Give Thanks!

So on the way home tonight, Anna sees that someone has put Christmas lights on there house. The conversation goes as follows:

Anna: Whew! Mommy look look Christmas lights. Can we put our Christmas lights on our house?
Mommy: No Anna not yet, we have to be Thankful first
Anna: Dear God, I'm thankful for my puppies, my Mimi, my Daddy, my Mamaw, my pawpaw, and oh yeah my mommy. Now can we put up the lights.

Looks like I still have my work cut out for me. She is just too cute!

I hope everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving and I hope after you read this post, you will stop and thank God for everything he has blessed you with. Remember God will only give you what He knows you can handle.

Give Thanks to the Lord for he has given YOU countless blessings. Stop for just a minute and name them, you will be Amazed!

Back again!

Wow! I've been so busy that I have neglected the blog once again. I have several fun things to blog about so I'll probably be playing catch up this weekend. Well maybe.....

Halloween weekend was a lot of fun for Anna. Poor Collin had a terrible runny nose so he stayed home with Mimi and Pawpaw, which I'm sure he loved as much as Anna loved Trick-or-Treating.

That day the kids went to Nonna's for a few hours while I did a photo shot with the Gambill Family and with Michael. It was so much fun. They are all naturals when it comes to taking pictures so it made my job super easy.

When I got done, I rushed home and made a big pot of chili and picked up marshmallows for s'mores later that night. I got Anna dressed and Mimi and Paw came over to watch the lil man aka superman for the night and me, Chad, and Anna headed to Nonna's house for a hayride and wiener roast, cheese dip, chili, and s'mores dinner.

Hay Ride, she said Whew I'm nervous!

 

Chad and Anna roasting wieners for the first time!



Pawpaw and Anna enjoying a S'more, loved them



Collin waiting up on us in his PJs

While we were roasting wieners the kids and my mom enjoyed a little time on the dance floor with the Monster Mash of course. Too Funny!!!

Anna was exhausted by the time when got home but I think she will tell you it was so worth it.

5 lil punkins sittin' on a gate...

Anna has learned so much since she started school this August and we would love to tell Mrs. Shanna and Mrs. Denise Thanks, so much!

Anna came home from school yesterday singing this song. I got it on video and this is her version. I asked Mrs. Shanna this morning how it went and these are the words...

5 little pumpkins sitting on a gate the 1st one said oh my it's getting late, the 2nd one said there are witches in the air, and the 3rd one said well we don't care, the 4th one said I'm ready for some fun and the 5th one said lets run, run, run.

Ohh with the wind and out with lights and 5 little pumpkins rolled out of site.

Click play to watch Anna's version...

Wish I knew what I was doing...

I'm sure just like the rest of my post this will not make sense, but who cares. I have a post ready to go, but I want to add a video to it. I've done it in the past and I did it the same way, last night and again this morning. It will not upload.

I even loaded it to YouTube, thinking I could post the think to the video, nope it doesn't work either. I'm a little frustrated right now, because I can't figure it out. If anyone actually reads this blog and knows what I'm talking about, please let me know.

I'm sure it is some setting somewhere that I don't have checked or I need to unchecked.

As for us, Chad is totally disappointed that the Cowboys totally stink right now and Tony Romo is injured and out for the rest of the season. We just may never watch football again....

Anna is participating in Drug Free week this week at school. They are suppose to dress up everyday, but today she just wanted to wear her ribbon. She asked me several questions about drugs last night. Where do you get them? What do they look like? Why are the bad?

I'm sure I didn't do a very good job explaining her questions so she will understand I will continue to enforce how important it is to ALWAYS be Drug Free.

Anna is also going through this fit stage again. I was sure that she was over the outburst of anger and throwing things when she didn't get her way. I was wrong and so again we hope that this stage will pass and soon. I hate getting angry at her.

Collin is just his little care free self. He runs everywhere and will repeat anything. I mean anything. He was so funny this morning when he got to moms. He had to get down and go check on the tractor in the backyard.

And as for me, well I'm just here. Starting to get a little photography business. I haven't felt the best in about two weeks. I'm moody and things just get under my skin lately. I went through this before and the doctor changed my medicine and now he is changing it again. I sure hope this works. I'm tired of feeling so crabby. I think that is why I lose it with Anna when she melts down.

Wow! Thanks for letting me vent. I know I'm so strange.

A little post about Collin.

It seems since I started this back all my post have been about Anna. So here is a post just about Collin. Look at this face, can you tell we had spaghetti last night. He loves spaghetti, but he loves any kind of food. He really loves fried potatoes and pinto beans. YUM!

Collin's vocabulary has really taken off this past week or so. He has been talking for sometime now, but if you say Collin can you say chicken. He will say chicken. He repeats EVERYTHING!! It is so funny.

Yesterday morning, I was getting him up and Isabelle was barking and I of course said shut up T and what did Collin say, Shut up T. Now I'm not very proud of the work Shut up coming out of my 15 almost 16 month old mouth, but what can I say.

He loves outside and loves to get dirty. He loves tractors, trucks, and any pair of car keys he can find. He loves chocolate milk and has a temper that can only be explain in person.

He had this cute little crawfish dance that he did on his own that was so funny, I think I have missed him doing it on video, because I couldn't find the dvds I needed for my camera. I hope to get it today, we will try again.

He loves his pacifier and his blanket. The tag on this blanket is just about gone, Lord help us.

He will go to sleep on his own if you lay him in his bed, but last night he let me rock him and it was so nice to hold my baby again and give him sweet kisses.

I love you Collin Brooks Weatherly!

Taco Salad and Boss's Day

Friday was actually Boss's Day, but Anthony Timberlands celebrated it Tuesday. We decided to treat our bosses to a lunch of Taco Salad, cheese dip and all the toppings. Everyone said it was really good, but since I did most of the cooking, it didn't taste to good to me. I think I had just smelt taco meat for too long.

I cooked 7 pounds of taco meat Monday night and then warmed it Tuesday morning and then put it the crock pot at my office until lunch. Hmmm...think that is a bit to long for me.

I've made this salad 3 or 4 times and it is always a big hit. Here is the recipe.

2-3 lbs of hamburger meat, cooked and drained
2 pkgs of taco seasoning (add to meat, add water and cook just like tacos)
1 head of lettuce, shredded
1 bell pepper, finely chopped
1 purple onion, finely chopped
1 large tomato, finely chopped
1pkg of taco strips, (can be found near the croutons in the salad section)
1 bottle of Catalina dressing

1st layer taco meat
2nd layer bell pepper and onion
3rd layer lettuce and tomato
4th layer taco strips

Add Catalina dressing and toss until all combined.

We ate it plain or in a soft taco shell.

Try it sometime.

The Weekend!

The weekend started with a huge win for the Bearden Bears. Anna and I made it home from the game and got a good night rest while Chad started the weekend by going deer hunting at the camp.

The kids and I decided to go down and visit Saturday evening and grill a great and yummy steak. It was so relaxing and Chad took Anna deer hunting with him. Kenli and GG went too and they all hunted in pawpaw's condo stand. It is a huge stand that 4 to 6 people can hunt in. Anna had a great time and they saw several deer, just none that were shooters.

We had lunch at Kelli's on Sunday and visited with my Aunt Donna and Uncle Ricky.

The kids were exhausted and i think I am as well.

The End!!!!