Its that time of year again

I love decorating for the fall. I think it is my favorite Holiday to decorate for. The other day, I got my tubs of fall decorations out of the attack. It took me a few days to put everything out because I was busy doing school work(story of my life). I am pleased with how it all turned out. Here is a small peek of what I did....

This is the Topiary Tree I made. I think its so cute.

I just love Fall!!!!!

Do I know these kids????

I found these pictures the other day and thought they were worth posting...

I believe these were our Kindergarten pictures

Funny, huh???

Not much new here.....

There is not much new going on around here. I have been in school for 3 weeks now, and so far this is the hardest semester yet. Out of 5 classes only one teacher is "good" or what I consider good. The rest should find new jobs. Its ridiculous but I have no choice other than deal with rude obnoxious teachers that don't seem to care much about their students or job.

Cory is still busy working all the TIME. Not much new there either....

This Saturday is my 10 year high school reunion. At this moment, I'm not overly excited perhaps I will feel different Saturday. We will see....

I have been working on a real cool Halloween craft project I got the idea from a blog I follow. I found the idea here: http://www.huckleberryprairie.com/ under the Homestead tab. They are Topiary Rag Trees, I changed the fabrics to Halloween prints. I can't wait till they are done. I will post a picture when I am done but for now this should give you an idea of what they will look like.

Getting Closer

I'm super excited about the progress we have made in my craft room. We are so close to being done. All that is left is some painting and installation of some shelving, storage things, two legs that will hold up the desk extension that goes around the corner and hanging the molding around the ceiling.

Cory installing the desk

Here is a picture off part one of the desk installed...
I plan on making a curtain to put up in the door way to section it off

Here is part two of the desk being installed

There is a hinge on the extension so when I don't need the extra desk space I can put it down for more walking room

Here is the cute lamp I got a Pottery Barn kids...Cory's discount is so great how could I pass on this awesome lamp
The purple tags are marking the spots where shelving and storage will be

Lamp close-up..I haven't taken the plastic off yet because I wanted to make sure the colors went okay

I can't wait until I can bring all my stuff in here and get it all organized and clean. Hopefully, I will be able to do that soon before school gets crazy.

Craft Room

We have made progress on my scrapbook/craft room(the goal is to get it done by Monday b/c I start school). There is now electricity in there....whoo-hoo!!! I am going to get some cute white lamps to put in there for extra lighting. Tonight, hopefully, we will be installing the desk so stay tuned for those pictures.

Here is the new outlet.


Installing the brackets for the desk.

The desk will go around the corner and be supported by two legs(you can kinda see them on the floor).

Officially Done...

With Summer School that is. I made it through....my classes were rough but I survived. I have a little over a week before I start school again. I am taking this time to deep clean my house and finish all the projects that have been on hold since the beginning of the summer. Yesterday, I spent several hours steam cleaning the carpets in all the bedrooms upstairs along with the hall way. Today, I think I'll clean all the bathrooms and scrub the base boards downstairs. I might be crazy but in a sick way I found cleaning very enjoyable. I have a long "to do" list so I better get cracking.

PS. I had some free time to give the blog a makeover......I hope everyone likes it. I learned some new tricks in my computer programing class so I put them to use.

PSS. Here are some pictures of my special project that we have been working on....forever. Tonight, my Dad is coming over to put electricity in my new room.

Update

Its been awhile since our last update......we both have been very busy. I finished Summer I classes on Thursday and start Summer II classes tomorrow. I am taking a Social Studies class and the teacher requires us to memorize the glossary so I have spent this weekend making flashcards. Let's just say I am not looking forward to this class!!!!!

Cory has been busy with Tollway stuff. There are so many projects going on right now....he usually gets home late. He is the big man in charge of his team now...about a month ago he got a promotion. He has worked so hard and I am very proud of him.

I have some good news!!! On Friday, I was able to get a new iPhone. I am very excited!!! I love it so far and can't find anything I don't like about it.




I got a pink cover for it, the screen cover protector things, headphones, and some other cool stuff with it. I know it will come in handy with school, when I need direction, when I'm bored, when I have a question about something, when I want to listen to the radio or some music....the list is endless. As we speak Cory is playing a game and can't put the phone down :+}

Our Vacation part 2

Blogger would not let me post all the pictures in one blog so here are the rest of them...

Here we are on land seeing the sights...
Here we are going into the water...


I got to drive the boat :)
Our Quackers

Cory and I at the Dixie Stampede pre-show

These were some of the acrobats from the acrobat show...they were so small and immensely strong

Segway....

Segway 101

READY, SET, GO!!!

The boys were ready to fish..

Cory's first fish...and the only fish caught that day(day one)

Day two of fishing brought this

I had to check out the fishing scene

These are the crossword puzzle shirts my Dad had made for everyone. He handed out a crossword puzzle and had everyone work on it and when we were done he gave us these shirts.

Picture Time

The fun Variety Show

So...tell me what you want, what you really, really want.

YMCA

Can you guess who the birthday boy was...

Us at intermission..

This was in the tower at the Shepard of the Hills...I was scaring people that came up in the elevator :)

This is a better picture of the Titanic Museum

Finally, we ended the trip with another game of Jenga.

We had so much fun, we will definitely go back. I already know were I want to stay next time. I will post a picture of that soon. I will also put a picture up of were we stayed once I get them from Julie's camera.