A day out

Well the boys had a wonderful time tailgaiting. There were campers, food, purple and gold and lots of boys playing football all around.

When they weren't playing football they were inside the camper hanging out playing with Pokemon cards.

I think we were out there almost 7 hours. We didnt go to the game but told the boys maybe another day we would go to a game.

It was fun hanging out with a bunch of people and eating food. It felt almost back to normal for us. Great day.

Well that's a quick post for now, heading out to take Bry to a birthday part, and Dev is going to hang out with Daddy. Toodles.

New outlook

Well things are so funny how they happen. I interviewed for a seemingly great job and now find out the job hiring has put on hold. Boo, so I called today about another PRN job that I interviewed for and guess what?? That job is on hold too!! Whaat???? REallyy??? What are the chances. Those are the only two jobs prospects for me at the moment. But then thoughts came rushing in my head....wait.....this is meant to be! I get to be off and spend the holidays with my boys!! Enjoying holiday time and doing holiday stuff!! That's what I always wish for every Christmas is to have more time off at the holidays and get to spend more time with the boys while they are out on school break....so....Yay!! I finally get my wish!!! I'm not going to stress about it anymore, at least not until January. I'm going to enjoy this time off!
The boys have the whole week off for Thanksgiving so I get to plan stuff for us to do and not worry about taking days off from work!! Then, I am going to check at their school to see if they need help with any volunteer stuff. Then, it will Christmas time!! And I'll be off so that I can go to the dress rehearsal for their Christmas program! Best part of that is that I can take pics and video with a better view than I'm sure I'll get the night of the actual performance. I also see cookie baking and Christmas treats in our future...yum! I feel peaceful now and I'm looking forward to this holiday season unlike any I've ever had yet. I feel very thankful right now.
We are going to our first ever tailgaiting this weekend. Funny, even when we lived in STL we never tailgated for a game. A friend of Mike's has invited us to tailgate Sat. with them for the LSU game. We aren't fans of LSU at all...Bama all the way...but I know it will be something different that the boys will really enjoy. They will also have another little boy to play with. Bryson also gets to go to his first birthday party here on Sunday. Another day out of the house...yay! I like that we are having a chance to do some different fun things with the boys that will continue to help out transition.
Well just a little update. I'll be back with tailgaiting pics later this weekend. Toodles.

This and that and then some

So I'm going to post some random pics yay! This is from our surprise going away party!! Mardi Gras theme! It was so much fun!

The girls had us play games in honor of my games that I always have at my parties...hee hee..lots of fun!

And yes, I'm balloon enhanced...ha ha ha!

This is from a recent date night we had. We went to Mobile and Mike's parents watched the boys so we could go see Bill Cosby live. Cosby was great of course, unfortunately my sinues were acting up but still tried to enjoy myself.

A cake we had for Devin back on his birthday.

Group photo, I have to take these while the boys still let me!

Out of order but a pic of Dev from his bday party that we had right before we moved.

We went to Mobile to celebrate Bryson's birthday.

And a pic of his special bday breakfast.

I got to join the boys at their Halloween parties at school. It was alot of fun. Bry got to dig into a pumpkin for prizes. It had cooked noodles in it to make it feel gushy.

Yep Mummy Dev! hee hee

We went trick or treating at a coworker of Mike's house. The other little boy was a ninja just like B. Too cute!

yes another group photo of me and my boys. We were ready for the Bama game, but sadly they lost. They should of won, but missed multiple field goal attempts, but we had fun anyway.

Dev and I ran our 1st 5K race together., It was so much fun.

He got two medals!! One for finishing the race and the other for coming in 3rd in his age group...great job Dev!

Out of order again, but I thought this is a cute picture.

So that's a little of what we've been up to. The boys have Santa picture day at school tomorrow. Wow, Santa is starting early!! :-)

Really hoping I hear something about a job this week!!

A happy note...Mike ironed all the boys clothes for the week! YAAY!! That was a happy moment...I have to savor all the good ones!! :-))
Sad note....the food we wanted to order as take out tonight as our last hoorah before dieting tomorrow is closed....boo!!! Now what???? Not sure..... we don't have our same usual food places here that we frequented back at home so it's hard to figure out what is yummy to treat ourselves to. I'm sure we'll find something I guess, and then it's the big D word right before the holidays.

