30 Day Blog Challenge- Day 7

The challenge for day 7 is 'Your Favorite Movies.' I could list LOTS of movies, but I narrowed it down to 7 for today. So here are some of my favorites, in no particular order...

This movie made me cry like a BABY! The sobbing, ugly crying (thank goodness Gerrad wasn't home when I watched it ;))

I'm fairly certain I've seen this movie 100 times. CRACKS ME UP!

When this movie first came out, I was slightly obsessed with it. I think we saw it in the theatre 3 times... I can recite the whole thing for the most part, LOVE IT!

One of my favorite 80's movies of all times!

Same with this one! A classic (to me, I was born in the 80's).

FUNNIEST.MOVIE.EVER. Enough said!

I'm a sucker for love stories, I just heart this movie!

What are some of your favorite movies? Can't wait to check them all out!

30 Day Blog Challenge- Day 6

Day 6 of the blog challenge is 'A picture of something that makes you happy.' You probably noticed that I skipped day 5, and you're right. It was about siblings, and that is kind of a touchy subject for me, so out of respect for my family, I decided to skip over it. Maybe one day I'll talk about it on here.

Anyway, back to day 6. I'm excited for this one, I knew exactly what photo I was going to use when I saw this topic....

I'm in LOVE with this photo. This was taken when we were on our summer vacation in Branson. These are 4 of some of my favorite girls (my niece and a few other sweet babies that weren't in the picture, excluded). The girls are all holding their hands up to feel the water coming out of these fountains down on Branson Landing. When I look at this photo, I see such innocence. It reminds me of the way we should all try to act more often, to stop and just enjoy the sun on our face (and the occasional water splash when its hot ;)).

Can't wait to see what all you ladies shared photos of! Hope you're all having a FABULOUS weekend!

Random

Bear with me gals, I felt like doing a random blog post about things I'm digging these days, I know you were all dying to know these things ;)

TLC's 'Sister Wives' show... I find it extremely interesting, and borderline mind boggling. How can 1 man be 'married' to 4 women is beyond me, and 16 kids between them all, REALLY dude?! They interviewed them on Oprah today, and I was GLUED to the TV. I have only seen 1 episode, and I probably looked funny watching it, with my jaw dropped to the floor the whole time. I decided to set up my DVR to record all the episodes that have been on. I guess I'm on a quest to learn more about these peeps. Weird? I do believe so!

It is IMPOSSIBLE to copy a photo off of Target's website, seriously! I wanted to show ya'll these super cute cowboy boots that I bought a few weeks ago (which I STILL haven't received in the mail). These will have to do as an 'example' I guess. The boots that I actually ordered are much taller than this, and super cute, slouched style like these, same color and all. If you like these short ones, they're from Payless.

I'm obsessed with making my 3 year old wear dresses and her cowboy boots all the time. I just LOVE having a little person I can dress up, who can't talk back to me and tell me what SHE wants to wear yet. Thank you Addaline :)
I purchased a Gold Canyon candle from one of Macie's friends for her soccer fundraiser, and I'm L.O.V.I.N.G. the scent, Mulled Cider. (Don't worry Tracy, I still love Scentsy too ;)) It is so strong and scents the whole house, YUM! I might cry when I burn it to the end!

I'm also in this huge phase of braiding my hair in a side pony all the time (even my husband noticed which never happens). I was SO proud of myself that I totally rocked this fish tail braid for the first time EVER! Its gonna be my new thing I think.

I SOOOO need to redo our basement. I'm thinking of going with this color scheme on the walls that are currently white in our basement. We've got a mixture of tan/white, and I'm over the white. I'm going to take EVERYTHING off the wall this weekend and try to brainstorm some ideas. Wish me luck. I'll probably dedicate an entire post to this topic, and ask you lovely ladies for some advice!

I'm BEYOND thankful for my hard working husband. He has been working out of town all week, and the girls and I are missing him like crazy. He usually works 4-10 hour days and has Friday's off, but this week he has to work on his day off. I can never express how thankful I am for him making the sacrifices that he does for our family! Love you babe!

This weekend we're having our girls night tomorrow night to craft, yay for wreath making! I'll make sure to take LOTS of pictures of everyone and their wreaths. The men/children are coming to our house to hang out and have daddy daycare while us gals get some 'mom's night out' time. Macie has a volleyball tournament Saturday. Her team is in FIRST place, and I couldn't be more proud of her. Saturday night we have NO plans, which I love, and Sunday we have church, and then we're going to a HUGE craft fair about 45 minutes away. Hopefully I'll get some more ideas of new products to add to my ever expanding business! Hope you lovely ladies have a wonderful Friday!!

