Halloween Week

Hope everyone had a Happy and SAFE Halloween! Our family had a wonderful week. Wednesday we went to the local mobile pumpkin patch and picked out some pumpkins. We chose 2 to carve and 2 really little ones for decoration. Thursday night we carved our pumpkins. It was the first time that DH or myself ever carved pumpkins. We did the basic simple triangular design for the faces of our jack-o-lanterns. There's only one pic, b/c the 2nd jack didn't get finished until the next day and I just haven't been able to get a pic of it or both of them together yet. Friday, I spent all day working on putting our costumes together. We were "Goldilocks and The Three Bears". Quite a bit has been going on since my last post, so I'll be posting updates later this coming week. Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

HERE I AM!!

I bet you thought that I was lost. I bet you thought that I had thrown in the towel on this blogging thing. I bet you thought that ....well, it doesn't really matter what you thought or what you bet....I'm here and I'm back baby! OH! I didn't realize how long it had been since I last posted, and for that I sincerely apologize. What has kept me away you're wondering??? Well let's see....umm.....family & friends & life. You know-those wonderful blessings from above.

did you know?

...that there is a way that I can reply directly back to you whenever you leave a gracious and wonderful comment? When setting up your Blogger profile, if you check the box that says "show my e-mail address" I will be able to send a reply back to the specific comment that you left directly to your e-mail address. You can choose which e-mail address you wish to use or you can set up one just for blogging, if you haven't already. I found this out while searching around the internet about this whole bloggin' experience and found this information here, who obtained it here who eventually obtained it from here . So, if you haven't already and you would like for me to send you a reply back to your comments (after all, blogging is just another form of communicating a 2-way conversation), then by all means PLEASE CHECK YOUR BOX! "Now we know!" "And knowing is half the battle." GO JOE!!

finally!

HERE IT IS! This is the most recent pic of our "Little Gifts from God" (the kids) taken after their church dedication on July 27th. More on that night later.

ggrrrrrr.....

I had a little technical difficulty in writing this post…a.k.a….I fell asleep with my hands on the keys before completing the post. I was all set to post a pic, but sleep deprivation and the hard fast work we did yesterday just invaded my brain & body and needless to say b&b lost the battle. I woke up this morning all revived and ready to post the pic. Then DH calls from work and needs to come pick up my camera to use for a retirement ceremony b/c the boat camera is MIA at the moment and the ceremony starts in half an hour (from the time he called). ACK! I don’t have the pic transferred to the computer yet! How am I going to get it posted up on the blog if I don’t have the card? I can’t. Sooooo…..unfortunately….and I sincerely apologize for this….you’ll have to wait just a little bit longer for a recent pic. Good new is that he expects to come back home for the day after the ceremony, so I can post it then. In the meantime, I would like to keave you with something to tide you over… this pic was taken right after Little Man turned 6 mos. old, back in March while we were visiting family in NC.

WHEEEW!!

After several days of playing around with PSE 6.0 and configuring html (never want to do that again unless I absolutely have to) and rearranging the layout....HERE IT IS!!! I gave up on trying to design my own elements and purchased this totally adorable blogpak from Shabby Miss Jenn Designs. So tell me...how does it look???

On another note, I know you're all just chomping at the bits and patiently waiting for some pics. Considering what time it is...I promise....I'll whet those appetites and post some pics later today. Really! I PROMISE I WILL!!

getting there....

Check out the changes and additions I've made. I am still working on it and will also be adding some pics real soon, so stay tuned...

Welcome One and All!!

OK!! I finally did it and took the plunge into the interesting and fascinating world of blogging. Why you may wonder? Because of the BLESSINGS of LIFE!! Because of the BUSYNESS of LIFE!! Because of the BEST (and worst) in LIFE!!! Mainly it's to keep all of our family and friends who seem to have forgotten how to use a phone (j/k), and who are so swamped with flooding inboxes with forwards instead of real actual written e-mails (and you know who you are) in the know on the what's-happenings & goings-on in the Garrett household on a pretty regular basis. I'm still learning my way around so bare with me, but come check us out often for updates, photos, and whatever else I decide to post on here.
Until then....