A MUCH needed night on the town...with a little creepiness!

So date night with the girls tonight! Loved it! We went to where else but Your Pie, our favorite! Just so you know it is a 30min drive to get there. So you KNOW we love it. Of course we got to see the spinning coburg cow and wave and blow he/she some kisses so that was fun. It was great. You know the weather was rainy and having two girls one in an infant carrier, a purse, and a floppy seat is not easy. We were eating our pizza and I looked up and it was PORING rain. This was a bit of a panic moment considering I decided against the umbrella and Darby's rain coat due to the fact that I only have 2 arms. But praise the Lord the rain stopped and we got out without melting bc you know we would have ; ). Here is Darby at Your Pie (last time we went) **phone camera pic




I told Darby before dinner we could go to the book store when we were done eating. I was hesitant bc of the weather so when we were driving away from the restaurant I said," Darby, do you want to go to the bookstore or go home?" She replied, "The bookstore". So I said, "okay, I am just a little nervous about the weather (mainly talking to myself)" and she said, "its okay mom" and something along the lines of "it'll be alright". Gotta love the pep talk. So off we went to Barnes and Noble, which is why I am up writing this blog bc of my Starbucks treat I forgot to get in decaffeinated. It was so great tho. I never knew how fun it could be. They have a train table and of course lots of books and fun stuff for the kids. I sat at one of the little table looking at the CUTEST girly cookbooks (I bought them, I had to, it was for a good cause anyway, right?). I told Carson no for the first time tonight = (. I think I will start using that more often bc she really can begin to understand it now. So when she grabs her spoon while I am feeding her and flings baby food everywhere... Anyway, I was amazed at how much she enjoyed it there. The girls played and once again...the sky dropped out and once again...cleared in time to leave. It was so fabulous. Here is Carson playing at Barnes and Noble. **camera phone pic



Oh I almost forgot! The creepiness! So during our play time there was this random adult man wandering around the kids section. He didn't seem like a dad looking for something for his kids (you know dads would be attracted to the display table, with good books but limited selection, it is just easier!). He was there forever! That creeps me out especially since that shopping center has had its share of crime. He did eventually leave and I was thankful. If he wasn't up to no good tho then why don't ppl consider their creepiness factor???

My Beauty Must-Haves...

For the first time I am going to participate in Kelly's Korner: Show Us Your Life Friday! It is about beauty tips and products so here you go... I absolutely cannot live with out my Bare Minerals make up! I use faux tan as my all over face color bc I learned that I LOVE it better than the Warmth that comes with the original start up kit. I also love the buxom lip gloss they make! My favorite colors for now are sugar and tempest, it is GREAT lip gloss...but you better be ready to pay for its greatness. It last forever though!





Another new favorite of mine is the Murad skincare! I use the clarifying cleanser and I love it. It cost $26 but it last forever! Like 6 months or more.



I am in the market for a new moisturizer. I have all my life (well since I was 13) used the yellow face lotion from Clinique but I think it leaves bumps on my face sometimes so I am looking for a super healthy for my skin moisturizer. I may go with something from Murad but I also want to look in to the dermalogica moisturizers too. Any advice on this one????

SoMeThInG tO bLoG aBoUt....

Lately, I have been kinda boring! I do have lots of things I think about sharing with yall but then I don't have the motivation to write the blog. Then all my ideas get jumbled up and I forget some and then decide some aren't worth it and then don't know what to say about others. So tonight instead of not blogging I decided to blog. I am still not sure what it will be about tho... I had a hard and draining afternoon so please pray for me and then excuse my brain which has turned to mush.




Piggly Wiggly feeds your life! ha. Its feeding mine right now for sure. This month for every manufacterers coupon you use you get 1 greenback! You can save up your greenbax and redeem them for groceries, gas, trips to the waterparks, giftcards to the outlet mall (my personal fav), etc... So you can use 10 coupons a day so I plan to strategically get things I need or can stock up on, especially the more inexpensive items and go as many days as I can! I would LOVE to go everyday and earn myself 280 greenbax but that just won't happen.

