Happy 35th Birthday To Me!!

So Here is the gift a couple of my family members bought for me. I have been so busy I haven't even taken it out of the box yet. I will soon. I am really excited to make something with this.

I will post in a couple of days what my husband got for me. Another awesome electronic.

And some holiday photos.

Have a Great weekend!

Tanner's class Christmas gifts!

Just a quick picture of the gift Tanner is giving to his classmates. We had a bunch of fun making these. I think they are kinda cute!

I will be posting my Birthday present soon! I am so EXCITED!! I did get it early only because it was on sale. $100.00 off the original price.

Have a Safe and Happy Holiday!!

God Bless you all!!

Thanksgiving Dinner

Our Thanksgiving dinner was fabulous. We had invited our friends David, Sara, and their three kids over for dinner. I put my pictures in backwards. So..Here is what our table looked like before we ate. Shawn and I both love to bake and cook. Shawn made pumpkin and apple pies and they were awesome!

Tanner made a small fruit tray with grapes, pineapple, and chocolate covered strawberries. This was really yummy!
Here is our decorated table before the food was added.


This is where I was dipping my strawberries. My little clothes line worked really well.

And here is a little center piece I assembled from a kit I had bought.

We were all stuffed like turkeys when it was all done. We had a wonderful time with out friends. Tanner had a blast playing with Kyla, Keston and Kaden. I think he was sleeping before his head hit the pillow.

Thanks, David, Sara, and Family for spending Thanksgiving with us.

Adventure Night

Washington School had adventure night for first and second graders. They had a bunch of fun things for them to do that the kids can not do during a regular school day.

Here Tanner is climbing on the centipede. You have to climb up the poles then climb across the net. Tanner did this one twice. He was a little bit afraid on the first try. But, the second try he climbed the pole and made it all the way across.

Tanner is climbing the rock wall. I think he is a little bit afraid if heights. He almost made it to the top.
This one here you climb to the top and back down again.

Tanner was struggling to get himself up this net. He finally made it up.

Here Tanner is climbing across the centipede net.

We all had a great time. Tanner loved this. This is right up his alley climbing on, up, and around things. He wants to do this again.

Have a great week!

Grave Yard Vegie Tray!

I volunteered to bring a veggie tray for Tanner's Halloween party at school today. I went to Michael's craft store and bought everything for this grave yard. Here it is after all the veggies are added.

And here is what it looks like before the veggies. It is hard to tell but can you see the light poles in the back light up. I hope they like it.

Trick or treating is this Friday from 5 to 8 in Stevens Point. Hope you have fun and be safe! I also got an e-mail saying the foil wrapped coins you are supposed to throw away because they contain Melamine. (you can verify this on snopes: http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/coins.asp <http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/coins.asp> )

Family Fun Carving pumpkins!

For some reason this post is a mess. I have photos everywhere.

Last night we carved pumpkins. Tanner carved the pumpkin to the left and the pumpkin below. Scott carved the skull head.

Tanner and Shawn carved the spider and I carved the dragon head. Why I picked a dragon head to carve I don't know.

We had a great time. We also have a bunch of seeds to roast. I am going to try some with ranch dressing. If you have any other ideas for pumpkin seeds please send them my way.

I volunteered to do a veggie tray for Tanner's class room Halloween party. I made it look like a grave yard it looks pretty scary. I will post the pics soon.

Have a GREAT week. Get your shovels out it is supposed to snow today.

Happy Fall Y'All

Happy Fall Y'all

I tried to take some photos of some of my pumpkins. And as you can see my camera is a piece of crap. In a few months I will be getting a new one.

Here is a photo of some of my pumpkins on our fireplace.

And some close ups of my pumpkins

The berries are new. I got them from Michael's lase year when they had everything on clearance. I Got a great deal on them. I think 70% off regular price.

I have a few more I will share with you later.

Have a great day!!

Where has the time gone?

Usually in the morning when I wake up I find Tanner snuggled up next to me. He knows Shawn is at work and that there is room for him. So this morning I went to wake him up for school he looked so precious sleeping I did not want to wake him up. I sat there and thought where has the time gone. My baby is already 6 years old. I took a few pictures and I thought they turned out pretty cool looking and had to share.

Have A great day.

Tanner's First Day of First Grade!

It is so hard to believe that Tanner is already in first grade. He was so ready for school. He was excited to meet his old friends and to make a bunch of new friends.

Here is Tanner getting off the bus at Washington Service Learning Center. He looks so big like he has been going to school for years.

And here is Tanner and his friend Gavin standing by their lockers. Can you believe they get their own lockers in first grade. How cute!

