Honest Scrap

This really amazing girl over at King Quads nominated me for this awesome award!!  Thanks Jenn!!  I would link to her, but to protect those precious babies of hers, she is on private!  Many of the other fabulous quad mommas know her and I know they all agree that she is awesome too!  She has 4 of the cutest babies I have EVER seen, she is super sweet, creative, and I just wish we lived closer to eachother!  Like she said, I know we would be great friends!

You must share 10 honest things about yourself and then choose 7 other people to nominate this award to!

10.  I have always been addicted to Diet Coke!  3 months ago I decided to try and quit, and havent had one since!  I tried a sip of one the other day and actually found that I dont miss it at all!

9. I cannot leave the house without drying, straightening and curling my hair, and putting on my makeup!  Not even to the gas station!  You would think I was a girly girl, but I'm totally not!  Jeans, flip flops and a tshirt will do, I just must be fixed up a little!

8. I actually cried when I found out Landon was a boy.  I just knew in my heart that he was a she.  I am an only child and was raised by my mom.  We have always been just the girls!  I didnt know what I would do with a boy.  Worms, sweat, sports, camping is NOT my thing ;)  Now that I have a stinky, sweaty,sport playing boy, I dont know what I would do without him!  He is such a mommas boy and a little lover!  I am so glad I had a boy first!!

7. I am obsessed with tv.  Its really a problem ;)  I keep waiting to come home and have my family sitting down to have an Intervention!  (wich happens to be one of the shows I watch!  lol)  Reality tv is my favorite, well..or dancing shows.  Then again, I dont think anything could top Greys! (or Desperate Housewives, SYTYCD, Chelsea Lately, Kendra, ABDC, ok, ok...I told you I have a problem!!)

6. I have never smoked a cigarette..not a single puff in my entire life!! 

 (woo-hoo!!)

5.  I was on drill team for 3 years and used to be in tap, ballet and jazz as a child, but I WILL not dance at a club or party now!  Give me an 8 count and I can do it, but other than that, this girl has no rythym!

4. I find all of you quad moms absolutly AMAZING!  I almost didnt write this because I didnt want yall to think I was crazy, but this is called Honest Scrap right?!?!  I find it so interesting to read about your lives, the ups, the downs, the in betweens, the pictures and the love you have for each other!!

3. I used to LOVE scary movies, but since I had Landon, I CANNOT watch them.  For some reason I imagine them happening to my life now and it totally freaks me out! 

2. I cant go to sleep without checking my email.  I may not open everything or reply, but I cant sleep if I dont look at it!  lol  I will even check it on my cell in bed if I didnt get on the computer!  Hey, dont judge!

1. I am SUPER punctual..I know my blood pressure is through the
 roof when I am late to something.  Its my biggest pet peeve when people are late!  It just seems so inconsiderate to me!  My poor child has learned this trait too..he freaks out if he thinks will be late!  (which is a good and annoying trait all in one!  lol)

So there you have it..hope I didnt scare any of you off!  ;)

Now to 7 of my wonderful blogger buddies...

The Honest Scrap Award goes to....

Stephanie @ A Little Bit of Sugar & a whole lot of Spice!

Rachel @ Clumsy Me, Oddity 

Krystyn @ Really, Are you Serious?

Kirsten @ Just the 3 of Us!

Cara @ Cara Monster

Laura @ Lovely Lalo-Cha

Emily @ M's Memorable Moments

I have a few posts up my sleeve this weel, football, family reunion, blog giveways I have won, ect!!

Hope you all had a fabulous Labor Day weekend!

My baby is getting too big :(

Last week we had Landon's Kindergarten Awards

It seems like just a few months ago I wrote this post :(

Here is my handsome guy!!They sang some songs, said the pledge, and danced for us!
Miss Jones (the best teacher EVER..more on that in a minute!) giving Landon his awards.
He got the Certificate of Kindergarten...
Junior Achievement Award...
PE, Art and Music Award...
Outstanding Citizenship...
and Merry Music Maker!!
(he always sings and dances, and Miss Jones said that he was always making music!)
Best Buds

Proud Mommy

We will miss her so much next year!

and here are just a FEW of the reasons why...

She sent home a Summer Survival Kit which included,

a self addressed envelope to write her over the summer...

pen and pad to practice writing...

hugs and kisses (Hershey's),

sidewalk chalk in case they get bored,

and a summer reading list!

She also made each child a photo album of pictures throughout the year!

It had over 20 pics!

