New Camera Arrived!

Our Camera arrived on Saturday.

It's amazing and I love all the settings on it. 

Here are some shots of our sweet family.

The Training Has Begun...

Daniel has been very busy with several papers, presentations, and a TON of Fourth Quarter work.

Tonight, he was practicing one of his presentations to be given on Friday.

Hannah started chiming in and showing interest.

Church Pumpkin Patch Party

This year our church had a grand event. They called it the Pumpkin Patch Party.

{There was no pumpkin patch--but bounce  houses, tons and tons of candy, 

food for $1.00 (hot dog, drink and chips) and lots of people}

They sent out 10,000 flyers to the community and collected 150,000 pieces of candy. 

Hannah is a Care Bear...yes, again this year. Once again, I usually go with what I find thrifting and that was all I found. She tried it on in the dressing room and didn't want to take it off. Great buy for $2.99!!

She loved it. 

BlogFrog

So, I am not sure who of you noticed, but at the bottom of my blog,

 it shows who has visited and when and from where{city}, etc.

I went to update the colors of the wedget and it said I didn't have an account with either of my emails, so I used facebook. 

Anyway, in order for you to let me knwo you stopped by, without telling me, BlogFrog asks that you:

"Waiting for visits from your friends. 

to ensure your friends show up, 

ask your readers to sign up for BlogFrog.

Apparently either most of you have signed up previously and that's why I see you on the "Recent Visitor's" list, or you just automatically show up. Either way, since i changed the widget to new colors and such and deleted the old, it won't show who is visiting without that message on it. 

So, if you have any idea what I am talking about, please sign up and/or feel free to give tips if you use BlogFrog too and if I have missed something. 

Thanks!

Vitamix!

My Vitamix arrived the other day. 

I was so excited. I've already made smoothies, Hummus and breadcrumbs in it. 

If you have one, try the breadcrumbs. It literally take 10 seconds. 

Take three slices of whole wheat bread, and shape them into one big ball. 

Vitamix the ball and voila, breadcrumbs!

{Read the recipe/manual for instructions on how to mix the ball, on which settings}

Happy Fall!

I love the Fall, it is my favorite time of year.
It is usually beautiful, with crisp and cool temperatures and just the perfect time to be outside.
I love watching the leaves as they change colors...{I used to anyway, in Ohio}

I wish I could say that is all true here in Houston, but it's a whopping 92 degrees today.
The leaves don't change colors and cool and crisp morning are few and far between.

I cherish those cool mornings at 53 degrees :-)

Hannah 2 1/2 {30 months}

Where, o where, has the time gone?

My sweet baby is growing up and becoming a big girl!

Here are some things about Hannah

My Motivation

As some of you know, I battle with what is called PCOS.

I am determined to change my lifestyle,
 and fight this horrible disease that effects my life in so many ways.

The Letter F

So, I guess when we do exciting things during school,
I tend to take more pictures. 

My camera is still broken, the new one is still "processing",
whatever that means,
and I have my phone to use for camera and video
--blurry, unless I act quick!

My Husband

 Today, I was a proud and honored wife. 

My husband did not do anything special for me or to me, but to someone else in need. 

Someone he didn't know, someone in need.

Camera Roll

I have so many pictures to post and with our camera that is now broken, 

I am not able to take as many pictures as I'd like. 

I also have not blogged as much as I wish I could, but we have been doing a lot of family things together and helping others, that's what life is all about, right?

Musical Bus

Hannah is crazy about dancing. If there is music playing, she is dancing. 

She begins by saying "music" and then clapping. 

The next thing you know, she is hopping and dancing in circles. 

The Great Outdoors

The weather has been so incredible nice outside and we have been soaking up the breeze!

First off, Hannah got a treat after dinner this weekend, since she ate so well.

We then went for a bike ride and to feed the ducks. 

I didn't take any pictures of the duck feeding. 

That was part of out Letter 'D' week, last week

I just thought she looked so grown up in this picture!

 Before the ride.

  At the park...she had a blast playing with Papa!

 

 She started singing her ABC's, with the musical chimes at the park.

{Just this week, she started singing, not just talking a song, but actually singing. 

I could see her nose flaring too, haha, it was so cute}

 

 

Hannah swings on the big swing now. 

 

 Trike...

Hannah got to ride her new trike. Dan and I bought this a few years ago, I think maybe when I was pregnant with Hannah?

Anyhow, she was nto quite ready for it at her second birthday, so we waited. We were doing yard work on Saturday and she wanted something fun to do, so I metnioned it to Daniel. He decided this was the perfect time to take it out. 

Hannah LOVES it! And, we all love her little bell :-)

Here she is when she first walked out and saw it all put together!

 

 Trying it out, with Papa's help!

 

 She was so proud.

 

 

 

 

 I love her expression here :-) So proud!

 Since we had been doing yard work on Saturday, 

Hannah wanted to wear sunglasses, just like Papa and Mama.

{BTW, she dressed herself this day, can you tell???}

We are just loving the cool weather, minus mosquitoes!

In Its Place

If you know Hannah, you know that she has a lot of my tendencies.

She enjoys organization, cleanliness and having things in order.

I found her setting her breakfast out the other day...

Hannah's Adjustment

Today, we ventured out to the chiropractor. 

We did not go there for me, but for Hannah. 

A couple weeks ago, Hannah was standing in her chair at dinner.

{She knows better than that}

She fell backwards and the chair back broke in pieces. 

Her poor little tailbone landed right on the bulkiest part at the top. 

She was screaming like never before!

Cake Pops!

My Great Aunt Maria is so sweet. 

With all that is going on in her life and with her own children and family, 

she still remembers me, her great niece.

Painting

We decided to paint the inside of our house. 

We have lived here for a year.

I had been very antsy to get it done, to make it feel more like home.

We picked our colors and waited till the 40% off sale and we bought all the paint. 

We picked a color for the downstairs living areas, Universal Khaki from Sherwin Williams. 

I really wanted an accent wall behind our brown sectional, so we chose Red Bay, also from Sherwin Williams. We will also paint this color in the hall bathroom downstairs. 

We also chose colors for other rooms and up stairs...more to come on those later.

We love the color choices and how everything turned out!

Brooklyn's 2nd Birthday

We went to Brooklyn's 2nd birthday party on Saturday. 

Hannah had been talking about it for a few weeks, since we got the invitation. 

She even put the invitation on the fridge and talked about Brooklyn, every day!

Oversized Socks

Hannah loves to try on "big" people things. 

Shoes, purses, coats, shirts, socks, etc. 

Letter C

Last week was letter 'C'.

I always try to incorporate activities for Hannah to do that involve the letters we are studying. 

Last week, we went to feed the 'C'ows!

Fire Truck.

Today, Hannah went to Sonshine class, a bible class for kids. 

I had been telling her since yesterday that she would get to see the Fire truck and Fire Man today. 

They had a fire tuck come today. The kids had a blast. Hannah was soaking up all the--big trucks, lots of lights, sounds and fireman. She was quite intrigued by it all.