*The* best weekend

We went to stay in one of our dear friend's cabins at Riley's Station this past weekend. Amazing. The weather was perfect for hanging around outside and fishing! We went once with the kids, then once alone, and we had so much fun. Lex is best friends with one of Miles and Michelle's girls (they have 5 beautiful girls, and a very, very sweet boy!!) and they spent the WHOLE weekend playing together. I think I only saw Lex for a couple of hours and TJ a little more.

We just hung out and had a great time! Miles and Michelle are the nicest, most down-to-earth people we have ever known- the kind of people you spend hours with just talking, laughing and the time flies! It was easy to spend the weekend with them, and we can't wait to do it again!

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I have decided

I am taking on another way to define failure and discouragement (in any form), because I won't take either as an answer from now on. They are really both constructive criticism and ways to reach new growth without going down the path you have already taken. I'll instead look at the situation as to what I can do differently next time, and savor the sweet success when it happens. Dare I say setbacks in life are blessings????!! I think I will.

Have a great weekend :)

For serious, the last post on this :)

We are completely addicted to Lost. It's always "one more, one more". How did we miss this???!!! Now when we somehow have a connection to anyone in a weird way, it's a "Lost" moment. I'm sure it'll pass, but right now we're just really into it :) I love Jack's character (not who he plays-character, but his personality-character), but Sawyer tugs at my heart strings, and right now he is my favorite. Yeah- he is also easy to look at :) :) :)

On another note, the library had a book sale this weekend. Today at noon I scored two big bags of books for only $2.00! I found lots of good stuff, including Redeeming Love (thanks AC for letting me read it the first go round), and also The Scarlet Thread by Francine Rivers. I love finding treasures when I'm not expecting it!

Busy, busy...

TJ turned 3 on Saturday. He said "Turning my new number is great. I love being 3!". We had so much fun: family and friends, a Spiderman birthday (the boy even wore his Spiderman costume LOL), homemade cupcakes, and of course lots of presents. Lastly, we went out to eat at El Chico's for dinner (another story in itself). GREAT GREAT DAY!

Watching Lost. So Boone died, Locke is Father Wisdom in a fruitcake mind, and will he ever get into the hatch??!!!! We cannot get enough, seriously- we watched SIX HOURS yesterday alone! Can't wait to watch the rest (I can't watch any of the new episodes until I've watched them all)

Took the boy to the doctor. We had a big scare this morning, but all is well now! Now I am relaxing with my coffee and scrapbooking. I start a new Bible study in the morning, so I'm super excited. Looking forward to a new week with lots of fun plans!!

TOO FUNNY!!!!

If you haven't seen the Tom Cruise video, watch this (if you understand it, more power to you....) I made it a couple of minutes before I almost fell asleep.
http://defamer.com/344987/the-tom-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientologists-dont-want-you-to-see

Then watch CZ. She is hilarious!!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dvwh7uAVc2E&eurl=http://www.cathyzielske.typepad.com/

I did it!

I love the feeling of doing something I've really wanted to do, even something small. Well I'll never be a digital scrapper, I'm too addicted to supplies and way too into texture for the computer. But I've wanted to play around. So here is my first true digital page. A lot harder than I thought, I'll tell ya :) Still fun, though!!

All grown up :(

My baby boy will be 3 on Saturday! As he calls it "he's getting a new number", and he couldn't be happier (mommy has a different opinion though). He's come such a long way, I can't believe how fast it has gone by. Sniff :(

Anyway, here are some pictures of how fast time has gone by (I'm posting a bit early but we are super busy this week).

I gave in...

...and watched Lost. I'm into the 6th episode Season 1, and completely hooked!! Everyone was right, and I'm so full of questions. I'm on the edge of my seat just waiting to find out what happens.

Can't believe I waited so long....

The little things

I have been taking pictures for awhile now (since the kids were born) of "the little things". Pictures of just stuff around our house, our life. I just want my kids to know I love all of the little things that make up their personalities, the things they love, what makes them happy, what doesn't. I want them to know I love all of the little things about them, not just them sitting in front of a camera looking pretty. I want them to know I *really* know them, and I love the moments while we are in them. So here are a couple of pictures of the "little things" in our life.

Lex loves her apples "shined up" before she eats them :)

When Lex was 2, she wanted to draw. So she took a green sharpie, and a black crayon to the inside of our armoir. (she climbed on the desk to get them LOL)

Many months ago, TJ wanted to "help me" scrapbook, and proceeded to dump ALL of my eyelets, brads, REALLY little embellishments out. It took 3 days to organize it again, but he had fun.

After TJ's second hospitalization for a week and a half, there was nothing more I looked forward to than a big Javalanche from Children's coffee shop on the way home.

It's SNOWING

FINALLY!!! Lex has been watching it for about 45 minutes. So happy!! I love the snow, so many of my fondest childhood memories have snow in them. I can't wait for TJ to wake up and see it, I'm half-tempted to go wake him up.

I don't know what it is about snow, but it's just beautiful to watch. Well, I'm off to start the morning. Enjoy your weather wherever you are!

American Idol

I just love this show. Can't wait til they whittle down the final 12. My favorite of the Idols has to be Carrie Underwood. TJ would agree with you.

My little girl is growing up

So it's a good thing she is getting bigger, just so sad it's so fast!! She had her first sleepover last night with her best friend. They watched movies, played Barbies and whatever else 2 little girls could fit inside a day. They got to eat popcorn on the couch (that's a big deal here), and stay up until 11:30. When she went home today it was like they were never gonna see each other again. Too funny!

I'm just so sad she's getting big so quickly!! So here is one of my favorite pictures of when she was still (kind of) little. She is so precious!

I wanna be a Rockstar!

So TJ is completely into music. It's amazing to watch him. He creates instruments out of everyday things ie: a spoon becomes a flute, his race track parts become a violin, my back becomes the piano LOL. Well every night before bed we always play a little game: when I tuck the kids in, I ask them fun questions about themselves. They LOVE it, this little ritual of ours. Well tonight I asked TJ what he wanted to be when he grew up. The list was "Spiderman", "Batman", and my favorite "Rockstar, mommy." He wants to play the drums and the guitar while he sings, and when he's done he wants everyone to clap for him. He is so sweet!

Self- Reflection

I've been doing a lot of this lately. I've come to a couple of conclusions. I apologize way too much for absolutely nothing, I need to laugh more- at myself and at life, and I need to just enjoy life more. With that said, here are my 2 funny stories for today (didn't happen today, but wanted to share)-

1) I had a dream the other night where I was helping the police with an undercover drug bust. Halfway through they arrested ME !! Anyway I was freaking out, and the cops are telling me to look through my stuff, it was coming out everywhere, all over my fingertips. So I open this container.....and COFFEE grounds were spilling out everywhere. I was getting arrested for "doing coffee". TOO funny!

2) I am THE queen of bargains. I can spot a bargain a mile away. But apparently I will try to pay full price for used scrapbook materials. Ask Brandi, she'll tell you. Hopelessly addicted, I am!!!