Wordless Wednesday

Photo brought to you courtesy of The Coach. :)

Didn't he do a great job? lol I might be biased!

I Raced for the Cure

and I sincerely hope they find one!

I had set a goal of $150 as my personal fundraising efforts but thanks to some fantastic friends, family and bloggers I exceeded my goal and raised $400! Thank you everyone for your support!!

I woke up at 5:50 am this morning to get ready for my race.We were to meet my great friend and race buddy (Toni) at 6:45 am. I got all of my stuff together Friday night and had two choices of outfits to wear. The only thing I couldn't find was my watch. I really needed it to help keep track of my time. I was bummed as it was nearing midnight and I couldn't find my watch to save my life.

My wonderful hubby, who had just walked in the door from coaching a football game, graciously grabbed the keys and headed to Walmart to pick me up a new watch. Love him!! :)

I went to bed with a bundle of nerves and woke up relaxed.

I didn't get nervous again until we got to the start line!

Here are some pics from the race.

Toni and I before the race. It was bright (or dark) and early!

Thank you for doing this with me!

Headed off for a pre-race warm up jog.

Running in memory of my Nana who lost her battle to breast cancer in January 2008.

Where's Waldo??

That's me in the pink hat.

And here I come towards the finish line.

See that girl in black giving the guy a high five?

I sped up and ran right past her and crossed before her! lol

And it was done.

Official race time:

38:59.05

That's a new PR! :)

Justin and I postrace.

Thank you for being by my side and supporting me 100% in everything I do.

Thank you for pushing me when I needed it and not allowing me to give up.

I can't think of anyone else I'd want to have as my #1 supporter!

I love you!!!!

The kids and I after the race.
We went to the pink ribbon tent and bought them new tees. :)
This race was an amazing journey for me. The whole vibe of the event was awesome. I can't even describe how it felt to be there and to know that I was a part of it. From the fundraising in the weeks before to crossing the finish line - it was just great!
I can't describe how it feels to know that when I ran my first 5K over a year ago it took me over 48 minutes to complete it and to have completed this race in 10 minutes less overjoyed me. I feel like I have actually accomplished something and it gives me the motivation to keep on going!

Halloween fun with "Mummy"

Last Saturday our beloved Vols had an off week so there was no football game on. Well, there was football and we watched some but to keep the kids entertained I had them do a few fun Halloween things. I had decided earlier in the day that since we had made a pot of chili the night before we would just do hot dogs and chili for dinner. Having browsed around on Family Fun quite a bit for ideas of kid friendly Halloween fun/crafts I already knew what I was going to do with the kids' dinner.

Mummy dogs! They were easy, cute and fun for the kids to eat!  All you do is cut crescent roll dough into strips and then wrap them around your hotdog, bake in the oven and add some eyes! I didn't have whatever was suggested for the eyes so I used a couple dabs of mustard.

This next Mummy-fied idea I saw on another blog as well as Family Fun. Super easy and cute! I plan to make more to put in Peanut's goodie bags for his class Halloween party at preschool next week. I let the kids make a couple at home and they had a lot of fun. They didn't turn out exactly like mine but were still super cute!

What you need:
- package of 5 stick gum
-google eyes
-glue
- I used medical tape to make these but you could use any variety of white cloth! If you do use cloth it may stick to the package better with hotglue, but the kids wouldn't really be able to help with that.

Have fun! These were both super easy and clean up was a breeze! 

Wordless Wednesday - Last Halloween

Can you guess who/what my two cuties were last year?

Random Thoughts Tuesday

I usually don't use my blog as a place to vent, whine, gripe, moan or whatever so I will make this one little blurb real quick. But let me say I cannot stand people (read - "friends") that talk out both sides of their mouths. Drives me crazy. I'm a say what you mean, mean what you say kinda girl. I really cannot stand people who lie or make up stories to get attention. Seriously, it just makes you look stupid.  There I said it. Be you, be yourself. Don't lie and don't talk out both sides of your mouth.

