast. We have had some ups and downs, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. We went to the International Festival and we had a blast. It was featuring Ireland, so Adam, of course, had to try some Irish beer and we sampled some Irish cuisine. We were there for the better part of the day and had so much fun. We bought a few things for the kids. I ended up with 3 dozen roses for my Anniversary. I LOVE roses!! He brought some home for me after he got off work and when we were at the Festival, he bought me 2 dozen more. These are really special because they are wooden! There are 3 different colors made into a beautiful bouquet that I put in a vase on my night stand.

We have been wanting a picnic table for some time. I always had one growing up, and have wanted one for our family. We have been pricing them for the last few years, and always end up passing because they just seemed too expensive for a dang table. So, last week, Adam and I designed us a table that we wanted. We wanted a table that would seat lots of people and that would work good when we had friends over. We decided on a octagon shape. In the middle, Adam put a bucket with a hole to hold drinks. We will be able to fill it with ice and add drinks and they will be right there at the table with us. One of the best things about it was the price, we were able to make it from scrap wood and pallets that we had around the house. So all in all, it cost less then 10 bucks to make!! Around the area, we put stakes, to hang a canopy. We are still working out the details on that one to work right. We love it, this weekend, hopefully we will be able to get our first use out of it!!

We hung a hammock, and to do so, we had to relocate my clothesline, but it all works out good!! I finally found a bird feeder that I love that is squirrel proof. We have a few others, but the squirrels keep eating the food, I'd like to see them try now lol. And finally, my first flower bloomed. I have had some roses bloom, but my first flower that I planted from seed bloomed and they are beautiful. Thanks for sticking in there with me, I know it was long, I'll try to do better about posting more often!!

Weight Watchers and a Bit More

2009-04-08T08:46:00.004-05:00

I have been wanting to join Weight Watchers for a while. At least once a month, I looked at the site and contemplated joining. I love the idea of tracking my food intake and pretty much everything about the program. LOL. So at the end of last month, Adam and I were talking again about how much I wanted to do it. So he said, "Go for it!" I went online that night and signed up. I love it!! I thought that I would like it, but I didn't expect me to love it. I am diligent about tracking my food, drinking more water, and taking my vitamin. I am totally loving this. I went to my first meeting last Saturday, and then my second one last night. I did awesome!! I had told myself that I would be happy if I lost 2 lbs, but I lost more then twice that!!! It feels great. I have more energy, and I just feel better. I know it isn't because I lost that weight, it is because I have been eating better and drinking water. This week the goal is to get more active, so I'm starting the morning off right by walking on the treadmill. I'll post little updates on my progress as the weeks go by. I hope to be able to lose about 2 lbs a week, so we will see.

On Sunday, March 28, I was coming home from my cousin's ward and hit a dog. It was a huge brown lab, and it caused me to swerve off the road. I flew through the ditch and managed to get back to the edge of the road. I was so scared. Kameron and Kaydence were with me. Several cars pulled over, and once they saw we were okay, they went on. One truck waited with me. When they got out of the car, he told me that he was shocked we didn't flip the car. I couldn't imagine flipping in our little car. We had to take the car to the shop, where it still is getting fixed. It caused over 3,000 bucks in damage. Thank goodness for insurance! We are all okay, Kameron and I had a little seat belt burn, but nothing major. We know that we were being watched over, and I am so thankful for that. Hopefully my car will be ready soon, it's been a week and a half.

We bought a new couch, well, new to us. We found it on Craigslist. It is a cream colored, leather sectional with two reclining chairs, a pull-out bed, and a chaise. Let me tell you, we bought a ccccoooouuuucccchhhh. This thing is huge. It filled up a 16 foot trailer. Packed it tight. Adam can lay at one end, I can match up my feet and lay on the other end. That doesn't include the two recliners or half of the chaise. It is awesome. At first, we worried that it would be too big, but it is perfect now. We absolutely love it. We got the best deal ever for it. The people said that they paid 7,000 bucks when they bought it, which I can totally believe.

My camera is full, so I've got to clear it so I can take some pictures, and I will post them when I can.

Hope everyone is doing good. Be safe driving, I have some close friends who have been in an accident lately and my heart goes out to them. Hope everyone is fairing well during these troubling times, pay attention to things around you, and do your best to plan for an emergency. Try to stock some extras of things you use a lot, and have plenty of water. Until next time........

Midnight Sun

2009-03-25T13:43:00.002-06:00

So, as I finished up watching Twilight last night for the 2nd time, I got to thinking about how the progress was coming for the 2nd movie. I searched on Dogpile for New Moon movie and was brought to Stephanie Meyer's website. I looked around and found this. Midnight Sun. It is the story from Edward's perception. It is so good so far. It looks to be the whole book, but it is just a draft, but I'm reading it and loving it. Hope you enjoy!!

Twilight

2009-03-17T20:56:00.007-06:00

So, the books have been read, the big-screen has shown the movie, so what's left? That's right, it's time for the movie to be released on DVD. And just not any DVD, if you go here, Target, then you can get the 3 disk deluxe edition with an I-tunes download so you can take it with you on your I-pod. I am so excited about that lol. I am gonna love having it with me to watch when I've got a few minutes to kill. Woooohooooo!! The third disk has like 45 minutes of bonus material not seen before, so we will see if that is any good. I'm not going to pre-order mine, I'm going to be at Target bright and early Saturday morning to get my copy so I don't have to wait! Wish they were 24 hours! So who else is going to be getting their copy on Saturday??

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

3.5 Posts Deep

2009-03-10T19:09:00.001-06:00

As you are reading, keep on going lol. I posted 3 different entries and added pictures to one of them. Happy reading!!

Grow Baby Grow

2009-03-10T18:17:00.003-06:00

Last year we planted a garden. It was a decent size and produced well for our knowledge and skills. This year we have educated ourselves and expanded our garden, by more then 5 times we had it last year. I couldn't get a full picture of it either, I'm going to try climbing on a ladder, to get a full view of it, so we will see. We planted a ton of things. It is going to be so good if everything grows. I'm so excited. This has really been Lorie's and I project, with Adam offering advice and labor every once in a while. We planted tomatoes, peas, cucumbers, squash, zucchini, bell peppers, hot peppers, banana peppers, basil, green onions, yellow onions, cilantro, parsley, chives, eggplant, bush beans, pinto beans, mint, strawberries and a few other things that I can't think of right now. Lorie, help me out and tell me what I'm missing :) Lorie saw an idea of turning an old tire inside out and we got Adam to cut the tire and turn it inside out. We spray painted them and used them to plant some beans. We planted the peas and cucumbers along the fence and have 3 rows of tomatoes. Can't wait to can and freeze tomatoes and stop buying them at the store!! I also planted 4 bushes of blackberries along one side of the property, I so can't wait for those to be ready to harvest. Yum, jelly, ice cream, and frozen berries, so excited!!! Here are a few pictures, I'll explain what each one is so you know what you are looking at.

This is the back part of the garden. The back row is the peas and cucumbers along the fence. The small timbered row is our strawberries. Then tomatoes and some yellow onions. The stepping stones are a tree that we lost during Ike that Adam cut up to use as stepping stones.

This is a close-up of our yellow onions. See how they are already doing good, it's been a month since we planted. They aren't very big underneath, but we can use the top as green onions while they keep growing.

This is some of the peas growing on the fence. Almost all of them have grown up enough to grab onto the fence to start climbing.

This is the front area of the garden, looking at this picture, on the left, are 3 more rows of veggies, and on the right are the tires with the bush beans and a few tomato plants we have left over.

This is the tire with pinto beans growing. They are doing awesome. Please excuse the white dust, it's seven dust. We've been fighting some stubborn ants and hopefully this will be the end of them. They've gone from the bed to the tire and hopefully this is it.

Landscaping 101

2009-03-10T17:59:00.005-06:00

We've been here for almost 6 years and have never done anything more to our yard besides the small flower beds up by the front of our house. This year, we really wanted to add more to our yard area and give the driveway some "curb appeal". So we've been steady adding to the yard. We have a while to go, but it all costs money, so we've been adding a little every payday. I love the things around the tree, can't wait for the flowers to grow!! So here are a few pictures of what we've been working on.

Our hanging jalapeno plant on the porch!

The small flower bed around a few trees. I have a long way to go with that, but I'm working on it!

Our flower bed that I've planted every year, this year it's doing awesome, we blocked off the porch so the dog can't climb that way and it has protected the bed. I should have a rose in a week or so!

Our curb appeal lol! Adam came up with the idea to make the flower bed around the fence, we did it on both sides, but I couldn't get a good picture, had to be too far out, but both sides are the same. We have two solar powered spot lights that illuminate our names at night, it's awesome!

Our small fountain/fish tank. Kameron wanted some fish to go it in like he has seen at the garden center at Wal-Mart so I let him pick out two goldfish and they are swimming around in there.

I added pictures of the fruit trees that we planted to that original post!

Kort and Morgan 3-6-09

2009-03-10T16:07:00.006-06:00

Friday March 6, 2009. The day that Adam's brother tied the knot. Adam was the best man and Kameron was the ring bearer. They had to be at the place at 12:30 that afternoon and we followed them around 3:30 for family pictures. It was a beautiful outdoor wedding. Kort even sang a song to Morgan during the ceremony. After the ceremony, we headed back indoors for the reception and dinner. It had a good turn-out! Here are a few pictures.

Oranges, Lemons and Figs, Oh My

2009-02-21T18:39:00.004-06:00

So this morning I was awakened by my grandma calling me to tell me that the local garden guy for the Houston area was going to be at a garden center near our house. So we decided to head over because Adam was listening and they were going to have fruit trees for twenty bucks. We get there and start looking around. Only the lemon and lime trees were twenty, the rest varied in price. We talked to a guy that worked there and he was so helpful. We ended up buying an avocado tree, a lemon tree, a fig tree and an orange tree. We also bought the mix that is needed when you plant citrus trees. It is 2 pots of trees for one bag, so we had to get two of those. All in all, it was a fun trip and is going to be awesome when the fruits grow. We also stopped by Wal-Mart to get two more blackberry bushes. We want to have plenty to freeze, make into jelly and have to eat. I loved having blackberries when I was younger, and I think that they kiddos are going to love em too. Adam and I walked the yard and figured out the best place for them. We wanted to make sure that they would be good there for a long time, since trees are pretty permanent lol. We should have fruit by this fall. They said that the first crop might not be more then a few fruits, but that it would make some. We also learned about how to fertilize it and what they need. I'm so excited to get em planted. We are going to plant them tomorrow!! I'll post pictures when we get them into the ground!! We are also going to get a pear tree. We want some fruit around in case anything happens and because having fresh fruit will be awesome!!

This is our lemon tree, it is up front by the drivewayish area. It is already starting to get purple blooms so I hope that it means that lemons will be coming soon. Fresh lemonade, yummy!

This is the orange tree, it is along the side of the property opposite of the blackberry bushes. We are going to be buying another one soon, because our kiddos love oranges and they are oh so good.

