Superman Stranger

On Saturday I had sort of a crazy thing happen to me while I was out and about with the rest of the Christmas shopping maniacs. I decided to stop at the mall to try and find something for Blake, which was unsuccessful, by the way. So, as you know trying to find parking on the Saturday before Christmas at the mall can be pretty stressful and you might consider yourself lucky if you find something that is within a mile from the doors. I guess luck was on my side because the first parking aisle I went down had someone pulling out, so I put my blinker on and patiently waited for the previous parker to maneuver his way out of the lucky spot, that was to be mine! Well, just as he pulled out some punk kid comes whizzing around the corner and steals my spot. I was sort of upset, sort of :), so naturally I gave him a friendly hand gesture and was just going to go on my merry way, BUT someone came to my rescue. There was a car that was right behind the punk who witnessed the entire scene and signaled me to back up and wait. He then proceeded to walk up to that white mustang and, I guess, gave this lovely teenager a piece of his mind. By some miracle the kid moved his vehicle out of the stolen lucky spot allowing me to reclaim it. I was SHOCKED that a stranger would go to the extreme on my behalf. I seriously do not think I have witnessed something like this before. I was so grateful. I wish I could thank the Superman Stranger personally but there was no way to find him amongst all the maniacs at the mall. Anyways, just wanted to share this story of Christmas cheer, well at least it made my day!

Clothes all ready?

The other day while we were browsing around at Sam's Club Desire'e ran off determined to show us something. You would think it was going to be some really cool toy but no, it was a "cute" outfit as she called it. She ran up to a clothing rack with her size of out-fits and pointed out the one that she liked. Both me and Blake looked at each other and rolled our eyes thinking, "she is only 2, and she all ready like's new cute out fits." We agreed with her that it was cute but we assured her that we were just looking, not putting it in the cart :)!

The Treasure Within

This last week I had my first YW in Excellence. Ultimately I think I accomplished all that I wanted to, and I learned a lot in what to do next time. I have a picture of all of the group that was there but I refrained from posting it to respect the other girls privacy, I need to get permission from their parents first. The theme was the 'Treasure Within' so an awesome Sis. in the ward let me borrow her chocolate mold for treasure boxes (kind of a simple sweet blessing). This is what the picture is of. If you click on the picture to enlarge it you might be able to have a clearer view of them. Me and my presidency did a presentation where we read a script from different sister's in the scriptures that gave us examples of each value or treasure. Ex. "Mary's treasure was Virtue/Gold because all her life she strived to remain clean and pure and worthy of whatever the Lord wanted for her." As we read them we placed a gumball the color of the value into the box-- the moral is to 'fill your treasure box with treasures of value'.
After the short program we had refreshments which was a chocolate fountain, chips and salsa, and some punch. My Presidency was awesome in helping get everything together and helping it run smoothly. The girls did great as well with presenting each of their displays on the table and singing, "I am a Child of God." I am looking forward to getting to know all of them more as we work and play together.
I guess I should mention a couple weeks ago I had a change in callings, I am now the YW President. So far it has been busy, but fun.

We like these guys....

do you? Upon moving to Nashville we were introduced to the band Due West. After listening to some of their songs online and stalking their my-space pages and blogs I really grew to LOVE them. They just blend so well together and are all individually musically talented. If you have ever been to one of their 'gigs' you know what I mean when I say you leave with a smile on your face. As of right now they have a single, "I Get That All The Time," available on I-tunes, and they are yet to release a CD with 15 or so tracks on it, which I am sure will all be GREAT. The music video for, "IGTATT" currently airs on GAC and CMT pure. If you would like to stalk them as well I am sure they wouldn't mind :), check them out @ www.duewest.com

Christmas? I am still finishing up Halloween...

...so this past Halloween Maya was a Witch, Desire'e was a Bumble Bee, Blake was a Cowboy, and I was some kind of Japanese Martial Arts person :)! I was not a very good photographer for Halloween this year for some reason because I didn't get any pictures of us carving pumpkins or a group shot right before we headed out to go trick-or-treating. It was still a GREAT Halloween. Best part of it was my Mom had flown in just a few days before and surprised me for my Birthday, which is a day before Halloween. Anyways, just thought I'd share before going onto the Christmas pics for this season!

Heritage Makers

News for me!
So, I recently have taken on the challenge of being a Personal Publishing Consultant for a company called Heritage Makers. They specialize in digital story booking, sometimes called digital scrap booking. I was introduced to the company through a friend and I fell in LOVE with what they had to offer. I believe in it so much that I decided to be someone that will go around and rant rave about how awesome they are in all that they have to offer. The biggest sales pitch to me was the fact that I could do ALL of my story booking on-line, I do not have to take the time to set up a spot in my tiny house to work on a project for a few minutes, constantly being stopped by my two year old getting into scissors or glues or etc. And then having to put it away in my closet only to come back to in a few months or years in my case! My workspace is now my pc, and I just click 'save' when I leave it- no mess to clean up! The books that they produce are library bound- this means that they meet the requirements to be placed into a public library- very durable and just simply lovely!
It has been fun playing business women, by doing workshops in friends homes and passing out my cards, sending e-mails, posting fliers, etc. I love sharing this new found 'treasure' of mine. I even have a decal on the back window of my Van. Blake kind of laughed at me when I put it up, but I am taking this seriously, I just want to give it a try and see what happens. Saying all this, let me know if you would like to learn more or would even like to Host a Workshop in your home with your friends and family. I can also do an on-line workshop if you live far from me. (I love the internet it allows us to do things like this). If anything it can be an excuse to get together and have fun! Check my website out http://www.storybookmemories4you.com or send me an e-mail or just simply call.
HAPPY STORY BOOKING!!

Road trippin' in Fl

After we visited our friends in Panama City we traveled onto Crystal Beach, Fl to visit some of my relatives. When we were traveling I had high hopes that I would be over my sickness by the time we got there, but no such luck. I felt bad that I just stayed in bed almost the whole time we were there, but luckily the Fuller's were understanding. It was nice to visit and kind of hang low, however I wouldn't mind making another trip when I am healthy. Being sick while on vacation is not fun at all! None the less, being able to just see the beautiful state of FL was a treat and visiting with family is always great!





After driving in the car for so many hours we had to be creative in figuring out ways to get the girls wiggles out, maybe get some of ours out as well. This particular picture is of Blake having 'races' with Maya in the Burger King parking lot.