Homecoming 2012

This week has been Covington High School's Homecoming Week.  The town has been all decked out in Purple and Gold!  Cade Carter painted a banner to display on the court square and he also got to ride in the truck that held all the cheerleaders.  He was so excited.  He really thought he was something cruising through the parade with these pretty girls in the back.  :)

Cade Carter painted this at my work this week. 

Sandra Howard insisted on me painting the windows of the bank...LOL  what can I say...it was fun!!! Sandra bleeds purple and gold...

This is a fuzzy pic of Cade Carter but if you could see that HUGE SMILE on his face you would laugh!  Pimping ain't easy.   LOL! 

Go Chargers!!!  They play Crockett County Tonight-Hope they win!  

Meal Planning-Fun Friday turned Fun Tuesday

A few of us from my church plan to start tackling Wednesday night meals for our youth and little kids.  It's somewhat ironic that on my friend Kate's blog this week her Fun Friday Link Party was on Meal Planning.  Well, I have been pondering what to feed the little ones every week and how to have it prepared by 5:30 when I do not get off work until 4:30.  How am I going to  get food prepared for 40 kids in less than an hour? I know for sure that my crock pot will be involved.   This new adventure is going to be trial and error for awhile and hopefully I can figure out how to do this.

 I recently started couponing, and I've learned to shop our local drug stores for personal and paper products. When using your coupons, these drug stores are CHEAPER- If you play your cards right, you can AVOID Wal-mart completely.  I totally recommend doing this!  Wal-Mart is EVIL when it comes to getting me in there.  I usually run to the grocery store on Sunday mornings after church and get what I need for the week.  So I try to meal plan mid-week, therefore, my menus run from Wednesday -Tuesday of the following week.  I could go on and on to my crazy madness of meal planning but this post could get really long.  Kudos to Kate for bringing up a topic that I tend to struggle with from week to week, especially now that I'm feeding the church kiddos too.  LOL! 

Labor Day Weekend...Is it Fall Yet?

This past weekend the boys went dove hunting at Greg Williams annual dove hunt.  Watching them tear the dove's head off and shred it of it's feathers made me a little nauseous so I opted not to watch them, but going to visit with Greg and his buddies was fun.  My boys love Greg- I think it's his man cave he's got that is very awesome. 

Hank and Cam after a whole day of hunting.

"This is the life!"

Cade Carter using his 20 gauge...he gets better and better each year.

Cam has learned to drive the Ranger very well!

We celebrated Jasper's 8th birthday last night  and I made him a birthday cookie that I got the recipe off pinterest.  I wasn't to impressed on the texture but it was still good. 

Now that Labor Day is over, can I get my Fall Decor out?  I know that white pants are a NO!  Also, isn't it now time for a pumpkin spice latte from Starbucks?  They came out today!!!!!!Thanks to my dear friend, Audra-she brought me one this morning...yes-it's Fall time for me-what about you?  Thanks Audra!!!!

Fun Fridays

I've always wanted to participate in a link party, so when my dear friend Kate decided to head one up I got so excited.  Each week, Kate http://www.erikandkatekrull.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-08-13T14:48:00-05:00&max-results=7&start=7&by-date=falsecreates a theme for each Friday.  Us, blog buddies will post an insert from our blog if the theme applies to us-and we are added on her list-that way we get to see every one's ideas!   Some weeks there will be themes that might not apply to me but that's ok-more knowledge for me.   Now let me remind you that Kate has gone through so much over the past year  dealing with her little girl, Lucy, who had cancer and is now in remission.  THANK GOD FOR THAT!  Lucy's story has reached out to so many and what friends she's made just through her blogging.  I adore Kate and her courage for expressing her feelings on her blog. 

Today's blog theme is ORGANIZATION!

Check out Kate's blog:  http://erikandkatekrull.blogspot.com/

As for organization, I must have it in my life to function.   If I don't have it, I'm a wreck.  My husband is even more OCD than me but that doesn't mean that I have an immaculate clean house, all clothes washed every day, or my beds get made daily  I just have a place for everything.  If the item's not in it's place I get edgy.  So many of my friends complain of their hubbies not helping around the house, well I can't say that for mine.  He's a neat freak, therefore, he helps me stay on my kids to keep things neat.  This past Summer I got tired of our bathroom closet looking like a disaster so I got some bins and organized our products. 

 

Picked these up at Wal-Mart.

 

The Internet has so many cool sites to print labels.  Don't forget to Label!

The Things Us Moms DO!

I attended Crestview Middles School's PTO meeting last week and once again, I'm in charge of "BOX TOPS!"   It's amazing how many just my household collects.  If you aren't already and you do NOT have a child to collect for-send the box tops to me.  The school would appreciate it since it's easy money.  So you family members out there who are reading this HELP US OUT PLEASE!

Friday Night Football

Ella James, Cam & Carly

These three had an awesome time going to a Charger Football game.  Covington played Munford which is always a HUGE event in C-Town...Lots of rivalry there.  Needless, to say WE WON!!! Go Chargers!  We all went out for Mexican and then the game.  When Cam is with these two girls,  he treats them just like the guys.  I guess it's because they've been together since they were 4 years old in preschool.  Ella James always tells her Mama she "likes" Cam and we always laugh about it. But right now, they are just having fun!!

Saturday FUN!!!

This past weekend, Hank had to go to Chicago on business so me and the boys hung out.  I was sad to see him go.  I hate when he has to fly out and I not get to go.  I could have gone, but who wants to be alone in Chicago all day?  Hand did get to go out at night and do a little sight seeing.  He sent us and boys a few pics from his iPhone. Again, just like my other iPhone posts, these pics are grainy looking. 






Papa Sam took the boys to see the movie, Expendables 2-My boys love blood and war...yuck...they said it was awesome.  I opted to go to Memphis with my friend Jaime and a BUNCH of other friends' KIDS-(Never get an adult day, do we?)  Jaime and I are now in charge of the concessions at Crestview Middle so we got to go buy lots of JUNK to fill it up.  We then went to eat lunch and treat the kids to GiGi's cupcakes...I had never been but I WILL BE GOING BACK!

In this box you would have found a wedding cake cupcake, a chocolate chip cookie dough cupcake and last but not least, a rocky road cupcake.  They are ALL GONE!

After the boys movie, we all met up and went to the Hunter House for an afternoon of Volleyball with all the neighborhood kids.  Never a dull moment at the Hunter's.
It was a nice weekend.