The boys are really into football this year. They have learned so much about the plays and what's going on. Bry wears his football helmet and jersey he got for his bday almost everyday and runs around playing football in the house. Very cute, although not sure I'd let him play real football.

The boys have started making a list for Santa. They looked through Toys R Us book and Target toy books we got in the mail. Whoa...I have to say....toys are so expensive! Or I should say the toys they put in those books are expensive...wowzers!! Santa's sleigh is likely to be pretty light this year.

On a sad note, Dev is big and old enough to be without his booster seat in the car...boo! The boys are growing up so big and so fast! But on a good note, they still want lots of hugs and kisses from Mom and Dad!! yay!! I'm trying to take as many as possible while I can.

Well that's my blog for now. This week will be a cranky week with us starting our diets and new exercise plan. But hopefully in two weeks we'll be feeling and looking much better yay! ha ha....anyway...toodles.

Alot but not really

So I haven't been blogging much. I know. For any of you on FB , I do post some pics on there. I haven't been blogging much because I just haven't felt like it. Kinda sad, things are so tangled right now and our life is in transition. Many great things have happened, but there are many things that haven't happened yet that are very stressful. I usually like to blog about happy and funny stuff and I have felt more of the opposite lately.
On a good note, my boys have both had birthdays and are a year older...wow!! They got accepted into our school of choice and are loving it and doing very well.

I'm waiting to hear about two different jobs that I've interviewed for. It gets pretty frustrating waiting for the call so that I can go to work and make the money we need. Our house still hasn't sold either. That is very stressful, I know the market is slow, but just praying someone will come along and need/want it soon! The holidays are coming up and I'm already bummed about it. Things are so different. I'm trying my best to keep good spirits and to keep things as usual as possible for the boys. They enjoyed trick or treating and are begging for candy daily...hee hee.....although I need to get rid of that stuff because i keep snacking on it while they are at school! Well just a short note, I'm still around, just not alot of fun stuff (in my opinion) to blog about. Hoping good news will come very soon and things will become alittle more normal!! Toodles.

Llllllllllllllllooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnggggggggg

Yes it's been a long long time since I've been on here. I know. We are fairly settled into our temporary apartment. We had a roller coaster offer on our house that fell through..big bummer! So now we are just praying for another one soon! The boys are doing great in school and seem to have adjusted pretty well. They ride the bus to and from school now. They love it, I'm still not comfortable yet with it. But the great thing is, that we walk out of the house 5 min before the bus comes and then I walk out 5 min before they get home, I have to admit that is nice compared to the commuting back and forth to school every day. Their biggest excitement is going over the speed bumps! HAHA remember those days?? I do! LOL!
A few weekends ago we did some touring around downtown Baton Rouge. We went to the Capitol building, that was very interesting and it had beautiful views from an observatory about 30 stories up!
We have been looking around at houses here, but it's kinda depressing. It's much more expensive than where we are coming from...boo! We did find one we like but not sure how long it will last. We aren't ready to write the contract on it yet.
We are heading back to our house this weekend. It will be great to see family and some friends. We need to get some items that we didn't bring and I want to try to spruce up the house a little bit now that we are out of it and make it more show staged ready.
The boys have a long weekend next weekend for fall break. I think we might head to New Orleans and visit the zoo and the aquarium. Its only an hour away so that's not bad at all.
I'm finding my way around town pretty good and getting to learn where things are. I've put out applications and resumes for some jobs, but no responses yet. It took me about 2 months to find a job last time we moved, so it's only been about 3 weeks or so here. Hoping I can find a job I love like I had before!
It's very wierd being in a new town and not knowing anyone. The Mom's at the bus stop seem nice but it's just not the same. I keep thinking we are on some kind of extended vacation, but we are not....  :-(  I know it will all work out, it will just take some time.
I am looking forward to getting my Halloween stuff to bring back so I can decorate a little. I'm feeling lost not doing my decorating and not planning for a witch party like last year...that was so much fun! I'll have to get back in creative mode the next few weeks with Halloween treats for the boys.

