Mellow Weekend

I hope that wherever you live, the weather you had was just as gorgeous as it was here this past weekend. It was so NICE outside! It was sunny and breezy and not cold but not hot at the same time. Perfect! What I did this weekend (well really for 3 days since hubby had Friday off of work) was sit in a lounge chair in my driveway, with Payton in the stroller beside me, and the neighborhood kids riding their bikes around me. I watched hubby paint the trim on our house and mow the lawn and fertilize. Yes, I just sat there and watched him! I wasn't alone, my neighbor sat with me and watched her kids play with mine. I can't believe we had that much time to sit there and just chat. I think the great weather had everyone in a good mood. Even Payton just cooed away in her stroller and didn't seem to mind spending a lot of time outside. The only time I left the house this weekend was to pick up some pizza on Saturday night and to go to church on Sunday morning. The rest of the time I was outside with my family. I even have a little sunburn on my face!

How was your weekend?

I couldn't resist posting these pictures. I love little tiny baby jeans.

To Cut Or Not To Cut

Today I want to post about a very important topic....my hair! Ha! I usually wear my hair pretty short. It's just been easier. But it grew so long when I was pregnant. I had a chin length bob last Christmas and now it's past my shoulders. The thing is that my hair is falling out in clumps right now. It's really driving me crazy. I don't have time to dry it or mess with it. I just got 3 inches cut off, but I am still not happy with it. I really enjoy having long hair, but only if I have time to mess with it.

I want to ask you to vote. Do you think I should cut my hair back into my usual bob, or leave it long??? Please comment and let me know.


Me with short hair.
Me now. It was hard to find a good hair picture, sorry this is a little dark.

A Whole Lotta Nothing!

I haven't been posting much this week. Mostly because there is not much going on here. I feel like I am coming down with a cold and soar throat so we have been hanging in. I am terrified to take Payton to the gym and put her in child watch because I am so afraid of her getting sick.

The weather hasn't been too cold in the afternoons so Ryan has been going out to play a lot. Other than that there's not much to report (we are so boring!). I have managed to get a good head start on my Christmas shopping though. Thank goodness for Internet shopping!

Fun With Pictures

My Mom brought this fun program with her and let me play with it on her computer. It's called Magic Splash and you can take any picture and make it black and white with color. As you can see I had a lot of fun with it. I was able to pull up some really old pictures on her computer of Ryan when he was a baby.

This was me 3 years ago in my finest Martha Stewart moment! I had a Breakfast At Tiffany's dinner party for my besties 30th birthday. It took me 4 hours to make this cake.

Ryan's 1st birthday.

Was he ever this little???

Wild man with crazy hair!

His play area back then. It was our dining room. Now we actually have a dining room table in there!

Too cute!

Waiting in line for Ryan's first visit to Santa 3 years ago!

Halloween Fun

Here are a few pictures from our Halloween day. Payton was feeling a little warm to me the night before and she fussed when we put her costume on, so I don't have any good pictures of her.

This is a pumpkin pancake in the shape of a black cat. We didn't mean for the cat to be so black! It got cooked a little too long.

Ryan was ready to go!

My Dad and Ryan. Ryan was trying to take the fake gun off of my dad's tshirt.

Trick or treating.

One of our neighbors had a neat setup for the kids. Here is some of the treats she made.

Ryan decorating a ghost cookie.

Yum!!

Goofing off with a long wig.

How was your Halloween?

Thursday and Friday

On Thursday we met my good friend and her kids at Mimi's Cafe for breakfast. This is a picture of my Mom with the kids before we left.

Payton's bloomers.

Ryan looks thrilled about getting his picture taken with his Mom! This was at breakfast.

All the kids at Mimi's. They seemed to have a good time.

On Friday my hubby took the day off work and we had a date! With two kids and no family around us we don't get to do this very often. This is me before we left (I am still wearing some maternity clothes, this is a maternity skirt and sweater so they look a little big on me!).

We had Mexican for lunch and then saw the movie Couples Retreat. It was a fun day.

I'm looking forward to seeing every one's Halloween pictures this weekend!!

A Day At The Billy Graham Library

On Wednesday, after dropping Ryan off at school, my parents and I went to the Billy Graham Library. We didn't really know what to expect when we got there. It turned out to be a sort of museum of the life of Billy Graham. It was very interesting and inspiring. It was a gorgeous fall day.

After we picked up Ryan from school we were starving so we headed to Ryans favorite restaurant. Firehouse Subs. He was still in his PJ's from having to wear them at school for Halloween. He was one cool dude.

Doing Better

Ryan is feeling better and is back at school today. Instead of having the kids dress up in costumes for Halloween the school has a pancake lunch and everyone comes dressed in their pajamas.

This is a blurry picture I sneaked to take of Ryan yesterday. He is watching cartoons in his messy toyroom (eating popcorn). This picture makes me think he looks like a teenager laying around watching tv. He is so grown up!

My parents are here visiting for the next few days. I am looking forward to spending time with them and doing some fun family stuff. Have a good day!