Mama's got a brand new blog!

Check it out!! I have a friend that gives me a hard time about how many hobbies I take on....here's a little something to go along with the hobby of choice for this week:

www.lightofmylifephotography.blogspot.com

I decided to make this blog so I can post some of my favorite pics and still have our family blog to do family updates and stories. I don't plan on ever making photography a business. It's just something that I like to do...so if you like to peek, you can keep up with one of my hobbies as I play. :)

Sweet :)

The Wall

It's done!!! I've always had plans for this wall, I just hadn't decided what exactly I wanted to do with it. But, after having it the way it was for almost a year I was ready for change. This room is far from done, but I'm glad to have a little color to work with once we get the rug and other furniture. I know that I can speak for a few people and say that they are glad the old wall is gone. ;) It's hard to tell, but it has a stain on it so it really isn't as green as it looks in the picture.

Courtney is just glad that she got to paint. She had a ball. She kept telling me, "Mama, I really like pink the best for this wall, but I guess green is ok because I do like all the colors in the rainbow."

Would you like some chicken with your pepper?

I'm not sure how I missed this happening at the lunch table today. I put Garrett down for his nap and then went to do the lunch dishes. This is what I found when I was clearing the table. I was wondering why he was being so quiet...

One month ago today...

Our baby turned 2.

His loves are basketball, boots, trains and tractors. He doesn't go anywhere without his John Deere cap. He loves his sister to pieces. He is always serious when I pull my camera out. He has a major sweet tooth. He has his blanky "bear bear" for nap and bedtime. When he says "yeehaw" it comes out "weehaw!" Books are fascinating to him. He has a very good imagination. He'll even play "kitties" with Courtney and she thinks that is just the best thing in the world. He calls Grandma "Meemaw". He stills sleeps in his crib . He gets mad at Courtney when she wants my attention and says, "MY mama!"

His personality is captivating. We just love this little guy to pieces. It's hard to believe that he's 2!

A true reflection...

...of how we feel about Aggie Football this year.



On a positive note, the Baylor team looks like they will be fun to watch the next few years! Although we are Aggies through and through, we love the good sporting events that we get to see due to having Baylor so close by!

It looks pretty cool and it's FREE

Ok, I'm not really an Oprah viewer, but I found the link for this from another blog that I read and I have to pass it on....it's for a FREE art photobook from Snapfish.

You can check out the details here:

http://www.oprah.com/slideshow/oprahshow/20081029_tows_messyhouse/7

(it's not clickable so you have to copy and paste it into your browser)

You have to log-in and get the book credited to you by tomorrow and then you have to order by Sunday. It looks legitimate, so I hope it works for everyone that wants to try it!!

Have you bought any lipstick lately?

I thought this was funny...I read it somewhere...

Supposedly, during hard financial times lipstick sales increase. It's proven historical all the way back to the depression. Crazy. Anyway, they say that women still want to go buy something to help them feel beautiful. So, instead of plopping down a load of money on fancy shoes and clothes, they go buy a new tube of lipstick to make them feel pretty.

Interesting.

Longing for Sandcastle Days :)

Now that the leaves are turning and a chill is in the air I thought I'd bring back a little of our fun!

This was the neatest weekend of the trip. There was one sandcastle artist all the way from Singapore!! These pictures aren't the finished products. I think that I took these about 5 hours before the contest was over, so there were still lots of details they had to finish.

This first picture is of the kids taking sandcastle lessons. They learned how to make a really cool castle!

I forgot about the fish!

I totally forgot about posting Justin & Courtney's fishing trip until I was going through my pics! We were home for 6 days and then Justin had to head out to DC & New York...SO, the Sunday before he left he took Courtney fishing. I'll let the pictures do the talking. They were ALL caught by Courtney. She had sooooo much fun! (Pardon the pictures....looks like my little camera took a beating at the beach.)

I see a fish fry in our near future.

The new me

The old me would be all in a tizzy because I'm waaayy behind on the blog and didn't even get Garrett's birthday and many other really cool things on here.

BUT, the new me is not going to worry about that and just enjoy life.

ALSO....a successful family picture in my mind is one that actually contains our four bodies. Not everyone has to be looking at the camera because that is just not feasible at this point in life. These are much more a reflection of real life anyway. I would totally be going against the name of the blog if it wasn't "real", you know. ;)

I'm going to try extremely hard this week to get a few of the cool things on here that have been missed in the last few weeks. But, if I don't get it all on here the highlights would have been/will be these things:

(in no particular order)

Garrett's birthday
Sandcastle days at South Padre
Courtney finding a sand dollar in the last few days at the beach (a HUGE deal)
Halloween

Ok, here's those "real" family pics I promised...