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Summer News!

2010-08-12T12:14:00.001-07:00

This was our biggest summer news...

We had a countdown going all month...we were VERY excited about Oliver, Pam, Thomas, Charlie and Rebi coming back here.

We waited in the street with as much "american stuff" as we

could find.

YAY! We love having everyone around!

Please continue to keep them in your prayers as they job hunt and adjust to life in states.

Baby Catherine

2010-08-12T11:49:00.000-07:00

Love my Baby KK..she's a little mess. Loves to dress up and absolutely drives big sister bonkers. They do things SO differently. It will be fun watching them love on each other as they get older.

I don't get too many pictures of her all out smiling..Baby C is pretty serious. I think she's trying to make it away with this baby before AnnieBoo catches her.

And thanks again to M. at Trolard Imaging...for helping us get some sweet pictures!

I have a million...but I'll only put up a few...they take awhile to upload.

still loves animals...but very much into baby dolls these days.

Ballet/end of the school year

2010-08-12T11:28:00.000-07:00

AnnieBoo loved school. Her school program was cute and love this picture of her "rocking out" to Lord I lift you name on high. And yes, she would call it rockin' out :)

These pictures make me smile and make me worry just a little bit at the same time.

She LOVED EVERY part of the entire ballet night!

(no idea what pose this is below...but it seems to be her signature pose these days)

picked out her daddys pink shirt :)

dinner at tipping point to celebrate

we've been busy

2010-08-03T19:56:00.000-07:00

Hey friends! We've been busy having fun and I have so much to share! No need to caution me about the cleanliness of these hotel phones...i'm sure housekeeping DID clean them and it was their fav thing about the hotel :)

We've gotten a MAC (around the new year) and I STILL haven't figured out how to use picassa editing and my new computer. I'm so behind on pictures! I would love ANY help...

do i put them in iphoto and then import them all??

how in the world do i organize all this without making it complicated??

You should message me right now on FB or email and help me out!

More pictures to come....

little link

2010-05-07T11:32:00.000-07:00

more updates coming soon, but today a link that touched my heart

My heart is so broken these days... so many I love dealing with all different forms of loss...LOVED this post! I didn't ask permission, so don't get me in trouble....

http://mollypiper.com/2010/05/brokenhearted-love-give-it-live-it/

Easter

2010-04-05T11:56:00.000-07:00

Catherine loved the whole Easter Egg thing...she can HUNT some eggs!

this one loves the a party atmosphere ANYTIME...and her favorite time of the year is "Jesus being killed and rising in the sky"

i say, "sheez" for "say cheese" when someone takes my picture and am obsessed with Easter grass. Mom will be cleaning up Green Grass for months.

love the dresses Say Say made

check out that eye makeup...one happy girl with her pony

eating every jellybean she can find..easter morning...our bunny delivers on sat.

AH woke US up at 7. I walked out to see she had already hunted and opened ALL eggs and emptied everyones basket. Told us it was so dark outside she had to turn the light on to find the eggs...i have no idea what time she was up :) We'll have to talk about that next year.

Bunny brought a fun horse and pink LIGHT UP boots for the girls.

They were worn to school today. :)

February Snow

2010-03-23T11:55:00.000-07:00

We found out our dogs LOVE carrots.
They were stealing them off the snowman...now we use them as treats :)
These pics were taken RIGHT AFTER we started seeing accumulation...we got lots more snow...well good snow for the south!

AnnieBoo and Daddy made a princess snowman. Crown, pink scarf and that lump on the top of the snowmans head...its a feather...every princess should have a feather :)

1 years old!!!

2010-03-23T11:23:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Baby Catherine!
Catherine ADORES dogs, so the theme was puppy dogs!
G was off work so we played at the mall, rode the merry.go.round and ate chick.fil.a for lunch watching the ice skaters.
Catherine's favorite gifts were her wagon and boxer puppy dog.
Missed all of you out of towners!

playing around

2010-02-17T13:03:00.000-08:00

This picture just cracks me up...when I wake up I have no clue WHAT this child will be wearing but it usually includes a swim suit and she usually can't wear it in public :)
LOVE THIS TIME IN HER LIFE!
Challenging, yes totally, you bet ya.
BUT fun, YES and totally worth it!

We bought a tent.
It was on big time sale and didn't have any directions included so we did a little test run in the front yard.
And we're gonna look REAL cute in the woods with all our pink with our bright green tent.
G thinks all the girls in his family need to toughen up and rough it a little with nature.
Who's up for camping with us?? I would LOVE some suggestions on where to go...

Feb snow

2010-02-17T12:47:00.000-08:00

you are looking at a princess snowman...with a feather on top of her head..
hmmm. interesting huh.

who knew, our dogs love snow and baby carrots

duck season

2010-02-05T08:45:00.000-08:00

G has had a little schedule change and it came just in time for duck season.
He got in some great hunts...and I WASN'T a hunting widow :)
He had much more time to do some fun hunting this year.
And already looking forward to Quail....

Twitter

2010-02-05T08:41:00.000-08:00

I recently joined Twitter to follow some friends on vacation. I still have NO CLUE how to "follow people" or have them "follow me".
We are FancyNancyGirls on twitter...just shoot me a message on there and I'll follow you or TRY to follow you :)

celebrate

2010-02-04T18:48:00.000-08:00

We love to celebrate birthdays...
Your day begins with a special birthday breakfast...complete with singing and candles. We sing ALOT on your birthday! And AnnieBoo likes to yell SURPRISE...even when you know she's gonna say it...AGAIN.

AND you MUST sleep on the Birthday Pillowcase too!

even when your 30!
Happy Birthday G...thanks for putting up with all your birthday fun!

oh my

2009-12-28T09:00:00.000-08:00

don't you wish you were at my house right now :)
I got my camera because she was all dressed up...but I almost had a heart attack when she started all her rockin'
WHERE. DOES.SHE.GET.THIS.FROM

okay...thats like 5 posts in a day...you should be almost be totally caught up with us now!
Merry Christmas!

