Happy Halloween!

Yes, it's that time of year...costumes, candy-tricks and treats.  Our office dressed up as the No-No list this year.  I work for an Orthodontist and the No-No list consists of sticky-chewies and things that will break your braces.  We had stickers that said "Bad to the Braces" (instead of "Bad to the Bone") and t-shirts with Big Red, Sweet Tarts, Snickers, Runts, Orange Crush, Peanut M&M's, Whatchamacallit, Butterfinger and the doctor went as Dr Pepper.  Well, we thought it was cute.  Every year we go "Trick or Treating" to referring dentists offices and it's a blast!  One office took the picture below (Thanks Dr Julie!)

So, safe Tricks and Treats to all tonight, and if you want to get rid of that candy tomorrow check with local dental offices there are tons of Candy Buy Back promotions going on.  (Our office sends the candy to the National Guard and they send it overseas to the troops, what a great treat!)

Another Weekend...

So, it's been another weekend and it has been busy, busy, busy.  Friday noght was the last home football game.  Topeka High ended the season 8-1 and with a bang (fireworks donated by a local credit union.)

 

The hubs and son went to an overnight Youth Rally on Saturday night and I spent the night cleaning for the baby shower, getting the Halloween out (don't judge, at leastit got out this year at all!)...

 

, curling hair for Nutcracker pictures and running to said pictures.  We are down to 6 weeks before the performance.  Wow, time flies!

Yes, that face says it all!

And, today we hosted a baby shower in my home for a dear Church friend.  Welcome to baby Norman! (And thanks to all my co-hosts and his mommy for sharing him with us today!)

 

 

So, I really am trying to get better at posting more than once a week.  But I figure that it's better to write at least once than not at all.

 

 

PS-The mantel is 3 $2.50 pumpkins from the Dollar spot at Target and I painted the letters for FALL onto scrapbook paper then taped them to wooden squares from the craft store.  Then I tied some scraps of fabric onto a sring and hung them up.  Yay for simple (and inexpensive!)

 



Crazy...

What have I been doing?  Well, I was going to Dallas last weekend...mom and I left on Thursday afternoon and made it all the way to Blackwell(I know we were 20 miles past the Kansas border), Oklahoma and had to turn around and go back due to a wind storm causing pretty crazy accidents on I-35.  This is the 3rd trip out of the state that I have had to cancel or not go on and I am very sad...but for some reason I am not to go on a vacation this year.  Huh.  Well, the dust storm was very crazy and there are some pictures on Instagram but I'll post them here too.

This is the sun trying to get through the clouds of dust.

 

 

So, when we turned around, we headed to Olathe to see my sister and nieces.  It's a small trip, and only took us 7 hours to arrive.  Well, Mom and I spent the day taking my nieces to Garage Sales (they were out of school for Parent/Teacher conferences.)  After GS's, we went to a favorite breakfast place- First Watch.  It was the girls first time eating there and we may have created a couple of monsters.  Just kidding.

 

I think this silverware wrapper is the funniest thing ever. 

We love breakfast anytime of the day, but First Watch is only open til early afternoon (2pm  maybe).

 

The only other thing going on is Nutcracker rehearsals and there are only 6 more weekends until performances.  So we are spending a lot of time at the dance studio and I get bored and take a couple of pictures...

 

My girl is the one in green. 

 

I guess that we have been doing some home improvements too...we painted the family room and kitchen that were a stark white (I'll post pictures when I get them taken.)  I am trying to get ready for a baby shower this weekend and the last home football game is this Friday.  (Again pictures to follow).  Some how in the process of painting I did this to my toe:

Yes, I need a pedicure, but I honestly don't know how this happened.  I just found it when I woke up.  Gross, huh?  And no, I did not try to stick my foot into my daughters point shoe! 

 

Have a great week, if I don't get anything posted in the mean time.