A good time was had by all.

My mother, who has recently become addicted to the blogging world, seems to be slightly obsessed with the phrase "a good time was had by all." She hates it. I did not know this until I used it in a post. She has now taken it upon herself to e-mail me EVERY POST she comes across with this phrase. Thank you mom for always nicely showing me the error of my ways. I vow here and now to never use the "most overused and unoriginal" phrase in the blogosphere.

Please note the hint of sarcasm and know that if you have used this phrase in your blogs, we won't hold it against you. We just think its funny. Now try not to notice it in the next 59 blog entries you read. Here's to a new phrase...."it seems as though everyone enjoyed themselves immensely." Oh yeah, much better.

Post Renamed: Dessert!

I renamed this post "Dessert" because it is sweet, yummy and I can't seem to get enough of it!

The photographer http://www.robbinsstudio.com/ did a GREAT job! I can't wait to place my order!!!!

My Grownup Christmas List

Oh how I LOVE fall! The drive to school right now is AMAZING! The colors are indescribable! My mom and I spent the morning together on Tuesday, which I LOVE and it got me all in the holiday spirit. I am so excited for Christmas this year I can hardly stand it. But I am also looking forward to everything in between. I have my beautiful children giggling their way through the days. I have my super hot husband walking in the door each day ready to take the giggling kiddos outside while I get dinner ready (in peace and quiet!). I have a father in Heaven who loves me and has blessed me infinitely. I have an insanely supportive family who make a habit of being totally awesome 99 percent of the time. And get ready to be jealous...my in laws rock too! I guess what I am trying to say, is that I have all I ever need, right here.

But I also have this totally awesome family, including my husband, who love to have ideas for what to get me for Christmas. I have compiled a list of links here just for you! Please note, I am very much aware that I may get VERY few of these things, but that's why they call it a WISH list! So....

1. World Peace

2. A set of knives

3. Colander

4. Cookie sheets and cooling racks

5. Grater

6. Thermometer

7. Cutting Board

8. A four slice toaster...mine is very unpredictable and slightly possessed.

9. Nintendo DS

10. This one is for the boys in my life. Size Large/Real Tree please!

11. Under Armour socks. The exact ones my dad had that I ALMOST stole. (why am I such an honest person? I loved those socks!)

12. Two of these....

of course Claire and Cohen's names would be more appropriate. http://lisaleonardonline.com/

13. One of THESE shirts....size XL I think. Should hide the "Christmas Pudge"

14. This book

15. Guitar Hero World Tour for the Wii

Okay, so I was just looking back over my list and realized...I AM OFFICIALLY A GROWN UP! But ooooh that list of stuff looks like so much fun! Happy shopping! ;-)

My Love is....

Brian wanted to go last week and check on the food plots in Conway in preparation for opening weekend of deer season. He likes to go with someone, and there were no takers, so we decided that we would all go! Here are some pictures of our adventure. I feel like I should explain the trailer. It is there so the boys can sleep there the night before they hunt. Rather than pay to stay in the motel or get up at 3 a.m. to drive up that morning, they decided this would be a great idea. You won't catch me there this year. MAYBE next year after I do my hunters safety course, get a gun that won't blow my shoulder off, some new boots and camo...then I will consider spending the night in the middle of the woods in a trailer with no power or running water. I've gotta get myself worked up for that one! If you are laughing at me..I'm being serious. I'm gonna give it a whirl. Anyway, here's the pictures set to one of my favorite songs. Take me home Randy Travis.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

PS Please don't tell Claire what the tree stand and food plots are really for. (You know, coaxing the "Bambi's" out of the woods into the path of certain death.) In due time, we will explain it...but not this year!

It's Electric!

I locked the kids out of the house today....ahem...I mean, I encouraged them to go jump on the trampoline in order to work off some of that excess energy that they seem to be full of this week. When I went out to replace Coco's clothing (including his diaper), here is what I found.

Gotta love the static!

We finally found a cheap pair of cowboy boots for Cohen's cowboy Woody costume. He isn't going to look exactly like Woody, because I was afraid to order the Disney costume online and they didn't have it in the store. Most likely he will just be a cowboy because I really want to paint on a mustache and beard, but I think it's cute when he says "Woody." Stay tuned for pictures of their costume parade on Thursday!

Also, please pray for our friend Brian and his family. Between someone stealing their truck on Monday morning, an emergency appendectomy for Brian on Monday evening, a house that needs to be finished this week (he is a contractor), and five sweet kids at home....they have their hands full! The good news is...they KNOW God is right there with them!

Irresistible!

Not Me! Monday

Last week I did not eat a 1 pound bag of saltwater taffy from Silver Dollar City in its entirety....by myself.

I did not tell a little fib to Big Daddy and the kids about the taffy being non-existent.

I most certainly did not get Cohen out of bed in the middle of the night and cuddle for an hour just because he woke up and cried a little. That would be a really bad habit to get into with a kid who has always slept through the night!

I did not totally slack on laundry all week. If I would have, I would be up to my eyeballs in dirty clothes today.

I did not laugh really hard at Cohen when he discovered that he HATES candy corn. He discovered this by shoving a handful in his mouth and then started gagging. The weird thing is, he wouldn't just spit it out. It was chew, gag, repeat. I would NEVER laugh hysterically at something like that. That's mean and MY mother NEVER laughed at me in similar situations.

I did not feel sad when I read an e-mail stating that tonight is our last "Created" Bible study. I mean, why would I be sad? It's only one of the BEST things that has ever happend to my marriage! (More on that later....much more!)

I did not get a little upset yesterday when I went to get Coco out of the car at church only to notice that Big Daddy had decided to put a pair of giant sized Shrek crocs on him. I didn't get even more upset when I realized that he was totally serious and that Coco would in fact be wearing said crocs to church.

I did not feel really ridiculous by the time we met back up in the sanctuary for getting so upset over something SO STUPID. Then, I didn't apologize 10 times to Big Daddy who was still laughing about it!

I did not just stick my finger in poop.

Happy Monday and don't forget to pray for Steph, she just had the first chemo treatment for round 2. Pray that God will HEAL HER!