Shine's Ortho Appt!!!

Well, today was Friday, October 10th, and we had a busy day. The normal morning of dropping off the kids at school and off to work I went. However, I did get to take Shine to work with me today because she had an ortho appt this morning and I wouldn't have time to drive all the way back to school to pick her up. I love taking her with me to work, I am very proud of her. She's smart, beautiful, loves work stuff like her mom, and is very hardworking. She actually did work today. We asked our legal secretary if she had any filing to do but she said no. So I put her to work organizing and cleaning out our office supply closet. Needless to say, she loves office supplies like her mom and Aunt Sheri and will play with them at all costs, and 2. she is an organizing freak like her mom and Aunt Sheri. So we were all in a win, win situation. Our supplies closet got cleaned out and she gets to play with office supplies. I know, blah, blah, blah!!! However, you should see the closet. I forgot to take a picture but it looks great. I will take one and put it on here. She did a great job. She even threw away all the unnecessary items. Anyway, we finally left the office to go to the orthodontist. Due to the time of her appointment I got to leave Brooklin at school and just me and Shine to have some time to ourselves. I had fun wit her. I love my Shine...I am sooo proud of her, really. I have a great daughter. She really does have a good head on her shoulders and does everything she can to make the right decisions. I am blessed. I hear some horror stories of adolesence. So I thought I would share some pictures of our visit there.....

Take a peek for youself at the fun we had......

This is Shine standing in front of the board inside the front door...This is Serenia, she worked on Shine's teeth today...she is supercool, I had a blast with her and we even talked about getting together outside of the office...she has my personality.
See I told you she was fun....
Serenia is working on Shine...
I love this girl!!! She definitely "Shines" in my life...
This is Dr. Nicole working on Shine as well...

We had a good time today...I know it sounds like a funny post our visit to the ortho, but we had a good time together...however, take a look at the next pic and you'll understand....

SHINE GOT HER BRACES OFF!!!!!! OMG!!! I can't believe it!!!Before you get upset because none of you out there knew, well, Shine swore me to secrecy. She wanted everyone to be surprised.

I told Dr. Nicole, thanks a lot, you just added another year to her look. What the heck do I do now???All you mom's out there.

Anyway, here's the rest of the pics....

This one is funny...Serenia used the suction on her eyes cause she was crying from pain and joy.... Shine's first look in the mirror....

These are Shine's before photos...first of all she looks so young(it was only about 1 1/2 years ago), second look at the difference in her teeth and mouth...Amazing!!!

Braces off!!!!! First "real" picture without them....

Look how old she looks now....

My little girl is now a young lady, that looks beautiful...

Her congratulations prize!!! All the foods she was not supposed to eat...chewy caramel, gum, popcorn, sticky candy and a celebration bottle of cider with balloons...

Sign on the wall...her picture will be added.

Here's she is my beautiful daughter....I love you so much and I am so proud of you!! You are a beautiful young lady, your smart, and very loving and I am very proud of you.

Sorry this post is so long...but it was a pretty important day to my girl...

Til next Time with T!!!

I have never made a Quilt!!!

Mom and I decided to take a quilt class. This is a quilt that I have wanted to make for a couple years now. It's called a "Rag Quilt". I saw it in the store about 2 years ago and loved it. Although, I didn't care for the fabric they had used for their display(just not me), I loved the concept of the quilt. Not a lot of measuring and not much quilting experience. Let's just say it was a beginner quilt. That's perfect for me. And it was cute. So we signed up and went. We had a blast.

Here' a few pics of our time together.

Me and mom at the sewing machines.

All those squares we had to cut out with the rotary cutter and mat...that is what took the longest, a whole class just for that. I love all those colors and prints together.

Mom told the whole class how goofy I am...I just loved the look of the stuff in this basket...I know there are only a few of you out there with the same view but I just don't care what people think of me...I loved it..so I took a pic of it. LoL if you want to.

Mom looks so cute behind the sewing machine. These is my largest memories of her...she was always sewing something. She was very happy while sewing. Sis, remember those doll heads laying around the house. Scared the doodoo outta me sometimes.

