Biggest Losers, For Sure

Ahh! What a sucky show! The Biggest Loser is driving me crazy this season. I have always enjoyed watching it and cheering on someone. HUBA (aka:Heba) BUBBA is making this show all about her. If I were Tracey, I think that I would have to tell Huba to back off my husband. I can't decide if Tracey and Brady are stupid or will turn out being the smarter. That team, minus Amy, deserves each other. Funny thing, if they make it the next few rounds, they will have to pick each other off. Huba, your a gonner. AHHHHHH! I just want to stop watching but I have watched this show from the first season and have seen so many neat stories, so I will continue to watch but NBC isn't getting my vote on Best Sitcom for this season. haha.

I have to tell you about my header. I love it but can't take credit for it. My friend Kerri is a graphic designer/stay at home mom/jewelery maker/AWESOME! She has always been a very gifted person. Growing up, she had such a cute room. I will never forget her getting gum ball machine for her bedroom. Kerri's mother and Kerri are so creative. They make all kinds of things, put things together that are super fun and easy, sometimes...haha, and are so sweet about sharing their talents with others.
It just so happened that she saw a blog that was something she liked and made a new header to her blog. I was so impressed and told her so many of my friends had neat headers, so how were they doing it? She told me the blog she saw was on my list of friends and she just used it to make hers. She said to send her things that were about me, things I liked and she would do one for me. SO..........that's how I got my new header.
Thanks Kerri and I will send business your way if you are interested :) haha. Love ya.

Monday, October 13, was Casey's 33rd Birthday. He had a really long day and the weather was very gloomy. For a birthday, it wasn't "full of fun or excitement", says he. Growing up and even now, birthdays are always very special,a big deal and most of the time, spent with family. We weren't able to be with extended family but our little family was more than enough to have a birthday party and make a big deal out of his day. We were cooken' something special for him when he arrived home. We had birthday Cookie Cake, a huge favorite of Casey's, on Saturday with his parents and sister. Casey also doesn't care for too many sweets but his all time favorite is CHOCOLATE! The kids and I decided to make chocolate cupcakes and decorate them especially for him. Camden and Jadyn are always very good about helping. Anytime they can be of service, they are. Camden wanted me to let him "Do all the work." So, I figured, why not, no one but us are going to partake in eating the cupcakes, what do we have to lose :) haha. He started with the cake mix, added the oil, water and then we hit an all time high. We broke eggs and mixed with a hand mixer. He laughed when I showed him how to hold the eggs and how to pull them apart without putting shells in. "Ohhhh, that's yuck but I want to do it again." He did it two more times and then the kitchen "power tools" came to life. He really did a great job. Cam was very careful and watched to get all the powders mixed with the liquids. Then we put the batter into the pumpkin paper tins and waited for them to bake. When they were pulled out, we decided to take Casey out to eat.

Casey's favorite food is seafood. We aren't familiar with Abilene's seafood, so Red Lobster was the final vote, given by Camden. He loves cheddar biscuits, so that's how we made up our minds :) haha. After a nice dinner, as a family with no spilled drinks, no food on our clothes and no fighting, we returned home. Jadyn's part of the baking was here. Camden was carefully giving instructions about putting the right amount of icing on each cupcake and then telling Jadyn which decoration was to go on which cupcake. She too did a great job. As you can see, we had Halloween decor. instead of birthday to make it more festive. We all sang "Happy Birthday, Daddy" and downed the cupcakes. Casey really enjoyed the evening and so did we. If you ever need a mixer, call me and Camden will be right over. He even loads the dirty dishes into the dishwasher. Pretty impressive!

Precious child. I am always giving God praise and thanks for what He provides. Yesterday I was so busy cleaning, babysitting, putting together football decor and preparing gifts for friends. Camden was working in a workbook and he sat next to me to go over instructions. He is so smart, he needed no help. I said, "Cam, where's Jade?" He laughed and said, "You put Baby Cooper on her pillow and so she got yours and she's asleep at the glass door." I almost cried, it was so cute. She was plum out. My children are such a blessing and I hope that more moments happen like yesterday to continually remember how awesome God is and how His creations are amazing.

Pumpkin Patch 2008

What a blast! Jenni, the kids and I planned an outting to the DRI Pumpkin Patch. They had received 4 tons shippment of pumpkins for their sale that day. We picked out 4 large pumpkins, 2 smaller ones, then Jadyn and Camden hand selected 13 tiny pumpkins we couldn't live without! I almost passed out when I wrote a check for $30. I have never paid more than $15 to decorate my porch. What's funny is Jenni paid $20 and she didn't have as much help as I did! Oh but she did have help. That's why it was $20, haha! Anyways, both of us love the fall and taking the kids just set the mood for a special Halloween. We are planning a carving party later next week. We will have to post the outcome of that mess! That's an understatement!!!

No, Camden does not have a fugus or disease he's just filthy. Jadyn and he were loving the weather and playing outside. Under one of our pecan trees there's more dirt than grass. Being the outdoor kids they are, they are drawn to dirt. For over two hours, they played on the tree swing, dug in the dirt, drew on the sidewalk with chalk and then back to the dirt. His favorite part of playing in the dirt was......"Camden, time to come in and get a shower."

BY THE WAY.....I did not plan on the pictures lining up the way they did. My cousin Jenni and I can't stop laughing. Poor Kid, not the best picture of him and even worse they line up making him look like he belongs in "The Lord of Rings".

What Fun! My Aunt Janine and Uncle Charles were named ACU's Parents of the Year 2008. It was such an honor and as a family we went to show our support and excitement for them. We surprised them by attending chapel where they recognized them and presented them with a plaque. Before we entered chapel, we met in Jenni's "Event" office and it isn't very big (but it will be :) huh, Jenni?) but we squeezed in to give hugs and say Hi. As a family, we attended the reception, had a big lunch at Spencers and dinner at our house. Then on Saturday morning, we met for breakfast to end our time together. It was alot of eating and spending time together but our family loves every minute, no matter what it is.