I have been doing my running still, so that's good. I need to hit the complex workout room and add in the weights while I have access to them. You'd think I would since I have a lot of free time now, but it's been kinda hard to get really motivated. But I'm going to try to have a new outlook next week and get going.

Oh yeah, on a positive note, I ran a 10K with two girlfriends before I moved. It was a small race, but I got 1st place in my age group!!! hee hee... Only time I'll get 1st place but that's ok , I'll take it!!  :-)

Not sure how to rotate this pic, but Dev in front of the State Capitol building.

The view of below.

Checking out the view.

Well I was going to add a few more pictures, but now it's deciding to act wierd. I'll put more on here next time. I'll be back next week after our weekend trip.

Toodles.

Here we go again.

The boys had their 1st day of school for the 2nd time this year. They did great and had an awesome day! They both seemed to enjoy it. It was a long morning though because this new school starts an hour later than their old one so it was a long time waiting on school to start. They are such early birds so it was a long time till 830. :-)

They insisted on a football pose!

You can tell they like their football around here, wow! Check out these chip bags in Target. Of course I had to get them for the boys!

Just a quick post for you for now. Toodles. Time for homework!

Settling

We are slowly getting settled into our new place. Wow, this is going to be interesting. It's very wierd being in a new town, new streets, new shops, new everything! The boys are adjusting and trying to figure this whole thing out too! Visited a nice church today and hoping to check out school for the boys tomorrow. Just wanted to drop in to say we made it and are doing good! Many thanks to our family and friends for all their help with our move, we couldn't of done it without all of you! Love to all....be back later this week hopefully!

Did you think?

Think I'd never be back to blog?? hee hee , I'm still around just busy. Our family trip was awesome!!! We had a great trip, great weather, great ship and great family time!
This is a busy week!! It's almost outta here time!! yikes! This is short but I hope to be back next week with some blogging. Toodles for now, we are doing good just busy! Love to all!

Well, well, well

I'm finally back for a few words. Like I said busy, busy, busy! Let me start by saying we celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary on the 30th!! Wow, that's kinda hard to believe when I really think about it, time has flown by! Unfortunately Mike was out of town working, but we celebrated in spirit! But our list of coincidences continues!! He comes home tonight and had bought both boys a Nike shirt while he was out of town. Funny thing....I bought the boys the same exact shirt yesterday but just different colors!!!!! Now is that wierd or what? I mean really, the same exact shirt??? Plus he got his from the NIke outlet and I was shopping on the Kohl's clearance rack..LOL! What are the chances really of us picking that same Nike sleeveless sports shirt? Now to the 2nd part....then we exchange anniversary cards....I bet you know what I'm going to say.....YEP!! We had bought each other the SAME EXACT CARD!!! All of these things are just so funny that keep happening....I just feel relaxed with the thoughts that all of this that is happening must surely be meant to be!!

So today was my last day at work! It was a happy but tearful day! I am really going to miss my job and the people I worked with!! It was a tough day, and sorry but I won't recap it right now so that I won't drop tears all over the keyboard!

Next the exciting part...CRUISE!! oh yeah baby!! I will be MIA again for a little bit on this blog, but I'll be back and try to at least say Hello, then we will only have one week till moving day! I'll try to get on here with short updates, and I will definetely be back on here after the move with lots of stories to tell I'm sure of it!! I have several girl's lunch out dates and a dinner night out with other girlfriends. Getting all of my girlfriend time in before I go. Everyone is sad that there won't be a cookie party! I guess they get a break from baking all the cookies, but who knows what I might come up with!! hee hee

So I'm also praying for the coincidence that we'll get an offer on the house while we are on the cruise!! So you all pray too! Our agent will definetely know how to contact us for when it happens.....   :-)

Well that's my short update and I'll be back shortly with updates from our wonderful trip!! Bon Voyage!