Christmas

2009-12-27T14:51:00.000-08:00

I didn't do well with Christmas eve and Christmas Day photos...who knows why!?!?

so this Christmas brought about lots of changes...we made a "no traveling after the first 2 weeks of December rule" it just works so much better for us...especially with all the birthdays and anniversary stuff we have.
SANTA brings the girls 3 gifts. For a million reasons, and honestly it was a "test" year. Mom and Dad were having trouble getting totally sold on the idea. It was great! We're pretty sure that will stick around for awhile.
AnnieBoo- microphone, CD player and costume
C- weeble castle, hammer toy, pop up toy
and then WAY too many sweet gifts from everyone!
(and Santa wrapped in white tissue paper...Laura, it was awesome! Thanks for the idea)

We were at our OWN HOUSE Christmas and family came to US for Christmas morning brunch. Now I know this will change up in the years to come...but it was so great!

first christmas

2009-12-27T14:28:00.001-08:00

This was Catherine's first Christmas! Sweet little thing has blazed a big ole' trail this Holiday Season. We've had so much fun and she's been such a trooper. I feel like I've spent the whole month at the Doc..she's taken 3 antibiotics and we are now the proud owners of a nebulizer. She had to do breathing treatment to clear up something in her chest and had/maybe still has ear infections. We can't seem to shake it! Because of all that, no school for her and she's spent lots of time being my special shopping friend.

Baby C seems to have turned on her little personality this month. She is blowing kisses and trying to starting to say lots of words. Mama, Dada, started her animal noises..her fav is the cow,
She's just a blast! I'm so thankful for her and can't imagine life without her!

santa brought her a weeble castle, hammer toy, pop up toy

family pic

2009-12-27T14:24:00.000-08:00

cookies

2009-12-27T13:56:00.000-08:00

this is whole set of photos is posted backwards...Sorry!
The photo above is the end result of a little cooking party!

The girls had a little cookie bake!
Baby Catherine, stinker, somehow reached and made the sprinkles much more artistic...and she quickly figured out if she licked her graham cracker..the sugar would stick :)
Cookies were gonna be a huge cleanup anyways, so I just let her play after she "redesigned" the sprinkle bowls for us.
It was A BIT of clean up...but I LOVE these pictures.
Couldn't post them all...but here are a few

happy with her red and green sugar cracker

before...

it wouldn't be our cookies without a pink tree or two :)

so, thats how it all began...catherine was fine playing with her little toys on the high chair. How in the world did she reach those bowls...I was right there...

Happy Birthday

2009-12-27T11:56:00.000-08:00

We like to celebrate around here...AH was loving Fancy Nancy...so we had a little party on her real birthday. She got a bike..its so her...pink sparkles, streamers, stickers, etc! AH is not the best driver yet, but hopefully that will come..
We had a "pump it up" party with another birthday girl in her class. It was a cute girly frog theme since they were bouncing at "pump it up"
No hurt feelings if you weren't invited...it was all her school friends :)

dirty santa

2009-12-23T13:34:00.000-08:00

http://sbspooner.blogspot.com/2009/12/partridge-in-pear-tree.html

Here is one of my favorite things we've done this Christmas.... loved the post and had to share...so thankful for all these new friends!

G and I took The 2009 Tiger Woods Beat Down Edition...it was a tiger woods action figure with a barbie..she was holding the golf club. We also took AstroTurf coozies...from that stupid tailgate approved website. I should have taken more pictures...

polar express

2009-12-10T18:46:00.000-08:00

The Polar Express was PERFECTLY MAGICAL!!
I can't decide who liked it more...children or parents.
PJ's were the attire!
We read the polar express book on our way to the North Pole. Upon arrival, we had a little visit with Santa and the Mrs. Chocolate milk, cookies, elves and lots of pictures we involved.
On the way home we sang christmas carols....we must have sung "jingle bells" a million times with all the children ringing santa's sleigh bell. It was one of my favorite christmas things to do EVER...I will tell you my Hubs struggled to hear the bell ring...he can be a scrooge sometimes. I'm pretty sure he has put the jingle bell souvenirs in a hiding spot we might never find!

Callaway Garden Lights

2009-12-10T18:36:00.000-08:00

CC's first year..She's a BIG fan of cotton candy! We'll have to get the jumbo size next time...
Be sure and go on value days...its 1/2 price :)

Thanksgiving

2009-12-10T18:12:00.000-08:00

Can you tell we live in the south...we celebrate with fishing and guns...
I promise you, we have LOTS of fun!

T.Tom gave us all a super fun gift! He stocked the lake with a few Trout...its amazing!
G taught me how to use a fly rod and I caught my first trout...I was impressed with myself..its so fun!

the matchy matchiness of my children's clothing is OUT OF CONTROL... I love it and I'm getting dang good on ebay finding good deals...seriously, how long can I talk them into matching.
And, man..I can't believe its time to start thinking about those clothing shows again :) I'm so sorry honey...I'll try and do better.

I "learned" so many funny things about Indians this year from AnnieBoo. Did you know why Indians use a bow and arrow? "The Indians are really good at shooting arrows! They see animals and want to know what their fur feels like...so they use their arrow and shoot the animal..then run fast and feel how good the fur feels!" You can't change her mind...if you ask her today about Indians...that is what she'll tell you :)

Alice and the white rabbit

2009-11-04T09:31:00.000-08:00

my favorite

2009-10-12T20:27:00.000-07:00

this is totally my favorite picture to date...all ready and happy with our pumpkins!

baptism

2009-10-12T20:12:00.000-07:00

We finally joined a local church after all the moving we have done :) Soon after our decision, Catherine was baptized. Her dress was the same one her big sister and myself wore. She was the 12th person to be baptized in that same spot and the 15 th person in our family to wear that dress. What a special tradition and heritage to pass along!

We had a family brunch afterwords. I had fun pulling out all my china and silver and putting it to good use. Mom was so sweet to help me with flowers and food. Cheese grits, breakfast casserole, cinnamon rolls, fruit...Everything was great!

She was named after those 2 sweet ones above!
I was prepared for lots of screaming when she was sprinkled....She did great and it was just a special time of thanking God for her and reminding us of his promises.

visit to see A.Love

2009-10-12T12:59:00.000-07:00

A.Love has been rockin the soccer field. She even scored 2 headers.

she has a pretty big cheering section :)

sister pictures

2009-10-02T12:54:00.000-07:00

More pictures by my sweet friend :)
The girls are getting along great!
I so hope they can be sweet to each other ALWAYS!
Our latest news...CC just started crawling!

Disney

2009-10-02T12:07:00.000-07:00

We were so excited to visit Disney recently. A HUGE thank you to Ian's family who totally hooked us up with tickets and lots of fun surprises. We couldn't pass up the trip when Ian said they might could find some free tickets for us and we found an unbelievable hotel deal. It was one of those timeshare presentations. We had to see a 2 hours promo but got to stay at a suite hotel with full kitchen for $120 TOTAL for 4 days.
PERFECT time of year for Disney. No crowds or waiting in lines!
I did tons of research...found the cheap places to eat...PB&J for lunch everyday.
Couldn't resist getting some Minnie Mouse ears

LOVED Mickey's Halloween party.I think everyone was dressed up except G and I. G was laughing at me...I was very tempted to buy a costume. I guess that would make me a dorky disney parent HA :)

tinkerbell flew right over us...GREAT fireworks!

