Graduation season

I love graduation season!!!! things are always so exciting, new beginnings and people growing into who the want to be for the rest of thier lives.

but that being said i dont like graduations. they are to formal to long and usually really really boring..

but this year one of my good friends from high school graduated college in San Marcos Texas and we were invited to go to the ceremony and to the party.

since we live so far away and we have two kids its hard for us to do things like this on a regular basis so it was all kindof up in the air.

at the last minute we decided we would attend just the party.
i explained to my son that we would have to be in the car for a long time and he said it was ok because he wanted to see at the people that we were going to see.



now who wouldnt want to travel with him he is SO cute!!

and this is basically how he was the whole trip. he is a pro at long car trips. We have been taking him on long car trips since he was born across the country and back.

until the end of the day he had a wonderful time. There were not any other little kids there but he was well taken care of by all the adults oohing and ahhing over him and his little sis.



we all ended up having a great time and suprising my friend for her graduation. she was so happy that we came all that way with our little ones.

and we were so happy to get to celebrate with her and her family. we made memories that will last forever!

Iloveyou Kali and congrats :)

Bachelorette

My best friend recently got married.

She had voiced from the beginning that she didnt want to have a typical bachelorette party with all the drinking and bar hopping or partying.

instead she wanted something low key and calm...more of a stress relief than a big blow out.

So about a month ago her me and another one of the girls in the wedding got together just to hangout.

we ended up making brownie/cookies



we gathered the ingredients and got to work putting them all together so that we could enjoy our reward.




luckily my friends know me and didnt think it was odd that i was randomly snapping pictures during the whole process.



this was the perfect bachelorette party!! good friends, chocolate, drinks, music, and i was in bed asleep by 1am!

it was so much fun and i loved getting to spend time with the two of the girls that were there.

something i should do more often

I have heard it a million and three times that you should frequently change out your eye make up so that you dont reintroduce bad bacteria into your eyes.

but i like many women like to get the most out of my tube of mascara.

i tend to wait until i either run out or it gets goopy to change it.

but not this time!! for once i remembered to grab a new one on my way out of walmart.



im not really a big make up wearer but when i do i would like it to inhance my god given beauty and not give me a gross eye infection.

so ladys do this TODAY if it has been awhile since you have swiched out that mascara tube you should do it.

and heres another little tip.
write the date you open it on the tube with permanate marker so that you dont exceed 6 months with the same tube. Its advice i myself need to take so that i dont end up with goopy mascara anymore!

money saver...maybe..

I have heard alot about canning and drying and preserving your own food.

many people say it saves alot of money in the long run so i have been doing my reasearch.

to me it seems like alot of up front costs but once you know what you are doing it MIGHT be worth your time especially if you are able to sell your canned goods at a local farmers market or a place that sells local or homemade goods.



i am hoping to learn alot by trying out some different recipies this summer and finding out what works for me.

maybe next year our fruit trees will have enough fruit on them to make our own organic and home grown jams or sauces.

i might be the crazy lady digging through your trash...

I have picked up a sortof bad habit from my father in-law over the years.

He always drives by real slow when he sees something that might be of value in somones garbage..

though im not as bad as he is about it i find myself doing the same thing.

i dont usually stop unless its something i have been looking for for a long time or if it looks to good to pass up.

this week i was in that situation..
i have been looking for a book case type thing for both of the kids rooms. something i would be able to paint and match to the room styles of each kid.

well guess what ..





these beauties were just sitting out on somones curb. abandoned.

they were calling my name..
i drove by three times

and then i just had to-it was like uncontrolled..

i picked them up and put them in the back of my car.
when i got home i was imagining all the wonderful ways i would be able to redo them and make them work in my kids rooms.

now these are the before pictures mind you i am going to upcycle them to the best of my ablility

but hey if it doesnt work out they were free and all it cost me was some time and energy right?..right!?!?!

so thats what its like....

this past weekend i attened my first "adults only" party with my parents.

as a kid i always wondered what happened at these parties and it was always kindof that mysterious longing to find out.

now that im an adult with kids of my own i was FINALLY invited to one!

it was a birthday party for one of our church friends with swimming and pizza and drinks.
there were board games and horse shoes.



being a parent now i can see why these parties are needed.
it was really great being able to hangout with good friends and family without worrying if someone was in the grass eating a bug or trying to figure out who pooped :)haha

I guess i shouldnt have been so surprised that this once mysterious parties are just like the parties my friends and i have just layed back relaxed and having a little fun.

xSIGHTment run

Every year the Colleyville lions club put on a 5k to benifit the visually impared.

they take up donations of not only money but used perscription and reading glasses to give to the less fortunate.

It had been a few years since i had participated in this particular race but my father in-law is a loyal member of the lions and i recently got back into running so i figured id give it a go



there was a whole group of visualy impared people doing the 1mile walk with thier service dogs and coaches. I was so encouraged to see them all going for it even though it was more challenging for them. They have such amazing faith in others it really encourages me to be more like that! I hope that one day my kids will see these things too and take great lessons away from others like that.

my mom and dad joined romeo zayd and i in this race also.


my dad is super speedy and finnished way ahead of us as usual but mom and i pushed our selves to cut about 10min off of our time from the previous week.

This time romeo and zayd were both given medals at the finnish line

Romeo was so proud that he had won and couldnt wait to show his prize off to everyone!



zaydy was pretty excited about hers also.