osu cowboys!

a nice family (thanks peri!) gave us 4 osu basketball tickets for last nights game.

we went up there with chad's brother & his family, who have osu season tickets... HUGE fans they are!

we ate at a hole-in-the-wall place. why is it that such small & run down places make such good food?!?!

it was a fun night.... being with family, good food & they won!!!

are you ready for this....

12 garnier fructis styles products for $1.40!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

it was a high leaving the store - i was super pumped!

how did i do this you might ask?

well, walgreens has it on sale for $2.99

then they have a walgreens coupon for $2.00 off

i then had coupons from the sunday paper & ones that i got from church in the coupon box we have there

gave the lady everything & all i had to pay was tax!

CLEVER BOYS...

while on the phone yesterday... in the closet were i go so i can actually talk, listen & have a conversation without being interupted... anybody else do that?!?!

i come out & this is what i find...

my boys had gotten every pillow off my bed, from the living room, their room & the dog pillow (the big tan thing on top - that is what the teenagers call it even though we have no dog!)

they stacked them just right & then the fun began!

i'm glad no one got hurt & i had a nice long conversation, too! ha

smell that???

i smell something familiar & it takes me back to that time, location, what i was wearing, doing. its crazy.

anybody else like this???

let me explain a little more in detail...

i was the winner of a $30 gift card to victoria secrets last month at a christmas party with some friends.

my husband is thinking yes!

i thinking yes, too! but only because i have been wanting some lotion & shower gel from there.

i used it back in my college days, honeymoon, & first few years of marriage.

in the store i smelled "love spell" first (the purple one) & in just a few quick seconds my mind raced with memories that took me back to the warm beach, miami airport, gay week (ha ha), first trip alone with my husband, key lime pie, hard rock cafe, hand in hand walks on the beach, great view, sunrises & sunsets, good food, renting bikes, swimming, riding sea doe's in the ocean... my honeymoon in the keys.

and i think to myself... got to get this one!!!

i smell a few more before i found "amber romance" (yellow) and this took me back to my first year in college... living in a dorm, trying to find out who i was, being very homesick, college classes, homework, making new friends - some great ones & then some not so great ones. i decided i had to get that scent as well.

i had a few more dollars to spend & a decision had to be made to what i would get... something new. so i got "sweet daydream" (pink)

i am hoping that in a few years i will go into victoria secrets & pick up the sweet daydream bottle of lotion & my mind will flood with memories from today, from this time in my life, the happiness of my boys, their smiles & laughs, being so in love with chad, not regretting anything... living life FULL!!!

self...

my youngest has wanted to be independent the last couple of days, wanting NO help from me.

especially when it comes to getting dress.

it doesn't hurt my feelings, because i know he still needs me :)

the pictures explain it all!

photo tag...

i was tagged by summer - real life friend & college roommate

• go to your where you store your pictures on your computer


• 4th folder


• 4th picture


• write about, explain


• pass it on to 4 or more people

this is kaden... our first son at 6 months old. he was just learning to crawl & getting into EVERYTHING!!! i love the big cheeks, wide open smile, bald head, big dark eyes... just way too cute!!!

now i pass it whoever reads this & wants to do it. just let me know so i can come look at your picture on your blog!

a success...

the all-nighter was a fun night besides the fact that i stayed up for a straight 24 hours. over 100 students, lots of parents & college students helped out, no one got hurt, no bad attitudes, caffeine drinks were available at every place we went to... i call that success! ha

the events of our night were as follow:

• we left the church at 5:30 & headed to the OKC hornets basketball game

• back to the church for some dodge ball & pizza

• then at midnight the FUN began... confetti drop!!!

• we played for about 30 minutes in this mess & now its time to clean up... thanks for helping out this year kaden!

• after we had gotten all the confetti out of our hair, off of every layer of clothes we had on & out of our shoes we got back in the people mover, 2 church vans, & 4 different cars & headed down the road to go bowling

we then we back in time... to the 1980's... we went roller skating!!!

we were back at the church by 6:30. the students we all gone by 7... PTL!!! and i was in my bed asleep by 7:30 am.

together...

we were a family (minus brock) last night at midnight. first time since kaden has been born.

chad & i were THRILLED!!! and amazed because the boy usually can not stay up that late. no matter where we are at he's gone by 8:30 pm.

write more tomorrow.

going back to bed!