Another Project...

I've been wanting to learn how to applique for a long time~finally today I sat down with all the supplies and went to work! I'm very happy with the way my practice shirt turned out and it really wasn't hard! and yes, I used my cricut on this one too! :)

Next time I need to put the letters a little lower, but other than that I was very pleased with the way it turned out!

I know, I know..

no one likes someone who brags but I'm so excited about this project~I've put it off for months literally because I thought it would be too hard & I would screw it up. Today we are just laying around with not much to do so I brought out the Cricut and started on the project!

Here are the final results~these are in my main bathroom which is really the kids bathroom but the one that the guests use also so I didn't want too grown up or too kiddie

the first one is above the toilet & the second is above the towel bar!

~Book Review~

Our book club is reading this book this month. I read it in a weekend and thought it was pretty good. I really found that I could relate to the father/daughter relationship b/c I kind of have the same relationship with my mother. She always told me I was going to college even though she didn't graduate from college. She's always taught me that you had to work for things~Really it's a great & fairly easy read! I have the book if anyone wants to borrow it! :)

Busy Week

We've been busy this week spending time with my family. My mom came down last Friday to see the kids & then my step-dad & sisters & brother came down on Tuesday, then yesterday we drove over to Austin to my cousin's house for Turkey day.


me & my brother Max


my sisters & I with Max



the cute Turkey cupcakes our neighbors brought over!


My cousin-in-law Devin carving his 25 lb bird! Thanks guys for having us! We had a great time~

I forgot to blog about my early Christmas miracle the other day


FILLED MY CAR UP!!!!YAY~!!!

This weekend~or week whatever it maybe...

I am so ready for Thanksgiving break~It cannot come quick enough!

This past week we had Literacy Night at school, then Heather has a cheer competition tomorrow morning. We've been busy, busy!!!

This morning Tyson & I ran a 5K at our local high school. It was a lot of fun & my time improved by 10 minutes~47:28 & I got 3rd in my division!




This is my friend's little boy! He ran the whole thing! Tyson got 1st place in his division!

Tomorrow we are off to Tyler to Cheer!

Here are a few pictures of the kids:

What have we been up too?/*SPT*

Sometimes I wonder how we get from weekend to weekend, because the week seems to fly by~we really didn't do anything exciting this week other than work! (I know~contain your excitement!)

Tyson & I did go on a date last night but all we really did was go out to eat b/c we are so boring & couldn't think of anything else we were dying to do so we picked up the kids and came home and went to bed! haha

I did manage to get up this morning and go running~I was really dreading it b/c it's cold and windy today, not to mention that I didn't walk or run all week~it ended up not being so bad and we had a good time. We got in 3.7 miles today. I made my friend (and coach) Robin take a self-portrait with me after we were through.


And YES, I really do look THAT glamourous when I go running!

I came home and started cleaning out the fridge~it was NASTY, but it's all sparkly clean now for you MOM!!!



I've got the washer & dryer all pretty & sparkly too AND the OVEN. Now I can't really mention the floors at this point but it's a work in progress right! haha

I'm off to a grade level party at one of my co-workers houses!

~Super Saturday~

I told you it was a Super busy weekend!

Saturday morning I went running with 2 girls from church~I kind of dreaded getting up early on a Saturday but it ended up not being so bad!

After our run, I ran home to take a shower then I headed over to the Church for our Super Saturday Craft activity day. Below are a few of the crafts we made. I'm slowly unloading my car so I'll pull the rest out tomorrow.








We really had a great time & most of the crafts were fast and super easy~

Sunday we got to go to Church an hour later! It was nice!!! Then it was back to the grindstone this morning!

Really...

I do have ALOT to blog about but I've been super busy this weekend! Hopefully tomorrow evening I can update!

~I'm Impressed~(& SPT)

yesterday I came home from school & tyson was home~I didn't expect him to be b/c he said he was going hunting~he was ALL excited about going running~I had to go run an errand then I told him I would be home. So I came home & changed well then the kids bring a box out of the bedroom~it was a present for me~for my birthday!

I had no clue what it was~so I opened it and it was new running clothes! I was so impressed that Tyson went & picked them out himself!

so then I had to go change AGAIN! I love them! He said "if you're going to be training you need some good clothes!"

So i'm impressed! haha

and I did 3 miles last night (walking/running combo)

And this pic can serve as my SPT for this week! And it can also serve as my "Me at
35" Picture! haha

For your viewing pleasure...

i know i know haha right?

here's some pics from the newspaper from our 5K walk~the good ones start around picture 21

CASA pics

Weekly Update...

This has been a crazy week at school since it's Red Ribbon Week~Each day the kids could wear something special~of course I didn't take pictures of that~Last night we went Trick or Treating & they had a lot of fun.

