Headed Off to see....

See ya Sunday!!

Trying to FOCUS

You see, I need to take "focusing" lessons from my "mohawked" 8 week old. He is doing FANTASTIC on focusing on the task at hand, unlike his mama.

I think lately I could be a little ADD..... But probably because I thought my life would slow down after AWANA's started in August, after giving birth, and after Kylee's birthday party last week....... But it really hasn't!!!

Back to why I think I am ADD, I have so many things I need to do, I am trying to FOCUS on one thing, and then I glance across the room, or see something at a store, and it makes me go "OH, I need to do that too..."

With that being said, we have still mananged to hang out together and enjoy some good ole'

6 MAN FOOTBALL!!!

This was my very FIRST 6 Man football game!! It was a lot of fun, but I do have to say for some reason I was laughing a lot. :)

Like when players didn't know where to line up, so that would just in the "knick" of time switch positions with another player on the team right before the ball is hiked.

Here is a few things I learned about 6 Man Football:

- field is only 80 yards long

- takes 20 yards to get a 1st Down

- the field is not as wide

- you get 2 points for kicking an extra point, and 1 point for running it in to get an extra point

- AND THERE ARE ONLY 6 PLAYERS!!!

Playing with her friend Piper

I don't know what this is about, but whatever it is the feeling is mutual. :)

This weekend some ladies from our church are going to the Women of Joy Conference in San Antonio, to hear SARAH PALIN speak!!! I beyond excited!! Of course, we had to get t-shirts made!! And of course, we will hit up the shops while we are there too!! FUN!!



Jaxon is going with, so I have decided, if he starts getting fussy during her speech, he'll be happy to know, he gets to nurse, so he will be quiet!! :)



There is alot of little parties and get together's going on in October. AWANA is having a Pumpkin Carving Contest. I have to call around and get prices on pumpkins or see if they will donate them. Anyone have any experience on getting stuff donated.



Thinking about getting a church kids trip together to go to the Grape Creek Pumpkin Patch one night.



Our Sunday School Class is having our 2nd Annual Murder Mystery Party. If you have never played one of these, you should really look into it. They are so fun!!



Have a House Warming Party next week!!

Volunteering at the JBF Sale next week!!



Oh yeah, and sometime we have to make our Halloween Costumes!!



Lord, help me to focus.

Look Alikes

Kylee at 2 weeks

Jaxon at 8 weeks

Good Deals

Well, the coupon binder went out the window when Jaxon was born 7 weeks ago, but recently I have brought it back to live with us!! :)

I'm still not on TOP of my couponing game, but I really never was, so it's not a big deal!!
Brianne and I did some Buy One, Get One FREE deals at Albertson's 2 weeks ago.

ALBERSTONS DEAL
Buy 3 lbs. of Ground Meat, Get 3 lbs. Free (I've already used all mine!!)
Buy Sirlion Steaks, Get One Free
Buy Tostitos Chips, Get One Free
Buy Bagged Lettuce, Get One Free
Buy State Fair Corn Dogs, Get One Free (Still waiting on mine)
Buy Blue Bell ICe Cream, Get one Free --> Priced at $5.38?? I had 2 $1.00 off coupons, so I got 2 for $3.38!!!

And remarkably we did this with 4 out of 5 KIDS!!!

WALGREENS DEAL:
4 Packs of Trident Gum and 3 Butterfinger Candy Bars for only $0.62!!! Just what I needed!!

HEB DEAL: Courtesy of Managing His Money

Buy box of Gushers, get 8 pack Juicy Juice FREE
Had 2 coupons: $0.50 off/2 Gushers & $1.00 off/3 Gushers
Deal:
5 Boxes of Gushers and 5 Juicy Juice Packs = $10.00 - $1.50 of coupons = $8.50 & since it is 10 box top items you get a $5 catalina that prints out!!! Great deal!!

TARGET DEAL
Last week at Target, buy 2 boxes of Huggies priced at $19.99 each get a $5 Target Gift Card
Had 3 coupons:
Target Store Coupon --> $5.00 off 2 boxes of Huggies Diapers
MFR. Coupon --> $2.00 off Huggies Diapers
MFR. Coupon --> $3.00 off Huggies Diapers
Deal:
2 Huggies Boxed Diapers = $39.98 - $10.00 of coupons = $29.98 - $5.00 Gift Card = $24.98
That is $12.50 for a big BOX of diapers!!