I am so proud of Miss Annabelle. She has never done well sleeping through the night. She's 6 and still wakes every night. I have no idea why. She has no idea why. The worst part of that is she has always came to our bed when she wakes up. It's awful. She starts out in her bed with the hall light on (which drives poor Peanut nuts). Usually an hour after hubby and I are in bed she will attempt to come in. We hear the door and send her back to bed. Still, at some point, she manages to get in bed right beside me. RIGHT BESIDE ME. That means she is pretty much under me or on top of me. My back aches the next morning and I am cranky as a crab. Seriously. I have sometimes wanted to just shove her little (or NOT so little) body right off the side of the bed and take my space back over. Ha ha. Anyway, when the alarm went off at 5 this morning I didn't feel that body on me. Super nice. When hubby and I woke up he told me that he heard her crawling (YES crawling) into our room during the night when he got up to go to the bathroom. He sent her back to bed and there she stayed. ALL.NIGHT.LONG. :) I was proud, he was proud and most of all, Annabelle was proud! she even waited on us to come in her room to look in her bed where she was before she got out this morning. Yay for little victories.


That's all I got for today. Not my usual random self. I guess you could say I am "in a mood." Ha.
Now for more random-ness head on over to The Un Mom.

Pumpkin Farm Fun

Isaiah's preschool class took a trip to a local farm last week. We were excited to get to go pick out our pumpkins straight from the patch! It was a beautiful day. The weather was just right.

Daddy and I both took the day off work to go with Peanut. He was very excited about that.

It was really nice to spend some one on one time with just him, but I did miss not having Annabelle there.

He wanted to make sure we got on the trailer being hauled by this tractor! And we did. :o)

My handsome little guy posing for me.

Mommy, Daddy and Peanut

Daddy and Peanut inspecting this patch of pumpkins.

Peanut found one he likes!

"Look how big, Mom!"

It was a great day! We took a lot of pics so don't be surprised if you see more popping up!

We picked out three pumpkins and hopefully will get around to carving them this weekend.

Give Away Winners!!!

I am so excited to be announcing the winners of my Halloween tee give away! This project was super fun and I hope the winners will be excited to get their tees.
 I only had 12 entries this time.

Using Random.org I got #8 and #10, which are as follows:

#8
 Semi-Slacker Mom said...
I read your post at MM. How did you hook that up?

October 14, 2009 11:41 AM
 
and
 
#10
Kado! said...

cute tutorial! great guest post!
October 14, 2009 3:07 PM
 

So, Semi Slacker Mom and Kado...please email me your addresses and your shirts will go out this week! Thank you to all of you that played along! Stay tuned for more fun give aways! I'm trying to come up with something fun for Thanksgiving and Christmas right now. 

Football Friday

It's once again football time in Tennessee and once again....

IT IS RAINING!!!

I don't mind the rain unless it's on a Friday during football season! Ha ha

I just don't like to sit it in. The cold is fine. I don't mind be a little chilly but wet and chilly is just not my thing. I'm hoping God stops by to read this sometime before kickoff and the sky clears up and the rain stops. ;)

Anyway, about the actual game or something. lol... I didn't take any pictures of the kids before school this morning. In fact, Annabelle didn't even wear team colors today. Instead she sort of looked ready for Christmas. Cute, if you ask me. But you didn't ask so I will just keep going with this post.

We play at home tonight. You all know I love home games. It is Senior Night actually. I don't know any details of how many senior football players we have or what the actual festivities hold other than they are recognized (at half time from what I remember..lol) with their parents but it's a pretty special night for them.

The team we play is one we normally don't see during the regular season but since there was a whole redistricting thing that went on this year we play them. And of course, like always, I am hoping it is a great game, the GOVS come out ready to fight, and we add another win to the record!

Fun with Flubber

First of all, let me say, I know what you guys are thinking!

"Two crafty blogs in one week, this woman's on a roll!" Ha ha I know, right!?!

I actually have a third one but since I actually stole that one from another blogger I decided to skip really doing a whole blog devoted to it, so instead I give you our Flubber experience (or at least part of it!).

There wasn't a whole lot to making this but I didn't really get the kids to help. They weren't that interested anyway and really only wanted to play with the finished product. I'm not sure there is really anything a small child could do to help make it but the bigger kids might find it interesting. I don't really know! lol

I have to give props once again to Family Fun. I printed the instructions and list of ingredients there.

It has become my favorite site for fun crafty ideas to do with or for the kids.