More fun and stuff

So a couple of weeks ago shortly after we put our house on the market my in-laws sent us the St. Joseph statue to bury in our yard. He will help us sell our house!

We went out and found the perfect spot for the statues.

We have been having alot of coincidental things happening with this whole moving event. But this statue came with a card telling the instruction of how and where to bury St. Joseph and the prayers to say and everything. Well on the back of the card it tells of how this originated it starts to mention St. Teresa of Avila!!!!!!!what??????? Believe this or not, but that is the name of the school in the town we are moving that the boys will be attending....how about that??!!!!  I couldn't believe it!! Must be meant to be!

Dev decided he wanted a snorkle set. I told him that would be great and he could use it on our cruise! So he thought it would be a great idea to try it out in our tub!! Ok....why not?....so he did!! It was funny, but he did a great job! I can't wait to see him and get pics of him snorkeling in the ocean right off of Disney's private island.....nice!!

Back to share a few more pics of my niece's play date and the kids all playing.

This pic is kinda blurry, but I really like it! Except that the boys are looking so grown!  :-(

I can't wait to bring this pic back out when she's like uhh...let's say 16!! LOL!

Follow me!!

Well we haven't had anymore showings yet...hoping we will get at least one and more would be great this weekend!! Kinda a bummer to keep the house sparkling and no one is coming by to see it!!

Wow, ran 6 miles on Tuesday night and 2.5 miles tonight. I keep track of my running with an app on FB. Well I can't wait to see the total mileage the end of this month. I have been officially keeping track for just over a year. But there are runs that are logged before that. So I'm starting from last August to this August when I've been keeping a log. Amazing...I have ran at least once...hee hee..mostly more than once...but I have ran every month for the last year! wow! That's quite an accomplishment for me. So at the end of this month I want to see the total mileage, that's kinda cool. If I can get at least 20 more miles in this month I will have my 2nd highest mileage month all year from last August, but if I'm remembering right even if I don't get to 20, a few more runs and I'll be in the top 3rd month. The next week will be a little crazy with everything happening, but I would love to get another 20 miles in!! We'll see how it goes.

I can't believe I only have 4 more days of work left. I will really miss where I work. There have been issues don't get me wrong, just like every other place, but overall it's been such a great job and place to work, I can only pray I'll be blessed with another great job in our new city! Oh yeah...I forgot to mention a few other of the coincidences! So, Dev was worried about not having a bday party here, since we are moving one week before his bday. He told me he needed at least 30 days at his new school to make friends to have a party...LOL....I started to feel bad so I told him we'd have a party the weekend before we move with family and a few of his best friends. Well, some of you might remember and if you don't....we moved from STL about one week before Dev's 1st bday and had a party for him there right before we left! That was exactly 7 years ago!! Well, to top if off....so we've lived here 7 years and we previously lived in STL for 7 years!! Go figure! Isn't that wierd! I know....I'm seeing all these wierd things, but it's true though! Wow!! Go lucky 7!! what else?! I say our house sells Sept 7th!! yes...say it with me....sells on sept. 7th!!! LOL....but I do pray it's true!

Well I think that's all for now. Lots of other preparation for the move details but pretty boring about that so I'll skip it. Just to say everything is lining up. But, I'm looking forward to the cruise most of all!! 1 week and just a few days...yippee!!!!!!!!!

Toodles.

Fun

Here I am, I know the blogs have been scarce... I got to watch my neice one evening. She had alot of fun playing with the boys. What cute cousins!!  Sad that the for sale sign is in the background though...Ha...didn't realize it until after I had taken the pics and the kids ran off to finish playing.

Dev drew a scooter with the sidewalk chalk and decided to ride it!

Bry drew himself riding on his scooter!
Love the pics!!

We are steady busy around here lately. Lots of to do stuff!