AH had 2 favorite things...she loved the dance party with the characters. We felt like such bad parents when we looked at our watch at it was midnight and we were still dancing :)

Dumbo was the other favorite thing! She did it 6 times I think.

MM successfully rode dumbo and the teacups without losing her lunch...seriously a major accomplishment. I would get sick each time I would do those rides when I was younger :)

Great time with all the characters and princess'. We did Animal Kingdom the first day. All day long we heard, "this is for boys..where is Cinderella and Belle...I don't like this...Can we go to the castle"

We ALL can't wait to go back!
It was very magical!

7 months old

2009-09-17T12:02:00.000-07:00

This sweet thing just cracks me up at how different she is from her sister!
We all love her and smother her all day!
She is super serious most of the time but seems to be relaxing a little more these days.
She hates any kind of pants and will get out of them if you try to put them on her. I have no idea how...i need to borrow one of those monitors that you can watch the baby. We've just stopped putting the bottoms of her PJ's on :) She loves cheerios, fruit puffs and even little bits of fruit. She's still on her fancy formula, but we hope to get her on something else soon.
Here are some of her latest pictures!

demo date night

2009-09-17T11:11:00.000-07:00

AFTER picture...
but, not finished just yet.
We'll frame the doorway out and fix the floor.

We took a date night and demolished one of our kitchen walls.
Sorry, pictures are out of order and everytime i try to move them around...they end up deleting. Hope you can make sense of it all :)

We have just torn down the wall between our kitchen and dining room! We used the dining room when we had people over, but now we use it everyday! It works so much better into our lives and I can't believe we didn't think of it earlier. It really was a few hour project that made a BIG difference.
Now, I just have to figure out how to make the two rooms work together without buying new stuff! All my design friends...I need you to come help me soon!

BEFORE from dining room (ignore my consignment sale stuff all piled up)

BEFORE from kitchen

Brit Brit's Circus

2009-09-06T13:41:00.000-07:00

The circus was quite a spectacle! Midgets, a legless woman on a trampoline, fireworks, saws spewing sparks, magic, illusions, tricks, LOTS of costume changes, lip-syncing... Spectacle is the best word I would use to describe it :) she puts on quite a show...

even

2009-08-27T13:11:00.000-07:00

Our little family is even...3 girls. 3 boys. The above picture are the girls getting ready to meet the new boys moving into the yard. Sweet AH stayed in that chair all afternoon, but has finally started to relax and play with the dogs.
We have decided to adopt 2 german short hair pointers. They were my brothers but he gave them up when he moved overseas. Jack and Dip can already SIT, STAY, FETCH and they only use the restroom in my flowerbeds (not in the grass or on walk ways) This started as a one month trail thing...but I'm pretty sure we're all loving life together after only a few days.
the girls

the boys

Jack and Dip
I'm not a fan of their names, but I'm pretty sure its too late to change them!

....this is the only hiccup in the whole deal.
Baby Catherine goes straight for their tongues. NASTY! Like whole hand in the mouth kinda thing. I guess it good that they don't seem to mind...but still...YUCK!

a few new pictures

2009-08-27T13:00:00.000-07:00

Thank you friend! Your pics are always such a sweet treasure to me!

Trolard Imaging Link

its naptime

2009-08-07T12:13:00.001-07:00

Sorry to update THE LATEST THING so much today.
I like to blog during naptime and there are many more things that need to be completed while my little ones rest...I don't plan my posts ahead of time..I just sit down and write what pops into my head.
Thats why my posts aren't brilliantly worded and the grammar and spelling is horrible.
It's either what you get now or nothing..no time for editing :)
This has been the easiest way to stay a little connected with friends and family out of town. Lately alot of my friends are going private with their blogs...so who knows how long I'll keep this up.

AH. She really is a sweet sister. Her favorite thing to do these days is to feed Baby C. She prefers to change clothing about 15 times a day and thank goodness taget sells bathsuits cheap becuase thats what she wears all days long. No, we don't have a pool...thats just what she likes!

CC. She's in her 6th month of life and is getting really fun too :) 2 teeth. just starting sitting up alone. loves carrots and watermelon best. putting everything in her mouth. recently road the merry go round. Big sister still prefers the stationary horse...CC hung on tight to one that went up and down.

You should be totally updated on us now! We're all still loving summer but are excited about football and being on a schedule again this fall :)

girls

2009-08-07T11:41:00.000-07:00

I love my little girls and am really surprised at how much fun I actually have with them!
Growing up I had always wanted boys. I was fine with ALL boys. Girls are alot of drama, princess and pink. Boys would be so much more fun AND easier for me. I just thought I would do better job being a mom to boys. Now, I have not the first clue what I would do if a baby boy joined our family. I'm pretty sure it would scare me and all plans out the window if that ever happens.

G saw us with boys too! When we bought our house, the backyard was a selling point for him. It made the perfect football field during the day AND night. It has great lights! And G loving Baseball imagined where the bases would be. Recently, he gave up his dream and put cement on 3rd base. :) He jokes about the day he discovered his girls wouldn't be playing football, but having tea parties. He built us a porch, with good fans, with plans for a playhouse.
He LOVES his girls too and knows for sure he will be taken care of for the rest of his life. He gets embarrassed when the girls make him sing the boys parts to their songs...but he tries! He's slowly learning all the disney princess characters. I think God knew he needed little girls who ADORE him just for loving on them.

So very thankful God has given me 2 girls. I'm sure he laughed when he made their little personalities and gave them to US to raise...because they are ALL GIRL. AH will cry in Dora at the little panda getting hurt. Every Disney movie ends in happy tears. Seriously, It would crack you up to see it! And the screams that come out of her when she spies a lizard...whoa!

tea set that changes colors with cold water..HA! Love it! We've all had alot of "tea" lately!

