Thursday Tidbits!

• I can't believe it's already Thursday again! This summer is going by so fast!! This week feels like a deja vu of last week that's for sure, Brent's been out of town and Luke and I have been going to school/work and swimming and watching t.v. Summer time musts :)

• I am counting down the days until we leave for Branson! 12 days!! Can. Not. Wait.

• I didn't post anything about our weekend. We didn't do a whole lot but we did go see Turbo and we got Netflix!

Chopping veggies and watching t.v. so awesome!

• Let me just say I am loving Netflix! I'm sad we didn't do this sooner. I've been watching The Secret Life of the American Teenager (hate me) and I just love watching a bunch of episodes in a row and I'm finding movies I'd never heard of! Just wish there was a 'Lifetime' move section! ha!

• I know you are thinking wow this girl needs a life. LOL!

• I got this pretty picture of Cooper last night. He is such a sweet dog and Lucas' best friend.

• Pool time is the best!

                I had no idea that this whale was going to be so big! It looks hilarious in our little pool!  

• I made Luke some Kool-Aid the other day because I don't think he'd ever had it before. I had forgotten how seriously yummy kool-aid is! And brings me back to my childhood.

• Got to see sweet Emmy the other night. She is growing so fast!

• My flower bed is looking so good with all this rain! My hydrangeas are loving it!  

That's all I got! Happy Thursday!

Thursday Tidbits!

• We have had a slow and easy week. Lots of time at home watching to much tv. Brent has been out of town since Monday morning and we cannot wait for him to get home today!

• Yesterday to ease our troubles we made a trip to the Target shopping area (what's it called?) for some froyo and shopping!

At Cherry Berry!

• We went to Books a Million after and got a some books. If you are in the market they are having a great sale, all their 'bargain books' are buy 2 get 1 free! Luke and I each got three books for $20! That's a little over $3 a book!  Steal of a deal!

• I got these three. I started Cemetery Girl last night and cannot put it down! And I sure can't wait to read The Sister Wife! I'll review the ones I make it through ;)

• I think this little guy has adopted us. He seems very sweet and hungry. Him and Chip have been inseparable all week long and I thought that he had been eating Chip's food but come to find out he didn't know how to get to the food so I put the bowl out more for him and he was eating like crazy, poor thing. I'll have to work with him some to get him to let us pet him then take him to the vet, not even sure he's a he but we certainly don't want baby kitties! eeek! I think Chip has missed having a companion to lay in the flower bed with since we lost Callie. Luke has named him TeToe! ha!

 I don't think Brent will ever leave town for this long again! haha! And yes I am a crazy cat lady!

• Found Lucas watching t.v. like this! Had to take a picture! :)

• Have you ever tried this stuff!? Ah-mazing! Says it works on just about everything I've only tried it on stainless so far but wow my sink is shining colors I didn't even know it had! My sink seriously looks better than the day we put it in! Can't wait to try it elsewhere in the house.  

• Loving this song and album!

• We have zero plans for the weekend and it feels awesome!! Of course we will proabaly need to cut the grass and I can always spend a day cleaning house but other than that nothing. Hoping for a date night!!

Thursday Tidbits!

• Glad to be back on the blogging wagon! I have missed it so. :)

• I've been is such a melancholy mood this week. I don't have any real reason why, just a bunch of little things catching up with me I guess. I've been fighting summer allergies (really now I have them in the summer too!?) all week and they are about to finish me off! So irritating.

• I also thought I lost my wedding rings on Tuesday. Worst feeling in the world! I went to put them on on Tuesday morning and they were no where to be found! I remember taking them off the night before to mess with the pool chemicals but couldn't remember where I put them! I spent all day at work Tuesday thinking the worst had happened to them! I went home and found them on the kitchen counter where I know I looked more than once! I was so happy and relieved! I mean I know my anniversary is coming up but that wasn't the way I wanted to get some new diamonds! ha!

• Yep my four year anniversary is next month! Whoa I never thought I'd be married that long! I figured I'd be the divorce or separate after a year or two type, I know; I had such high hopes for my future, but no here we are four years later and I can honestly say I love Brent way more today than I did then. We have had some rough bumps in the road this past year but I wouldn't want to  be bumpin down this road with anyone else. Brent is everything to me.

• In four weeks we will be headed to Branson for our first vacation of the summer! I am so excited! That Friday (the 9th) we are going boating on Table Rock lake, I can't wait to see how Luke likes the boat and lake experience it's been a few years since we've done that. I love that we go to Branson every year on the same weekend with family and friends it has become one of my most looked forward events of the year. I also love that it holds so many special memories for Brent and I. So fun :)

• Brent has gotten me into some old music lately (well I say old but don't mean way old just older :) I've been listening to Willie Nelson, the Eagles, and Shinedown. Sure I've always known of these folks but I am actually enjoying them now, I would love to go to one of their concerts! ha!

