Trunk or Treat!!

This year, I got to go with my niece and nephew- Minnie and Mickey to their churches' Trunk or Treat at Stone Creek in Urbana.  It was cold and wet but we had fun!

Cute family with Minnie and Mickey

Cooper made a friend

super cute

My bee family

Gideon with Papa

Watch out!  Steph has a balloon sword!  DANGEROUS!

Mom, please... just a little bite!

Celebrating Grandma!

Every year we get together in Ivesdale in celebration of my grandmother's birthday!  This year was no exception!  We had a weiner roast and some of the family was available to come.  We got some family portraits!  Happy Birthday Grandma! 

Grandchildren

October & November Birthdays

Scoping out the beautiful jewelry that my cousin made

Friday Fun!

Chris and I were both blessed to have Friday off so we...
1) Slept in
2) Cleaned the house a little
3) Played outside with Cooper for a bit
Then, my sister came to town and she and I went shopping at Gordmans, Maurices, and at the mall.  We had a great time!  I even bumped into my friend Caity at Maurices where we got to hang out for a bit!  We had P-T conferences at work and I took all my makeup to work so unfortunately, I left it all there and had none.  So, Teresa and I got our eyes done at Sephora and we were looking cute for the night!
Chris took me out to eat at LongHorn Steakhouse. Truely, I had little desire to eat there but it was REALLY good.
I ordered the Strawberry Pecan Salad, Flo's Filet (7oz steak) and Lobster Tail with mashed potatoes along with an awesome Peach Tea Sangria... everything was AMAZING.  I don't know if it was the best steak flavor I've ever had but it was definitely the most "melt-in-your mouth" moist steak ever!!   I took pictures to document the experience.
Then, Chris wanted to go see the movie, "In Time" and while I thought I'd totally hate it by about minute 10, turns out it was pretty good.  So overall, I give Chris 4 stars for our date night (out of 5).  ;-)
But, it felt so good to get to spend a Friday night with him!!

Flu bug

Tuesday -

I woke up not feeling well and despite my better judgement went into work anyways.  People just don't realize how much work sub plans really are.

When I came home, I went straight to bed and slept for 4 hours straight.  I woke up with a fever and I went back to sleep at 11:30 and didn't get out of bed til 11 am the next day. I moped around all day feeling lousy but by 5 pm I felt hungry again and I had to walk my dog.  That semi snapped me "out of it" and I began to feel alive again.  All so I could go into work for a long day with P-T conferences going past 7 pm.  We left work around 7:45 and I was really looking forward to a 3 day weekend!!!

Photography launch

Well, yesterday I did my first paid photo shoot yesterday! I'm so thrilled that this is finally taking off for me. I dream of doing this more full-time and teaching more 'er part-time...

See my work on FB at "Painter Photography" or at http://candcpainterphotography.blogspot.com/

My best friend's wedding...

Getting married at the Pavilion in the Square

Almost husband and wife

Husband and wife receiving line with bubbles

Candy Bar

Two of my BFFs

Gotta love the hubby hubster

Me and my gang

Loving on my girls

Hubby's artsy picture of the centerpiece

Chilis with Megan

On Thursday night I had dinner at Chili's with Megan, it's always fun to catch up with her. It was just one day after her birthday so it was nice to celebrate! I'm jealous of her upcoming trip to Tennessee.

After dinner, I went to Party City and bought a Halloween costume. I'd been eye-balling it for a while but I didn't plan to get it. I also bought goodies to make my students a treat bag (candy-free) for Halloween. We actually have school that day... booo!! (I do realize the irony of that phrase.) I bought them cute little treat bags with small plastic jack-o-lantern book marks, erasers, mini activity pads, and a squishy eyeball. I even splurged and bought them the Smarties candy, get it? ;-) I'll have to take a picture of the cuteness and post it later!