3rd base...all covered up now :)

Boys Trip

2009-08-07T11:27:00.000-07:00

These guys have been friends for a long time and decided to take a fun guys trip. Rafting trip in West V. was scheduled but other than that...it was all free game! So thankful for the fun stories and a safe return home :)

stopped at bristol and got in the infield to watch cars race

UT stadium not ready yet

cow appreciation day

2009-07-10T12:11:00.001-07:00

its today...hilarious....you should go if you have a chick.fil.a near you!
Free food for anyone dressed in cow attire.

summer project

2009-07-10T11:18:00.000-07:00

above. BEFORE
below. AFTER
This is our summer project. Long story short, there was a crack across our patio that was leaking into our foundation. We needed to fix it...we could patch it or totally change the look of the whole thing for the same amount of $$.

well, its almost done...I would like to stain the concrete myself but I have to wait about 2 more weeks and the electrician needs to do wiring for fans and fix some lighting things.

We're on the lookout for a good deal on 2 love seats or sofa and some good chairs. I'm so not opposed to picking up something off the road and giving it a facelift with paint. Let me know if you see any outdoor furniture on the curb or know someone who is ready to upgrade and getting rid of some. I'm hoping everything starts to go on major sale soon...

G has projects planned for like the next 10 years..He's so exicted about adding sound systems, tvs, kitchens, misters, fireplaces. ..endless possibilities

the salesmen was telling me what he thought would look good and he kept saying his goal was to give my concrete sex appeal....I couldn't stop laughing.... So, Yep. I have sexy concrete now!

4th of july

2009-07-08T11:25:00.000-07:00

cutie flag she made at school...it traveled with us to the lake to celebrate the 4th

watermelon

must have a flag cake...

and love the boat parade every year...but we haven't jumped into participating yet

attempted ribs for the first time and they were awesome!

and swimming at "glitter beach" AH's own personal heaven, where the water looks like it has glitter in it...I'm sure i should be worried...its probably polluted or something

trying to keep this cute bald head covered all the time

and just relaxing

awesome holiday

AnnieBoo

2009-06-25T19:54:00.000-07:00

Oh where to begin, this precious little one thinks shes 16 already..there are SO MANY STORIES
(no time to write them right now...but soon, I promise)
She's a great big sister and is thrilled to be home with all her toys. She filled out a little questionnaire and told her teacher that her favorite place to eat was AT HOME. AnnieBoo has lots of new dance moves that need to get on video. If you missed single ladies, your totally missing out :) She even has her own playlist on my ipod.
height 38 5/8 . weight 31 .

Catherine

2009-06-25T19:38:00.000-07:00

I could kiss on this sweet little thing all day long! She LOVES life already and we are all so in love with her! She definitely has more "preferences" than her big sister. She seems to HATE rice cereal and we're still dealing with the whole milk thing. She makes gagging noises and laughs at cereal or when her bottle isn't the correct temp! No teeth yet, but if drool is ANY indicator...they're quickly on their way :)
26 3/4 long. 16 pounds. head 42

picture update

2009-06-20T19:11:00.000-07:00

our best family pic

playing in the boxes...whoo hoo...NO MORE BOXES!

sister love

we get this serious/confused look alot.

A Symphony in the Dark

2009-06-18T18:23:00.000-07:00

I keep thinking I'm "over" being sad about the little ones of mine who are in heaven now. We had a rough week as I realized my baby catherine is not so much in the itty bitty baby stage anymore... and she's NOT the little one I lost. I really DID have a baby I never got to hold and kiss and I'm really not over it fully yet. I hated going through every part of it, but I get calls almost everyday of someone just wanting to talk to someone who understands and has walked that path. It's a little ministry that I would have never really chosen, but am so thankful God can use me to help others going through a hard time.
Here's another book I haven't read yet, but I know it will be awesome. "A Symphony in the Dark" I've been following her sweet story of Molly for awhile and am so excited she was able to get her story on paper. She was so very open and real about what she is going through AND it SO pointed me to Christ every time I read about her struggle. She was saying aloud what my heart was trying to communicate to others. Her words are SO MUCH better than mine but I could feel everything she was going through. She understood me, and I wasn't crazy and alone with what I was feeling. It's wild how you can bond with someone you never even met because of your circumstances. (that kinda sounds like I know her or have even talked to her...I haven't...it sounds a little stalker I know... I promise I'm not totally going nuts on ya'll. I am half way normal..I might not know her, but I'm pretty sure our little ones are friends in heaven :)

It REALLY helps to have someone to talk with while your processing...I totally understand that. I'm pretty sure this book would be super to give to a friend who is dealing with loss. Don't forget "Empty Arms" is a great resource too!

Here' s the link...
Read more about A Symphony in the Dark.

LOOONGG MONTH

2009-05-28T19:33:00.000-07:00

We're in the process of moving HOME! I'm sure I'll have a reflexive post soon but it has been the longest month EVER!

Below are the best and worst of the first couple of weeks in May.
It's been wild; not even counting that we're not so great at transition and change!
Our house is awesome, but it is totally revolting us right now. I can't even begin to tell you everything that has gone wrong...the worst stuff is the melting of some important wires on the new hot water hear that gave us cold showers for a bit. (i pretty much cried on the phone to the repair people and they came right out)
the 2nd is all the rodents and gross things that keep following us around
I'm sure if you were listening really close you could hear all the girls in our family screaming
It's a stinkin jungle around here.

The girls
AH is good. Excited about being in her old room and all her toys.
CC has been a trooper...she developed salmonella and who knows what else. We're seeing a gastro DR to figure out why her tummy still hurts. They have recently put her on $25 a can nutramigen formula. If you have connections on any of that formula..hook me up!

For sure more to come, after I catch my breath...

first part of May- the worst parts

2009-05-28T19:21:00.001-07:00

invasion of the lizardS...we had 2 godzillas killed so far..( skinks )
first one above AnnieBoo's bed...she's deathly afraid lizards so it hasn't been fun to put her to sleep everynight

thankfully G was home to kill the 2nd one...NASTY!

yea, annieboo found this one too ...rodents have truly followed us around this month

swimming lessons were terrible. how can i say this and not get into trouble...
swimming lessons were 6 lessons long. Lesson five mom and dad took "action" and a more important role in annie acutally getting IN the pool. Worst $$ I ever spent...but thankful she learned alot in the 6th lesson :)

first of May- some of the good parts

2009-05-28T19:06:00.000-07:00

biscuits game

cooking...please notice the brownie on cc's foot

mothers day

t-tom bday

gardening growing

derby party

disney on ice

2009-04-28T11:34:00.000-07:00

t-tom in his tinkerbell hat...we have lots of souvenirs
thank goodness for grandparents

i SO have the itch to go to disney after seeing the show....hopefully we can try this fall ...i better start saving my pennies

I love dancing

2009-04-28T11:20:00.000-07:00

I've been hiding the costume in the top of the closet for 2 weeks...but today we put everything on for our first dance recital! I love having girls for fun things like this...Say Say brought flowers, we gave her a ballerina doll and the smile hasn't come off her face yet from all the fun. Although not so hot at ballet and tap, she's got mad skills at waving to the crowd, smiling and boy can she do the hip hop dance. She was really too busy waving to dance...but when the final song came on..my sweet little ones training kicked in. Alice taught her well to shake her bootie.

