Thanksgiving Finger Feast

No I don't have on tons of blush, for some reason this photog just makes my cheeks look really rosey...Must be cuz I ate all my bread crusts Mom.

Luke's placemat

The 3 Amigos....Shep, Luke & Hudson

Luke's bestest buddy, Sheppie

Luke and his teacher Mrs. Peggi

Hudson and "MaMa" Pam....his Godmother

Luke and "Uncle" Cody

The Ross and Bailey family

Luke and his pumpkin he made

Luke and Mrs. Kelley

I'm almost positive that indians wore shorts back then, right?

The whole singing crew

Ya'll I had the pleasure of seeing my son "perform" on stage for the first time EVER. It was priceless. His school put's on an annual Thanksgiving "Finger Feast". They call it that because everyone brings "cubed meat", "cubed cheese" and all thing's "mini" for others to partake of.

The long banquet tables are decorated by the teachers of the classes and each child makes a craft for their parents. Luke's was a pumpkin made out of material, paper and fiberfill. He was dressed like an indian. Some kids were pilgrims some were indians.

He also had a handmade laminated placemat with his picture in it, from when they had the pumpkin patch at the school a few weeks back. It was SO adorable. I hope you enjoy the photos. I just love this creative boy.

Before I ever had a child, I thought about the fact that when/if I ever did mine would be the one grabbing his crotch or picking his nose during any type of school singing performance. Well...he didn't pull a Michael Jackson and do any crotch-grabbing but he did do this.

Song Leader: Ok kids, quiet and look at me!

Pitch silence and you could have heard a needle drop.

Luke: HI MOMMY! (big wave)

Me: HI BABY!!!!!!!

Immediate crowd seated around me: HEARTY LAUGHS!

We were in our own "moment". I love being a mom.

P.S. Somebody could have let me in on the "memo" that said we were supposed to dress our kids in jeans or pants today for the performance. Like a big nerd, my kid is the only one with shorts on. Ok peeps, it WAS 80F out today and I was thinking of my child's well-being not his performance attire. At least he wasn't like the little girl on stage, who had her hands down the back of her panties and was picking her hiney. Oh yeah, that'll be good bribery material for her future boyfriends. I know lots of people got it on video.

Heather

Look before you speak...

What went down at McD's today.

Friend and I having lunch near play area. Older couple walks up and says to the parents in playland. "We just found this little girl wandering around alone in the parking lot. Does she belong to one of ya'll in here?" Mom's act appauled and no one claims her.

People start whispering and finally the mother is identified by the restaurant mgr. Of course she's mortified that her daughter (who looked to be less than 2 yrs. old--no shoes and sagging diaper in tow) was able to "escape" from playland unnoticed and doddle around unsupervised in a busy parking lot in front of the drive thru lane. Yeah, scary isn't it!

Well, the mother evidently assumed that the grandmother was watching the little girl while Mom tended to her other child who was making his way through the plastic mazes/slides. Upon hearing her daughter was in the parking lot Mom briskly walks over to HER mother (who is leisurely reading a newspaper) and says, "Mom, did you not see that _____ was gone and these people found her alone in the parking lot". To which Grandma replies, "I had no idea she'd left". Mom is absolutely horrified and pissed at Grandma for not watching the infant. They promptly pack their bags and leave.

As my friend and I look on, we're having our own little conversation, about how in the world that mother could have allowed her child to slip so far out of her sight, as to end up alone in the parking lot. Then it hit's me. I hadn't seen Luke or Tristan (her son) in a long while. So, I say to her, "You know what I better go check where our boys are, because we could be sitting here talking about what a horrible mom that lady is when our two could be up to something".

I look in the mazes, slides...the video games EVERYWHERE! No Luke or Tristan. Then I hear giggling coming from the bathroom. I open the door and LOW AND BEHOLD, what do I see.........................I wish I'd had my camera. They had unrolled the entire roll of toilet paper all over the floor in the restroom. Luke had the water on and was "sprinkling" water all over the toilet paper on the floor. Tristan had wet hands with toilet paper on them and was drying them under the automatic dryer. They were both giggling like little school girls. I promptly took them both out and said, "We're going home now". I had to go back and clean up that "snow shower" of toilet paper that was now occupying the piss stained floors......It was so nasty, but I couldn't bare to just leave it the way our boys had made it.

