Super Saturday Project

We are having a Super Saturday at church. We spend the day making crafts usually things we can give as Christmas gifts. Thanks to Lindsey (she always has the rockin' ideas)

We are making a necklace out of a domino




This is my sample & of course since I live where I do~I couldn't find any black dominoes locally so I had to use white. For the actual project, the dominoes will be black. I'm also going to offer mini dominoes~they are super cute! Of course I have to order those too!

We are also making a FHE board (Thanks again Lindsey) We are also doing etching on glass, a christmas tree skirt, and some christmas garland.

I hope it turns out ok.

Oh and the pic~we are down to our cell phones b/c that seems like the only thing we can keep up with! I've lost Heather's new camera.

School Projects & other things!

Heather had to make a cell model for science class. The thing to do is make a cake b/c it's the easiest. Well anyone who knows me, knows I can't just do a cake...so I thought about making something out of paper with my cricut so I posted on the cricut messageboard and someone there suggested we make a pillow. So of course, i talked heather into making a pillow. here ya go...



She was very pleased with the way it turned out. This was our conversation

H: This is Awesome!
Me: What?
H: This pillow!
M: see!!!!
H: I'm glad we didn't make a cake b/c that wouldn't have taken as long to make!

Awwww~she WANTED to spend time with her momma! We had a good time doing it and really she did do most of it. We were both very pleased with the way it turned out!

In other news, Tyson & I made the decision FINALLY to pull Jed from the dual language program. He is such a different child and it was just ALWAYS a struggle to get him to do anything & to have double the homework was even worse. I have felt a lot of stress relived since we've made this choice! Hopefully, school will get a little better for him.

We've become THOSE people...

oh yeah I know I know! this picture will explain it ALL



see what I mean? and yes that's pink nail polish on her nails! Some friends of ours wanted to get rid of her b/c they didn't have anywhere for her to stay and Caroline loves her so we took her. I figured she would be an outside dog but Tyson has been letting her stay inside.


this was Tyson & Jed's supper one night~any guesses to what it might be??? It's not deer, chicken, or ground beef.



in other happenings or sad depressing news My friend gave me this piano. I was really excited. I know it needs lots of work but I had the piano guy come by and look at it just to see how much it would cost to get it play-able~yeah well let's just say it's going out by the curb. To get the inside working and sounding good it's an easy $500 & to replace the keys it's another $400 if I don't decide to do it my self. :( I was so excited too. Maybe I'll come across a better something! :) Or maybe that's a sign that I don't need to learn to play the piano! LOL

yeah, yeah, I know what you are thinking...

but keep your thoughts & comments to yourself! We are still alive~barely but we are here! Summer went by way too fast and we are trying to get back into the swing of school/work. Here are the kids back to school pics I made Tyson take them while I was finishing getting ready




My 3rd grader! WOW!!!



My 1st grader! Isn't she cute?


and Oh My Goodness!!! My MIDDLE schooler! Can you believe? I'm really not old enough for that to happen I really was a child bride and had her when I was 15! haha I kid I kid but let's not talk about how old I really am! (but my birthday is exactly 2 months from today~in case you need to write it on your calendar!)



a couple of funny ones~I have no clue what they were doing but it was their daddy taking the pics so you can just imagine! haha

Heather has settled right into Middle School and LOVES it. Caroline is loving her class as well but of course Jed could do without school and be just as happy!

I have 2 small classes this year and some really sweet kids~they just love to talk! I think we will have a great year!

A Post Worth Waiting For..

You know good things come to those who wait LOL well that's my excuse anyways! haha

Since I screwed up our Austin trip, I told Tyson we HAD to take the kids somewhere. We all love the beach so we made a quick trip to Galveston and used our free night there! We went through the Crystal Beach way partly because we wanted to see the damage from Hurricane Ike but also because Caroline had never ridden on the ferry. Poor baby!:(

I'm glad we did! We saw the dolphins as we loaded up!



Then we went swimming in the ocean Of course Caroline cut her toe on a rock as soon as she got in so her & I didn't swim long b/c the salt water was making it hurt.


After we swam we grabbed some dinner then we went back to the hotel. The next morning we got up and went swimming in the hotel pool~crazy kids! That's what they picked!:) Then we went back to the beach and got a sno-cone, looked at some monuments that were on the beach, then went seashell hunting.






we called it a weekend and came on home! It was a quick trip but we had a good time hanging out!

The other day when I went to the grocery store I got some AWESOME deals




The pens were 2/$1 and then I had a $1 off when you buy 2 so they were FREE!!!
The biscuits were 10/$10 so I bought 2 but I had a coupon for .35 cents off and they tripled it so 1 of them was nearly free!:) the torillas were 2/$3 then I had .55 cents off coupon & I had 2 of them so they were a good deal too!

