Bailey's day!

Bailey was all excited to come home from school on Thursday to tell me what happened to her. They had an author/illustrator come to their school. His name was C. Soenpiet. He is a well known author....obviously not that well know as I haven't ever heard of him....LOL....but anyway, she got chosen to be a model for him. He was showing the students of her school how he illustrates his books and gets models for him to sketch. So she was chosen and she had to pose for him to sketch her. He then gave her the sketch, which he signed, and now she has proudly displayed at our house. Personally, I can't figure the sketch out, but Bailey has it all figured out. It looks like a modern art drawing to me. Bailey even says he made her look like a "dude". She was so cute as she described the whole thing to me. The librarian at her school sent me these pictures of her when she was "modeling".

We have had a pretty uneventful week. Just the typical running around, work, etc. Sarah did get some good news this week as well. She has been nominated for the JSU (Jacksonville State University in Alabama)Honor Band. She also was asked by her band director to play with the high schoolers at their Music Festival. She was sooooo excited. Her festival is in March and the JSU Honor Band thing is in May, so she will have lots of practices after school coming up.

I guess that is all for now. Hope you all have a great week.

Weekend events

Well, as you can see from the pictures, the garage is going up. They got all of the framing done and the roof on totally. Todd is gonna have to do the siding himself, I think anyway, and then his dad will be back at the end of February to help him with the windows and doors. The garage door will be installed by the people we ordered the door from. They got a lot done and were dog tired each night when they came in. It also didn't help that the beginning of the week was freezing. But they braved the weather and got their work done.

The picture of me hanging out of the short bus is from a fundraising event I went to called the Ya Ya Sisterhood. Some of you may have seen the movie as to what ya ya's are about, but anyway, they had a fundraiser for The Tifton Women's Center and some of the girls from the preschool wanted to do a table. We had to pick a theme for our table and then you dress up to go along with your theme. We were the revenge of the nerds and boy, did we have fun! I haven't laughed that hard in a long time. It was a great night out and we are planning for next year already.

I went to a ladies retreat at my church on Saturday which was really nice as well. So I did get a little bit of me time which I desparately needed. Both the girls have stuff going on at church tonight, so we will be off to do all that in a little while. So in the mean time, I am gonna just relax a little bit even though my house needs cleaning.

Hugs to all.

Our first Wii disaster.....

Too funny....I decided to rent a wii game for Todd today from the movie rental store. I got him Fishing Frenzy thinking he would really enjoy it. He has been a little hesitant on the whole wii thing because he knows once he starts he will be addicted. Well....this game did it. He has been playing all afternoon. A little bit ago he was casting his line in the water and when he swung his hand the line didn't cast, so he stood up to cast again and this time his hand hit the ceiling fan that he just hung up for me three days ago. It sent the globe on the ceiling fan crashing to the ground.....it was hysterical because being the dedicated fisherman that my husband is he kept on fishing cuz he didn't want to miss the fish that he was casting toward which did bite his lure and then he successfully reeled it in to the boat. So as he is standing there in a pile of glass, he is still holding on to his remote.....I was laughing so hard. And for the record it was a 5 pound bass.....like we care, right. So I have added pictures to show you what the ceiling fan looked like before he hit it...I have an identical one in my master bedroom....and then the after effects. Notice he is now sitting while he fishes and casts. So needless to say, he will be going to Lowes tomorrow to get me a new globe. Who knew this thing would be so action packed? Well I just had to share. I better get going to cook dinner.....did I tell you we are having fish for dinner???LOL

Happy Birthday, Reilly!

Reilly is 8 years old today. She has been with us since she was about 7 weeks old. She is the best dog most of the time. She is so mild natured and just a great big fat furball. She has been a constant companion to my girls and to us. Todd and I just saw the movie Marley and Me. If you haven't seen it, it is a must do. I loved the movie, and I will have to say you are gonna cry, and if you don't then you don't have a heart in you. Well, Reilly is like our Marley. She is loyal to the end and is just all about love. You could probably beat the tar out of her (which we have never done, by the way, and don't ever intend to) and she will still come up to you and just roll on her back to get her belly rubbed like she is your best friend in the world. She doesn't have a mean side in her, at least I don't think she does. Sometimes I just look at her and wonder what the world would be like if people were like Reilly. The world would be so much brighter and happier. People wouldn't stab others in the back or just be out for themselves. People would love each other unconditionally and without judgement. It just would be a much better world to live in. Sometimes I think God created dogs so people can see how we are all supposed to act. In reality, all dogs ask of us is to feed them and love them.....and that is all...no more, no less. Well, all I can say is I am so glad Reilly has been a part of our family and I hope we have many more years with her. She is our furry child, and we love her with our whole heart. Happy Birthday my loyal friend!

Back to the Grind

We all headed back to school today. My day actually went fairly well. The kids were a little wound up, but I kinda expected it being back after a two and a half week break. I was pleasantly surprised to say the least.
The girls had a great day back. Sarah seems to like her new teachers and was in a fairly decent mood when I picked her up. Bailey said that they worked all day because they had a lot of catching up to do.....she cracks me up. They both are at church right now for Wednesday activities, so I thought I would take this time to get caught up on a few things around the house.
We are having quite a windy day today. We woke up to 70 mile an hour winds this morning. It about scared the you know what out of me. I didn't like the sound of the wind whipping across the field which is across from our house. It was a little nerve racking for a while there. The temps here have been so screwed up, but they are saying it is suppose to final start to get cold her by next week. We have flowers blooming in the yard already, so the flowers and trees will all be messed up come this spring.
Todd started his Biggest Loser competition on Monday. He "bulked" up again over the holidays, so he is on it hard to try and get back to where he was last year when he finished it. We will see how he does. He won't let me take a before picture of him, but I am gonna try and "sneak" one on him, so we have something to compare to.
Well, I guess that is all for now. I gotta go get my ironing done....woo hoo!
Talk to you all soon.

Happy New Year!

Well, the New Year is upon us already. We started our New Year off just having fun. Hopefully it will be one of many times that we have fun this coming year. We just hung out all day on New Year's. We watched the Winter Classic hockey game, watched a little football, ate like pigs and then took the four wheeler out for a ride. Sarah and her friend Chase kept begging to take it out, so we did but not before Dad and Mom took it for a quick ride too. Sarah was shocked that mom drove it and acted like I was from another planet. I had to remind her that I do know how to have fun and that I was young once too......jezzz......

We had a blast on it though and enjoyed our completely relaxing day all together.

Yesterday was spent running errands and trying to get back in the swing of things. Nothing too exciting. And today I spent all day painting the guest bedroom and hallway. It turned out really nice and I am very happy with the color I chose. It feels like I have left my mark on that room and it makes the house feel just a little bit more like ours....step by step it will get that way for me.

Well, that is all for now. I know this is a short post, but my body is screaming for some sleep, so that is where I am headed.....

Good night!