Monday, November 28, 2011

Thanksgiving and Other Stuff

Helllllllloooooo, friends!
I am a horrible blogger.
I own it.
Big time.
Where do I start?
Chronological order seems to be the smart thing,
so here it goes.
*The last Friday before the kids got out for Thanksgiving was Grandparent's day at Carter's school.
My parents and Carol came to celebrate.
Carter was so proud!

*I was off all last week...one of the many joys of teaching...and copied some Pinterest love.
I made a little mess:
Meet Mr. Snowman:
I also shrunk him down to make an ornament for Preston to take to school.

*Speaking of Pinterest...shocker...I know...here are a few of my current finds for your enjoyment:
Seriously.
No one wants to know about people's dirty laundry.
Sometimes Facebook feels like high school all over again.
Do you remember these?!
Awesome.
Remember how hot they were in the summer because of the metal?
This cracks me up.
Try it.
You know you want to.
 Yes, he does.
Our experiences teach us,
and it's up to us to do what's right even though it might not be what we want.
That's a difficult lesson to learn.

*Thanksgiving was wonderful.
So wonderful that I took NO pictures.
Pathetic.
Ryan and I were so busy hosting that we forgot to pick up the camera.
I'm hoping my dad was able to get some good shots.
I did take pics of the tables before our families arrived.
The kid's table:
I made these place cards for the kids.
Totally stole the idea off "that website".
I added some fun to the table.
What are the buttons for?
For tic-tac-toe of course!

 Who doesn't love a little Thanksgiving trivia?
I was surprised how many of the kids knew the answer!
Do you?
Hangman anyone?
 It's the teacher in me.
I traced Carter's hand for this.
Surely everyone has made a turkey with their hand at some point in their life.
Right?


 I had to include some treats for the turkeys. =)

On to the adult table.
I love the chargers from Hobby Lobby.

The leaves and acorns came from our yard,
and the mini chalkboards are from World Market.
They had jute string in them,
but I replaced the jute with wire.
Annnnnnnnd done.
Sad.
I did get a picture of the craft that we did on Thanksgiving.
All the families took one home to enjoy for many years.
Another project from Pinterest.
I love how they turned out.
At the end of the day,
unfortunately after my boys had left for their dad's,
Ryan and I realized we hadn't taken any pics.
I grabbed the camera to at least get a shot of us.
Easier said than done.
 Really?
 I do so love this man
 Thanks to Trysten, we got one decent pic.

Okay....That's enough for one post.
Have a great week, friends!!!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Hello, Friends!

*Wow, it's been a challenging week or so.
My sweet hubby has been travelling nonstop,
and I have been manning the fort by myself.
"All by myself" has been compounded with some attitude issues regarding The Teenager.
He chose to ground himself on Saturday.
Yes, I said chose.
He smarted off, so he, in my opinion, chose to be grounded.
When he is grounded, he is absolutely a terror to be around.
He's mad, and he wants everyone around him to know it...and feel it.
Because my brother and Austin, AKA The Teenager, have always had a special relationship,
I called him and asked him to come pick Austin up for some uncle/nephew time last night.
He did, and they did.
It went great.
Austin was able to ask him questions about why Ryan and I expect some of the things of him that we do,
and Ben reiterated to him how good he has it.
Austin came home with a smile on his face,
positive words out of his mouth,
and a hug for me.
I know we're not out of the woods,
but I think it was good for him to hear it from someone outside of our little crew.

* I love teaching art.
Period.

* Carter and I have been reading a chapter from Charolette's Web every night.
Do you remember reading it when you were little?
It's such a sweet book and a wonderful departure from all the crap on TV.
Speaking of reading,
I am happy to say that Preston and Carter love to read.
I was so disappointed that Austin never really enjoyed reading they way I do,
so I guess 2 out of 3 isn't a bad deal.
Preston is currently reading the series
Series of Unfortunate Events.
When I taught 5th grade, my students loved the series, but I never picked one up to read.
Last night I read a couple of chapters with Preston and actually enjoyed it.
Carter is into the Captain Underpants series.
Shocker.
Complete potty humor.
Boys love it.
Oh, well.
He's reading, so I'll take it.

* Did you know that high school kids, at least here,
have to earn community service hours every year in order to graduate?
Austin has earned 10 so far and will earn more tonight when he works a booth at Family Math Night.
Pretty cool, I think.

* We're hosting Thanksving again this year,
and I have been working for almost 2 weeks on the tables for the adults.
Ryan and I bought new dishes etc. from World Market a few weeks ago,
and I found some great chargers at Hobby Lobby.
Pics soon.
This week, I've been working on the kids' table.
Fun!
I can't wait to show y'all the pics!

Well, friends, that's it for now!
Duty calls!
Have a fantastic day!!!

