Weekend Update

Hi everyone! We hope that everybody is having a great weekend. I am taking this weekend to catch up on lots of projects around the house and even get started on a little Christmas shopping! November is already almost one-third over, and Thanksgiving is late this year. Therefore, because I hate it when things are left to the last minute, I'm trying to get ahead on it now.

We went to our friend Tranylle's wedding reception last night. It was so fun! She looked beautiful. Here's a picture of Asa and Kyle. It's kind of fuzzy because I took it with my phone and the lighting in the back of the room was a bit dim:

Before we went to the wedding, we had to go shopping at Bed Bath & Beyond for a wedding gift. We got Tranylle and her new husband a breadbox that they wanted, but we were sorely tempted to get her an old-time popcorn popper, just like they used to have on The Price Is Right (or maybe like they still have now...I haven't watched TPIR lately)(unfortunately). Here are two old-time popcorn poppers currently in stock at BB&B. One is a hot air popper, and the other is a kettle-style, like the kind that go on wheels. I have to be honest, I'd be pretty happy if I woke up on Christmas morning and saw one of these babies parked under my Christmas tree!

And, just so you can get a sense of what a true old-time popper is supposed to look like, here's picture of me posing with one that we saw at a restaurant in Ocean City a few months ago. It's also a little blurry...but you get the idea:

Also on our to-do list yesterday was shoe-shopping for Kyle. We found these babies at Kohl's, which is one of my favorite stores for kid-shopping. These shoes were normally $34.99, but on sale for $24.99. I used a $10 off coupon to take them down to $14.99, and then used my Kohl's charge card for another 30% off that for a grand price of $11.40. Love it!!

Kyle's been taking a nap this morning, so I did these two scrapbooking layouts. One is of our trip to the pumpkin patch a few weeks ago when Kyle's Grammy and Granddad were here. The other is some of the best Disneyland pictures.

In other news, I tried a new soda yesterday that is so yummy. It is Sierra Mist Cranberry Splash. I picked up a 12-pack yesterday at Smith's because it was on sale. It's so good, it's enough to make me forget about Diet Coke.

JUST KIDDING! I'll never give up Diet Coke. But Sierra Mist Cranberry Splash is pretty good. If you see it on sale, and you are looking for a perfect afternoon or evening caffeine-free beverage, I highly recommend it. I'm also making a roast today, and looking forward to today's football games. Here's to hoping I can pull off a big win against Jeff in Fantasy Football!