Ally's tattoo

I hesitate to even post this because of fear of being deemed the worst mom ever, or even worse getting turned into CPS for injuring my child!!!! If you look at my previous post you'll notice a really cute picture of Ally and her cousin Wyatt playing and having a blast at the tailgate in Lubbock. Right before we headed to the game I put a temporary tattoo on Ally's left cheek...because let's face it, those things are soooo cute, right?? WRONG!!! She had this terrible reaction to the adhesive on the back of the tattoo, and her face has looked like she was involved in some sort of accident since Sunday morning. It looks so much better today, and hopefully it will be a distant memory by this weekend. Oh my precious angel!!!! Lesson learned, Ally has extremely sensitive skin and shouldn't ever have these again. The things I am learning this year should be in some sort of record book I tell you. Here are some pictures of sweet Ally...I promise she's not physically hurt she's just really into watching Barney:)


Monday morning

Tuesday afternoon, looking better

The Sweet Life

This weekend we got to go to one of my favorite cities, Lubbock. I definitely DO NOT love the drive, but once we get there I always enjoy our visit. I was born in Lubbock and everyone in my entire family went to Texas Tech except my sweet hubby:) One thing to keep in mind is that the Purdy family really, really loves Texas Tech...my dad is one of the biggest fans ever! It's getting harder and harder to find Tech items that my dad doesn't own!!! Here are some pictures of a great weekend seeing our Nana and our beloved Red Raiders.

The whole gang in our TTU best:)

Nana and her grandchildren and great-grandbabies

My baby sister Kacey and Josh are expecting their first baby...a girl named Lila, my first niece!!!She's going to love that I included this picture of Josh making yet another crazy face:)

Ryan, Wyatt and Stacey playing Dominoes at Nana's house

The girls: me, Kacey, my mom, and Caryn

This little cheerleader was way too busy to look at the camera!

Having fun at the tailgate

Jones Stadium

GP and Stacey

Ally and her Wy-dit

Ryan had had enough fun for one day:)

My Little Trickster

Update: First of all let me thank you all for you prayers, comments and phone calls...I really feel like I have THE BEST FRIENDS!!! I am having a much better week and there have been no more debits on our account, we're just waiting to make sure that everything clears to take the hold off our checking. I do have a few tips for you so you never find yourself in this position, click here for an identity theft insurance company to protect your family for $12 a month. This is really a must have. They will fight for you, inform you of any credit applications, do all the research, paperwork, even compensate you for lost wages if you have to spend your own time dealing with this. It protects your whole family including children. One of the big things to do right now is to steal children's SS numbers which totally ruins their credit before they are even old enough to have credit!!! Another trap right now is fake ATM's. These are ATM's owned by individuals not a reputable bank. Anyone can buy an ATM and pay to set it up in a mall, grocery store, or gas station. These ATM's will give you the cash but copy your info, which I think is what happened to me. So always make sure you are getting money from a bank you've heard of. Also, always try to use PayPal when purchasing anything on-line. So there you go, I hope and pray that you NEVER have to experience anything like this:)

On a happier note: Yesterday Ally had her usual Tuesday MDO, and she has been having a hard time lately wanting to go anywhere, but she REALLY puts on a show for MDO. I think that she's cutting a few teeth so we have tried to be extra patient with this sweet angel. But I mean she knows how to be dramatic (another trait that is so unusual for one of my children to have-he he)! Anyway, my mom is the administrator of FWCS which meets in the same building as Ally's class, so if she's having a really rough time Honey will go check on her and a lot of times take her to her office for some delicious M&M's. Ally wouldn't stop fussing yesterday so she was taken to my mom for some hugs and kisses around lunch time. Honey always makes everything better but she just kept on crying and crying so mom called me to come pick her up. I rushed over to the church and when I get there Ally gave me this HUGE grin like she has just really fooled everyone into thinking that there's something wrong...she's a smart one I tell you, the rest of the afternoon she was all smiles. I really think she knew that if she fussed long enough I would come pick her up, little stinker. Fortunately there was absolutely nothing wrong.!!! Good trick, I wonder what she'll try to do next Tuesday??? Here are some pics of her afternoon with mom.

