InstaFriday ~ On Time!

Happy Friday y'all!  

Woot!  Woot!

Not 35,000 pictures and three weeks worth of news to catch up on, so this should be a nice and easy read!

Lola had a much better visit at the doctor's office last Friday than she has been getting!  While we had to spend the rest of the weekend at the house, making sure we were ready to go to school, her wheezing was almost all the way gone and she just looked healthy!  The doctor couldn't believe the difference just two days made in her!  It really was a huge difference and as much as it pained me to do NOTHING but stay at home all of break, I think it made the difference.  No pushing to go here or there, just resting.

While Lola rested the weekend away (and by this time was going stir crazy), Kyan finally got an account with Club Penguin!  He has been playing for free forever and I gave in and played the monthly fee so he could upgrade his penguin and the igloo (can you say like father like son?).

 Cilantro, it's my favorite ingredient to cook with.  Oh, and limes!  Prepped dinner and Monday's lunch using lots of both!  The kids pitched in with dinner too and daddy taught them the art of patty makin'!  They were like puppies, hung on every single word he said and followed him out to the grill when it was time to put them on!

 Monday morning meant back to school and back to reality!  It was the first time Lola had seen that many people in a long time!  She was so excited, popped right out of bed in the morning!  Kyan begged to sleep in just a little bit longer (signs of him getting older, he'll be 8 in just 9 days...I can't believe it)!  It also meant I couldn't lay around in my favorite ASU sweatpants anymore.  We were excited to be back!

Hoop Art.  Hope anchors the soul.  Hebrews 6:19.  

I crawled out of my crafting slump and made a gift for a friend at school (we draw names for birthday's, hers was over break so when we got back it needed to be ready and she requested handmade).  She is a woman of faith and her son serves in the US Navy, when I saw that she had this quote pinned, I knew I had to find a way to make it for her somehow!  I put burlap in an embroidery hoop and then cut out the anchor and the bible verse with my Silhouette.  It was next to impossible to stick on the vinyl and I had to hand place most of it, but the end result was worth it.  The little flowers on there were handmade as well, just rolled pieces of double sided scrapbook paper.

 My wall-o-frames got a little makeover with a new banner from a bloggy and IG friend @itsjustemmy! She had one, I begged for one.  Look what is hanging on my wall?!  She sent along some fabric and I made her a pillow cover and shipped it back to her.  Having crafty IG friends is great!  We had family pictures done back in October and finally put the new ones up of the kids!  I like to keep a little old and new, so not every frame (that has pictures in it) was updated, but four were!

 That same IG friend that made me that banner, does this cool thing on her feed where she gets to know her peeps.  She posts fun questions and then we answer.  Well, wouldn't you know, I was her peeps and the questions above were things she was dying to know!  Wanna know the answers???

Dream Job?  I wanna spend my day at home, crafting.  I also want to get back into my photography business.  Teaching a new grade level this year has sucked all of my time and I have had less and less to take on new clients.  I miss it.

If I could have a dinner party with 3 celebrities who would it be?  Channing Tatum, Justin Timberlake, and Adam Levine (not in any particular order).  Very superficial, I don't care.  I probably wouldn't eat, just stare and drool.  Yep, lots of staring and drooling.

How did I meet my man?

At a bar, through a friend of a friend on my 21st birthday.  If you ask him, he will tell you I wasn't very nice that night.  I will tell you that I thought he was hot, but he is right, we didn't talk that much.  Fast forward two months later, head to another bar across town (it sounds like I spent a little too much time there back in the day huh?!), we "re-met" and he fell in love!  We became inseparable and two years later we were married.

Now I have a question for you?  Do you watch the Bachelor/Bachelorette?  I know it is horrible and the producers do dumb things to plug ratings, but man, I can't take my eyes off of that show.  A new season started this week and you can bet I am hooked!

Mama's Chili.  We didn't eat much at home, but there were a few things my mom could make and her chili was one of my favorites (sorry mom, I realize that I am kinda putting you on blast here...love you.  To make you feel better, I will blast myself, I am NOT a good cleaner.  There.  Feel better?).  Anywho.  Her chili is simple and delicious.  1lb ground beef (brown it and then add the rest of the ingredients), 2 cans Mexican Style chili beans, 1 small can tomato sauce, 1 packet of McCormicks chili seasoning packet, and chili powder to taste.   Boom.  Done.  Told you it was easy! 

Thursday Night Lights.  Kyan had his first scrimmage game of the season and he'll have his first game tomorrow.  It was cold last night, but worth freezing out booties off to watch him doing what he loves.  It is going to be cold on Saturday.  I must find a portable heater or something before then!  I have no idea how I lived in Nebraska for 18 years.  It drops below 60 degrees here and I feel like I might die. 

That is it, pretty simple week.  Excited for the weekend.