Belle singing--Wed. 6/27

Belle at the Marimba:


Belle w/ microphone:


Belle--ABC's:

Hot and HUMID!!!

SOOOO yucky here!! You probably won't be able to tell unless you click on the picture below to see the full-size version of it but Belle was sweating and red in the face after being outside for just a few minutes on Wednesday (in the pic, she is asking for more bread to give to the ducks). The humidity is so bad that today when I got out the car from going to Wal-Mart, my glasses fogged up instantly! Icky, icky, icky!!! Thankfully, I got my hair cut today--took a few inches off, so it is much lighter and that should help a little. It's only going to get hotter and nastier, and I am not looking forward to that! I'm SO thankful to have my a/c to come inside to! :)

Feeding the ducks

Belle and I had a great time hanging out all day Wednesday. One of the things we did was feed the ducks in the pond next door.


The ducks on their way!

Belle, bread in hand, ready for the ducks.

Pure delight!

This is the greedy female duck--she's very impatient and doesn't let the male get any of the bread unless you throw some for her, then quickly throw some to him. She also tried to get the bread bag away from Belle.

New area rug

I finally took a picture of the area rug we got last week:

Just a simple rug to add color to the room. It turned out to be a little brighter than the sample that was hanging up in the store but we are growing to like it more and more.

I had ordered a picture of Christ (a print of "He Lives" by Simon Dewey) and it arrived today. I will have it framed soon to be hung above the fireplace. Can't wait!

Pretty Kitty

Just messin' around this evenin', takin' pics of Chloe in one of her new favorite spots.

Been pretty busy this week for me:
Sun.: dinner at my parents'
Mon.: dinner at our house w/ my parents
Tues.: Enrichment at church
Wed.: Temple in the morning, lunch afterwards with a new friend
Thurs.: went to Hammond to help with a funeral (went to the family's house and and accepted food as it was brought for them, then helped set up the luncheon for the family), had lunch afterwards with a friend and my mom

Nothing for tomorrow set up yet, except pick up the area rug that I ordered. Can't wait to see what it looks like in the living room! Sat., we have a neighborhood meeting/lunch--jambalaya, yum! TTFN!

Pics of Little Miss Belle

from yesterday...

Father's Day

After church yesterday, we went to my parents' house. Can you believe I didn't get any pics of my dad on Father's Day?!?! By the time I remembered to get my camera out, he had left for work. I did go outside and play with my niece, though, and got a few cute videos of her. Here's a couple:

Using sticks as microphones:


Ninja Belle:


Sooooo cute!

Fun day with DH

Once we finally got goin’ (slept in late, then just dragged a bit), we went to eat a late lunch at the Cheesecake Bistro in Baton Rouge. We split a huge seafood platter containing fried shrimp, oysters, and catfish (plus French fries and onion strings). The catfish was the dirtiest tasting catfish I’ve ever had (you southerners know what I’m talkin’ about), so we barely touched it. If Jared won’t eat something, you know it’s bad! J We also had some of their divine cheesecake—White Chocolate Macadamia Cheescake! I promise they have the best cheesecake I’ve ever tasted.

We then drove down to Sorrento (just south of Gonzales for you Louisiana folks) and browsed a couple of antique/souvenir shops in the Cajun Village. We also stopped at Best Buy on the way home and looked at big-screen TVs; if anyone has any suggestions, feel free to share them! It was a pretty fun day. Now I need to prepare my lesson for Primary tomorrow. If you don’t know already, I just got called to be the Sunbeam teacher. So fun! I’m excited—get to be back in the Primary w/o all the responsibility of being Pri. Pres. Yay!

Well, I hope everyone has a great Father’s Day. We are headed to my parents’ house right after church (2^nd Sunday in a row) for dinner. Check out this mini album I’m giving to my dad: http://www.scrappersdailydose.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=38875&cat=500&ppuser=166 . The actual size is 10.75” x 3.75”. I hope he likes it!

Finish these statements

I love the smell of....

I love the sound of...

I love the taste of...

I love the sight of...

I love the feel of...

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Here's mine:

I love the smell of almond extract.

I love the sound of my cat's purr.

I love the taste of a shrimp po-boy.

I love the sight of the ducks out in the neigborhood pond.

I love the feel of the cool a/c after coming in from the hot humidity of Louisiana.


I wanna see your answers!

Homemade clock for my LSU scraproom

Jared came home with this tiger sign and we made it into a clock, using a clock kit I bought at Wal-Mart. I had originally planned to make a clock using a LSU license plate that I bought but liked the sign Jared got better. A couple of the numbers are a little hard to see but I really like the way it turned out!

Armoire and lamps

I got my bedroom armoire today! Yipee! I also have the lamps for the bedroom and the living set up. I'm a happy girl! :) Here are pics:

I love this thing! It is HUGE (7' 2" tall, 3.5' wide)!


There are two of these lamps in the bedroom:


And here's the lamp on the living room end table:


Now to get pictures and other decorations up on all the walls!

Sunday dinner at my parents'

We left straight from church to go to my parents' house for dinner yesterday. Mom made a yummy turkey dinner. I took some videos of Belle, the little cutie.

This is for Kiki, Judson, and Carma:


This is Belle showing off her muscles--so funny!


This is my brother, Ben, playing with Belle's doll house and dolls, making fun of Michael Jackson--hilarious!

Blog Changes

Changed a few things on the blog. Let me know what you think.

We were gone all day today and I am pooped, so it makes no sense that I am up on the computer at 12:40am when I have to get up at 7am to get ready for church! We were gone for over 7 hours today. We went to:

· A few antique stores in Denham Springs

· The Animal Planet Expo in Baton Rouge (was OK but nothing grand)

· Pizza buffet (it was pretty nasty but we were starving)

· A furniture store (looked at area rugs and lamps)

· Wal-Mart (got lamps for the bedroom and some groceries)

While we were in Wal-Mart, there was a huge thunderstorm—you could hear the thunder and rain even in that big place. On the way home, we got caught in stand-still traffic because, of course, there was a wreck. We set up the lamps in the bedroom when we got home, then we’ve just been goofin’ off. I’ll post pics of the lamps later.

Have a great Sunday, everyone! We’ll be heading to my parents for dinner right after church. Mom’s cooking, yay!

The Crane

Or at least I'm guessing it's some kind of crane. Click on the picture so you can see him more up-close. He was out by the pond for a good while and, of course, I totally missed him flying away. It was cool to see him out there for a while, though.

WARNING: Really Old LO!!!

Don't laugh, but here is a really old LO about when the tree almost fell on us on my birthday in 2001. If you can't read it as it is in this post, click on the picture and a bigger version will come up. No laughing at the LO! :)