Chaos And Control

The band's backstage pass!

Hubby and I before the concert!

Rockin out on the guitar!

Live on stage "Chaos And Control" rockin out the crowd!

Last night was my hubby's band debut. Lots of people came out to support them and they really played a great show! I was very proud of him, and all of the hours of practice really payed off! My favorite part of the show is when they threw Mardi Gras beads into the crowd and got them all up and dancing. I am looking forward to their next concert in November!

Hey Mr DJ Play That Song Again!

I just got finished listening to one of my hubby's songs play on the local radio station! His band "Chaos and Control"'s debut is tonight. Hubby wrote all of the music and lyrics to all of the songs and plays the guitar as well. I am very proud of all of his work and talent to be able to make it as a headliner band tonight. Will post pics tomorrow!

Donuts, Dogs, and Discounts

This is Tia's new alligator costume for Halloween - Do you think she will get lots of candy?

Flowers from Hubby on her 11 year wedding anniversary on Saturday!

Chunky looking for the latest toy deals in the Sunday Toys R Us Ad. Keep Dreaming!

Chunky's latest food obsession, donuts. Lots of them! His favorite is Sugar Cinnamon Twist!

One Heartbeat At A Time

I feel so blessed this week! Just a lot of nice little things have happened. For example, just in the past week,I got free tickets to a huge local concert, I have won a $50 gift certificate to dinner and free movie passes, Amy blessed me with a bunch of apples from a mutual friend's house, and then today my wonderful nanny blessed me with free tickets to the corn maze (which I have been wanting to go, but did not want to spend the money) which by the way is such a cute Indiana thing, and then to top it off, she also blessed me with the new Steven Curtis Chapman CD! I love him and have been listening to his music for quite a while! Today, while listening to my new CD in the car, I came upon this song, which I really feel so closely represents this season in my life. Spending my days teaching the young children in my class and then spending my nights with Chunky, sometimes I feel so blessed, yet so exhausted! So I want to dedicate this post to all of my mommy friends who are sharing this stage in their life with me!

"One Heartbeat At A Time"

You're up all night with a screaming baby

You run all day at the speed of life

And every day you feel a little bit less

Like the beautiful woman you are

So you fall in bed when you run out of hours

And you wonder if anything worth

doing got done

Well maybe you just don't know

Or maybe you've forgotten

That you, you are changing the world

One little heartbeat at a time

Making history with every touch and every

smile

Oh you, you may not see it now

But I believe that time will tell

How you, you are changing the world

One little heartbeat at a time

With every, "I know you can do it"

And every tear that you kiss away

So many little things that seem

to go unnoticed

They're just like the drops of rain

Over time, they become a river

You're beautiful, so beautiful

How you're changing the world, yeah you're

changing the world

I believe that you, you are changing the world

One little heartbeat at a time

Look Out Iron Chef

My Indiana friends have been asking me for quite a while, "When are you going to cook something from New Orleans? " So, this weekend, I decided I would try to cook my aunt's famous red beans and rice with smoked sausage. It was very, very, very good and tasted just like home! Chunky decided he wanted to help with all of this hard work. So here is the step by step process! Step 1. Make sure to wash your hands. While your at it, might as well wash your whole body so you can get warm in this cute fuzzy bear towel.
Step 2. Put on cute frog apron. Next make some cajun cornbread to go with Mom's red beans. It has some chile and green peppers. A little spicy, but really yummy!
Step 3. While waiting on red beans, make strawberry cake and make sure to lick the spoon!
Step 4. Time to do the dishes. Remind me to buy Mom a dishwasher for Mother's Day!
Step 5. Play a classic New Orleans theme song "Oh When The Saints Go Marching In". Notice how much talent I have that I can play the music even when the book is upside down!

Step 6. Learn how much work really goes into home cooking and invite yourself and your mom to dinner at a friend's house!

No Labor "Labor Day Weekend"

Sharing french fries with Ita
The new colorforms that stick on the wall - how cool!
Chunky makes a new friend!
Attempting to burn off excess energy!
Getting a massage after a long and busy weekend!

It is rare that we have 3 whole days off! Hubby only had 2 due to work, but it is rare he gets 2 days off in a row. This weekend we did nothing but lounge, watch movies, or play. Oh yeah, and nap (really long naps)! We watched 5 movies, when rarely we are able to watch one. We rented all 3 of the "Left Behind" movies and loved each of them. We also had a date night - if you remember, our last one I think was in June? Chunky made 2 dozen cookies and I ate them all! We also visited my uncle, saw a deer, and went to church. Our TV also stayed on Hurricane watch and we are so grateful that New Orleans was spared! So, now that I look at this post, I guess we did do lots of things, but it was fun! Oh well, back to work tomorrow. When is the next holiday?????