I am making personalized homemade valentines for Darby's friends and I am so excited! Here is a sneak peak:



I will show you the finished product but I plan to have that image on a card that I fold over and staple to a bag of treats. I am so excited about them!

What else was I going to blog about??? I don't know... but hopefully this was enough to entertain you for a min!


"Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever"

OuR wOrLd...

Here is an update on what is going on in our world...

For starters we are going on day 7 of quarantine and illness! It is awful and I am going to go insane if this last any longer. Just saying. So I kept Darby home from school for the 3rd time today. She does seem much better but I always ask myself if I would question another parent for bringing their child in her condition and so she is home, she still has snot and her cough sounds kinda yuck but I think she would have been fine to go. We have stayed home with vary limited outings and I have enjoyed the slow pace of life in the past week but I'm itching to get going again.

I never started reading my Twilight books! I got them in but I get nervous that I will neglect my kids and my house when I start reading them so I keep trying to get things "caught up" before I start. Well it has been 3 weeks of saying that so I think I am going to just dive in and do it and get it over with!

My girls are so cute! They continue to crack me up all the time. Here is an example of some of the things I stumble across during the day that just makes me laugh and hug and squeeze them:

$9.75!

Does it REALLY cost that much to go see a movie!?! Well at least at my theater it does! I can't believe it! And I feel old when my sister and I are talking about remembering when it used to be $4.00. Wow. I just think that $9.75 is crazy!

Last night some of my lady friends and I went to dinner and a movie (wish I had a picture! camera is dead). It was the most fun. We went to see When in Rome.




It was an overall cute movie and weird at some points! It is rated PG-13. I have recently taken to reading Plugged In Online movie reviews. I really want to be in the practice and knowing and caring about movie content for when my girls watch movies. There most likely will be negative aspects to most movies but reading the reviews and being prepared will help me to share what is actually biblically correct verses worldly philosophy. I think movies can be a great way to talk and have spiritual conversations with your kids. This is a short synopsis of Plugged Ins review, "When in Rome is a silly, predictable, occasionally sweet and relatively clean romcom. It's refreshing to see a romance not terminate under the sheets. But while the film doesn't overemphasize sex, it errs in another way—underemphasizing marriage, or at least its sanctity and sacredness."

I would recommend this movie to you tho. It is a 100% bona fide chic flick!! Grab some girl friends or your sister or mom and head to the movies! If you can afford it!!!

There is always something!

I can never have everything I need it seems like! If I have diapers then I need wipes. If I have formula then I need cereal or babyfood. Or maybe I need baby bath but if I have that then I probably need lotion. Why can't all these things run out at one time so I don't have to make a bazillion trips to target!?! And that is just the baby and toddler stuff! So when you add in my personal items... then there really is ALWAYS something outstanding that I need to get from target.

Not a whole ton to blog about these days because we have pretty much been stuck in all week due to illness. We all got a cold but poor Darby seemed to get hit the worst with it! She was awful. She has NEVER been so sad or sick. She ended up getting an ear infection which explains all of that! So she is on antibiotic now and def. seems to be doing much better today. I have been semi-productive while stuck in and have done some much needed cleaning so that is a bonus.

I am looking for some creative ideas for old formula cans. Since Carson went to formula I have been saving the cans and now I just need to nail down exactly what I want to do with them! I get the target brand and it is a great can bc it has a solid white top...so neutral! Any ideas?

LoVe My NeW bLoG!!!

My friend Carissa is awesome! Look at this blog....Isn't it great!?! She designed it for me and it was so close to not happening bc once she practically had it all designed, her computer got a virus that nearly killed it. BUT thankfully she was able to nurse it back to life and rescue my blog design! Thank you, thank you Carissa for making my blog so fabulous! You are the best. I don't think blogging will ever be the same again = ). If you notice I have a button now! Go ahead and take it and put it on your blog...cuz after all she did work so hard at making it!