{Shutter Love....@ the beach}

Collage!

I Love this theme!

And if you have been following my blog...

I think you know why ; )

Here are some of the highlights of us at the beach in St. Augustine.

 

Now go and join in on the fun!

 

 

 

" big boy " Disney t-shirt....

In the effort to get my 8yr old son to wear a Disney shirt, I made one myself that he approved of.
All I had to do was use an old t-shirt, fabric picked out by D, and print/cut out pattern.

Once I cut the fabric from the pattern, I used a little heat n bond to adhere the fabric to the shirt.
Then I just did a straight stitch all around with the raw edges showing.

Now you got a one-of-a-kind Disney "big boy" t-shirt.

The possibilities are endless with this!


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{Disney cont.}

Don't worry I'm not going to vent about Disney again. Ha!

Staying positive ; )

In two days we went to two parks: Epcot and Magic Kingdom

The highlight of our trip was probably seeing the kids faces light up when they got to meet the characters.

Avery finally got to meet all her princes.  It was so sweet to see.

Dawson loved space mountain.... and Avery got to ride her 1st roller coaster...Thunder Mountain.
She was scared to death, but she did it and I was so proud of her.
So there it is....keeping it short and sweet ; )

Next I will share our trip to St. Augustine....you won't want to miss! Ha!

{Sights from Disney...}

The most magical  (and crowded)  place on earth....

I love Disney but, I'm not going to lie....

it is Exhausting!

When we went 3 years ago in September it was perfect!

However, this time in October....

let's just say, we won't be going back again for a while.

I honestly don't know how people spend a whole week here.

Don't get me wrong I'm not "dogging" Disney.

Like I said...I love it.

It's just frustrating to think how much people spend

only to wait hours in line.

Then run out of time or energy to do the rest.

Alright, enough of that.  I'm sure you get the point of how it was when we were there.

Regardless of how we felt... the most important part was that the kids had fun.

Which they did!

I will be posting just how much soon! ; )

((2)) more days.....

and 700 miles later......

we will be

here...

unknown

It hasn't really sunk in yet that we will be going back to Disney

AND in only ((2)) days...

I will be excited about it after the loooooong ride there.

The last time we went Dawson was 5 and Avery was only 2.

Now Avery's 5 and Dawson is 8.

We wil have 2 days to spend at the parks.

We went to Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom before.

So this time we are probably going to Epcot

and although we did Magic Kingdom already

I think you can't go to Disney and not go to

Magic Kingdom.

If you have a personal favorite park...

I would love to hear.

Here is a pic of the last time we went to Disney..

Avery held her "ki kitty" the whole time and it was in every picture : )

After Disney we will be going to St. Augustine for the week.

Eddie and I went there in August for the first time.

Here are some pictures of our trip...

*****

Hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the week!

Be back soon!

xo!!

{friday feature}....

Fall....

around the house..

Still a work in progress....

I am slowly starting to get into the fall decorating...

but here is a peek

into what it looks like (for now).

((2)) more weeks....

i will be back here ...

doing this......




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Theme: Blue

{Photo Friday}

I'm joining along with my friend {Heather} today....

 

She is one silly girl!!

 

Hope everyone has a fun and blessed weekend!!

{yummmmm.....}

The taste of Fall....

can't wait...

{Camping Party}

Planning a "camp out" party for my son's ((( 9th ))) Birthday coming up in November.

 

Here is a little inspiration board I made for his party.

 

If you have any other ideas or links...

 

feel free to hook me up ; )

{Good Morning....}

It has been a while and I have SO  much to catch  up on....

but for now

just popping in to say...

Good Morning and hope everyone has a

Lovely Day!!!

be back soon ; )

{Farewell Summer}

We're going to miss you....

but we sure did have fun!

1. avery bowling at the free summer bowling 2. dawson fishing for the 1st time at a friends house 3. picnic at the park 4. water fun in the yard 5. fun crafts 6. eating Cotton candy at our church picnic 7.  dawson getting off the slip-n-slide @church 8. swinging on our play set 9. cooling off at the zoo 10. sparklers on the 4th 11. meeting bugs and tweet at six flags 12. getting ready to see the cardinals play 13. more sparkler fun! 14. more free bowling 15. at the st. louis zoo 16. shaving cream fun 17. 1st canoe trip 18. super man and wonder women ; ) 19. dawson meeting speedy and pepe' 20. ice cold Popsicle

Hope everyone had a Fabulous Summer!

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Where to begin....

let's start with....how do I have (( both )) kids in school?!!? I am still trying to figure that out???

I mean.... it seems just like yesterday I was giving birth to these two!!

Now I am sending one to ((3rd)) grade and the other to ((kindergarten))!!

I'm not going to say it has been easy to see my baby girl start school.

However, it could have been harder had she not liked it!

Here she is all dressed up, ready and excited to go!

Of course we have to show up to school in fashion....with monogrammed "girly" backpack and lunch box : )

and here they are going to school "together" for the first time.

Awwe...so many emotions, thoughts, worries, anxiousness, all running through my head.

I just have to remember....

they are in Gods hands....and the rest will be okay...

Psalm 91:11 "For he orders his angles to protect you wherever you go" (NLT)

{Wordless Wednesday}....shaving cream fun!

Happy Wednesday!

{Mexican Shells}

This is So yummy your going to love it!!  It's making me hungry just thinking about it! hee!

We love Mexican food and I am always trying to find new ways to make it.

As I was making the traditional past shells one day, it occurred to me...why not do Mexican shells?!

ding, ding, ding!! : D

So I tried it and now it is a family favorite!

Although..... it came as no surprise that it had been made before....of course

However, it hasn't been made with my ingredients. Ha!

Recipe follows:

pasta shells

1lb ground beef

pkg taco seasoning

1cup frozen pepper and onion blend/ or you could add small onion

1can Campbell's fiesta cheese

1can diced tomatoes/ I used fire roasted or you can use rotel

1can tomato sauce

1pkg of shredded cheese

mix cheese with taco meat, stuff with cooked shells, mix diced tomatoes and sauce, add a layer of sauce to bottom of pan (9x13), then add taco shells, top with cheese, bake @ 350 for 30min

top with your favorite toppings...

then get ready to fall in love... : D!!

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{Friday Feature}

from page....

.....to plate (minus the green onions)

Lemon-Curry Tilapia and Cool Cucumber Salad

courtesy of  Everyday with Rachel Ray!

{Wordless Wednesday}...@St Louis Zoo

 

more {Wordless Wednesday's}

{We're back....}

and just as last year...we had a fabulous time!

Now, back to reality. 

The reality that summer is coming to an end.... time for school to begin.

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i.e:  just want to thank all of you that follow me.  It really means allot that you want to read my "very" random post. lol!
I also want to thank buzz-on-by-thursday for highlighting me!  xo!!!

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{Sionara}

We are headed HERE again....be back Monday!

{Tasty Tuesday}.... brownie surprise

This is a new favorite of mine!  I am so glad I came across this recipe.....I found it somewhere while browsing through flikr. 

I make brownies all the time for my family (probably too much) so this was a great way to change it up!

I used my favorite "sou chef" to help me out with this one. 

She did a great job unwrapping, stuffing, and even tasting

A good chef always tastes their food (wink) ha!ha!

This is pretty self explanatory.... you just put the recces cups in the middle of brownie mixture, pop them in the oven then....

 

enjoy!

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