Lesson # 298371 as a parent....Look before you speak (about someone ELSE'S kids)!

I'm so happy, I can hardly see straight....

Why??? You say. Well, because FINALLY after 7 years of having kitchen cabinets that are bare-topped I've now got all kinds of fun baubles adorning them. (Amber, "baubles" can be found in Webster's dictionary under "B" in case you were struggling with that word.)

Anywho...my good friend who is an interior decorator is moving to California. So, she's was selling lots of stuff from her home which has just sold. Today, I got the email to come and "shop" the Cole Boutique (that's her last name)....I did and she gave me lots of good deals. It was like a "blue light" special over there.

See how perfect all the new stuff fits w/my current decor.

Thank you so much Mrs. Cole. Gone are those bare bones cabinets. I'm now so chic......

Heather

Drumroll please...

Was the craft show's successful one may ask?

And to that I must answer a resounding YES!!!

Personal Goal Amount Set: $1000

Exceed goal by $672

Grand Total made $1672 for all of you who are mathematically-challenged!

Thank you Jesus for providing for us, yet again. Thank you for blessing me with the talents to do what I do. I'm so thankful that I trusted you to provide. You far exceeded my expectations, as always.

There's the update Peeps & Posh.

Heather

I cannot believe he said this...yah I can!

So, Jason and Luke and I were walking down the aisle at Wal-Mart tonight. There was a mom with 2 toddlers. She was trying to get the older one of the two to pick up his blanket off the floor and get in the cart. The smaller of the two she was trying to corral into the Wiggles Shopping Cart. He was screaming and throwing a tantrum like every mother has experienced at one time or another. When we passed I said, "You're not alone"...she grinned and said thanks to me.

We kept walking. Just as Jason pushed the cart past them Luke says AND I QUOTE, "Dat Boy needs a spankin". Jason and I did everything we could to not bust a lung. As we continued down the other aisles we happened upon a very unhappy infant that was wailing at the top of his lungs in the cart. Yep, you guessed it Luke chimes in again. This time he said, "SHHHHHHH, hush". I wonder where he learns this stuff.

The craft fair went awesome. I'm $144 dollars from my goal. I have another craft show on Tues/Wed. of this week. I'll let ya'll know if I meet my goal and what my goal was at that time.

Hope all is well. I'm really pooped out from the weekend show.

Oh, my sister in law cut off all her hair Fri. She now has Posh Spice's haircut and it looks adorable on her. Now that I've mentioned it on here, HOPEFULLY it will sufficiently apply enough pressure on her to post some "hair pic's" on HER BLOG....Whadya think?

Well...I'm tired so I'll be logging off now.

Heather

42 down, 181 to go....

Today's craft show was a big success for me. I sold 42 domino pendant/necklaces. Tomorrow, I have ONLY 181 left to sell...

We had good traffic, but not near what we usually get on a Friday (at this specific show). So, I'm looking forward to tomorrow. I'm praying to do as good if not better. I have a personal goal to meet. Will let you know tomorrow if I attained it.

Thanks Amber and Peggy for helping "man" my table and for modeling the creations.

Quick funny story, I sold 3 necklaces right off my neck. I put one pendant on a chain, then someone said, 'Oh, I love the one you're wearing'....I said, 'here it's your's"....Then I replenished TWICE because the same thing happened again. I'm quite the model, if I do say so myself (no I'm not bragging).

Here's to tomorrow (tipping my styrofoam cup of Tropical Tea).

Later,
Heather

P.S. I miss Winky already. He spent the night with GranDee
P.P.S. I'm sorry to all the people that have left me vm's. over the last week. Tammy (Panera Invitation) Cami (Matthews Strep Throat).....I've been eating, sleeping and breathing domino necklaces this past week. Will you still keep me as your friend? I hope so.

I'm FAMOUS....featured on Manic Mommy blog..

Here's the low-down. I won a little contest, hosted by Manic Mom (blog address below). Check it out and see my "Manic Moments". Officially, my 15 seconds of "fame".

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And...if you're here for the domino necklace's, here's the current inventory. You know what to do. They are 1 for $12 or 2 for $20, unless you've visited Manic's site and know what to do to get the "Manic Special Deal". Thanks Manic Mommy for this most hilarious contest. She's so creative gals (and guys) AND FUNNY TOO!