She even came and saw him at tae kwon do earlier in the year!

and in case that wasn't enough...

She put together a book of things they did throughout the year each month

eating green eggs and ham :)

April showers ;)

This is their snorkeling masks they made...they are under the table (which has blue saran wrap on the bottom to get the ocean effect! lol)

There was a picture from every month, but you get the hint! All the kindergartners also got 3 workbooks to keep their brain working over the summer! 2 math and 1 reading!!!

Today was the last day of school (yes, June 4th...craziness!)

It was bittersweet, because Landon is really looking forward to summer, but he already misses Miss Jones! He has accidentally called me her name twice already!

She really set our standards high for future years! I know I will never forget his kindergarten year!

Once the kids got home, MawMaw let them help her mow the grass!

Check out that "wife-beater!" What a stud! lol

So, here to our busy summer! We have so many fun things planned!

He is going to summer camp where he does after school now. They have 3 to 4 field trips a week! He is going to be SO busy! (luckily he is used to that!)

Hope you all are enjoying your summer!

Tagged and Turkey!!

So, I was tagged by sweet Cara a few days ago, so here you go girl!!


8 TV SHOWS THAT YOU WATCH:
1. Brothers & Sisters
2. Private Practice
3. The Hills
4. Desperate Housewives
5. Extreme Home Makeover
6. Greys Anatomy
7. So You Think You Can Dance (me too Cara!!)
8. CSI


8 FAVORITE RESTAURANTS:
1. Hook, Line and Sinker!
2. Lupe Tortilla
3. Los Cucos
4. Chick Fil A!!
5. Taste of Texas
6. Texas Roadhouse
7. Freebirds
8. PF Changs


8 THINGS THAT HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND:
1. I went and saw Twilight!!!
2. went to dinner at The Purvis house!
3. ate lunch at Los Cucos w/ Kirsten, Dev, Landon and Brooklyn :)
4. watched the Texans game that we actually won!!
5. did laundry
6. hung out my mom and Mimis on Sunday
7. picked up my aunts Christmas present
8. made a to do list of all the things I need to do this week! lol


8 THINGS I LOOK FORWARD TO:
1. Thanksgiving!
2 Shopping on Friday morning in the wee hours ;)
3. Lissas bridal shower next weekend!!
4. Landons birthday
5. Decorating for Christmas (we put the kids tree up last night!!)
6. going to Lafayette the day after Christmas
7. Planning for Landons camo campout bday party!
8. 2009 :)


8 THINGS ON MY WISH LIST:
1. Landon to have a safe surgery (more info to come!)
2. new bed set
3. a few vacation days
4. MP3 player
5. a new camera :)
6. Stuff for the house
7. just to be with family and enjoy the holidays!
8. a money tree :)

Cara also gave me this SUPER award!! Thanks for the smile!!

Dont worry about feeling lame..I got just as excited! lol

Now I'm supposed to answer these with one word! Lets see if I can do better than Cara did ;)

1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Where is your significant other? absent

3. Your hair color? blonde

4. Your mother? fabulous
5. Your father? blah

6. Your favorite thing? Landon

7. Your dream last night? scary

8. Your dream/goal? successful

9. The room you’re in? office

10. Your hobby? scrapbooking

11. Your fear? death

12. Where do you want to be in six years? here

13. Where were you last night? home

14. What you’re not? sad

15. One of your wish list items? camera

16. Where you grew up? Katy

17. The last thing you did? shopped

18. What are you wearing? jeans

19. Your TV? old

20. Your pet? Ajax

21. Your computer? Dell

22. Your mood? happy

23. Missing someone? always

24. Your car? silver

25. Something you’re not wearing? slacks

26. Favorite store? target

27. Your Summer? hot

28. Love someone? yep

29. Your favorite color? purple

30. When is the last time you laughed? today

31. Last time you cried? recently

I'm also supposed to give this award to 7 people, but I will have to get back to you guys on that one! There are so many...I have to do some thinking!!

So anyways...hope you all have a

I am thankful for many things this year, and am looking forward to a relaxing day with the family on Thursday!

Friday morning we are up and out the door for Black Friday..lots of shopping to do!! Wish me luck! (yes, I know I am crazy..I actually have alot of fun doing it though!!)

And since I havent rambled on long enough...just a few more post until my 100th post!!! I am going to follow the trend (lol) and do a Q and A!!! So please, ask away!! Either leave questions on my comments, or email me at Stephray13@aol.com

The Smile Award!!!