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2009-04-14T16:26:00.000-07:00

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Easter pics

2009-04-13T18:59:00.000-07:00

my mom made these sweet dresses...they were so cute! I need to learn soon...

family pic

My sweet friend made the girls Easter PJ's. She does great work. Check her out if you need anything.... everything she has done for me is SO CUTE!
www.peteypies.com

AH is already eating chocolate....she didn't take a nap that day and didn't eat many "meals"
LOTS OF CHOCOLATE...

"Work" Trip

2009-03-30T18:11:00.000-07:00

thank goodness the sun came out...We had resorted to playing in the tub for entertainment one day

G had a work trip at the beach and the fam was allowed to go! I always like a trip after my baby is born...it reminds me I can still do fun things and travel :) No way endless thunderstoms, cold and flooding could keep us from having fun....we hit the outlets, ate good seafood and even got a few pics in the 2 hours of sun.
The conference was in Sandestin and we had a SUPER condo there. 1 bedroom plus a little bunk room fit us perfectly, on the beach, beach toys provided, comfy beds and super cute decor. You should totally look into it. I can't get the link to work so you'll have to just copy and paste. It's great and we will definitely rent it again! Check it out if you need a place.
www.gotosandestin.com
We were in unit 4301.

Sisters

2009-03-30T17:48:00.000-07:00

Mom needed some more sleep...we tried CC on some formula. Well, I'm pretty sure she has some kind of sensitvity from it. Poor little thing has super bad baby acne or developed little rash.
So no more formula for bit until we figure out whats up. You can see a little bit of the rash in the picture above.

I have 2 sweet little girls..I can hardly believe it yet!! Transition with 2 little ones has been good, although I still have so much to figure out. Biggest thing so far...I miss my time with just AH...She was my little buddy, my little partner in alot of daily activities. Now there's another one. Big sister has handled things quite well...her mommy is still trying to figure out how to make it all work. I guess I'm just getting TWO special buddies :)

fishin

2009-03-30T14:23:00.000-07:00

G's birthday gift from AH and myself was the $$ to set up his boat for Crappie fishing AND the free time away from us to learn how to do it correctly. He's been fishing like crazy and loves the new set up. He hasn't taken all of us girls yet...but he promises it will be more exciting than the other fishing outings we've been on. :)
Here's a hybrid bass he caught the other day...He was VERY excited!

fashion

2009-03-30T14:20:00.001-07:00

i'm pretty sure i should be worried.... i bet we're in for wild teenage years

going to the "radio"

2009-03-15T13:14:00.001-07:00

We dropped CC off with grandparents and had a fun time with AH at the rodeo. She prefers to call it "the radio". G was in a super good mood...he purchased a light sword, a pink princess cowgirl hat and yummy overpriced snacks for all.

trip to Bham

2009-03-15T13:07:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of a quick Bham trip to introduce grandparents to little one and celebrate birthdays.

Snow Pictures

2009-03-05T09:22:00.000-08:00

First Friends and First Bathtime

2009-03-04T11:03:00.000-08:00

Anne Emory and CC
Here is one of CC first friends. My sweet friend, Caroline had a baby girl a few weeks before me. Caroline and I were in each others weddings and I hope our girls will be great friends and enjoy growing up together.

"Finally, her cord came off, and she can have a bath with me"...you would have been told those words if we ran into you anywhere this day. All the Wal-mart strangers were happy to know the news Big Sister told them..HA! Not joking...Seriously, if you walk by and don't acknowledge our most precious little one, AH will be sure and catch your attention and tell you to look at her baby sister. She'll also tell you little ones name and what she has done that day.
(and usually if AH herself has been to the restroom that day she'll tell you that too...detailing if it was yellow or brown...i know...WAY to TMI)

Big Sister was so excited about helping with the bath. She even "helped" by unplugging the baby bathtub while we weren't looking...so we also made a waterfall in the bathroom.
I have many more stories of how AH has been "helping". It's just been too crazy for me to sit and write it all down. I'm about tired of all her "help".

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2009-02-15T12:01:00.000-08:00

My sweet friends have officially started their photography business! They've taken MANY incredibly special pictures of my family through the last few years. Above are 2 pictures from when they came to see Baby Catherine. They've only shown me these 2 and the 1 in the last blog and I'm SO EXCITED to see the rest!
Birmingham area... Family owned and operated... great prices...Go check out their website and give them a call TODAY!
They are so sweet and their work is fabulous!
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Life is good!

2009-02-15T11:28:00.000-08:00

This is what Big Sister had on majority of the time she came to the hospital. The nurses just cracked up at her most of the time. They called AH "the princess" and Catherine became known as "Lady Catherine" since her sister was a princess. We wondered what nicknames would stick for Catherine...Baby KK, C. C., but for sure we've adopted "Lady" and "Ladybug".

Thought I'd give a quick update and post some pictures! I don't have too many different ones than in my picassa web album. We've really had a great 2 weeks relaxing and getting used to our new little one! For me, It's been such a crazy road to HAVE this baby...I'm just now REALLY ENJOYING HER! My mom stayed with us for about a week then she took AnnieBoo home with her for another week so we could have time with just Catherine. She has been a pretty easy baby so far. We are so thankful she is eating and sleeping great :)
G's work schdule has changed a bit and we've gotten some fun extra time together as well.

I've spent time reading magazines and catching up on TV. AND I'm getting really good at ebay. I went through all of AnnieBoo's old clothes and have tried to find the matching other set for the girls to wear. I'm sure they can't be matchy matchy for very long so I'm taking advantage of as many deals I can find. I'm having great luck too! Why did I not think of ebay earlier!

Family of 4!!

2009-02-04T17:43:00.000-08:00

YEAH! Everything went smoothly and we are SO EXCITED to welcome our new little one!
I have an online album set up but its password/link protected. Please use the link on Facebook or you can leave me your email address here if you would like to see the album.
More fun details of everything later...

