weekend recap

I had a most fabulous weekend.
I closed the daycare at 4:30 on Friday, my friends picked me up, and we headed out of town for the bigger city. It was great. No agenda besides yummy food and shopping, and a movie. No kids! No husbands! Nothing, just girls. It was needed. We pulled into the city and decided Johnny Carinos would be just perfect. We put our name on the waiting list and ran over to the theatre to buy our tickets, went straight back over to restaurant and we were ready for the table. I devoured a plate of 16 layer lasgana =) and some wonderful bread. We were SO full!
The movie we saw was Brothers and it was intense. I liked it - I think. It was just really really intense. I vote next time for a chick flick!
We found our hotel, split the beds and Michelle and I stayed up talking until 3:30! It was so fun though. The best thing about a shopping trip is that the stores don't open until 10:00am so we had plenty of time to get around in the morning.
We went o Ihop and I indulged in so ridiculous yummo California Strawberry Cheesecake Pancakes. Divine.
We shopped and shopped and stood in ridiculously long lines, but I completed my shopping and I feel good. We ate Red Robin for dinner, loved Marble Slap Creamery, and topped off with Starbucks. Mmmmm.
We pulled back into town at around midnight Saturday night and no doubt we were tired but we're young, so it's all good.
Like I said, it was great and I loved every second of it.

Last night we had our Vision Banquet at the church that celebrates the New Year and the theme and goal for the ministries. Our theme is "What Faith Does" and I couldn't be more thrilled with the idea. Faith changes lives. It heals. It believes. Faith is the foundation of my life and there couldn't be a more suitable theme right now. We sang and ate and laughed. I love my church and more so, I love my faith.

Have a great week! Love to all.

10 on Tuesday

1. Last night the christian school had their annual Christmas Cantata and it was great! My brother Dalton had the male lead and my sister Lindsey had a supporting female part. They did a fabulous job!
2. It's snowing!!! Not a alot. But it is sinfully cold out, read, like single digits, and the wind is blowing, but we have SNOW!!
3. We have an insanely busy month, but isn't that how all Decembers are? I wish it wasn't so crazy, people start to not enjoy it. I love the festivities of Christmas.
4. Jeremy has to work Christmas Eve, Christmas night, and New Years Eve this year :(
5. Macy is 13 months today!
6. She is taking steps but not fully walking!
7. I'm super super excited for this weekend. Me and a couple of friends are heading to the bigger city to do some Christmas shopping. A girls weekend - no kids! We're thinking indulging in ridiculously yummy food, catching a movie, and some great sales!
8. There is a play on Thursday night at the college theatre called Little Woman and I'm dying to go. I love that movie. Must call for tickets! Miranda, wanna go??
9. Okay I wrote this on Tuesday then never finished so it's a few days off!
10. The daycare has been crazy. Kids sick, parents off. Macy sick. We just can't catch a break! Pray for us!!

wall gallery and our tree

These are standouts.





And the tree. Kid friendly because I do not trust the daycare kids not to knock it over! haha

no eye contact

She's a mess!










She just would NOT look at me!!

flashback Friday

on Saturday!

I have moved most of my files onto my back up hard drive to save room on my main hard drive. Tonight when I was working I found these. They were taken in December 2007 and before I knew anything about photography!

the weekend

Last night we had our adult sunday school class Christmas party for the church and it was great! We bellied up to some delicious Italian food and scrumptous desserts and were completely entertained by a live highschool jazz band. I had the extremem pleasure of sleeping in this morning til 8:30! I can't tell you the last time I slept in that late ;) And Jeremy came home from work and took Macy Grace so I laid in bed even longer until around 9:00! It was heaven.
My friend Michelle and I had plans to attend the Christmas craft show and I bought my favorite cinnamon roasted pecans and a few new headbands and bows for lil lady love. I also bought a Christmas ornament personalized with our names on it for 2009.
I had a couple of quick photo sessions this afternoon then we bundled up and headed downtown for the annual christmas parade. It was SO cold but I love going. They give away a huge prize every year and we didn't win (we've never won!) but I enjoy going anyways.
Christmas is just around the corner and it makes me sorta sad. I love what Christmas represents and stands for but I hate that it goes by so quickly. It is the most wonderful time of the year!

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So, where do I start? What do I say?? I've never in all my days been at a lack for words, oh just kidding...

This will be very random!!

So, December 1st. Wow. Christmas. I have bought one thing! We aren't sure who we are buying for this year. I think just immediate famiy. We are cutting back right now. So, for little miss Macy Grace, we bought her a rocking pony. It was a good deal at the day after thanksgiving sale at walmart.

No, I didn't do the black friday thing. Kinda. I normally do and love it. But this year it really didn't seem like there was much to go out for. But lil love bug had other ideas. She was up bright eyed and bushy tailed at 5:45am. Yup. So, we went shopping. By the time we got out of the house, it was almost 7, so the crowd had definitely thinned out. That's wrong. The crowd thins out by 7am. Oh well. I did get a couple of things, not presents though!

I haven't even hardly bought anything. I know what I'm getting J, but that's it. I need to start crackin on that.

We put up our tree - before thanksgiving. Now, that's something I never do. But Macy Grace was sick two weeks ago and the daycare was closed so I had the time to get everything out and put it all up and away. I'm glad I did it. It's pretty.

We also permantely accessorized by buying 5 and ordering 1 more standout wall canvases to form a collage on our massive empty wall space. It's all of Macy Grace. I enjoy looking at her and it definitely helps the wall not feel so blah! I'll post some pics later.

We tried to take our family Christmas picture. Yeah that didn't go so well! I need to just schedule a family shoot with a photographer, but I'm lazy about it.

And for some ridiculous reason I attempted Macy's Christmas photos ALONE! That was ugly. And bad. I needed some meds after that one!

For Macy's birthday party I have about 10 photos. That's it! I was so busy and Jeremy didn't do a great job at keeping up with the photography for me! Macy didn't eat her cake either. I don't know if she didn't like the way it tasted or getting dirty or all the people watching her, but she only had a few bites then wanted her milk. She loved playing with all the kiddos and did pretty well at unwrapping her gifts. She just hammed it up for everyone.

Jeremy and I bought her a climbing treehouse slide and it is the perfect size. We also bought her her first Dr's kit and a book that reads and sings as you turn the pages. She got lots of cute clothes and toys from her friends. We had a fabulous time.

Thanksgiving was nice. We went to my parents house and ate a ridiculous amout of turkey dinner. It was very delicous!

Thanks to Aunt Rana, Jeremy and I even got a little evening date out! We went to see A Christmas Carol and eat dinner. It was very nice. Then Sunday afternoon I had a girl babysit Macy and Jeremy and I went to see The Blind Side, I loved it, it was a great movie.

I knew this would be so random, but wanted to update on a few things. Enjoy your day!