Aloha!

We traveled to Hawaii in February with the Texas State Softball Team. We had a great time! These are just a few of the pictures we took. We watched softball at the University of Hawaii, snorkeled in Hanama Bay, climbed Diamond Head (9 weeks pregnant by the way), went to the North Shore and saw huge sea turtles, tasted the delicious Dole Whip at the Dole Plant, ate tons of great food, shopped, and went site seeing! We were exhausted when we finally got back home.

2 years old!

Haven't posted in forever...hoping to do better in 2011!
Petty turned 2 in January. He has gone from 10 pounds to 70 pounds!
He's so sweet! Isbell is lucky to have a good brother!

Big Bend

For over 2 years now Derek and Josh have been talking about going to Big Bend....well, we finally went! And I survived! I was a little overwhelmed about going...sleeping in a tent, bears, no showers on site, walking to the bathroom...you know...girl things! It was great! We hiked everyday, went on a day long canoe trip (I was so sore that night), hung out in Terlinga and just had a great time! The boys even made sure we took showers everyday!
Who knows where we'll end up next!

Home Alone

Derek went to Hammond this weekend and I was kind of upset to be home alone all weekend. Plus, he got to see my parents and I didn't. I knew I had to keep myself busy! Friday, I went to the Library conference in San Antonio with Carly and Angie...We met up with Sheri (our librarian) and had a great time despite the rain. The weather was terrible Friday and Saturday so I couldn't work outside or lay out, so I decided to do some things inside.....I started out going to Lowe's Friday night. I had some wood cut so I could make shelves for our shoes. While I was at Lowe's I saw these light fixtures on clearance and decided to go ahead and buy them....I guess I should have shown Derek first, but he did leave me home alone!!!

So Friday night, I made the shoe shelves and painted them.
Saturday morning I put them in the closet! Doesn't it look nice and organized! I even went through my shoes and got rid of the ones I haven't worn in over a year.


These are just my summer shoes...My winter shoes are in a bin...If we ever build a house, I want a closet like Oprah's!



So Saturday, I decided to install the light fixtures.....I've never done this before, but You Tube can teach you to do anything! I also read the instructions like 10 times before I attempted any of this....

This light use to be in our hall and it was gold and ugly...So I painted it with this special paint and put it in our closet.


We really didn't have a fixture above our table...now we have this!



This is in the entry....much better than the old one

I installed 2 of these- 1 in the laundry room and 1 in the hall!

I am quite proud of my home improvements! Just had to brag on myself a little! Not sure what I'll tackle next!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

I bought these glasses to wear to school and tried them on Petty. He poses for the camera! I took a full body shot of him so you can see how big he is- 80 pounds! He weighed 8pounds when we got him this time last year! Most Aussie's weigh 50 pounds as adults...ours is just a little bigger!

Random Pics

My IPODS from Valentine's Day! They were so cute! My new Peter's Nativity scene-love it!!! and my sweet pups...not sure why they look so sad...such serious looks