This is the fig tree. Figs are good, but the tree isn't so pretty lol. It is about 50 feet from the orange tree, towards the trees on our property. It is starting to bloom too, so good thoughts, good thoughts!!

This is the avocado tree. It is at the edge almost of the house. It's leaves are droopy, and I'm not sure why, but we are watching it closely so everything should be okay.

Pirates and Roses

2009-02-15T12:27:00.006-06:00

Yesterday we celebrated Kameron's 5th birthday. He wanted a pirate theme so we went with it. I made the invitations for the party using a Stampin' Up stamp set. They turned out so cute. I'll have to get a picture of someones since I didn't save one for Kameron. There were 12 pirates total, including Captain Kameron! It was a huge success. They went on a treasure hunt where they got a piece to their pirate outfit at every stop. I did the best I could getting a picture of all of them after they were dressed up. They played pin the flag on the treasure and busted open a pinata. We served hot dogs and had cupcakes.

Afterwards, some friends Adam went to high school with stayed and we cooked some chili and played rockband. It was a lot of fun to see the husbands playing rockband. We had a drummer, guitarist and singer jamming out in the living room. As we were getting the chili ready, the Fed-Ex man showed up with 2 dozen beautiful roses for me for Valentine's Day. Adam surprised me by having flowers delivered. It was so awesome. They smell so good. Thanks Adam!! I love you!!

This is how we do it

2009-01-23T21:58:00.002-06:00

Since my last post, I have made 12.5 scrapbook pages! Yes, when I set my mind to it, I can make pages! It has felt wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. Now that I've been scrapbooking, I can't imagine going again so long without making a page. It was great. I even went crazy on Amazon and ordered me some albums cause I was tired of making pages and having no where for them. So now I have a shelf with my albums and completed pages in all of them. Of course they aren't all full, but hey, they are there waiting on me to get em filled! Just looking over seeing them gives me warm fuzzies and tempts me to forgo cleaning my room to scrapbook, but I will be good.....hopefully :)

Also, I went to Kroger tonight because they are having a super mega sale with some great items on sale. I got:

3 cans of Ro-tel

2 cans of Hormel chili with beans

3 glade air fresheners

1 40ct bag of pizza bites

1 bottle of mustard and

1 gallon of milk.

They paid me .69 because I had a small balance of prescription rewards from them. So for 11 items, I got some change back. I've had those rewards for months, I had totally forgotten about them until my SIL reminded me that I had em. So, I thought that was a good trip. I will be going back later this week for some more things, but I didn't have my coupons together for everything so I've gotta give it a few more days. Hopefully they will still have some stuff left.

Scrapbooking Here I Come

2009-01-17T20:56:00.002-06:00

I always stay up late every night. For practically no reason, so tonight, I'm going to stay up for a purpose. I haven't scrapbooked in a very long time, months. Several months, so I'm going to get at least 6 pages completed tonight. I know that I can do it. I've already got the pictures organized and am ready to go. I'm going to turn on a movie and just go to town. It's gonna be great and I'm so excited to make some progress. I'll post pictures of my completed pages in a few days.

1 Down.......26 to go

2009-01-13T16:04:00.002-06:00

So today was the first day of my 2nd semester of college. Adam wasn't supposed to work today and we found out yesterday that he was going to. So I was texting to a friend and told her about it and she volunteered to watch the kiddos for me. That made it so less stressful for me because I was worried about my first day and how that was gonna work. So on to school this morning where I was about 2 minutes late and my History class had already closed the door and started. Good grief, so I had to walk in with me feeling like everyone was staring at me. Hopefully they weren't. So we got the syllabus and went over the schedule and then I headed 4 doors down for Algebra. Hmmmm, that class will be interesting. My professor is gonna be different. Hopefully it will be okay, another student said she had him last semester and he was weird, so we will see.

On some other notes, our Christmas went good, we celebrated a day late because Adam was working Christmas day. Adam bought me a Pandora bracelet and tons of toe socks and it was AWESOME!! The kids got plenty of presents and had a great time with everything. Adam got an assortment of good deals that I found throughout the year lol.

We bought Rockband for the Wii. Let me tell you, it is awesome!! I love this thing. Adam's favorite instrument is the Drums and mine is the guitar. Kameron tries to sing, but he can't read yet so he tries, but doesn't know the words so he sings what he just heard. It is so cute. My niece Chrissy came over to play and she sung her own words to songs instead of the song that was playing. It was so freakin cute! Wendy played it today and totally fell in love with it too and wants to go home and order one for her family! Once she does that, we will be able to play against each other.

I guess that's all I have to report. I'm taking one more class and that is an online course so I've got to just maintain the reading and keep up. This is fully online so I will see how that goes.

3.75

2008-12-15T19:32:00.002-06:00

That is my GPA for my first semester of college!! I made 3 'A's and 1 'B'. I thought I was going to get a 'C', but it looks like my professor counted some work that I had turned in which made my grade a 'B'. Wooohooo!!! It was alot harder then I thought it was going to be. Not so much the school work, but just managing my time, which I didn't do so well. I have alot to learn before next semester, if I even go. It is such a toss up. I so want to, but there are so many things that make it hard. Home life, school life, I have such a hard time finding a middle. It's either I focus on school, and get all my assignments in, or I take care of my home life and miss out on assignments. I'm really going to do some soul searching these next two weeks and figure out if I can manage it all and complete another semester. Here's to hoping!!!!

Let it Snow!!!

2008-12-10T18:46:00.004-06:00

On Sunday, we went to a local community club house that was putting out snow and letting the kiddos meet Santa. It was so much fun. When we arrived, there were two huge piles of snow for the kids to play in. We were meeting some other friends there, and we all started playing in the snow. Kameron and Christian had so much fun having a snow ball fight together. Kaydence was too sure about it. She didn't want to touch it, probably cause it was so cold. But it was fun, and after they played for a while, we stood in line to meet Santa and Mrs. Clause. It was a good day.

Fast forward to tonight, when my sister calls to tell me that it is snowing at her house, about 45 minutes from here. Man, I was so hoping it would actually snow here. As we got ready to leave Lorie's house, Adam hollers out that it was snowing and we all came running outside! Sure enough, it was. It was sticking on the cars and on the porch. We gathered up some and made snow balls to throw at each other. The kiddos loved it.....wait, who am I kidding, I loved it too. It would sure be awesome if it snowed enough and was still here in the morning!!!!

Questions

2008-11-18T19:10:00.004-06:00

I got this from a friend's blog so feel free to play. Just bold the things you have done.

If you play, post a comment so I can check it out!!

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland/world

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal in a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

History was made...

2008-11-05T10:04:00.003-06:00

History was made last night, and I'm not so sure that it was good history. The United States elected the first Black president. I worry so much for our country and the changes that it is going to go through. Not because he is Black, I promise you it isn't because he is Black, but because of what he wants to try to change. He sure had great sounding ideas throughout his campaign, but didn't have ways to pay for it. The money has to come from somewhere, and I can bet you anything it is going to be us.

I will be praying for our country a lot more in the coming months as he starts to take over. Praying for no assassination attempts, for no foul play on Bush's part as he leaves the White House, and for the American people to remain confident in their decision to elect a President with the limited experience he has, who went to a Church for 20 years lead by a Preacher who is anti-American and whose middle name is Hussein. Granted, you can't judge a man by his middle name, but he sure didn't want it talked about.

I prayed during this election that people would chose to vote for him based on his views, but it looks like it didn't happen. This morning watching the news, you see hundreds and hundreds of people being interviewed saying how they were glad that a Black person was President and that is why they voted, because he was Black. What about the issues that are going to impact our country once the "we have the first Black President" wears off? How is the country going to recover from all of the mess that it has been in since the economy crashed? How are we going to handle same sex marriages that go against everything the Bible teaches? Those are things that are important to me. Color shouldn't have been an issue, I thought we were all past that. It just doesn't make sense to me. I don't understand it.

I did vote. I voted for McCain. Not because he is white, but because I could agree with him most on the issues. "If you don't vote, then you can't complain." That is what we told Kameron as we took turns going to go vote. He is still more liberal then I would like, but he wasn't as liberal as Obama.

So the next four years will be a lesson. A time to see if all the promises he made can actually happen. I told Adam that I thought that gas prices were going to rise once he got elected. I hope I'm not right. I think that he isn't going to be able to keep all the promises he made. I think America is in for a tough time. He is inheriting 2 wars and an economy that is doing so horrible. He has very little experience and he is starting out in one of the roughest times in America's history.

Pray for our country as we begin these changes. Pray for our leaders who make the decisions that affect each and every one of us. Pray that they will be guided to do what is best for America and not themselves or some big company. Pray that even though we were divided in the election, that we can come together now and do what is best for America, so that we can all prosper and survive. Just Pray!

I'm sorry if this offends anyone. I just had all these thoughts running through my head and I wanted to get them down on something. Since my blog is my journal, I wanted to write them here.

Halloween Card

2008-10-14T20:59:00.003-05:00

So, I decided this afternoon that I was tired of not scrapbooking. So, I decided to work on a Halloween card, even though my house looks like a tornado whipped through it. We just got back from out of town, and I haven't put everything away yet. So anyways, I found a cute fold and idea making a window type hole that I liked for a card and went to town. I had to work with the few Halloween papers that I had, but I think it turned out pretty dang cute. I'm going to make a Christmas one like it for my November Stampin' Up class. They are going to be so dang cute! I can't wait to get the rest of them finished so I can get them mailed out. It is a tri-fold card and I took a picture of each part unfolded.

Square Dancing 101

2008-10-09T22:34:00.003-05:00

So, my grandma called and invited Adam and I to her square dancing lessons that she was starting. Adam has been wanting to take dancing lessons, so we said, Why not? We went with her and signed up. It was so much freakin' fun. I didn't think that we would like it, but we sure did. It was great. And, now that we signed up, we are guaranteed a night out every week!!! WOOOHOOOO!!! It was a blast. After the lesson ended, all the professionals that were there danced, and they looked amazing. I can't wait to learn more so everything flows and makes sense. It's gonna be great!!! Also, they lined danced and I was comfortable with that. We used to do it all the time at church dances that we went to, so I was experienced. Adam, on the other hand, needs some more practice at line dancing. Can't wait for next week's lessons!!!

Me survey

2008-10-08T22:07:00.002-05:00

So, i received this from a friend of mine, and thought it was pretty cool. Answer the questions in a comment, without looking at others comments, and let's see how well you know me. It's pretty cool. Just respond in the comments with each number and your answer!! Thanks for playing, it'll only take a few minutes!

