Bless His Heart

We had a rough night with Carsyn. He fell asleep in church (which is highly unlike him) and I noticed that his heart was beating unusually fast. I tried to get a count, but it was literally beating too fast to count. I was up all night watching him sleep very restlessly. I kept a count on his heart rate, and it was too high until about 4am when he finally slept without all the tossing and turning.

I brought him the doctor this morning, (of Course our regular pedi is out of town) and she sent us to the hospital for testing that will be sent to our pediatric cardiologist in Dallas. For now, the cardiologist is over-nighting us a 30 day event monitor! (Yes...the 5 year old wild child is will wear the monitor for 30 days...to school, to t-ball, to everywhere.) We hope to know something late this evening or FIRST thing in the morning. There's a chance he's developing SVT, which could be very dangerous for him.

Please pray for his heart and my sanity!

Because I'll do anything to avoid laundry!!!

100 words

Typing Test

Look What I Can Do!!!

I created this cute header for my blog. It is very simple, but it is the first time I've played around with digi scrapbooking. (mainly because I want to paper scrapbook!!!) BUT...I think I kinda like this concept.

Fun Fun!

(Autumn, figure out how to make it my new header!)

Westerman turns Four!

There was a ton of chaos, but it all worked out nicely. Weston was thrilled with the party, the presents, and of course the cupcakes.
All of his best buds were there to help him celebrate.
Everyone else was a little more excited to be there!!!
Laney loved the marshmallow pops.
Kingston liked his cape, and he enjoyed eating!!!
Dylan V. was excited to hang out with friends. Dylan C. was there, but obviously didn't make it in front of the camera.
Carter Lair liked the marshmallow pops, but mostly liked playing with Carsyn.
Kobe was excited to see his favorite cousin.
Carsyn was excite with all of Weston's gifts. Afterall, they share a room!
I'm not sure what we will do if another year brings more cuteness!

My kids say the CRAZIEST things!

First, this is the conversation Weston and I had at dinner.
Me: Weston, do you have unders on?
Weston: No.
Me: Why not, Weston?
Weston: Call me The Hulk!
Me: Why, Hulk?
Weston: THE Hulk didn't wear unders because his penis isn't cold.

Now that is great dinner conversation!

And later as we were getting in bed...oh...the couch, Carsyn said his prayer.

"God, thank you for a fun day. Please let us have a good night sleep. I want to have the best night. Please God I want five Golden Retrievers for a sled team. Amen"

Seriously, a sled team? I was blind sighted by that one. It was seventy degrees yesterday.

Welcome...

to 2009! I should have probably swept the porch, and bought a cute Christmas rug before I invited you over! ;)

I was reading Ali Edwards, like my friend Autumn, and I decided to think of a word to think about all year, in all areas of my life. My word for the year is persevere!

According to Webster's Dictionary:

Pronunciation:\ˌpər-sə-ˈvir\

Function:intransitive verb

Inflected Form(s):per·se·vered; per·se·ver·ing

Etymology:Middle English, from Anglo-French parseverer, from Latin perseverare, from per- through + severus severe

Date:14th century

: to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement

— per·se·ver·ing·ly adverb

It may be shocking to you, but some days I feel like getting to work is a huge undertaking. Heck, just getting everyone in the car is a feat in and of itself. I want to be more persistent and persevere to be a better mom, and wife.

But the main thing in my life that is taking a huge dose of perseverance is our home. Chad pretty much built our house by himself. We have a long way to go cosmetically, but wow...everything is what we wanted, and we did it ourselves. It is my favorite place to be, and I really hope that we can gain the energy to finish it. We are off to a great start, but we need to complete all of the little details.

My graduate degree is something I intended to have before I turned twenty-five. I'm disappointed to say that I will miss my mark by about 8 months. I'm really stressed, and very tired of all of the extra work. When all of my friends are discussing their favorite television shows, that used to be my favorite television shows, I have nothing to add because I haven't watched television since I begun this master's program. All that to say that I will persevere and finish this stupid degree in November, then I'll be back to the regularly scheduled programming!

2008 Year End Review

I stole this from Mom to the Screaming Masses. (See my blog roll.)

1. Was 2008 good for you? Yes!
   
2. What was your favorite moment of the year? I can't really narrow it down to one, but Christmas was a blast, our little trip to Dallas to see Bill Engvall, Carsyn's kart racing, and Weston's new obsession with super heroes top the list!
   
