The Road To Today

August

Isabelle had her first day of first grade! She picked out her own school clothes this year and chose a Doc McStuffins back pack that HAD to have a detachable lunch box....I'm going to go on a tangent about this for a moment. While backpack shopping at different places over the weeks leading up to school, Isabelle was INSISTENT that her backpack MUST have a detachable lunch box. This requirement trumped all others. We find the one, it has the lunch box, we are good to go! Now she will NEVER forget her lunch box!! Two days in she forgets it at school. Two days later she LOST it! A classmate claims an owl swooped down and stole it but I'm finding this information questionable. Anywho, since I wasn't feeling well, my mom, GG came over and did her hair and walked her to school...

Take a good look at that lunch box because it is on Washington's Most Wanted List 

Isabelle is really enjoying school this year! She has been getting great reports from her teachers and loves being a fashionista and picking out her outfits...

Jude has of course been keeping me busy with his craziness...

He missed sissy so he took a nap in her bed

Excited to see the bulldozers in the neighbors yard

He got to have a lunch date with mom and dad

I have made some pretty big changes in my life this month. I have been a stay at home mom for more than 6 years now. I worked for a few months while we lived in Florida and we quickly found that things worked better for us when I stayed at home. I have loved being able to be home with my kids. When they are sick we don't have to worry about who is going to take care of them. No one has to ask off work for doctors appointments. We don't have to spend 100's on daycare or worry about who is with our children at these places or what they are eating while they are there. All of that aside, I sometimes wish I had something to do for myself. I wish I had a conversation with a real adult once in a while! I am sure every stay at home mom has felt this way and if you say you haven't, YOU ARE LYING!!! While there are days when I look at my kids and my heart could burst with fulfillment from being their mom, there are also days when I look around and think...is this it? Is keeping my kids alive and cleaning the house all I am ever going to do with myself? In my high school year book I said I was going to study political science! Political science!?! I thought I was going to be a politician! Since then, I have wanted to be a doctor, lawyer, indian chief, butcher, baker, and candle stick maker...You name it and I was like, " Man, maybe I should be that" Before I knew it, I was a mom and my husband had a SOLID dream of becoming a pharmacist and that became my goal. Be a mom, be a wife, make things happen, get it done...and we did!! I am super proud of where we have gotten and I have patted myself on the back now and again at my part in things, but sometimes that isn't enough. Now that Isabelle is in school and Jude will be before I know it, I started looking for options for myself. Do I want to go to school? I have NO idea what I would study so, No. Get a job? Where? I have no degree and in this small town my options are limited and do I really want to miss out on things with my kids for a random job? Not really. I was in this circle for months!! Thinking of sending in applications for jobs. Thinking of babysitting in my home. Thinking of dressing as a clown and performing at birthday parties, Ok, so not that extreme, but you get my point. One day I was scrolling along my Facebook news feed when I saw a picture for some skincare products. I started noticing these posts off and on and finally one day I clicked on a before and after picture. The results were amazing and although I dont have major skin care issues, I wondered what this whole R+F thing was about. What I learned would be the answer to all of my problems! Rodan and Fields are the doctors who created Proactiv. After all their success they wanted to formulate a new line that delivered results for ALL problems to ALL people! Dr's Rodan and Fields are still practicing dermatologists in San Fransico and created this to change the lives of people through skincare and also through helping people like me be able to change their lives by owning a business that allows them to live their dreams! After everything I read and talking to my husband, we both decided that this was an opportunity that I just COULD NOT pass up. I made the call and officially became an Independent Consultant for Rodan and Fields! 

My business kit

I am about 6 weeks in and I am so excited I made this decision. I was able to have a booth at our Heartbeat of Washington Fall Fest...

and recently got to meet some members of my upline who have SUCH an amazing and SUCCESSFUL story to share. After seeing them all over the internet the past few weeks, I felt like I was meeting a celebrity...

I have been meeting so many new people and have been SUPER busy and it feels GREAT!! I love that I am having social time, making money, and the most surprising thing...helping people! My family has benefited from these products and I know it is going to change lives for people!! 

While I am on this subject, let me share with you a promotion I am running! Starting yesterday and running until the end of October, I am reimbursing the 19.95 membership fee for anyone who becomes a preferred customer! Now is THE BEST time to sign as you have an opportunity to purchase our new product BEFORE it goes to market in January. PC's can get it on October 22nd BEFORE the Holidays!!

If you are interested in products you can check out my product site HERE or email me anytime with questions at brandysweetlife@gmail.com.

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                                                 September

September FLEW by. We had some AMAZING weather and got to have a lot of fun family days this month...

My little model showing off our fall porch

We had a nice trip to a playground one day after school...

We had a big weekend and it was all about planes, trains, and automobiles!! First stop was the local airport...

Our last trip to Scoops this year, sniff sniff.....

Why must you close??

Later that day we watched the Car Club cruise in by Park. The kids got a TON of candy (I may or may not be eating it right now)....

Jude was having the time of his life watching all the cars

Pop Pop collecting the candy

The next morning we woke up and headed to French Lick for A Day Out with Thomas!!!

You HAVE to go to the souvenir shop!

He's here!! It's Thomas

Family shot on the train

So excited

Choo choo

Isabelle loved it too

Punching our ticket

We of course were hungry so we went to Pluto's Pizzeria for some food and the Colts game...

The week went by in the blink of an eye and it was weekend time again. Luke had to work on Saturday so my dad and I took the kids down to the cabin to play while we did some work. I have a pretty big birthday coming up and we are going to have a party down there...

We built a new fire pit

Skipping rocks at the railroad tracks

That is water believe it or not 

breaking it in

Roasting mallows

Sunday was another amazing day! The in-laws have season tickets to the Colts and we are lucky to get to tag along quite often. This Sunday we got to take the kids to their first game!! My phone died so these are all the pics I have at the moment...

The month was winding down. We are taking advantage of all the nice days we have left...

Grilling

On Luke's day off last week we decided to take the kids to the The Boxtrolls! Isabelle has been to the movies several times, but this was Jude's first time!! We had to have some dinner first at Bobes...

All settled in for his first movie

And that's it!! We are to today! I had a sick one home from school today and another who wanted to play with her because she was home....

Thank you for sticking with me during this HUGE catch up time. I am knocking on the door of 100,000 page views and I would LOVE to reach that goal before November, so if you would share away I would love you forever, I probably will anyway, See you soon Bloggernation...or should I say world :)