1. Where did we meet?

2. Take a stab at my middle name?

3. Do I speak a second language?

4. Am I a cat lover or dog lover?

5. Color of my eyes?

6. Do I have any siblings?

7. What's one of my favorite things to do?

8. What's my favorite type of music?

9. Am I taller than you?

10. Am I shy or outgoing?

11. Am I a rebel or do I follow the rules?

12. What is my birth month?

13. Do I want to see a woman or man as next president?

14. I am a member of which political party?

15. Am I Liberal? Moderate? or Conservative?

16. Have you ever heard me sing?

17. How many children do I have?

18. Have we taken photographs together?

19. When is the last time you saw me?

20. When will I see you again?

21. Have we ever had a falling out?

22. If you and I were stranded on a desert island, what is one thing that I would bring?

23. Am I right handed or left handed?

24. What type of work do I do?

Fireproof

2008-10-03T18:05:00.003-05:00

So, I was watching World News (which I never, ever do) and I saw a clip about a new movie that was released last weekend. It was made with 500,000 dollars and earned 6,500,000 the first weekend. It is a Christian film about saving a marriage. Or, at least that is what the previews show. Me and Adam are gonna try to see it this weekend, if we can get a babysitter. It looks great and we sure need more Christian movies showing along with all of the other trash that is out there. Here is the link for the website where you can view a preview and find out theatres in your area that are playing it.

Fireproof

I'll let you know how it is after this weekend!

Happy Birthday.......to me!

2008-09-29T12:00:00.001-05:00

Well, I am 25 years old today!! Crazy, I know! So, here's to 25 years of Beka!!

Long Time, No See

2008-09-27T01:19:00.004-05:00

Wow, what a crazy few weeks we have had here at the Marley household. So many things have happened, it will be crazy to even list them all. So, I will only do a few of the major ones. Here goes:

1. Hurricane Ike heads towards Galveston, with landfall projected to be somewhere in the middle of the night.
2. The day before the storm, Kaydence stops breathing, not once, but twice. Called 911 and had her taken to the hospital about 12 hours before Ike was supposed to hit. Doctors decided that she need to be at a better children's hospital, so Memorial Herman Children's, here we come. The first ambulance service that showed up to transport us, no go. Too windy, wouldn't do it. Second one said they would so here we are, with 55 miles per hour winds heading closer to the storm as we head to downtown Houston, with Adam speeding behind us in the truck. Arrive at the hospital and bunker in. We have to get ID bracelets because anyone without one is out of there.
3. Spend the night during a major hurricane locked inside the 10th floor of a hospital. You could hear the wind whipping around. We never lost power, and were able to maintain the power without a generator. Other hospitals weren't so lucky.
4. Talked with families, all were okay, just no power. Not having power sucks, bytheway. Massive cleanup was started and will continue for quite some time.
5. Meanwhile, at the hospital, they start to do every test known to man on my baby girl. A CAT scan, an EEG, a MRI, blood work daily, breathing monitoring equipment at night, and temperature and blood pressure check every 6 dang hours. Wow, what a mouth full. But yep, it all happened. So, after 6 days of testing, meeting with all kind of doctors, and some more testing we should have some answers. Well, it's kinda hard to determine what caused a 14th month old to stop breathing for almost a minute. Was it seizures? Not as far as they can tell? Sleep apnea? Nope, doesn't look like that either. As best as can be determined, she had a viral infection about 10 days before the hospital visit began. It lowered her blood count so critically low that she passed out. She was at a 7 when she should have been at a 11.5. So, we have to watch her diet, give her iron enriched vitamins and overall, pay attention to her showing signs of being weak.
6. Lorie turns 25, omg, that means I'm right behind her. I didn't even get to see her for her birthday and the little present I had wasn't wrapped or anything. I plan on taking her to check out some resale shops about 30 minutes from here. Hey, that's what she wants, so I gotsa give a gal what she wants!!!!
7. Get home to no power with 7 adults and 3 kiddos living in a house with only a generator to keep us going. Thank goodness for city water and gas appliances. We were able to cook and have hot showers. Since I was at the hospital, I didn't experience the grunt of the power outage, but I would have rather dealt with that then be worried about my baby girl like that.
8. Power back on, life is starting to return to normal. Grocery stores sill are trying to catch up, not much food around and defiantly no dang blasted baking soda. One day I will have some again. Some friends of mine still don't have power, so I still worry, but they think it will be on soon.
9. Receive a early birthday present. I'm actually typing on it right now. That's right, I got a new laptop for school. And let me tell you, it's been awesome. When I got out of one class early, I was able to log on to my other online class and complete some of the work for it waiting at the campus for my next class to start. It was brilliant!!! Thank you Adam so dang much, I love you babe!!!
10. Getting ready for a wedding tomorrow. Not much with that going on. Trying to help Adam memorize his speech, since he is the best man and all. So, hopefully everything will go over okay.

Well, looks like I wrote quite a bit more then I thought I was going to. Once I started writing, it seemed easier to get down. I have been reading everyone's blogs, and it seems like everyone I read up on is doing okay. Please let me know if there is anything that I can do. Have a great weekend!!!

P.S. Sorry it's so long!!!!!

Overwhelmingly Hard....

2008-09-09T20:40:00.002-05:00

I wanted to go back to school, I promise, I really did. I just wasn't prepared for the change that it would bring to my life. I didn't understand how hard it was gonna be to be a full time student and a wife and mom. It's not so much that what I'm learning in school is hard, it is that I'm trying to learn to juggle school and my home responsibilities. Not as easy as I thought. But, we kind of seem to be adjusting more and better. I've learned a few things, I've been bored out of my mind. I've written 2 essays already, with another 2 due by Friday. I've been solving math problems the old fashioned way.....by hand!! I've been trying to keep the house cleaned, but haven't been doing too good with that. I'm actually gonna clean for about an hour in just a sec before I head to bed. I'm learning. I"m adjusting. It's been different, it's been exciting. I love walking around campus, even though I'm older then all of the freshly graduated high school kids. Things that they just think are so cool, I find completely stupid. I can tell how 6 years has changed me. I've grown up, matured. It is nice to see how far I've come. Hopefully, I was never as stupid as some of these people though LOL!!!!! Things should maybe slow down a little after this week and I can be better about posting. Hope everything is going great with everyone!!

Man....

2008-08-31T08:15:00.004-05:00

This past week has been crazy busy. I mean crazy. We have been prepping our house for a bachelor party for Adam's friend. Total cleanup of the yard and house. It was so much work, but so worth it. The yard looks great, the house is nice and clean and the guys had a blast. It was a day full of music, bbq and paintball. 2000 to be exact. They guys started arriving around 11 a.m. and getting everything ready for a massive paintball game. Around 1 or so, 7 guys charged into the woods. At 3:45, I called them back in for some bbq. They came in and ate a ton of food. What would you expect with 7 grown men? After lunch, they played music and cleaned up to head out for a night on the town. They went to a few pubs, and went to Barneys to play some pool. I'm not sure how everything went, around 2:45, I got the call that they were heading home and I don't remember anything else. It was a great day for Adam, I know he had so much fun hanging out with the guys. We are going to have to plan more games and things for the men to do for some time away.

My first week of school went well. My math class is going to be pretty easy. It's going to basically be a review for me on the algebra that I took my freshman year. English was pretty boring this week because we just reviewed for a grammar test that we have on Wednesday. Pretty basic stuff. I have a paper to write, just a 2-page one about what impacted my life the most. I'm about halfway done and will finish later tonight.

I'm babysitting next week, all week, so I will probably be out of commission. Not that I've been doing a great job of blogging, but just so ya know. Until next time......

Well...

2008-08-25T22:20:00.005-05:00

We have been working hard to get things ready for a bachelor party this weekend and for some new bedroom furniture we got. I was so excited to be getting it. We decided to repaint the bedroom and so we picked out some paint, moved everything out of the bedroom and got started. We found new homes for just about everything in there except the headboard...(anybody want a king sized headboard? :) I painted the walls blue and the trim cream. This morning, with the help of Adam's brother, Kort, we moved the furniture into it's new home!!!! YEAH!!! I love it as much as you are allowed to love furniture, which is a ton! It is so dang nice. And it all matches!!!! That is awesome lol. We steamed cleaned the carpets and everything. This morning, the bedroom was wonderfully cleaned and ready to be changed. It feels so great!

Before:

After:

On another note, tomorrow I start school. College...me, a college student, wow. I am so nervous. I don't even know why. I've had my bag packed since Friday, I have a copy of my schedule sitting on the desk and I'm all ready. What is there to be nervous about, probably the change. I am starting something new, something that is going to change who I am and how my life will be. It won't be as easy to do the things that I need to do, I will have to have more time to myself, putting more responsibility with Adam. I will have to discipline myself to study and do my homework. Changes, that I am hopefully ready for. This will be such a fun experience once I get there and get going. I am going to be there early so I can find my classrooms and be ready. Wish me luck!!!

Not to Toot my Own Horn, But.....

2008-08-19T13:00:00.002-05:00

Man, yesterday I felt so dang good. I went up to the college (what???) to find about about testing for college level placement for some classes I am gong to take. I stood in about 4 lines before I found the one that I needed to actually be in. I went upstairs to test after I paid them my money so I could take a test. Doesn't that suck, I had to pay to take a test. Depressing almost. Anyways, I finished the answer portion and only had my essay left. I took a break, since they offered me one and came back to start the essay. The topic was over one that I could actually relate to and so that made it so much better. I finished up and headed over to get my results. Yeah, they print out as soon as I hit submit, so they were with the front desk before I made it up there. There were multiple people watching the students and one walks over to me with my scores. I asked her if I passed and she said, "Honey, you did awesome, I've never seen an 8 on an essay." She pats me on the back and both of the ladies are standing there smiling at me. Kinda weird, but she proceeds to tell me that I need to go down stairs to meet with an advisor. So, back down stairs for another line. This one took like 30 minutes. It's my turn so I show the lady my test results and ask her what, "This score is out of range, Please check with your advisor" means. She looks at it for a while and says, that is really good, I've never even seen an 8. Apparently, 8 is the highest you can get and it was a high enough level 8 that it was putting me out of the range of actually having an 8, Make sense??? We start trying to register me for some classes and she shows someone else. A loud someone else. He says, "Where is this genius, I want to meet them?" I'm beet red now, with all of these other people in the stupid office looking at me. He comes over, shakes my hand and asked if I really got an 8 in 26 minutes. I tell him yes sir and he said, "Amazing. Did you show Tom?" No, she hadn't showed Tom, but she sure would. Off she runs to find this Tom guy and show him my results. He proceeds to tell me that I should frame them and maybe play the lottery. Really now, frame some results from a test. I hurried up and got out of there because I was embarrassed. When I was in the car, it hit me, man they made me feel good. I felt like I was on cloud nine, it was great. Okay, enough with my story, I was just so proud of myself and wanted to share my experience.

So, I registered for 4 classes for this semester. What was I thinking right? Well, I have been wanting to go back for a while, but the timing just hasn't been right. Now that Kaydence is a year old, Adam will manage just fine for the hours that I need to be in class. Which isn't that many. I'm taking two on campus and two hybrid classes. So a full schedule, but only part time away from the family. I am so excited. I am a college student again!!! Crazy, I know. I am so nervous, I mean, what if I can't keep up with everything? It's going to be an adjustment, I'll have to have some alone time for studying and homework, but I can't wait to start. I start a week from today. OMG, one week from today, at this time, I will be coming home from my first day at college!!!!!!!! Wish me luck!

