Crazy Heart

My friend Siri invited me over for a movie night while her husband was out of town a few weeks ago. It's funny because she's also my neighbor so I could head over in my sweats & slippers =) So we planned to watch New Moon(for the 25th time I'm sure,) but the bluray wasn't working. So we went down the list of on demand movies and saw Crazy Heart listed. I remembered that Jeff Bridges won most of the academy awards for that movie this year and have heard great things about it. So Crazy Heart it was! We were glued to the TV & even had tears at times. It was so GOOD! As we watched and listened to all the great music we both mentioned that we couldn't wait to add this music to our itunes. Thanks for the movie night Siri. Crazy Heart is on my top movie list for many reasons(but I do have to say that being a music junkie made me appreciate the movie even more.) If you haven't seen Crazy Heart yet, I'd highly recommend it.

STM Fund Run

St. Thomas More had their annual fund run a few weeks ago. It was a FUN filled day, and a great way for the school to raise money. It's also one of the only fund raiser's the kids are directly invloved with. The kids all did great considering the 85+ degree weather! All the activities were outside(the fund run, carnival, etc...) The kids had to run laps for 10 minutes around the track. I'm pretty sure Liv ran between 30-40 laps, haven't gotten the final count yet =) The 1st grader's rocked, and worked hard! I was melting from 11 a.m.~3 p.m. I'm getting old, I don't enjoy the heat unless there is a swimming pool, lake, or other form of water to keep me cooled down!
Thanks again to all our friends & family who sponsored Olivia~we GREATLY appreciate it!

PUMPKINS, PuMpKiNs...and more pumpkins

OK I promise that I won't always be posting pictures from the past, but after I've been working on a Fall project and looking at all of these pictures, I couldn't resist posting them. These are a collaboration of pictures taking at the pumpkin patch over the last 6 years. Liv was our only munchkin for the first 2 pumpkin patch visits, and then along came Nolan. You'll see him in the sling with his mama(he was only a month old) in the 3rd year pictures. I enjoyed looking at how much the kids have grown & changed, hope you enjoy them too =)

Poor little buddy getting swallowed by the pumpkin vines, he fell into them, it was kind of cute actually

Minutes are worth more than money. Spend them wisely.

The quote above was written by Thomas P. Murphy. It wouldn't fit in the box above.
I couldn't resist placing the picture above as my header on the blog. I have been going through pictures we've taken in the Fall over the years and came across this one. It was taken 5 years ago! Hard to believe she was only 1 year old in that picture. I will always remember this. Olivia's first time exploring around Siemers pumpkin patch and picking out her 1st pumpkin. Could she just be little like that again for just a few minutes? I wish time could pause every now & then. She's such a BIG girl now, it's hard for me to swallow. Anyhow, I love the cuteness, her tiny hands(the fat pockets on them too,)the moment, the everything about this picture!