life notes from february

Just some pictures from February!

I stopped to take a picture of the gorgeous sky on my way home from work,

 and also took a picture of the road(Don't worry Mom, it was a long flat stretch and I could see there wasn't anyone coming for a quarter mile behind me.=)

 Oh, and a view of the beautimus(That is a word, even though my spell check doesn't think so)

 sky through my sun roof. Have I ever told you how much I love my sun roof? It's pretty amazing!

 My craft project through February...a scrapbook of memories for my bestest bestie's 20th birthday!

It was so much fun to put together and I am soo excited about giving it to her tonight! Shhh don't tell her, but we're having a surprise birthday party at the last stop of our youth group's progressive supper! Oh, did I mention, my bestest bestie Susan is here staying with me this week? Normally, I would say she came to see me, but for the first time she's just coming to stay with me and coming to see my friend Cody, her boyfriend. Lol, yeah, I'm pretty happy about that too, thank you. It's pretty cool when your best friend that lives a thousand miles away suddenly has an extra motivation to come see you stay with you more often. =D

I don't have to worry about her reading this because she is with Cody in Hannibal today until our progressive supper tonight.

Just a thought...

I really really like smoothies! The above orange smoothie was a major flop because, um, I halved the recipe and um, forgot to halve the sugar. yeah. It was bad. the kids could hardly even drink it.

The pink milkshake however, was a smashing success. One Sunday afternoon, before going to hang out with our youth group I had an intense craving for a milkshake. Bring out the leftover homemade icecream(From the Valentine's Banquet!), Raspberries(Also leftover from the banquet), and doctor it up a bit, and me-oh-my!

 That big thing is the moon. Above it is Jupiter, below it is Venus. They were closer together that night than they have been or will be for several years. Yes, thank you, I was homeschooled, why do you ask?

 On Valentine's Day our family had a nice family supper(a tradition) and we all decided to dress up a bit(a new tradition?). This handsome fellow came to escort me. =)

 Oh, my Momma knows me.

 We've had some unusual weather this winter. It was fun to wear flipflops in the snow though!

 Again, I love smoothies. This Raspberry Oatmeal smoothie is my current favorite.

 My favorite place...

To do this..

 After a run!

 And finally, the second-best piece of running equipment I've ever bought! The best things are my running shoes. Lol, not the ones in these pictures...I haven't taken my running shoes out on the roads yet. It's just hard to get mud on something that expensive. =D