Heather

Happy Trickoween....

Cowboy Beau & BB
Mickey & GranDee

Mommy & Mickey

Family Foto

Nana & Luke

Uncle Jeff & Cowboy Beau

Daddy Mouse

Mommy Mouse

Nana & GranDee

GranDee & Jason

Me & Mom

Yard Spooks

Casper and his friendly ghosts

Mickey would ring the doorbells and then immediately peek in people's windows.

Luke was scared of this lady. But, I went up with him. She was real nice, gave him some candy. Instead of saying, "Thank You" he looked at her with big wide eyes and said, "Sorry"...

An adorable lil Strawberry we passed on our trick or treating venture.

Luke was very intrigued by this skeleton. He played with it's feet and hands.

Trick or Treater of the Year pose.

Hay bailin' it with Mickey

Ohhhhhhhh....creepy spider!

GranDee, Mickey and the Scarecrow

Cowboy Beau's reaction when he saw "Polyester Poppa".

First stop on the trick or treat route: Poppa & Nana's. Nana had special treats for the boys.

We're just getting started

Scary...Somebody quick, get the straight jacket.

Cowboy Beau, "Polyester Poppa"& Mickey

Most frightening sight of the night. "Polyester Poppa" really use to wear those pants 35+ years ago. Nana even remembers the shirt he wore with them. Pretty impressive that they still fit him. He owes that svelte physique to clean livin'.

Off to the next house....

Don't mess with me partner...

The fun is about to begin....

Daddy & Mickey

"Happy Trickoween", were Luke's words to the first person who opened their door tonight to give him candy. Right before he walked right into their house... Hope you enjoy the pic's of Mickey and his Cowboy Cuzzin. Oh, and beware of the scary guy in the plaid pants, we like to call him "Polyester Poppa".

We prayed for wisdom...

We (Luke & I) just returned from the hospital. Before we left, the surgeon came out to discuss how Carolyn's procedure went. He was NOT able to remove the cancerous area in the colon. It's about 10cm up inside and because of the angles he was not comfortable with being able to fully reach the area. Because this is cancer we're dealing with he erred on the side of caution and did NOT want to cut into her, if he couldn't fully remove the cancerous portion. It would risk some cancer cells "spilling" out into her body and lodging elsewhere. He worked over an hour probing, trying different instruments, different angles to no avail.

So, when she gets out of recovery Gary is going to have to pass on the news that they weren't able to do anything and that further more invasive surgery is a high probability. We prayed before she went into the OR that the Lord would grant the Dr's. wisdom when he got in there. I feel like HE heard our prayers by giving the Dr. insight to stop when he did. She will not have to spend the night in the hospital tonight. Once she's feeling better from anesthesia they will discharge her. Further appt's. will be scheduled for later on in the week. As they want to be expedient about the cancer being removed.

Please continue to pray for Carolyn, as I'm sure this is going to be a HUGE disappointment when she awakens. Pray for Gary to deliver the words to Carolyn in a supporting, loving way with emphasis on the positives. As her Dr. put it so well..."we cannot risk cutting in and spreading the cancer". "If we go with the other surgical options there is a high probability that she will NOT have to undergo any radiation therapy post-op." May HIS will be done and may HE be glorified through this trial.

Thanks to our friends Pete and Marsha who came up to the hospital and stayed the entire time with Gary, Luke and I. I personally appreciate all your help with keeping Luke occupied. Where would we be without friends? Thank you for your continued prayers. Heather & Family

UPDATE: Thankfully the surgeon relayed the news to Carolyn about his inability to remove the cancer today with this procedure, before she even left the OR. So, Gary didn't have to be the bearer of not so good news. Thank you God for small (and LARGE) blessings.

Prayers Needed...

Please keep Jason's mother, Carolyn in your prayers tomorrow as she undergoes surgery to remove cancer in her colon. The Dr's. feel like they've caught it at an early stage and that they'll be able to remove it during the surgery.

However, they will not know until they get in there. She will have an overnight stay post-op and radiation treatments. Our family covets your prayers for a swift recovery and that the Dr's. have the wisdom to get all the cancer out. Thank you so much. Heather