Here's a picture as we got ready to go out TOT~



This morning we got up early and I went to walk my 5K with 2 of my friends~we had a good time~Rachella & I walked until the very end & my friend from school Ms. R~walked & ran~she beat us of course! It was a great experience though & I feel very accomplished! haha

here we are BEFORE the race


here we are at the starting line~we were a little intimated by all the professionals!


here I am running to the finish line~there were some HS girls that we had passed up towards the end and they started running & I was determined they weren't going to pass me up~haha



here we are after it was over!

I finished just under a hour~57:21~

it was a lot of fun~and now we know what to expect next time!

Cute Cute

There hasn't been much in the way of fall decorations at my house this year mainly b/c we've just been so busy~

Kristi at Everything's Pink posted about these cute banners at EmmieCakes

My mom bought me 2 of them~one for Halloween & one for Thanksgiving. I sat down tonight to do the Halloween one before I ran out of time. It turned out really cute~I hung it above my entertainment center~Tyson wasn't crazy about it hanging in front of the TV~haha

Happy Halloween!!!

The kids had decided what they wanted to be several weeks ago~Heather & Caroline wanted to be cheerleaders~Jed wanted to be Boba Fett from Star Wars

So this week I realized that Halloween was getting closer. I wasn't too worried about Heather & Caroline's costumes because we had cheerleader costumes in the dress up box. So I started looking for Jed's costume, of course they didn't have the one he wanted in his size so he agreed to be a clone trooper from Star Wars so I picked it up.




Fast forward to this morning neither one of the cheerleader costumes fit Heather anymore so we set out to find one at the goodwill. Caroline didn't need a costume but she saw this PINK barbie cheerleader and decided she needed it. Of course we couldn't find one but we found this old Panther Pride (drill team) skirt at a thrift store & we set out to make a costume. Heather decided to be a member of the Panther Pride. We went to Hobby Lobby to get a purple shirt, gold ric rac, & gold sequined letters. Then we went down to the Dollar Tree and found a purple cowboy hat~and an hour before the party this is what we came up with~

8 Point Buck~The big NEWS of the Day...

This weekend is youth hunting weekend for deer season. Really I think it's just another excuse for the grown ups to get to hunt one more weekend. Tyson called and said they (him & Jed) got an 8 pt buck. Another deer for my living room wall~I'm so excited! haha

Super Saturday

I'm teaching a class at our ward's Super Saturday this year~Of course I picked the 2 easiest things to do, but I've gotten lots of compliments on them and lots of response! I'm excited to make some stuff myself.

The glass block has a hole in the bottom so that you can put clear lights in it or tissue paper~I ended up putting gold tissue paper in mine b/c I can't find the clear lights. I was bummed about that.

I don't know why the I on Christ is always bigger when I cut this out but I never remember to fix it! UGH~Anyways, I can't wait to put this on my entertainment center!
Thanks to Lindsey for cutting my vinyl! :)

*Something MAJOR*

I've been talking about doing a 5K all year long~The other night I signed up to do one next weekend in Nacogdoches. And for the record, this is the first one I've actually signed up for and paid for! I'll probably end up walking most of it b/c I haven't run lately so we'll see how it goes! I'm doing it with some friends from school so it should be fun!

~Mom & Me Cub Scout Camp~

Last weekend Jed & I went to the Annual Mom & Me Cub Scout Camp. Jed really enjoys Cub Scouts & I hope he continues to enjoy scouting.



Here he is fishing & he caught a stick fish! haha


They had a stick horse rodeo & during the Craft station they had to make their stick horse.

Kindergarten Pet Day

Caroline has been so excited about Kindergarten. They have a Pet Day every year & of course she wanted to take our dog but I told her that was too much trouble so she agreed to take the hamsters I have in my room as a class pet! They were a big hit.

Dad & Daughter Activity

Last week the Activity Day Girls had a Dad & Daughter activity. They got to carve pumpkins. I think Tyson & Heather had a good time.


Although in this picture Tyson looks like he took a hit of something while he was there! HAHA

In Love Again...

so I called Nike+ today and the guy was very helpful~I wasn't however able to recover my lost miles but I can walk again with confidence that I won't lose anymore workouts (yeah right) and I am more educated about my IPOD~which makes me HAPPY!

I went to Academy and bought an armband to put my IPOD in so when I walk I won't have to carry it~I'm not sure what I think about it yet!

I walked 2 miles today and that felt good~now if I could just quit eating so much crap I might lose some weight!

I had some exciting news this afternoon~Caroline's teacher came in my room this afternoon and had this look on her face~of course I immediately asked what was wrong~what had my SWEET angel done wrong~haha~she told me she tested Caroline for her reading level today & she did really well~she is almost where she needs to be at the end of Kinder~now at the end of the 1st 9 weeks~don't get me wrong we've got long ways to go but she's doing great! I was so proud of her! I'll have to video her reading one day!

:)