Ready and Waiting

2009-01-30T05:02:00.000-08:00

We're all packed and ready to meet Baby Catherine...it could be ANYTIME now!
We'll keep you posted! Please be in prayer that things go smoothly and quickly!

smokin' hot dance video of a 3 year old

2009-01-22T03:28:00.001-08:00

So here we have a little "Annie" singing which we are REALLY into these days...some Rockette kicks still left over from Christmas.... and a little "Single Ladies" dancing that ALove introduced her to. (she's training for Beyonce's part I think...we'll have to keep practicing, but if you've seen the REAL video, you might notice some of the moves. ) Thanks to ALOVE who is always quick to expose my child to the latest dance techniques. HA!

Why is she in her bathing suit?? Well, 1. Here mommy doesn't care too much about what she wears around the house these days.
2. Her daddy told her when it gets really warm outside and its summertime, she can help pick out the family dog. She's trying really hard to convince him its summer, even if its in the 20's outside! The bathing suits have been out for about 3 days now :)

ShowBiz Pizza - blast from the past

2009-01-11T17:45:00.001-08:00

G says all the cool kids had their birthday parties at ShowBiz and dorks went to Chuck-e-cheese when he was growing up. HA! Evidently, ShowBiz was a little edgy and loud for parents...and they played rock music, instead of kids music. There is a WHOLE HUGE following out there in the world who is still mourning the loss of ShowBiz. There are several overseas and a ShowBiz collector just opened a ShowBiz just a little drive from us. You have to check out his animatronics singing Usher songs on youtube. There is also a documentary coming out about ShowBiz Rock-afire Band and the special program in Phenix City!!

Christmas 3 and 4

2009-01-05T18:05:00.000-08:00

Thomas and AnnieBoo in matching PJ's
We were all sick for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. Sooo, I don't have many pictures from my family Christmas. We made the big move to have Christmas at our own house this year.
AnnieBoo racked up from Santa....Lots of princess dresses and dress up.

This was her favorite gift by far....Say Say and T Tom gave her 2 big winners! She wore her wedding dress and carried her pink shot gun around all day :)

our Christmas Card

Meeting Baby Thomas

2009-01-05T17:47:00.000-08:00

fun in the bathtub

Baby Thomas getting baptized

taking a family shot while we were all in town

We were so excited to meet baby Thomas. Pam and Oliver's (my brother) little one!
He was born back in October, but they live over seas and all the sisters are JUST NOW getting to hold him! He is such a great baby and is so precious!

Christmas Round 1 and 2

2009-01-04T08:44:00.000-08:00

We had a fun family time celebrating Christmas early with G's family. AH loved Christmas this year. It seems like she was a constant sugar high of love all christmas season!

5 years!

2009-01-03T12:58:00.001-08:00

I love when people post wedding pics. Although only 5 years ago, we weren't all digital then so I didn't have too many uploaded already! G and I met, dated and married within about a year. We had a blast through pre-marriage counseling, children, moving, school. We've had a really fun life together so far and I can't imagine doing life with another person! I loved getting married at Christmas! It was pretty much my dream perfect wedding. (super hectic- both pastors got the flu, a couple of wrong notes, and just general christmas craziness) I can still remember every part! Santa driving us away was fun! Loved that I was the 5th person to wear a special wedding dress. Celebrating Christmas Honeymoon on the beach was THE BEST!
We wish we were back there again every year.
It's just really hard to believe its been 5 years!
The only negative of the whole thing...I horribly procrastinated on my thank you notes! Don't get me wrong, I was SO THANKFUL but man that was NO FUN! Yes, Mom, I'm 95% sure I really did finish them all :)

Birthday

2009-01-02T13:02:00.001-08:00

cupcakes with friends at school

AnnieBoo with her Cinderella princess cake! We had a little family party complete with those fabulously tacky heart shaped princess plates and napkins. She had a blast!

I'm so behind on blogging...sorry! December was FULL of craziness. Christmas traveling all over the place. We celebrated being married 5 years, well, not really. An anniversary and your childs birthday are NOT supposed to be celebrated on the same day :) We've decided to celebrate in the summer. G and AH both had birthdays! Lots of Hunting and family time! We all had super nasty colds throughout Christmas and are still recovering. Baby Girl has a name now (Catherine) and we're planning on her coming sometime this month! More coming soon...

Making a Mess!

2008-12-10T16:16:00.000-08:00

We've been making a mess these days for sure. We did lots of cooking for our gifts this year. Thankfully, AnnieBoo loves to help in the kitchen. Here are some pictures of this years Gingerbread House. I think more candy went in her tummy than on the house if you can believe it. Please notice the random suckers strategically placed in various places around the house. I'm pretty sure AH was going for a modern theme as well as attempting to cover every inch of EVERYTHING with candy.
We had a blast :)

Elf on the Shelf

2008-12-08T16:24:00.000-08:00

We started Elf on the Shelf today! It was hilarious :) MM told AnnieBoo about the Elf and introduced them. It took us awhile to figure out what name she kept calling him...We're pretty sure his name is Wynnton, we think. Who knows where she comes up with these names :)
G does bedtime and was supposed to read the cute little story...but he got so stinkin serious about the Elf. AH started to cry and get scared of the Elf who was going to go tell Santa when she was bad. Ha! Ha!
Mom finished reading the story and everything was okay again! We're excited to see where the Elf turns up tomorrow!

Callaway Gardens

2008-12-06T18:02:00.001-08:00

We headed to see the lights at Callaway! AH is SUCH a girly girl. Christmas Music, Lights, hot chocolate, cotton candy....it was her perfect night! She just wanted to hug or snuggle and scream "Merry Christmas" out the windows all night long :)

Finding a Tree

2008-12-06T17:47:00.000-08:00

We love our fun tradition with the Varners.
We like Blue Sapphire trees-They smell amazing the whole season and they don't drop their needles.

Help out the small business folks!

2008-12-04T13:23:00.000-08:00

I wanted to remind everyone about my friend Brett who runs the Polka Dot Princess in Fairhope, AL. They have the cutest Christmas stuff and have recently updated their website! I just ordered my cards from her today!

Fireflies and FairyTales is having a whopper of a sale this FRIDAY!
You can get the same deals on the website or by calling them.
Heirloom stuff and Diaper Bags are 15% off!
Bibbs, Burps, Hats all 30% off!
All Fall, Christmas and Winter stuff is 40% off !
Football stuff, Thanksgiving, and accessories are 50% off!
EVERYTHING in the store is on sale!
The Swanky Stork Maternity Store is having their big sale too!

I love all these friends and wish them MUCH SUCCESS in this crazy season!
If my links don't work just copy and paste these. I'm not great at linking :)
www.thepolkadotprincess.com
www.firefliesandfairytales.com

Thanksgiving!

2008-12-01T18:54:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving was a whirlwind! We didn't take many pictures...sorry! Here are a few with G's family.