Hopson Family Reunion

2008-08-16T22:28:00.004-05:00

So today was our family reunion on my mother's side of the family. It was family from my Great-Grandma's siblings. We had a big variety of family there, about 50 people came. It was nice. So pretty. I didn't realize how beautiful Lake Livingston actually is. The pavilion overlooked the lake and it was just beautiful. I can't wait to camp there...hint hint!!! We played games, swam, ate some seriously good food and walked along Lake Livingston. It was a great trip! I really enjoyed myself. We were running late and got there shortly before it was time to eat. Everybody had brought different items. Like a dinner meal and a dessert. I made a chicken casserole from the cook-book from my great-grandma. There was so much food. Everybody got to take some home if they wanted it. Then, the younger generation put on their swimsuits and headed over to the pool. I decided not to swim because Kaydence was with us and I knew that it would just be easier to not. We stayed inside and played games and visited with relatives. Kameron decided that he wanted to jump of the diving board. When he started walking along it, I totally thought he wouldn't do it. But, he did, just jumped right off and wanted to keep doing it!!! It was great seeing everyone and getting to spend some time together. Next years will be great!!! WoooHooo!!

Garner State Park

2008-08-11T08:48:00.003-05:00

Wheew, what a trip. We left Wednesday morning and stayed until Saturday afternoon. It was so much fun. We went with some friends of ours, so in total there were 7 of us and two infants. It was so beautiful. The Park is located on the Frio River, which is a river fed by three natural springs, making the river cold, hence the name Frio. The first times we went, the water was perfect. The last morning we were there though, we went earlier in the morning and it was cold!!!!!!!! Once we got used to it, it was great though. We made smores, played games, went hiking, cooked over a campfire, made friends with about 4 skunks, saw huge deer, played putt-putt golf, rocked the babies to sleep while sitting in the river, went crawling through a cave, had two different people get stung by a bee and many other things. Here are some pictures from the trip:

Procrastination

2008-08-05T20:58:00.002-05:00

That is me, to a fault. Here is is 9p.m and I still don't have our bags packed for camping. I don't have the food gathered, I don't even have all our camping stuff gathered under the carport. I accomplished nothing today for this camping trip tomorrow. I left it all for tonight, when the kiddos went to sleep, why, I'm not too sure. But, as soon as this gets typed, I'm going to be moving fast and efficiently. Then, in the morning, we are heading out on a four day camping trip with some friends of ours. I am so excited. Kameron is too, we've been talking about it today and he keeps begging to go tonight. We are going to be fishing, hiking, floating down the Frio River, dancing, going on a hayride, and tent camping. It is going to be a blast, I can't wait. I will be sure to take tons of pictures and share them when we get back. Until Saturday...........

Coming Up

2008-07-31T20:27:00.006-05:00

We have a lot on the schedule for the next week. Lots to do. We are going to Splashtown tomorrow with some friends. Then, tomorrow night, I am meeting a group of fellow Twilight junkies to go to the release party of Breaking Dawn. OMG, I'm so excited. I've got to finish the books again before tomorrow so I am fully ready and pumped. We are going out to some late dinner and then heading over to the party so we can be there at midnight when the book is released. Saturday, I believe my parents are coming over to celebrate my dad's b-day and to spend some time together. Sunday I am going to church. I was supposed to go last Sunday, but I was sick. I don't know what is wrong with me. Monday is shopping day for our camping trip starting Wednesday. Adam has to get a tooth pulled Tuesday, so I am praying that he won't be too bad off and we will still be able to go. So, I am making the plans like nothing is going to go wrong and we can still go. On Wednesday morning, we are getting up bright and early and heading out to Garner State Park. It is supposed to be the best state park in Texas, so we will see. Going to be doing some hiking, fishing and floating down the river!!! Lots of fun, can't wait. Well, I gotta get off and get the rest of the laundry washed so we are ready for the trip. Until next time.......

P.S. Mugglemom, have you seen this?????? We can split it and keep it at your house for a month and then mine a month!!!!! ;)

New Blog

2008-07-28T20:51:00.002-05:00

I started a new blog, for me, about me and something I struggle with. If you would like to read it, just let me know. It will be private, but if you read my blog, I don't mind if you want to subscribe to the new one. I just don't want anyone and everyone out in cyber space to read it. Just e-mail me or leave me a comment with your email addy and I'll add you. Thanks!

Wal-Mart

2008-07-28T13:28:00.002-05:00

I always find myself there, regardless of what other errands I had to run. I always end up spending some time there. It's almost like an addiction, one that I feed by walking around, trying to find a good deal. The thing about Wal-Mart, they want it to be one stop shopping. Why go anywhere else, when everything you need is there. I will find myself at other stores, comparing Wal-Mart prices to theirs. I hate it, I wish I could just buy the product and support someone other then Wal-Mart. They paid our bills for a while, then just put us out on the curb. It is a love hate relationship I have with them. When we get a few more bills paid off and down, I have a goal to start shopping elsewhere. Regardless if it is a few more cents or even a dollar or two, I want to be able to say that I hardly shop at Wal-Mart. But I know that will be a long time coming. I am always on the hunt for good deals, like the one I found today. I couldn't pass it up, I couldn't justify not getting them. And I didn't even need to go to Wal-Mart. I was supposed to be going to the bank and meeting my Brother-in-Law. No where in my agenda today was Wal-Mart. But, there I was, in the toy section, looking around with Kameron. We walked by the Leapster section, I was checking out the games ( I have to replace a game that got broken that Kameron is so upset about). Looking down, what do I see, 2 different games clearanced. Not for 15 or even 10.....5 BUCKS!!! They were 25 dollar games marked down to 5 bucks each. How do you walk away from that?? You don't I guess, you get them and add them to the Christmas stash in the bedroom. But see, when you find something like that, you can't help but stop next time you are close, hoping for another awesome deal like that......Addiction, what a horrible thing!! :)

This Past Weekend

2008-07-21T15:18:00.004-05:00

Wow, what a weekend. Friday was Lisa's Birthday and Saturday was Adam's Birthday. On Friday, me and the kiddos baked Adam a cake and took it up to his station along with some balloons! We had dinner with him and all the guys and then headed back to my mother's house to spend the night. Saturday went good, with Adam coming over in the afternoon to hang out for a while before he had to go back to work to help out another guy. Lisa, Marc and the baby came over to celebrate birthdays. We cooked a huge dinner and played some games. Saturday night, I started feeling bad and it just seemed to get worse. I was pucking and miserable and laying out on the couch. Luckily I was at mom's and she was able to help with the kiddos. Sunday found me feeling better and I was excited about it because it was finally Amber's baby shower!! We were getting ready and got a phone call. One of my friends from high school, his wife died. They don't even know what happened yet. They are running reports and will know more details in a few days. So, that was hard. I went to the shower and got to spend some time with Amber, I was so excited to give her the gifts that I made for her. I think she really liked them. I don't think I got a picture of the blanket, but I took some photos of the scrapbook pages I made for her.

It was great and she got a ton of stuff, she should be pretty close to set!! Then, I headed over to my friend's mom's house to try to be of some comfort, but how do you comfort someone who just lost their wife??? I hate seeing a man cry and it just tore at my heart strings :( We ended up leaving really late so I just spent the night again at my mom's. Today, nothing much is going on. Adam was up all night, so he is still snoozing and Kaydence is napping too. Kameron is tired, so I turned him on some cartoons in our room so he could relax and probably fall asleep. This week we are going to go to the beach and going to do a few other things as a family since Adam has the full week off, so excited!!!

Simplicity

2008-07-16T17:28:00.002-05:00

Simplicity...a good word to ponder. So many things can be complicated or they can be simple. I can't decide what I thrive on better. Some things I do if they are complicated, but others I won't. I like simple, but then wonder if I'm not doing it right or it doesn't look good. I've been making pages lately that have been simple. Not too elaborate, just simple pages that share memories. Our memories. I put those pages into the album I bought and so very much love it. I have memories, I didn't work for hours on 1 page, I have several that I did in a hour. I'm loving it, I really am. As I look back through my pages, I see stages that I went through, fades even. I started off really basic, not really knowing what I was doing, but wanting to scrapbook. Then, I learned and improved. My pages became elaborate and time-consuming. I didn't finish as many, they took me longer and so I was only finishing one here and there. I organized my pictures and that sure made a difference. Anytime I feel like scrapbooking, I can grab a box and go at it. Now, I feel like I've resorted back to my earlier days of scrapbooking. I'm not trying to impress anybody, I'm doing this for my family. My kids aren't going to hate the album because I didn't use 3 different techniques and have 4 different embellishments on a page. They are going to love that they can look through the album and have their memories there for them. They will see the pictures, read the words and love it. I have a bad habit of comparing my work to others, why? So other people have different pages, does that make theirs any better? No, our pages, in essence, are accomplishing the same thing, the getting there is just a little different. I've been thinking about this a lot lately because I haven't felt too inspired to just whip out pages. But, I decided that having pages was better then sitting there trying to feel creative. Where is the fun in that? I'm loving my time scrapbooking, and I'm loving the refound simplicity of it!

Snapfish.com

2008-07-10T19:16:00.002-05:00

So, a fellow blogger, April, posted a coupon code for Snapfish. I decided to check it out since I need some more pictures. Since I just joined, I got 20 free prints. I also had found a coupon for 25 free prints. (I think it came in a movie around Christmas time, Shrek 3rd if I'm not mistaken) So, I spent the afternoon alternating between cleaning and uploading pictures. I could only upload 20 at a time so it took a while. By the end of it, I had ordered 121 pictures!! I'm so excited to get them. But the awesome part was, for 121 pictures, I spent 8.33 and they are going to ship em to my house. Thanks April, for posting about the great deal you got. The code is: JUL4PENNY08 and expires on the 12th. So not much time left if you wanna get in on it. Can't wait for the pictures, I'm excited, I feel inspired to scrap now. It made me feel good to go through all my pictures!! I am loving that I have them all organized on my computer. It's great!!

3 Posts Deep

2008-07-07T19:16:00.002-05:00

I did it again, I posted several entries, so check em all out. Exciting times in the life of the Marley Family lol :)

Training Wheels....

2008-07-07T19:10:00.003-05:00

WHO NEEDS EM??? Not Kameron, not anymore. He told Adam that he wanted em off, and Adam told him that if he took them off, that he wouldn't put them back on. Kameron still insisted that he didn't want them on anymore. So, low and behold, after two attempts, here he is, riding his bike without training wheels!!! Go Kameron Go!!!!! He is getting to be such a big boy. Time is sure flying around here.

Kaydence!!!!

2008-07-07T19:01:00.002-05:00

Kaydence, what a mess you made. Oh my goodness. I didn't realize one little kiddo could get so messy. But, I guess that is what 1st birthday cakes are all about!! I hope you had a great birthday. I can't believe that you are already 1. What am I going to do with you? Your mommy and daddy love you so much. Kameron is so proud of you, he can't wait til you start walking!! Happy Birthday baby girl!!!

