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It has been a while...so long that I couldn't remember which email I used to set up this account.  Say what?

What I can remember is the blast that Little Man and I had our double date with our friends.  Our boys are growing up so fast!  Check them out a few years back and now...they keep growing up so fast.  

    

ForeSHOEdowing...

This picture was taken on Little Man's first day of school.  Why of the shoes?  Well, he has been asking for these AirMax shoes for a couple of years.  He watches the style of men he loves...friend of the family (Michael A.), my brother, and one of Brian's former basketball players.  2 of the 3 own shoes very similar.  Hence the obsession.  We finally agreed when the grandparents agreed to chip in some money.
Needless to say, he was super proud to wear the shoes on the first day of school. He wanted a picture of just his shoes.  My friends, this was foreSHOEdowing (foreshadowing) at its best.
Rewind just 15 minutes before this picture.
Little Man yells at me that he can't get his shoe on.  So, I try to help and am having a hard time forcing his foot into the shoe.  I check the other shoe size to be sure I got the right size and it was correct.  I continue to work to squeeze his foot into his new kicks.  We agree that they just needed to be broken in.  He is getting frustrated because the shoes fit in the store and is worried that he wouldn't be able to wear them for the first day of school.  Quickly, I tell him that he just needed to break the shoes in and he can wear the shoes without socks (gross, I know).  When we picked him up from school, he complained that one foot had been hurting him all day long.  Brian took both shoes off only to find that one was a size 1 and the other 12.  Poor guy wore one shoe that was 2 sizes too small all day long because his mom couldn't figure the issue out and he so desperately wanted to sport his new kicks!
After being completely ticked with myself and the lady at Foot Locker, we finally began to laugh!  Brian took the shoes back and issued an informal complaint.
Never a dull moment...to say the least!

FOUND IT, NOW USE IT!

I have been a total slacker on this blog as of late.  However, this doesn't mean that I have been slacking at home.  Well, I am always a slacker when it comes to cleaning because I can't keep up with constant ideas/brainstorm screaming my name.  I actually wanted to be at Lee University's Homecoming or a retreat with my church, but I am a make lemonade out of lemons kinda gal!  What lemonade am I making this weekend?  Planning for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and everything in between.  I am searching Christmas PJs for the family, planning our annual Christmas brunch, rummaging through old magazines, kissing the babies, eating donuts (had to slide that in),  and ATTEMPTING to get our basement cleaned up!  While rummaging through old magazines, I came across something that you guys (all of 3 that may still read this) might like to use.  There is an artist in Cincinnati that is often featured in Family Fun Magazine.  She has a really great lunch survey and a new thankful survey.  Check them out!  Love, love it!

Since I mentioned the lunch survey, I should mention that I have become crazy mom when it comes to packing the kids' lunches.  My Dad (you read that correctly) packed the most amazing lunches for me as a school gal.  He would write notes, use a sandwich puncher that said "Have a nice Day," and made me egg sandwiches any day I wanted.  I can proudly say that I only bought school lunch one time as a child.  That one day confirmed packed lunches weren't for me!  Last week, I had a blast with the Fall/Halloween theme.  My Little Mr. and Miss seem to love finding out what I have packed because they are quick to share with their grandparents when I drop them off!  I keep forgetting to take some pics!
I have found some really creative blogs that have sparked some serious creativity.  Check out these websites:

BENTOBLOGGY
LUNCH PUNCH
ANOTHER LUNCH...my absolute favorite!!!

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL 2010

Little Mr. is officially in 1st grade and Little Miss is in Preschool!  They both love going to school and taking a packed lunch.  We are now settling into a routine of sorts.  I am not gonna get too used to it because basketball season starts soon.

 (Good Friend, "FOFIE")

Miss Patti...One of Little Miss's wonderful teachers and a good friend of our family!

MODELING 101

I have the privilege of being the photographer in our family.  My kids are the models.  You never know exactly what they will be wearing, so my camera has to be handy at all times.  I even had the honor of photographing Little Miss as a pregnant girl...scary, but hilarious!  

Colorado 2010

You better believe that after just coming home from South Carolina, we flew out to Colorado.  We were home just long enough for Brian to do the laundry!  :)  What can I say?  I am super blessed in more ways than one!

We haven't been able to go to Colorado since the Christmas before last.  Traveling to get there last time was almost unbearable.  It literally makes me sick to think about it.  Little Miss still had a few of her reflux episodes which caused her to vomit.  In fact, it happened while I was holding her on my hip trying to help Little Man in the lavatory on the plane.  She vomited all over the door...YuCk!  Not only am I a germaphobe, but it was pretty cramped in there with the three of us...so it was an ugly mess to say the least.  

We got to watch our cousins in a rodeo, went camping for the day, hung out with the family while eating great food, and picked vegetables from my gma's garden.  

Check out some of the photos of our trip...

    

(I spent a lot of time in here and in the woods...good gosh!)