Day Number 81

Today we drove out to the dealership we bought our expidition from!!! Only because they FINALLY got the lisence plates in! The temporary ones were only you know, 11 days expired! I am glad we didn't go out to get renewed temp  papers because that would have been a waste of a lot of gas!
 I think the dealership we went to is out in Richardson!  But we got to drive through Downtown Dallas. I love being a passenger driving out there but I HATE being the driver. There are far too many crazy drivers!

I love Dallas!

Day Number 80

After a time of little-no rain the world always looks a little bit brighter after a good rainstorm! I went outside to find this lone pink flower in my yard!!!

Day Number 76

I saw these somewhere and now I can't remember where but I absolutely had to make them! So yesterday I started them and once they were dry today I finished them! I LOVE them! But I need to find some fishing wire or something to hang them with. The strings are WAY too visible ^_^  Im gonna try and get Bell to co-operate with me later! ^_^

I can't wait to use these!!!

Day Number 73

 Well, The baby sparrow passed away this afternoon. I was a bit concerned last night when it's chirp seemed to have disappeared. My oldest daughter seems to be taking it the hardest.
  We went over to Mom's this afternoon. I wanted my sister to model some things for me, 15 year old sisters come in handy that way. Marc (Stepdad) popped into the room where the boys were playing on the xbox and he knew I was in the room with camera in hand but was apparently clueless to my snapping a couple of shots of him. Which maked this photo so amusing to me. I figured he'd chosen to ignore me!

Day Number 72

I am so thankful that it is Friday!!! I am looking forward to this weekend!
We, the kids and I, have been walking home from school.  So far it's been about 3 or 4 days out of the week. But I am at a point where I really enjoy it. I get home feeling upbeat and energetic AND Its great quality time with the kids withought electronice to damper it. Not only all of that, but the kids are a bit more mellow most of the time because they have worked off most  of their pent up energy!!
 Today we were almost home. I was walking ahead of the older ones because they had stopped to observe something. Turns out that something was a baby bird who had fallen out of it's nest. Which would be no suprise considering how active it is! So, I have a baby chick to try and nurture. It's been so long since I helped my mom take care of misc animals. I really hope it makes it!

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Day Number 71

Today I began a new craft. Something I have never done before!!! And I LOVE it! So I have yet ANOTHER hobby to keep up with! I enjoyed it so much! So much in fact I am about to leave for Hobby Lobby to get more supplies! YAY! Boo to spending money though. I have to fine a balance!!
Wanna see a sneak peek? Ok!

You will have to stay tuned to see what it actually is!

Day Number 67

Today our church is hosting a father daughter night. Last year was the Princess Ball. This year is the Texas Ball. So rather than dressing amanda up to be as princessy as possible we're going for a country girl look. She was thrilled with what we came up with!

She wanted to put her own earrings in because she could.



All ready!



Amanda and Daddy

 I can't believe how grown up she is! Its hard to see her as a 9 year old sometimes!
Gabe, Bella and I plan to feast on corn dogs and tater tots While watching Open Season 2 on Netflix! Not something we normally "splurge" on but hey! We need to be able to have fun too right?! 

Day Number 64

If you remember Bella had her birthday party back on March 19th. I posted the pics Here.
  My mom had searched for some time for the perfect gift for her. I forget every time one of my kids hits 2 years old how hard it can be to shop for them at that age! 2 and 3 seem to be an inbetween age where they are too young or too old for the really cool gifts! Lucky for us Bella LOVES to play pretend.
   My mom had gotten her "Tinkerbell's Cafe" for Christmas. Since then we have enjoyed many  pretend meals of "Soup".  "Soup" consists of the plastic bread, carrot cake and wedge of cheese put into a bowl. All of which came with her Cafe. She puts it all in a bowl. Then Bella takes the ladle that came with her cafe and dips it into the "soup" and proceeds to shove the ladle into our mouths until we gag. She then giggles hysterically and claps her hands. YAY!
  So after mom searched and searched she found the CUTEST pertend food EVER! Would you like to see?
Of course you would!




Are they not gorgeous?!!?!?  It was unfortunate that they didn't quite make it in time for Bella's party but that wasn't anyone's fault. The mail got dropped off after Mom and family had left. Otherwise Bella would have been enjoying them sooner!
      Once we got past her initial trying to eat the felt food she really enjoys pretending to eat them. It's also much more comfortable while she's trying to force feed them to us. She even loves sharing them with her brother and sister! Miraculous! I think we need to stock up on more! I love looking at them as much as Bella loves playing with them!
 These felt foods are entirely hand made, and are made of recycled materials. I highly reccomend these to anyone who has a little one who likes to pretend. These keep Bella "cooking"  for hours.  They are colorful and very well made. They have so much detail. My personal favorite are the animal crackers! Growing up they were my favorite snack. I still buy them occasionally. Click to see proof!
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Day Number 61

 YAY! Today is my birthday!!! As Jon said today is my 1st 29th Birthday!!!  We managed to sleep in until 10:30!! WOW. Our dog woke us up with her whining. Thats ok, I will take what I can get. We watched the last episode from season 1 of 24. Amazing. Then we went and picked up my business cards and headed over to my mom's where I discovered that She and Jon had conspired against me and threw a surprise feast. EVERYTHING was Dr Pepper! The brisket had Dr Pepper BBQ sauce that my mom made from scratch. The cake had Dr Pepper in it the cookies had Dr Pepper in it even the jello salad was Dr Pepper! AMAZING! I know it might sound odd. but it really was awesome! Every recipe was developed by my mom (Marye' Audet-White).  I can  still taste it!
 Pictures from my birthday party? OK!

My cake  was dr pepper with chocolate ganache filling!