Stampin UP

2008-07-07T18:57:00.002-05:00

Since I started selling Stampin up, I have fallen in love with making cards. I really enjoy it and love using my new stamp sets to create a card. For June, we made a card to celebrate the 4th of July. I thought they turned out so cute. I mailed my card to my cousin before I took a picture, so I made another one so I could post it. Whatcha think???

Freedom

2008-07-04T14:49:00.003-05:00

Freedom is something that I take for granted. I drive my car whenever I want, go where I want and have to ability to say what I want without worry. I might offend someone, but I won't be arrested or shot. I can worship how I choose, I can listen to what I want and not be questioned. I can vote in elections to change the things that I feel are wrong. I can vote for the leader of this country. I can pray for them and for leaders of this state and this city. Freedom is a pretty amazing thing with you think about it. I am so thankful to be living in America. I know that they country is so torn up and divided right now, with the election looming around the corner, but, there isn't anywhere else I'd rather be. I'm blessed with a beautiful family, a loving husband, two wonderful children, parents who would do anything for me, sisters who I would do anything for, brothers who I've always wanted, two beautiful nieces who help compete my life, a wonderful home that isn't always cleaned and maintained right, land to let my kids play on, neighbors who actually care, friends who I couldn't live without, the soldiers who are fighting to help keep me free. I take for granted all the precious things that so many others have to live without. I am so blessed. There is no other land better then America, even with all of her faults. I want this next year to be better spent being more thankful for the freedom we have and for the lives that are put on the line to protect it. I want to show my patriotism more and be prouder to be an American. I want to teach my children the importance of our flag, what it stands for and how it will always be a symbol of freedom. I want them to respect it and know the Pledge of Allegiance. Not just be able to recite it, but to understand what it is telling them. We are putting up a flag in our yard to symbolise our freedom and to show our appreciation for our troops, our president and our founding fathers. I am proud to be an American, I wouldn't want it any other way. Celebrate this day and remember what it is about...Freedom!!!!!

Happy Birthday

2008-07-03T14:12:00.002-05:00

Today is Kaydence's first birthday. She is now out of the months and into years. I can't believe that it has already been a year since we were blessed with her. We are having a birthday party on Saturday for her. It is going to be a water theme. We are having water balloons, a sprinkler, games and hot dogs and hopefully some watermelon. I wish strawberries were on sale again, I wanted to make a cake with them, but I'll see when I head to the store. Happy Birthday, my beautiful baby girl!!!!

Scrapbooks

2008-06-26T13:14:00.003-05:00

I found a scrapbook that I really like. I have a few from Creative Memories, but they are so expensive to buy more. I am really liking this one. I am on the hunt for more of them. So far, I've searched Dogpile and Amazon, with no results. I can't believe that Amazon let me down. I shop there weekly and have never not been able to find something. It was awful to not be able to find them. I'm going to keep searching though. I actually bought it from Wal-Mart, but they only had boy colors, so I thought for sure I would be able to find girly colors online. I will keep up my hunt and let you know how it goes. I'm also going to post some pictures from our trip to Nanny's house. It was so much fun, and so dang relaxing!!! More to come............

Catch Up

2008-06-17T23:05:00.010-05:00

It seems like every time I do good with blogging, I fall off again and don't do so good. I'm going to get better. Well after next week because I'm going to be gone this weekend! We have been busy enjoying our summer. We've been blueberry picking, hung a tire swing for Kameron, visited my family in Onalaska, I finished a baby-shower present for a friend, taught Kameron how to use my camera, kinda, Kaydence learned to stand up on her own, and had to return our Wii Fit :(

More details:

We went blueberry picking, not once, but twice. We will be going again to get some more for family. We gave some to my grandma and she was so excited about getting them. She mentioned that if we were going back, that she would love some more, so it looks like we will be heading back out.

We hung a tire swing for Kameron. We were going to hang it close to the house, but Adam said the higher we hang it, the higher Kam would go. So, the tire swing is tied way up high in a tree. Kam sure loved it though. He was going so high. I thought I picked out a tire that he would be able to see over, but not quite yet. Soon he should be able to!

We went up to Onalaska for the weekend. We got to visit with a lot of my family from my dad's side. It was great! I really miss them and don't quite realize it until I get to see them again. We visited and played games and just spent time together. My parents were up there so we got to spend Father's Day with my dad, it was nice.

Woohoo, I finished a present that I am making for Amber. I would love to post a picture, but she reads this and I don't want to ruin the surprise. It's great though. I was so happy to see how well it turned out!! You're gonna love it, I promise!!!! lol

I was taking some pictures of Kaydence, trying to capture the new thing that she learned and Kameron wanted so bad to take some pictures. I showed him what button to push and how to make sure that he could see what he wanted to take a picture with. He got a good one of me and Kaydence and then I took one of the three of us. Happy memories!!

Kaydence learned to stand up on her own. When we were at my grandma's house, I thought that I saw her standing up, but when I said something, she fell back down. Then, yesterday, she was doing it again and I quickly grabbed my camera for a Kodak moment! She is gonna be walking soon.

And last but not least, we had to return our Wii Fit. The stupid thing would play sometimes and then not play other times. I am hoping that it was a problem with the disk, and not the console. It is going to be so depressing if we have to reset the system. We will loose everything. Not good. But, I returned it and of course they didn't have another one, so now I'm on another mission to find another one. I let you know how it goes.

Wii Fit

2008-06-08T20:43:00.003-05:00

Well, we got our wii fit yesterday. We basically set it up and added all of us to the Fit Plaza. It weighs you, measures your BMI and tracks your progress. It wants you to set goals and talks to you each time you log in on making progress towards your goal. It seems pretty cool. It kinda sucked seeing my reality out there, on the TV. But, in a way, it inspired me to try to work harder at losing this weight and eating healthier. Adam and I have been doing so much better on healthier eating. Now, if I could just get in more exercising it would really help. Anyways, I'm going to be a hula hoop master!!! I can spin 5 hoops at a time and keep em going strong! I am loving our wii fit and recommend it to everybody that has a wii. I know a few of you guys do, and I actually think you have wii fit, but I know of some that don't have the wii fit, It's Awesome!!!! Hopefully it will help me stay accountable because it weighs me daily and tracks my BMI. We will see.

I'm Hooked

2008-06-01T10:04:00.006-05:00

So, I wasn't going to read them, who wanted to read a book about vampires right? Well, it turns out that I did!! Several times to be exact. Who would have thought that the Twilight Series would have captured my attention like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings. I just didn't see it coming. A friend of mine, Nicole, was talking about it on her blog, so I ordered the 1st book from Amazon. I started it at11:30 the night it came in and finished it the next morning at 3:45. I read nonstop for 4 hours. It was awesome. I messaged her at 3:45 and told her I was going to be needing the next one in the series. I overnighted the 3rd one to me from Amazon. I finished all three of them in 2 days. They are crazy good. It's so hard to describe them to someone, talking about vampires and werewolves, people decide they don't want to start. If they only knew what they were missing. They were so good and I can't wait until August 2 for the 4th one to come out, Breaking Dawn. WOOOHOOO!! Thanks Nicole, for introducing them to me.

They are making a movie for the first book, Twilight. This is a preview for the movie. Looks Good!!

Time

2008-05-28T21:17:00.003-05:00

It has been a lot of time since I posted last. I was doing so good at keeping it up and poof, 2 weeks and I'm so behind. Not too much has been going on though. My kiddos have been sick. Coughing, running noses, watery eyes, that sorta thing. On top of that, Kaydence is getting her two top teeth. Hasn't been the easiest time. I helped my mom a few different days at her school. Man, there really hasn't been much going on. I've got the house clean. Tomorrow, I'm going to see Lisa for a few hours while Adam tests. Good grief, this is a pathetic post. LOL!!

In My Arms

2008-05-15T16:24:00.003-05:00

When I was pregnant with Kaydence, I was babysitting while Adam was finishing school. The little boy that I babysat went to sleep on his own. No rocking, no holding, just lay him in is crib and he goes to sleep. Kameron is so not like that. So I decided that I wanted to try to have Kaydence be like that. I didn't know that it would come with such a high price. I never get to cuddle her. She hates with a passion for me to hold her in my arms. The only time I hold her, is when I'm feeding her, which is only for like 10 minutes a few times a day. I got what I wanted though, she sleeps in her room, every night, without falling asleep with aid. She will just latch onto her blanket, like her life depended on her not letting go, and falls asleep. But, the other night, we were leaving my mom's house. Kaydence had went to bed hours before we were ready to leave, it was like 11 when we decided to head out. She was so out of it asleep. When I picked her up, she snuggled right up to me and kept sleeping. It made my heart melt. It brought tears to my eyes and just gave me warm fuzzies. I sat down with her for a while and Adam came back in looking for me. He went and got the camera and snapped a few pictures. It will be a wonderful memory for me, getting to hold her in my arms.

Happy Mother's Day

2008-05-11T23:52:00.001-05:00

If I hurry, I can get this posted before the day is over. We've been at my mom's house all day and it was so great to spend the day together. My sisters came over and we all got to hang out, play a few games, and have brunch. It was so much fun and just made me feel so good. I know that mom was so happy. You could tell at the end of the night, that she got what she really wanted. I want to try to get together like that more often, because I know how much it means to her. I had a great day. Happy Mother's Day everyone!!!!

Blurb

2008-05-10T22:11:00.004-05:00

Shelly posted in her blog about an awesome website. Blurb is a website that lets you create your own books. The totally cool thing about it is that it lets you upload your blog into a book. It carries everything over and creates the book for you. I went through and put smaller posts on the same page so I wouldn't have as many pages. It was so neat. It took some hours though to get everything right. I had to go through and edit multiple times and I'm sure I missed something. When I got ready to checkout, I searched for an online code and found this one: istockphoto2008. It is good until July 31, 2008. It takes 7 dollars off the shipping, and when the shipping is 13 bucks, it really helps. My book runs from October 2006 until my last post before this one. It was really neat and I'm glad I went ahead and did it instead of waiting so it wouldn't be as much with tons of more pages. If I wouldn't have edited, then it would have been like 72 pages. But, it was 44 by the time I was done. I think that there is a way to link a copy of it so people can view it. I will once I figure out how. Thanks Shelly, for letting me know about this!! I'm excited. Looks like this will be my Mother's Day present since I can't find the Wii Fit anywhere to pre-order :(

Silence

2008-05-04T16:52:00.003-05:00

From about 2:30 today until 4:45, I had silence. Adam, Kameron and Kaydence were all sleeping. It was so relaxing and nice! I finished a book, cleaned the kitchen up and just relaxed. I feel very calm and relaxed. I know I keep saying that, but it describes my mood perfectly. It was nice to have some time to myself without having to leave, or the kiddos being gone. I never get Kameron and Kaydence to nap together, so this was a nice treat.

The book that I read was the first one in a series of like 5 I think. It was really good, emotional, but good. I can't wait to start the other ones. I got them all last night from my mom. I love reading, it is such a wonderful thing. If I didn't read, I don't know what I would do. I'm so glad that Kameron loves books too. I hope that as he gets older, he will love reading. It is so good for you. It expands your vocabulary and just makes you smarter! There is so much that you can learn from books. I hope to pass on my love of reading to both of my kiddos!!

