1/30/09

Mainstay Farm



We had the best time yesterday going with our homeschool group to the Mainstay Farm! They open their farm every year at this time to the public. Makayla had a great time creating her own scarecrow, roasting marshmallows, taking a hay ride, finding her way through mazes, playing in a three story tree house and sliding down a 100 ft slide! After the hay ride we returned to the barn to pick out our pumpkin!


Then it was home to make a batch of chocolate chip cookies. A video is to come of Makayla making cookies all by herself I just have to get around to editing it!

Parkfest 2008

This moring Robert went to work so Makayla, Devin and I decided to go to the parkfest that Willow Park was hosting. Its the first time we have been to parkfest and we had a great time!
I started by trying to donate blood for the Carter blood drive but after spending 45 minutes waiting and filling out questionaires and having a quick physical my iron was too low by .3 points so they didnt allow me to give! fooey! I guess next time I go to donate blood I need to eat a steak or two first!
The fest was full of fun vendors, face painters, helicopters and even a very inspirational disabled skydiver named Dana Bowman. http://www.danabowman.com/ what an inspirational guy!
Of course the day couldnt be complete without getting a video of my happy girl with her new butterfly friend. Enjoy!

A Season of Change

Change... something I tend to resist. I mean who really likes change? Change to me is like yanking teeth, I put it off as long as I can.
With that said God has led me to some change over the last week. Since March I have tossed around the idea of letting go of my ownership of the Shanty. When I took over the shanty it was a fun, lively place with a lot of talent and inspiration. The women were friendly, loving and giving of time and advice. I am not sure where or when that dynamic left the site but it did along with many of the ladies that were original to the site. Dawn pointed it out to me when she left and I knew it then but I thought it was something that could be turned around. Dont get me wrong... there are a ton of ladies there that I have grown to love and care for incredibly but it was just different, the entire atmosphere had changed. I stuck it out for several months but after getting the feeling that I really wasnt welcome on my own site anymore I prayed, and prayed and then prayed some more and the only answer that kept coming to me was to let it go. I could have been spiteful and just shut it down, and trust me that thought crossed my mind more than once but I guess In the big scheme of life and all of my day to day problems I just couldnt let this keep eating at me. I had to just let it go, so thats what I did. I wish all the gals still at the Shanty all the best!
Now on to another season of change. Most of you know that I have been subbing at Makayla's preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays. I love working with the kids and have a ton of fun with them. The other teachers there are great and so fun to work with too. I am so thrilled to announce that Karen has hired me full time now... no more subbing for me! YAY! I have been praying for this and God has answered my prayers! I will now contribute to the family (just a little but its something!) and Makayla will love having me at school with her. I dont have to worry about coming up with tuition any longer (thank you God) because it was a struggle trying to come up with the money.
I guess thats all for this update. There is so much to tell but those are the super important things going on in my life right now! Everything is going well with us and I keep praying that it stays that way for a while. I love when life is calm and uncomplicated for a change.
Welp the begging worked!!! HE SAID YES!!!!!!!!!!!! I love that man... he is always quick to spoil me and it didnt take that much begging to get what I wanted either. So now we can video everything!
Let me start by showing my adorable daughter. All I said to her was sing a song and this is the tune she busted out with...



Now I ask you, how sweet is that???? *sigh* she just melts my heart!
In the future look for many many new videos because I got my new little flip and I just adore it!

Welcome to the Family Blog

OOPS I sent you to the wrong blog. Im trying to keep my business blog seperate from my personal blog so the one you should come to is the family blog. Leave it to my blonde brain to screw things up right away...hehe
Anyway... WELCOME!
I am so thrilled to have a new blog with all the new fan-dangled toys that come with it. Its been fun spending time learning all the new bells and whistles today. There is still much learning and tweaking to do but on a whole I am happy with how its all turned out.
Ill be spending some time over the next week trying to get some things organized on here and hope to be able to post weekly updates! My goal this week is to buy a cheap video camera so I can video some simple technique tutorials as well as my adorable daughter! That of course all depends on the success of begging and pleading that will commence as soon as Robert gets home!
~Hugs

9/22/08

New Blog

If you are looking for more recent posts please go to my new blog www.katrinahogan.typepad.com/family and there you will see new videos of Makayla as well as family updates!

9/12/08

Great Stampin News!

I just became a Stampin Up demonstrator! I am really excited about this and cant wait to get my kit so I can begin having workshops!

I went ahead and got one of the Stampin Up websites so anyone can order from the internet at any time. You dont have to book a show to order and the great news is that you will still earn hostess rewards from shopping online! You just cant beat that deal!

More exciting news to come in a few days...