Tuesday, February 28, 2017

2 helpers to kick off Dr. Seuss week!

We are kicking off Dr. Seuss week!

The school loves this week and therefore so do the girls! They have had dress up days everyday and we have watched Dr. Seuss movies at home too!

Monday was wear Red and Blue in honor of Dr. Seuss so that's what they did! :)
I had two little helpers during dinner prep too Monday afternoon!
Both girls love to help me cook and just soak up how to do things....like cutting, how to measure, etc! They are actually really big helps for me too! :)
Tuesday was 'Oh, the places we will go.' To wear a shirt for your favorite destination! Alexis chose Auburn because she says she loooooves to go to Auburn! {Good choice!} :) And Lily chose her Zebra shirt because she says she likes to go to the Zoo...or anywhere there are animals! ha!
Alexis wanted me to take a picture of her like this to show the back of her shirt! Waarrr Eagle! :) So...Lily had to do 'muscles' too! :) :)
Tomorrow is 'wacky sock' day! Stay tuned! :)

Sunday, February 26, 2017

Gearing up!

It is that time...

one of our favorites...

Gamecock Softball time! Softball season is gearing up! Whoo hoo!

First home games kicked off this weekend and so we had to make sure we were in on the action!

You could not have asked for a more perfect day for some softball today!

After Church we grabbed lunch really quick and then headed to the JSU vs Southern Miss game.

There was a slight chilly breeze while we were at Church...so I told the girls to dress warm for the game.

OOHHH my GOODNESS!

The entire stands were thinking like us....

and BOY were we all wrong! It was HOT!

Everybody was stripping off clothes!

Who gets a suntan in February?????...

well, everyone did today...but me...

I got burnt red! :) :)

JSU played a great game but came out with a loss. :(

We finished off the awesome weekend with playing outside until we couldnt play anymore, enjoying Andrew stopping by and eating pizza! Alexis threw in some math tutoring to cap it off perfectly! :)

This picture of Lily cracks me up! Her face looks super tiny with those huge sunglasses on! This picture was taken right when we got there so it was pre feeling the warmth! Right after this...the sweatshirts came off!! :)
What a beautiful day!
Lily decided she wanted to do some drawing and writing during the game in her Daddy's lap!
When came home...and the girls ran and threw on shorts and we continued enjoying the day! :)

Saturday, February 25, 2017

Divided and conquered!

We divided and conquered today from Oxford to Gadsden!

It was on the chilly side today {even though it was in the 60's} just because it has been in the high 70's earlier in the week but still a beautiful day to be out and about!!

Alexis had a blast spending the night with Caroline. She thinks she is SO cool and big to get to hang out with Caroline's older brother {Trent} and his sweet girlfriend Mallory. I saw this picture from Leyla and I realized....Alexis is not wearing her clothes! She must have raided Caroline's closet and asked to wear her shirt to go to dinner and bowling! Oh goodness!
Tyler and I divided and conquered today so as he headed to Lily's little friend MacKenzie's birthday party at the Anniston Museum....Lex and I headed to Jazz pictures! This sassy thing struck this sassy pose and was ready for her Jazz pictures!
Too cute!
Her Jazz class. Most of the class was not able to make pictures because the date was given at such a short notice. :(
Tyler and I got home within 30 minutes of each other. Just in time to distribute laundry from washer to dryer....do a couple of other items....watch an episode of Fixer Upper and then do a couple of flips, spins and turns on Tyler's toy truck...Lily's toy truck before heading to Gadsden for bowling and celebrating Andrew turning the BIG 3-0!!!
Tyler....Lily, thinks it is SUPER cool at how fast this thing will go.....you know...since it is Tyler's...Lily's truck!!  :) :) :)
Yep...this guy is 30! Nannie pointed out the nice fact at dinner that.....half his life is now over!! Here's to the next 30 years Andrew! Happy birthday! I hope the next 30 is your best and happiest yet!!  :) :)
We had a great time bowling! Ty won the 1st game and Andrew won the 2nd! Poor Alexis...and Gran....were dead last! :)
Lex did a toss up between using the 'bowling slide' and throwing the ball between her legs! :)
Lily was a pro today! :)
We enjoyed dinner and cake {complete with the happy birthday song} before heading home and crashing! :) :)

Friday, February 24, 2017

Are we in February?

