December 13, 2009

This my friends is the date that I will officially graduate college with an Associates Degree in Psychology. Of course that's assuming I pass all of my classes the first time around, but we won't talk about that right now. I am excited about this for obvious reasons but also because my original graduation date was July 2010. It changed because the college decided to accept my credits from Crowley's Ridge. This was questionable at first since the school wasn't accredited when I attended. It's hard to believe that in a little over a year I will have a degree. I finished my first two classes on Sunday. While I'm still waiting on my final project grade in Business Communications I know that I passed my other class with a 99.5%. How much do I rock with that grade!!! Of course I don't expect as much from my next two classes. So far they seem like they are going to be VERY challenging, but I am going to try my best and see what happens. Anyone who has any knowledge about Critical Thinking I would appreciate any and all help you can give.

A Halloween Box from Nana and Pawpaw

What do you get when out of state Grandparents send their one and only grandson a box of candy and treats for Halloween?

A 2 1/2 to 3 foot gummy snake is what you get. I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I opened the box and found this lovely piece of candy. Andrew loved it and asked if he could eat it all at once. Of course I quickly said no you must wait until after dinner and he was ok with that. Although I don't think he realizes I'm not going to let him eat this entire thing at once. Below is a closer picture of the tape measure so you can see just how long it is. Technically it's a little longer because the tail is curled up a little inside the package.

Thanks for all of the candy Nana and Pawpaw!!! We love you!!!

Home Renovations

The past 2 weeks Adam has been on leave/vacation and during that time I kept him very busy. We spent most of those 2 weeks painting the living room and remodeling the downstairs half bath. Here are some before and after pictures of the work.

The fireplace before

The fireplace after

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after

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after

The bathroom before...Isn't it ugly!!

during the renovation

after all of the work

Didn't Adam do a great job on the bathroom!!! It turned out to be a much bigger project that planned, but the after results made it all worth while.

The first snow fall & Halloween

Yes you are reading things correctly! On Tuesday night, October 28, we had our first Nor Easter of the season. I can't believe it snowed before Halloween! You really do have to LOVE the North Country (some days)..ha ha. We really did get pounded that night with over a foot of VERY heavy wet snow. Schools were closed on Wednesday due to broken branches blocking roads and some downed power lines. Fortunately we did not loose power at our house. Here are some pics from Wed. morning and Thursday morning while the boys were out playing.

Andrew showing off his new winter coat & snow boots. He looks like the Stay Puff marshmallow man.

The front of our house Wed. morning after the storm. Yes it is still snowing in this pic just not as hard.

The front bushes & our sidewalk are buried under there somewhere


The back yard

Thursday morning playing in the snow. Gotta load up the dump truck

Eating the snow

Throwing a snow ball at me

On Halloween most of the snow had melted, although in a few of these pictures you can probably see some remnants of it. Andrew was Spiderman again this year. He still loves his costume from last year and since it fits I decided not to spend the money on something new. Of course he would not wear the mask, but that didn't surprise me. He refused to wear it last year too. We went Trick or Treating on Fort Drum instead of our neighborhood this year. Some of our friends were having a Halloween Party so we went to the houses in their neighborhood before the party.

Trick or Treat!

He wanted to go up to this house by himself

That is one scary man. This was Andrew's comment after going to this house

Walking to the next house

Preparing to paint his pumpkin at the party

Concentrating super hard. My little artist at work

Showing off the finished product.

I hope everyone had a great Halloween! We had a good time and I'm kind of sad it's over. This means Thanksgiving and Christmas will be here before I know it! This year has flown by!

Busy Busy Weekend

Ok so fair warning this is a LONG post with LOTS of pictures. We have had a busy past 2 days. On Friday Andrew's class went to the fire station on a field trip and then yesterday Adam and I took him to Old McDonalds Farm. There is this cute little farm in a near by town that you can visit. They let you feed the animals, go on a hay ride, pick pumpkins, go through a corn maze, take a pony ride and tour the dairy to learn how they get milk. It is so much fun and Andrew loved it. Here are the pictures from the 2 trips.

Andrew's class with Fireman Joe in front of the truck

Andrew got to hold the water hose

Sitting inside the truck. He did not want me taking his picture.

Learning all about the rescue boat

A future fire fighter perhaps?

Back at school having a snack with his favorite 2 girls.

Playing on the playground before we went home

It took him forever to decide on being the horse.

Feeding the baby goat a piece of popcorn

Humphrey the camel

Feeding Humphrey some grass

Andrew is trying to pet the Alpaca while Adam was pulling down branches so he could eat

Playing on the hay stacks

Going on a hay ride

Since I never have a picture of myself I thought I would add it. Don't you just love my yellow sticker?

Isn't he a cutie!

Feeding a very large cow some hay.

Riding on Winter the pony

Which way do we go? Lost in the corn maze

Hope you enjoyed the pictures and I appreciate you sticking around to look at them all. Stay tuned for more updates. We're still working on the house and I hope to have at least 1 room completed in the next week or so :-)

I love this time of year!!!!

Well Fall is officially here and I'm happy to see it. There is just something about this season that I just love. Usually it is a welcomed break from the summer heat, but this year we had a VERY mild summer so it wasn't too hot. I am excited that college football is in full swing (yes in this family I am the football junkie, not Adam) except for the fact that we don't get many Arkansas games up here. Maybe 2 or 3 a season, but I take what I can get.

October is shaping up to be an incredibly busy month for us. Andrew's school is now in full swing so that means field trips and class parties all which keep me busy since I like to chaperon when I can. Adam and I have finally started work on the house. We've been scraping wallpaper off of the walls in the living room and with any luck will have everything ready to be painted in a few weeks when Adam's leave starts. I'm very excited to get this work started and even more excited to have it completed. There is still alot we want to do, but you have to start somewhere. As I mentioned before Adam's leave/vacation is coming up this month and on top of the home improvements we are also trying to plan a few things to do with Andrew during that time. I already have a few things in mind that he will just love. And of course we can't forget during all of this I still have my school. Like I said we have a busy busy month ahead. Keep an eye out for lots of pictures of the house and of Andrew's adventures :-)

Father Son Camp out

Saturday night Adam and Andrew had a father son camp out in our backyard. We set up the tent and made a fire in the fire pit. Andrew was super excited about his camping adventure with daddy. Here are a few pictures from that night.

posing by the tent

checking things out

looking at the fire

(I promise he wasn't as close as it looks)

loving on daddy

Andrew's first smore

Do you think he liked it?

ready for bed in one of daddy's Army sleeping bags