Bella thought it was super yummy too! Can't you tell?

Random pic of shiloh!

Dr Pepper whoopie Pies!!! OMGoodness YUM!

And a peep to top it off!

I thought I had more pictures. I am thinking I got caught up in food and friends and forgot to take more pics!

Day Number 60

Wow, tonight was amazing. Jon took a half day off from work. He came home and we got some sonic for lunch, then went and picked up the kids from school. From there we dropped the kids off with my mom. She is keeping all 3 of them tonight. Then, Jon took me to the Cheesecake Factory!!!

 I had never been! The food was amazing and the service was equally so, which is saying a lot. The decorations were elaborate. The restraunt was huge. I Totally want to go back!!! But it's going to be a while. We spent a bit more than planned but it was totally worth it! He took home half his meal and cheesecake and I took home 2/3 of mine. The sunset we saw as we walked out the doors of the restraunt was amazing!

After dinner we meandered around the mall a bit. I made my appt at Toni & Guys. Mom is treating me to a cut and color for my birthday. I am really excited! Then we saw Just Go With It! The movie was hillarious!
 

Day Number 59

I think that I am going to post a self portrait today. I was going to get a haircut and  give myself a mini-makeover before doing it, but  I took this one and started playing around with it in photoshop and I like it so post it I shall!

I LOVE Vintage/Antique things. Especially photographs. I love the way they look and the history behind them.
I was just playing around in photoshop and added the grungy/vintage textures I had to this one. I love it.
  On a side note. I may not be around much this weekend.
 Tomorrow Jon is taking a half day off of work. My mom is taking the kids for friday night and Jon and I are going out on our first date in over a year. We intend to take full advantage of having no children so we are not likely to be home much. However, I will have my camera so I'll take pictures and post them on Monday.
Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Day Number 56

I took many pictures today but due to a certain little 2 year old who is currently sitting in my lap 2 hours after bed time I havn't even been able to look at them! I DID Manage to find one i was looking for and edit it with my little klingon child.
 Amanda had Chess Club today. I TOTALLY forgot about it until we had walked to the school and got Gabriel. So we sat outside for an hour and waited for her. I took my camera along for entertainment's sake.
Bella was showing me her Bellybutton!

I love the look on her face!
A friend of ours bought Bella that outfit for her birthday! Isn't it adorable?

Day Number 54

 Today was Bella's birthday party! But I'm not going to post party pictures until tomorrow. BUT I did snag this one right before she blew out her candles! I am in love with the picture!

Also! Talk about an amazing moon!!!

Such an amazing view! Hope you have a great weekend!!!

Oops...

  I'm stressing out so much about Isabella's birthday party that I completely forgot to take a picture for today. I will try and make up for it tomorrow. Every birthday I do this. I put everything off until the last minute, then I stress out about it until the party is over. Something about having to make sure everything is perfect.
  Surprisingly enough Amanda has been asking me to take her picture this week. So I am giddy because I have a concept in my mind that I would LOVE to put into photograph.

Day Number 50

Today was the very first time I got to see/hear Jon leading worship for the Kingdom Explorers!!! I was really excited! I didn't have nursery so I decided to go over and check it out! And Of course I took a picture:

The kids were mostly involved (It was one of those days when most of the regular kids weren't there) and there was a lot of action! so I wanted to catch that. Hence the motion blurs. I think it honestly gives the photo life!
 Jon did such a good job! I definitly want to catch that worship again!

Day Number 49

I FINALLY got around to doing Bella's 2 year photos today! I am REALY Excited about them! I ended up shooting at my mom's house because we were having a family feast and when we got there the lighting was PERFECT!  I love my mom's house because it has a very country feel but is still in city limits. Imagine how much more convenient it would be if her house were in Grand Prairie instead of Lancaster!
So here's a little peek at what I got!

Yup! That's my soon to be 2 year old! One week from tomorrow! I cannot believe it! Regardless she is my gorgeous little redhead!

She will hate me for this I am sure! But she should know better than to be goofy when I have a camera in hand! I love this girl. She is absolutely one of my favorite 15 year olds in the WHOLE world!

Now it's off to bed for me. Gotta make sure I can get up on time with this whole moving an hour ahead time thing!!



Day Number 46

Bella and I met Jon for lunch. I love it so much when he is working close enough that we can meet up and eat together. It always makes the day pass faster.
  Bell was so excited to see daddy all by herself, with out the interuption of the older kids. She was talkative, giggley and very expressive. She even ate most of her meal. Her siblings make it difficult when we go out with them. Bella gets distracted so easily. We had fun but she was definitly ready for her nap when we got home!

I know that I enjoyed Both of my older children at this age. It was difficult though I felt so overwhelmed. Amanda was abou tthe same age that Bella is now when Gabriel was born so I feel like I missed out on so much of their developement because I was so busy. It's been easier with Bella as she is home with me alone most of the day. The older kids get out of school at 3:20pm so I get to enjoy her and her "Bellaness" so much more because I am not so stressed. However, all three of them bring so much joy into my life I can't imagine any part of it with out them!

Day Number 45

 Finally I am all caught up from the weekend! I worked on a couple of hairbow/head piece concepts in my mind. I think they came out pretty good!
It did not at all surprise me when Amanda asked to Model it for me. She's my camera ham!


It's not often that I like big giant bow like hair ornaments. But I have plans for this one. We'll see how the end result turns out!



This one is intended to go with the tutu that I made for Bella's 2 year Photos!



Day Number 43

Jon built a protective box for his new Line6 pedal/effects thingy. By the time he was finished there was sawdust and woodchips everywhere! But his project is coming a long nicely!

I think he enjoyed doing it!