the past few weeks

we've been raking!!! leaf pile!

driving trains

dressing up - halloween - i was about to be really sick in this picture. lee greeted the trick or treaters.

and praying

and God is still giving

lee came home at lunch yesterday reporting that he got a raise! effective that day. nice!

God knows we're broke

After a year of tight finances and a summer of living a little loosely, I started looking at our budget a little more seriously. Okay, I started looking at it, instead of just entering receipts. And I was reminded that we are no longer a double income family.
So, I knew God wanted us to manage our money better. I started cooking more and looking for things to do that didn't cost much, because where can we be tempted to blow the most money? Food and Entertainment

So, our first date in September - we took a walk on the Suwanee Greenway - free! church friends babysat - free!

We had a Sunday School fellowship at Stone Mountain and saw the lasershow - free, because we were in a church van. a friend babysat for free.

i couldn't believe it - i didn't even ask for these tickets, but ben was able to get them for me for free. lee and went to this concert. got to see jars! and third day of course. free! grandma babysat - free.

i've really been wanting to buy an entertainment center and some more storage furniture because the clutter is getting to me. in october, we received the dresser from family and the bookshelf from a neighbor who was going to get rid of it. free!

in september we took advantage of museum day and went to the high - had to pay for parking, but museum was ----free!

God knows we still want to have some fun and don't have a lot of money. He knows I want a neat looking house (well, neater - i do have a toddler). He cares about my sanity. He cares about my marriage. For the past two months i have seen God in these details and look forward to what's to come.

i almost forgot - one of lee's coworkers gave him two tickets to the georgia tech/v tech homecoming football game. which was one of the best games in georgia tech history! and lee got to go with a friend. for - you guessed it - for free!

cupcakes and sickness

paul's girlfriend, nikole, came over thursday night and we made these cupcakes and decorated with fondant icing to look like nintendo characters. she wanted to practice because paul's bday is coming up. i thought they turned out cute. she bought the premade fondant - worked pretty good. a lot less scary and time consuming than making fondant icing.

here we are dying the icing.

will has his first stomach bug - he stayed in the recliner with daddy for half an hour yesterday. this is NOT NORMAL. he is always on the move and never wants to cuddle. also he got into bed with me this morning (because i now have whatever he has) and fell asleep and rolled around for 2 1/2 hours. NOT NORMAL! but it was sweet, and all i felt like doing was lie in bed anyway. i'm ready for us to get well. i know he's tired of watered down apple juice, bananas and toast and applesauce. he misses his milk.