Fall in Texas

Well I have to say FALL is my favorite season. I love the color pallette, the smells, the crock pot cooking and the anticipation of all the great holidays right in a row!
Texas in summer is only palatable if you are in air conditioning, a pool or at a water park!














From my previous posts you can see we managed that! But now I am soo enjoying this season, my goodness they mentioned probable 70 degree days this week! Can you beleive it? Well my family and I went daytripping on Sunday. I was on the hot persuit for a pumpkin patch for a design team project I am working on for the store.













Here is a great family pic I asked another family in persue of the same thing to assist with!
This is some of the goodness I got. Plus the day before we stopped at the Midlothian Fall Festival anf the United Methodist Church in town, this is what I caught. Happy Kid, huh?

What a Weekend!

Us gal's at The Crafty Scrapper got quite a treat this weekend! Wendy Vecchi came to teach and brought a bunch of the Maya Road DT with her! A few of us on The Crafty Scrapper Design Team made something special for the gals that came in. This is a little lunch pail I made for Aubrey, hope she liked it! And below is the make and take MR did for us at the crop attached to my Halloween jar swap with my funny little scary guy!!! And last but not least after Wendy's first full day of teaching we were all whooped and headed to Carino's for some great grub! Our buddy Megan Darrow from 10 Second Studio joined us too! The next day I got to take Wendy's classes and let me tell you she is a FABULOUS teacher! I will post the project later!

I have been a BAD Blogger!

Well, I have to admit it. I have been bad....very, very bad! I have not blogged in forever. So my October promise to myself is to be a better blogger. I am going to do my best to take random everyday pics and record them here because I have been getting very little scrapping done since I went full-time at The Crafty Scrapper. So here are some pics from today. I was off and it was my craft-cram b4 Wendy and the Maya DT come down tomorrow, also Halloween jar swap due, a homemade B-day card, fall class to finish and MIL birthday present. Needless to say I am bad to stay on track! I took some pics around the house and my messy scrap table, in mid-project!

Here is a craft Porter and I did last week, too cute! Added some $1.99 Target place mats and Waa-La, cute Halloween table.

This is Porter's first year to have tests. We are working on her 3rd, this is what we were doing at 6:45am. Her handwriting is getting much better!

And Happy Birthday Carolyn! My dear friend and 2ndly employer, you are MUCH loved chicka!!!! Look at all this handmade goodness!

So there... I posted, but doubt I will be back b4 the weekend is over. Now I can go to bed with thoughts of T!M swirling in my head. I know he is far removed from me this weekend due to all the fabulousness we will have going at the store, but you are never far from my heart, or scrap table for that matter!

Labor Day, cont....

My beautiful daughter and me.

Cheesiest kids on Bentwood!

Fun and Games!

Happy Labor Day!

We had a fantastic Labor Day celebration on Bentwood! Lots of great food, Fantasy Football Draft, waterslide for the kids, canopy and fans for the heat. It was awesome! We all really enjoyed the day.

Cute kids! Staying cool on the waterslide.

1st Day of School

Here we go, 1st grade! I am so excited for my girl, she was totally ready! It was really nice that Chris joined us this morning with school starting on a Monday this year, he had an easier time and helped me by getting Porter's breakfast while I was still blow drying my hair!

Porter is looping with about 85% of her classmates and of course the fabulous Miss. Maddox! We had fun giving out the cards I had made for the staff at the school. And unbenounced to her, Porter has one waiting in her lunch box! She is too cute and I know this year she is just going to explode with her reading.... she is just right there! I am so excited for her. Well off to work, I have been instructed to wear my running shoes, so all you girls that took off work for 1st day of school..... the UPS and Fed Ex men are going to keep us busy today!

Look What She Did WHile I was Away!!!

While I was gone at the Stolen Moments retreat with the gals from The Crafty Scrapper this weekend, look at what my little one created all by herself! Quite the budding "Scrap Artiste"! If I do say so myself! She picked out the items herself while she worked with me at TCS on Friday. Guess she felt like she needed some compensation for all she had done! We are off to do some stamping!