Thursday Night Lights

Woo Hoo!!! Jacob and the Pflugerville Freshman Panthers won their first game of the season against Leander! What an awesome experience. Our friend Daegan is on the Leander team and played almost exactly opposite Jake. It was maybe a once in a lifetime experience, but we had lots of church family show up to root both of them on. Awesome Awesome! When you view the pics you can see our cheering section (we all cheered for both teams.

A GREAT BIG Thank You to Laura C., Gino, Earl, Melissa, David, Audra, Ethan, Dan, Sarah, Grace, and Jesse for showing up to support our young men!!!

Totally by chance, someone else was using their flash while I took this shot--Cool eh?! There are too many pics to post here on my blog so I'll furnish you 2 links to the 2 different photo galleries I made. This one is a regular html gallery: http://www.hopespringdesign.com/Football2008/ and this one is FLASH: http://www.hopespringdesign.com/Football2008/Flash. So- if you want to right click and save any of them you'll need to view the html version. If you want copies that are printable size, though, email me or leave me a comment and I will send you links to full size photos.

Jacob (78) and Daegan (51)

Back To School!

Wow! It's here already! Caleb is starting his Junior year, Jacob is a FRESHMAN!
and Nate is now an official Middle Schooler! Where has the time gone? Well, we had a fabulous summer filled with sun, fun, and friends, so now it's time to get back into a routine of learning--me included! I started my Microbiology class today. I can tell already that it's going to be fun and challenging. My instructor is great. She really seems to love what she does and she is really organized and conveys things well. We made our own "Petri" dishes today. It's started to all come back to me when I entered the classroom. There is just something about the smell of the lab that reminds you of all the bunsen burners, loops, and Agar medium. We had a once over of the syllabus and what to expect and then moved on to a quick overview of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. This is going to Rock!

Fabricaholic??

I have always loved sewing, but my projects take F-O-R-E-V-E-R. I am really proud of Caleb for finishing that Birdie Sling purse for me in 2 days! Nevertheless, I used to make (and sometimes still make) scrub hats for people at work. It is highly addictive to look through the fabric stores and pick out fun fabrics for hats. I think making purses and bags might become just as addict...um, er satisfying :) I found the fabric that the camera strap was made from and I may have to make a camera bag or some other kind of bag from this. I LOVE the colors and design. (Wish it was available in scrapbook paper, too!

Awesome Camera Straps

Jessica Sprague offered a contest to win one of these cool camera straps a couple of Photoshop Fridays ago during the Shazam Tutorial.

These are so cute! They are made by Natalie Putnam - owner of "Cotton Candy by Natalie" on Etsy. It is a great way to personalize your SLR with a yummy new accessory!

Natalie Grant Concert

Really quickly...(my boys are hovering over me waiting for me to watch a movie with them) The Natalie Grant Concert was Awesome!!!

Her opener was Lyndsey Kane:




Natalie:







Thanx for visiting!

Birthday!

Awesome! I ordered the fabric and the pattern for the Amy Butler Birdie Sling and Caleb made it for me for my birthday! Happy Birthday to me :P Bob's gift was my Canon Digital Rebel XTi-(He's loving the fact that this counts all year long :)) My Mom got me an awesome set of Bare Minerals, I got a sweet note from Grandma Pierce, a lunch invite from my Sis, and a Natalie Grant Concert from my sweet Jake! Don't forget loads of hugs and kisses from Natester!

Back from Vacation

Our Trip to San Antonio was awesome! We were in dire need of a break!

Nope, that's not Bob in the middle. Our Goliath is continuing to grow!

Our vacation wouldn't be complete without a stop at Starbuck's for a treat!

Bugly!

Love this one :D

Am I raising a Bouncer?

Wooooooo HOoooooooooooo! (We had a little bit of Rain)

Only $12 in "Whack a Mole" for this Gigantic Sonic :)

Family Dinner at Hard Rock

It took a while for me to relax and be able to soak up the family time, but I got there eventually. We had a condo that had no windows in the bedrooms, so we were able to just sleep like babies. We spent one day at Fiesta and a couple seeing the sights and watching movies. I had fun playing with the settings on my camera, too.