A New Circle

Most of you know I usually take part every year in a Circle Journal with friends. Well this year is no different. I just mailed mine out for its first stop in Sparta Michigan. I took an unusual approach this year and decided that I wanted my book to be more of an inspirational journal. I really feel that this year has the potential to be a fabulous, break-out year for me. I am working on elements in my own life that can be strengthened, revised, improved or simply tossed out.
Here is my idea for this journal. I want it to be a place for inspiration, laughter, frank discussion and motivation.…whatever makes you happy, sad, silly or mad.

So, with that in mind I came up with my title, "The Vagina Monologues". I thought the title fit our little group of girlfriends, KWIM? Besides, it just makes me laugh...and made Jerad roll his eyes. Here are some photos of my book, ready to be shipped. I can truly say, I am VERY excited to get this one back :) Hugs

Twilight Candles

Hi all.....I have been away for too long :)
I will try to do better about posting, OK? I wanted to post a photo or two of the cute candles I made for some sweet ladies at Reagan's school. I got the idea from Heidi Swapp who made some of the cutest Christmas candles from House of 3. Anyway, these ladies LOVE, LOVE, LOVE all things Twilight and most of the are Team Edward. So, I made some Twilight candles just for them. They turned out cute didn't they? Hugs

A Merry Little Christmas

Wow, I have been OFFLINE for the month of December :)
We had a really busy month. Jerad took me to New Orleans for a quick 3 day get away. I will post some photos of that trip later. Then we had to finish up school for the kids before the holiday. Rush here, rush there, you ALL know what I mean right? We spent the holiday here with my brother and Kara and their three kids. They were so cute. What a blessing family is. We are off to the beach this week to work on the house for summer. Will leave you with a few pics from the holiday. Hugs

Baby It's Cold Outside :)

Today, we had a miracle in Houston.....It SNOWED, and snowed, and snowed. We got about 3 inches of the fluffy white stuff. I let Reagan and Roman stay home to enjoy the entire chilly experience. They loved it!!! Tomight, it is supposed to get down to 25 degrees so we are wrapped up tight here at home. Shannon, I am including some pics of your buddy Oliver :) Hugs

So Much To Be Thankful For

What a week we have had here at the Forrest Household. On Monday evening, Roman had a bizarre incident at the dinner table. During the meal, he suddenly grabbed his throat in pain. He screamed and cried out that something was stuck in his throat. He vomited several times but still felt something in his throat. After talking with our friend Adam, we drove him To Memorial Hospital Southeast. Adam was waiting there when we arrived and they took him straight back. After a careful examination, Roman went for xrays. What they found in those xrays was just a mother's worst nightmare. He had a metal type wire in his throat!!!!! I mean really, i wanted to faint.

They recommended we transport him to Hermann Hospital in Houston. They took him by ambulance and I must say he loved that :)

After arriving there, they had to decide who would be best suited to operate on Roman. Once they decided who would operate, we were sent up to our room to wait for surgery. He was taken into surgery at 9:00 AM and about an hour later, they brought out the wire to show us. It was a wire from the grill brush that we use to clean the grill before we cook. That one inch piece of wire cost my baby so much pain.

He came through with flying colors. The Hermann Hospital family was just fantastic. Our experience there was truly amazing and I CAN NOT thank Adam for sending us in the right direction. These photos were taken with my iphone. Hugs