Can't Wait

2008-05-01T19:14:00.003-05:00

I have been waiting on a book ever since I read about it on Stacy Julian's Blog. It is her newest book, Photo Freedom. I can't wait. It has been out for a while, but I've been waiting on Amazon to get it. I have Amazon Prime, thanks Amber and Tre, so all of my items, regardless of price, ship free. It is awesome!!! It is two day shipping at that. So, it should be here Monday. WOOOHOOOO!!!!! I'm so excited.

She is such an amazing scrapper. I have totally fallen in love with her ideas for scrapbooking. So many of my ideas, come from her. She is so inspirational and creative. I can't wait to get this book!!! I'll be great!!!

Several Posts

2008-04-28T12:00:00.001-05:00

I played catch up on my blogging. So there are three other posts besides this one. Sorry for all of the reading, but enjoy!!!

Oh My Gosh!!!

2008-04-28T11:44:00.004-05:00

Well, our Escape has been having a bunch of problems for a while. The latest set is going to cost around 1700 bucks in just parts. Not labor, parts. And, they won't know if that will actually fix the problem. Great right??? Not really. So, we had been looking at cars online and doing comparison shopping and tons of reading. Friday night, my parents were watching the kiddos and we were going out on a date. We get to Humble early and Adam asks if we want to stop and check out some of the cars that we were looking up online. Sure, why not, we've got a bunch of time to kill. First stop was the Toyota place, didn't really have time for us. Didn't want us to test drive the car and only seemed interested in how much money we had to put towards a car. Didn't know much about it and overall, we just didn't get a good feeling. We headed over to the Hyundai dealership because it was right next door. We had two there that we wanted to look at. We checked out both of them and then test drove the one we liked better. Wow, it was so nice. We really liked that car. So, we set down with them to crunch some numbers. We liked the color best on one of their demo cars so that dropped the price even more. Plus, the loan guy, his best friend was a firefighter, so they gave us a little better deal. Not sure how much that one was. Anyways, we bought a car. In a little over 2.5 hrs, we were the new owners of a 2008 Hyundai Elantra. OMG!!!!! What were we thinking! LOL. I was so nervous the whole time. We can afford it, it was just that we've never had to make a payment on anything since we've been married. Big step for us. It gets wonderful, wonderful gas mileage. It drives so nice and is quiet. It's Carbon Grey. I love it. It has XM Radio built in and it comes with three months free. It has an auxiliary plug for my IPOD. Here are some pictures, I'm so excited about it!!!

How Does Your Garden Grow??

2008-04-28T11:24:00.004-05:00

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine, Shelly, was getting some dirt brought to her house for a garden that she was planting. She had mentioned to me while we were scrapbooking that she was going to be moving it alone. So, the next morning, we loaded up the kiddos, our shovels and the wheelbarrow and headed over to her house. The dirt people dropped off a huge pile and we got to work. After her garden area was full, she still had a ton of dirt left. She gave some to her Mother-in-law and said we could have the rest if we wanted it. So, we decided we should plant a garden too. We loaded up some of the dirt and brought it home. Adam cleared an area with the tractor and we shoveled out the dirt. Then, he went and bought some landscaping timbers and got more dirt. We put the dirt down and made the hills for the plants. Adam dug out the holes for the timbers and put them in the ground. I found a coupon from Lowes for 10 off a 25 dollar purchase. I printed them and bought the fencing and plants. I came home and started working on getting the fence around the posts. Lorie and Oscar came out to help get it the rest of the way around. Then, we built a door for the front. Lorie and I then planted our plants. We planted tomatoes, bell peppers, cantaloupe, and some watermelon. We have a few more things to plant and I'm going to do those today. Here is what it looks like!! Woohoo, can't wait for some fresh veggies!!

Kameron's Mole

2008-04-28T11:12:00.002-05:00

So, I was already in bed, and watching a T.V. show. Kameron and Adam were outside messing around. Kameron comes in and asks me for a container for something. He said he needed to put dirt in it. So I found an old Tupperware container and gave it to him. He went back outside for a while and came back in my room. Remember, I'm laying down almost asleep. He proceeds to open the container and lo and behold, a freaking MOLE!!! One of those animals that digs holes in the ground and eats worms. What the heck!!!!! I couldn't believe Adam sent him in the house with that thing to show me. It was a little one, but good grief. So, he really wants to keep it so I took a box I had and cut holes in it and he put it in there. He was really excited about it. Here he is with his mole:

Happy Anniversary

2008-04-19T09:56:00.003-05:00

Today is my 5 year anniversary! I have been married to a wonderful husband for 5 wonderful years. I know that I am so blessed to have him apart of my life. He has given me two beautiful children. He is a hard worker and a wonderful father. I look forward to our next five years and all the years to come. Love you Adam!

Back in the Game!!!

2008-04-13T16:17:00.003-05:00

Well, the Grocery Game that is. Actually, I haven't signed back up yet, I just rocked this week without the list, so I can imagine how good it is. I got all of this:

for the amazing price of $16.58, That's right folks, for $16.58 I bought 10 French loaves, 15 cans of biscuits, 6 crescent rolls, 4 boxes of granola bars, 1 100 calorie pk, 6 cookie doughs, 6 cinnamon rolls, 2 Glade candles, 3 pizza doughs, and 7 Gatorade. The biscuits are little cans so we can cook one a morning and not have waste by having too many. It was so awesome!!! I love the Pillsbury website for ideas on cooking with their product. You can search by product type and it gives you a huge list of different ideas for cooking up meals. We have found so many favorites that way!!! Can't wait to make the southwest chicken bowls again with the french bread!! I have a few more things I have to pick up tomorrow, so I will let you know how successful that trip was. Sorry my picture is a little blurry, I didn't realize til I had put everything away and I wasn't unpacking it to take another picture.

Swingset

2008-04-06T23:21:00.008-05:00

Man, getting this thing up was a mission. It was three huge boxes that we had to unpack and sort and prelabel so the assembly would go faster. I then worked on getting the slide put together, a super pain, made the stairs and the rock wall. We worked on getting the frame together and moved it to the site where we were gonna keep it. That was it for that day. A few days later, my dad came over to help and that was the day that pretty much everything got put together. We worked until it was dark and then called it quits for the day. The final day of the project was basically just getting everything together. Securing the slide and stairs on, hooking up the swing part, putting the railings up. Simple things like that. Here is what it looks like complete,

I am super happy with it and the kiddos love it. I want to build an extra section to add the baby swing so everybody can swing at the same time. The only place that sells cedar around here is like almost an hour away so we haven't gotten the rest of the cedar.

Revolution Money Exchange

2008-04-01T17:11:00.003-06:00

Well, I was reading on the website that I spend most of my time on, Kingwood Underground. I came across a listing about a new paypal type website that was offering a promotion if you signed up. They lady posting about it was wanting people to sign up so they could buy her stuff she was selling. I wasn't interested in anything, so I didn't think much about it. Today, my SIL called and asked me about it. She was reading about it on a different site. I looked into it again and told her that if she sent me the link, I would sign up. So, it seems pretty cool. It is free to send money, unlike Paypal who charges you a fee everytime you do something. The cool thing about it was that it gave you 25 bucks to sign up. It is a promotion that they are running until the 15th of this month. Once you get the money, you can just transfer it to your checking account or I believe they will mail you a check. It seems pretty cool, an easy way to make 25 bucks. Check it out and tell me what you think.

I've been Tagged

2008-03-30T19:17:00.003-06:00

I'll take the tag April:

You're feeling: Lazy
To your left: Window
On your mind: Get up and go make Kameron’s bed
Last meal included: Santa Fe Chicken Bowls, Yummmm
The weather: Very warm and humid
Something you have a collection of: Nothing, now that I think about it
A smell that cheers you up: Roses
A smell that can ruin your mood: Burning popcorn because it takes so long to go away
How long since you last shaved: Last Night
The current state of your hair: Ponytail
The largest item on your desk/workspace (not computer): Printer
Which section you head for first in a bookstore: New releases
Something you're craving: Brownies
Your general thoughts on the presidential race: The list is hard to choose from, but I will vote for the person that is closest to a Republican, so John McCain.
How many times have you been hospitalized this year: None, last year for my C-Section though
Favorite place to go for a quiet moment: The bathroom
You've always secretly thought you'd be a good: Lawyer, a honest Lawyer
Something that freaks you out a little: Being at home by myself when hubby has to work overnight
Something you've eaten too much of lately: Cookie Dough
You have never: Been to New York

I tag: Emily, Kristen, Lorie, Nicole and Shelly

Easter 2008

2008-03-25T20:50:00.003-06:00

These were the Easter baskets that the Easter Bunny left for Kameron and Kaydence. Kameron got 101 Dalmatians and Kaydence got a toy telephone! Kam was so excited to check it out. He had been asking about the Easter Bunny for about a week. He woke up super late though so it was like after 10 by the time he saw what he got. It was so fun to watch him look through everything. He carried the little bunny around all day. Today he pulled it out of the bucket and was walking around with it. Kaydence got her first tooth Sunday morning! I had broke the surface. Her second one is working it's way up as we speak. This is a picture of Kameron and Kaydence after they had looked through their baskets.

Baby Mackenzie is Here!!!

2008-03-19T21:56:00.002-06:00

She was born at 2:03 via a scheduled C-Section. She was 8 lbs 10 ozs. She was 20 inches long. Lisa was 5 days late and her pelvic bones weren't allowing the baby to push down to start labor. The doctor said that she could hold out longer, but she probably still wouldn't have been able to push out the baby. She is beautiful.

A Whole Week

2008-03-17T13:14:00.003-06:00

I've been so busy this past week. We finished up the painting and then got everything moved back into the room. My parents came over and my dad helped build me some more shelves to put scrapbooking stuff on. Hubby bought a john boat and can't wait to go fishing with Kameron. Kameron is so dang excited!!! I signed up for Stampin' Up. I can't wait for my stuff to come in, speaking of which, I'm going to check its location when I'm done posting. I went to Ikea and bought a few things. I bought some huge clear glass jars that I put my rubber stamps in. They look cool. My sister in law saw an idea to decorate them in one of my Stampin' Up catalogs and hers turned out so cute. I've been trying to think of something to do on mine, but haven't come up with anything yet. Tomorrow, I'm volunteering at a book fair for a few hours. My sister still hasn't had her baby. She was due on March 14, but nothing yet. I know she is ready to have the baby. Well, I have a few things I've got to get done, but I'll post some pictures of the completed room this evening hopefully.

