December??

Where has the time gone?? I have so busy between work and school.



I celebrated my 31st birthday on Oct. 18th had a nice dinner at Kona Grill and then we went and saw Paranormal Activity.



Halloween we celebrated out in Tonopah with Shawn's brother Travis and his fantastic gf Amy. They went out all combining a couple of the kids birthdays and Halloween with a bbq, a kick ass band and a cozy bonfire.
Shelby & Grandma
Shawn & Travis


Thanksgiving we spent with my family at my parents house, sneaking away in the early afternoon to catch a showing of New Moon (LOVED IT!!!!!!).

With Christmas just around the corner it saddens me how quickly this year has flown by and reminds me yet again, how I have taken life for granted. I am so grateful for my wonderful parents and my family and friends for all of their support. This last year has been FULL of trials and hard times for me. For those who had stood by my side you mean the world to me. I know I am not always (or ever for that matter) the most positive person to deal with, but please stick with me I will get it right one day!!

Please pray for my Aunt Beverly and my cousins Doug, Jason and Sean- their family had a horrible tragedy on Monday night when Walter (uncle) suffered a stroke. He is currently on life support, in a coma (medically induced) and the doctors are going to try and bring him out of the coma to see if there is any brain activity (they are estimating that he went without oxygen for anywhere between 5-15 min). My aunt is an incredibly strong woman and has indured a lifetime of lows and could really use a few extra prayers and blessings right now.

Merry Christmas!!!

XOXO

Blanket

I finally got around to making myself a blanket on Saturday. This is the 4th blanket I have made since getting my sewing machine back in February. I totally cheated and had it finished within a few hours. I found an adorable sheet set at Target that was on clearance so I used a queen size flat sheet as the backside and on the front I had found a soft and fluffy piece that I added some patches on the sides to make it as big as the flat sheet. TADA!! As you will see in the pics, the dogs think it is for them and get more use out of the blanket than I do.

Whoops

I totally missed the one year anniversary of our little blog...oops.

Happy October to everybody, I am super excited for October. I may have already mentioned this but harvest/fall is my FAVORITE season. I love the weather, love the mood it sets and I LoVe everything that has to do with pumpkins, spice...and all the good smelly stuff that you can get at Bath & Body Works. Speaking about pumpkins...I had the most delish pumpkin cupcake the other night! My fabulous coworker Melissa (awesome hygenist...need your teeth cleaned?? come to our office...odd I know since I am looking for a new job!) invited me to her SILs cupcake tasting/open house kinda party. It was fun! And the cupcakes were AmAzInG!! I made it out the door with samples of every flavor so Shawn could have samples (told him he wasnt allowed to go, I didnt think guys were allowed...muhahaha). Definately check out http://www.mysugarmamasweets.com/ YUM! I definately recommend the pumpkin, margarita and carrot cake.

I recently introduced Shawn to Schnepf Farm, which is a few miles from our house. We discovered that they have a dang good breakfast at their Fresh on the Farm Restuarant. They have a theme for the month of October with their pumpkin patch, chili party. It's a little pricey for what it is (which really isnt much) but it was just nice to go out and stroll around. I went with my sister and her kids back in 2006 and I remembered it being a bit more fun back then, I imagine it was probably the element of having been there with kids. Regardless it is nice family event.

Today was one of those fabulous days where I didnt feel like leaving the house. I woke up to the sound of yet another accident behind the house so I scrambled to find some shoes and run out to see if anyone was hurt or needed help only to find that the sound of locked brakes and tires screeching and the impact was a jackass who was speeding and overshot the turn into the neighborhood or lost control of their vehicle. The ended up jumping the curb and hitting the stop sign which is maybe a few feet from the blockfence of our backyard. I am starting to really dislike this house, it makes me so nervous being backed up to the main road and on the corner one of these days someone is going to come barreling through the block wall and into the backyard, hopefully the block wall will slow them enough so they dont hit the house. This has got to be the fourth or fifth time that this has happened in the last couple of months, heaven forbid that the dogs be out there if it ever happens.