G loves to duck hunt and finally got to go out since Auburn was playing so bad. One of the ducks was banded in Maryland. I never really understood why that was a big deal, but I was assured that IS super cool. He was so excited!!!

hee hee

professional photo friends

2008-11-11T06:05:00.000-08:00

We have some super talented friends! We used to hang out as couples and had so much fun...now we still have fun but alot of our time consists of taking pictures of our little ones. I'm so thankful for you guys! We miss you like crazy! We love your new hobby too! These are great pictures.
If you need pictures and live in Bham...you need to call them! I can hook you up!

catch up...

2008-11-11T05:47:00.000-08:00

loved getting candy :) She would scream from the door...dad I got more candy!

Thanks for letting us borrow from the farm TTom. We loved our ride!!
G, your totally the best for thinking of that idea and cleaning for us!

I had to post these because I thought it was a super fun idea. For Halloween our neighborhood goes crazy. There were like 25+ golf carts and ATV's going around pulling trailers full of kids! It was hilarious to watch swarms of kids running from door to door like ants. You should start this in your neighborhood next year if ya'll need some fun!
Thanks for including us friends....we can't wait to be home all the time!

Baby Monitor ?

2008-11-05T06:11:00.000-08:00

We tried several different baby monitors and I love my Philips monitor. It has a night light on the child's unit and a talk back feature that I love. I can tell AnnieBoo to get back in bed when I hear her playing without going in her room. 2 parent listening units, rechargeable, it's digitally awesome with no feed back ever!!! I found a great deal and LOVE LOVE it!

But, with 2 little ones, I'm interested in listening to 2 rooms.
The girls will be upstairs in different rooms and we'll be downstairs.
I would like to listen to AH and new baby if needed! (I'm not interested in a video monitor)
Do I have any options besides 2 completely separate units?
Any suggestions or advice?
Thanks for the help!

Happy Halloqueen

2008-10-29T17:24:00.000-07:00

G and AH carved our pumpkins today. AnnieBoo requested a princess pumpkin :)

Tinkerbell will correct you if you say its "Happy Halloween" its "Happy Halloqueen"!

Smoky Mountain Trip 2008

2008-10-27T12:32:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from our Smoky Mountains Trip.

Click HERE! I'm trying picassa this time to see how i like it.

Ballerinas DON'T

2008-10-21T06:09:00.001-07:00

Well, as I learned today...."Ballerinas DON'T wear sleeves on their arms and shoulders"....even if the temp really cold, under 50 degrees. (a sweater or sweatshirt)
"They CAN wear special sleeves on their legs to keep warm!!"
(We don't have any of these...I'm guessing the teacher wears leg warmers)

I guess we're breaking the mold in the 2 years old eyes, there were tears, but my ballerina put on her sweatshirt at least until she got inside.
Crazy girl has trouble changing her routine in ANY WAY :)

30

2008-10-20T19:01:00.000-07:00

I recently turned 30! I was a little worried that I might be in for a major breakdown, but everything was great. Thanks to all my friends and family who helped me make it this far in life!

Thanks to Say Say, AH stayed with mom A WHOLE WEEK! It was an awesomely fun break from life :) My sweet hubby took me to see "Wicked" at the Fox! We purchased the music before we went which made it really fun too! Love, Love, LOVED the play! ( Bham folks, I highly recommend you going...its coming in April to ya'll! )

We played, shopped and ate really good in ATL.

I spent way too much money at one of new favorite stores, Izzy Maternity in Alpharetta. It's the most fun shopping experience ever! Ann Taylor Loft had some great basic maternity too! Yeah for fun stores!

We got some great recommendations on restaurants! Two Urban Licks, JCT Kitchen, Baraonda, Eno, and some fun bagel place. VERY FUN. We missed out on Bones and The Flying Biscuit...next trip I guess :)

Welcome Baby Thomas!

2008-10-06T05:37:00.000-07:00

I'm an aunt! My brother and sis-in-law just had his first little one and I had to share the pictures!!
He's just precious and looks exactly like O when he was little.
This is one of those times when it really stinks that they live SO FAR away!
Can't wait to see you guys! We are SO excited for you!

what ballerinas do...

2008-09-30T13:02:00.000-07:00

AnnieBoo informed me this is morning there are some things ballerinas DON'T DO and therefore on her dance day....she doesn't really need to do them :) It didn't really work for this ballerina, but it was pretty cute!

Ballerinas DO NOT put "rain" on their hair! (we wet her hair, with "rain" in the mornings if its
nasty in the back from sleeping)
Ballerinas DO NOT brush their hair!

Ballerinas DO NOT brush their teeth!

Ballerinas only wear pink and they always wear hats.... ALL THE TIME!
(all the time is her new fav statement..she adds it to almost everything)

AU game

2008-09-27T16:58:00.000-07:00

tiger walk

all 3 expecting baby girls in Feb :)

annieboo loved this van.
it was loudly playing the fight song and please notice the tiger on top
AH waved and screamed war eagle.

Dance Class

2008-09-24T07:48:00.000-07:00

They offer dance class during the school day at AnnieBoo's school this year. Ballet and Tap
We debated whether to sign her up or not. We knew she'd love it, but really...she's 2 1/2!
It's precious; She does love it! Here are some pictures.

Pics from the Porch

2008-09-21T17:24:00.000-07:00

The weather was perfect this weekend.... Cool Fall Air!!! YEAH

Lots of animals were out and about. These were some things we were able to see from the porch!

(this is how she likes to travel these days...with her special pillow she took from T Tom
sorry, not sure your gonna get it back)

family news...

2008-09-17T11:35:00.000-07:00

i forgot to mention in my last update on alice....i told her i would rat her out :)

AnnieBoo was so upset not to find ANY pictures of herself in sweet A-love's college room!
Thats right...ZERO pictures of our family...as in parents, sisters and brothers.
(Actually, I take that back, I think an old picture of Oliver might have made the cut, but NO ONE ELSE.)

BOOOO! I think we should all send millions of pictures and bad emails her way :)

Roadtrip MC

2008-09-16T09:15:00.000-07:00

We headed to see A-Love play soccer this week at MC. She did great and I loved seeing her new home away from home! We were trying to see her play before its too hard for me to travel with AH by myself. Here's some pics of our quick visit.

We do have an MC cheerleader outfit. She screamed "go alice" the whole time, even when alice came out.

it rained and we had to run really fast to car...here's AH soaked

alice had moves

the college was so pretty. a good cross between montevallo and samford

Love you Alice...i'm send you more pictures!

