Today i am 32 years old!! I cannot believe it! I remember when i was little how 32 seemed so old, but now that i am here, it doesn't feel that old at all! I have so many reasons to be happy and thankful. I have had a blessed life that is sure. So here' a little self portrait of being me at 32 :
1. I am a Child of the KING! I mean it really doesn't get any better than this does it?
2. I get to be the wife of the most loving and wonderful husband! He KNOWS me, knows me and loves me anyhow. Man i am a lucky girl!
3. They call me Mommy... and yes somedays it seems like i would like to change my name, i would not trade a minute for the love and joy that these 3 little blessings have brought to my life.
4. I have been so blessed with friendship, they just fill my heart and love me as only girlfriends can
5. I love birthday cake, especially the icing!
6. I got flowers from a friend today, she does not know me that well, but somehow managed to get me daisies and pink roses too... my TWO favorite flowers. They made me smile today!
7. My house is finally a home, it took us a long time to get that cozy lil nest, but I think we have managed to create that safe haven we wanted.
9. I love pink… yeah I know cliché, but I do…
10. I am getting crow’s feet around my eyes, I really noticed them today.
11. I love to shop, it is a problem really, and I can control my impulses better, but I still love to go shopping!
12. Chocolate is my sister, really, we are related.
13. I have a bad habit of cracking my knuckles, I have tried to stop… but oh well.
14. I love scrapbooking, anything really related to scrapbooking especially if it is made by Chatterbox.
15. I am a BAG fanatic, I love bags, purses, you name it, although I don’t actually OWN that many, I love them!
16. I also love BOWLS, and yeah I do own a lot of bowls, and they are so cute!
17. I have developed a flip flop fetish… finally after many years of swearing I could not wear them.. I LOVE them, have em in every color!
18. I love music, since I was little, songs have always soothed my soul. I love all kinds of music, not just typical girl stuff like Celine Dion, but I love oldies, Stevie Wonder and Jackson 5, I love aerosmith, and 80’s music, I love praise and worship music. Pretty much if it sings, I like it, with the exception of the Freaky heavy stuff… YUK
19 I like the smell of playdough, yeah it’s weird, but its me…
20. I love the beach, the ocean and the Majesty and vastness of this glorious creation of God.
21. I have a serious addiction to the smell of Chatterbox paper!
22. comfort food makes me a very happy girl… mac and cheese, chicken fried steak, mashed potatoes, warm fresh bread… mmmmmmmmm
23. I m an organization freak wanna be… I love containers, baskets and having everything neat and tidy, somehow I can’t quite manage it…but I pack a suitcase very well!
24. I hate scary movies, I refuse to watch them EVER
25. Thunderstorms are way cool, except when the sky goes green, then I am hiding in my closet!
26. Gap jeans are the best!
27. when I concentrate really hard, I chew on the inside of my lip… gross I know, but I don’t even know I am doing it most of the time
28. my idea of a great alone day is rainy, starbucks, new book, curl up on the couch and nap… then I don’t wanna be so alone anymore.
29. I am a terrible procrastinator, really
30. cold weather makes me want to hibernate, don’t like it, even tho snow IS beautiful.. from inside the warm house.
31. Did I mention I love chatterbox?!
32. I am so very blessed, and I love to be me (today) haha

its heating up!!!

k so it is like 9000 degrees outside right now... ok ok maybe not quite that hot, but it is triple digits anyhow... and as far as i am concerned HOT ENOUGH!!!
Well i am trying to get an appointment with an internist... like a specialist, but not so much, to do something about my health issues, and hopefully soon i will be feelin better. My kid's dr gave me an rx for my thyroid meds to help me get over this hump until i can get in to see this other dr. HOpefully i won't have to wait too long for an appt, as i only have 1 month of synthroid. In any case i will have a whole month of dr's appts between aug and sept seeing my gyn dr to get my oil checked, my mamogram to get my lumps checked and hopefully this internist for my hormones... lemme tell ya i am a wreck right now!!! I know God is the great physician and makes all things good, so i am just praying for Him to give the drs wisdom so i can somehow feel normal again, whatever that is! My birthday is wednesday.. i am gonna be 32! WoW hard to believe, i cannot believe how the time flies. Many of my dreams have come true in my life, and i cannot imagine being more blessed than i have been, tho i know God is not thru with me yet!

