I'm thinkin'.... Christmas!

Wow, its not even Halloween and I'm starting to think about Christmas! It is my favorite holiday though; to bake, decorate, give gifts, etc.

I was looking online last week and came up with some gift ideas for my boys.








Gavin is 7 now and Gage is 1 1/2; so two totally different ages to shop for; but they always play with each others toys anyway! LOL So Santa, here is what the "K" boys have on their list so far...

~Noelle

A DAY AT THE PUMPKIN PATCH!

My adorable little family and me!













Gavin picked this one out for himself!







Gavin lead us through the corn maze!













Gage picked out his own pumpkin too!

Isn't this the cutest lil scarecrow
sign??







"I'm King of the World, mom!"















Gage loved the piggies and would make a snorting noise when we walked by them. He also found the noises that the turkeys made to be hilarious too!

Look at the above left pic of my handsome guys walking hand in had! Awwww, looooove it!

Here is Gavin and Gage by the Ruler? Look at how close they are in height! Gavin is 7 years old and 4 feet tall and Gage is almost 1 1/2 years old and almost 3 feet tall!!!

We had a lovely day at the Pumpkin Patch! I love fall and my cute family, so it was a perfect day for me:)

~Noelle~

The Shopping Cart Tragedy!

So a couple weeks ago, I had the worst "mom moment" out in public!! I ran into Martin's after school with the boys to get a few things. Gage was buckled in the little seat of the cart, like a good baby. I constantly have to tell Gavin to stay off the back of the cart because (1) he's too heavy and (2) he could tip it over. So we were by the Halloween stuff and I was looking at something when I hear a loud boom and a cry, sooooo... I turn my head and there is my shopping car tipped on its side with Gavin pinned underneath and Gage half hanging out, crying and scared!!! Groceries were on the ground and my purse went flying out of the car. I was STUNNED and SO Mad at the same time. I can't quite recall but I am pretty sure I yelled "What the Hell?" or something not good out loud. With like 2 seconds to think about what to do, as fast as possible to avoid a TON of public humiliation... I grabbed Gage's one arm and pulled the cart up with my other arm. Gavin was crying because his leg was stuck so I hurried up and pulled the cart off of him. I noticed a man walking by, who didn't bother to ask if I needed help!! (Jerk!!!) So I got the cart pulled up, checked my children for injuries, loaded to groceries back in, yelled at Gavin to pick up my purse and proceeded to get the heck out of there as quick as I could check out!! (I have to laugh about this now because I can imagine how stupid this whole situation looked! LOL) So we get to the check out lane and Gavin is crying and says "I'm so stupid!". The cashier looks at me like, what did you say to your child, lady? She then asks for my Martin's card and says "How are you today?" I thought for a brief second... hmmmm, do I tell her my humiliating story or not? I just said "I have had WAYYYY better days and today I learned to never take my children to the store again!!!!"

So my advice to my fellow mom friends, DO NOT let your kids stand/"ride" on the back of the grocery cart- cause this can happen to you!!!

(Hope you were able to find the humor in this! Now, I can:) When it was happening I wanted to DIE!!!)

Interesting!

What Your Ideal Wedding Dress Says About You

Your Personal Style: Young and flashy. You dress like a celebrity, and you love to accessorize. Your Ideal Wedding: A huge party with all your friends, with lots of toasting and dancing Your Philosophy on Marriage: The person you marry should be your best friend. Your Perfect Marriage: Is when you still surprise each other with romantic gestures

The Wedding Dress Test

Spook-tacular Sights of Fall!

These Pumpkins are made out of Cupcakes...








Lovely Pumpkins!


Such a colorful day!








I WANT
CANDY!!!




I can't help but to go on and rant again about how this is my favorite season of the year!

I love the fall colors everywhere and
cannot wait to see how my Fall wedding next November '09 comes together!

So grab some hot cocoa or apple cider and enjoy these fun fall photos!
Halloween Bouquet
Happy Fall Ya'll!

~Noelle ;-)

Falling in Love with... FALL!!

Ahhhh... my favorite time of year is almost here- FALL! I love to watch the trees change color, to gather pumpkins with my boys, decorating for Fall and Halloween, caramel apples- yum!, etc... I have been looking for wedding ideas and have found some beautiful fall bouquets. I also planted quite a few of my favorite fall flower- MUMS! I chose to plant them in pots on my front porch this year to give it a more welcoming look.

I think the boys are going to be a Lion (Gage) and a Lion Tamer (Gavin) this year for Halloween! It will be cute to have them as a pair!

Enjoy my Fall pics!

~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:)