Master Carvers

Us with our works of art.

All lit up.

Tonight Lane & I watched one of my all time favorites "Garfield's Halloween". Garfield is one of my favorite cartoons. Maybe because I feel like I can relate to him. For instance, he likes to sleep, I like to sleep. He likes to eat, I like to eat. We're really one in the same. Anyway, afterward we carved our pumpkins. I stuck with the old original design. Lane on the other hand got a little more creative. I think they turned out great!

Mustang Island

This weekend we went to visit Lane's grandparents in Beeville & decided to make a weekend of it & head down to Mustang Island that night to camp. The weather was perfect! It was so much fun. We set up our tent right on the beach! Lane worked on getting the fire going. He had to convince me that he really was an Eagle Scout. For some reason, every time we try to build a fire, it never works very well. But after a while he got one going with the help of the duraflame. There were so many stars in the sky & it was nice to just listen to the waves all night.

Here's the view from our tent with a little added decoration:) I'm so glad we had a free weekend where we could squeeze in a little fun.

Good Times

Tonight we went over to a friend's house to hang out. I have to say, it was the most fun I've had in a while. We made caramel apples which were SOOOO delicious! These apples were probably as big as both of your fists put together! We also jammed out to Rock Band. This was the 1st time I've played this game & it was so much fun! I'm very tempted to go out & buy an x-box just so we can have it. Last we watched the movie "Invincible". I had been wanting to see this movie forever, but never got around to it. I loved it! It was inspirational, based on a true story & about football. What more could you ask for? I highly recommend it! Thanks Katie & Daniel for a great night!

Prized Pupil

Lane spent his summer doing research on diabetes and today they had a contest. Each lab created a poster displaying their findings and had to present it and be involved in a question & answer with professors. Lane won! He got a blue ribbon & plaque. He also got a small cash prize & gets to fly somewhere for the national competition. He tries to downplay how smart he is all the time, but to me he's a genius. I'm so proud of him!

Dewberry Farms

This is our 2nd year to come to Dewberry Farms in Katy, TX. This time we got there while the sun was still out & we were able to walk through the pumpkin patch & pick our favorites. These were the 2 beauties we decided on. I really worked for these. We had to lug them 1/2 mile to the front to pay for them & then another 1/4 mile to put them in the car! They each weighed 25 pounds! We were all sweaty before we even got inside the place.

Most everything to do there is geared towards families with children, but did that stop us?...NO! We made the most of it for sure. This giant slide looks like a lot more fun than it really is. I expected to go faster.

This would have to be my favorite. It's called the human gerbil wheel & you can see why. We were laughing so hard as we were running inside this. Notice Lane stretched himself as far as he could go so he could spin completely upside down as it rolled.

Yes I made everyone stop & take a picture at this goofy farmer scene. I couldn't resist!

You can't tell, but we're actually sitting in a tiny barrel painted to look like an ear of corn. A tractor was pulling the train. Now this ride could have been pretty slow & boring, but Lane & Christian kept it lively for the entire ride with their hoots & hollers & throwing their hands in the air & eventually getting the rest of the riders to follow suit.

The last thing we did, I didn't get a picture of...the swings. It was the kind that swung them around in a circle. And they weren't really swings as much as they were a rope with a sand bag tied to it. We actually didn't ride them. We just observed for a long time. We felt kind of bad taking turns away from kids because there were only 4 swings. Towards the end, the boys both ran in & would swing the other kids who they didn't know around as fast as they could. This turned out to be the funniest thing I've ever witnessed. I've never seen so many kids fly off & one even knocked Lane off his feet! Every time some one would get off a swing, Lane & Christian would yell "OPEN BAG!" You could see everyone charge the swing. One time Christian grabbed it & this short chubby kid jumped on him! Ahh, good times!

Our Lives Published

My book is very basic. I could have put a picture on the front, but I didn't want to.

Excuse my fingers!

As you can see, there's different layouts to choose from.

Ever since Paige wrote about this website (blurb.com) she found that changes your blog into a book, I've been meaning to check it out. A couple of weeks ago I finally did. It's the coolest thing! I plan on making one for every year I have a blog. My 2007 book just arrived today & I've already read it cover to cover. It's so cute! I kept it pretty basic for my first time. Now that I got the hang of it, I know the next one will be even better. I love the idea of it. If you haven't looked into it, you should!

Problems

We've had a pretty stressful week & to top it all off, our car blew up. It's not as bad as it sounds. I went to get into the car & then turned it on & all of a sudden I heard BOOM! Then I start to see smoke coming out of the front left side of the hood. My first thought was, Oh no, did someone put a bomb in my car?? Then I was afraid to open the door in case that would trigger the car to explode. Don't ask me why I thought that could be a possibility. I have a wild imagination. I told Lane & when he opened the hood we saw the top part of the battery had popped off. So we had to call roadside assistance, which by the way is a very easy system to use! They came an hour later & towed our car to the dealership. Then this morning we drove our moped over there to get a rental. We opted for the Mazda 3. I have to say I like it! It has good get up & go. For a split second we thought about trading our Jeep in for one because we thought it would be half the price & half the gas. But when we looked it up on the internet, we discovered they're about the same price as the Jeep. So we'll stick with what we have for now.

Strange School

For my job I go into schools every day. Well this one particular school I found very interesting. As I was walking down the hall I see this life size cut out of Barack Obama. Hmmm...I thought. I kept walking & turned down another hall. On this wall they have paintings of different things. The last one was of Barack & his wife wearing pins that say vote. What? Are you serious? This school is totally biased! No where in sight is there a picture of McCain or even our PRESIDENT! Just Barack. For this sole reason, I hope Barack loses! That way they'll have to paint over his stupid picture. Now I don't care who you vote for, but schools should NOT influence that. First & foremost, they should have a picture of the president up before a presidential candidate. Second, they should paint over his wife & put McCain next to him. That way the kids KNOW there is someone else running. Ahh, I wanted to slap them all. Sheesh!

I HATE Rude People!

Right now my blood is boiling because of a rude person. Here's the story: I'm leaving Target & I'm driving in front of the store. I don't even have my foot on the accelerator, I'm just coasting because I know people cross the street leaving the store all the time. I see a man & his daughter about 15 feet in front of me & I slow down a little bit more & wave them across (being the good Samaritan that I am). Then, the shocker....I see this man start poppin off & gave me a bad look! What?! Are you kidding me?? I was totally being nice & you have the nerve to get an attitude? I don't think so! So after he's already passed he looks back at me with this mean look & I glare at him giving him the most disgusted look I could make. Oh I was mad! I was just praying that he'd come up to my window so I could give him a piece of my mind. Or even drive up next to me so we can finish it. I would have told him- "who do you think you are? Don't cop an attitude with me. You need to get that chip off your shoulder, thinking the world owes you something! And you're setting a bad example for your daughter & are going to create a brat who thinks she's above everyone else!" Oh I wish I had that chance...

Celebrations Galore!

October officially kicks off all holidays! That is why I'm so excited. On October 1st, I hung up my Halloween door sign, updated my blog to a Halloween background, and put out our pumpkin picture frame. I need to get more decorations! But from now until April I will be celebrating. There will always be something to look forward to. This is good for you readers, because this means I'll actually have more interesting posts!