Picture Updates!

I wanted to wait for my next post until I could put up some pictures. I love reading blogs, but I also love looking at pictures. We've had a busy past few months, and the next few will only be busier! We got to relax this weekend, but this will be the last one for about a month. As much as I love relaxing, I also have lots to look forward to. Here's a quick glimpse of the last month or so...

Malia came over for dinner with her Mommy and Daddy. We love them and love spending time with them. Malia was born in July and she is growing up and gets more precious every time I see her! Dana (Mommy) is my best Cincinnati friend and I love spending time with her. I was telling Ty the other day that Dana has been one of the best examples of friendship to me that I have ever had-- I am sooooo blessed by her and by our relationship! Malia has the best mommy and our plan is that their second child and my first will either be the best of friends or get married someday. We'll have to wait and see, but I wouldn't mind having Dana and Corey as my in-laws someday. Okay, I'm getting waaaaay ahead of myself... :)

In early October, we went to the wedding of our precious friends, Zack and Libby. Zack was in our wedding and Libby has quickly become a close friend. I hate that we live two hours away and we are hoping that someday we will live in the same city. They are a great "couple"friend and their wedding was amazing. It was in the most beautiful chapel and Libby was a stunning bride. I'm sure her husband agreed. :) They are really special to us and we are always trying to find ways to see one another on the weekends. It looks like we may have to wait for a few weeks at least, but we keep up with each other. It's so great to have such wonderful, wonderful girlfriends. And for Tyler (and me!), guy friends like Zack! For the record, I realize I look like a total goof in the picture of the two of us, but aren't I married to such a handsome guy???

One day, I was feeling rather crafty, so I went to Michael's and picked up a few things and made some candle holders and stenciled some craft pumpkins. Even though I am an elementary teacher, craftiness is really not my thing. I can do things that are laid out for me in a book or from another teacher, but coming up with things on my own is really not my style. I truly wish it was, though. I bought some candy corn and candy pumpkins, filled up a Mason jar with them, tied a ribbon around the mouth, and placed a tea light inside. I painted two craft pumpkins and then stenciled deisgns on them. I took some pictures to show all of you who are interested. For the record, I stenciled a second pumpkin, but it wasn't dry, so I didn't photograph it. Maybe someday soon... :) I do love fall and fall decorations, so this was really fun for me. Enjoy!

My sweet little car, Cotton, hit 100,00 miles as well! (Can you tell that I am a child of my father due to the fact that this was a big deal to me?! Tyler didn't understand.) Anyway, I was pretty pumped and took pictures of the grand event. Here are two that documented the glorious morning. She is a great little car and has driven me to see so many people I love. It's good to have a sturdy and safe vehicle! And yes, that is a dog biscuit on my dashboard. My mom gave it to me to remind me of Georgie. Which reminds me of a hilarious story that no one else would laugh at except for Sara and Stephy, so if you are one of those two, I hope you are laughing. :)

And finally, we went to see High School Musical 3 with Dana and Corey, which I already wrote about. However, the movie/soundtrack was much better than I ever could have hoped. It was so much fun and I love that kids have these movies to watch. They're hilarious. We were in the same movie theater as one of my sweet students, and we sat right behind her. We even had the same favorite part. It was great. Dana and I even got the chance to take pictures with the cast!

Again, gross picture of me, but I mean, how lucky was I to get a picture with Zac Efron?? ;)

Make it a great day!