I am getting ready to be a tv star... ok maybe not a star, but MV.com is doing some video classes with the DT girls in august, and i have to come up with a couple of classes and techniques to teach on the video. Now i have not taught classes for a while and i am a little rusty, but that is not so bad as the thought of having a camera pointed at me, and i am sure that my face will erupt into a raging hormonal acne fit about 2 days before, so i will look terrible. Not to worry, i will try my best to not look like one of those backwoods natural disaster news interviews... you know the ones.. the ones that make southerners look like complete hicks... i swear that is the only ones they put on the tv... makes me so proud!! hehe I am gonna have to concentrate really hard to sound intelligent and professional and not do all this "and ummmm" "yeah ummm" and stuff like that!

On another note, my girlfriends and i are getting ready for another road trip... in august as well, to CK convention in tulsa, ok, Should be a lot of fun, and hope to get a bunch of cropping done!!
MY kids are having a great summer, chelsea just got back from a church camp last week, and next week will be going to kid's camp in MO. SHe is really excited and can't wait to hang out with her friends. THe other 2 are hanging out here at the house, playing outside and drinking gallons of koolaid! We are having a good time and cannot believe there is only about 5 weeks til school starts again.
i guess that is it! all the stout family news... at least all that i can share public-ly!~

ok so now that i have had my moment of reflection... i take it all back.. i mean i can't very well leave my friends larolin and MELODY in a lurch when they NEED me so much! what kind of friend would i be?? So i would like to revise my previous statement just a little... only for MV.com... PAPERDILLIES (hint hint), and if by some WILDCRAZY INSANELY impossibility that MElody Ross actually WANTS me... i will sacrifice myself for the greater good and design for CHATTERBOX too... i know what you are thinkin... what about your family, what about all that jazz yesterday?? welll i still stand by MOST of that... but you know there are some opportunities toooo goood to pass up... so i can swing it.. i mean Lucas starts school in AUGUST and nothing would prolly even come up til after that... and CBX does their DT adding in the FALL and Larolin... said this FALL.. so i have some time to really pray about it...

yeah i know i am justifying.. but you all know.... that's just me! (haha)

a moment of reflection...

it has come to my heart's attention that there are some things that i must put aside for a while... nothing major, at least not in the big scope of things, but something that has taken up a big part of my attention and effort over the past year(s) or so.
I have decided to forgo any new DT opportunities, contests and "TRYING" to go out for publication in the scrapbooking world. It has been a hard decision to make, as i would love to get my name out there and really make a go of this whole thing in a more professional setting. I just don't think that this season of my life allows for such ambition. This is the same realization i came to when i closed my store. it was just the wrong season of life to be giving so much effort to something other than raising my family. I find myself getting caught up in deadlines and pressures that i put on myself, and my family suffers for it. I am no longer gonna do this... that is not to say that i will never submit for publications, it simply means i will no longer specifically create pages to fit any call... if i happen to make a fantastic page and it happens to fit something they are calling for, sure i will give it a go.
I just figure i barely have time to scrap for myself and my family, how in the world could i expect to represent a company and keep up with their demands on my limited scrapping time, designing great things to sell their products? I will remain loyal to MV.com and their generosity and will continue to do my best for them alone... and i am so happy to have that opportunity! But as for the rest of you (wagging my finger)
you will just have to suffer thru without my awesome talents until a later season arrives... sometime when i have more time to devote to being your famous representative! (haha)

and that is my moment of pure sanity and reflection for the week... back to your regularly scheduled craziness!

normal again...

i will be doing great if i could just feel normal again... i need to go to the dr and get some bloodwork done for my thyroid condition... i am soooooo very tired all the time and just cannot get motivated to DO anything....
but on a happier note i have some great updates to hand out to blogland...

