Wow, what a big present!

I'm not sure we can hold off 3 more days! Can we open just ONE present? Well, this one is driving her crazy....she can't wait! Hmmmmm, I wonder if it's that smart car I've been wanting?

Yes, it's taking up a WHOLE lotta space in the living room!

Not much room for my poor little tree!

Look who's been good!

The Parr family has been very good this year! I think someone is watching us through the windown and we NEVER knew it! I don't think Scatter looks too happy though! I bet he don't get any goodies from Santa! LOL! Merry Christmas...

Homemade Caramel.....

Thank you Pintrest for the recipe...It is great on sliced apples, but I'm gonna try it on cheesecake next! YUMMY! I can't wait!

Christmas Ornaments for 2011

I thank Pintrest for so many ideals I get and LOVE that website.
I thought these would be fun and easy to make.

So, I made these initial ornaments for Bobby, Ariel and myself. I thought they needed the cute bow (even though I could have left it off Bobby's, but thought it needed it-LOL)

I also dated the back in stitching with 2011. They are now finished and hung on the tree! SIMPLE!

Ariel and her BFF!

These girls, these girls! They are just too funny but get along and play SO well together.
Ariel went with her last weekend for her Birthday to stay the night at the Gaylord. They enjoyed the Ice room and decorations and getting to eat. (how fun can that be! )
So, Anna gave Ariel the sock monkey scarf and hat for Christmas and Ariel gave Anna the colored socks (Ariel has the matching colored socks-mixed matched is the style now I guess) and a Christmas ornament that says "best friend"!
So SWEET!

School Christmas Party! Friday December 16th, 2011

They had a PIZZA party for 4th grade winning the can food drive. It was quiet and quite boring to say the least!
Sorry, just stating the facts here!

Does it get any better? Only time will tell.

At least we FINALLY found out that Ariel finished 6th in UIL for Poetry Reading (not sure that is exactly what it's called).

I DID it! Finally, a new MAC computer!

So, I've been trying to get this since last Christmas! And, when my computer died Thanksgiving weekend, I knew what to do!
We bought a MAC! I am so excited about it. I've already locked myself out of it, because I changed some settings and didn't reboot it! Ahhhhhh....
Next I've got to change my software so I can use it for my embroidery work! But, I must say, so far I like it! But I really don't know much about using it!

4th Grade field trip...San Antonio

This is just 9 out of 32 kids that went. We had a certain number of kids we were responsible for to each adult chaperone.
This is standing in front of the Alamo.

And this was taken at the San Jose Mission on Saturday. There was ENDLESS, beautiful places to take photos. Beautiful place.

Bed bugs, MAYBE???

Ariel woke up Saturday morning at the hotel with these bites on her. She thought there was a mosqito in the room and I thought they looked like flea bites. Needless to say, they were itching like crazy.
Treated her with itch cream and Benadryl on the way home and by Sunday, still no better.
I treated her with a gel I used for poison ivy, cause I knew it would dry them up (or it did my poison ivy) and help with the itching.
She had these on ONLY her feet and hands. Anyway, my self treatment must have done the trick, b/c by Monday after she came in from school, they are looking better.
Needless to say, it still creeps me out as to WHAT it was!

It's a JEEP!

Okay, so Bobby has been looking for another Jeep. We found this one over a year ago, but didn't purchase it, but it' kept calling our name....so, guess what he owns....a YELLOW jeep.
Ariel said "Mom, I could really see you in the pick-up line" (when I picked her up from school)

So, guess you will see us coming.....

Tree is finally finished....

We started this before Thanksgiving and I finally managed to put the finishing touches to it today. I have an Angel for the top, but she's too heavy, so I stuck the bow back on it from another year.

{ LIke my pink wrapping paper? I picked this up at Hobby Lobby last weekend because I LOVE pink. Hey, It was with the Christmas wrapping paper, so it's okay, RIGHT! }

We are READY for the Christmas Holiday....

Ariel and her American Girl Doll, Krissa..

So sassy, but completely ADORABLE girl!

Art Lessons....

I think my sweet little gal is going to take after her Mother. She loves to draw. We started her with an Art teacher earlier this year and this is one of the projects they just finished.
She has done paintings on canvas and some other things as well.

Star of Texas award for Achievement!

Ariel helping in the kitchen...

Ariel mixing up the Green salad for Thanksgiving day...

Meeting Kaitlyn Maher....The search for Santa Paws

We had just watched this movie on the ABC family channel and then discovered who the little girl was that was singing. We then found out she was going to sing in Marshall Tx and Ariel wanted to go see her. So, here is a few pictures of Ariel and her.She has a beautiful voice and is very talented.

Cinnasticks... made from Pizza dough!

