Wordless Wednesday

Remember the tickets we won to go back to the farm?  Here are the pics from our second trip.  Mimi got to go this time! 

Giving Thanks 2010

This year I am thankful to be together as a family without any long distance between us.  I am also thankful for these little blessings!  My two little girls are such blessings to my life.  They help me to grow and be a better person.  They mean the world to me and I am forever thankful that God trusted me with two beautiful little souls to light the world.   

Thank You VETERANS!

Veteran's Day is a special day. It is a time we can recognize our servicemen or women for the sacrifices they make for our country. I am thankful to my husband and all the sacrifices he has made in his life in order to serve our country. As a military wife I can tell you they do make them. Their family makes them. My youngest daughter was only around her daddy for 4 months before he was deployed. And our story is just one of many. I know men who served whose spouses were unfaithful, whose children needed their fathers, whose wives cried many nights while they were gone. When my husband was deployed I saw a mother leaving her BABY to serve our country. These men and women are brave and honerable and they do the jobs that are the most difficult, but have to be done. Why? So we as Americans can sleep at night without any doubt that we are safe. Thank you. Thank you. A thousand thank you's would never be enough to let you all know what you mean to me. And having been there as a family member, thank you to all you mom's who hold it together, the wives who do the job meant for two, and children who bravely face the world while daddy's "working". I recently ran across an amazing artist named Jon McNaughton. Please take the time to watch the video of this most amazing painting. It is heart touching to say the least.
 

 
I will be taking my Veteran to dinner tonight to say Thank you.  I think I've posted some of our deployement pics before.  But it's Veteran's Day and I am honoring my hubby.  Love you Babe!

 
 
I am working today but I've made sure to tell every one I work with who has served our country Thank you's!  What are you doing for the Veteran's around you?

MIL Bday!

If you've read my latest few posts you know that we enjoyed a visit from my mother in law.  I am still working on getting pics on here from that visit.  =)  I grabbed a few pics off of my point and shoot camera to share today.  This was before dinner for her birthday!

It was bedtime for our Lil Cupcake so she wasn't the most cooperative in these pics. 

On another note if you remember my post here about my new running routine?  Well, I'm still doing it.  I've had no weight loss success so far which is kind of depressing.  However I REALLY enjoy running.  And yesterday I was very proud of myself.  I shaved 30 seconds off of my fastest mile!!!  And that amounted to shaving a whole minute off of my AVERAGE mile time.  =)  I'm a happy girl just for the accomplishment.  And since I've been running about 6-10 miles a week since September I am expecting a melt away soon!!!! 
How has your week been???

Halloween 2010

I started to make this a Wordless Wednesday post, but let's face it.  I can't not say a word about my little cuties in their Halloween get ups!  ;-)  My MIL was down for a visit this Halloween.  We visited a local church for a Hallelujiah Hoe Down!  The girls had an absolulte blast!  Mommy, Daddy, and Mimi were worn slap out.  LOL!  I had to edit almost all my pics because I changed the batteries in my flash and somehow changed the exposure on the pics.  We were all washed out.  I almost cried until I realized I could edit them and somewhat salvage.  

I decided at the last minute to dress up myself. I had picked up some kitty cat ears at the Target $ spot. Painted my face with eyeliner, which wasn't the best at staying on, but the girls liked it. My Princess wanted to go as the kitty cat instead of Sleeping beauty until she gave it a little more thought!

My handsome hubby and his baby girl.  She loves her daddy!

Mimi and Tinkerbell!

She's probably asking for Candy here.  LOL!

The church had TONS of bouncies and they asked everyone to stop playing games and pray.  So the children were asked to get out of all the bouncies.  The Cupcake didn't want to so Daddy had to go in after her!  I had to snap a shot of it!

Cupcake always takes the initiative.  She wanted candy so she just helped her little self. 

Most of the night both girls looked like the pics above and below.  Sucker in mouth.  Happy kiddos =)

 My beautiful Sleeping Beauty!