We met Tanners teacher Mrs. Beversdorf. She is such a nice teacher and Tanner says he really likes her. I think it will be another wonderful year. I can't wait to volunteer and go on field trips I always had such a fun time in kindergarten when I was there. It's kinda funny but, all the kids in Tanner's class would call me" Tanner's Mom".We also found out that Mrs. Beversdorf lives just a couple of streets over from where we live.

Another Project Complete !!

I finally completed Tanner's bedroom. As you can see it is done in John Deere. The first time I ordered the wall paper I did not order enough so I had to order some more and of course it was on back order. I ordered it on April 10th and almost 5 months later I finally received it.

I still need a new camera.

Maybe I will buy myself one for Christmas ;-)

Here is Tanners quilt Of course we have a bunch of John Deere Tractors all over.

I found a couple of really cool John Deere tin signs. The fur is an animal they caught trapping.

I am still working on my craft room. It is coming along slowly my issue that I am having is a neat way to store some of my things.

Well this is it for now. I will be posting pictures of Tanners first day of first grade.

Nothing New Going On Here.

Nothing has been going on here. I am still working on my craft room. Working a ton of hours and am sleep deprived.

This weekend we are going to Mt. Olympus. I think we all need this to recharge. We will go there on Friday spend the night. On Saturday I would like to go downtown.

Tanner is so excited He is asking a million questions.

I think this winter we will go to the Dells again and maybe stay again at Mt.Olympus or a different indoor water park.

I will post some pics later and let you know how it was.

Baby Shower Gift

I have a baby shower this weekend for my cousin. We know she is having a boy. Along with a gift we were asked to give a book. I think a children's Bible would be a great idea. This is what I started out with as a gift. 3 onesies, 3 pr. of socks, 1 bib, and 1 burp rag.

And here is the bouquet when it is all put together. Do you think she will like it?

I also added a small toy to hold the tissue paper together.

Tanner and his cousins

Today I did some babysitting for my two nieces Jurnee and Sophia. We had a great time today. Tanner and Jurnee spent almost all day in the pool. I think they were starting to grow fins and scales. They have such a great time when they are together.

Sophia was such a good girl today and so easy to please. She had a blast playing pirate with me. As you can tell by the photo I couldn't get her to sit still for the picture.

Come visit aunt Shannon again.
Love you girls !!

Beautiful things about summer !

More of my Beauties !

Hope you enjoy them as much as I do !!

Have a Great Day !!

Graduation Card

Here is a graduation card I whipped up this morning.

Yellow Lilly

As you can see my beautiful Lillie's are starting to bloom.

I will post more as they start to bloom.

Have a wonderful day!!

Orange lilly's

Here are some of my favorite flowers.

Hope you enjoy.

Father's Day Gift

I know it's a bit late. But, I would like you to see the Father's Day gift Tanner and I made.

As I was putting everything together our dog sneezed on the matting and a bunch of water spots started to appear. So in a bit of a panic I added a few stickers to cover the spots.

Later that day we went to Shawn's parents house and Tanner wanted to show them Shawn's gift. As we were leaving I was carrying the frame and I put an orange soda on top. While we were driving Tanner says Mom why is Daddy's gift turning orange. Well, the cover on the soda was not on very tight. When we got home I took everything apart and redid it. So here is the final project.

Hope you enjoy!

Digging up dirt

A couple weeks ago we decided to buy a swimming pool. We did not have a level spot anywhere for a swimming pool. So Tanner and I needed to dig up some dirt . We got it done in a couple of days and as you can see by the photo I had quite the helper.

We have the pool up and filled Tanner has been swimming in the pool everyday. He enjoys it so much. He has had his cousins Jurnee and Sophie come over and a bunch of friends come over to swim. I am very impressed how well Tanner can swim. He has not had any swimming lessons. Shawn has taught him very well. Tanner can do three front flips under water all in a row. I'm surprised he can hold his breath for that long.

TTYl...Have a Great week.

Flowers and Construction Equipment?

Today I went outside for a while to look at my flowers and look at all the construction equipment I found in my beds. One vehicle by each plant.

Have a Great Day!!

Preparing my Craft Room

I started working on my scrap room this weekend. Saturday we moved Tanner into his new room. I am still waiting for the rest of his wallpaper to get here. It should be here within the next three weeks. I tore off all of the construction border, painted, and hung the bottom half wallpaper. In the picture below it is not completely dry yet.

Here is one completed area of my scrap room.

And here is my border close up. This border was really hard to hang. I was able to hang one whole roll at a time. I got one hung, walked to the other end and the whole strip fell to the floor. It did not have much glue on the back so I ended up having to apply some Elmers glue to it. That seemed to help.

I have almost three rolls left over so I am planning on cutting out all of the hearts and hanging them as a border on the top of my walls.

I will post more as I am moving my supplies in.