Busy Fun Day

Went and got pedicures (BRIGHT purple with a flower) with my girlie, Kelly, which was my birthday present from her : ), had lunch and a much needed looooong talk with a good friend, Bec (hi girl!! Had sooo much fun we need to do that again SOON), went out to Kelly's house for some relaxing in the country and hiked back to a pretty tree she has in her back ten, then rushed back to town to meet up with Cat, the lady I meet up with every other week, for coffee at Starbucks. It was a fun day and a much needed relaxing day.

In Half

I'm torn between writing down all the things we're going through for our kids to see when they're older. Hopefully they won't have the same set of problems or maybe they'll just end it sooner.

So if money makes the world go 'round...

can it also make it stop? 'Cause it sure seems like it's stopped tonight. At least where communication is concerned. Does the word impasse mean anything? I think one way. He thinks another. Isn't this where compromise comes in? Oh right. I'm supposed to give a little aren't I?

Pumpkins are Everwhere

Just caught Shawners carving my wall with the pumpkin carving kit my mother-in-law sent them. Prior to that he made a salad out of the plants outside for his animals and removed tape from his tiger. He was about to carve the rocking part of his tiger before I finally stopped the carving madness and put away the kit.

SOLD

Brando has sold his first listing today (not to be confused with his first home)!! He went to drop off the contract this morning and it should be closed later this month. He sold his first listing before the move in date - before the home was even finished being built!! Wahooo!!! WAY TO GO BABY!!!

Cub Scout Campout

Brando and J went on a campout at McKinney Roughs this last weekend with their cub scout pack while Shawners and I had a date weekend at home. B & J got to look through a huge telescope, see an alligator, take lots of hikes, play lots of games, learn how to REALLY use a compass, J learned how to use binoculars, both of them drew pictures of the solar system complete with planet symbols, the condensation cycle, and the telescope. It was like they went to six months of school in a day!

Shawners and I golfed by blacklight at Lunar Mini Golf and came home and snuggled on the couch to watch The Never Ending Story before falling asleep in Mommy's bed. The next day he and I went with a friend to scrapbook (my first scrapbook pages EVER!! I LOVE them) and he colored a Ninja Turtles coloring book and watched Shrek while Jen and I scrapbooked. She made a BEAUTIFUL black and white picture of Brando and I in a black frame that is just gorgeous and now has it's own special place in our house. On top of that she gave me a beautiful scrapbook album with a place in the front where I'm going to put a black and white picture of Shawner's hands and feet in the sand. It matches the pages I just made beautifully. LOVE it!

It was a great weekend, B & J got quality time, S & I got quality time - though not as much as I would've liked because I'm PMSing, but still some, church today where my sister was able to watch the boys while Brando and I did our first curriculum meeting. Ran a few errands and in a moment we're off to small group.

Snake Cuteness

Last Thursday B and J's cub scout pack meeting had a snake guy come up from San Antonio to show the boys snakes. He had a bullsnake constrictor out for the kids to touch. S was SO excited and after he pets it says "It feels like corn." It really did.

First Curriculum Meeting Today

It went well. A little nerve wracking but lots of ideas came up and we're excited to go to the next step! Doh I have to get familiar with a calendar again.