 When we first arrived we saw this Pig. The girls went wild! Cupcake wanted to admire from afar, waving and saying "Hi Piggy!" but cried if we got to close! Princess loved getting her pic made. My camera was awful on the exposure of this one so I snagged one off of Mimi's camera! Thanks Mimi =)

 

She's as pretty as a princess! Alot of her princess toys say phrases like that, so when I spit those words out while snapping shots, this was what I got =)

I've been on this kick lately that if I have my point and shoot camera I will get a quick shot of me and the hubs.  After all, the girls aren't old enough to do it yet.  This is what he's enjoying lately:

Yep, I'm all smiles, looking at the camera.  Then I look at him and he's got this look on his face like he's pulled one over on me.  I know that look, he loves to joke.  And I know, I've got a candid pic on my hands.  Ha, ha!

How did you spend your halloween?  Have lots of fun?! 

Pumpkin Carving 2010

This weekend was Busy-Busy, but LOADED with fun.  I knew that it would be busy so I had planned to take Friday afternoon off work.  And wouldn't you know it, the LAST month we are on the market we get TWO appointments to view the house!  I had to run home and CLEAN which left me no time to prepare for the weekend like I had orignally planned!  So, Saturday morning we got up and got the girls ready to go take some family pics.  After promising them icecream if they were good, I had to pay up.  Next Cupcake took a quick nap and we left for a local campground on the mountain.  It was BEAUTIFUL there.  We spent time with my mom and Step-dad and all of his kids and grandkids and my brother.  I had a really rough week at work and had been mentally drained, therefore, forgot my camera.  If we get to do it again then I will definately be taking it because there were some great photo ops and great memories of making smores, glow sticks, chili, and football made there!  Speaking of football, I am SO excited that AUBURN is No.1 in the BCS!!!!!!!!  YAY!!!!!!!!  Ok, I know, enough of that.  ;-)  So today after church we went to join my best friend and her family for pumpkin carving.  Below are some pics!

These sweet sisters carved the same skull pumpkins.  They were so cute!  I have a pick of all pumpkins carved toward the end of the post ;-)

Daddy carving away!

My bestie taking care of the Cupcake.  Nope, she's not asleep, just enjoying her Aunt Nannie's loving!

My bestie's niece.  She is such a cutie pie and so sweet!

Since it's almost Thanksgiving this turkey was a great idea!

My baby, she was so tired!

This Little Princess was so excited to be carving pumpkins!

All the pumpkins!  I didn't post pics of everyone due to privacy of those who might not be interested in being on a public blog.  =)  But it was a crowd and some cute pumpkins 2!

She jumped in front of the camera and yelled "CHEESE", so I had to snap this one!  =)

Daddy carved this spider per request of the Princess.  It's her "itsy-bitsy spider"

I carved this one for my Cupcake.  I love this jolly pumpkin face.  I've been carving the same one for several years so he is a tradition.  =)

How was your weekend?  Did you all carve any pumpkins yet?  Although fall is in full swing with all the activities it is still in the 80's here!  Whew!

Front Door Face-lift

I have made promises of posting projects for months now. I am finally following through with a post. I am A.D.D about finishing projects and just seem to LOVE starting new ones BEFORE I finish the last. I am FAMOUS for leaving one oh so close to being done I can taste it, yet not following through. Hmmm....wonder what that says about me? I don't even want to analyze! LOL! So I did finish giving my front door a FACELIFT. Here is a pic of before. And while you are looking and saying to yourself, how can she live with this gross and 'country' blue color and a terribly gross looking brass door knob? Remember, we have a side entry garage and I NEVER go in the front door. LOL!

YUCK! I know!

I saw this guy on our brick in the front of the house and couldn't resist the pic. Don't worry I had the zoom lens on!

I started by removing the beaten brass knobs and lock from the door. I spray painted them brushed knickel. Next I used black paint and a paint brush to paint the front door. I debated on spray painting it, however the thought of taking the door off of the hinge and finding something big enough to keep me from getting spray paint all around the door....MADDENING. So, I just did it the good ole fashion way. ;-) My husband checked on me frequently to be sure I didn't have any drips. At first I found it annoying but then when I missed a drip, I was glad he was doing it! =) I also picked up some mums in one of my favorite fall colors for the empty planter. ;-) Here is the after!

What's that? You like my wreath? Want a tutorial on it? Get in your car and RACE to the nearest Costco. I purchased it for 22 buckaroos and noticed last week they'd been reduced to $14! =) You can't buy the supplies that cheap and my time is worth far more these days!

Happy Fall Yall!!!