I am an AUNTIE>>> for the first time officially that is.... My brother Scott and his wife Vicki just welcomed Jacob Michael to the world June 14th! I can't wait to see him, Scott says that he is so beautiful and i am sure that he is!

Kellar is doing better, in an open isolette and holding his own, you can read about his progress at his own blog http://www.kellarreid.com/. He is still having some tummy issues, but it sounds like that he is gonna pull thru and be ok after some more time at the hospital.

My cousin Courtney's going back to work.... TODAY and i am praying for her, it is a hard day, but it is evident that she loves her baby so much, and miss sydney is growing more beautiful every day, i am sure grandma Evie will enjoy spoiling her!

GASC was a lot of fun with all the girls, anticipated it all year long, and 5 days from home was a long time. It has been 4 days since we came home and the whole trip seems like a blur... Shopping , cropping and laughing all weekend was a much needed kickoff to a long summer at home with the kids...

i am thinking that is about all that is going on here... almost done with the roof, only one side of the garage to go... Chelsea turns 10 on the 18th and we are having her swim party on saturday... cant believe 10 already... where does the time go...

back in the saddle...

well seeing that HOF did NOT call me and the H*** place did not freeze over , i guess that means i am free to submit my FANTASTIC layouts elsewhere! SOOO i bit the bullet and entered some of them for the My Mind's Eye DT contest... makers of WILD ASPARAGUS that i LOVE (not as much as chatterbox OF COURSE, but still) i am sure they will be flooded with entries, but i gave it a shot anyhow.

so here's my entry... keep your finger's crossed!

summertime is here!

my kids mark the beginning of summertime with the pool opening.... and it opened this weekend, so i guess at our house it is officially summer! i too ke the kids to the pool Sunday after church and they had such a good time splashing in the "baby" pool while i relaxed under the canopy and read a book...
CHelsea's gills have shown up, and she is a little fish, and wants to go everyday! I guess this is the first summer since we have lived here we will actually get our $200 bucks worth out of this pool... (we pay housing dues to use it).
We went again yesterday and i actually GOT IN!! I know hold onto your swimtrunks, i wore a bathing suit and got into the cold water (which by the way i HATE that first initial shivering jump) but after i was in, i stayed for a long time, teaching lucas to trust his floaties, and mia how to float using a noodle. we all had a great time, but were sure TIRED after we got home! Everyone went to bed early, and it was NICE for a change especially after spending the whole weekend roofing and doing yard work, we are worn out still, but are a little over 1/2 done with the roof, and plan to finish it this upcoming weekend. SO just about finished with the home makeover for a long while!
I guess that is it for this week....

setting a new record...

WOW twice in one week? i must be doing ok....
now that i have my digi i thought i would share a few pics that i took with it this week... lucas preschool graduation was last night, and i must tell you that i bawled like a baby! THey had a photo slideshow to music that song that says" you were mine for a while to hold, ... i pray that god will fill your heart with dreams, and that he will give you courage to go and do great things.... OH MAN talk about tearin a mommy all to pieces.. it just made me realize as many things do, how very quickly time passes and right now it is preschool graduation but in the blink of an eye it will be highschool graduation... OK I HAVE TO stop or i will start crying again! I really did ok, i teared up a bit during the slide show, but then his teacher got up to address the parents and just lost it.... and then i got that UGLY cry going the kind when your face is all screwed up and your breath comes in short lil gasps... and you are trying to be quiet.... NOT A DRY EYE IN THE HOUSE!!! she was so sweet and thanked us for sharing our most precious kids with her all year, and how much she LOVED them and will miss them each day SOB>>>>>
ok i gotta post pics... i am dyin here....

going DIGITAL BABY!!

