Fourth File, Fourth Picture

Tagged again. I like it though; makes me blog stuff I'd never think to myself. This time, I was asked to go into "My Pictures" file and open the fourth folder. Then I was asked to open the fourth picture and talk about it! Here goes. . .

How awesome is that? A HALLOWEEN picture! My fourth file was ALL family photos we used for our adoption collage, so any of them would have been great pic. choices (non embarrassing). I am just thrilled that it worked out to be a festive, Fall picture. This is how we dressed up back in 2006. It just worked out that the boys wanted to be pirates and how EASY is that to pull together for parents?! Awesome. This year, we will be hodge podge again. Lewis will be the Joker, Conner is a clone trooper (Star Wars), I will be a witch again and who knows what Steve will throw together? It is fun to look back on this ONE Halloween where we were all coordinated and put together. Super fun!
K. I'm tagging. . .Jen (I'll keep buggin' you until you follow through), Kristi, Lindsay G., Erika, Marianne and ANYONE else that could use a quick, new post. Have fun!

Stuff I Keep Forgetting to Post. . .

#1. My friend Wendy, who used to be a Stampin' Up demonstrator, is getting rid of some of her inventory. All sets are $5 each! Click here to check it out!

#2. My neighbor is friend's with the artist Al Rounds and he is doing an exhibit, demonstration at her house on October 18th. Everyone in the community is welcome to come to this event. Click here and leave her a comment if you'd like more info about this. Here is an example of one of his beautiful paintings. . .


#3. I was "Husband Tagged" and I already did it awhile back, but I will repost it here so it can be enjoyed again! K. I hope that is all I am forgetting. Hope so!

Husband Tag!


What is his name? Steve
How long have you been married? In just about one month, we will celebrate our TENTH big year! We are going on our first cruise EVER to celebrate and we cannot wait!
How long did you date? GEEEEEZ. Our dating/courtship was such a soap opera. It went on for over a year and was completely crazy and intense and exhausting! It was definitely meant to be though. After going through all that, you know you're in it for the long haul!
How old is he? 32
Who eats more? Might be a toss up. He definitely eats healthier.
Who is taller? Steve for sure. He is actually the perfect height for me. I don't have to kink my neck to look at him when we hug/kiss!
Who sings better? He would say I do, but let's be honest, neither of us would ever win American Idol.
Who is smarter? We all have our different "areas of expertise." I would say he is, on paper (especially trivia-my heck he knows EVERY unimportant fact possible), but I am a quick thinker, problem solver type.
Whose temper is worse? Probably mine.
Who does the laundry? Actually, that is all Steve right now. We take turns with the two worst chores; dishes and laundry. While he's better about getting the laundry clean, dried and put away, I am much better at making it look nice and tidy. So, even though the laundry is kept up, the kid's drawers are a disaster (Lewis' clothes mixed in with Conner's), and sometimes my socks and shirts end up in the kids' room. But, you gotta love a man who is willing to help out and can actually seperate the darks and the lights and remove stains! Yep. He's a keeper.
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I guess it is Steve, now that I am thinking about it.
Who pays the bills? Definitely my penny pinching Steve!
Who mows the lawn? The maintenance guy (I wish I could talk Steve into a "cleaning lady" too).
Who cooks dinner? We are pretty equal with this task. Seeings how we both get home at the same time, we usually work together to get dinner on the table.
Who drives when you are together? Steve, almost always (how else would I get my makeup on?).
Who is more stubborn? Haha. That's a funny question. We are both so stubborn it isn't even funny!
Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Steve. But I am faarrrr better about NOT holding grudges.
Whose parents do you see the most? It's about equal.
Who proposed? Steve did. On Christmas morning. Wearing his jammies and his sister's new ski hat. And with most of his family staring at us. Classic Steve.
Who has more friends? We have both been lucky in the friend department. We are both pretty friendly and make friends easily. I'd say it's a tie.
Who has more siblings? Steve wins with his seven sisters!
Who wears the pants in the family? Steve would probably joke that I do, but we all know that isn't true! He wears 'em and he's good at it! He keeps our family clicking!

Our Awesome Neighbor

We have the coolest next door neighbor EVER!

She moved here from California a few years ago and once Steve learned that she taught school, he snatched her up to be a part of his staff. He has often said, "what would we do without Carolyn?" She is the bomb! She is the reading coach at our school and helps the teachers stay on track with everything the state reading program asks us to do. Not only does she keep everything afloat at school, but she is the best at EVERYTHING else she does too. She's one of those gals that has major power tools in the garage and knows how to use them! Some of you might beg to differ, but check out all these reasons why we think she is the numero uno, COOLEST neighbor ever!

She drives a Mustang convertible and lets us (or the high school cheerleaders) ride around in it with the top down!

She always has EVERYTHING we don't, so she's
our "go to" neighbor when we're all out of something.She and her sister give our boys gifts on all the major holidays and birthdays!

She knows how to do EVERYTHING and has helped
us with a gazillion little projects. I only have pictures of these few examples:

(Um, she whipped up those trees, signs and mural in next to no time!
She is fearless and everything always looks good)!

She "Martha Stewart's" everything she touches!

She VOLUNTEERS to watch our kids so Steve and I can have "date night."

She hires our kids to do odd jobs for her while she is away on her many travels and then pays them super good money for their work!

Um the queen mother of them all. . .she landscaped the side of our house (including installing a drip system and a hand-made bird house) at NO COST to us! She said she had been "thinking about an idea" (translation, she was tired of looking at our un-landscaped side yard) and we said-GO FOR IT! She apparently needed to invest in some projects like this for tax

write offs, but we totally got the better end of the deal!

So, I think it is quite clear. We really do have the BEST neighbor! And, today is her birthday so Happy Birthday Carolyn! We think you're the best!!!