Angie and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

This was my absolute FAVORITE book growing up. I have very vivid memories of my mom reading this to me and if given the choice I would almost always choose to read this book...I don't know what that says about me as a child:) Anyway, from the moment he wakes up with gum in his hair, things just do not go Alexander's way. At breakfast, Alexander's brothers Nick and Anthony reach into their cereal boxes and pull out amazing prizes, while all Alexander ends up with is . . . cereal. The situation does not get any better at school, in fact it gets worse. No wonder Alexander wants to move to Australia! In Australia, everything is upside down, so he thinks that this would be the perfect place for him to live. Well I have had a couple of Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Days around here too. Let me backtrack..last month Mark and I finally became debt free, after years of living in debt it was honestly the most liberating feeling besides childbirth that I have ever experienced. Many, many months of prayer, and sacrifice allowed us to achieve this goal. I would highly recommend Dave Ramsey's Total Money Makeover to anyone facing the same challenge. Since then, Mark and I have really been under attack. We both just feel like now that the financial obstacle has been removed...(Praise the Lord!!) there are now 10 more to face. Can anyone relate??? Today was just the topper on a bad weekend. My IDENTITY WAS STOLEN!!!! Someone in Arizona has all my bank account information, address, phone number....everything. And I have to be honest, it's a really weird feeling that there's someone out there pretending to me!!!! Fortunately my bank will be refunding all the money, and they seem to know exactly who is stealing from us but it has been a giant struggle today. It's soooo funny how our Lord works. This morning I started a great study, Believing God, by Beth Moore, and just today I was given a five statement pledge of faith:

1. God is who He says He is.
2. God can do what what He says he can do.
3. I am who God says I am.
4. I can do all things through Christ.
5. God's work is alive and active in me.

Satan wasted no time in testing whether or not I believe these words to be true. After re-reading what I wrote down this morning I know that our promised lands are places of great victory over our enemy. I know God is constantly at work in our lives but I feel it...I mean I really feel like I can't breathe sometimes because of what He is trying to teach me. My prayer is that I will get it this time!!!! If you get a chance to read Alexander's book I promise it will make you smile:) After I found it on Ryan's shelf this afternoon my day seemed a lot lighter!

Round 2

This time I got to go to the BU game with the kids and my parents...we had a great time:)

Ryan is loving that Daddy is taking these pictures whiles he's making the scary ghost noises from Scooby-Doo...

Looking cool my man

Ally has to have her "gasses" too, and of course my purse.

We tried to stay cool with a snow cone that was melting faster than they could eat it!

GP's binoculars added lots of entertainment for Ally

Thanks again Honey and GP, we had a great time!!!

Ryan and the Radio

Ok , so I admit that I am never going to be one of those moms that has it all together all the time...you know the ones who always look perfect and trendy, freshly showered with perfect make-up and a clean house, the ones who cook organic meals, and hand make Halloween costumes...I am just doing good to make it through the day some days. Like today, I barely woke up in time to see Ryan off to preschool, had a terrible headache, and left the house in my usual work-out clothes, ponytail and no make-up:) Ally and I headed to the gym and when we left I was feeling great. The weather is so nice today and we were having a great time listening to the radio. We went to pick up Ryan, and a great song came on, so I immediately turned it up, and started singing. To which Ryan shouted, "MOMMY IT'S TOO LOUD". It was loud, but definitely not too loud. I turned it down a little and Ally and I continued our joyous singing! Ryan said again,"mom turn it down that's too loud!" I did and I kept thinking what's the big deal? Now, Ryan is almost in tears screaming that it's too loud with his hands covering his ears. I have this instant flashback to High School and I'm driving my baby blue and white full sized Bronco with the windows down and the radio blaring. That was loud, this was not. I start wondering why he's freaking so much and I made the mistake of asking him. We pulled into our driveway, and I asked him why the radio was too loud for him, and he said with a straight face. "Mommy, you're too old to listen to music that loud"...Silence. Too old, really!?!? I know that I'm 32 and I know that I'm getting older, but this child of mine has totally put me in my place. I never in a million years want to embarrass my children, so I just say, "well I'll work on that for you" and start laughing hysterically. What's a mom to do????

Dress up diva

Ally has really had a hard time with her "Rynan" going to preschool every morning, so we are having a lot of girl time just the two of us. One thing that always helps the waterworks stop is playing dress up. She has started asking for her tu-tu almost every day, which cracks me up because she knows exactly what to do with it, and I've never even shown her how to wear it...where do they learn this stuff?? Anyway, she comes up with some very creative outfits and this is her latest creation. Simply Priceless. I promise this was all her doing, all I did was help put on the goggles:) I could just eat her up sometimes!!!

Since she was all dressed up we had to have a tea party:).

Mark brought Ryan home and he joined in the fun