Honesty is easy for a big mouth!

I was tagged by a good bible study friend, Kelly, to write 10 honest things about myself, so here goes.

Here are the rules:
1. Say thanks and give a link to the one who gave you the award.
2. Share 10 honest things about yourself.
3. Present this award to 3 other fantastically brilliant blogs of content or design, or peeps that have encouraged you.
4. Tell those 3 people they've been awarded and make sure they're informed of these guidelines.

1. I worry about everything...and when I don't have something to worry about I search until I find something. My mother is the same way.
2. I have the biggest guilt complex of anyone I know; if I feel I have done something wrong I CAN NOT forgive myself for it, even if the person I have wronged has already forgiven me and God has too.
3. I really envy crafty people, and I wish I could be crafty too.
4. I can not imagine loving another child as much as I love Ty, and I feel like I will always be comparing the next one to Ty, and then I feel guilty for this (see number 2).
5. Macaroni and Cheese is my favorite food.
6. I truly believe that my husband was hand-picked for me by God.
7. In fact, I believe that God is really planning my life down to the very minute details, such as sending me dreams to let me know what to do...I know I sound crazy! But honest!
8. I don't worry as much when I teach or am at bible study; therefore, I must teach and go to bible study...to live.
9. Sometimes I get so scared that I think I might actually die...right then and there.
10. 1, 2, 8, and 9 seem impossible if 6 and 7 are really true...I know...so, number 10 is that I am a bundle of contradictions and little faith, but big hope, and possibly just completely insane...

I may need drugs...

FOUND IT!

This year...

Last year...

Training-wheel-chopsticks

How fun is this???

Getting ready for Traja (don't ask)

We rang the bell at Corner Market for the Salvation Army. Ty racked up, and several people said that Temple really knew how to get the money as they had positioned cute kidlets at this location for around 4 hours. 'Twas true! That bucket was F-U-L-L!

Ty was better at eating with training-wheel chopsticks than he is with a real fork, and he liked it better. Hmmm...an idea for my little picky eater. Who in the hey would have thought that I would have a picky eater child!

We LOVE the LEWIS LIGHTS! So fun and amazing...what a power bill they must have!

BTW...

We have no earthly idea what traja means, but Ty mentions it whenever we talk about Christmas...and we THINK it MIGHT be another name for Santa or presents or Jesus or well, it could be anything!

Steak, it's what's for dinner...Thanksgiving dinner that is!

I took this same picture last year, and I think it is on this blog somewhere. Well, here we are a year later, same place, same mommy and dat boy.

If someone could please tell me how to tell blogger where I want pictures to be in relation to words, instead of them deciding where things should be, I would really appreciate it. But until then, you will see pictures first and then clever anecdote, instead of vice versa like I had intended.

Thanksgiving morning...my boys being cutest ever.

I made chocolate chip waffles and they were amazing...kind of like eating a stack of chocolate chip cookies in syrup. Wow!

Ty was a fan! He ate them while he watched the Macey's Thanksgiving Day parade.

Yummy! (Actually, this was a totally different day, but I thought the picture was cute and shows how big Dat Boy is getting.)

We went to Lewis Smith Farm to get our tree. Ty liked this one, but everyone knows that at our house this would hardly suffice...ah well, he will learn.

I am so proud of myself for these tables...Ya'll know I am not crafty, so this is pretty good for me. I can't even draw a straight line, and I have no idea what looks good together. Jenny says this character trait makes me interesting. So there!

This AMAZING bouquet came from University Florist, and was arranged by Glenn. He is amazing! and nice! You should call him for all your floral needs.

At the beginning of our Thanksgiving holiday, we took a little trip to spend some time with some wonderful, wonderful friends. This is Ty and Averie at the Atlanta Aquarium. They play together so well, and make me homesick. Or should it be "faraway sick" as Scott and Andie are the ones so far away!

At the top of a big rock with Dano and Jettica.

Cute Anecdote to follow...finally...

Well, we tried to change tradition, but in my family that is an unforgivable sin. Bryan and I casually mentioned having filet mignon with a lovely hollandaise or red wine sauce, and you would have thought we suggested giving Ty up for adoption. What a fall out! Yelling, screaming, mad facebooking; it was insane. Anywho, we gave in when mom and dad were not able to be here to fork over the money for the steaks. HA! Be honest, people, if you were at a wedding and the menu for you to choose from said "Turkey cutlet with pan roasted gravy" or "Filet Mignon with a red wine reduction," which would you choose? Hmmmm?

I thought so!

But, alas, turkey IS cheap and DOES feed a crowd, and as long as I don't have to cook it...

and THAT, my friends, was Thanksgiving!

Halloween is "STAREY!"

For Halloween, we went trick-or-treating with Beka Carter. The kidlets were a lion and a lamb (allusion to a misquoted bible verse ), and they enjoyed going to all FOUR houses on our street. I mean, come on, people, let's bring trick-or-treating back, please! Just think about how much candy our kids will miss out on.

Same lion, different theme. Here we have the cowardly lion, which really fits our man, Ty, as he is somewhat on the fraidy side. Halloween is very "starey" to him. On a side note, I don't have a picture, but Ty won the costume contest at Petal High School when he entered with me. We were Louigi and Remy from Ratatouille. The whole gym erupted into an enormous, and in unisonm "AWWW!" when he took to the floor.

These pictures are at The Pumpkin Patch at Mitchell Farms, and Ty loves this place. It has become a tradition. He has been every year since he was in a backpack.

And that, my friends, was Halloween!