3. What was your worst moment of the year? Um, hands down, when I had all that lymph node business going on.
   
4. Where were you when 2008 began? At my house.
   
5. Who were you with? Friends and family
   
6. Where will you be when 2008 ends? At my house, with my friends and family.
   
7. Did you keep your new years resolution of 2008? No!
8. Do you have a new years resolution for 2009? A few!
   
9. Did you fall in love in 2008? No
10. If yes, with who?
    
11. Are you still in love? Yes.
12. Did you breakup with anyone in 2008? No.
13. Did you make any new friends in 2008? Sure did!
    
14. Who are your favorite new friends? Jessica...my dc!
    
15. What was your favorite month of 2008? December
    
16. Why this month? I love the holidays!
    
17. Did you travel outside of the US (or your home country) in 2008? No.
18. Did you miss anybody in the past year? Y es.
    
19. What was your favorite movie that you saw in 2008? Four Christmases
    
20. What was your favorite song from 2008? Um...I can't narrow it down.
    
21. How many concerts or plays did you see in 2008? A few.
    
22. Did you have a favorite concert in 2008? Bill Engvall was good. Kirby, a magician in Branson, was also tons of fun.
    
23. What was your favorite book in 2008? I only read books I love...so I can't pick.
    
24. How many people did you sleep with in 2008? 3...I have 2 boys that find there way to my bed nightly.
25. Did you do anything you are ashamed of this year? Yes.
26. What was the biggest lie you told in 2008? I can't think of anything right off hand, but that isn't claiming innocence.
    
27. Did you treat somebody badly in 2008? Sadly, yes.
    
28. Did somebody treat you badly in 2008? Of course.
29. What was your proudest moment of 2008? Carsyn behaving at kindergarten-seriously-I feel so accomplished, like we've done something right. Beginning my graduate program.
    
30. What was your most embarrassing moment of 2008? Nothing comes to mind, but I know there is something.
    
31. If you could go back to any moment of 2008 and change something, what would it be? I'm not sure.
    
32. Where did you work in 2008? I teach second grade.
    
33. Favorite TV shows(s) of 2008? I have almost stopped watching television altogether! I seem to have less and less time, and I'd rather 'internet'.
34. Favorite Band(s) of 2008? South First
    
35. Favorite Food in 2008? Same ole stuff...chips and queso.
    
36. Favorite Drink in 2008? Coke
37. Favorite Place in 2008? Home
    
38. Favorite person(s) to be with in 2008? My family and friends
    
39. Favorite person(s) to talk to in 2008? Niki
    
40. Favorite trip in 2008? Disney World
    
41. Favorite stores in 2008? Um. Hobby Lobby, Dollar Tree, Target
    
42. Hardest thing you had to go through in 2008? All that lymph node business
    
43. Most exciting moment(s) in 2008? Disney World
    
44. Funniest moment(s) in 2008? Everyday is a crack up around here.
    

"Feel free to answer any, all, or none in the comment section or on your own blog."

Valentine's Gifts (YAY!)

I'm so proud! Niki and I were able to spend the day with our good friend Ms. Kimble. We were very productive and completed Valentine's day gifts for all of the boys teachers. We have searched high and low to find these cups from the dollar tree. When Wendi found them we bought 25, and we had a plan. We are very proud of our great finds!

Easy Peasy

I love personalized gifts, and baby showers are no exception. I made this a *long* time ago, and I'm not sure how I missed posting them. This was a baby shower gift for a baby that has already turned one! They are super simple to make.

You need:
Letter(s)-I got mine from Hobby Lobby when they were half off.
Spray Paint-optional
Scrapbook Paper, ribbon, miscellaneous embellishments
Mod Podge & foam brush

First trace the letters onto scrapbook paper. To do this turn the paper to the backside, lay the letter on it face up. Next, spray paint the letters. While the letters are drying cut out the paper that you traced the letters on. Gather coordinating ribbons, fibers, and embellishment. Be creative. When the letters have dried use a foam paint brush to glue the paper, ribbon, and embellishments on using Mod Podge. Allow to dry. Put a layer of Mod Podge over the top to seal the letters. Voila!

You have completed a very inexpensive, but very personal gift. The sky is the limit. You can do a family name for a wedding gift, an initial, a full name, or a word. You can also create a bow holder by using one letter and hot gluing long strands of ribbon to the back.

