Our Thanksgiving Holiday was very relaxing and stress-free (at least for me anyway). We went to my parents for dinner and enjoyed visiting with family and eating really yummy food! Then we stopped by to visit Austin's parents. We decided to have them spend the night at our house so Austin and his dad could get up super early and hit up the Home Depot for Black Friday. After we put the girls to bed, we stayed up looking through all the Black Friday ads that had come in the paper. I really needed a new computer and Austin found an amazing deal at Best Buy. So he and his dad decided they better head out to get in line. They left at 12:30 since the store hands out tickets for items two hours prior to opening. Austin was worried that he wouldn't make it to Home Depot in time so his mom and I decided to load up the girls, drive by Best Buy to check on the guys, then headed to Home Depot at 3 am...yeah crazy, I know. I've NEVER been a fan of the Black Friday crowd or cared to stand in line in the freezing cold for a sale, but since Austin was doing that exact thing for me, I figured I could do it for him. When we got to home depot, there wasn't ANYONE around--including employees. The parking lot was empty. So we made sure we had enough gas to just idle for a few hours. The line started to form so I joined the 'too perky for that early in the morning shoppers' and waited for the store to open. Austin got the ticket for the computer we wanted and joined us at home depot since he wouldn't need to pick it up until later that morning. I guess the most stressful part was that I was in charge of getting what Austin needed and was worried I wouldn't be bold enough to put up a fight for what I needed...luckily it didn't come down to that. I'm soooo suprised at how nice and calm everyone was, it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. And my wonderful children slept through the WHOLE thing! I'm just shocked we were even there in the first place!!! Later in the day after we rested up, Elena got to see santa at Tai Pan!
- Kara
- There once was a boy who fell in love with a girl. They were married in a beautiful castle. They have been blessed with two beautiful princesses, and this is their fairytale...
11.27.2010
-A Tale of a Holiday Headache-
Our Thanksgiving Holiday was very relaxing and stress-free (at least for me anyway). We went to my parents for dinner and enjoyed visiting with family and eating really yummy food! Then we stopped by to visit Austin's parents. We decided to have them spend the night at our house so Austin and his dad could get up super early and hit up the Home Depot for Black Friday. After we put the girls to bed, we stayed up looking through all the Black Friday ads that had come in the paper. I really needed a new computer and Austin found an amazing deal at Best Buy. So he and his dad decided they better head out to get in line. They left at 12:30 since the store hands out tickets for items two hours prior to opening. Austin was worried that he wouldn't make it to Home Depot in time so his mom and I decided to load up the girls, drive by Best Buy to check on the guys, then headed to Home Depot at 3 am...yeah crazy, I know. I've NEVER been a fan of the Black Friday crowd or cared to stand in line in the freezing cold for a sale, but since Austin was doing that exact thing for me, I figured I could do it for him. When we got to home depot, there wasn't ANYONE around--including employees. The parking lot was empty. So we made sure we had enough gas to just idle for a few hours. The line started to form so I joined the 'too perky for that early in the morning shoppers' and waited for the store to open. Austin got the ticket for the computer we wanted and joined us at home depot since he wouldn't need to pick it up until later that morning. I guess the most stressful part was that I was in charge of getting what Austin needed and was worried I wouldn't be bold enough to put up a fight for what I needed...luckily it didn't come down to that. I'm soooo suprised at how nice and calm everyone was, it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. And my wonderful children slept through the WHOLE thing! I'm just shocked we were even there in the first place!!! Later in the day after we rested up, Elena got to see santa at Tai Pan!
11.16.2010
Family Photos-Fall 2010
We just recently had our family pictures taken...it was SOOOO windy, therefore; red cheeks, blue lips, and runny noses(and of course uncooperative hair!:) We still got some good ones! Thanks Jill!11.03.2010
~Lady A~
Austin's good friend B Jay hooked us up with some free tickets to see Lady Antebellum at the Rail Events Center. We have never been there...and it was SO FUN!!! The place was packed-standing room only. And of course I didn't wear comfortable shoes, so after dancing and standing for 3 hours, my feet were KILLING me...but it was so worth it! The opening act was a new country artist- David Nail. He was really good and his voice was soooo good live. I LOVED his opening song "Clouds". Beautiful.
Lady A definately know how to put on a good show. And I can't belive how good they were live, as well. They really interacted with the crowd and seemed to get so excited that the crowd new all the lyrics to their songs. Austin's favorite part was the encore when they sang several cover songs. It was an awesome show and a fun date night!
This is a video of "Need You Now". The crowd was singing louder than Lady A but you can still kind of hear them. Enjoy!
Lady A definately know how to put on a good show. And I can't belive how good they were live, as well. They really interacted with the crowd and seemed to get so excited that the crowd new all the lyrics to their songs. Austin's favorite part was the encore when they sang several cover songs. It was an awesome show and a fun date night!
This is a video of "Need You Now". The crowd was singing louder than Lady A but you can still kind of hear them. Enjoy!
Eeek!!!
Our Halloween was so much fun and very eventful this year. Our Trick-or-Treating was rained out so we only stopped by a few houses but the girls were just excited to be able to wear their costumes. This year Austin and I had totally been occupied by other things and completely forgot to get a pumpkin to carve...I know, I know, we are terrible parents! So the night before Halloween at 9pm we drove around frantically looking to buy a pumpkin and the ONLY place that wasn't sold out of them was Harmon's(probablay cause they were charging .79 a pound!!!!) What!?! Our pumpkin ended up costing $13! Seriously. Then- when we got home to carve it, it was hard as a rock and our only option was to paint a face. Never again will we procrastinate getting a pumpkin! Elena still thought the face was cool!
Then, since our theme this year was spiders, Elena helped me make spider-web cupcakes. We used food coloring to turn the cake batter orange, then used sparkly gel to create the webs. They turned out pretty yummy!
Our house was full of cobwebs and spider decorations!
Austin and I were punk rockers. I don't know why Austin didn't paint his face...he was planning on it but I guess he just didn't get around to it?:) Elena was a dragon and Chanel a spider.
We were visited by some VERY interesting creatures. Witches, Dracula, Frankenstein, Elmo, a Fireman, and a very energetic man with a cane. (Not sure what your official name was, Boompa:)
Then, since our theme this year was spiders, Elena helped me make spider-web cupcakes. We used food coloring to turn the cake batter orange, then used sparkly gel to create the webs. They turned out pretty yummy!
Our house was full of cobwebs and spider decorations!
Austin and I were punk rockers. I don't know why Austin didn't paint his face...he was planning on it but I guess he just didn't get around to it?:) Elena was a dragon and Chanel a spider.
We were visited by some VERY interesting creatures. Witches, Dracula, Frankenstein, Elmo, a Fireman, and a very energetic man with a cane. (Not sure what your official name was, Boompa:)
We also had a mummy friend stop by, but for some reason, he kept trying to get out the window!
A photo of our house on All Hallows Eve and some of our very dedicated Trick-or-Treaters braving the rain and cold.
The girls in their cute costumes. Even Chanel liked to wear hers!
The girls in their cute costumes. Even Chanel liked to wear hers!
I love this one because of Chanels face, hehe.
We hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!
We hope everyone had a fun and safe Halloween!
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