Fireproof

I just wanted to tell everyone to go and watch Fireproof!!! I'm soooo excited that it's still playing! Lee and I watched it tw weeks ago, so I was afraid that I would be posting this too late, but I just checked to make sure it's still playing!!! We loved it so much that we're going to purchase it when it comes out!!! It's great to watch a movie that encourages and enhances marriages to grow and continue to be nurtured!!! Let me know if you go and see it!!! I think you will thoroughly enjoy it! You can go to www.fireproofthemovie.com to find out where the movie is playing near you! :)

Also, Lee and I celebrated our 8th wedding anniversary on October 6th!!! We were able to go to the movie right before our anniversary, so that was really fun!!! We had 3 dates in 3 weeks, since we had family come and see us, so we felt very lucky!!! :) For our anniversary we were home and Lee had to work on the day, but on his way home he went by Central Market and went all out on some yummy food that all he had to do was put into the oven for 20 minutes!!! He picked up salmon stuffed with crab cake, spinach with applewood smoked bacon, a yummy Greek pasta, and for dessert he got this amazing chocolate raspberry truffel!!! It was so fun to have a yummy meal that he picked out and made for us even after working so hard for us! :) I told him the great thing about having a nice evening at home is that when we get the opportunity to take a night on the town, we have a great reason, our belated anniversary!!! :) Very fun! I know we'll take advantage of that! :) Here are a few pics of our anniversary meal and the flowers that Lee got me! ;)





Here are a few pictures of us from our wedding and honeymoon in Wisconson!!! :) Fun times!

Happy Birthday to my hubby!!!

Today is Lee's birthday, and although he has to work, we were able to celebrate this past Wednesday by going to one of the Movie Taverns where they have dinner and a movie!!! We hadn't been to a movie in forever, and we got a gift card to that specific movie theater!!! It was great, because sometimes it feels like too much time to do both separately, but this time we could have both together! We were a little worried that the food would be less than because it wasn't the top priority, but it was actually really yummy!!! We watched The Dark Night!!! What a blessing to have a date night! Don't know why we didn't get a picture, but we forgot! Haha!

Earlier in the week, I tried out a recipe for those cakeballs I keep blogging about!!! They worked great!!! The girls helped me with some strawberry ones so I could test it out, and then I made the lemon ones! Fun! They ended up working great and they tasted yummy!!! Another GREAT thing is that they weren't as hard as I thought they would be! I am so excited! I will no longer have to pay someone else to make them!!! One cake box makes about 48 cake balls, so needless to say, we have cake balls coming out of our ears (making it hard to be good on my no sugar/white flour diet)! Thank goodness Sundays (and bdays) are spurge days! Hehe! Anyway, here are some pics!!!





















The strawberry ones have fall leaf sprinkles on regular and white chocolate and the lemon ones are just plain! Yum! We'll obviously be freezing some! :)
The last picture is from our date on the 17th in celebration of 11 years of dating!!! Sooo fun! I can't believe we've had two dates so close together! :) Our 8th wedding anniversary is coming up in another week! :) I hope it's cold like the day we got married! I love fall!
Lee, Happy Birthday!!! I am sooooo glad that you were born!!! You are such a wonderful husband and my best friend!!! I thank the Lord for you every day!!!

School Days

A lot has gone on the last few weeks here! It seems that time has flown, since we are in the 4th week of school! It has had it's challenges and successes! One thing I did not anticipate was the challenge it would be for them to have to stick to a subject. I am learning that the more prepared I am for their school, the easier it is for them to attain all of their stickers for their charts!!! :) I am progressively getting better at being prepared, and the kids are getting better at knowing what is expected! :) The great thing is that they have prizes that they can attain for participation, and they get small prizes at the end of each day and bigger prizes at the end of the week if they get the whole week filled up! It only took the first week for Lenci to realize that she really didn't get her prize! It's been harder on her, just because she is much more stubborn, and she's a younger, but I know that this structure is good for her! She has actually been falling asleep during nap time since we started school. Not every day, but I think all of the thinking and concentration is burning some of her energy. :) I am so amazed by them every day! Asher is a hand full and makes our day much busier, but he has sooooo much fun doing school! I have a video of them singing their days of the week song and pledging, but it's really dark, so I'm going to try it again in a more well lit room or something! It's too funny! :) Even Asher is into it! One day I ended up having to do school during Asher's nap time, and it went much smoother, but he loves it so much and I really think it's good for him to be involved. :) I obviously have three different levels to accommodate, making it even more of a challenge, but it is a fun one! We have had field trips, done art projects, made stories, and learned many new things! Here are just a few of the pictures!!! :)



























I will leave you with these!!! Haha! I know there are tons of pictures, and there are many others that didn't make the "cut"! ;) I'll have more later! I just waited too long to post, so this is what happens! :) Oh, and I helped them with their playdough prizes (butterfly, car, teapot)!!! :) Have a blessed week!