Trick or TREAT...

happy halloween!!

Hope it is spooky good!

WHAT...

a DAY!!!...It may not look like much but guide over 100 students in the art of cutting multiple shapes on a folded sheet of paper... glueing paper, using paint powder WITHOUT getting it ALL over themselves and other...

And that makes for a LONGGGGGGGGGGG day.

Now my boys are here...

for full dress rehearsal until 7:00 tonight.

Then we are supposed to go here...

When all I want to do is go here....

Me thinks I need a nap!!

For the LOVE of these...

I eBAY these...

And then some....

Will keep you posted on the results!!

Spooktacularly Fun Weekend...

Prior to the run...

One of my Cheerleaders after the run!!

She would have run but has a bad

ankle sprain..has to stay off

her foot for 2 weeks...

IMPOSSIBLE!

Spooktacular Party...

Me the Intern with some of the

guests..wonder if

I will need to write

them any

prescriptions before the night

is over??

McSteamy... my

FAVORITE Doctor :o)

Our Hosts for the Evening...

Can I have FREE REIGN on the

food tonight too??

Who could tell that face no??

Number 1 with one of his favorite

teachers... :o)

5K..

ran my first 5K in 10 years...

Did it under 30 minutes.

Was pretty proud.

Haven't been back into running long.

Didn't even walk...

Not once!

Had FABULOUS cheerleaders at the END!!!

Ate Begneits afterwards....

And got the CUTE shirt!!

FUN TIMES!!

Unmade Bed....

I had ALL good intentions to get back in my bed this am. Last day of FALL BREAK... what a great way to finish it with a great book and a cup of cocoa. Even dressed to take the kids to school and had my flip flops on so I could just kick them off when I got in the door. Even had to be out the door EARLY this am for a mini STUDY PARTY for the IB kid's HUGE History Exam this am... See up early perfect to go back to bed.

Well, the guilt got to me.. Little voice says... You can be finished and back home from your run by 8am... go get it done. DANG!!! I run get my shoes and socks. I decide OK, I will run the course backwards today to prepare for tomorrow... Now here's the deal... Backwards it is much MORE FUN!! LESS INCLINES!! Can I run it backwards tomorrow and still get credit?? Why don't they just run it backwards?? Hey, I'm just sayin...

So finish the run, go into store to see if Race Packs will be ready today, NOPE!! Have to arrive early tomorrow to get them. Look I'm really just in it for the T-Shirt... it is so STINKIN' cute!! Ran into one of my buds so we made lunch plans. All things work out the way they are supposed to! :o)

Came home, ate breakfast, worked on scrapbook, received phone call I had been expecting then headed out door to PILATES. Hopefully that will help stretch out these SORE muscles. Then back home to work on scrapbook and journaling for said scrapbook. It is almost done and I am so excited!!

I feel that I have had a pretty low key week... I have enjoyed my down time. I love that I have scrapbooked, spent time with friends, cooked, even cleaned a little. And still have a little time to spare.

The weekend is FULL of fun... Halloween decorating tonight, Run tomorrow, Halloween Party tomorrow night, Party for Number 1 son, Cotillion Classes Sunday and a REALLY BIG DEAL...

Happy Anniversary to my McSweetie... 18 years on Sunday!! I LOVE that man of mine!! I'd do it all over again... every bit of it!! The Better and the WORSE!! LOVE YOU!! {Not that you read this ;o) }

Fall Break...

gotta LOVE it EVEN if your own children aren't out!! Almost even better b/c I can devote the entire week to myself.. Is that selfish?? Maybe...

SO my scrap pink weekend was so much fun!! I enjoy my time with my scrap buddies from back home!! The food was all delicious.. Hop over to my friend at Jumpin' In to get the entire low down.. I couldn't have summed it up better myself!!

Now I don't want you to think I have been TOTALLY selfish.. I have run my kids from here to there.. just yesterday I made FIVE trips to their schools.. FIVE!!! WE have gone to rehearsals. dr's appts, soccer try-outs, swim practice, meetings... and Icould go on and on and on! I did take a me day and after my prayer time with my friend Amy, I skipped Pilates and scrapbooked. Working on our trip to NO... it is an ABC book... {I was inspired by a girls at the retreat! Mine is turning out pretty cute if I do say so myself!}

All the family is home for dinner tonight, seems to be our Wednesday Night THANG! Made Santa Fe soup and the cornbread is in the oven. Listening to the baseball game.. about to pour a glass of wine.. Life cannot get much better than this....

Nightie night, y'all!

Preparing...

for my THink Pink Scrapbook retreat coming up next weekend! I cannot wait to go and spend time with some of my MOST favorite people. I have spent the weekend trying to print pictures that I want to work on. I am taking this year and working backwards from current to the first of the year. I have ALOT of work to do. Some of my friends have been so sweet to offer up their pics for me to work on.

