Have you tried this?????

Yes...this broom is standing up on its OWN!!!!



Ok...this blows my mind! If you haven't tried this, supposedly, there is only a few more days that this will be able to happen until the next go around in 50 years. Many of you may have already of heard about this, but here is my uneducated, yet really impressed attempt to describe what is going on. I didn't research why this is happening, so this is all hear say, I know it has something to do with the moon or gravity or something??? Ha! I promise I am educated...just not on the moon, earth and gravitational forces. So...whether it makes sense or not, HURRY, put everything down, grab your kitchen broom, stand it up outside and watch it stay! It's amazing! Good Luck!!

Good Times with the Gilmores, and Weekend in the Woodlands!

The week before last, the Gilmore's came in town from Pennsylvania and spent a week in Tyler hanging out and catching up on life! We had such a great time with them, and little Logan has grown SO much! She is so precious! She has her own little language right now and if you respond back to her when she is talking she keeps going like you are really having a conversation with each other. Man how great it would be to translate the gibberish! Ha! We had to utilized every opportunity to see these great friends of ours, so Sunday through Thursday it was conversations and hanging every night. Needless to say, I was a bad student that week. Not a lot of studying...oh well, it was worth it for sure! We miss you Jeff, Dana and Logan (and little baby on the way)!! Saturday morning, Lance and I left bright and early at 6am and headed to the Woodlands to spend the weekend with my Aunt Vickie and Uncle James. We had such a wonderful time with them. Lance and James golfed Saturday while Vickie and I hit the town and shopped till we dropped. They are both such great people, and we feel very fortunate to have them in our lives. We love you guys! Thank you for such a great weekend!

Precious Lo Lo!

Lance made me put this pic on here. This was me standing at the gas pump at 6am with my hand on the door. If you look closely, there is a little pink tag hanging from the arm pit area. I am notorious for leaving tags on things and randomly discovering it throughout the day. Lance thought it was pretty funny. :)

Vickie, James, Lance and I at lunch before we headed back home.

Fabulous Friday!!

This is what Lance walked in the door with today after work. Thank you God for such a thoughtful husband!

I am in love with the Pumpkin Spice latte at Starbucks, but was waiting on the perfect cold weather day to have my first of the season. And, my favorite little clothing store in Tyler is Jewels and Jeans. I had my eye on a few things there recently, so Lance stopped by there and Starbucks to pick up some surprises!

We're Back!!!!

So I just realized I haven't made a post since September 12th. So Sorry!!!! Since school has started, my nose has been stuck in at least one book a night. The Dental Hygiene program is so much fun, and I learn so much every day, but requires a TON of studying. Through my bachelors degree, I did well without having to read all the chapters and such, but with this program, if I do that, chances are I will fail. That's not an option!!! So, every night consists of study material of some sort. But, I enjoy it, so it makes it all worth it! Just to give you all a little update on our life since the middle of September, I have had my first hard core wave of tests, and survived, Lance has been so amazing with all the studying and I have told him on several occasions he deserves husband of the year. There are nights I have to study and am so tired or get home and need to do the dishes or something wife like, and he will get me blanket and a pillow and let me sleep for an hour while he does the chores for me so I can wake up energized to study for a couple hours. I am so thankful for him! Lance and I have found an amazing church here in Tyler that we LOVE. We have been going to this church for about 6 months now, and feel so incredibly fortunate to have found it. We just started a community group with the church the week before last, and really can't say enough about it already. We have already made some good friendships! This past weekend, My mom and sister came to Tyler and we had a blast! This was my mom's first outing since her surgery and she felt really well. She had been itching to go to Canton trade days, so we went on Saturday, and the weather was perfect for it. My mom is a HUGE fan of Halloween, so since we are so close the fun holiday, I thought it would be a good idea for us to have a fun craft. I found a recipe for a haunted house made out of pound cake, and it looked really easy. Not to worry, we absolutely, 100%, without a doubt, REALLY messed it up! Ha!! But, there was a ton of laughter and fun. it was worth it! Lance and I also found this really great recipe for spaghetti with a Halloween theme. We made it for dinner Friday night and was quite impressed it turned out so well! It was a hit! They loved it and I was so proud I did it (most of you know I am NOT a good cook)!! Here are some pics from the weekend. Love to all!!


Mom hard at work separating the oreo's for our shingle roof top!


The Masterpiece! This is what the haunted house is supposed to look like. Doesn't look difficult... right?