On another note...do you recall me sharing the story about our little visitor the white cat?? Well he has been visiting on such a regular basis that Shawn asked the neighbors if it belonged to them. Turns out the neighbor said that he thinks that the family that lived here before had a white cat and that they must of left it behind....frickin lovely! How the heck are people so horrible as to leave their pet behind and not care if it lives/dies or haunts the new family??? Shawn has "adopted" the poor thing, it now has its own ziploc containers of yummy (insert expensive) cat food that Pierre refused to eat and a thing of water. I know how lovely of him huh...I know Shawn will be reading this so I just want to reiterate....NO THE CAT CANNOT COME IN THE HOUSE TO LIVE!!!

School is dandy, as odd as it may seem for as much as I love to read, I despise writing! I am not creative enough to come up with something to write about. Today I should have been working on my english paper that is due on Monday, however I decided to make myself a blanket instead! haha I will post pictures tomorrow.

XOXO

September

Well I havent been doing very well with keeping the blog updated. It has been a very busy month for us or at least for me between school and work. Work has gone speeding downhill so I was told to cut my hours to only when the office is physically open which is seriously only about 20 hrs a week. So I am looking for a new (or old) job, I am hoping to get my job back with MPHASIS Healthcare which is where I worked before going to Oklahoma. I am keeping my fingers crossed to get back on there.
School is just dandy, already have 3 papers due and have an exam on Wednesday. Overall I am enjoying it. Speaking of school I am going to leave this post short and sweet since I should be studying.
Cant wait for fall to set in- it is my favorite season!!
XOXO

School

We have been busy little bees! I started school on Tuesday. Kind of an awkward experience that made me wish that I would have just gone to school right out of high school and finished. But as is life, when do I ever go about things the easy way???

We went to Vegas with our friends Jay and Sandi about 3 weeks ago, had a blast!! Pictures to follow...

Other than that not much else is going on. We are going camping this weekend so I will post some pictures next week.

August

We are only a couple of days into August and it is already proving to be quite a busy month for us.
I have made the decision to go back to school...finally! My dad is thrilled and Shawn is equally supportive. My goal is a toss up between dental hygiene and nursing. So far I am leaning more towards dental hygiene since dental has been my life for the better part of the last 13 years. I spent 2.5 hours at the campus last Thursday just waiting to speak with an advisor to get direction of where to start. I never applied for financial aid before and had always paid for school with cash out of (my empty) pocket which is why I never finished. I never understood the whole financial aid/student loan ordeal, but I am happy to report that I just finished my first ever FAFSA application and am super excited!!
Shawn now has Facebook...I tell you what that is another huge milestone for that guy of mine. First with the new cutting edge of technology (complete with touch screen!!)cell phone he got when we moved back to AZ and now FB...WOW honey I am super proud of you for the exposure you are stepping up to. Anyone want his old Jitterbug phone?!?!
We are going to Vegas this week with our good friends Jay and Sandi. This is the 2nd time (for me at least) to go to Vegas with them. It somehow always plays out that we go in August- one of the freakin hottest times of the year. Last time we went we thought it would be a relaxing trip since Sandi was 7 months pregnant with Lexi...HA she was insane with energy and the desire to shop, I had never seen anything like it in my life! Maybe this time our salvation will be Lexi being a nearly 2 yr old independent little girl who will hopefully refuse a stroller.
As far as my diet goes...I have lost 17lbs!!! I decided to work my diet around Vegas (muahhaahaa) and am going with a 23 day round and then 2 weeks off before starting a second round. My current goal is to stay within 2lbs of what my last weight was as of the last day of injection which was on July 26-which has not been a problem. I have been extremely impressed and excited about the results that I have already seen and it motivates me to keep going.
My younger brother Tommy (or Tom as he refers to himself) is also on a mission to lose weight and has already lost 20lbs following the South Beach Diet (I think). I am super proud of him!!!

A pic of my brother, my dad and I at my brothers wedding last year.

Kelton

Our friends Shawn & Nikki had their baby boy Kelton on Tuesday- Happy Birthday Kelton!! He is adorable and perfect! They have one of the cutest baby rooms I have ever seen they have a pirate ship, palm trees and monkies theme it is super sweet. I just finished making him a baby blanket.