Every month Nathan and Autumn’s school donates money from chapel to a charity. For the month of October, they accepted money or gifts put in shoe boxes for children in certain age categories. On Christmas, the child will receive the shoe box filled with small toys, school supplies and bath/hygiene products.Nathan wanted to gift a… >> View Post
Archives for September 2012
Nathan and Autumn’s School Photos
Nathan – 1st Grade Autumn – PS3 Unfortunately, Nathan’s order got messed up, they forgot to give us a sheet of wallets… I am so bummed, because it will probably take forever to get them now… and, they didn’t include the entire class photos, those are to come later. Boo! I am pretty happy with… >> View Post
My little flower girl…
I have been looking forward to taking Autumn to get her flower girl dress for months (ok, two months, to be exact). I pictured this beautiful afternoon, of us looking through girly girl dresses, finding the perfect dress. Well, Autumn WAS beautiful, but it was not the perfect afternoon. I had my Mom along to… >> View Post
Eeeeee! My bridal dress! (Brian, stay OUT!)
So, planning a wedding in 2 months is not as crazy as I thought it would be… but, everyone kept asking me when I was getting my dress. I had a lot of good excuses on why I waited so long… I wanted to find a venue first (this was our biggest challenge of the… >> View Post
Real Time Photos of Autumn at School
Autumn’s teacher is kind enough to send out real time class photos every week. It is so neat to see what Autumn is up to at school through these photos, and its also a relief to see how smiley and happy she is in all of them! She is really enjoying Preschool 3! So far,… >> View Post
Nathan’s ALL ABOUT ME Poster
Nathan had his first big project (he has one every month) sent home in late August and was to be turned in the day they came back from Labor Day. When you look at it, you don’t really think it is a lot of work… but, we spent A LOT of time on it, hours!… >> View Post
Wedding Planning Post – Jilly’s Cupcakes!
This is the first of many wedding planning posts that you may see… planning a wedding is so much fun, especially when it is small and intimate… and, you have a lot of help and suggestions from family and friends. A few weeks ago, we visited Jilly’s, a cupcake bar on Delmar. Of course, Miss… >> View Post
1st Grade Soccer
Soccer started off quicker then ever this year, but mainly because Nathan played in 3 games for a tournament after just one night of practice! His team is amazing this year, they have not lost a game yet, and won all 3 tournament games which resulted in this awesome BONUS medal! And, what 1st grader… >> View Post
Fall Bucket List
Family Activities 1. Explore Parks: Whitecliff and Lone Elk Park Drive-Through 2. Pumpkin Patch 3. Have a sleepover in the family room with lots of blankets 4. Enjoy a family bike ride at the park 5. Nature Scavenger Hunt 6. Soccer (Nathan) 7. Make ornaments for our Halloween tree/Halloween crafts 8. Trunk or Treat, decorate… >> View Post
Wordless Wednesday
Ballet Cutie
Autumn LOVES to smile BIG. And, Miss Autumn LOVES dance class! She had her first dance class yesterday, and she was just so excited! She had been wearing her little tap shoes around the house for weeks, playing dress up with all of my old dance recital outfits… this is why I love this girl… >> View Post
Nathan Loses His First Tooth!
So, I am at work one afternoon and my Mom sends me a text that Nathan came home with something BIG today. I am wondering, what in the world could it be? Did he make me something? Of course, as soon as I got to my Mom’s, THIS was thrown in front of me. Yes,… >> View Post