trip to tyler

This week is Chris' spring break, so we took an overnight trip up to Tyler. It was a nice little break and good to see some people we miss!

I know I've mentioned a little on how much Scout loves his momma. But here are some pictures to further prove this. Chris laid down all th

e seats in the back of our Pilot and laid down and watched a movie on the way there and back. Scout insisted on being IN MY LAP. Even though I was driving. I DO know how to say no, but he wasn't really bothering me (until my butt fell asleep!) so he slept in my lap the whole way there and part of the way back.

And Chris' back seat...
Now Scout changed postions and PASSED OUT. He was sleeping hard!

We went to bible study at Ellen's house on Tuesday night and on Wednesday I went and had lunch with Mary Claire at school while Chris was saying hi and taking care of a few things at TJC. I hadn't seen MC in about 15 months and wow had she grown! Here's a picture of her from Aug '07. She's be 7 next month. Wow how time flies!

She made me this surprise. :) Makes my heart smile.

What I'm Loving Wednesday

I'm linking up with Jamie today for What I'm Loving Wednesday!

I'm {loving} spring break!

I'm only working 2 days this week and Chris is off of school all week. He's still very busy, but one less thing he has to do helps a ton. And we get to spend more time together!

(SIDE NOTE: I do NOT recommend googling images for Spring Break. Bad idea.)

I'm {loving} the new Passion CD!

I'm {loving} Mary Beth Chapman's book Choosing to See!

This is a wonderful book that will have you laughing and crying. I thought it would be really sad and all about how she has coped with their daughter's death, but it wasn't. (only about half of it is! hehe) It's just like the subtitle says, a journey of struggle and HOPE. And beware, if you've ever thought about adoption, this book will stir that seed!

I'm {loving} my library card!

Because I have a library card, I can check out books like Choosing to See! Next on my list is So Long, Insecurity by Beth Moore. I had it checked out, but it was due before I had a chance to read it.

This is NOT what my library card looks like, by the way!

I'm {loving} pandora!

I recently rediscovered it and turned on while working on some stuff this past week.

Jack Johnson Radio has to be my favorite for a chill day.

I'm {loving} this guy!

don't ring doorbell

Here's my newest project.

Since I work nights, I have often been woken up by the doorbell ringing while I'm sleeping. A few months ago, I was expecting a package and put a note out to not ring the doorbell and it stayed out there until now. It's been great and allowed me to stay asleep many times!

This sign replaced my handwritten post-it note.

I got the board from Hobby Lobby. I painted it and then used my Silhouette to cut the words.

Side note: I recently got some vinyl from Expressions Vinyl and it is GREAT quality. I cut the "thank you" with my Silhouette branded vinyl and it wouldn't come off the sheet right when I cut that small. I stuck the EV vinyl in there and it cut BEAUTIFULLY!

adding a little color to our lives

This weekend Chris and I gave our flower bed a makeover. The weather was SO gorgeous and strangely cooler temperatures today.

This is what it looked like this time last year before we bought the house.

This is what it looks like today!

We planted Azaleas on the back row and the rest of the flowers are African Daisies.

It took me about three times longer to do ONE plant than it took Chris. No one will be knocking down our door to get me to landscape their yard, that's for sure!

My favorite, Gerbera.

I so wish I would have gotten a picture of Scout. He laid outside while we worked and several times we caught him rolling around in the fresh soil and then the newly laid mulch. The BLACK dyed mulch. Reminder: our dog is white. Well, our dog WAS white!

Good thing he's so cute or he would have been in a lot of trouble!

silhouette projects

Here is a link for my photo album where you can see some of the Silhouette projects I've made so far. If you want me to make you something, let me know!

baby shower

One of my coworkers, Robin is due in May and we threw a baby shower for her and "Gracie". We had it at the Shepperd house!

This is the diaper cake Kaila, Kelley and I made.

Here's the AMAZING cake DaRhonda made! It even tasted good!!

This is the perfect little window for a clothesline with some cute baby girl clothes. :) I made the "It's a Girl" banner with my Silhouette. (Shout out to Chris...he helped me with the banner and was a TON of help!)

Check out all of her loot spilling into the picture!
She barely looks pregnant, but she really is 31 weeks!
DaRhonda's daughter measuring Robin's baby belly.

The shower turned out GREAT! Lots of people came and Robin and Gracie got a LOT of (pink) stuff! I love hosting things, but I know Chris is glad that it doesn't look like Babies R Us threw up in our living room any more. :D