Thanksgiving 09

I am so excited about Thanksgiving this year.

I am headed to El Paso (no, that's not the exciting part)...

the exciting part is who is waiting there for us. There are 9 grandchildren and 7 will be together this Thanksgiving (yeah, couldn't get the boys to come back...sticks in the mud!).

The last time any of us were together was when my 11 year old son was 1! 10 years...and then only 5 of use were together.

So excited! Pictures will be up when I get back.

Have a Blessed Thanksgiving with your loved ones!

New Window Seat Cushion

As I have said before, the kitchen remodel is postponed for quite awhile. I don't want to do it half way and to do all that I want done, we are going to have to save for quite awhile.

So, in an effort to keep myself from feeling like none of the projects are getting done around the house, I am trying to finish the little things.

I put new sheers up in the entryway quite a while ago. I touched up the paint and removed the ugly blinds that were covering the beautiful windows. I did these things probably about 10-14 months ago. The last thing to do in the entryway was to replace the HORRIBLE window seat cushion. It was BBBAAAADDDDD!!!

Now, my entryway is open to the dining room and living room. The dining room is maroon and chocolate brown and the living room is ice blue and chocolate brown. The entryway had to somehow tie everything together.

I was at Hobby Lobby in October purchasing the material for the Halloween costumes. They had their upholstery fabric on sale 40% off. I thought I would just stroll thru...and there is was...the PERFECT fabric to tie everything together! I was so excited!

So, I have now replaced the old, faded, terribly worn and ugly window seat cushion with a beautiful one that a friend from church made for me. Then, I found some throw pillows on sale at Pier One Imports and *viola*!

Beautiful!

Wild Olive Tee Winner

I just won this giveaway! A Wild Olive Tee!! I am so excited! Those 3 precious girls picked my name out of the hat!

So cool!

I think I will be using it as a Christmas gift!

Thanks Michelle!

Howard Payne Homecoming 2009

As many of you know, I went to a small Baptist university. I loved every single minute of it! Could not have gone to a school that suited me better.

Well, I had not been back for Homecoming in YEARS...(some of my friends said that the last time I was back, I was showing sonogram pictures of my now 11 year old son!)

So, I decided to pack up the kids and go!

So much fun...and now I think I have 2 future yellowjackets on my hands!

and the 'Best Family' Award goes to...

You guessed it!

US!

We won!

Now I am taking thoughts for next year. We need a theme...thoughts?

Formula Check Giveaway

As you know, I have some precious friends that I call Team Tabb!

Well, she took the babies in for their 6 month check-up (I KNOW!) recently. After some blood work, the doctor decided to change the formula that the babies were on. So...

Team Tabb asked that I do a blog giveaway and let some other families benefit from their formula checks. I have quite a few, so I will do a few giveaways for this posting.

I have:

2 $5 checks for any Enfamil Formula

$2 for Enfamil Restfull

$4/$5 for Enfamil Premium

$1/$2 for Nestle Good Start

Once I have received the comments, I will group them into which formula you are interested in and draw randomly from those winners.

So, here are the rules...

1. Leave a comment to be entered into the drawing. Be sure to tell me which checks you are interested in and your contact information.

2. Follow this blog and leave me a comment for another entry into the drawing.

3. Follow 'Miche Girls' on Facebook. (I know, cheap shot, but gotta give my business some lovin') then leave a comment for another entry into the drawing.

I will leave the contest open until November 15th at midnight and then my lovely assistant will draw the winners for me!

Happy Halloween

Here are the finished products.

I will let you know if any of us won the neighborhood costume contest!