Happy Halloween!!!

We had a great time! Brooklyn was with her daddy this year so it was just me with my two men :) Here are some pics of the kids!

Happy Halloween!!!!

Pumpkin Carving!!!!

So here are our pics from this year....Diego did his pumpkin and helped Alex with his....wow is all I can say! LOL!! Brooklyn came up with hers all on her own, and drew it, super cute!

Alex's Pumpkin!

Brooklyn's Pumpkin!

Daddy and Mommy!!

80% Savings!!!!!

WHOOO HOOOO!!!!! I Just went to Fry's today and I bought 20 items, and paid $13.76!!! Can you believe it?!?! Here is what I got...

4 Tombstone Pizza's (normally never buy too expensive)

3 Boxes of Jose Ole Taco's/Taquito's (normally never buy too expensive)

4 Bags of Birds Eye steam fresh veggies and pasta sides

3 bags of Chex Mix (great for Brooklyn's lunch!)

3 boxes of Chewy Granola Bars (again snacks and lunch box)

2 Bags (30 count) of Halls cough drops (these were free!!!)

1 Side dinner item (potato something)

Here is my receipt!!

"Flavorful Tuesday!"

So this weeks recipe is..... Chicken Pot Pie!! This is a family fave (passed down from my family when I was a kid) and we LOVE it!!!! We had it last night for dinner, and have left overs for tonight~ it is sooo good the next day!

Its full of veggies and chicken, I made the crust from scratch.. it sooo yummy! Message me for the recipe!

Alex's Room Finished!!

Sooooooo dumm dumm dumm dummmmmmmm!!! Here are the pics!

Painting the balls!

Alycea, oh Alycea ;)

The cute couple, thanks guys!!!!

Doesn't it look great!!!!

Schnepf Farms 2009

We had such a great time...ALL matching in our pumpkin shirts!!!! Nobody thought Diego would do it, but you know what I had it jeans and his shirt laying out for him and he put it on and didn't even say anything!!! LOL!! Such a great hubby/daddy!!! Love him to death!! He doesn't mind wearing corny matching shirts with the family ;) Here are some pics...

Ha! Alycea "snuck" into the pic ;)

Awwww ♥

Love my family!!

Cuties!

School, School, School

Well I am glad to say that I am getting closer, so close!

The Story....
Well I graduated high school May of 2000, I went to college that Fall and then Spring of 2001. Then I got married after my second semester of college (May of 01). Well, 3 months later when I was supposed to start school again I found out I was prego! So I ended up not going back..... silly me.


Now.....
Well I started back in the Fall of 2006, and here we are 3 yrs later. During that time I took 2 semesters off, and here I am 2 semesters from moving on to my Bachelors program! Yeah it took me 3 yrs to finish my Associates, but I am okay with it, because I started out going half time, and just recently bumped it up to full time. So it is to be expected to take more time.


The bad part....
The sucky thing about it is, the classes I need are only offered during the Spring and Fall semesters, so I can't get it done in the Spring and Summer semesters! UGH! So where I would normally be starting at the University in the Fall of 2010, I am going to have to wait until the Spring of 2011, ugh! I am hoping that some how some way those classes will end up opening up once we get closer to summer, that way I can star next Fall.


The Good Part....
Once I get started, it will be nonstop! I will take one class every 5 wks! Isn't that great! That means I will only have to drive to the school one night a week and stay there for 4 hours! I don't have to worry about having to find time to go to school during the day 3-5 times a week! Nope! Just one day for 4 hours! Love it! So by the time my student teaching is done I should be graduating Spring of 2013!!!!!


Rewarding.....
It hasn't been easy going to school while being a wife and a mom of 2 kids... Yeah, I stay home, but since Fall of 2007 I have watched kids from my home. Going to school hasn't meant just my commitment, it has also meant my hubby's too! He has had to watch the kids on some evening for me to either go to class, or do homework. So I totally appreciate that! Most of the time I am up late doing my homework, because there is just no time when everyone is awake to get it done.