That's all for now!! We'll see what is going on this coming week

Life

I had the privilege of hosting a table this year at the

Pregnancy Help Center Banquet!!

Life

John 1:4

"In Him was life, and that life was the light of men."

Life

What an awesome thing!!

God has given each of us Life!!

I had never been before, but Jason's sister, Haley, volunteers there in the summer when she is home, and I kind of got connected to the center through her. She would talk about some amazing things they are able to do.

And being there last night, only MAGNIFIED the IMPORTANCE of this center in San Angelo.

You can check them out here.

I encourage you, if you ever have a chance to volunteer, or have money to give, or time to go just see their new facility!!

Because Saving Lives is a worthy cause!!

The banquet was held at ASU; they served us dinner, and then the guest speaker was Star Parker. All Igot to say, is "SHE WAS AWESOME!!" She is actually running for Congress in California, but lives in a heavy democratic district. You can check out her website here.

She needs to be elected and get to Washington as fast as possible because she is right now with making changes in a BIBLICAL way!!

You know me, the little Baptist girl, I kept wanting to shout, "AMEN" when she was speaking!! :)

Dr. Sutliff was introduced. The center contacts him for medical advice when needed. Also, I saw Dr. Coronado there; she is another OB/GYN. And there was lots of other people from Wall there so that was cool!!

Anyways, you get the point!! The Pregnancy Help Center is making a difference on the local level, and it is a great thing!!

John 1:4
"In Him was life, and that life was the light of men."

Two, Two Sweet Party!!

Kylee turned two on Saturday, and we had a great time with her, and her family and friends at her party!!

It even rained all day Saturday, and NO, I didn't panic!! :) I did have to make some changes, but I think it turned out smooth!!

In thinking of what to do for her birthday, I tried to think of things that she likes right now ALOT. I came up with, horses, stickers, play doh, and sweets. I would say just candy, but really she likes pop, and cookies too, much thanks to the grandparents. Seriously, I have to be the bad guy all the time. Anyways, so I thought a SWEET party would be fun, and started looking at some ideas on the internet. The ideas are endless, so here is what we ended up with at the party!!

AND IF YOU KNOW A HOLIK OR ARE ONE, YOU KNOW THIS IS A DREAM PARTY!!

Invitation

Sign on the Back Door

The candy table!! It took a little time to plan it, and organize the way I wanted it. I really like how the Dum-Dum Tree's turned out!!

The candy list:

Skittles

M&M's

Gum Balls

Twizzlers

Lemon Drops

Whoppers

Smarties

Candy Necklaces

Suckers

Gum Drops

Laffy Taffy

Gummi Bears

The cupcakes. I found the wrappers at Micheal's in town, and did the icing myself that afternoon. I wish I could make my colors more BOLD, but I'm always to scared to try and then mess up the day of the party.


The picture frame with skittles around it said: "Grab a bag, take some treats, enjoy the sugar because life is sweet!"

And they had little brown paper sacks with a tag on them to stuff with candy!!

Birthday Girl

Fixing to sing Happy Birthday to her!! She was so funny. I lit the candle and BEFORE we even started singing she blew the candle out!!

I guess we might have practiced a little TO much!!!

Opening Presents

I am glad to say, she did very good telling everyone "thank you" after opening her gifts.

Kylee and Rylee (Only 12 days apart)

This picture cracks me up!! Secretly in the corner eating her candy!!

Caught!!!

A little hyper, you say!!!!

She actually went to bed really easy Saturday night, and slept all night!!! :)

It was alot of fun!! Thanks for coming to her party, and we even missed a few really good friends that night!!

It's Fall!!!

I don't know when the "official" first day of Fall is, but at our house, we are declaring it to be "FALL"!!!

We had "Pass It On" Night at AWANA's last night, and Kylee wore her "Witten" football jersey. I personally like Jason Witten!!

Touchdown!!

No, she really wasn't doing the sign for Touchdown because ,well, she doesn't know how to, and here in the picture, well, she was throwing a fit, because she didn't want her picture taken!!

Anyone else in this stage??

And we have pumpkins around the house. I am happy to say the fall decorations have been up for about a week now!!

I absolutely LOVE this time of year!!