We had our house painted this week. Jared has always hated the yellow house with green trim. Well, we needed some places fixed on the exterior of the house, so we had it repainted rather than try and match the old paint. We like the new look, although we wish the blue trim were a littler darker. Overall, though, we are pleased and the house looks "like new!" Enjoy the before and afters!

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After:

A Relaxing Saturday

Today has been a nice day, no plans, just diddle dallying around and doing what I want. Jared has been in front of the tv all day watching football game after football game. Casey is here, too. They make me laugh listening to them cheer and holler, not for every game, just The Tide; however, they enjoy all football games, they just really get into Alabama games more.
Joseph called to see if I wanted to go to the bookstore and I said, "Sure!" He, Pam, and Xander came and got me and off we went. We had a nice time. Joseph got a book more on his age level, while I spent my time in the kids section with Xander the whole time. Pam was with us most of the time, but she did visit her age group of books and the cookbook section. We got coffee/hot chocolate/frozen cappucinos at Joe muggs before stopping at Wendys. I bought a Halloween tape of silly songs and we rocked out to that. I let Xander borrow it for the night because he was really enjoying it. It was a relaxing evening with my siblings and our man, Xander!
Looking at all of the Halloween books really got me ready for the holiday! I love Halloween! I want to play fun games at our church Trick-or-Trunk this year, especially because you can only get away with doing so much for Halloween in the public school system. I've read about several fun games and things to do. When I was little, we always had Halloween parades to go to. We also got to wear costumes to school and have a Halloween party and a costume contest. Now we have none of that and I have to get real creative to celebrate the fun with my students.
Tomorrow we have a Lads-to-Leader/Leaderette work day at the church followed by the Area Wide Youth Devotional at Hoover Church of Christ. Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend!

Yay Alabama, Crimson Tide!

Saturday Jared, Andy, Casey, and I went to the Alabama football game against Western Kentucky. We left early and got there around 1 PM. We found a parking spot and walked around looking at the booths and booths of Alabama stuff to buy. Jared got me a visor because it was sooo hot. Then we went to the Paul "Bear" Bryant museum where Jared read everything there was to read. The best part was it was air conditioned; however, I did enjoy reading about the history of the team. Andy walked through fast, but not Jared, like I said, he read everything and he goes about once a year! There was a CW tent outside the museum giving away free hotdogs, no catch! I'm not a hotdog lover, but I was hungry, so I partook. Then we began making our way back to the stadium trying to find Casey. He had to come later because he had to work. The game was good and we had excellent seats- 50 yard line 6th row back! Casey got his seat cushioned autographed. He was so excited! Jared asked him who signed it and grinning as big as day said, "I have no idea, but it's an autograph!" We deciphered that it was a former AL player who was visiting. The weather turned cool and breezy after the 1st quarter which was nice because I was feeling a little dehydrated. I had to give in and buy a $4 water. Money well spent! After the game, we went to eat at Chili's and then came home. Great company and good fun!

Happy Birthday!

I cannot let the day go by without saying Happy Birthday to my daddy! Today is his birthday and Kent's too! Happy Birthday Twins! Also, while I was on blogging hiatus, I missed telling my mama happy birthday; however I did tell her in person, we did celebrate it! So... Happy Birthday Mama!

This is cheesy, but I like it!



Two GREAT parents!

Ladies Day, Faulkner Football, and Hannah

Our Ladies Day was a huge success! Mrs. Fletcher did a terriffic job! Her talk was encouraging and interesting! That evening, Pam, Joseph, Jared, and I went to Samford to see the Faulkner Eagles play. They were being slaughtered! Needless to say, we left after the third quarter. Oh well! Sunday, as we were leaving church, I told Hannah bye. She looked up at me and said,"I wanna go with you." I just smiled at her and told her bye again. She, again, took her cup from her mouth and looked at me with those gorgeous blue eyes and said, "I wanna go with you." I looked over at Jared and then told Hannah to ask him. She walked over to him and said, "I wanna go with you." Jared told her to ask her mommy. She went over to her mommy and said, "I wanna go with Jared." So, we put her in the car and took her home with us! We first had to make a stop at Wal-Mart for some toilet paper or as Hannah called it, "paper." On the way there she started saying she wanted to see Barney. Since we don't have any Barney movies we told her she could get one at the store. So, she walked in to Wal-Mart calling for Barney (loudly) and then looking at us and saying, "Where is he?" We finally spotted a Barney movie, but then Clifford caught her eye and we ended up taking him home instead. We had a good afternoon with her, watching Clifford, riding the play horse, playing ball in the yard, singing "God is So Good" a dozen times on the kareoke machine, and playing her games she made up. She fell asleep on the way back to church and slept all through church. I wish I had taken pictures of her, but we were just too busy playing with her! Jared and I love our little friend Hannah!

Labor Day Fun

It would be crazy of me to recap the last two months, so I will blog as if I have been updating regularly.
This has been a very relaxing and fun weekend. Friday night we ate with our regular crowd at Logan's and it was delicious and the company was delightful! Saturday I ran some errands and then went with my parents to the Butterbean Festival. I did not eat any butterbeans, but did partake in the delicious roasted corn. It was worth the trip! Saturday night we got together at Pam's to work on the Ladies Day our church is having next Saturday- PLEASE COME: SYLVAN SPRINGS CHURCH OF CHRIST, BIRMINGPORT ROAD, SYLVAN SPRINGS, AL, 9 AM til lunch! Sunday we had 5th Sunday fellowship meal. Sunday night after worship sevices we stayed and had a game night. Lots of fun, especially to me because I love playing games! Today we got together at Pam's with my dad's family. As always, we had a great time. I love seeing my cousins! We played two games of Apples to Apples and laughed the whole time. Now we are at home just relaxing and enjoying the rest of our Labor Day. God bless the USA!