Book Review: Running With Scissors

(Picture compliments of Amazon)

I'm not a fan of strange books. Honestly, I like a sweet romance novel...sweet, translate that is non-graphic. I noticed this book at my mother in laws on Christmas day. My sister in law brought it and wanted us (my mother in law and I) to read it. She told me it was a little bizarre, but I thought I'd give it a shot. After all, I was on vacation until after the new year and need something to do between loads of laundry and dishes.

The book is about a boy who grows up with very weird circumstances and knows from an early age that he was gay. (Yea...not my favorite topic.).

So I began reading it the day after Christmas. It is *very* strange. It sort of creeps me out, but I can't stop. In fact, at two this morning I had to put it down because my eyes were hurting, but I couldn't sleep because of its weirdness! I'm almost finished, but I wanted to share this with you. If you are bored, and like weird stories this is just the book for you!

Happy Birthday, Jesus!

Welcome! I love this new sign that hangs nicely on my porch. I'd love to show you the full porch, because it is finished, and very pretty, but it never seems to be clean! I'll work on that...or at least have the boys work on it.
Dear Santa, for Christmas, I'd like crown molding throughout my house, and a scraper to remove the labels from our windows!
On Christmas Eve we open one present. Every year it is the same thing...pajamas. I try to find pajamas that reflect what the boys really like. Because they wear uniforms to school they do not hvae a ton of character type clothing. So I searched high and low to find spiderman foot pajamas for Wes. He is completely super hero obsessed. Carsyn was much easier. He likes spiderman, but he likes pjs that are thin. I was able to find spidey pajamas that fit the bill.

They had a blast opening all of their gifts. Carsyn was thrilled with his knee high rubber boots. Weston got very excited about each gift. I'm always amazed at which gifts really impress the boys, and which gifts I think they'll freak over, and they barely notice. Bendaroos...As Seen On TV...the boys went nuts when they seen them on television, and begged Santa for them. I searched high and low, and finally found them at Walgreens on Christmas Eve. They opened them, and acted like they had never heard of them. But the boots that we found 90% off at Academy last winter were a biiiig hit.
Carsyn was riding like a pro. He was so happy with his new four wheeler. The first thing he noticed when he saw it was the lift kit and mud grips. I know, I know...you might be a redneck if your kid eve knows what a lift kit is, much less makes mention of it on Christmas!
Weston was very happy that Santa brought a spiderman four wheeler. He spent most of the day wearing his spiderman costume riding his spiderman four wheeler. (He has it on beneath his hoodie) And anytime someone stopped him he 'webbed' them.

Carsyn, Weston, & Kobe spent the day riding, spinning, and almost wrecking. A blast was had by all!

Our Hero!

Words cannot express how much we appreciate the God given talent Dr. Mendeloff has. This video is living, breathing, heart-beating truth of the wonders of this world. Dr. Mendeloff has touched our hearts through the work he has done on Carsyn's heart. It is apparent that he means a great deal to all of the heart families at MCD. I used to think of surgeons as sterile. Television often depicts them as robots, but he is so much more. He knows his kids, and tries to understand their families. We are so grateful to have gone down this path, and met all of these wonderful people.

Carsyn will be visiting his cardiac team in the next month. Please pray that we get great news!

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Hurricane Ike = Vacation

Stephanie had planned a surprise birthday trip for Dad. Just so happens it was like two days post Ike. Dad did not want to leave, but the cabin was already paid for, and he didn't know, but we had arranged to meet them there, and so had my Uncle Gary and Aunt Debbie. When he arrived at his cabin in Branson he was greeted with glowing candles. Then Debbie and Gary shouted, "Surprise!" He was thrilled. The next night when they all returned from a show we had snuck into the cabin and surprised him again. I'm not sure what he expected on the third night! We had a blast. Everyone was down on their luck with cameras and batteries, but I managed to get a few shots. Carsyn and Weston loved the huge pumpkin tree. And 'little' Randy is proof that some kids never grow up!

It's not Christmas without Costumes!

Gosh. I didn't realize that I was so far behind. Weston was a super cute rodeo clown and Carsyn was a cowboy. We had a blast trick or treating down town trunk or treating with Ironman Kobe and King turkey.

Merry Christmas!

During this Christmas season, take a moment to slow down and remember the true reason. Jesus really is the reason for the season!

My gurl...

Okay. Autumn is all up on me, so I'm going to update my peeps. LOL (Yea...I can't really pull off that gangster jazz.)

Seriously, if you are here and think I'm great, then you should seriously check out Autumn. I'm not good with all of that link business, but go here. http://mcdanielclan.blogspot.com.