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

On a Brighter Note

On a brighter note, guess what my hubby did today.
I'll tell you because you'll never get it right.
He was in 7th Ward in NOLA working with Habitat Humanity!
How cool is that!
As part of the leadership conference,
the company he works for arranged for them to work on 3 different homes,
so Ryan spent the day helping put a roof over some deserving family's head.
I love that man!
What a great time of year to be helping those in need.
He said he was exhausted and has a whole new appreciation
for how hard the guys work that do that for a living every single day.
Ryan and the other guys are rewarding themselves with dinner and drinks on Bourbon Street tonight.
Good times!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Lately...

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about how much I miss the man on the right in the pic below.
This photo was taken only 6 months before we lost my father-in-law.
Not a day goes by that he isn't on my mind.
When I look at his picture, it literally hurts.
I honestly cannot come to terms with his absence.
I want my husband to have his father again.
I want my mother-in-law to have her best friend again.
I want my boys to have their Pop again.
How long does it take for the sadness to go away?
Maybe it's the holiday season approaching.
The first Thanksgiving without Ed.
The first Christmas without Ed.
Who will do the scavenger hunt for the boys?
It was always Pop.

How freaking perfect everything was 10 months ago...

Monday, November 7, 2011

Hello, Friends!

Hello, friends!
It's been a long day, and I'm exhausted.
To top it off, Ryan is out of town all week,
so I'm ridin' solo with the clowns.
He's in NOLA at a leadership conference.
NOLA.
Must be nice.
I'm in Prosper at a animal wrangling conference.
Here's the latest.

* I took down all the Halloween hoopla November 1st,
and here's what I put up for Thanksgiving.
It's not very exciting.
 I found this little sign this weekend, and added it to the fireplace,
 My mother always put these pilgrims out in my childhood home for Thanksgiving.
I wish you could see the turkeys on the little sign.
They're there.
I promise.
 The room we've done absolutely nothing to since we moved in because we're just renting.
Our dining room.
 The acorns actually came from our back yard.

* I spend waaaaay to much time on Pinterest.
Here are some of my latest pins.
Aren't you excited.
When I was checking out people's boards,
I realized that you can tell a lot about a person
from the things they post.
There are some funny people in this big ol' world we live in, friends.

If I had a daughter,
I would preach this to her until the cows came home.
Since that will never happen,
we'll teach our boys to be that kind of man.
I love this one.
 I am learning to do this.
It's hard sometimes.
 Awesome.
 Another good one.
Check out #1.
So very true.
I've had to teach this to Ryan.
He's kind of a neat freak.

Annnnnnnnnd done.
I'm off to feed the boys.
I made buffalo chicken sandwiches in the crock pot.
Guess where I found the recipe...

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Monday, November 28, 2011

Thanksgiving and Other Stuff

Helllllllloooooo, friends!
I am a horrible blogger.
I own it.
Big time.
Where do I start?
Chronological order seems to be the smart thing,
so here it goes.
*The last Friday before the kids got out for Thanksgiving was Grandparent's day at Carter's school.
My parents and Carol came to celebrate.
Carter was so proud!

*I was off all last week...one of the many joys of teaching...and copied some Pinterest love.
I made a little mess:
Meet Mr. Snowman:
I also shrunk him down to make an ornament for Preston to take to school.

*Speaking of Pinterest...shocker...I know...here are a few of my current finds for your enjoyment:
Seriously.
No one wants to know about people's dirty laundry.
Sometimes Facebook feels like high school all over again.
Do you remember these?!
Awesome.
Remember how hot they were in the summer because of the metal?
This cracks me up.
Try it.
You know you want to.
 Yes, he does.
Our experiences teach us,
and it's up to us to do what's right even though it might not be what we want.
That's a difficult lesson to learn.

*Thanksgiving was wonderful.
So wonderful that I took NO pictures.
Pathetic.
Ryan and I were so busy hosting that we forgot to pick up the camera.
I'm hoping my dad was able to get some good shots.
I did take pics of the tables before our families arrived.
The kid's table:
I made these place cards for the kids.
Totally stole the idea off "that website".
I added some fun to the table.
What are the buttons for?
For tic-tac-toe of course!

 Who doesn't love a little Thanksgiving trivia?
I was surprised how many of the kids knew the answer!
Do you?
Hangman anyone?
 It's the teacher in me.
I traced Carter's hand for this.
Surely everyone has made a turkey with their hand at some point in their life.
Right?


 I had to include some treats for the turkeys. =)

On to the adult table.
I love the chargers from Hobby Lobby.

The leaves and acorns came from our yard,
and the mini chalkboards are from World Market.
They had jute string in them,
but I replaced the jute with wire.
Annnnnnnnd done.
Sad.
I did get a picture of the craft that we did on Thanksgiving.
All the families took one home to enjoy for many years.
Another project from Pinterest.
I love how they turned out.
At the end of the day,
unfortunately after my boys had left for their dad's,
Ryan and I realized we hadn't taken any pics.
I grabbed the camera to at least get a shot of us.
Easier said than done.
 Really?
 I do so love this man
 Thanks to Trysten, we got one decent pic.

Okay....That's enough for one post.
Have a great week, friends!!!

Thursday, November 17, 2011

Hello, Friends!

