Happy Thanksgiving and Black Friday

So thankful I was able to spend the week in New York with my husband, sister and parents! It was a fun trip with tons of walking and lots and lots of eating (among other fun things). More on the trip later but for now, have a Happy Black Friday! Here's to hoping you score some good deals!

Some Tuesday Listening

Because sometimes we need a little pick-me-up.... no matter the day of the week...

 

 

Grace and Jeff's Wedding Weekend

We had a blast this weekend celebrating Jeff and Grace's wedding!  It was such a beautiful, elegant wedding.  Everything was so sweet from the colors, the cake, the flowers and the Bride.  She looked so gorgeous and made the absolute perfect Bride!  We started the weekend off with a Bridesmaid Lunch, and Nail Party and ended it by dancing it up at a fabulous reception.  Everything was so planned and organized (in true Grace fashion) that the weekend was so smooth and relaxing!  Here are some pics.

Rehearsal Dinner

Beautiful Bride!

We like to dance

Wednesday Words

"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... they are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our Liberty"

                                      - Thomas Jefferson

Looking forward to....

Things I'm looking forward to this week....

Voting (check)
The nice weather
Finally turning in some homework that's been looming over my head
Grace's Wedding Weekend!

Ruby helping with some homework Sunday night

I hope you have some fabulous things to look forward to this week!

Some Friday Listening

All I can say is T.G.I.F.

For Reals.

Halloween, Gameday, Zoo... Oh My!

We had a lot of fun this weekend at Casa de Vestring.  The weekend started off with a "Wonderland" themed Halloween Party.  Jeff went as the Mad Hatter, Ruby was the White Rabbit and I was Alice.  It was tons of fun.   The fun continued on Saturday with a tailgate in Norman.  We ended up getting tickets to the game and made it through a chilly 2 halves.  Things did not end well for our Sooners and we ended the night with a loss.  More bad news came when we found out that Jeff's favorite Thunder player was traded to The Rockets!  No more Beard in OKC.  WE. ARE. SAD.  Lets just say that's not how we like to end our Saturday nights.  We attempted to  recover from our shock on Sunday with a family brunch and by volunteering at "Haunt the Zoo".  We enjoyed passing out candy to all the little kiddies  (and Jeff may have enjoyed an M&M or two... or three).   Let me just tell you.... Woody is huge this year, along with Buzz and The Avengers. 

Happy Monday and here's to another pretty week in our neck of the woods, but we are praying for all those on the East Coast!  Keep those feets dry Sissy!

 

My Family (minus my sister)

My "little" brother

Stripe the Stadium

Happy Saturday!

Happy Saturday and Boomer Sooner.

We had a great Halloween Party last night and are off to Norman to watch OU beat Notre Dame!

Hope you and yours are having a Blessed Saturday!

Happiness is...

Things that made me happy today...

1. The weather finally got cooler!
2. Seeing little girls wearing precious white tights with their school jumpers because of the weather change.
3. Celebrating Blessed Kateri becoming Saint Kateri at Mass today.
4. A sweet picture given to me by a cutie third grader
5. My Chai before class tonight

Happy Fall, I hope you had a happy day!

Cute Website

My 8th grade classes this week have been working on Halloween stories using the website storybird.com.  This website allows it's users to make picture books by placing the work of certain artists in a template and putting words to their art. It's a very cute idea and my kids have had a really fun time with it!  I've had a fun time reading their stories.  The Storybird company can then make real books out of the stories that you make!  I think this is such a cool idea.  What a great idea for Christmas presents!