30 Day Blog Challenge- Day 4

Today's topic on the 30 Day Blog Challenge is 'Your Parents.' This one should be fairly easy for me, but we'll see once I start typing!

*Lets start with my mom! She is my BEST friend. The person I call first when something good/bad or indifferent happens to me, or my kiddos, or even Gerrad. She is always there for me to complain to about things I probably shouldn't be complaining about in the first place. She doesn't ever judge, just listens, sometimes gives her opinion, and always understands. She'll tell me when I'm being silly or irrational, and she'll also tell me when I'm right (which is always, HA). The way she smiles when she sees my children, it melts my heart! It makes me excited to become a grandma one day (in 20+ years).

My mom is one of the most kind hearted, Godly women I know. Her and my dad definitely brought me up the right way, but somewhere along the way during the teenage years I had to rebel a little. I KNOW I wasn't easy to handle, but my mom was always there. I feel like I put her through the ringer, so many fights about her not letting me get my way when I was a snotty teenage brat! Did anyone else have one of those love/hate relationships with their mom as a teenager? Ya know when she wouldn't let you do what you wanted, and you thought the world revolved around you? I told her many times how much I hated her, instead of should have been hugging her and saying THANK YOU!

Sometimes I probably don't tell her how much I appreciate everything she does for me and my family enough, so mom if you're reading this, 'I love you THIS big much' with my arms stretched WAY out (and in my best Addaline voice) ;)


*Now onto my dad! My dad is also my best friend! I can't go a day or two with out talking to him, even if its just to call and tell him something silly that one of the girls did. I will ALWAYS have a special place in my heart for my dad, that no man will ever replace, not even my husband. I think most daddy's girls are this way. I read on another blog today that a girl was talking about the relationship between herself and her father (Hi Jessica :)) and she said 'My dad is wrapped around my finger, and he is wrapped around my heart'... that definitely describes my relationship with my dad!

He would give the shirt off his back for the girls and I, if we needed it. My daughters definitely have him wrapped around their little fingers, and it tickles me to pieces to see that. He has such a special bond with them, that I can't even begin to thank God enough for. My dad and Gerrad have a lot of similarities about them, and it is such a blessing to see lots of my dad's parenting style, in my children's father. I know you're reading this dad, and I LOVE YOU! I'm sure I don't say it often enough to you either, so here's your public shout out. Now would you pull my finger? HA!

*To my parents and Gerrad's parents... I cannot even BEGIN to describe how much it means to me to be able to see my children have such a special relationship with all of their grandparents. I didn't have that privilege growing up, and I'm so very thankful that my children DO! What I wouldn't have given to be able to go spend the night with a grandma and grandpa, and be spoiled rotten and shipped back home to my mom and dad. My kids have that option in 3 houses. Its such a blessing that we have so many family members that love and care about them, as much as we do. I know that they will FOREVER treasure all the moments that they spend with you all. So THANK YOU for just being there! We love you!

Now that I've poured my heart and soul out, and am a little weepy, I better get back to the kiddos ;)

30 Day Blog Challenge- Day 3

*Today's blog challenge over at Katie's Journey is 'Your First Love.' I'm guessing that quite a few people might talk about a first boyfriend, not here! A first pet, nope! My parents taught me how to love unconditionally and they sure did contribute, but that's not it either.

My first love is this sassy little girl pictured below... Sure I could put a sweet, posed picture, but this is her and all her glory, showing one of her MANY silly faces! I'm sure ya'll are thinking 'What about Gerrad?' Yes of course I love him with all my heart, but I truly believe I loved Macie before I even knew how to love Gerrad.

This child has taught me more than I would have ever imagined since finding out I was pregnant with her. She has taught me the TRUE meaning of unconditional love. She made me feel the kind of love, where you feel like your heart is outside your chest, beating for everyone to see. From the moment I laid eyes on her, I knew I was forever changed.

There are SO many times I feel like I don't deserve to be her mom. We are at a trying time in this stage of childhood that she is entering, and sometimes I feel like I'm so hard on her, and need to just slow down and appreciate the child that I have helped her to become so far. She is obedient, loving, sensitive (just like ME), out going, doesn't know a stranger, sees the good in everyone, naive to think the world is full of good (it makes me sad to know that when she hits the teen years, she'll find out differently), cries when I cry, loves dance and volleyball, enjoys picking fights with her little sister, is SUCH a little mother hen, sweet, beautiful, special 8 year old girl!

THANK YOU Macie, for teaching me what love is all about. For letting me make mistakes and loving me anyway, and for just being YOU! I'm the lucky one!

