{Pumpkin Patching}

Can I just say that class field trips are so much fun? I'm not even joking, I really had a good time. But there is something totally bazaar about me going on field trips. No matter what, I sign up and I feel great, I can't wait to go! Field trip day comes, I am totally sick! Last year, I had the flu. I had had the flu for 4 weeks, then I got better, then I lapsed and got it again for 2 more weeks. Needless to say, I thought I might die! Then this year, I got a really bad cold/sinus infection, but I went anyway because I told Lagan I would be there! (I know tons of moms are out there saying, "OMG! I can't believe you went on field trips with a cold or the flu!" But in my defence, both times I was totally hopped up on meds and when I had the flu I got the green light from my doc to go! hehe)

Anyway, back to what I was actually posting about! So this week, Lagan's class got to go to the Pumpkin patch and pick a pumpkin, plus learn all about different kinds of pumpkins and how to carve them and eat them! VERY cool! I even learned a few things!
It was a great time had by all and an awesome reminder that Fall is here, even if you can't tell in the 90 degree weather! :)
So I thought I would share a few photos from the day! Lagan was so proud to have her mommy there taking pictures, she told her teacher "She's taking them for her Blog"........do you think that's bad? lol
**Oh, and I do have that tutorial coming, Im just a little behind on posting!! hehe











Here is Lagan picking her pumpkin. The kiddo's got to pick a pie pumpkin and bring it home to decorate it for a class project, then we will get to make a pie! YUM!


there were sooooooo many pumpkins!


Lagan had a blast!

{4th of July! :)}

I hope everyone had a fun and SAFE 4Th of July! With the weather being so hot and dry here it was really dangerous to do fireworks, not to mention they are illegal within the city of Austin. So we got the legal ones that don't shoot into the air! lol Good times! The day started with the 4Th of July parade that our neighborhood hosts. Lagan liked seeing the cops the best! lol We also had an awesome dinner that my sister and her husband cooked! Hotdogs and Beef tenderloin wrapped in bacon! I supplied my famous potato salad, and even more in demand home made salsa! (I'm going to share the recipe soon!!) And you can't have the 4Th of July without watermelon! YUM! And for dessert.....my sis brought a CHEESECAKE!! I would have taken a photo of it, but I was too busy eating it! lol Later on, we did our fire works and sparklers. Some of them were these tanks that shot out sparks and then blew up! That was really fun! So I thought I would share some photos in the form of a slide show for all my dial up users that don't want a ton of photos to load! Enjoy!!!
(its in the next post)