I am soooo very excited my sweet husband finally gave me the go ahead to get my dream camera!! I did not waste any time shopping for the best deal before he had a chance to change his mind! haha
I bought a Nikon D70s package on ebay for a GREAT price and lots of extra accessories with 2 lenses, batteries, bag, tripod and all kinds of stuff!! I am so excited that i finally got it, and i already love it! Tonight is the first chance i got to play around with it after i got it charged and programmed. I took some photos of Lucas' tee-ball game... and i need to upload them to see how easy that process will be... i will be posting pics as soon as i can figure everything out.

In the mean time, everything at our house is still hectic, we finished all the floors and moved onto the ROOF... tearing off 2 layers of shingles, and putting new ones on... my mom and dad are here helping after work and we are going on week 2 of this process... HOT and very backbreaking work! Good thing they are 20 year shingles, next time around we will be too old for this junk and can hire someone else to do it for us!!!
Only 1 week of school left for chelsea and lucas gets out thursday.. they are both itching to get to the pool ASAP and i am sure we will be there ALOT this summer!
I guess that is it for now...

welll... i guess i really am bad...

at this whole blog thing i mean... i can't seem to keep up with it. i mean it has been since MARCH!! and really the only valid excuse i have has been in the last few weeks we have had the floors redone in every room of the house, and i did not have a computer for almost 2 weeks!! but other than that... nothin... i think i am in some kind of funk lately. I am tired all the time, i don't wanna do anything, not even scrapbook, and that is an extreme funk! i need to go back to the dr and get my thyroid checked, since it has now been 4 months off my meds, and i can tell by hormones are going crazy by my moods and the fact that my face has turned into a pizzaria of raging teenage acne... never had it as a teen, but i guess i am making up for it in my 30's- go figure! Oh welll, that is all that has been going on in my life, but our family has been blessed with 2 beautiful babies this past month of April! Kellar Reid born to Joey and Chrystal who is in Dallas and beginning to improve a tiny lil bit each day, is now up over 2 pounds... and is so beautiful... i just know God has great plans for this lil miracle!! And Sydney Elyse Kirkland born a week later to Courtney and Shane ( joey's sister...) i am sure she is beautiful as well, but we have not been blessed with any photos of her as of yet...?? so we have had 2 wonderful miracles added to this family this year following last summer's losses of dear to our hearts very loved ones... but the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away, and someday we will all meet again!
so that is really all that is up with me... going to crop at leanne's tonight, a good girls night out and i am looking forward to it, don't really have any idea what i am gonna work on... but i will figure something out!~
i will TRY to do better at keepin up this blog thingie...

in a world of insanity

aHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

this insanity MUST end soon!!!

ok in case you are wondering.. i am referring to the HOF calls STILL not made yet!
i know i don't have a chance and a really HOT place(see photo) will have to freeze before my phone rings, but ENOUGH already. I have broken the world record for eating the most THIN MINTS in the least amount of time (side note** WHY do they call them thin mints... i don't see any part of me getting thinner for having eaten a box of them!!! I need to write the dear Girl Scouts and have a nice chat with them about changing the name of those evil little cookies to: Makes your breath chocolatey MINTY fresh and your BUTT extra bootylicious)
where was I?? oh yes HOF... i do not hold out any hope of actually recieving this coveted call, however an HM would be very nice and much appreciated, and since LISA has not made them yet a very nice group of PEAS are going hysterical! SOOOOO

I have been tagged by Julsie!! ok so here goes...