So, here is what you need:

-2 mixing bowls

-measuring spoons and cups

-Glue

-Borax

-Green food coloring

-water

-plastic zipper baggies

And here is what you do:

1. Mix together 3/4 cup warm water, 1 cup glue and food coloring (as much as you like) in one bowl.

      2. In the other bowl, mix together 4 teaspoons borax and 1 1/3 cups warm water.

      3. Pour the contents of the first bowl into the second, but don't stir. Let it sit for 1 minute, then lift the

         congealed slime out of the bowl. This is the icky part for me!!

      4.Now just divide it between your little monsters and put in zipper baggies!

Let me say that the slime was a little wet when I put it in baggies but I soaked up the extra moisture with a paper towel. The slime or flubber did stick to the paper towel a little bit because of the glue so just be careful how long you leave the paper towel there.

Also, Borax is toxic so be careful with the little ones.

I failed to get pictures of my two playing with it but let me tell you they have enjoyed it! And you can really use any color food coloring that you chose! One of my kids wanted pink and the other blue but since the directions makes such a big batch I decided to go with the suggested green.

OH and another tip! Don't be a doofus like I was and read CAP instead of CUP on the glue. ;) I will save the silly details of that little mishap!

Now go have fun!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Some of my most treasured moments are the one's like this. They don't stay little for very long.

A Spooktastic Giveaway!

I have some exciting news for all of you!

I am guest blogging over at Manic Mother's awesome blog today!

For me that is a huge honor and I am thrilled!

What does that mean for you?

It means that if you go over and check out her blog and my post there that you (2 of you actually!!!) have the chance to win one of two of these awesome Halloween tees that I blogged about. And yes, they are handmade by ME!

So, what do you have to do to get entered to win?

1. Visit my MM and read my post and come back here to let me know you did.

2. Become a follower of my blog.

3. Add my button!

Be sure to come back and leave a comment for each entry, please!

You may enter to win until Saturday, October 17th. I will chose 2 (TWO!!!) lucky winners on Sunday, October 18th using Random.org and announce those here! I will have them in the mail to the winners early next week so they will be there just in time for Halloween!  And as usual with my give aways, I cannot ship internationally at this time. Forgive me, please.

Wordless Wednesday

Random Thoughts Tuesday

I have been on vacation this week. That doesn't mean I have gone away. I know, major bummer! We've been home since the kids are on Fall Break from school this week. With football being in full swing there wasn't really any way at all that we could have packed up and gone somewhere fun but that's ok. I've tried to get some much needed projects around the house done and do a few crafty fun things with the kids. We have an extra kiddo this week since I am watching my good friend's son, too. It's been hectic at times but lots of fun. It's amazing the difference in going from 2 kids to 3! 

We went to the mountains today! I love that we live so close that we can head up on a day off and enjoy the beauty around us. Stay tuned for some pics of our trip!

Guess who is going to be on Oprah tomorrow???

NIE

I can't wait! I love Nie. I don't usually watch Oprah but tomorrow is a pretty special day. As soon as I read Nie's blog today I picked up my remote and set the DVR right away. :) If you haven't heard of Nie (who hasn't!!!) you should read her blog and tune in to Oprah tomorrow. You will not be sorry you did.

Did I mention that I am now a Daisy Scout troop leader? Ha! If I didn't before now.... I AM!! It will be interesting to see how this winter goes for me. I have also volunteered (by mouth) to help coach Annabelle's basketball team. She played last year under a local Upward league and hubby coached. He is usually beat after football season so thought it would be best to rest and haev a little father/son time with Peanut. So, a friend of mine (her kids play too) and I thought we might give this a go. Hopefully with handling a Daisy Scout troop and a basketball team I can get a little organized!

Okay, I have to wrap up since Tuesday ends in 10 mins! ha ha

To see more randomness head on over The UnMom now!!

Good night!

Football Friday - Homecoming

Friday night was homecoming at WB! The smart person who arranged the festivities decided to crown the King and Queen before kickoff. I LOVE this! The Govs played a great game but didn't pull off the win. It was close though at 28-26. Enjoy these pics from Friday night. My hubby is the guy in white in front of the players before they run out on the field. I love that he runs out with them! I'm proud of him and the team for their effort Friday night.

GO GOVS!