Busy, Busy, Busy

2008-03-10T18:35:00.003-06:00

I have been super busy this past weekend. On Friday, we stood at the paint counter at Wal-Mart for over an hour to get some dang paint mixed. We had to get a manager and he gave us a $20 gift card for our trouble. We came home with our paint and I was ready to move. I have been wanting to paint the office for a while. It was 2 different colors and I hated it. Well, Adam hated it more because the yellow was such an awful color. (I'm really bad about picking out paint LOL) So, I started moving everything out. And let me tell you, it is a lot of stuff. I got it cleared and we started painting. At around 11, we finally went to bed because we ran out of paint. I got up at 6 the next morning and headed back to get more paint. There was no wait this time, it went smoothly. I got home and worked for a few hours before heading over to my sister's place. I was there for several hours getting her place all ready for the new baby. She got all of her furniture from her MIL and I helped get it together and it put where she wanted. I can't believe how close she is to having a baby. She is due on the 14th!!! What is that, like 4 freakin' days, OMG. Anyways, that was a successful day and on to Yesterday.

Man, it was a busy day too. We got up and I started finishing the edges and then I painted the shelves. I had to let them dry so I moved in other stuff and organized the desk and got rid of stuff. We didn't get much back in the room yesterday, but we still made progress.

Today, I worked on sorting stuff. I have 3 trash bags of stuff that I didn't need or want. I went through my pictures and only kept ones that I would actually scrap. I threw away pictures that I took like 5 in a row of and they are the same thing. It felt so dang good. I am so loving this organization stuff. I can't wait to head to Ikea with my SIL to pick up some glass jars to sort my stamps in. Well, I better finish getting all these pictures back in their boxes. Until Later.......

4x6 Album

2008-03-06T16:22:00.007-06:00

I got this idea from Stacey Julian about scrapbooking pictures you receive from extended family. It is a totally wonderful idea and I fell in love with it. The past week, any time I've sat down to scrap, I've worked on a 4x6 layout for the extended family album. I LOVE IT. Here are the layouts so far that I have completed.

I so love her book. I'm very tempted to get my own copy. Amazon has them on sale right now and I get free shipping. I'm trying to be good though. I'm so getting this book, but I'm trying to wait on Amazon to get it so I don't have to pay shipping!! We will see though, we will see.

Songs and More

2008-03-03T16:10:00.003-06:00

I love my I-Pod playlist. It is such a variety. I've actually had several people ask for my playlist. It's great. But, lately, my hubby has been wanting to get more songs and it got me thinking about songs from the 90's. Oh my gosh, I just spent the past hour gathering songs to add to my playlist. By the time I get done, my playlist is gonna jump to about 500 songs. But man oh man, it's gonna be great. I'm so excited.

In other news, I got to see my cousins from Mississippi this weekend. They came down for Adam's graduation, which was on Thursday. I got to pin his badge on and it was awesome!!! I went and visited my cousin yesterday, she just had a baby girl. She is so beautiful.

Kameron is getting smarter every day, I swear it LOL!! Yesterday we were outside, talking about something. Kameron and Chrissy were playing in this little tykes playhouse that I found at a garage sale for 15 bucks!! Chrissy was a little too tall for it, she would bump her head. Lorie and I were talking and Kameron said, "We can put bricks under it to make it taller." And then he walked over and grabbed some bricks and brought them over to the house. Once there were bricks under it, Chrissy fit wonderfully and they played like it was a drive-thru. It was so cute. I took some pictures that I'll post later.

Adam starts tomorrow at his new station. I'm so excited for him. We went by the station, but I didn't get any pictures. I'll go by there again this week and get some pictures. It is time for me to start his Firefighter Album and I have to have pictures of his first station! He is going to be working on a firetruck for three months and then will be working on an ambulance for a while. Then, once all his probationary time is up, he will rotate working on the ambulance and working on a firetruck.

Linking Around

2008-02-27T22:52:00.004-06:00

Tonight I was looking around on friend's blogs and I was taken to someone's blog. They had posted about this website that challenges you to take pictures of what they spy. It is called: We Spy, You Spy. It looks pretty cool and I'm going to catch up and take the photos that I have missed out on. Thanks Lara for posting about the challenge blog. She takes some really great photos, check them out on her blog.

World Geography

2008-02-24T00:12:00.004-06:00

Someone posted this on my local chat forum and I'm hooked. The best I've done is level 6 with 180,553 points. How well do you know your World Geography? Post a comment with your highest score.....Have FUN!!!

World Geography

UPDATE!!! I made it to level 8 with a score of 252,241!!

Organization # 2

2008-02-20T20:43:00.003-06:00

So, I've been working on organizing more and I've been tackling my scrapbook room/office. I organzied all my desk drawers. I didn't even know that the bottom one would hold file folders. It is great. I now have 15 folders that have labels with stuff actually put away right. It is a great feeling. I sorted through all of my stickers, rubons, and cut-outs and seperated them into their own drawer like this:

Then I reorganized my shelves that my dad built for me. I got rid of the junk that I didn't want in here and organized the stuff I wanted to keep. I sorted out the containers that I've had and made them work again for me. Everything is in it's place and there is a place for darn near everything. It looks like this now:

Next to it, I have a spice rack that I bought for eyelets and brads. I love this thing. When it came in, hubby didn't even want me to put it in my scrap area, he said it should be in the kitchen. Well, it went there for a while, but now it rests in my scrap room. I love this thing. Check it out:

Today, my Sister in Law told me about some containers at the local dollar store. I didn't see hers that she bought, but I was heading that way so I stopped and picked me up one. I love it!! I went back and bought more. I'm going to sort my pictures into them. I'm going to make each box it's own category. One for Friends, Family, Extended Family, Kameron, Kaydence, Adam & Beka, Places we go and Misc. I love love love them. I can't wait to get started sorting pictures. Here is the shelves where they are going to sit:

My Monday

2008-02-18T22:34:00.004-06:00

I had a good day today. I went to lunch, without kiddos, with a friend of mine who I haven't seen in months, long time. I got to catch up with her and just talk. It was great. Then I headed over to Old Navy to return some flip-flops. Their new style of flip-flops are smaller then the old ones. I didn't think about them being different so I just grabbed the size I normally wear. Well, they didn't fit so I exchanged them. I was checking out everything and found this beautiful dress for Kaydence:

It is so pretty! I'm so excited for her to wear it. Then we went and picked up my niece from school and headed home. We decided to all cook together, us and Lorie and Oscar, for dinner tonight. It was yummy. Then we played a few rounds of bowling on the WII. I made Pro and after everybody left, I played a game with Kameron and beat my record, I got 215. It has been a good day and I look forward to the rest of the week. I'm getting together with some friends to scrap and I can't wait for that. Later.............

Organization

2008-02-17T23:02:00.004-06:00

Organization is key to living smoothly. Okay, that is my opinion LOL. I've been trying so hard lately to get more organized. I just know that as soon as I can get everything in it's place and a place for everything, my life will run more smoothly. I very much believe this and have been working on it. I've been dejunking, which is the first step. I so hope to have everything done soon, but I'm not going to stress. I'm going to celebrate the small steps as they come. Kameron's room is done. I love it. When I walk into it, and its clean, I just feel better. I know that once the rest of the house has the organization that his room does, I will be great. I started by organzing all his toys into buckets. Then, I took pictures of the buckets and labeled them and put a spot for them on the shelves. Like this:

After I had all the buckets on the shelves (10 of them) I showed Kameron where everything goes. I talked to him about putting something back when he was done playing and how to find where something goes. I like that the buckets can be pulled off the shelves and played with. Once he is done, he can just put everything back in the bucket and back to the shelf it goes. When everything is put away, it looks like this:

Tell me that it doesn't look great. Sorry, I'm really excited about it. I know that it will be so much better for him to clean and play. Before, it was a huge toybox and you couldn't find same pieces if your life depended on it LOL. I so love this. I can't wait to tackle the rest of the house. I've been working on my office/scrapbook room and I'll let you know when that is complete. It is looking so much better too. I can't wait.

Happy Birthday Kameron!!

2008-02-13T12:50:00.003-06:00

Well, today my baby boy is four years old. I can't believe that time has passed so quickly. It seems like yesterday we were bringing him home from the hospital. It is just crazy. This morning he woke up and was just so excited. He knew it was his birthday and he was lovin' it. He was smiling the whole time and just couldn't get enough! He got a shave set, (pretend of course) a game for his leapster and a book. I love to read and I want more then anything for my kids to be readers too. This book is cool though, it is a collection for four year olds. They have more of them for the different ages and I'm going to go back and get the rest so that they kids will have a set. Well, Happy Birthday Kam, I'll update in a few days with pictures from the party and of today.

IPod

2008-02-07T19:53:00.000-06:00

I love my Ipod!!! I finally have enough songs to really love this thing. I've been getting so many songs from I-tunes and CDs that we have so I can get my playlist grooving. LOL I love it. I have such a variety of songs, even a few my brother in law likes..... We don't listen to the same music so it is cool to have some songs that he knows and likes!! I've had this thing for a year now and the list is finally good. I want to add more, but now I can listen to it and not feel like something is missing. The kids have been sick, uhhh, and then Adam got it. But, everyone is on the upside of it and I'm thankful for that. I cleaned today and spent a few hours outside with my sis, hanging out, talking about the future. It was a great day, it was so BEAUTIFUL!!! It has been a good week and I'm doing good.

I don't know.....

2008-01-17T21:59:00.000-06:00

I probably sat at the desk for two minutes trying to come up with a title. LOL My life has been pretty awesome today. I bounced back today from something I thought was going to be impossible. My life feels normal, I'm not hurting now and I pray that I'm not hurting anyone else anymore. Things are back on track. Life is Good!!!

Can you believe that it has been 17 days since I've had Dr. Pepper? Crazy, I know, I know. I'm so dang proud of myself. It is like a weight has been lifted off of me. I still miss the taste, but I don't feel like I have to have one. But man, they taste sooooo good!! I can actually see that it is helping me. I have more energy, I feel like I can do more, even if I'm actually not doing more. It is a wonderful feeling!

Kaydence is so fighting me on sleeping through the night. She will wake up for no reason and I'll put her nuk back in and she falls back asleep. I think she is just used to getting up often so she has to break those habits. I will help her break those, and then we can both sleep better. She hates cereal! I've tried a few different kinds with not much success. She will eat baby food, but she can't stand cereal. This morning, I added some applesauce to it and she ate it. I tried that this evening, nope, she wanted none of that LOL.

This next week, I'm going to make myself scrap some. I always tell myself that I have other things that are more important so I never scrap. I haven't in months. I am going to try so hard to make a few pages. I'll post some once I get them done.

Adam starts his rotations on Monday. He will work Monday, then be off, then work Wednesday and then be off for 5 days. It is awesome. I'm excited and nervous at the same time. How are we going to deal with each other with that much time together, reguarly? Not just a vacation? I'm already planning that I'll get a day off somewhere in the middle to have some Beka time. Go watch a movie or hide out in Barnes and Noble reading. I like that idea best. I would love to just grab a comfy chair and read for several hours without being asked a million questions.

Night ya'll!!

