Sandra and Curtiss Payne

In a perfect world I would never get behind in blogging, or anything for that matter but guess what?? It's not and life happens.

Back to what's been going on......A Wedding!!!

One of my best friends finally got married!! I could not be even more excited for them. It feels like they have been talking about it for a while and then one day she said "Oh by the way we are getting married next Friday!" We were eating lunch and I about fell out of my chair, and if we hadn't been in the middle of a restaurant I would have screamed.....well I kind of did...but not like I would have if we were some where else.

They decided to get married on 11/11/11 in a low key service at the court house. No friends, no family, just them and their son Adrian. It was so nice!! It was about not only joining the two in marriage but joining the three of them together as a family. I was a little bummed about not being there but knew that it was what they wanted, and I was so happy about it I quickly got over it.

I am so happy for the three of them, and wish Sandra and Curtiss all the happiness in the world.

 

 

 

 

I love you guys!!

Thirty-One Year End Clearance!!!!!

Well my computer ended up in the repair shop for about a week and a half so I am working on getting caught up.

However I wanted to let everyone know about an amazing sale Thirty-One is having. Each year they retire certain items in order to make room for some new and exciting products. There are quiet a few things changing and I am excited about all the new Spring Products!! So here is your chance to stock up on some great items at an awesome low price. Most items are marked down 50% but some are marked down more. If you are like me buy things now and save them trough out the year for birthdays, graduations, or just because!!


Check it all out HERE!

If you have any questions please drop me an email!

semilam(at)gmail(dot)com

I am hoping to get all caught up by New Years, so keep checking because I hosting my first give-a-way!!

Thanksgiving!

Just about every Thanksgiving we spend the day at my parents eating and normally watching football, while planning out our black Friday deals! This year was completely different. Michael was not going to be able to travel back home, so it was just the boys and I. My sister and her family had been invited to some friends for Thanksgiving, so my mom opted not to cook. I was kind of bummed since I love Thanksgiving food, but totally understood not cooking for so few people.

We woke up and spent most of the morning being lazy. We enjoyed a nice breakfast and followed up by catching the Macy's parade. That afternoon we headed to my parents to chill out.

It was nice to just relax and not worry about running around.

My dad's birthday is around Thanksgiving and sometimes it actually falls on Thanksgiving day. This year it happened to land on the Sunday following Thanksgiving. Since we didn't have a typical Thanksgiving meal, we decided to get together Saturday night for dinner and to celebrate his birthday.

I kind of enjoyed it a little better....we had steaks! Yummy!!

After dinner he opened his presents and if you know my dad he LOVES popcorn. I think if it was ever made into a food group by itself he would live on it! So it only seemed fitting for him to have his own pop corn machine. My mom picked up the machine, and we loaded his up with oil, popcorn and flavor salt.

Of course we had to try it out....and it was quite yummy!

Happy Birthday Dad, I love you!!

Thanksgiving lunch with Christian!

The Thursday before Thanksgiving Christian’s school hosted the annual thanksgiving feast during lunch. I remember when I was in elementary school my mom coming and eating lunch with me, and I look forward to it each year with Christian. He looks forward to it as well. Normally I am working and take an little longer lunch and head over, but this year the exterminators were coming to do our yearly treatment at the house so I just took the day off! So Colin was able to join in on the fun! He loves Christian’s school. He points it out every time we pass and the whole morning he kept asking if it was time to go! Lunch was good, as good as school cafeteria food can get. Christian loved having us there, and even showed Colin off!!

 

The only thing about having fun things like this planned at school was he always wants to get checked out afterwards and go home! I don’t blame him, I always did and never was. I normally do, however I had a couple more errands to run and it’s easier and quieter with only 1 child. Plus he was going to recess and watching a movie the rest of the day. I made a deal with him and picked him up in car pool that afternoon, so it was all good!

Yeah, we are still here....

Yep it's holiday time, which means my blogging ends up on the end of my to-do list. A lot has been going on, our anniversary, Thanksgiving, a wedding, and a baby or two, a birthday and of course preparing for Christmas, along with our daily routines there seems to not be enough hours in the day to complete everything. I mean I could get everything done, but I would have to give up sleep, and that's not going to happen! Lets see if I can get caught up before Christmas comes. I can always hope!!

Our Anniversary!!

I honestly can't believe we just celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary!! Time really flies by!! I always envisioned where and what we would be doing for our anniversary and oh my have things changed. I knew we would spend it somewhere tropical. We didn't of course, and honestly that's just fine by me. I am beyond thrilled to actually spend that day together more than being at the beach. We didn't spend our 9th together so it was super important to spend out tenth together, I didn't even care where either. We ended up getting away for a couple of nights just the two of us. Which was SO needed. I know most people are not fully aware of our living situation, one day I would love to elaborate, but for now just know it was great and we enjoyed every minute of it. The boys spent a few days with my parents which they always love. Michael and I were able to spend quality time together, reconnect and even do a little Christmas shopping. I am more in love with him today than I have ever been! The past 10 years have been great, and I am looking forward to the next 50 years!