I am a little overwhelmed at what I need to pack. It's always the paper thing. I am trying to get it all bagged together so I will know ahead of time... but I have 2 solid days to get that done then i am out of here!!

It will get done... I just need not to get sidetracked like I soooo easily do!

On another note... this girl has been spending tooo much time having fun with food and such... I am NOT a big partier but have had a REALLY good time the past 2 weekends and i think it is catching up with me... As number 1 says... "I feel a cleanse coming on!!" And he is probably right cause i know there will be great food this weekend to eat!

Fun Stuff that has been going on...
Friday I took a half day and went to work the Shrimp Festival. My friend and i worked the T-shirt booth for 4 hours... got our cute volunteer T-shirt then headed over to the main stage for the nights entertainment... Mustang Sally and John Rich!!

Oh wow!! We had a ball!! Danced, sang... Waffle House... you get the picture!! We had an interesting encounter but if you want to know about that you will have to send me a message and i will tell you all about it!! Let's just say that I don't need to head that way anytime in the near future!! It all started the weekend before when we went down for the Kick Off party for all the volunteers...

Then we spent some time watching football this weekend with friends... alas, it was a VERY SAD day for me.. VERY SAD!!! SO SAD i really cannot even talk about it!! And all the Orange and Blue I had to see this weekend made me even sadder!! Seriously, we are number 8 now??!! Whatever!!

Tomorrow is an off day thank goodness. I need to recoup from all the fun!! And finish packing for my upcoming weekend. Thank goodness my fall break starts on Friday!! WAHOOooooooooo!! Perks of being a teacher!! :o)

What we see as imperfections...

may just be what God uses for HIS perfection!!

I have sweet friends back home that we used to go to church with who over the summer after MANY years of waiting were FINALLY able to adopt a child from China. They are a little older than we are and the clock was ticking for them with the whole age thing. When they started the adoption process they requested a child that had no special needs. Well, like I said the age clock was ticking and they had to make a decision... change their request or possibly be taken out of the ability to adopt. They made the decision to take a special needs child and within SIX days had their little girl... 11 fingers and all!!

She is the most adorable little girl I have seen and I have completely fallen in love with my friend's blog. First I do love reading about Princess but what I LOVE the most is that it is DAD that writes the BLOG!! To read his thoughts about life with a DD in his house is one of the most adorable things!!

So today I am hopping over and he is writing about the upcoming surgery to remove the extra digit. And he writes...

Mom said she gets emotional when she thinks about the extra thumb being removed. It may , after all, have been the reason for the Princess being orphaned. And if she had not been abandoned, we would not have this little one whom we adore. What may be seen as imperfection, the Almighty used for bringing our daughter to our home. All of her fingers are precious to us. If it weren't for the difficulty and curiosity it causes now and will cause later, we’d leave it alone.

Just wanted to share with you out there. How sweet is that?? Our God is such a MIGHTY GOD!! Who uses ALL things for the PERFECTION of HIS PERFECT PLAN!!!

Warning: The Following Content May Be Offensive...It's just our FIRST TRIP TO NO!!

So my Oh so FABULOUS friend Shannon planned such a fun

weekend for us in NO!!! We had such a Fantabulous time...

The weather could not have been anymore perfect for us!!

We saw and did so much in our 24 hrs there...

Here is just a snippet...

{some things are better left unsaid....}

Our Fabulous Host and Hostess!!


The view from our Hotel on Canal St.



Our first stop... We "sniffed" him down!!

That was one BIG hot dog!!

Ok, so it was too perfect not to take the shot!!

One of our Favorite places...

And of course no trip would be complete without

some of these... little white puff of HEAVEN!!

Jackson Square where we heard music then saw this...

A wedding party coming out!! Oh my GOSH!!! I LOVED

it!! I wish we could have seen a funeral as well...

But this was much happier!

A little later we passed them again! Isn't the bride ADORABLE???

What a BEAUTIFUL day for a WEDDING!!

Had to go in... didn't buy anything but thought about it....

Hmmmmmmmmmm.....

After a quick trip back to the hotel to change for the night we ended up here...


And it had so oh so YUMMY food!!

The steak Nachos... I could have eaten

about 3 plates of it!!

Leaving Felipes we headed back out to Bourbon St...

Passing the House of Blues where

The Cult was playing!

They REALLY do exist!!!

Then we hit the "Beach" where Happy Hour was in Full Swing

then we ended up next door at the

Bourbon Cowboy!!!

Oh my gosh... the MOST FUN!!!

He was FABULOUS!!!




This helped to refuel us Sunday am...

It wasn't Eggs Benedict but it was by far

Delicious!!!

We ended our trip with a ride on the

St. Charles Street car!! Took it to the end then back to the car!!

We didn't do the Ghost/Cemetary tour! That just means

we are guaranteed to go back

AGAIN!!

TOMORROW??!?!?!!?