What scrapbook lines/products, etc. do you dislike? honestly... CREATIVE MEMORIES makes me GAG!!
What is the hardest thing you have ever had to scrap? hmmm i made 5 albums for a man who lost his wife.. they had 4 children together and wanted 4 albums for them to remember their mother by... and i made one for him to have too. It was hard because i did not know them, and it was hard to see how happy their life was together, and now she is gone...
What technique do you use more than anything else? umm probably inking, sanding and painting
What is the smallest scrap of paper you save? 2x2 square.. i have a great system for scraps and it allows me to create cards and things in a snap!
Have you ever had any scrapbook related injuries?yeah i got one today actually... using kindergarten scissors to cut ribbon... and they cut my FINGER!! ouch!
Finish this sentence, "If I wasn't a scrapbooker/stamper, I wouldspend my money on..." hmm that is hard... probably books and or sewing stuff
Give us your best storage or organizational idea. i love my ribbon jars and i have all these little baskets of supplies in my desk, i looove it!
.You just won a week long scrapbooking cruise for 5. Who is going withyou? all my girlfriends!
When you received your first publication notification, who did you tell? And if you are not yet pubbed, who will be the first person you share the news with? i called tom and then all my girlfriends!

and now i am gonna tag some friends!!!

a trillion little reasons why...

ok so if you ever wonder what a trillion of something looks like... well just ask me, cuz i know! It is my sweet little daughter's fault... she started it all with a baking session in the kitchen of chef Mia... usomg BABY POWDER...yep a whole jug of it... dumped into her kitchen center, dishes, table and chairs, bed, herself, you name it the room was COVERED in it... but it sure smells nice...even a week after the fact!
So that started it. I had to wash EVERYTHING in her room to get it all out, the bedding, stuffed animals and a smooshy pillow. Harmless i thought, all the labels SAID machine washable... so i washed them and threw them into the dryer...
I get going this morning, and go to empty the dryer and guess what?! the smooshy pillow EXPLODED in the dryer, and now we have literally a TRILLION (yeah i counted) teeny tiny specks of styrofoam about the size of a PIN HEAD spilling out of my dryer and is embeded into the fabric of all that is in the dryer! Do not try to sweep these little things up ... oh NO it creates STATIC, and then they begin to float in the air and stick to every surface they come in contact with... so now i have them all in th floor, in my dryer, in all the clothes, in my hair, up my nose and in my mouth and i am laughing hysterically the whole time! Have you ever vacuumed out your dryer? that is a fun chore! So if you ever wanna see something really funny, put a smooshy pillow in the dryer and watch it explode!

bound to happen....

Well it was bound to happen... i mean we have virtually no health insurance aside from this little policy with a killer deductible until dh's insurance kicks in 90 days from now... so now is the PERFECT time for a major illness or accident... so i really should not have been surprised...

We went to the park Saturday, played had a wonderful time with no indication of anything bad about to happen...
we leave the park and head out to dinner, and Chelsea complains of a stomache ache, we think it is just that she is hungry and tired, and we go to dinner. She did not eat hardly at all. So we get home and she still does not feel good, and is now running a low grade temp. We put her to bed and we went to bed soon after, but i could not sleep and kept checking on her, and she did not sleep either. SO Sunday morning comes and I have nursery at church, and snacks for Sunday school. So i go to check on Chelsea again, and she is really hurting, so i gently feel her belly to find out where it hurts, and i get over to her right side, and she doubles over in pain and cries. So i said we are going to the DR NOW>>>>>>>
so i get dressed, and get her in the car and head over to PROMED which is the only thing open on Sunday (by the way.... why is it that kids get hurt or sick when their dr's office is CLOSED?!)
after a couple of tests, blood urine and stuff, the DR sends us to the hospital for an ultrasound.... she thinks that Chelsea has appendicitis.
So we get to the hospital, and wait, then get the ultrasound, which was painful to her, and the radiologist decides that her appendix looks like it has fluid around it (normally you should not be able to really see the appendix) and that she is gonna have to have surgery. So then we get sent back down to the ER to get checked into the hospital and meet with the Surgeon... this is about 11 am (we started the journey at 9am) and they decide she needs to have surgery now....so then the nurse comes in and has to do an IV on CHelsea... and she was so brave, and only shed a couple of silent tears during the procedure. Then she was tired and wanted to sleep, but they came and took her upstairs to pre-op and finished getting her ready up there.. gave her some medicine to help her relax but it knocked her out, and then they took her back to surgery. Now as a mother watching all this, I feel so completely helpless, and altho i know that it is such a routine surgery and that she is healthy and there is no reason for her to not come out ok, my mind is going a hundred directions, When they wheeled her back, Tom and I were both in tears, and all we could do was go sit and wait. Tom went down to get us some lunch, but i was not hungry, but he made me eat anyhow, and really about the time we finished eating the surgeon came in and said everything went great and that we could go up in about 15 mins to her room and meet her there. So we went to the gift shop really quick and got her some lovies, and then met her in her room. She was pretty groggy for a good 2 hours or so, and then woke up and wanted to eat... so they started her on popsicles and clear liquids, and up until 8pm she kept throwing up, so finally i asked them to give her something to help and that knocked her out for the rest of the night, and she woke up Monday morning, really chipper and wanted breakfast, we gave her toast and she held that down. Dr came in and told us we could go home, and we packed up and came home Monday morning about 10 am. She is on the mend, and is doing pretty good, sore, and somewhat tired, still running a low temp, but otherwise fine. WE thank every one for all the prayers and phone calls and visits, she loved all the attention, and we are so grateful for friends and all their support!!!