The last 2 best things are I got a new haircut today~here are the befores






here are the afters


I don't think tyson liked it too much! lol oh well he doesn't have to deal with it. The best part is that it was FREE!!! I was waiting for my appt and I let a guy go in front of me & he asked my hairdresser if he could pay for my cut! :) I was so appreciative!

Also, finally I'm down 10 lbs (it's about dang time)



Can you tell? :) I've lost lots of inches though!:) I am wanting to go try on new pants but I'll be sorely disappointed if I'm not at least a 12 I would really like to be a 10.

The Birthday Party

Heather decided she wanted a cheerleader birthday~hum, imagine that...one of her cheer coaches is a HS cheerleader here so I asked her to bring a couple of friends to come to Heather's birthday! they did a great job and Heather really enjoyed it!




They practiced the cheers with them for a little while then we took a break and had nachos, then they practiced some more, then we had cake and presents. At the end, they let them change into some old uniforms and then they got to perform for us! They were so cute!

*Happy Birthday Heather*

It's hard to believe that Heather is 11 now! Where has all the time gone? We took her to celebrate on her birthday to Cafe Del Rio! That's our favorite place to go especially when it's a birthday b/c they serve up this yummy strawberry ice cream! Heather got a new camera for her birthday b/c her little sister broke her old one~which happened to be a good thing b/c mine got stolen out of my car when my wallet did!

Here's Caroline & I testing the camera out! We wanted to make sure it worked before Heather got it!


Jed & Tyson


The girls


Caroline



Heather I don't know what's with the crazy look on her face!


Here she is with her 11


I thought this was funny~I think she saw this on a friends blog and had the idea to take her own pics in the bathroom mirror! I'll have to teach her the art of self Portraits! haha

*A CRAZY week*

CRAZYNESS #1~Last Sunday night I was walking with my friend, Kasi when her husband Ted called and asked where we were~We told him and he said he was coming to pick us up, but he wouldn't tell us what was wrong so of course we were thinking the worse that something had happened to one of the kids. Turns out Tyson had called and we had a cop at our house~HUM...someone down the road found a wallet of mine in the top of their trash can~the wallet was in my car so it was stolen out of my car, I think my camera was too~Anyways, thankfully it was an old wallet that didn't have much in it and nothing appeared to be missing.

CRAZYNESS #2~Sunday and Monday when I first would get into my car my tire sensor light would come on. It never comes on unless there is something wrong with one of my tires~So Monday I went into Discount Tire and of course there was a nail~it was going to be a 2 hour wait so I told them I would come back the next day. Tuesday when I went in they found 2 nails in the tire close together~I swear the luck! They replaced thank goodness for $16 b/c I had the warranty!

CRAZYNESS #3~Wednesday as I was coming home from working out I ran over something in the road~Yep you guessed it another tire problem~as I got home I could steadily hear the air coming out of it. I called Tyson and he was able to come home on his lunch hour to fix it. Back to Discount Tire for another $16 bucks! Different tire though! :)

CRAZYNESS #4~We joined the local gym this week and I've been going to a kickboxing class with my friend Sunshine. I can't really keep up and I'm sure it's entertaining for the rest of the class but I enjoy it. We've also been hitting the pool this week! One day we went I had to rescue Jed & Caroline~LOL Remind me to tell you those stories!

I'm glad it's Saturday and this crazy week is over! Hopefully next week will be MUCH better~:)

Camera has been Found!

It ended up being in the floor of Tyson's truck~which is where I figured it was but I kept forgetting to look! We've been busy!

We took the kids to the lake last weekend and OMG the water was so hot~it actually felt better to be out of the water! Needless to say we didn't stay long!

The kids are in OK playing with aunts, cousins, and grandparents! So I finally gave in and went to play ultimate frisbee with Tyson! They have a group that plays every Saturday! It was an experience & Tyson takes his frisbee seriously!





I mean really who gets up this early on a Saturday because they WANT too~


We've been talking about switching the kids rooms and repainting! We finally got started on Jed's new room last night! Here are the befores




and here are the afters




Jed's going to have a hunting room and I think it will look neat when it's finished!

I have a million other things I want to do around here before school starts but dang I'm running out of time! I've been subbing some for summer school and then running the kids to different activities~

I'm taking piano lessons from a sister missionary at Church! So far they are going well but it's steadily getting harder! Maybe I'll make it through! I think that's about all going on here!

~The Case of the Missing Camera~

We went to the lake the other day and I took my camera with us! I can't find it now! I know I brought it home. I think it might be in Tyson's truck but I keep forgetting to look! Maybe I'll remember tonight! haha

The kids are in OK for a week or so! They were so excited to see Max(my mom's dog!) I am going to work on painting their bedrooms before they get back! Hopefully, I can get it done!