mystery reader.....

Happy Halloween!!

...it was quite the *witching* experience to be mystery reader on friday......though, some may say, it was not too hard for me to get dressed up.....just dust off the ol' hat, jump on my broom & head on over....i landed at grant's school first....i had the wonderful opportunity to read to each classroom.....so fun & so rewarding....if i can give back just 5 minutes to these teachers who do so much for my children and all the children, i will do it happily ~ or witchingly :)

while i was reading to one of the classes they snapped this picture of grant working on the class pumpkin with his teacher miss sama......i can't wait to see the finished punkin'!

outside his classroom door......how cute!!

after grant's school i zoomed over to audrey's to read, help with the halloween centers & costume parade.....pics arriving soon!

my day....

yesterday was my day....my birthday....1/3 of my day was at work ~ where everyone was so sweet with their birthday wishes, 1/3 of my day was at children's hospital with grant meeting his surgeon and setting up his hernia surgery & 1/3 of my day was celebrating me......i really enjoyed and needed that last third of the day :)

brett took me to a wonderful dinner at bonefish grill.....yum-o! a nice glass of red wine, awesome meal, quiet dinner & quality time with my hubby....perfect! then we ended the evening with birthday brownies and cards from the kids......

what a wonderful birthday & wonderful family!

fall festival.....

last night we had the opportunity to attend the liberty park baptist church fall festival.....wow, did we have fun!! audrey loved seeing lots of friends from school, grant loved the candy, brett *loved* getting aggravated by his students & i loved seeing everyone having a great time!

within a minute of arriving audrey spotted the face painting clowns....they were awesome! grant looked on ~ from a distance....he wanted nothing to do with his own face being painted....

quickly though, brett and i realized we would have to divide and conquer.....i stayed with audrey and she immediately ran for the swings.....the girls loved it!

we found the boys golfing.....surprise, surprise

we finally found this adorable puppy....

after a train ride and a few more games it was time to eat......hotdogs, cheetos & juice boxes = happy kids!

taz football & ostrich egg toss were next on the agenda....

** note to self & others in the company of my son....ya wanna keep him busy & quiet??? one small box of nerds.....the child was enthralled.....eating each itty bitty piece one.by.one...

our evening concluded with the balloon man......a perfect ending....one mermaid & one caterpillar to go please :)

thanks again julie for inviting us!

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below is a recipe that works as an entree or an appetizer.....chicken pesto pizza....yum-o!....first time i had this it was cut into squares and served as an appetizer at a christmas party.....i have also made it at home to serve as our meal.....either way you can't go wrong!

Chicken Pesto Pizza

picture borrowed from here

Ingredients:

1 - Boboli Pizza Crust
1 - small container refrigerated pesto (Buitoni)
1- package refrigerated pre-cooked italian chicken (Perdue) chopped or 1-2 small chicken breasts, cooked & chopped
½ cup sundried tomatoes, drained & chopped
¼ cup sliced black olives
2 - 2½ cups mozzarella cheese

Preparation:

- preheat oven by crust package directions
- evenly spread pesto over crust
- top with approx. 1 cup cheese, thin layer
- evenly spread out chicken, sundried tomatoes & olives
- top with approx. 1-1½ cups of cheese (amount of cheese is a personal preference)

- Cook according to directions on crust package……may take a few more minutes than directions….you could also add drained, chopped artichoke hearts and/or red onion.

....as i said above, cut into squares for appetizers or serve whole as your entree!

Enjoy!.....Bon Appetit!

the *real* park....

a few pics from the *real* park on sunday....

great park, great kids & great times!!

priceless....the kids ran full steam to the park but walked ever so slowly to leave...

beautiful day...

today was an absolutely gorgeous day.....i mean, picture perfect....

so ~ why not snap a few??

we were still in montgomery visiting and we kidnapped isabella to give lisa some quiet time to study.....shopping, lunch, a quick trip to the blount cultural park and then the *real* park ~ as the kids would say :)

the kids had fun watching the ducks & geese....at a distance that is...

and as beautiful as the children were this maple was equally as gorgeous.....i love the changing of the colors....fall is a beautiful time of year......

i have TONS of pics from the *real* park.....i will post a few pics later in the week....i didn't want to send everyone into sensory overload :)