my, oh my... [TONS of pictures]

how time has flown. we recently took family pictures. it's become sort of a tradition to do our family pictures the weekend after thanksgiving when the leaves have turned yellow and are falling. so we hired our lovely friend shannon powmargo (her flickr site) to do our pictures again. we had done our first set of "family pictures" in november of 2008; here's the post with those pictures. we didnt do them in 2009 because we headed out to cali for thanksgiving, but we remembered to do them this year. probably cause i didn't want to be the bad mom and not take pictures of my child.

for just a quick comparison before the reveal...this boggles my mind! my, how pictures seem a little bit more difficult to take when there's a 16 month old involved!

[november 2008]
[november 2010]

now on to the pictures...

hope you enjoyed! don't blame the carpel tunnel on me! :]
xo

so lame...(lamer without pictures!)

so i havent blogged in about a month and a half...since sept 24th. what the heck! i feel so behind...

but a lot has happened since then. i wish i could type it all out and wiggle my nose to make pictures appear and be done with it. but thats not how it works in real life. so youll just have to be patient.
we moved in early september into a friends basement (to get caught up and get ahead in life) and our internet connection has been off and on...nothing real consistent. so needless to say, this is why blogging has been sparse. all our pictures and what nots are on our computer. and no internet means no blogging. the internet should be good to go (as it is right now) so i shall get caught up with things...like evelynn walking, birthday party details (yes, her party that was in JULY!), halloween, couponing fun and other random stuff.
miss you all!

xoxo

just the beginnng...

...of my couponing adventures.

i walked into walgreens yesterday with a piece of paper [battle plan well written out] and my coupons. i was so excited to see what happened. i walked in and picked up all this...

[a pack of sara lee hamburger buns is not pictured; they were left in the kitchen!
and yes the pack of candy corn had been opened, half eaten, & put in a baggie!]

after a couple different purchases and a return [im learning here folks!] i walked out with all these goodies for $7.29! basically the cost of the carmex things... not bad for a beginner. i plan to get a lot more goodies for cheap of free soon!!! keep posted kids!

xo

yeah im late... day 19 of 30

ok...so i know i have fallen off the blog planet, but with good reason. our lives have been a little crazy lately. within two weeks we had given our notice [on the 1st] to move out and were moved out on the 11th. nuts, i know. especially with a 13 month old! lots of late nights while someone sat at the house, cause night time is the prime time to get stuff done. anyway, so my 30 day challenge was put on unintentional hold...

without further ado...
i start over where i left off...

day 19- nicknames you have and why you have them

i have had many nicknames over the years. lots of them are of this sort [noun]water. for example, sour water, gutter water, etc. not pleasant but you get the idea! i think these all came from people trying to be funny...or so they thought. a good friend of mine calls me swater and has done so for a long time. i in turn called him jwater! now i have the pet names like babe and love...oh and booger face. :] these are used by steven! haha... so there you have it!

glad to be back on the blog. ive really missed it.
xo

day 18 of 30 {on time!}

[source]

day 18- plans/dreams/goals you have

hmm...where to start.

* get out of debt & ahead/prepared for the future

* lose weight (always a goal, right...) - just enough to feel healthy and in shape
* really make time for "me"; to journal, read, take a nap, anything!
* have a date night with steven on a regular basis
* grow closer to Jesus - you can never be close enough!
* have more babies!!!
* be a stay-at-home-mom...eventually.
* go on a real vacation somewhere

i think ill stop here. i could probably go on for days. i guess i could come back and edit this too...

xo

day 16 & 17 of 30

day 16- another picture of yourself

[custom print made by a good friend as a surprise for steven.
it's not a painting; more like a stamping.]

[ha. had to include this one. dont worry;
no one was behind the camera]

day 17- someone you would want to switch lives with for one day and why

if i was going to switch lives with one person for a day, it would have to be aimee. yes, YOU aimee. you seem to be a woman who is organized with things under control. maybe if i was in your shoes for a day, some of that would rub off on me. plus, you seem to have a balance between Jesus time and tending to your "wifely duties". im just gonna say, we've never seen your house looking like ours. love you aimee!

xo

day 14 & 15 of 30 {playing catch-up}

day 14- a picture of you and your family

[steven. evelynn. & i. @ evelynn's dedication in april '10]

[mom. me. evelynn. & sister. easter '09]

[dad & i. december 1982]

[brother. & i. march '10]

day 15- put you ipod on shuffle: first 10 songs that play
1. hit the bottle -by- rosa
2. king of silence - cibo matto
3. glamorous indie rock & roll - the killers
4. keasby nights - catch 22
5. desperate guys - the faint
6. they drew their swords - the chariot
7. some things never change - the forecast
8. 2/4 - havalina rail co.
9. she would never - stereo
10. hurt - christina aguilera

[disclaimer: itunes was used in the compiling of this list...]
[ipod is in the car...]