tag i'm it...

4 jobs you have had in your life? carhop at sonic, teller at a credit union, receptionist at a dr's office, mom
4 movies you could watch over and over? you've got mail, Lord of the Rings trilogy, Star Wars trilogy, and Gone with the Wind
4 places you have lived?Fort Smith, Mulberry, AR, Lawton, OK, Fort Smith
4 tv shows you love to watch? ER, CSI Las Vegas, Friends reruns, Little House on the Prairie
4 places you have been on vacation? Galveston, Disney World, NYC, Branson
4 websites you visit daily?www.memoryvilla.com www.twopeasinabucket.com, yahoo mail, and yahoo groups
4 of your favorite foods? sea food, italian, mexican, chinese
4 places you would rather be right now? church, scrappin with friends, gettin a massage, on a beach somewhere with my honey
4 bloggers you are tagging well everyone has been tagged so you are all safe!!

December's Child

Has it really been 3 years? It seems like only a breath since I brought this sweet angel home from the hospital. Time flies by so quickly and her baby days are over. We are in the midst of potty training, preschool, and lots of drama from this little girl. She is such a joy to us and we cannot imagine life without her. Little December's Child, we hope you never feel like you r birthday is an afterthought. It is only 2 weeks before Christmas and we will always try to make a big deal out of it so you have your special day!

welll what are your 2006 goals???

I have a dream... and a few goals too....
a dream to be more financially stable in 2006. to take control and not just let things happen and wonder how come we are always so broke....

a dream to finally FLY like the flylady says... i got off to a great start in 2005 but i wanna step it up a notch this year and really go for it!

a goal to spend more meaningful moments with my family, playing with the kids, reading stories, and just taking time to stop and enjoy their childhood.

a dream to be healthier... to stop eating so much high fat high carb junk food, and eat more fruits and veggies... and to try *gulp* to exercise at least one time per week (hey i am being realistic)

a goal that i would finally get in gear and really scrapbook when i say i want to, but never actually sit down and do it... i am going to get current on my photos this year if it kills me!!!

a dream to be more aware of the needs that surround me... my friends, family, and church home.... to be more sensitive to God's plan for using my gifts and talents to be something wonderful for His glory!

but that's just me...how bout you?!

happy new year!!!