She's really a great gal. I can call her in a pinch and she jumps right in to help out. (Mostly with Cars since he goes to the school where she teaches.)

BUT...What makes Autumn *really* fabulous is all that creative stuff she comes up with. Yea. Really. She can sew, scrapbook, decorate, paint, refinish, RUN...you name it-she's done it! So go...right now...check her out!

Again...

Another List of Books...copied from Autumn! (and she copied Kim Sue's blog)

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
I Love You Forever by Robert N. Munsch (All time favorite...first book I bought when I was pregnant)
Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo (I love this book)
Oh! The Places You Will Go by Dr. Seuss
The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
Skippyjon Jones by Judy Schachner
Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
The Cat In The Hat by Dr. Seuss
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamillo
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Crunching Carrots, Not Candy by Judy Slack
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willlems
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad
Day by Judith Viorst
Are You My Mother? by P.D. Eastman
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse by Kevin Henkes
Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
Tacky the Penquin by Helen Lester
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
Click Clack Moo: Cows That Type Doreen Cronin
Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
Horton Hatches the Egg by Dr. Seuss
Junie B. Jones by Barbara Park
Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Make Way For Ducklings by Robert McCloskey
The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Piggie Pie by Margie Palatini
The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper
The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
Officer Buckle and Gloria by Peggy Rathmann
Olivia by Ian Falconer
The BFG by Roald Dahl
The Kissing Hand by Audrey Penn (One of my favorites...I read it on the first day of school EVERY year)
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Bark, George by Jules Feiffer
Bunnicula by James Howe
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Charlie the Caterpillar by Dom DeLuise
Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
Dear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly Cleary
Frederick by Leo Lionni
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Frog and Toad by Arnold Lobel
Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney
Harris and Me by Gary Paulsen
Harry the Dirty Dog by Gene Zion
Hop on Pop by Dr. Seuss
How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
I Love You, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt
Is Your Mama A Llama? by Deborah Guarino
Jan Brett’s books
Knots on a Counting Rope by Bill Martin Jr.
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
My Father's Dragon by Ruth Stiles Gannett
My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
My Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
No David! by David Shannon (Another favorite...reminds me of Bryan DAVID)
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. Seuss
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Stephanie's Ponytail by Robert Munsch
Swimmy by Leo Lionni
The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Warner (In 3rd grade!)
The Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
The Empty Pot by Demi
The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop
The Giver by Lois Lowr
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown
The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements
The Napping House by Audrey Wood
The Quiltmaker's Gift by Jeff Brumbeau
The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
The Wide-Mouthed Frog:
A Pop-Up Book by Keith Faulkner

I like this list MUCH better. I can remember the story line behind each book...and own most of these. I loooooove kids books!

Copied from Autumn

Just trying to keep up with the McDaniel's!

The Big Read is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts designed to restore reading to the center of American culture.

They estimate that an average adult has only read 6 books on this list~How many have you read?

Here’s what you are supposed to do:
*Look at the list and bold those you have read.
*Italicize those you intend to read.
*Underline the books you LOVE .

*I italicized & bolded the ones I've read b/c it was hard to tell if they were bolded. I didn't want any one getting confused! haha

