The Cape Day One

On Saturday, the morning was a bit dreary, so we headed out in search of a scrapbook store that we had never been to before. Let's just say it was AWESOME!! We had lots of fun looking around, taking pics for ideas, and buying some stuff. After that, we meandered along Rt. 28 to see what we could find. Our first stop was at an outdoor festival/craft fair. This woman was pretty funny in her juggling attire!

Then we hit our favorite T/Sweatshirt store. They have the best tees and sweats for CHEAP, but they are great quality - they wash and wear well, and are super comfy!

On the way back, the timing was perfect for sunset, so we headed to the beach. We had fun taking some pics of the two of us - even without the tripod :). We managed to find things to prop the camera on. It was SOOOO windy - you can probably tell by our wonderful hairdos in the pics.

Here are some of my faves of the two of us:








The beach was just gorgeous and we were treated with a rainbow while we were there.

The sunset was even more stunning as you can see in the pics below:

Coming tomorrow...Day 2!

Perfect Weekend

We are back from a blissfully perfect weekend We enjoyed sleeping late, flying kites on the beach, shopping, celebrating Wom.en's W.eek in Pro.vincetown, and watching the stunning sunset each night.

I'll be back tomorrow for a full update with pics and everything.

A Long Weekend

Ahh, I love a long weekend - especially this one. It is the beginning of W.omen's W.eek in Provinc.etown and we will be there to celebrate their 25th Ann.iversary!!! We love going to the C.ape, we love going to P-t.own, and we love it even more when we can be there with a whole bunch of women!!!!

We are so looking forward to getting away - we are leaving right from school tomorrow afternoon. It is about a 175 mile drive, and we'll be sure to hit traffic in Bo.ston right around rush hour, but it will all be good. We are staying in a house virtually free (we just have to pay a bit for utilities), and can't be happier.

The plan for Saturday is to hit the t-shirt shop, the scrapbook store (it's one we've never been too!), and the jewelry store to use a gift certificate for new charms for our Pan.dora bracelets. On Sunday we will go to our favorite breakfast place for brunch, then spend the day in P-t.own!

We just have to survive the day tomorrow.........

First Saturday

Yesterday was the first Saturday of the month, which means we had our scrapbooking and quilt block clubs. Here are our pages that we made for this month:

Here are MJ's

And here are mine:




After our clubs, we went to see T.oy Stor.y 1 and 2 double feature in 3D!! It was lots of fun and a perfect thing to do on a rainy day - an boy did it pour all day yesterday.

Here is Olivia - she came prepared with her stuffed animals


We didn't get a pic of Laura and Sue (Olivia's moms)

Here we are waiting for the movie to start:



After the movie, we ran some errands and did some fun shopping as well.

It was a great day and VERY productive as well. Today we get to hang in the basement and get some craft project done - I can't wait!

Try #11A and #11B both a bust!

Well, you all know that when we TTC in August, the cycle was a bust as the meds never stimulated my ovaries enough. Well, we did try #11B this past month and it was a bust too....AF arrived today. We hadn't blogged about this most recent try as we were just trying to kind of "stay under the radar" so to speak. We are bummed - I am pretty sure our timing was off with this one.

So, we sit out a month, and try again in November - that will make Try #12 - and we should inseminate right around the time Chicklet was due. It will be a bittersweet try, I'm sure...

Pumpkin Fun....

Yesterday we took Olivia to pick a pumpkin at my parent's house. My dad is awesome because he grows pumpkins just so the kids who come around (neighbors, etc) can have one, and be able to pick their own! Olivia has been getting one from him for quite a few years now and I'm not sure who looks forward to it more - the kids or my dad!

First you have to find the perfect pumpkin!


This is the right one!


Having my dad help her cut the stem because "it's prickly."


Showing off her HEAVY pumpkin!!!

And here are some fun pics of Olivia out front with the scarecrow...

Holding that heavy pumpkin again!

And one last one of the three of us (MJ, Carrie, Olivia)

What a great day!

Guess Who's Here?!?!

Olivia is here again to visit us! She is only here for a short 24 hours this time though. We had tons of fun last night playing To.y Sto.ry Man.ia on the Wii - or as she likes to call it - "To.y Stor.y ManiaC" Too funny! She has seen ads for this game and was so excited that we had it! However she was quite disappointed to find out that it is now "only manufactured at the No.rth P.ole." The only way to get it is to ask Santa for it!!! Teehee!!!

Gotta hit as many bullseyes as you can!


Concentrating very hard on hitting the bullseye!


Jumping for bonus points....


Lassoing with Woody....

Of course the evening wouldn't be complete without some sort of sweet treat. MJ baked cupcakes in her little feet baking cups. They were very cute! Olivia had fun putting tons of sprinkles, etc on them!

Here she is showing off her new PJ's that we got for her to keep in her drawer of clothes that we have for her here. She was so excited about them that she "wishes they were daytime clothes."

And finally, the toothless grin as she has lost her two front teeth!

Up for today- a trip to my parent's farm to pick a pumpkin, some lunch, some errands, and then to meet Mama.

A Plus

I just have to share.....

MJ is sitting here correcting homework. The assignment was to find numbers in your house/world. Write down the number and where you found it.

I think this kid deserves an A+:

"Quantity 30 - My mother's prescription bottle"

"375ml - The Jack Daniels bottle"

Let's just hope mom wasn't chasing the prescription with the JD!!!

Oh. my. gosh. If my kid turned that in, I would be a bit embarrassed - but then again, maybe those are the ONLY numbers they have in that house...

Fall Frolic Crop

On Saturday we had tons of fun with our friends Laura and Sue at a 12 hour "Fall Frolic" crop. It was 12 uninterrupted hours of nonstop scrapbooking! We got ourselves all packed up - you need a lot of stuff when you are scrapbooking for that long!



When we arrived, there was a cute little goodie bag with a candy bar, pretzles, and bottle of water for us:


Here we are taking break for a quick pic:


Here is Laura and Sue:


A couple more pics of us working away and our table:

We had so much fun and accomplished A LOT!!! MJ and I got 18 pages done each - that really put a huge dent in our album making! This store has also started giving a 20% discount to teachers, so that was a bonus for the day as well! While we were there, we also signed up for "Crop instead of Shop" which is another crop being held on Bla,ck Fri.day! We are already looking forward to that!

I'll take a few pics of our favorite layouts that we completed and post them in a couple of days!

My Honey is the BEST!

I had a great birthday last week - MJ made it really special! On Sunday, she let me open some of my presents one day early! Here is the stack of things.....



Opening some fun school supplies! I got pens, notebook, folder, and lots of other fun stuff. (I know I am a total nerd for getting excited about school supplies - but Stap.les is one of my absolute favorite stores!



This may seem kind of silly, but I keep saying that I want a shredder - so I got one for my bday!


Of course, I had to find lots of things to shred just to try it out!



On Monday, my actual birthday, she continued to make my day special. We work in the same school, and all day long, I found little presents in my mailbox with cute little cards. She even snuck a card and a gift into my lunch box! When we got home, there was a beautiful bouquet of sunflowers waiting for me as well!

When we got home on Tuesday - waiting in the doorway was my final prize - the JUST RELEASED Toy St.ory Man.ia game for W.ii - we had so much fun playing it! For any of you have been on the new To.y Sto.ry ride at Holly.wood St.udios in FL - the game is JUST LIKE the ride - tons of fun!

It's so great to share those special days with someone you love!