Isn't it about...time

Bryce mentioned that it's been a while since I posted anything on here. And he's right. So, here I am posting a few pics for you loyal fans out there. That is, if we have any loyal fans left out there...

Anyway, we just got through with birthday mania - September is always a fun month around here. And the birthday mania will increase in the next years with another birthday coming soon for whenever this baby decides to arrive. But since she's not on the scene yet, it's still just Bryce and me. awwwwh. :) This year Bryce said he wanted to play with a nail gun for his birthday - I will admit that I've never even thought to put "nail gun" and "birthday" together in the same sentence, but Bryce did and I must say he was plenty happy with the outcome. He found some birdhouses at a store nearby and bought enough for some friends who joined us in celebrating his birth. The kids and dads all had a fabulous time - and the birdhouses turned out, too!Sophie didn't finish her birdhouse till the next day - here they are working away!

so happy to be wielding a hammer...

the finished product (and still happy about that hammer)

For my birthday we went out to a Thai restaurant with some friends - it was wonderful (both the food and the company!). Bryce got all sneaky on me and - since he arrived at the restaurant before me - handed off a bouquet of roses to the waitress who brought them out and gave them to me when we were finishing up. Sweet guy. It was very reminiscent of similar things he did when we were dating/engaged. I don't have any pics from our outing, but Sophie happened to take a couple pictures that day and captured the flowers in one of them:
Bryce also made his traditional lemon-blueberry muffins for my birthday breakfast. It was an EXCELLENT batch - perhaps his best yet! We decided that meant it was going to be a good year.

In other news... we went to our first Texas high school football game last night! That saying about everything being bigger in Texas... it is DEFINITELY true when it comes to football. We were especially loving the football players that came running through the blow-up dragon tunnel. Complete with smoke!When Bryce was telling the kids that we were going to go to a football game, Travis went tearing upstairs and came back with his football... which he insisted on taking with him to the game. I think Texas could be the right place for this kid...
I think I mentioned before that we've been fiddling around in our dining room. Here's a little teaser for those who are interested. Bryce measured, sanded, puttied, sanded, puttied, sanded, puttied, measured, cut, glued, nailed... and made these frames to put on the walls! It is looking really good. I am excited about what the finished product will look like. With Bryce on the job I know it will be practically perfect. Maybe you should all come visit us to see it in person!! GREAT IDEA!!! Ok, see you all soon.
Of course, you know I can't post without at least one little mention of an AWESOME DEAL. Here's a pic of my run to CVS and Walgreens from a couple weeks back. Don't you love my Vanna Whites??
I don't have my receipts in front of me... but I do happen to remember (b/c it was so freaking awesome!!!) that these items cost me $5.63 and I got back $3.80 in Extra Buck Rewards. So, if you want to factor that in (which I do when recording the cost per item. but don't worry, accountants, I still count this as $5.63 out of my budget for the week), all these items cost...

$1.83!!

Oh yeah, baby. That's what I'm taking about.

The oatmeal was $0.50 per box. The soap was $0.49 per package. The lipstick was free (which was the only reason I bought it since I wear lipstick about as often as it snows in Texas). The shaving cream was... I don't remember. And I MADE MONEY on the deoderant! About $0.50 on each one. Love it.

And that's all I have for you tonight, so signing off for now. Until next time...!