Wonderful Husband!

Chris brought home a dozen beautiful roses this evening (along with Chick-fil-A). It was such a wonderful surprise! I am so thankful for the loving, godly, and wonderful husband the Lord has given me! :) 

Me & Dracula

 

Halloween Costume Contest

Not only does Chris' work have a baking contest, but they also have Halloween constume contests. Isn't that crazy!? Anyway, Chris heard it was a really BIG deal...so he went all out...with my help, of course. We bought a Dracula costume for Big Lots (our new favorite store). Then last night I painted his nails black (it was really creepy). This morning I painted his face white, dyed his hair black, and put on red lipstick. He looked like Dracula. :)

 

Cody's New Favorite Foods

Cody likes to eat a lot of different things. Here he is eating icing and the other pictures shows him eating corn bread. But don't worry - we don't feed him like this regularly. Sometimes, I just think he must get bored of eating dry food.

But we'll never let him try icing again. He was so wild after a little bit of the orange icing that it was scary!!!

 

Bake Off Competition

Last week, the Reznick Group (where Chris works) had a baking competition. Chris informed me of this the night before!!! He wanted to go to Wal-Mart and buy some cheap cookies. (If they weren't going to bake, then they were just supposed to bring something store bought.) I was appauled by the idea of my husband doing such a thing. So I gave him a shopping list for things we needed to make sugar cookies. As you can see by the pictures, they turned out really well. Chris did a great job - all by himself. Ok...I did help a little bit with the icing, but mostly I was there just to give him pointers. :) He didn't win, but they sure did taste good!
 

More window treatments

Anouther job well done:
Denim awning for a little boy's room














Bed crown and drapes for a little girl's room

The First 100!

Mom & Dad and Chris & I went to the Grand Opening celebration for the new Truett's Grill in Griffin on Wednesday afternoon. KHCS had a half day of school on Wednesday so I left as soon as I dropped my kids of at carpool. I picked Chris up from work and away we went to Griffin. We arrived there around 2:00 PM. We were numbers 29 and 30. It took a very long time for them to ever reach 100 people. It was a little traumatic for me when I realized that they needed to see my driver's license to prove that I was over 18, because I had misplaced it again (this was not a shock to anyone). I looked for it but I couldn't find it. So I was really upset, and I guess when they saw me crying they felt bad for me...anyway to make a long story short they let me in and then I later found it. Mom and Dad arrived not to long after we did. And they got their tent set up right in front of ours. It was perfect! We had a good time together. We played uno and a couple of games of trouble. :) They served us Chick-fil-A sandwiches for dinner and an ice cream party at 8:30 PM. (The ice cream was not very good, even with all the toppings I put on it, so I threw it away.) We did take a quick trip to Wal-mart, because they had the store closed and we couldn't go inside to use their restroom. (They were still putting the last minute touches on quite a few things inside.) At Wal-mart I had just enough time to also grab a skim milk, which came in handy when mom brought out the Double Stuff Oreos. :) We had to wear these wrist bands and they had these random role calls to make sure you hadn't left. I went to bed right after one of the role calls around 8 PM. Unfortunately, I was awaken by another role call at MIDNIGHT! I stumbled out of bed somehow to make my presence know and then went right back. They showed to movies on a big screen, but thanks to a pair of dad's earplugs I didn't hear a thing. I woke up at 5 AM and went to the bathroom to freshen up before the next role call. The process was kind of slow, but we got our t-shirts and 52 free combo meal coupons a little after 6 AM. I'm so glad I took off a little bit of work to come! It was so much fun that Chris is going to do it again next week, when another store opens up in Peachtree City. :)

Curtains

The room with a border at the top is the dining room and yes that is a 5 window bay and 2 side windows. The music room we did a while back.
Oct. 19,2006 we completed this job.

Fireplace

Yes, we used our fireplace for the first time on Saturday night! Chris is a great fire builder. :) (We do not have a gas fireplace) Then, on Sunday I bought a Hershey's bar, marshmellows, and graham crackers and I made smores! He he he! Yes, I roasted the marshmellow in the fireplace - it was lots of fun! 

Stone Mountain Pumpkin Festival

Chris and I are putting our Mountain Membership passes to good use at Stone Mountain. On Saturday we went to the Pumpkin Festival. Here's a picture of the largest "pumpkin tree". :) We also watched a Pumpkin Pie Eating Contest. They took volunteers from the audience. I think some of the people there had been to several of the showings that day. If it had been pecan pie I might have volunteered. I couldn't get Chris to do it. But it was really funny because they couldn't use their hands to eat it.

 

Cody's New Obsession!

Here's a picture of Cody and the printer - his new obsession. He can be anywhere in the house and hear the printer going. As soon as he does, he runs to the office and checks it out. If I could only teach him how to fetch the paper and bring it to me things would be great! :) 

Dixie Stampede

I highly recommend the Dixie Stampede. If you have never been you must go! It is kind of pricey but, the patriotic show and great food is worth it. Check it out at www.dixiestampede.com


 

Putt-Putt with Friends!

While we were in Myrtle Beach, our friends, Don and Roshena Ward were also there. Don teaches Physical Education at the Bob Jones Academy in South Carolina. (Roshena was a bridesmaid in my wedding). On Friday night we got together and went putt-putt and then out to eat! We really had a blast.