Awesome Weekend

2008-01-13T18:17:00.001-06:00

Man, I had a good weekend. I spent the day yesterday and today with my hubby. We had so much fun. We were everywhere and nowhere at the same time. We ended up in the Woodlands late last night so we stayed at my sister's house for the night. We got up this morning to head home and we decided we didn't want to head home just yet so we ended up getting home around 5 this evening. It was so much dang fun. Yesterday, we pick-nicked at a park and let the kiddos play. Today we found a different park and they played some more. Kaydence loves the swings and I'm amazed by Kameron's imagination. We found out so much about ourselves and our goals that we have. I think we got so much closer. I didn't stress about the past, and in fact, I feel so much better about the future. I can't wait to share some pictures and more stories. I'm getting ready to get Kaydence bathed and in bed. It has been a wonderfuly long weekend and I look forward to some home time the next few days. Can't wait to have lunch with Mugglemom, not sure where we are going yet, but we are going to be doing lunch. I plan on scrapping with some friends this week. Finally done with some other projects and ready to be scrapping!!! Til next time.......

Stress and stress free shopping

2008-01-11T23:11:00.000-06:00

I've been so stressed these past 24 hours. It seems like my life will be changed forever and I don't even know how it happened. I can't control others, I can't help people to see things differently and I can't force my opinion on other people. All I can do is be me. I can still love with everything I have and still be the same person that I was. If that doesn't work for some people, that is who I am, I can't change. I can only be me. Good, bad, whatever you use to describe me, that is who I am. "It's all apart of me, that's who I am" I have faults, I have things that I'm sure I should work on, but this is me. Take it or leave it. All I can do now, is pray. Pray for understanding of what happened, pray for guidance to move on and make the right decisions, and pray for everyone involved.

On a different note, I have been hitting up some sales racks like crazy. I bought pants today for Kaydence for .70. .70 for blue jean pants with flowers and different designs on them. I just couldn't walk away from that. They had this clearance bin with nothing over 2 bucks. Well, all of the little jeans her size were a buck. And, they had an additional 30 percent off of clearance. GREAT DEALS!!!!! I also went to Old Navy and shopped in their 75% off clearance. I love clearance. It rocks!!! I probably got like 25 things and didn't spend more then 20 bucks. It was so awesome. A friend of mine, you know who you are, was telling me about Target having a super sale in which they had an additional 75% off of their clearance toys. Tell me that is not a great deal. She showed me some of the stuff she got and good grief, it was awesome!!! When I told my mom about the sales, she told some of her friends and they headed over there right after school to shop for deals. Everybody got some stuff.

Kaydence

2008-01-09T19:50:00.000-06:00

These are photos that I took today of Kaydence. She is six months old and so dang beautiful!!

Oh Man!

2008-01-08T23:07:00.000-06:00

It feels like I am finally making progress. The trash came today and took a bunch of junk and I filled up the trash cans again lol. This feels great. I've been working on my sister's baby shower invitations these past few days also and they are almost complete. I just need some more stamps and am waiting on a few address. It has been two more days without Dr. Pepper and I'm doing good. LOL!

One Tree Hill started again tonight. It hasn't been on in a long time and I was so excited that it was starting up again. I think it is going to be good, I was a little hesitant about it, but after the second hour, I think it will work!

I've been watching the Biggest Losers Couples and I sure wish I was there. I'm voting for the orange team since that is my favorite color! They have been the biggest losers both weeks, so we will see how they go the rest of the show.

I plan on getting in some boxing tomorrow and maybe a little bowling...on the Wii of course! I love that Wii. It's awesome. Some friends of ours have one too and we are gonna get together and play each other. I love bowling and this is so much fun. It gives me and hubby some together time that isn't watching a movie, we are up moving and I think it is awesome!!!!!

Well, it is super late, but I had to finish ironing all of hubbys work clothes and I made him a bunch of breakfast tacos to take to work the rest of the week. He is loving being with Houston. I'm so dang proud of him, its great! Have a great night!

It's Me

2008-01-06T19:30:00.000-06:00

Well, it's a whole different year and another chance to change everything you didn't like about last year, well kinda :-) This year, I didn't want to make goals or resolutions that I knew by February, I wouldn't still be doing. Instead, I have commited to a few things that I have to do for me. I'm happy to say that I've been doing them for almost a week now and they are pretty much habbit. I've been dejunking my house. Crap just has to go. It's great. I gave up Dr. Pepper, gasp, gasp, gasp...okay, I'm fine...really. I've been drinking Dr. Pepper forever and I know that it so isn't good for me. I haven't had any since the first. I have a few other things that I'm doing, but if I post them, then they won't mean as much.

On a different note, we got a Wii. In case you didn't know, it's like the best game system ever!! Okay, that is my opinion. I am having so much fun playing it. Boxing is such a workout. Even hubby loves it and I was worried about that. I didn't want him thinking that I just wanted a video game. We've been saving for it for a while now and it sure felt great to get. My mother-in-law gave us a gift card for Christmas so we knew that it would put us closer to our goal and this paycheck, we did it!!!!! Now, we've got to get an extra controler so I can box Adam. (I'm going to practice during the day so I can get him when he gets home) lol!

The kids are doing great! Kaydence can sit up unassisted now. She falls over every once in a while, but for the most part, she is sitting tall. She started having ceral and baby food and man, you should see some of her faces. Kameron is loving golf on the Wii. He thinks that is the coolest thing. He was so excited when he realized that we had one he could play at home. Adam starts his EMT training this week. He will go to school for like two weeks and then he starts a rotation at a firestation. We are excited about that because we have a few trips planned during our five days off periods. It's gonna be great. Well, I hope everyone had a great new year and a wonderful Christmas. I don't know when I'll post again, I'm not very good about it, but I'll try.

Crayon Rolls

2007-12-04T17:05:00.000-06:00

Today my sister-in-law posted the cutest crayon holders. They are awesome!! They will make a great stocking stuffer and perfect for all of those kiddos that love colors. You can check them out at her website: Homemade with Love. I think she did a great job and I can't wait to get the one she made for Kameron. I'll post a picture of it on here when she gets it done!!! Great Job Sis!!!

Today was the Day

2007-12-01T23:09:00.000-06:00

Today was the day....I finally organized Kam's closet the way I wanted. I had Adam build me two shelves, and I bought 8 buckets from the dollar store to organize in. I then preceded to go through the toy box, and sort. By the time I was done, two trash bags came out full, a love seat full of stuff to donate and one organized room. It looks great, I'm so excited. My SIL is borrowing my camera, but once she is done, I'll post some pictures. I still have a few more things I am going to do to it, but for now, it is great!!! He can just grab a bucket and play with something and all the pieces are there. Then he can just put everything back and put it back on the shelf. By the time I got done sorting, there was no need for the toy box so out it went. He is excited too, he didn't remember that he had half of the stuff that I pulled out of there. It was a huge mess but no more!!! I'm so proud of myself. Took about 5 hours to get everything right, but oh so worth it. I'm tacking the Christmas lights outside tomorrow morning before the rain comes.

OUCH!!!

2007-11-29T21:25:00.000-06:00

Well, today I went to Sam's Club with my sister-in-law, Lorie. We were just getting started on walking around. We had stopped at the I-pods to check out the new mini size and discussing why we wouldn't buy something that we could lose so easily. As we get ready to move along, I step to the side and guess what..... A lady freakin runs over my foot with a dang-blasted electric carts. Let me talk about some hurtin going on. I was in pain. I put my head down, after she backed up back over it, and tried not to cry in the middle of Sam's, well, the side. Anyways, the lady didn't apologize or anything, she just drove off. My foot has a long gash on it and is steady turning blacker. I think by tomorrow, when I wake up, it will be mostly black. I wouldn't doubt it. If it actually gets like that, I'll take a picture. It hurts now though, man. It is bruised everywhere. I keep trying to cross my feet and I keep hitting it. It sucks. Hope everyone had a better day then me!!!

Holidays

2007-11-21T15:47:00.000-06:00

The Holidays are right around the corner, well, Thanksgiving is tomorrow. I didn't get many food assignments for tomorrow so I've just been getting the house cleaned for dinner. Everyone is coming over here and I'm so excited. I love having everyone over to spend time together. It is pouring here right now. The rain is bringing in the cold that is supposed to be here tonight. It is gonna drop like 30 degrees or something. I'm excited. Even though Adam is going to hate putting up decorations in the cold, I tried to tell him to do it last weekend lol. Friday morning, bright and early, I plan on being out shopping. My parents are gonna spend the night so that they can watch the kiddos and we can head out. That should be fun. Lorie is gonna come with me and I don't know if Adam wants to make the treak. On Saturday, we are going to my MIL's house to visit and do Thanksgiving all over again. I have so many things to be thankful for. After Thanksgiving, I'll post those because I want it to be a little thought out. Hope everyone has a great holiday. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Work Out

2007-11-07T15:32:00.001-06:00

Well, I went to the gym again today, (I went yesterday too), and I feel great. However that works. lol I ran a mile both days and biked for at least 2. Today I tried out a rowing machine. It was AWESOME!! It gave me such a workout. I thought that it wasn't going to do much, because when I started, it was easy. Boy was I wrong. It really worked my muscles and gave me a good workout. I'm going to be starting an aerobic class probably next week. I know that it will be great for me. I have a few personal goals that I'm working towards and I'll share them as I get to them. Adam has been training for three days now and seems to be doing great. I've helped him study and memorize stuff both nights and I'm sure that tonight will be a repeat of the same. I have been working on making him flash cards because they have so many things that they have to memorize. He will be great though. I'm so dang pround of him!!

Hey There

2007-11-01T14:23:00.001-06:00

Hey everyone, this is a picture from Halloween night. After the party that we had. Aren't they soooo cute? I sure think so. We had a blast. I'll post pictures and more about it later, I just wanted to get this picture up. Also, Kaydence laughed today and rolled over!! A day of firsts. November 1st, 1st time rolling over and 1st time laughing. It has been a great day. Here's another picture to enjoy. Talk to you later.

Too Long

2007-10-25T16:07:00.000-05:00

Sorry, that it has been a while since I posted. I've just been going through my routine. Pretty normal stuff. We bought some carpet for the kitchen. I've only had plywood in in since we moved in cause we have never put anything there. We bought some indoor/outdoor stuff for the floor and then Adam went to work on installing it. It is almost done, and is sooooooooooo much better then the plywood. I'm so excited cause it looks great and will be so much better. We are trying to plan a last minute Halloween party and tomorrow we are going shopping for some supplies!! It should be fun. Adam starts training on November 5. It should be about 11 weeks long and then he will be a probationary firefighter for a year. Kameron is too smart for his own good. Whenever he talks, you would think that he is older then he is. He is our little man. Kaydence is getting bigger everyday. She is a wonderful baby that takes catnaps throughout the day, but sleeps most of the night. It is nice. Well, she is stirring, and I've got to unload the dishwasher and catch up on my chores.

Houston FireFighter

2007-10-14T10:15:00.000-05:00

Well, on Thursday, my hubby brought me home roses. He asked me if I loved him, and I told him of course. He then gave me the best news ever. Houston Fire Department called him and offered him a job!!!! OH MY GOSH, I was so excited and proud and happy and so many emotions at once. He is a wonderful man and will make a great firefighter. His training will begin in November and he goes on Wednesday, 10-17 to sign his paperwork and get bunker gear. Go Adam, you ROCK!!!