Laser Tag

Kayden turns six in two weeks! Since his birthday is in the winter there is not a whole lot of stuff for boys to do, besides bowling really.......Sooooo (Im probably nuts for this) BUT Derek and I are taking 6 boys over to Terre Haute to XTreme laser tag. They get to play for two hours, and have pizza and cake. Kayden is SUPER excited about this. This is his first time really having other kids besides his cousins go and do something. So he cannot wait! I will def. post pictures of the party! It should be fun!!

Wine Covers

We are starting to get some of the small piddly stuff out of the way for the wedding. Ashley designed these wine covers for me for the wine buffet! Arent they cute!! She is awesome! She is going to put these on silver cardstock paper! Love it!!!!

Day before Thanksgiving

I know most of you have heard about the Turkey story! BUT for those of you who havent. I had a horrible day Wednesday! Let's See! To start off I got up an hour early to start the brining process for the first turkey ive EVER made. Everything went very smooth. It was time to leave so I put the big dutch oven of the brining solution into the fridge to cool and then Derek was going to go tehre and pour it onto the turkey. Everything was great! Kayden and I left the house at 7. At 8:15 I get a call from Derek going "BALLISTIC" that he spilled all of the brining solution everywhere it was a mess blah blah blah.....so needless to say the floor got brined that morning! SO! I was so upset. I ordered the brining from a special store followed the pioneer womans steps and so now all day Wednesday I had to find a brining recipe. Needless to say my 14.00 brining episode turned into 40.00 becasue I had to buy all of the seasonings seperate! UGH! It was crazy busy at work I was by myself that day! THEN on the way home I get pulled over and get TWO warnings! Yes 2! I was in huge path of cars and THEY ALL were speeding and i was in the middle! He pulls me over and said I stuck out like a soar thumb because i had a head light out! FINALLY I got home, started the brining process all over again. This was my first time making a turkey. I shoved apples, cinnamon sticks, rosemary, sage, all kinds of crap in that turkey. Taking it out of the roaster it looked like it puked a christmas tree up haha, with the rosemary sprigs and everything! Needless to say everyone loved the turkey! and they all gave Derek alot of crap about not touching anything in the kitchen that day! haha! The turkey turned out! NEXT YEAR ILL TRY THE PIONEER WOMANS BRINING RECIPE!

Christmas "Extravaganza"

BRING A FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!


T-Town’s 1st Annual

Christmas “Extravaganza”

Sunday, December 6th
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Free Admission
Teutopolis American Legion
(106 N. Plum St. Teutopolis, IL 62467)



Christmas Shopping Made Easy!
There will be a little of everything for everyone!

Enjoy a day out and find great Christmas gifts from local vendors!
*Cash N’Carry, Samples, Door Prizes, Massages, and Much More!*

Participating Vendors
Tastefully Simple, Celebrating Home, Tupperware, Pampered Chef, Walnut Street Weddings, Miche Bags
Cookie Lee Jewelry, Party Lite, Mary Kay, Premier Designs
Double Blessing’s Candles, Lia Sophia, Hotsy Totsy Bows, Thirty-One Gifts, Silpada, Scentsy, Modern Girl, Stampin’ Up, Usborne Books, Stella and Dot, Longaberger,
Creative Memories, & Serenity Therapeutic Massage

Scentsy

So I added something else to my crazy life! Like I have extra time. I dont think I could function properly if I didnt have 243423 things going on at once! Sooooo I decided to start selling Scentsy! Its wonderful! I think I have everyone hooked on it! If you have never heard of it before check it out. www.scensty.us/sroepke
You can have a basket party, which is VERY easy, or a home open house and there is no (sales speech or anything stupid like that) I just come in, set them up and bring ALL the scents! The girls love it! Ecs. around this time of year! Great Christmas Presents. My grandpa even loves these! haha........Let me know if you would like to have an open house or a basket party! Free Scentsy for you! You will love it!!!!!

IKEA

I am so very excited! FINALLY I get to go to IKEA! When we were building the house we had planned on going the week I took off to move in, but we were behind schedule a little bit, so we decided to wait! So we finally have it in the plans to go in December. We are going to go and stay the night and go to the mall and all of the other fun stores around Ikea! I cannot wait!! WOO HOO Dec. 12th cannot get here fast enough!!

ShotGun Season

This is the weekend all of the guys have been waiting for! AND girls too! BUT not for the same reason! All the guys are at deer camp and the girls SHOPPING!! Its pretty sad taht ttown doesnt have school today because so many kids are absent anyways, so its an offical holiday at ttown school! Kayden was SUPER excited today because his dad is taking him hunting. He has his gear on and is ready to go! He's only 5 and he is as bad as the adults with hunting! He knows he has to wait until he is 9 to take the hunter safety course and gets to go himself! Soooo I have a few years haha.....Here is a picture of him all decked out this morning right before going into daycare! His dads picking him up to go this afternoon! Good luck!