1st day of High School

My little girl is a freshman now. I just can't believe we are already here. Let me tell you... it has been really hard for me to let go of her. I still want her to lay on the couch and talk about her deep dark secrets and funny stories with me. To hang out with me instead of those stinky boys. But I have to remember she is an amazing girl and I'm raising her to become a strong Godly women not a women who lives with her mom forever. As moms we have an important job and it's hard sometimes but what a great feeling when they succeed at so many things. She is loving school though and it makes me happy to see that. I'm so blessed that she is very smart and does great in school. 1st days of school are always great because we are both experiencing the same excited nervous feeling. Today my little precious kindergartners were fabulous ! For the first time ever I have more girls than boys. Wow! And you know those precious little ones love to talk. We are going to have some great conversations this year! They had a great day today and I even had one who said he had such a great time he would come back tomorrow! They say the cutest things! I love my job and love seeing my daughter grow every year. School is an awesome thing! We are lucky to live in a place with such a good school system! Praise the Lord!

August 18, 2010

Apron

My first sewing project. I'm so proud! I must be the luckiest girl to have a boyfriend who can teach you how to sew! Well, here is how it went....minus the numerous mistakes that I encountered....we won't mention those. I was just learning. This is mainly a blog about how to cut material with a Cricut. The sewing was fun but believe me you don't want an up close look at it.

First step was buying the material and some wonder under. I ironed the wonder under onto a small piece of fabric big enough to cut out one capital R.

Then I stuck this to my Cricut pad and cut the letter. This was very exciting to me because I have been wanting to cut material with the Cricut but didn't know how. Well, You can learn all kinds of great things from You Tube!

And Ta~Da~ Here is my first initial! Yes, this really should have been the step AFTER I made the apron.....but I just couldn't wait! So, after all of the fun sewing lessons that went on and the apron was done it was time to iron on the cute initial. And even that was a learning experience. I figured out only after doing it wrong that you need to peel the wonder under off before you iron.

Use a damp cloth to place over the letter and then press it until it is secure to the surface. In my case the apron. Wow! And it really worked. This is so amazing! I'm just thinking of all the possibilities!

Finished product! I am using this precious thing for my classroom. I can't wait!

I'm so proud! Even though I know my career is not headed in the seamstress direction, it felt good to make something and not just pick it off a shelf. And knowing that you designed it!

1 fabulous yr. of dating

Yes it's true! Rhees and I have been dating for a whole year! It has been such a blessing to experience life with that boy! On July 23rd I decided that we needed to celebrate "us". See we are not really date people- meaning we really don't keep track of official dates/ like when we started dating, but we can pin point it down to the last week of July. Anyways..... back to my plans for us.

We started our day with the Philbrook Museum. Wow! What a gorgeous place! They had the mummy exhibit there so that was very interesting! Then we headed to In The Raw. YUMMY!!! We love us some sushi! This was an important memory that I wanted to bring back because he was the one who had me try sushi and I loved it! We had never been to this restaurant but it has a beautiful view of Tulsa! So, I was trying to go for the romantic date! We thought we were done eating there but I had a little craving that we had to satisfy first. I needed some chocolate!!! So, he had a great idea ....Cheesecake Factory!!! WOW!! This was fabulous! And we were sooooo stuffed! Lastly, we ended the evening at Philbrook again. They had a mummy movie on the garden lawn. We walked around the garden and even saw a little snake...yeah that was not my favorite part! It was so nice outside and the moon was gorgeous!

1 Terrific Year!

I love my Man! And hope that there are many more terrific years to look forward to!

{Embrace} the Camera

{Embrace} the Camera

Well, this precious photo was taken before we experienced our first float trip. She would probably hurt me if she knew I was posting this pic. But this is just us having a great time together. And if you are wondering.... the float was fabulous!

~ Check out the {Embrace} the Camera button on the side to see more great pics of people Embracing the Camera. Thanks Emily for the idea. I LOVE IT!

New Love

I have totally found my new love. After looking for a long time I couldn't decide if I should try again. But after finding true love you know it was worth it. It's so bad that he must go with me wherever I go. Comfy days, Dress-up days, and even lounging around the house days. He gives me comfort like no other. What I love the most is he is definetly STYLIN. I love it so much that I must share my secret because you must fall in LOVE too with these three letters :

TOM

Yes, I got my first pair. I can't believe the comfort. I will be getting some more! So many options I will have a hard time deciding. But I'm so happy I have found the shoe for me!

{Embrace} the Camera

{Embrace} the Camera

I am so proud of my dad! He is so compasionate about others. He is always putting others first and puts his life in danger to save people. He is a firefighter. Ever since I have been little I have loved visiting the fire station. And now I carry that on with my daughter. This is a fun pic we took one day while visiting him. It is important to me that my daughter is close to her Grandparents ~ aka : Mimi an Papa

Blackberry Pickin'

We enjoyed a nice hot morning picking blackberries. It was so much fun! I learned a lot about picking them and now will learn a lot about cooking them. I have already started looking at recipes. YUM!!

This place is just right down the road from us. Who would of guessed that we lived by such a gold mine.

There were rows and rows of blackberries! The little farmer there was so sweet! He explained exactly where to look for them and what to be looking for. Little Sweet Farmer Tip #1. Do not pick Red berries.
This is what NOT to be looking for. If you pick the red ones they will NOT ripen off the vine. So we are strictly looking for BLACK berries.

This is much better..These look so good!

Little Sweet Farmer Tip #2. Get low to the ground and look in the shade.

Isn't Rhees doing an excelent job at this! Good job little berry picker!

Little Sweet Farmer Tip #3. Fill the buckets and bring them back.

And yes....he had to be the "MAN" and get more than me. I think he was pretty proud of this!

Well, we didn't let these precious berries sit for very long. We went straight to the store to get stuff for making ice cream. OH MY.... that was the best ice cream ever!

I love that we can enjoy these great experiences together!