Firefighter to Teacher Proposal - FOREST popped the question!!!

This is a VERY awesome moment for us, this is a VERRRRY good friend of ours and we are over the top happy for him. We wish them the best of the best in all that they do! We can hardly wait until the wedding! I am doing a Happy dance for you guys!!!! a big HUUGGGGGGE CONGRATS from us!!!!!!

It's Saturday night...what are you avoiding?

Well folks, it's Saturday night and here I am.... not a single thing I WANT to do! LOL Oh, there are lots that I Could be doing, like cleaning the mess of things up in the living room, or washing that huge stack of dirty dishes in the sink, doing laundry, even getting things put together for church tomorrow... but instead what I am doing? I'm sitting here goofing off on-line and fighting with my new phone- which by the way is winning the fight. Mike is in the living room on the other computer watching some show something about stargate or what not, I wasn't really listening, LOL
The kids are in bed, and my thoughts are wondering off, I want to get out this week and take pictures of them in their costumes, which we bought tonight at Party City. I swear that every year costumes cost more and more! Think about people! Your kids wear them for just ONE night a year!! And here I was paying 49.00 for the 2 of them, and I didn't even allow them to get "the good ones!" I feel like such a sucker! lol Goodness how do people afford the costumes with the "works"? goodness they either have GREAT jobs or that is a big bill on the CC later that month! LOL I feel like I should start saving up now for next year! I better learn to sew!! And who ever thought of having all of these holidays so close together? I need a break- a money break! LOL I am sooo very thankful that I only have 2 kids to buy for, more would always be a blessing, kids always are, but I don't think our pocket books could handle it!
Well I better get off of here if I ever want to have anything clean to wear to church tomrow!

Hey everyone! Please come vote!!

Hi Everyone!
 Sorry that is has been a short bit since I posted last, we have had some sick kiddos in the house! So now that we are all feeling better { for the most part!} I have a slight favor to ask of all of you! could you please go here: America's Top Photography and vote for my pictures? under my pictures { there are 2 of them} my name will be listed { it just says Erica} I would REALLLLLLLLLLY love to win for this next week! one is titled "Sun Rise Lillies" and the other " Hand in Hand- Sibling Love"
 On to other news I am spending the weekend doing much of nothing, I have just a moment or two of shopping to get done and then we are starting to make Christmas lists around here. I have bought some of the Christmas gifts, it's not very much and there are still a few to buy! Besides, what fun is Christmas shopping if you don't have the list of a 4 year old and a 9 year old to go off of? :)
I do how ever need to start buying winter clothes for those kids of mine, I can't believe how much they have both grown since last winter!! Both of them need just about new everything! Phew! I better win the lotto or something soon! Well I guess I better start playing it first! LOL
We are going out next week and doing fall pictures { just the kids} and I am excited, there is this realllly awesome train here { just sitting at a store!} and I am going to see if we can use it in the shoot, it looks all rusted and vintage.... how cool would that be? So much fun!
 Well, it's getting late so I better wrap this post up!
 Please remember to go vote and please pass the link along to your friends to vote!