craft time

My first attempt at making my first homemade christmas cookie plate :) Not too bad, I guess. This was fun but VERY tedious!

I figured out that you need a VERY STEADY hand when writing small letters on a salad plate. Let's just say my hand steady-ness ( if that's a word ) is not up to par but I will be working on it. I also learned that I needed a fine tip pen rather than the bullet tip pen. Oh well, first time and I don't think it turned out too bad. I have to let it try for 24 hours then stick the plate in the oven for 35 mins on 300 degrees. The paint will set and it then becomes dishwasher safe.

I think I am going to start making these for people. It will keep be busy and earn a little extra cash, why not?

I can get ANY saying or quote for ANY plate, dinner or salad plate.

I don't know why the picture is so small, sorry. Hopefully you can click on it and enlarge it.

Well that's it for now. :)

oh happy day!

cold weater + snow all day in sugar land = THE HAPPIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD! :)

my parents beautiful house

my babies watching the snow fall....

our family christmas tree

seeking prayer warriors

I am not even sure how to start this post off. Well...... my title really explains it all.

I am seeking prayer warriors......for me and Brandon. Is that selfish? I sure hope not. I am needing some MAJOR prayers my way this next week. I don't want to disclose exactly what I need prayers for but if you could pray for some other specific things for me, that would be greatly appreciated.

1. patience

2. peace

3. understanding

4. faithfulness

You see, I could be making a HUGE decision by next Monday that will BETTER Brandon and I's life. One that will FOREVER change our life, for the best. I truly need prayers for Brandon and I as we go through this season of our life not knowing. Not knowing what the next step is or the next path is. We FULLY trust God and his hands that lead us to the unknown. We know that whatever happens in the next week, that God will be GLORIFIED no matter what. Although that is hard to understand sometimes, I know through the good and through the bad God is always glorified.

So if you would, join me in prayer this week for B and I.

I love ya'll :)

Thanks and have a great week!

suggestions?

I am need some help.

Can anyone suggest a GOOD but reasonably priced photo editing program? I had photoshop elements on my PC laptop and I wasn't too much of a fan. ( maybe if I took time to read the manual, that would of enhanced my skills).

So, what programs do you use?

Right now, I am using either my iphoto editing program or picasa. They both are good but I want more.

HELP! :)

foe-toes

The Doty girls....minus JD plus a Barron girl. I love Jaxon and Maddux! It was quite difficult to get a picture of all 3 of us. I had to fake cry to get Jaxon in the photo, she ran to me and gave me a hug. But by the look on her face, she wasn't diggin picture time. By the way, that was me with 4 hours of sleep. New Moon at midnight :)

The chik-a-dee WOULD NOT look at the camera. She was playing games with "Kai-anne"

But Maddi Mae loves the camera. She loves to stick her tongue out too, love this baby!

JD, Me and Danni waiting in line for New Moon at midnight. Good thing JD was a CHAMP and took free tickets from a guy to see NM at 9:00pm. We waited in that line for 1 hr and then before we knew it we were sitting in a theatre watching New Moon BEFORE everyone else! It was pretty much amazing. All thanks to JD!

Sunday Night. Skanchy Night. ( inside joke) This is me with my old co-workers from the ADA. We are all still good friends and we were celebrating Leslie's bday ( girl to the right of me). We ate at the Yard House in the City Centre off of Beltway 8 and 1-10....soooo good!

Pre New Moon picture. I started the Twilight movement at the ADA. I got everyone HOOOOOOOKED! :)

i gave my heart to jesus...

I had a little first grader tell me that she gave her heart to jesus last weekend.

Amazing. 

My heart melted when she told me this. melted.

When you think the world is crashing down or you're having a bad day...... to hear those sweet words come out the mouth of a 7 year old makes you want to cry, in a good way, of course.

God is good. He is good all of the time. I am so thankful my little first grader told me those sweet little words.

I hope I hear them again, soon.

155 and m.i.a

This marks my 155th post.....whooopty do! It's also been over a month since I last posted. You can see where my priorities are. I really never get on the computer anymore. My iphone has everything I need....email, facebook, bank account, internet, itunes, games, google maps, weather, etc. See where I am going?? 

I've definitely been M.I.A ...... missing in action, that is. Maybe not action, but definitely missing. There has been a lot going on for the Barron bunch. I started a new job WHICH I LOVE. I work at an elementary school, its amazing. My hours are great, I get off when the kids get off...its fabulous. Brandon starts his new teaching job this Tuesday. He will be a long term sub for Jan Schiff Elementary in Sienna Plantation. He will be teaching a science lab class, its part of the out classes like music, PE, art, etc. He is VERY nervous. He tells me everyday how nervous he is. This is his first time ever teaching. He wants to make a good impression to the school and principal. Please say a little pray for my sweet husband. I know he is going to do great! 

Brandon and I have been sick the past couple of days. He got sick first. And he had been sleeping on the couch because his cough would keep me up at night. I never asked him to sleep on the couch, he just knew it would keep me up at night if he slept in bed with me coughing all night. He is so thoughtful. A day or two after he was sick, I got sick. I was wondering when that was going to happen since I work at a school with sickly kids all day. I swear, kids are gross. At least the ones at my school. I had a girl sneeze on my hand....G.R.O.S.S. I catch at least 1 kinder picking their nose and eating it everyday.... yuck! So my body finally broke down and I got sick. On Friday I was on duty in the back parking lot and it was 50 degrees outside at 7:30am. Out of all the days that I didn't bring my jacket, Friday had to be the day. I had been bringing my jacket in my car and Friday I was jacketless....freezing while opening the car doors and greeting the students. I was so cold but I acted all tough and told ppl I was fine. I wasn't. I was seriously cold the rest of the day. I then came home and realized I had been running a fever and thought that I probably had it all day. I felt horrible. Saturday rolled around. Brandon still sick, me even more sick. This was the first time B and I had been sick together. He would always get sick first, get better and then I would get sick. Not this time. Well...it was about 2pm and I saw some medicine on the kitchen counter and thought...."well isn't this nice...Brandon left me medicine to take"....so I took it. 30 mins later I started to get reaaaaal sleepy. And then it dawned on me. Oh crap! I took drowsy night time medicine. Needless to say I feel asleep from 2:3opm- 6:00pm. I had a great nap.....hahahha.

So now here I am, it's Sunday. Tomorrow is Monday. Oh how I dread Monday's. I hope you all are doing well and looking forward to Halloweenie :) 

Until then.....