I'm back...


I am back after almost 3 years without posting here. Lots of things changed since.
I have been posting about my life on Facebook, then I thought, I have a blog, so why don't I write here everyday about what is going on with the Settles' Family instea
d?
So here I am.

Voltei depois de quase 3 anos sem postar aqui. Muitas coisas mudaram desde entao. Eu tenho colocado posts sobre minha vida no Facebook, entao pensei, mas eu tenho um blog, porque nao escrever aqui todo dia entao.. Entao aqui estou.

Monday, February 21, 2011



We finally had a warm day last week after so many months of winter and snow, so Nicole, Cujo, Dave and I decided to be outside and enjoy the weather ...
I think spring is around the corner and I can't wait to spend some time outside with my family....

Re-potting my Plants

There is not much going on here this past few days. The weather is getting warm and I can finally start thinking about doing yard work.
Today I did some re potting on a couple of my plants... I have a few more to do but tomorrow I'm going back to Home Depot to buy more dirt and pots...

I think I have good hands with plants, I remember when we moved to this house 5 years ago I started with one plant and from that one I replant more and more and now I have almost a dozen pots...

I found this very useful....
http://www.homedepotgardenclub.com/Dimensions/Article.aspx?contentid=3470





Thursday, February 17, 2011

Dave's 4.1

 Dave's birthday was February, 2nd. and for his birthday present he went to a pawn shop and found a guitar for $50. It was actually a Fender. He said that he was going to DIY the guitar. I thought it was a cool idea. He is thinking about doing the same thing with other guitars and maybe sell them. I told him I would support him with whatever he decides.









Nicole gets excited when she gets a present.

Oh my, mommy is that for me?

hummm, I wonder what it is inside...I like it...

Mommy, Can I open?

This is so cool...

Thanks Mom...

And dad too....

Can I eat it now? Yeahhhhhhhhhhhh

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Led Zeppelin Cover Band Concert

End of January we went to a bar called 37 Main http://www.37main.com, a Rock Cafe to celebrate my Brother and sister in law's birthday and of course, to see the Led Zeppelin Cover Band. I LOVE Led Zeppelin....







Nicole "playing" Dad's guitar



Nicole and her mowhawk hairstyle


My pregnancy's pictures











I did the same thing when I was pregnant with Nicole, I would take a picture of my belly every week to see the difference in each month and  now I can just go back and look at the pictures and remember the moments I had at that time. I had a complicated pregnancy but sometimes I miss my belly, feeling Nicole moving, kicking, all the different weird feelings I had, miss being pregnant...

Nicole's monthly celebrations

I started to make or buy a cake to celebrate every month of Nicole's life when she was 1 month old. I take pictures of her and her cakes and in the future Nicole can see her changes when she was little.
We have 8 months, 8 pictures for now and more to come.







Weekend at Grandpa's

This past weekend we drove to south Georgia, to a town called Cuthbert, about 4 hours drive to visit Dave's dad and family. I have never met them until now (family reasons), but anyways. We actually got the news that Dave's grandma passed away, Dave got really upset with the news, then we decided to go to the funeral as well. I was really happy to meet everybody, even under the circumstances, and I was also glad Dave got to talk and see his dad after years as well. I really wanted Webb (Dave's dad) to meet his granddaughter too. I wish my dad was here too to meet Dave and Nicole but this is another story to another time.
For me, family is sooooooooooo important and life is too short, let's leave the differences aside and be happy.
Dave's dad had a Metal Company years ago and we drove by, the building and sign are still there.



Big hug

Their dad's land


Nicole is "driving". She was so happy.

Nicole driving with daddy


Nicole and Webb (her grandpa)





That's Joe, Gracen and Odie (the Yorkie)


Courtney and Joe

Webb and his boys