TGIF

1. Sweet dreams monkey.

2. Mornings are hard especially for me, I am not a morning person.

3. Silliness is a common occurrence in this house.

4.Not sure what I am going to be this Halloween.

5. Outstanding or not at all.

6.A vacation is what I want right now!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to nothing, tomorrow my plans include going to the Fall Festival and Sunday, I want to enjoy time with the fam!

SOLD!!

I am so excited that we finally sold our old car. It is about time. We finally only have one car. (Jeff's truck is not his, it is a work vehicle but he can use it for personal reasons.) I felt like the other ones were going to waste. It is weird though, I feel like a piece of me is gone. That was our first car we ever purchased and it holds a place in my heart. Parker loved that car and was not happy to see it go. We had lots of good times in that car and we are happy that someone can use it!!

Like when I was a kid

My dad has always had a really good garden. He has 5 gallon buckets of tomatoes and his squash are huge. When I was younger my dad would buy a bushel of corn and we would steam that and then get some fresh garden tomatoes and cut those up and then sprinkle them with salt. And that was dinner. YUMMY!!!! I feel like it was yesterday. Now that I am grown I have tried the garden thing and we have quite the tomatoes. We are always eating cherry ones. Well at least me and Parker are, Jeff hates them. But we also have quite the plant with large tomatoes. For lunch today I had some (of course they were sprinkled with salt, just like when I was a kid) and they were yummy. It took be back a few years. Then I was quickly brought back to reality when Addison threw her juice at me. But it was a nice moment and brought back lots of memories. I sure do miss the good old days!!

TGIF

(She was so proud that you made it all flat...it was hiliarious!!)

1. I have a history of killing my plants.

2. A 2nd language is something I wish I knew.

3. I'm eating (or recently ate) oatmeal every morning for breakfast.

4. What happens while your on the road stays on the road.

5. So that's it, that's all the sleep I get?

6. Something is better than nothing!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to having my husband home, tomorrow my plans include going to the Farmer's Market and Sunday, I want to listen to conference!

Goal Accomplished!!!

I set out to run a 10K last spring and started training and yesterday I did it. It went really well. I have always enjoyed running and started doing it again after I had Addison. I am no good at it and I am not a sprinter but slow and steady finishes the race. I am just glad it is over and I may do another one in November. The first two miles is always the hardest and so once I got past the 2 mile mark I was fine. I did get a little concerned towards the end though. I was running probably a quarter of a mile behind a group of people the whole time and at the end of the race you turn a few corners and then the finish line is right there. At one point I didn't see anyone and thought that maybe I had gone the wrong way, but once I turned that last corner all my worries were gone and the finish line was in site. I felt really good after I ran and feel great to have accomplished my goal. (sorry the pics are so bad, they were taken with Jeff's cell phone.)

TGIF

(Her favorite place to be. In Parker's bedroom in his tent)

1. One week ago was having another sleepless child, that meant for a long day (gotta love teething and earaches).

2. I wanted to be a nurse when I was young.

3. Mama told me dinner's done, and left frozen meat on the counter, we all just tease her and laugh about it now.

4. Just you and me.

5. Take your time growing up.

6. Days of no sleep will pass!

7. And as for the weekend, tonight I'm looking forward to my hubby home(first night this week), tomorrow my plans include running a 10k and Sunday, I want to digital scrapbook!

Labor Day Fun!!!

I know this is way late, but this is kind of like my journal and so I wanted to write about it. Jeff had Labor Day off and we had talked about going to Balmorhea State Park. (it is less than 2 hours away) We never made it out there during the summer and so we thought it would be the perfect day. Until the day came and we noticed that is was overcast. We were nervous about going, but went anyway. If anything we had a nice drive and got to see the "mountains." Or what West Texans call mountains. For those of you who don't know what Balmorhea is let me explain, It's main attraction is a large spring that is home to fish and turtles. (the sign said there were turtles. but we didn't see any.) It is 25 feet deep and is 72-76 degrees all year long. They also have camping available. It is kind of weird to swim with the fish and there is no just hanging out in the water with it being so deep, but it is a lot of fun. Parker had asked if we could go a dozen or so times during the summer and we told him we had a surprise and didn't tell him where we were going. He was stoked when he figured it out. He was funny to watch, he kept trying to catch the fish. He said he wanted to grill them and eat them. He saw some kids feeding them and so next time he has a game plan, he is going to bring food and a fishing pole. With it being overcast I was nervous about Addison in the water, but she loved it!! It did start to warm up later in the day and we had a great time. Next year we want to go back in July when it is warmer. I was just glad that we had a great time, it warmed up and we found the shallow part. It is only 3 feet deep and so Parker was able to play around with out having to swim the whole time. We can't wait to go back next year.