WRONG!!!! HA!!!! We weren't even done putting the icing on at this point, and it ended up being like a mudslide on one side. This was the pic after we caught it and still tried to salvage it. Ha!


TA-DA!!!! Doesn't this look just like the magazine pic? Ha! This was the best we could do with the side completely falling out. Then, Heather decided to draw a little man on the side that was as tall as the door to the entrance. Ha!! Ace of Cakes HERE WE COME!


Spider Spaghetti!! I was so impressed with how wonderful this turned out. I was doomed from the beginning because I really just am not good at cooking. But maybe since Lance helped it ended up ok. Yes, the head is a homemade meatball!

Introducing...My Little Pirate!!!!

AHHHH!!!! I just love these pictures!! Lance, Sarah (Lance's Sister) and I went to Pier 1 Friday night and I saw this precious Pirate dog costume!! It took a lot of convincing on my part to get Lance to agree to purchasing the costume, but he gave in and I had a photo shoot with Mayer that night...Ha! Needless to say, Mayer wasn't really fond of the costume. I have never bought any clothes for Mayer. I actually said I would never do it. Never say Never! Anyhow, this was the first time for Mayer and based on the experience it will probably be the last. At least I got some cute pics. He was such a trooper!!

This is by far the best pic! Do his eyes tell it all?

He was so great, and looked so cute. We just love this little guy!

This weekend, we also went to Etox's (Lance's employer) Fall Festival. Lance and his partner Tyler won the Washer tournament! Ha!!!! We had a good time!

A Good Weekend!

Friday evening, Lance and I headed to Dallas to hang with my mom for the weekend as she is in her healing process. We had a lot of fun at home. The weather was so nice, so we had a lot of time out on the back patio eating, chatting and we even went on one short walk. Lance went Fishing with my Dad Saturday morning, and they caught 1 fish...so sad! At least the weather was great!! Saturday evening we went to Kristin and Tyler's wedding. It was Beautiful! We really had a good time hanging with our friends. We have such incredible friends, and it is always so great to come home and see them! My Birthday was last week, and apparently Lance and my gal pals had been planning a birthday lunch for me Sunday and it was truly a surprise! Lance and I had planned to go see Jon and Melissa's new home (Fabu!) Sunday before we headed back to Tyler. They wanted us to meet them a little earlier to grab something for lunch. I was hesitant at first because I wanted to spend as much time with my mom as possible, but somehow Lance and my mom (she knew about it) talked me into it without me figuring anything out. It was such a great surprise to see them all at Chuy's when we walked in! I had also told Lance randomly that I wanted some new Uggs for the winter this year, so they all pitched in and got me a gift card to get a new pair!!! Aren't they amazing?!?!?!?! They are SOOOO great!! I was so shocked and it was really a great day! Thank you girls (and Lance) so much for that, it meant more than you will ever know!

The Beautiful Bride!

At Kristin's wedding reception

Remember the pic of us girls kissing Michelle's belly wondering what was inside? Here she is!!! We just love little Isabelle! She is so perfect! It looks like she is trying to kiss Mel... :)

Here she is again...little Isabelle!

The Gals!



This is the cutest card EVER!! It was from the girls, and it looks just like my little guy Mayer!

Cade is such a happy little guy!

Wow...

Mom's first Doctor's appointment since the surgery was this past Thursday. The Doctor was singing praises to my mom because of what was found in the test results from both breasts. Backing up a little bit...originally, the Doctor found a tiny precancer spot in my mom's right breast and for precautionary purposes decided it was best to not just have the spot removed from the right side but to have both breasts removed. At this point, the left breast was thought to be fine, they just didn't want to have to worry about this cancer recurring later in the left side. The results she received on Thursday was that the left breast had actually started to develop Ductal Carcinoma (a different kind then what was found in the right side) which had not even been caught yet. The Cancer was in the early stages, but, it was Cancer and had not traveled to the lymph yet in either side. What?!?! This confirmed that moving forward with the double mastectomy was by far the best decision. This truly takes my breath away. Just when you are in complete awe of how big God is, he sweeps you off your feet showing you yet again his perfect plan. My mom is doing really well, and goes back to the doctor at the end of the week. She has been waking up with more and more energy everyday. She is such a busy body and we have to constantly remind her when she has the urge to go clean the windows or walk a mile, that she will regret it the next day. She is starting to understand that. :) She's amazing...I'm so lucky.