1 Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
2 The Lord of the Rings - JRR Tolkien
3 Jane Eyre - Charlotte Bronte
4 Harry Potter series - JK Rowling (3 or 4 of them...)
5 To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
6 The Bible
7 Wuthering Heights - Emily Bronte
8 Nineteen Eighty Four - George Orwell
9 His Dark Materials - Philip Pullman
10 Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
11 Little Women - Louisa M Alcott
12 Tess of the D'Urbervilles - Thomas Hardy
13 Catch 22 - Joseph Heller
14 Complete Works of Shakespeare
15 Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier
16 The Hobbit - JRR Tolkien
17 Birdsong - Sebastian Faulks
18 Catcher in the Rye - JD Salinger
19 The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger
20 Middlemarch - George Eliot
21 Gone With The Wind - Margaret Mitchell
22 The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
23 Bleak House - Charles Dickens
24 War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy
25 The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
26 Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh
27 Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
28 Grapes of Wrath - John Steinbeck
29 Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
30 The Wind in the Willows - Kenneth Grahame
31 Anna Karenina - Leo Tolstoy
32 David Copperfield - Charles Dickens
33 Chronicles of Narnia - CS Lewis
34 Emma - Jane Austen
35 Persuasion - Jane Austen
36 The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe - CS Lewis
37 The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini
38 Captain Corelli's Mandolin - Louis De Bernieres
39 Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
40 Winnie the Pooh - AA Milne
41 Animal Farm - George Orwell
42 The Da Vinci Code - Dan Brown
43 One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
44 A Prayer for Owen Meany - John Irving
45 The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins
46 Anne of Green Gables - LM Montgomery
47 Far From The Madding Crowd - Thomas Hardy
48 The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwood
49 Lord of the Flies - William Golding
50 Atonement - Ian McEwan 51 Life of Pi - Yann Martel
52 Dune - Frank Herbert
53 Cold Comfort Farm - Stella Gibbons 54 Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen
55 A Suitable Boy - Vikram Seth
56 The Shadow of the Wind - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
57 A Tale Of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
58 Brave New World - Aldous Huxley
59 The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Mark Haddon
60 Love In The Time Of Cholera - Gabriel Garcia Marquez
61 Of Mice and Men - John Steinbeck
62 Lolita - Vladimir Nabokov
63 The Secret History - Donna Tartt
64 The Lovely Bones - Alice Sebold
65 Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas
66 On The Road - Jack Kerouac
67 Jude the Obscure - Thomas Hardy
68 Bridget Jones's Diary - Helen Fielding (one of my favorites!)
69 Midnight's Children - Salman Rushdie
70 Moby Dick - Herman Melville
71 Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
72 Dracula - Bram Stoker
73 The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
74 Notes From A Small Island - Bill Bryson
75 Ulysses - James Joyce
76 The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
77 Swallows and Amazons - Arthur Ransome
78 Germinal - Emile Zola
79 Vanity Fair - William Makepeace Thackeray
80 Possession - AS Byatt
81 A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
82 Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell
83 The Color Purple - Alice Walker
84 The Remains of the Day - Kazuo Ishiguro
85 Madame Bovary - Gustave Flaubert
86 A Fine Balance - Rohinton Mistry
87 Charlotte's Web - EB White
88 The Five People You Meet In Heaven - Mitch Albom
89 Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
90 The Faraway Tree Collection - Enid Blyton
91 Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad
92 The Little Prince - Antoine De Saint-Exupery
93 The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks
94 Watership Down - Richard Adams
95 A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole
96 A Town Like Alice - Nevil Shute
97 The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
98 Hamlet - William Shakespeare
99 Charlie and the Chocolate Factory - Roald Dahl
100 Les Miserables - Victor Hugo

I'm impressed I've read 16...but to be perfectly honest, most of them weren't so 'great' because I can only remember tiny bits from each one!!!

Let Them Be Little...

A kindergartener. I always wondered what the hang up was...why does everyone seem so sad. Well, now I know. When I watched you walk, full speed ahead, into your new school...I knew. I knew that it was no longer the beginning. You were no longer my baby...or a preschooler. You were a BOY. A boy that was in kindergarten. When I look at you I see my baby! I think about the day you came home from the hospital (weighing less than five pounds), and the day you had surgery, and the day you met your brother!

When I look at you I wonder where the time has gone. Just yesterday you were snuggling on the hospital bed asleep with your big brother. It seems like I was just bringing you to the nursery at daycare...crying my eyes out hoping they would take good care of you. And now...now, you are in 3k! You are so big...and so handsome. You are absolutely adorable. You say some of the funniest things...and most of the time you tell me what to say. You are SO stubborn.

I want time to slow down...I want to take more time to enjoy you...just the way you are.

A few of my favorite things...

Aside from all the normal things...boys, family, and friends...These are a few of my MOST favorite things.

1. I love snuggling with the boys in the morning. They are so sweet then.
2. Watching a late night movie with Chad.
3. Getting a pedicure with mom and grandma.
4. Watching my dad spoil the boys.
5. Having a good visit with Niki and Ms. Kimble.
6. Reading bed time stories.
7. Sleeping...yea. We do a lot of that in the summer.
8. Teaching! I love my job.
9. Shopping for my boys and for scrapbooking supplies. (Don't tell Melissa Lee!!!)
10. Sewing and embroidering.
11. Nosing around on the internet...reading blogs etc.
12. My house...I'd rather be here than anywhere else.
13. Disney World...we had a blast.
14. Photography. Nothing makes me happier than a picture that captures the personality of my boys.
15. I'm sure there are TONS more, but this is it.

These are a few of my favorite things. What are yours?