The Future.....
I am so excited! We will be having 2 great incomes, well my income will be teachers income... so technically 1 great income, and 1 good income ;) Hey, its 2 incomes either way you look at it! Even though I will be teaching, I am not going to stop schooling. I am going to start right away on my Masters degree (that will increase my pay yippee!). Graduating couldn't happen at a better time in our lives. Our kids will be getting older.... means we'll be needing more $$ Sure right now we are making it, we sacrifice a lot. We don't eat out but maybe 1-2 times a month and that means fast food too! We (the parents) don't buy new shoes, clothes, etc for ourselves unless we NEED it. We live according to our means not ABOVE our means, meaning we don't use credit cards (b/c that would put us over our head in debt), we pay our bills, gas, groceries, and save a little every week. Is it hard sometimes? Umm yes but no. We have a nice house, nice cars, nice things and food on the table. We don't need to go out to eat, we don't need to buy new things all the time. The kids are small they aren't at an age asking for crazy things. That is why when we have 2 incomes it will come at a perfect time. Brooklyn will be 10, Alex 6 and hopefully we will have another little one that is 2 :) **workin' on that now ;p**


Anyway, those are my thoughts for today as I venture into town to get things for schooling.

Introducing "Flavorful Tuesday"!!

So, every Tuesday I am going to share yummy recipe's with my blogging buddies!! I will share some that I have already been using or a I will try a brand new recipe and tell you what think of it!! Then I will take a picture of what I made and post it with the recipe, b/c who likes a recipe w/o a picture?!?! Fun huh?!?! Okay so here is my first one.....

Beef Stew
This was our dinner this evening

(my kids were asking me why I was taking a picture of our food, LOL)

It is always a hit with my kids and hubby!!!

So if you wan the ingredients to this yummy Beef Stew shoot me an email!!!! Or comment if you don't have my email :)

Spark People & Weight Loss

So, I am going to encourage EVERYONE to use www.sparkpeople.com!!! It is such a great tool if you are trying to loose weight! You can keep track of your calories, they give you a diet plan, work out plan all for..... FREE!!!!! YUP! FREE!!!

So, check it out!

Arizona Sunsets.....

..how beautiful!

*UNDER CONSTRUCTION*

So back in July I made a birthday cake for Dennis and Alycea's little girl... and now they are painting Alex's name on his wall for us!!! Isn't that great! We are trading services ;) They are doing such an amazing job!! I am going to share some pictures with you, then once they finish you will of course see the finished product! LOVE IT!! I love them!!

What they are painting...

Well, back in December of last year I painted the kids room... Well Alex has this huge wall where his beds is pushed up against and for the longest time I have been trying to think about what to put there, so this is what I thought of... They are going to put "ALEX" and then in each letter will be a different sporty ball (basket ball, baseball, soccer ball, football). How fun is that!!!

What? A US CITIZEN?!?!?

That is right!!! My hubby is so close to getting his citizenship!!!

So back in August Diego sent off his application for his citizenship....and......he has an appointment in November!!!! Soooooooooooo about a month away!!!!! WHOO HOO!!!!!

Just thought I'd let ya know ;) We are pretty excited!!!!!

Pumpkin Patch and the shirts I made!!

Here are some pictures from the pumpkin patch today, and the shirts my kids are wearing (and Brooklyn's hair ties) I made them!!! So they could match!!! LOVE IT!!!!

Mt. Lemmon, AZ

So here are just a few of the pics that I took from our camping trip! There were 8 families that ended up going!! That means.. 15 adults, about 22 kids, and 11 dogs!!!! LOL!! WOW! What a group, it was GREAT!!! Oh, and it was FREEZING cold that night!!!!! Brrrrr!!!!

Pretty

I have been wanting to share this pics of Brooklyn in her petti-skirt :) It is so adorable! My grandma made it for her, isn't that super special! I love it! Anyway here is my pretty baby girl modeling her skirt :) I am going to take her out and take some "real" pictures of her in this skirt, they will be really cute!! I can't wait!!!