Lots of Picture taking!

80th birthday!

My memaw Betty turned 80! she has been such a huge part of my life. Not a more caring person in the world than her. I love her so much!

All my aunts and uncles.... my dad in the middle! They are all so cool, especially Steve (far left)!

it's beginning to look alot like Christmas!

Halloween 2010

Yes you read it right !I havent been in the blogging mood for awhile now! Im back on track though!

Halloween was way to busy for us. We planned to much. Pumpkin Patch, Scare on the Square, Church festival and trick or treating.
We were lucky enough to have my niece and sister in law spend the week with us too (everyone was in Arkansas for a race)
Chloe was Buzz Lightyear and she is still wearing the costume daily! I was really hoping for something frilly and girlie, but no luck! Oh well..maybe next year!

Looking for a fun Fall Festival????

Reeves Family Fall Festival Adoption FUNraiser!

The Reeves family is in the process of adopting a little boy from Ethiopia.  How great to enjoy the festivities while making an impact in a little boy’s life forever!  Did you know…

• the average annual income in Ethiopia is $160.00…
• one in ten children are orphaned…
• one in ten children die before their first birthday and one in six die before the age of five…
• more than half of those deaths are attributed to malnutrition…

Event Details
Date: Saturday, October 30th
Time: 4-7 PM
Location: New Hope Christian Church
1100 W. Brown St.
Wylie, TX 75098

Activities include a bake sale, cake walk, raffles, food and drinks for sale, bounce house, face painting, games and candy for kids.  Brannick Photography will be there offering family or individual pictures.  $20 will buy you an 8X10 and 12 wallets (and you have the option of buying more) and the proceeds will go toward bringing the Reeves little boy home!

Visit the Reeves Family Fall Festival Adoption FUNraiser facebook page!
To visit the Reeves family blog and read about their adoption process, click here.

                      I hope you can make this event and be a part of offering a home to their little boy!

Feeling a lil' festive...

Sooo i thought I would put up another Christmas tree, but a little different since it is still quite early. I gathered some branches at our land and wah-lah...

I noticed in this month's magizine of Pottery Barn and Ballard Designs there were lots of twig trees being used as decor. Good thing about this it was free!  The stand it is sitting on was a five dollar revamp too...here is it's before picture:)

it was also Paris themed at one time (pic below), and my neighbor was throwing out some lampshades and she asked it I wanted them. The little ole leopard shade made me redo the entire bathroom :) One gallon of paint was 30.00, everything else was just laying around :) Pretty cheap redo!

Old decor:

Howdy folks....

and welcome to the State Fair of Texas

 Funny story on the above picture.. brad blacks out on rides, but he decided he would try this one. After the harness went on he freaked out and had to get out. Chad and Amanda are trying to talk him into staying. The teenage girls to the left are laughing at him too. Poor guy! Sooo FUNNY! 

 I love this oicture of my mom and dad! When my mom and dad were dating he used to always win her animals at the fairs and carnivals, she had tons! Then when my brothers and I were younger, i can remember him winning us all huge stuffed animals. I always felt so cool walking around with it! What great memories!

 Try # 2 on the rides.. should have known with it called "vertigo" Brad blacking out, and Amanda getting sick..

 Helping her get up

 Maybe they will stick to the people watching and food next year :)

One lucky girl....

Mother's Day Out Program :)

Today was Chloe's first day of MDO. She did really good walking in and going to her classroom. She had no tears either. She is going from 9-12 , 2 days a week. She is starting late because I did not feel good about the original one I wanted her to go to. I really really really love this school school that I ended up choosing. She has several classmates that she already knows too.They are using the Wee Learn curriculum and she will transition to the Abeka in the next class. Both are faith driven and im happy with that! She will be learning verses, songs, and bible stories, and all kinds of other things during the year! Another plus, it is only 12 minutes from home, so I will not have to chance her falling asleep during the car ride home (put her in a car seat and she falls asleep, then up till midnight or later...boo)

 Eating her breakast..her favorite..pannycakes from Mickey D's (sugar-free syrup of course, didnt want to scare the teachers the first day)

 Her lunch, with notes from Mommy and Daddy! I bought a canisters of 100 cookie cutters, they have everything from numbers, the entire alphabet, to holiday shapes....this is going to be fun! Her teachers said she only ate the goldfish and with a fork!

 Telling Malakai goodbye for the day. These two will miss each other. I think he knew she was going to be gone, he followed her everywhere and would lay right by her feet when she would sit down. She told him

"your a good boy, you potty outside and you dont wear panties, you have a naked bo-bo."

 Walking in to class (blurry picture, ugh!)

 Mimi showing her the paydoh station!

 She ran to the gym first thing...

 I had her hair layered, it looks sooooo much better!

Hallway to her classroom :)