I am trying to catch my breath from the holidays, all in all it was pretty nice with the exception of my 2 youngest waking up on Christmas morning sick, we had a great time.
We started a new family tradition this year... starting early in December, i bought a basket, and some "hay". Each night we would sit at the tree and talk about how we were getting the basket ready for Jesus' birthday, and we would each tell of one nice thing we did for someone and then place a small handfull of hay into the basket. We prepared that basket for a few weeks, filling it with love and kindness (the hay) and building up to the big night. Well by the time Christmas Eve got here, the kids 9, 4, 3, were so excited, and could not wait until in the morning to see if the Baby Jesus would be in the basket... so on Christmas morning they rushed in to the tree and were just jumping up and down saying "He's here... He's in the basket!!!" They came and woke us up, and exclaimed that the Baby Jesus was in the basket and we had to come see. Seeing them get so excited over a simple demonstration of what Christmas should focus on, really was so beautiful! They did not ask about Santa Claus, or their presents or any of that, they just wanted to see if the Baby Jesus came or not. So after that we all sat around the tree and I read a story to them... The First Christmas, beautifully written and illustrated, and they sat just enamored and passed the little doll i had wrapped in swaddling clothes around each taking turns and telling Him Happy Birthday. I seriously got so choked up i could not make it all the way thru the story... We want our kids to focus on the real meaning of Christmas, Jesus... and I think that this year we really got their attention and made it something they will remember and look forward to each year!
This coming year i am resolving to make more special memories like that one, just taking a little extra time and effort to really make their world a more beautiful and meaningful place.

Post holiday stress disorder...

Well we made it thru Thanksgiving, and boy am I thankful it is over! Actually it was rather nice, I cooked this year and the family lived thru it, then we travelled all weekend (the stressful part). Now mind you i love to go visit my family out of town... It is wonderful and we do not get to see them but a couple of times a year, so it is a treat, but seems to me like it used to be easier... that is before we had to take 3 little ones and a van full of stuff with us... ToYS, BOOKS, MOVIES, and all the clothes and diapers for 3 days... it was so sad, our van looked like a bunch of nesters lived up in there! But we went and had a great time visiting with the family and ate wonderful food and decorated my uncles house for Christmas, so all in all it was a great weekend, but i was sure glad to get home to my own bed, as were the kids!
I started babysitting a little boy the week of Thanksgiving, and at this moment he is almost 8 weeks old. A real cutie and a very good baby. Accomplishes a few things... I get my baby fix, get to snuggle and all that wonderful stuff, get to give him back at the end of the day and sleep all night, and get paid for it too! What a deal!!! So my DH Is really liking this situation, cuz it takes the pressure off him for me wanting another baby right now....hehe
That is about all i am up to these days... working on HOF entry for scrapbooking and I entered a design team contest this week, so we will see how that goes....
Got all my Christmas shopping done and wrapped... we went and got a tree yesterday, we are excited to have a real tree this year and it is so pretty, we did really good picking it out if i must say so...
Gearing up for the rest of the holiday season... full of joy and love and lots of goodies!

Back to the drawing board...

Ok, so I thought this blogging thing was going to be something i could manage and keep up with, but apparently i am not doing very good with it, because it has been a month since i updated!
In my defense i have been very busy lately with lots of things... the kids starting fall sports, family photos, a women's conference at our church that i taught at, and other things, but i guess that is no excuse! So what has been going on with me is lots of activity and craziness around my house! But hey FLYLADY is working and my house is clean, so i don't feel that stress on top of all the rest of the stuff!
My dear friend LeAnne took our family photos a week ago, and you see that they are absolutely breathtaking! I love every one of them, and her for taking these precious photos of our really cute family! She has such a talent for capturing those sweet candid not posed moments that happen during a formal photo shoot, and besides our formal posed shots which were terrific, she captured more importantly our relationships on film, and that is something no amount of money can buy!

So that is about all that is up with me, i am gearing up for a Thanksgiving cooking marathon, and travellling too my brother is getting married the day after Turkey day, (so much for shopping)hehe and so we will be going to Shreveport for that, and then coming back thru Texarkana to visit the rest of the family! Will be a fun weekend and lots of yummy food to look forward to!

I am sure that i will try to be more diligent about updating this, but it may be a few weeks again what with the holiday and all....