30 Day Blog Challenge- Day 2

Day 2 of the blog challenge over at Katie's Journey is to tell you all about 'The Meaning Behind my Blog Name.' Easy enough, I think....

When I first started blogging I changed the blog name a few times, annoying I'm sure. I started out with 'Keepin' Up with the Hall's' but didn't really like how that sounded after seeing that 755 other people had the same type of blog name. Then I decided that it would be called 'The Hall Monitor' and my catchy tag line would be 'Grab a pass and join us on this journey through life.' Then I no longer liked that name for whatever reason. So when I had my blog makeover done, I thought I needed to come up with a catchy name that would LAST. I realize that 'The Fuschia News' has nothing to do with our last name, but I thought it was super cute, since our house is highly outnumbered with estrogen, it seemed fitting. There isn't a huge meaning or story behind it to be quite honest, just the fact that we have 3 girls in this house, and EVERYTHING seems like its one shade of pink or another :) I just came up with the name, and it stuck. My poor husband doesn't stand a chance when these 2 girls hit the teen years (who am I kidding, I don't either!).

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I'd also like to keep up with blogging along with this challenge, so I'll just incorporate another blog post into this one, cool?!

This Friday night a bunch of us girls are getting together for a girls craft night. A while back I decided to make a fall wreath. I've gotten a few comments on it by my girl friends, so I figured, lets make a girls night out of it (any excuse to get together with the girls is OK with me). The guys and kiddos are coming to our house to hang out, and the gals are headed over to my girl friend Melisa's house to craft to our little hearts content.

Here is my wreath that I made. It was so simple, and only cost me about $15.00 to make. I got everything on sale between Hobby Lobby and Michael's. Friday night I'm going to make a Christmas wreath, and I also thought about making a Kansas Jayhawk wreath for football and basketball season, but I figured Gerrad might not appreciate that since he is a Texas Longhorns fan (BOO!).

30 Day Blog Challenge- Day 1

So I recently started reading Katie's blog, and decided to join in on the fun of her 30 day blog challenge. This should help me get back into the groove of blogging regularly again, right, RIGHT?! So I know day 1 is almost over, but I wanted to get my post done before tomorrow, better late than never, right?

Day 1: Introduce, recent picture, and 15 interesting facts

This is the most recent picture of me, taken this weekend at my 3 yr olds birthday party.

My name is Molly, I am a 27 year old, wife and mother to 2 beautiful girls. Macie who is 8, Addaline who is 3 (3, I can't get over saying she is 3, the tears will probably start flowing again if I think about it too much). I am a stay at home mom, and enjoy every minute of it. Being a mom is by far the greatest joy that God has given me, I am truly blessed, and thankful for every moment of every day (even the moments I want to pull my hair out ;)).

One: I'm SUCH a type A planner, its a little ridiculous. I can't stand when I don't know what is going on, or what is going to happen.

Two: I'm also a self proclaimed (my husband would totally second this statement as well) CONTROL FREAK *see number one*.

Three: After we had Macie, we swore up and down we were done having kids, then we did the same after Addaline... now we're teetering on the fence of POSSIBLY one more baby. It is all in God's hands, and I know He will guide and let us know if that is in the cards for us.

Four: I'm DEATHLY afraid of snakes and spiders. This is NO joke! We went to a predator zoo in Branson that housed a RIDICULOUS amount of snakes, and the ONLY reason I made it through, was because I was trying to act tough for the girls. I really would have MUCH rather balled up in the corner and cried, ha ha!

Five: I'm a people pleaser. I can't stand when people are mad at me, and I typically find myself putting everyone else's needs and feelings before my own. I know that's a good thing, but sometimes it stresses me out.

Six: I LOVE taking pictures. If I didn't have 700 other hobbies and business ventures, I'd totally take up photography.

Seven: I have this random annoyance with nicknames. I can't stand when people name their child something, and then refer to them as something else. Why wouldn't you just name your kid the nickname that you refer to them by? I'm all about cutesy pet names for my kiddos though (does that even make sense?!)

Eight: I'm addicted to Diet Dr Pepper

Nine: I'm also addicted to reality TV

Ten: I can't be far from my blackberry or I feel incomplete (I'm pathetic I know!)

Eleven: I talk to my parents daily!

Twelve: I am already praying for my daughters future husbands. I know its a little premature, but I figure if I get a good head start on it now, by the time they're 50, God will provide them with wonderful men to marry :-)

Thirteen: I think I'm the ONLY female on the planet with out a handbag obsession!

Fourteen: I'm obsessed with baby names.

Fifteen: I'm looking forward to meeting some new (and reconnecting with the old) blogger friends through this little adventure!

Thanks for stopping by!