Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Happy 10th Birthday Lauren...





My sweet girl Lauren turned the big 10 on Oct 19th. I can’t believe how fast time is going. She is growing up. The kids were on fall break and had to go back to school on her birthday. She wasn’t overly thrilled with that, but at least she could share some red velvet cookies with her class. Since her birthday was on a Wednesday, we were supper busy and she wasn’t able to open presents until 8:30 and the older kids we not able to be there. But we still had a nice time. Lauren asked me to make her carrot cake for her. So I did and it was yummy... We are still planning her party with her friends. I think that we will have it on Veterans day.

Friday, October 21, 2011

New skill??

I am going to attempt to learn how to sew. I went to the store and purchased a pattern. Today Matt and I went and purchased fabric. I am excited and cut out my first pattern today. I hope to put the dress together tomorrow.. Let's just hope I cut it okay :) I'll post pics tomorrow..

Here is an image if the first part of the dress...


Monday, October 17, 2011

Ramblings....

Mason returned home after a great season with The Academy. They ended up in 15th place but really feel they should have been at least 13th. Even though they didn’t get the place the deserved their show was so awesome. I enjoyed watching them. Their sound was amazing. I am so proud of Mason and all of the hard work that he puts into his craft.

Mason is attending CGCC for criminal justice and is working for A+ Book Fair. He is saving to march The Academy again next year. Mason is also the Visual tech for a local high school marching band. (non paid but great experience).

Mason is the new owner of a 95 Saturn. One problem is that it is a stick shift. It took Mason a while to get a hang of driving the car but he got the hang of it.

Bryan has been cast in two shows. He is in the Queen Creek production of Camp Rock. He plays Andy and is the understudy for Nate. The show runs in October. He is also in his high school production of Oklahoma. He is cast in the ensemble. He is also the understudy for both leads Will and Curly. So he has a lot of work to do learning 5 roles. Basha will have an understudy show so I will be attending that evening also.



We were lost without a dog, so I was “window shopping” on Craigslist and found a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel puppy. He was 6 months old and he was being sold for the cost of his microchip, vaccines and neutering. That is such an awesome deal. So Matt agreed to go look and the puppies. We drove all of the way across town, when we got there, of course we fell in love. We picked out a tri color. His name was Monster and he seemed to love the kids. He doesn’t really seem to chew very much. But best of all he will play or cuddle just a very good boy. We had a hard time choosing a new name for him. So we took a family vote and by a very close vote his name is Chestnut.