We did go to the mall on Saturday while Mike got an eye exam. It has been awhile since I've been to the mall walking around with the boys. We rode a small train that rides around through the mall, and we rode the carousel and Dev did this trampoline jumping thing all while we were waiting on Daddy. The best part was when we went back to check on him, the girl told us that me and the boys could get some sunglasses if we wanted with my vision insurance and if they were under $100 we would only have to pay tax. Hmmm...why not?! hee hee. The insurance is ending this month and I've been paying for 2 months so why not? So I looked around and found myself a $99 pair of Ralph Lauren sunglasses and paid $5 for them! wow...can't beat that!! Then we looked for the boys....too funny....my boys both have Ray Ban sunglasses now! They cost us $4 and $5 dollars, normally $89 and $99!! What a deal! Ha...you can't even buy children's spiderman sunglasses for under $10! The best part is as the boys grow she said we could just bring the glasses back to any location and they can adjust them for free! wow! Yeah! We all left the mall looking pretty cool in our new sunglasses! That was funny!

I think I have some more pics to share, but don't have my camera with me right now.

Oh yeah, I did make another food creation for the boys this weekend! It was Angry Bird toast with jelly!
The boys loved it, I think it did turn out pretty cute. A friend on FB said her son saw the pic and was like "why do they get treats for breakfast?" ha ha...she figured she might try it too! :-)

Still been trying to get my running in. I haven't been doing too bad. It's pretty tough with all the schedule changes that I'm trying to keep us with, the to do list and the normal stuff too. But I'm hanging in there. I've actually added in a new sprint interval workout occassionally, and wow I have to say it has really helped. It has increased my regular pace by quite a bit. Very interesting!

Well I think that's my update for now.....

9 days till our vacation!! whoo hoo and 11 days till the crusie! I'm so excited!!!

Toodles!

Here I am

Well, things have just been busy busy. Not too much fun to report. Just getting things done around the house. The boys are doing good in school. They seem to like their new teachers.
We did have a house showing today...so lots of PRAYERS!!

Anyway, busy at work too, trying to get things lined up for my departure!

I know this isn't long and wasn't much fun to read. I'll try to have some fun stuff to post next time!!

First!

First let me recap to the first day of school which was last week. The boys were up and bright eyed eating their breakfast on the first day of school. Of course Dev was already playing games! LOL

Heading off to 2nd grade!! wow!

My little Kindergardner!!

I did manage to get a pic of me and Dev. Didn't get the Mommy and Bry pic yet....I'll have to sneak one of those soon!

Ready to go!

Aren't they so cute walking in with Daddy!

Dev getting all his stuff ready in his new desk.

Daddy helping Bry get his stuff put away.

No tears from Mommy this year. Wow!! The boys are pro's at this and I guess Mommy and Daddy are getting there too! But I did see alot of scared little faces in the school that day, especially the little ones. It was probably their very very first day!!

So, back to our big news! Yes we are moving to Baton Rouge. This has come as quite a shock but we will prevail. We' ve went down and checked out the area and little bit of the housing. So many things are happening so fast. I just pray that our house sells quickly! Mike is already commuting down for work for the next few weeks until we can get ourselves in order and get some temporary housing there. We are going to go ahead and get the boys tranferred into school down there also. I'm hoping the earlier in the school year, the better and easier it will be for them. This is all happening very fast. Plus, we have our family cruise coming up Labor Day weekend!! Really looking forward to that!!

Wow...lots on our plate. But we are taking it day by day and have our positive hats on knowing all will work out just fine! I will surely miss everything we have here, house, neighborhood, school, family and friends!! But, I'm trying not to think of those sad things and keep upbeat and positive for our new chapter in our life.

Well back to my to do list! I'll try not to be gone so long this time from blogging!! Toodles.

Don't give up!

I'm still here, it's just been kinda crazy.
We're moving!! EEkk!! Hubby got new job and we are moving in probably about a month. Things are very busy and I haven't had a chance to blog much. I'll try to get on tomorrow and fill in some details!!
We are all doing well though! We have our positive hats on and are walking through our new door of life!
Toodles.

Bee

Just buzzing in to say a quick Hi!

Busy busy bee around here. I'll be back soon.

Now this is funny!

This is one of the pages I told you about in the homemade baby book! See how my friend pasted Mom's face on the baby!!

Now Mom is driving the forklift!! Hysterical!

I will have to get pics of the rest of the book! It was so funny!!