Yes, I sat behind one too. Lol again...I love it just like my mom.

These are the patterns that will make up my quilt. Some of my favorites.

Well, now we just need to finish it. I will be posting the completed projects soon. Hopefully, it doesn't take so long that you forget about this post.

Stay Tuned!!!

Til next Time with T!

How Much Are These Cupcakes Worth?

So Shine had a Cheer Dinner/Auction at school for the parents of the cheerleaders. The cheer coaches provided the dinner and the competition parents provided the dessert to auction off and whatever the dessert sells for goes toward the cheerleader's balance. Shine really wanted to make something to sell instead of purchase her dessert. So we did.....

Shine with her cupcakes...stand included in the auction.

This is what we made...

"Strawberry Cupcakes with Homemade Buttercream Frosting"...the cute little flags are compliments of Aunt Sheri...these are there school colors and their mascot name. She "created" them on the computer, emailed a whole sheet of them to me and me and Shine put them on a sucker stick. They were sooooo cute. The cheer coaches, cheerleaders and parents love them. They were specific to their school, which is why they were so special, and because they were a little piece of Aunt Sheri even though she wasn't here. Thanks Sis, again!!!!

These are no-sew fleece blankets in their school colors...a gift from the cheer coaches to the cheerleaders. Very cute! This is one of the cheer coaches auctioning off Shine's cupcakes....the bid started at $15.00.... $35.00 going once, going twice...Sold! for $35.00 to the same person that made them!!!.....

Yes, we bought our own cupcakes. Shine wanted to buy them and share them with her friends. So I bought the stuff to make them, spent the time to make them, and then bought them a 2nd time.

Only from a proud, supportive cheer mom!!! That's crazy. I know none of you would have done something like that...ever...

She was proud of her cupcakes and wanted to share.

Til next Time with T!!!

September Layout!

This is my latest layout for the store,

just thought I'd share a peek with you all.

Share your thoughts....

This is the right hand page....Right hand page....
A little closer detail...Mom bought these leaves for me...I love the glitter on them, and the rich colors, just like the leaves Sis will see this year...thanks mom!

I love pumpkins....this was a long sticker that I cut up to fit in the space I had...

I was very glad they gave me fall colors to work with. It's been a long time since I have worked with fall colors. Also, I hadn't scrapped these pictures yet from our annual family trip to the pumpkin patch from last year.

This year trip will be quite different than all the previous years w/out all our family. We will make sure to have a good time for the kids and we will, however, we sure will miss the rest of our family.

Hope you all like the layout design.

Til next Time with T!!!!

Been a Little Busy!!!

Well, I haven't posted in a few days...just like everyone else. It seems all the other bloggers out there have been just as busy as we have. Let's see what have we been doing since my last post....well, I'll try to make it short...

Shine had a game or two, a cheer dinner/auction, Kameron had a soccer game and soccer picture day, Brooklin has been practicing her music (I'll share later), Kameron's school carnival. Wow that's just school stuff.

Well, I will just show some highlightive(did I just make up a word?) pics...

Kameron's soccer game....

Team meeting....Kameron looks like Hugo standing like that.. Sissy is such a good cheerleader for Kameron...she loves watching him play.
Kameron doesn't like being a goaly...however, he looks very cute in the goaly shirt....he ends up trying to play when the ball comes his way...wow, that's a serious look on his face. He stopped the other team from scoring 3x's, and missed one.

Good job Kameron!!! Yeah Team!!!! They won the game 11-7...

Soon after Kameron's game we headed for the last hour of Shine's game...

The team cheer....I personally think Shine is the most beautiful...she's the tallest one, front and center.

Some video of Shine cheering....

On to Brooklin....I took this video when I heard Shine playing the piano...Brooklin heard her, got her drum and started playing with her drum, but when she played she was playing in time with the beats of Shine playing the piano. I just thought it was so cool to hear her play with Shine...

Here it is....

Another one that shows both of them...

Well, that's it for a Saturday morning and afternoon. It's just about as busy as a weekday. I am making the decision to enjoy my children while their at this young age.

Til next Time with T!!!