Oh Boy!

Ashley and mommy went to Target the other day and were looking at the items on clearance and found this....Ashley says WOW!

Jewelry on the Brain

So as most of you know, after months of agonizing I decided to take some time off from the career front. My last day was this past Friday. It was a really difficult decision, but one that I am glad to finally have made. It will be nice to get to spend more time with Ashley ~ although I'm sure there will be days when I question if I was sane when I made this decision.

Ashley and I had a great day on Monday. We watched the rain fall from our safe hidout at the front windows, we played upstairs in her playroom, ate lunch together, went for a walk, visited Gigi and GrandKen. It was a good day. Here is a picture from our day - Ash in camo and her favorite new shoes - pink moccasins.

I opened up an online shop to feature the jewlery I've started to design and make. I am a crafty girl at heart and am really excited about this ~ we'll see if I ever sell any of it :) You can check out my shop HERE or click on the pictures of my work in my sidebar.

One final note - I went to Costco today and was pleasantly surprised to see that they already had the Danish Shortbread Cookies out - you know the ones w/ the big sugar crystals on top - that they have around Christmas time? Well, I couldn't resist - so I picked up the unusually large tin and tossed it in the cart. Inside the tin they have the cookies arranged in groupings of three in little paper cupcake things. Anyways, I just realized that in one day I have eaten the contents of 6 cupcake things - so 18 cookies!!! AHHH! To the next person that comes over to my house - PLEASE remove the tin of cookies before I eat them all! Until next time...SMILE!

HELLO BIG TEX!

Ashley went to the State Fair of Texas this past weekend. Her favorite thing to do was look at the animals in the Children's Barnyard. She saw goats, pigs, a giraffe, lamas, emus, zebras, and lot of other animals that mommy didn't know the name of :) She had a great time...and of course got to experience a eating a Corny Dog, which she loved.

The Door Step Mystery

So when I got home yesterday, Ash and I went out to check the mail like usual and when I opened the door there was a gift bag attached to the handle. I opened up the bag to find a oh so cute little dress and a magnadoodle. I searched high and low for a card - but there wasn't one to be found....so.....we have a little mystery on our hands - who is this from? I love the gift (and am hoping that it is actually for us). I am such a HUGE 'thank you' writer and it is bothering me so much that I don't even know who I can thank for this oh so sweet gift. Anyways...I thought I'd write about it here in hopes that someone will claim this generous gift and I will be able to express our gratitude for it to you. Until then ~ Thank you to whoever left the gift!

Happy Birthday Aunt Kristen!

We went to Babe's on Sunday night to celebrate Aunt Kristen's 24th birthday. YUM! Ashley could not get enough of the corn and Daddy's chicken fried steak (even though it made her eyes water b/c he had doused it with Tabasco).


Gotta love a place that makes you wear a chicken on your head and dance for your birthday! We love you Kristen!!!