It's a Baby Sister!

2008-09-16T08:56:00.000-07:00

Our appointment went great. G and I were both super nervous. We were so excited to see all working organs accounted for :) Thanks for all your prayers! We left the DR and picked AH up from school. She got to tell all her teachers and friends about her little sister. She is super excited! We stopped by Publix to get pink balloons to tell my folks. EVERYONE in publix knew I was having a baby girl :) AH now leaves food on her plate, "for my baby sister" and saves seats "for her baby sister" and it just about makes me cry every night when she prays for her little sister. We're excited and Yes, I'm already trying to find small sizes for the new baby that will match big sister! You know i'll be matchy matchy!

G is so funny talking about another girl. When they told us he said, "Lady, you just saved me lots of money...everything we own is pink" (i think he's forgetting about weddings and jr. high) He's already trying to decide how many bags he going to allow everyone to take on trips. He's getting really good at playing princess and dealing with girl drama :) He really is a super father for a girl! Today, he said, I guess I really am going to learn how to work those pony tail holder things!

No name decisions yet, it takes us forever with girl names! We have several we like, but have made no commitments yet.

I'm way behind on blogging...i'll try and catch up!

It's a GIRL!

2008-09-10T11:47:00.001-07:00

Everything looked great at the doctor and we're expecting another GIRL!
YEAH!
More details later, but we've had a super busy week and I can't write much now!
Thanks for all your prayers!

Mitigation Bank

2008-09-03T08:14:00.001-07:00

Sorry this will be boring for most readers...family will love this and make you miss home...its all new since you've left I think! We took lots of pictures of the mitigation bank flooding with this last big rain. It did exactly like it was designed to do! YEAH! (I'm loading the pictures small, so you can click on to see larger)

-on the right, after you cross the bridge

-pine tree area before rattlesnake alley
big time flooded, but we decided would be great, if we had a 4 wheeler!

-quail course, G just gets giddy when this gets ready :)

-blue tube trees...these were planted before AH was born!

flooding by new project -mill field

-for alice, the gator spotting area finally getting more water

- new mitigation project, it looked really pretty before the rain...but not so hot now...but it did GREAT (i think, but we'll wait on dad for final analysis)

-the photographer and his helper :)

War Eagle

2008-09-03T07:59:00.000-07:00

This weekend G and I went to the Auburn opening game! (thanks for babysitting Ding) We had a blast, but were not as excited as we hoped with the new hype of the offense. I'm sure it'll get better as the season goes on!
On our way home Friday, we stopped by the Raptor Center for one of their events in Auburn.
I highly recommend it! They got out tons of birds and we even got to see Nova the eagle fly. The program is designed for you to see the birds and learn about all types "birds of prey". I wont bore you with all the facts I know...but it was great!
They will be doing a program every Friday on home games! It was $5 per person. AH got in free and LOVED it! Here are some pictures!

yeah-da-corn video

2008-08-20T17:44:00.000-07:00

First I have some disclaimers before you watch!
1) I'm cleaning out summer clothes and getting out Fall stuff...excuse the clothes in random places. It's just messy around here right now. We tried to edit most of it out :)
2) G and I are just dorks, we know that. We have laughed at this whole process and we are just so goofy sounding in the video...sorry!

It's about 4 minutes long so most of you wont be that interested. But, you'll see AH jumping her "hurdles", a surprise potty time totally unstaged, the potty dance, and hear about how AH likes to match her CareBear sticker to the same color star she puts on her potty chart. You'll also get to see the "yeah-da-corn"

"Here's my yeah-ta-corn"

2008-08-20T17:34:00.000-07:00

A "yeah-ta-corn" is the special prize AnnieBoo picked out after she went "stinky" in the potty!
Sorry...hope this isn't TMI. If it is...for sure don't click on the video I'm trying to upload next.
The goal was a CareBear when we headed to Toys R Us; but she was quickly sidetracked by this lovely pink sparkle unicorn (yeah-da-corn)
It has braids, roses and even makes noise = very tacky :)
We're not really sure how yeah-da-corn stuck...but she insists its not a unicorn...its a yeah-da-corn! Whatever babe...great job :)

A-Love is Famous Already!

2008-08-18T18:51:00.000-07:00

A-Love has been to 1DAY of practice and she's already impressing the coach!
Here's the link - just copy and paste it
http://www.gochoctaws.com/News/wsoc/2008/8/18/WS-2008Preseason.asp?path=wsoc

Good Job Alice!

I think I fixed the link in the sidebar now!

First Day of School

2008-08-18T10:36:00.001-07:00

Yeah for school! We're so excited about school this year. AnnieBoo's teacher was MY TEACHER when I was 2...very small world! Our school offers ballet during school hours too! We're in the process of talking daddy into thinking its a great idea :) I think he pretty much caved when he saw the recital pictures from last years ballerinas.

Olympics

2008-08-16T10:35:00.000-07:00

We have loved the Olympics...I hate living on GA time right now because I'm up too late EVERY NIGHT! We headed to the farm to have our Olympic party kick off. It was just a "party" because we made cupcakes and AH thinks thats a party.

(i learned how to make big bows, thus saving mucho $)

(AH liked the weight lifting. Here's her interpretation Fencing is her other fav)

(T Tom and his new toy; the coolest lawn mower I've ever seen)

(Ding Ding stopped by for a ride too)

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more pest problems

sister pictures

Disney

7 months old

demo date night

Brit Brit's Circus

The circus was quite a spectacle! Midgets, a legless woman on a trampoline, fireworks, saws spewing sparks, magic, illusions, tricks, LOTS of costume changes, lip-syncing... Spectacle is the best word I would use to describe it :) she puts on quite a show...

even

a few new pictures

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girls

Boys Trip

cow appreciation day

summer project

4th of july

AnnieBoo

Catherine

picture update

A Symphony in the Dark

LOOONGG MONTH

first part of May- the worst parts

first of May- some of the good parts

disney on ice

I love dancing

Photo Deals

Easter pics

"Work" Trip

Sisters

fishin

fashion

going to the "radio"

trip to Bham

Snow Pictures

First Friends and First Bathtime

need pictures??

Life is good!

Family of 4!!

Ready and Waiting

smokin' hot dance video of a 3 year old

ShowBiz Pizza - blast from the past

Christmas 3 and 4

Meeting Baby Thomas

Christmas Round 1 and 2

5 years!

Birthday

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Elf on the Shelf

Callaway Gardens

Finding a Tree

Help out the small business folks!

Thanksgiving!

professional photo friends