fall in love for the right reasons

three years ago i signed up for eharmony. i was new to dallas, all the holiday parties were approaching and i decided to give it a shot. it started out as pure entertainment. i would spend an hour or so each night looking at the matches for fun. pretty quickly i decided that this kind of thing was not for me.

i went home for thanksgiving and while i was at my deda's i checked my email. i had a new match and for some reason this one stuck with me. i went ahead and responded to it and i'm sure you guessed the rest. it was doug.

matched nov 23 * first date feb 2 * engaged june 14 * married july 7

it was a whirlwind, but i think everyone knew we were a "match" right away.

this one's for D

D always tells me that i only blog about H now and he's probably right. but who can compete with that cute little boy - am i right?

i figure today of all days, i will do a special shout out to my hunee. even though i may not like where it takes us, i am proud of him for being an air force guy. the obvious sacrifices (moving, deployments, etc) in addition to the less thought off...no decision on career, time commitment, etc is a lot to take on. he joined right after high school and planned on it only being for 4 years. now he's been in 14. but all of this he does for the job security, our future (medical and retirement check)....for me and huston. and for his country.

love you babe and am proud of you everyday.

too cool for school

huston has been going to daycare for about two weeks now. he had a hard time when i left at first, but seems to be getting better. i learned to time it right before they do breakfast (smart momma). it is so amazing how fast he is learning. he walks up the little stairs to the sink and pushes up his sleeves and gives his hands to the teacher to wash. Then he picks up the bib and tries to put it on. and then, yes, he walks to the little table and sits down and waits for his food. he would NEVER do this at home! it's amazing what these teachers can get them to do! i think there is some truth to that crowd mentality thing - he sees the other kids doing it, so he does it too! maybe i need to have another then to make my life easier......

weekend o' fun

now that i am a working woman again, i do love my weekends. this one started out a little bumpy. i wanted a girls night so badly and could not round up any girls. even though we are settling into ohio pretty well (we've been here a year now already!), i do miss my girls. as you get older, you just don't find friends like the ones you went to college with.

saturday morning, i felt mopey for a bit and then doug and i chatted and basically i came to realize that those days may be gone - but i can still find fun in other ways. i went and got ready and took H to another pumpkin patch and corn maze and we had a great afternoon. here is a pic of us on the hayride, we don't get many pics together because i'm always behind the camera but some people offered to take it:



sunday we took a nice nap and then doug took me and the boy to the cheesecake factory! this was very important because pumpkin cheesecake is here! i do love fall!!

it's a great pumpkin, huston jones!

we had a great time at young's jersey dairy farm yesterday. first we played in the kiddie corral - there were slides, a corn box (much like a sandbox) and john deere trikes.

then we let H loose amongst the pumpkins! the pictures tell the story......

















oh wait, i see one!


















might need some help picking it up......

halloween treats

how fun is this?

i know what i'm taking to my next halloween party!























Ingredients

1 package (16.5 oz.) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Refrigerated Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar Dough

1 container (8 oz.) frozen light whipped topping, thawed

1 gallon-size plastic food storage bag

48 (about 1 teaspoon) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Mini Morsels

24 (about 1 tablespoon) NESTLÉ® TOLL HOUSE® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels

Directions
PREHEAT oven to 350º F. Grease 24 mini-muffin cups. Place one square of cookie dough into each cup.

BAKE for 15 to 17 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. With tip of butter knife, remove cookie cups from muffin pan. Arrange on serving platter.

FILL plastic bag with whipped topping; seal. Cut ½-inch from corner of bag. Squeeze bag lightly to pipe whipped topping on top of cookie cup to form ghost shape. Position two mini morsels as eyes and one regular size morsel as a mouth on each ghost. Serve immediately or store refrigerated for up to 2 hours.

i just love this picture

my little boy. he is changing so much and is learning new things everyday. he makes his momma so proud!