Life is... slowly wearing me down:(

Hello girls! I found this funny icon on my friend Ashely's page! It sums things up for me though. Lately I have been in a funk; feeling overwhelmed with life: my children, my husband to be, planning the wedding, my college classes and job hunting. I have too much on my plate and don't know how to balance things, even if that is possible. I turn to my blog for peace of mind and solitude from all things that make me crazy! Some days I just look forward to getting on here and reading all the thoughtful comments that you gals leave me; it boosts my spirit up! I realize that I am not getting that from the people I have close by me in life; some friends, family and my future spouse. I need to focus on what I need to do at the moment, not what I'd like to be doing- such as blogging:) I am going to give myself a few days off to play catch up on school work, my assignments for my current job and things around the home that I have putting off. I will miss our daily chats; but I'll be back in a few days!! Sniff, sniff~ this will be hard to do! Soooo... I will be back soon!

Hugs,
Noelle ♥

Hey, summer! Where did ya go?

Yes, this is Chris Daughtry!!

Me and Josh Paul, guitarist!

My BFF Valerie and I at the concert!

Here is me and 5 out of 6 of my bridal party having dinner in July!

Wow, am I a slacker or what? I have not posted in over a month! I/we have been so busy with Back to School- yes Gavin is in 1st grade this year and... I went back finally after 2 years to finish my Algebra this Fall!! I will FINALLY have my degree this January that has been 6 years in the making:) Gavin lost his first tooth on the first full day of school last week- sorry no pic on the computer yet!

Brian got a new, wonderful job after hunting for almost 2 years!! He will be starting an apprenticeship with our local electrical workers union in January, till

Gage learned to love popsicles this summer!

then he is working for one of their companies. So good $$ and benefits finally -yipee!

Poor sweet Gage spent almost 3 days in the hospital this past week to receive IV antibiotics for an infection called MRSA- talk about some scary stuff but he is home now and doing better! He is gonna be 17 months already! Still super chubby and happy:)

Gage in his bear floatie in grandma's pool!

My brother Marc graduated from Basic Training a couple weeks ago- very proud of him!

And soon, it will be 1 year till our wedding!! Exciting, but scary at the same time! Lots to do but still not enough $$ to do it!

I went to see my hunk, Chris Daughtry in concert on August 7th and it was so AWESOME!! He is even hotter in person! I was so excited to get my pic taken with his bass guitarist, Josh Paul! He was such a sweetie:)

I am looking forward to Fall coming- the leaves, mums and pumpkins; cooler days and nights, Halloween, etc. This is my favorite time of year! Happy Fall Ya'll:)


Here are some of Gavin's special pics we got taken for his 7th birthday- what a stud!



Here is the cake and cupcakes I made for Gavin's 7th birthday Carnival!! (I think I did get some cake talent from my mom!)


Here is also Gavin and his #1 bday gift- Lego Indiana Jones game for his Nintendo DS! He was sooooo happy:)