FALL FUN

This summer I came across a list of 101 summer activities that became our "go to" throughout the season.  I loved having ideas ready at the drop of the hat, most requiring little or no thought or preparation, that the girls could easily chose.  So when it came time to retire our summer list I made a fall one to take its place and I am hoping that this becomes a tradition in our household.  Each season holds so many unique opportunities but when they are not in writing it is easy for them to slip by.

 I just grabbed a dollar store frame and spray painted it purple (I would have preferred orange bu used what I had on hand) popped the list in it and we were up and running.  The hubs found these amazing window crayons that work perfectly for marking off those activities we have completed.

You will notice that some of the activities go together and I did that by design.  Grace was terribly dissappointed when we weren't able to cross EVERYTHING off our list this summer so I felt this was a way for us to get the best of both worlds!  And as you can see so far we aren't doing to shabby!

Breakfast for dinner....

 Camp Out

 Balloon Festival

 Nature Hike

CASTING CROWNS

The hubs and I were able to schedule a date night due to the combined help of three babysitters (no, our girls aren't that bad everyone's schedules just conflicted) and great friends who held our seats while we ate dinner.

It seems as though real dates are fewer are farther between lately so we truly enjoyed the opportunity to just hang out and talk (which explains why dinner took so long ).  Casting Crowns never dissapoints and we were able to catch Sanctus Real as well so I was stoked.  It was funny to see how much they have changed since seeing them last (7yrs ago).  At that point they were all piling into a hatchback with a U-Haul on the back and now they are living large.

The music was great, the company amazing, and the food incredible all in all quite the success.

We even got to say goodnight to the girls...at 1230am since they refused to go to bed.

Oh well life's short, right?

Third Annual Scarf Swap!!

I signed up for Meredith's third annual scarf swap over at the tichenor family. 

I have participated each year and have loved it every time!

This time I was teamed up with Lindsey from The Whitely Girls.  It was so fun to get to know her through this process and we had to laugh over how much we had in common.  We both have two girls, August birthdays, husbands that have changed uniforms but not jobs...the list could go on and on. 

I sent her this adorable chevron check...

And she sent me this amazing zebra print!

 I love that it is black and cream not black and white. 

It makes it so much classier and gives it a cool weather feel!

LOVE!

This is me...

Everytime I find a new blog I always start wondering about the "story" behind the person.  So today I thought it might be fun to take the guess work on my end and list 21 random facts about me.

• My name is Bethany
• I am 28 years old.
• I am happily married and have been for seven years.
• I have two little girls, ages 6 and 2.
• I showed cattle for 10 years.
• I live in New Mexico.
• I am a "has been" pageant girl.
• I have a love/hate relationship with Pinterest. 
• I have my bachelor's in agricultural economics and business.
• I teach full time at a private academy.
• Half the day I spend with kindergartners.
• The other half I spend with 9th-11th graders.
• I learned to sew a year and a half ago.
• My favorite color is teal.
• I love seeing my girls walk around in something I made.
• As hard as I have tried to obtain long hair I am just a short hair girl.
• All I ever watch is HGTV or Food Network.
• My best time to "create" is between 3-6am.
• I am addicted to sleep.
• ...and gummi bears.  (But only the Haribo ones!)
• My closet is full of 5 colors, black, gray, teal, purple, and white.  Is that a bad thing?

Play along!  Post a pic and list 21 random facts about yourself.  Make sure you leave a comment if you do!

5 MINUTE CURLS

 Early this summer 5 Minute Curls were ALL OVER the blogsphere.  I was completely intrigued and tried it right away.  I am absolutely sold on the technique and Grace loves watching my hair go from stick straight to crazy curly over night.  Last night she asked if I would do hers and since it only takes 5 minutes we did it right before bed and then I sent her off to dreamland.

After a little bit of coercion her curls fell into place and she was SO excited.  Of course I forgot to take pictures before we left for school.  These were actually taken after lunch meaning she had played full out for 45 minutes by this time.  I was pretty impressed with how well they held. 

And on a grown up :) 

This was at the MLB All Star game this summer after the headband being in for only 2 hrs and let me tell you it was HOT.  My stylist was so impressed with how healthy my hair that she asked my secret.  When I told her I think she thought I was nuts but I am telling you it works!! 

BTW, the video is really long and you probably could skim through it to get the info.  I have changed things up just a bit and would love to hear how it works for you!  Happy curling!

Despicable ME!

One of my sweet students turned 16 a few weeks ago and they asked me to help out. 

She decided on a movie on the lawn theme and I was so excited to find out that she chose Despicable ME.

We worked up All Access Passes for the invites and Madison was thrilled!

Then after scouring the internet for sweet treats that would fit in with party we made MINIONS ala Cookbook Queen.  They turned out absolutely adorable! 

As soon as Madison saw them she found her favorite and hid it before the other guests arrived ;) 

That made my kitchen being covered in blue icicng absolutely worth it!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MADISON!!

GO BULLDAWGS!!

It's GAMEDAY here at the Cooler household! 

Everyone is decked out in their UGA gear as the Dawgs get ready to take on Boise State.  I have to admit its taken me a while to jump on the bandwagon but after making the girls shirts I thought I should join in the fun...

I have to admit it is much more fun to watch a team that actually has a chance. 

After cheering for a losing team in both HS and college I was ready to join the hubs DAWGS.

MAD-DAWG!!!  GRRRRR!

Accent Vlog!!

After Faith needed pictures for a class project and I took a stroll down memory lane via the blog I realized how much I have missed it.  So I am jumping back in with the Accent Vlog that many of you have seen floating around.  I actually ended up turning the concept into an experiment for my rhetoric class and even my high schoolers got a kick out of it.  Clicker for remote?  Really?!?

I should preface the video by saying that the words stressed are contentions in our household ;)  My husband is from Georgia and I am from New Mexico so there are a couple of things that we don't agree on when it comes to verbage!  The most interesting part is trying to figure out who our daughters will end up siding with in the debate. 

ENJOY!!!

(Has anyone else noticed that regardless of how composed you are the screen shot still makes you look like a dork?  Just wondering...)

The instructions are to say these words: 
Aunt, Route, Wash, Oil, Theater, Iron, Salmon, Caramel, Fire, Water, Sure, Data, Ruin, Crayon, Toilet, New Orleans, Pecan, Both, Again, Probably, Spitting image, Alabama, Lawyer, Coupon, Mayonnaise, Syrup, Pajamas, Caught

And answer these questions: 

What is it called when you throw toilet paper on a house?

What is the bug that when you touch it, it curls into a ball?

What is the bubbly carbonated drink called?

What do you call gym shoes?

What do you say to address a group of people?

What do you call the kind of spider that has an oval-shaped body and extremely long legs?

What do you call your grandparents?

What do you call the wheeled contraption in which you carry groceries at the supermarket?

What do you call it when rain falls while the sun is shining?

What is the thing you change the TV channel with?