I received The Smile Award by the wonderful Tam @ MommaSong! ( a few weeks ago!!) I am very honored by this smile award, because that is what I try to do all the time..be happy and smile!! No not always, but why stress over the small stuff!

Here is what Tam had to say...

"Next I want to pick Steph from http://www.steph-landon.blogspot.com/ SHE loves her SON! She is up beat! SHE IS down to earth and real! Another blog I stalk often! Something about her blog Just the TWO of US....it says it ALL! The love for her life and son I was instantly drawn to her blog!"

How sweet is she?!?!? Thanks so much Tam...I really appreciate it! Her blog is great! Her love for books, honey (haha), her husband, and family is amazing!

This award was created by a very talented and inspiring young lady in the Blog World!
She restores my faith in this Generation!
These are the rules:


1. The recipient must link back the the awards creator (http://www.thebabblingsofmere.blogspot.com/)
2. You must post these rules if you receive the award.
3. You must chose 5 people to receive the award after receiving it yourself
4. You must fit the characteristics of the recipient of the award, as posted by Mere.
5. You must post the characteristics of a recipient.
6. You must create a post sharing your win with others.
7. You must thank your giver.

Characteristics for the Smile Award:
1. Must display a cheerful attitude. (not necessarily at all times--we are all human)
2. Must love one another
3. Must make mistakes
4. Must learn from others
5. Must be a positive contributor to blog world
6. Must love life
7. Must love kids

NOW I have to pick five bloggy Friends to bestow the Smile award on!

1.Amy at the Brat Pack- She has been one of my daily reads for some time now! She makes me smile for sure! Her oh.so.witty. ways!! She loves her brats (most of the time!) lol She has 4 beautiful girls and is always up to something with one of them (pyromania, hiding bear identities, extreme parenting, picture buttons!!) You deserve this award girl just for being you!!!

2.Indy at Not talking About It, I'm just saying- Another long time read of mine! She just has a way of blogging that I totally relate to!! Thanks for always being so real!! She has 2 adorable boys as well!!

3.Kendra at A Superhero, Princess & a Monkey- One of my newer reads, but one that I am so happy I found!! She is just great! :) She takes amazing pictures (it helps her kids are so cute!!) She always seems so up beat! Thanks for giving me another great read Kendra!!

4.Kristen at Loving Our Simple Life- Can we say this woman loves her family and children?!?! Um..YES! She also takes beautiful pictures all the time! Always positive and happy! I thought of you as soon as I got this award!!

5.Rachel at Clumsy Me, Oddity-She was one of the first blogs I was reading! OK, she doesnt have her own kids yet, (well, Vito!!) but she is SO IN LOVE with her neice!!! (stephs daughter!) She also always has the most random funny things happen around her or to her!! Definitely always finds the happiness in life!

Well girls, I hope you like this award as much as I do!! Thanks again Tam!!!

My 1st Award!!!

Well, I am officially a proud blogger!!

I have recieved my first blog award from Kristen @ Loving Our Simple Life!

She is a new Blog Buddy of mine, and I'm ever so happy that I found her!! She has such a way with words and loves Target as much as I do! (and I'm insanely jealous of the view from her house! lol)

Can I just say Kristen, that you made my day!!

Take a look at my beautiful award!!

It even comes with rules, so here you go...

1. Chose 5 blogs that you consider deserving of this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contribute to the blogging community.

2. Each award has to have the name of the author and a link to his/her blog.

3. Each award winner has to show the award and put the name of and link to the blog that presented her/him with the award.

4. The award winner and one who has given the prize has to show the link of Arte Y Pico blog so everyone will know the origin of this award.

5. Show these rules.

So, I would like to present the following with this award!

Krystyn @ Really are you Serious - Krystyn is actually a friend of mine from "way" back! ;) I'm glad to have caught back up with her through her blog though! She is a great mom and has such funny stories!

Krystyn again but for her new design blog, Krizzy Designs! She has designed some really cool stuff (including my lovely blog design!) She does all kinds of fun stuff!

Jen @ The Murray Crew-she is the mom of quad boys!! Her blog is so refreshing (in a strange way!) to me! What a great mom she is to 4 of the cutest boys ever!

Lindsay @ My Splatter painted Life- she has a little boy "Travie" that always makes me laugh! Her stories remind me of my son so much!

Tam @ MommaSong - another one of my new "reads"! The way she writes catches me everytime! Always looking forward to new posts! (She has 2 adorable boys too!)

Congrats beautiful ladies!! You all make my blog reading so fun!!