enough already

i've been AWOL for a while. not sure why. i'm here. i'm alive. just haven't felt the need to blog, facebook, or "compute". maybe i'll change my mind soon. not sure. so till then..

Road Trip!! and Report Cards

I'm leaving in just a few minutes to go on a road trip w/ a friend from church. I'm excited.. just me and a friend getting away!!! Brian has the kids till tomorrow night. he'll be fine i'm sure. i'm not worried at all. it'll be good for him, right. yeah it will:)


Mattie made 99's in all subjects. She's on the A Honor Roll for the 1st 6 weeks. Can i get a "oh yeah" from the crowd-ya gotta say it like Peggy Hill off of the tv show "king of the hill"! wow. that's about all i can say. oh and THANK YOU JESUS!

haircuts!

Dad....













Son...

An apology

I had to apologize to Mattie Monday night. She immediately forgave me and said, "Thats ok". immediately. not a few minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades...immediately. it's a very freeing experience to have to ask your child for their forgiveness and admit you were wrong. if only i could do as she did. yesterday, Ryder and i were in the car and he kept saying i did something the i didn't do so i explained to him in a rather loud voice that i didn't do it. he said, 'stop yelling at me mom'. later he did something and told me he was sorry...out of the blue and on his own. i immediately felt convicted and said i was sorry for 'yelling' at him.

if only we as adults could follow in their footsteps....hhhmmmm.

pumpkins and Christmas trees...

There's only 3 more months till Christmas!!! Better start shopping now! ok ok ok "stephanie", you're saying, "can we at least get through halloween and Thanksgiving first!"

i just love fall and i love Christmas. These next few months are my fav. We are going to be taking family pictures sometime in October. We haven't taken family pictures since mattie was 1 1/2 years old....so sad i know. my mom and mominlaw are ready to kill me. brian is sooooo excited words can't express how he feels about this....SARCASM!!! i have a goal...a weight loss goal...i've kinda regressed during september. not too bad but i gotta get things under control again. my goal for the family pictures is...130lbs. it wont be too hard. i'm 143lbs right now. i've gained about 3 lbs. but thats not too bad. These family pictures are going to be Christmas gifts. a friend i go to church w/ is going to take them.

anywoo, just thought i'd remind everyone that's the "gift giving season" is fast approaching:)

Fireproof The Movie!

opens tonight...go see it.

Why is it that....

first this is not a husband/man bashing post, it is a legit..."too legit too legit to quit hey hey"..sorry had to get that out...question. Why is it that we have to tell the men in our lives just exactly what we want them to do. how many times have i heard him say this, "why didn't you tell me to....or ask me to...".

am i the only woman that has this issue going on in her life?....