I surprised Ariel and Bobby with these YUMMY cinnamon sticks for breakfast on Sunday.
LOVE you PIntrest...I have found so many good looking recipes on there.
These were { super } easy to make. Oh, shhhhhhhsh, we didn't count calories on this day! :)

OUTFIT coming soon!

This is the fabric I will be making her something {not sure yet} for UIL coming in December. Black and white and I think some hotpink dot fabric also. Guess I will know when I start sewing it!
Her poem is about an elephant, so what better applique to put on the shirt!

Stitching Ariel's Christmas tee...

 I love to SEW....did I say that loud enough?
Seriously, I love creating many different things, but sewing and embroidery are my favorite. I would love to learn to digitize next year! That's on my list of things to learn!

And here is the finished design.

Ole Scatter....his favorite pastime....

Not sure WHY he has always like the bathroom, but he looks for WATER! If he catches the lid on the comode up, he drinks from it...Yeah, I know, YUCK! He has fresh water in the garage...
Ariel bathed him last week and when I got the blowdryer out to dry him...{ yep, crazy thought }
he HISSED at me....so, he only got a towl dry...bad kitty!

7 UP Biscuits.....

I am addicted to Pintrest, that is when I have time to sit and look at it, but I found this recipe on there and decided to give it a try. Of course, my little helper, Ariel, wanted to get her hands in the goo also, so her and I made them together. Here are a few pictures of how we did it!

Cutting them out!

Moving them into the butter pan..

ready to bake now!

Just Ariel.....

She asked me if she could get some highlights in her hair, which I wasn't too fond of allowing, but I thought a few couldn't hurt, RIGHT? Or should I say, "what could a few hurt?" So, my wonderful hairdresser and friend said she could do it and Ariel was excited. You can't tell a HUGE difference, but she just adores the look.

A cat on the hot tin roof?

Okay, well he wasn't on a hot tin roof by all means. He was being nosy while Bobby and Ariel was hanging Christmas lights! He climbed the scissor lift and jumped on the roof. Walked all over the roof and then was following me on the ground. I honestly thought he was going to jump to the ground at one time, but he managed to find his was off before they called it a night.

It was a SWEET shop kinda day....

4th grade went to the Sweet Shop here in town today for a field trip. I am SO happy they went because Ariel has been wanting to take the tour for a few years now and they only do it during the day. It is such an awesome tour. Our tour guide told us alot of information and that was the neat part. OH, I could own a candy factory. Benjin-Bousan-Slacen-Chocolate Factory...(okay, really that is the name Ariel has always told me was her chocolate Factory, LOL) I snapped a few pictures in the lobby, but couldn't take the camera inside the work areas...

Here she is before dressing in the haircap, gown and booties for her shoes...

and after putting on the haircap, booties and gown.

School Tee's.....

 Shirts I made for the Booster Club to sell for their Basketball team.

4th Grade tee shirts for Field Trip and San Antonio Trip.

She loves this cat!

 I think he's trying to hide from her! LOL

Ole Scatter just loves the water!

Everytime he comes into the house, he's on a mission to find water. Usually, he knows to head to Bobby's bathroom! This time he stopped off in the hall bathroom and jumped into the tub! So, I thought I'd turn the water on and see if that's what he liked! WELL, sure enought, I couldn't hardly get him away from it!

Ariel at Halloween!

and just to think that some people don't like CLOWNS! Well, she loves this costume! She makes a very good clown!

My Birthday.....

Well, I'm a little late posting these pictures, but what's the saying "better late than never"...okay...I had problems with the camera. So, here is my BIRTHDAY picture with Ariel. Yep, another birthday, but I don't feel a day older...

My embroidery thread....

 Ariel has always played with my embroidery thread. She names each color and plays with them as if they are barbies...they talk to each other and walk around etc....
So, I found her playing with them last week and she was giving them hair! Yes, she was taking scissors and cutting into the thread to make them have hair...
UH-OH...that wont work when I put it on my machine and exspect it to be continious?
So, hopefully I put a stop to that, but I just monogrammed her a lunch bag and the thread cut off 2 times on me (b/c of her HAIR she gave it) LOL..

I love her dearly regardless of what she does to my thread.

So, here is her stack of playmates......She can tell you all there names...

Somebunny.....loves this bunny....10-3-2011

So, I came home from taking Ariel to school and found that Scatter (the cat) had this little baby bunny. Yes, his eyes weren't open yet and I was all giddy for this little guy or gal. I took it from Scatter and he wasn't happy at all. He was so unhappy that about an hour later, he brought another baby bunny to my door, ate it's head off and left the rest for me to clean up...{ ICK }


So, we named him Choclate Chip Bunny...He was a hopper, that's for sure. He made it overnight
in his little crate of hay, but died the
next morning. We tried to save ya
little fellow, but God had other plans
for you! RIP....:(