*Wow, it's been a challenging week or so.
My sweet hubby has been travelling nonstop,
and I have been manning the fort by myself.
"All by myself" has been compounded with some attitude issues regarding The Teenager.
He chose to ground himself on Saturday.
Yes, I said chose.
He smarted off, so he, in my opinion, chose to be grounded.
When he is grounded, he is absolutely a terror to be around.
He's mad, and he wants everyone around him to know it...and feel it.
Because my brother and Austin, AKA The Teenager, have always had a special relationship,
I called him and asked him to come pick Austin up for some uncle/nephew time last night.
He did, and they did.
It went great.
Austin was able to ask him questions about why Ryan and I expect some of the things of him that we do,
and Ben reiterated to him how good he has it.
Austin came home with a smile on his face,
positive words out of his mouth,
and a hug for me.
I know we're not out of the woods,
but I think it was good for him to hear it from someone outside of our little crew.

* I love teaching art.
Period.

* Carter and I have been reading a chapter from Charolette's Web every night.
Do you remember reading it when you were little?
It's such a sweet book and a wonderful departure from all the crap on TV.
Speaking of reading,
I am happy to say that Preston and Carter love to read.
I was so disappointed that Austin never really enjoyed reading they way I do,
so I guess 2 out of 3 isn't a bad deal.
Preston is currently reading the series
Series of Unfortunate Events.
When I taught 5th grade, my students loved the series, but I never picked one up to read.
Last night I read a couple of chapters with Preston and actually enjoyed it.
Carter is into the Captain Underpants series.
Shocker.
Complete potty humor.
Boys love it.
Oh, well.
He's reading, so I'll take it.

* Did you know that high school kids, at least here,
have to earn community service hours every year in order to graduate?
Austin has earned 10 so far and will earn more tonight when he works a booth at Family Math Night.
Pretty cool, I think.

* We're hosting Thanksving again this year,
and I have been working for almost 2 weeks on the tables for the adults.
Ryan and I bought new dishes etc. from World Market a few weeks ago,
and I found some great chargers at Hobby Lobby.
Pics soon.
This week, I've been working on the kids' table.
Fun!
I can't wait to show y'all the pics!

Well, friends, that's it for now!
Duty calls!
Have a fantastic day!!!

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

On a Brighter Note

On a brighter note, guess what my hubby did today.
I'll tell you because you'll never get it right.
He was in 7th Ward in NOLA working with Habitat Humanity!
How cool is that!
As part of the leadership conference,
the company he works for arranged for them to work on 3 different homes,
so Ryan spent the day helping put a roof over some deserving family's head.
I love that man!
What a great time of year to be helping those in need.
He said he was exhausted and has a whole new appreciation
for how hard the guys work that do that for a living every single day.
Ryan and the other guys are rewarding themselves with dinner and drinks on Bourbon Street tonight.
Good times!

Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Lately...

Lately, I have been thinking a lot about how much I miss the man on the right in the pic below.
This photo was taken only 6 months before we lost my father-in-law.
Not a day goes by that he isn't on my mind.
When I look at his picture, it literally hurts.
I honestly cannot come to terms with his absence.
I want my husband to have his father again.
I want my mother-in-law to have her best friend again.
I want my boys to have their Pop again.
How long does it take for the sadness to go away?
Maybe it's the holiday season approaching.
The first Thanksgiving without Ed.
The first Christmas without Ed.
Who will do the scavenger hunt for the boys?
It was always Pop.

How freaking perfect everything was 10 months ago...

Monday, November 7, 2011

Hello, Friends!

Hello, friends!
It's been a long day, and I'm exhausted.
To top it off, Ryan is out of town all week,
so I'm ridin' solo with the clowns.
He's in NOLA at a leadership conference.
NOLA.
Must be nice.
I'm in Prosper at a animal wrangling conference.
Here's the latest.

* I took down all the Halloween hoopla November 1st,
and here's what I put up for Thanksgiving.
It's not very exciting.
 I found this little sign this weekend, and added it to the fireplace,
 My mother always put these pilgrims out in my childhood home for Thanksgiving.
I wish you could see the turkeys on the little sign.
They're there.
I promise.
 The room we've done absolutely nothing to since we moved in because we're just renting.
Our dining room.
 The acorns actually came from our back yard.

* I spend waaaaay to much time on Pinterest.
Here are some of my latest pins.
Aren't you excited.
When I was checking out people's boards,
I realized that you can tell a lot about a person
from the things they post.
There are some funny people in this big ol' world we live in, friends.

If I had a daughter,
I would preach this to her until the cows came home.
Since that will never happen,
we'll teach our boys to be that kind of man.
I love this one.
 I am learning to do this.
It's hard sometimes.
 Awesome.
 Another good one.
Check out #1.
So very true.
I've had to teach this to Ryan.
He's kind of a neat freak.

Annnnnnnnnd done.
I'm off to feed the boys.
I made buffalo chicken sandwiches in the crock pot.
Guess where I found the recipe...