• Luke and I tried to get Library cards on Monday. In GW they have you fill out some info then they mail you a letter which you have to take back to the library to get your card. We are still waiting on our letter......Hoping it comes soon I want to get started on some books and Luke found some he wanted to check out too :)

• I got all my loot from my Scentsy party in earlier this week! It was a lot of yummy goodness! My favorite being the solid perfume in Luna! I'd been wanting to try it for a while now and it is so good! Goes on great and smells heavenly. 

• We are so enjoying our little pool! I am happy that Lucas loves it so much we swim almost every day after school or in the evening. I am grateful for something that gets him out of the house! We had Ethan over to swim on Tuesday and hopefully more friends will come next week!

• Sunday I am going for my first ever massage! I am very excited! To bad it's in between a whole lotta goings on we have on Sunday but for that hour I will be relaxed!

• Hoping this weekend we can make to the movies to see the new Despicable Me movie! I've heard it's really good! I'm just mostly excited for the popcorn ;)

A Few {More} Fun Pics!

Some more summer pictures I didn't want to leave hangin :)

Lucas had his tball party last week! We had such a fun time at the little Lake in town.

We have made some fun friends at tball! Hoping to be on the same team next year!

We've also had fun taking the mustang out and about! Brent even put it on the racetrack this past weekend to see how fast it could go!

We went to a fun party at Brent's bosses house! Lots of yummy food and pool time!

Both these two love shrimp and crab!

Eating cake and ice cream at Uncle Jason's birthday party with friends!

Holding sweet baby Emmy! Look at that skirt! ha!

Dirty little boy at the racetrack!

Last day of swimming lessons! He was the only boy in his class but didn't seem to mind at all :)

Even got a trophy!

I went to a painting party with my work girls! I painted this for Luke's room.

It was tons of fun and I can't wait to do it again!

Helping daddy peel shrimp for the bbq!

Few Fun Pics!

Not even sure how to start this post! ha!

I've been a little MIA from my little blog, not meaning to but just have so many thoughts and feelings and things going on I don't know how or when to update! Good problem to have I suppose :)

But never the less I have a few pictures I wanted to share.

I've made this yummy pasta salad twice now (added and taken away a few ingredients of course) and it is just so good! I'd never had cheese in my pasta salad before SO much better!

Also made these stuffed mushrooms. Really good and slightly on the not so bad for you side too :) They are just baby portabella mushrooms with the stems removed. Saute the chopped stems, onion, and bell pepper in a little olive oil. When those are done add a couple pinches of cheese and some bread crumbs. Put the mixture in the tops and bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Great party food!

We've been having such a fun summer! Luke still goes to his school 5 days a week and I work of course so even though our days are still the same as the rest of the year there is so much more going on as well.

It's been fun spending lots of time outside and inside just hanging around the house.

Watching a movie

Trip to Toy's R Us for a little look see :)

Lucas is the best kid to take to a toy store he never wants to buy anything he just wants to look at everything at least twice! ha!

Naps on a pillow pallet he made :)

The best and most exciting thing to happen this week is daddy bought us a pool!!

Lucas has already spent hours in it and we haven't even had it two full days!

I'm excited to spend some time in the sun this weekend myself.

I keep saying this is my starter pool :)

Hope you and yours had a great 4th!

Thursday Tidbits!

• Girl Code on mtv cracks me up! I was literally laughing out loud the other night watching it!

• I can count on one hand how many times I've had a coke (or pepsi) this month! Huge progress! Except for now that I typed that I am DYING for a pepsi! Ugh!

• I cannot believe in less than 2 weeks I will turn 26! I don't know why but for some reason I am having such a hard time with birthdays this year. Lucas turning 4 nearly killed me and I am just so sad about another year gone. I know I will perk up with all the fun birthday festivities and cake but goodness today it feels like a punch in the gut.

#whendidIturn65

• Tuesday evening I put on my walking shoes and went for a walk! It was the first time in a long long time but it felt amazing! I have to do this more often!

• Last night we took Luke to the rodeo for the first time! We aren't really rodeo people but I get free tickets at work so I thought it would be something fun for Luke.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

And boy did we have fun! We were Gold Nuggets or gold chickens as Lucas said so we got to eat a yummy meal before, got free close parking, and fantastic seats! It was a good Wednesday night! I am so blessed to work where I do.

• Today we are headed to the swimming pool for the first time this year! If the rain stays away! Do you know how much I love being at the pool?! Love summertime :)  Luke's new beach towel came in yesterday! Love seeing his sweet name on things. I know I only have about .5 years left to monogram things but that's ok :)
  

• Brent and I have been tossing around the idea of putting our house up for sale soon. I know we just got new flooring that I adore (and will want to take with me) but we anticipate our home being on the market a long time (see: years) so we are thinking the sooner we get a for sale sign up the better it might be. This was never intended to be our forever home so I knew this day would come but I have such mixed feelings about it. Mostly sadness and excitement.

• Monday I watched two movies on Lifetime, My Sisters Keeper, heart. breaking. I had watched it before but it still makes me cry and Where the Heart is which is also a tear jerker. I remember my mom always watching Lifetime movies on the weekends and I never understood why and  now here I am. Old and watching sappy movies that no one wants to watch with me. Sheesh!

• That all I've got friends! Have a great weekend!!