This week....whew....

to say every day may not be good but there is something good in every day....

is an understatement!

To say that this week has had beautiful weather though {in the high 70's/low 80's} has been great but so weird with it being February!

So, to say Im glad this week is done and today is Friday....whew, thankful!

We have a very full day ahead of us tomorrow from morning to night and then a fun Sunday coming so I am looking forward to the weekend!

Alexis is spending the night with Caroline tonight so Tyler and I enjoyed a Lily night by taking her to dinner and then to Wal-Mart where she got to pick out a surprise! She chose Ice-e Pops! No toys for her...she wanted a treat! :)

Since we were down one child tonight...I did some straightening up and take a wild guess where I am?!?!
A closer look......
A different view..........
Lily's room! OH MY goodness, you would think a bomb went off! I asked her if she even knew what all was in that drawer and that she needed to clean it up and close it. She says, as a matter of fact to me... 'Mommy, I know where everything is....and I need ALL of this stuff!' :) I am not at all surprised coming from the girl that can pack a bag with 10,000 items all the while it is busting at the seems...but some way...some how, she gets it to zip!!! :) Oh Lily! :)
Then, I walk into Alexis' room...... and this girl is on a whole different spectrum! She knows exactly, too, where everything is....and needs everything in her room too! :)
This girl..........has every.single.thing. perfectly in line and in its place!
You move 1 thing from her room....................... I DARE you...................... to move 1 thing from her room.....
you will see what happens when you do! :) :)
On another note............this week, this melted me! There was a little girl sitting by us {who was around 7 but she was tiny} that Lily thought was her age. She was reading a book to her Mom. Well, Lily comes over to me and asks if she can go get her books from the car so she can read! {Mind you...she can't read yet} but OH...that little girl..........would NEVER known Lily didnt know how to read!! Lily had all those books and 'read' out loud{mind you} every.single.book. :) When she was done 'reading' all of them, she looked over at me and said... 'Okay, Mommy, I am done reading for the day!' It cracked me up!
And...then this afternoon...she asked me if she could go get a book and show Daddy how she has learned to read and how well she reads! So, after he got out of the shower.....she read to her Daddy!
Priceless!
I cant wait until she actually can read. She is such a determined little girl that it will be no time that she really will and she is going to be so proud of herself!
And today...helped end the week on a great note! I went to KittyStone and did the annual 'Germ' speaking with Missy and Tammy. I love to go and see the sweet kids...especially the ones I know! This group was super special because it was a lot of Lily's friends and they kept saying 'You are Lily's Mommy....I know you, you are Lily's Mommy!' :) Lily should have been with this sweet group but since she missed the age cut off by only 12 days....I get to do the 'Germ' lesson with her next year! :)
While we were in Wal-Mart after dinner tonight.....I heard a little girl yell to her Mom, 'Mommy, she taught me how to wash my hands today and showed me how much germs I have on me!' I dont even remember seeing her....but she remembered me and yelled it across Wal-Mart....as her Mom was looking really confused! :)

Wednesday, February 22, 2017

Wordless Wednesday!

 {Valentines!}
 I absolutely LOVE looking at the changes from year to year! :) The furthest I could find was 2010 though. :(

Circa 2010- I LOVE THIS!!!!

Circa 2011

Circa 2012-We were technically 'homeless' this year so no Valentine picture with the normal 'theme' of signs, etc because all of our things were boxed up as we were waiting to find a home in Jacksonville....so this picture will have to do for 2012 since it was taken around the time of Valentines. :) {And...yes, Alexis has a bruise on her forehead} :)

 Circa 2013
This picture cracks me up because I distinctly remember Lily trying her best to pull it from Alexis so she couldnt hold it and Alexis was trying her best to keep it and smile at the same time! Hence why Alexis has a death grip on the sign and why Lily is looking determined!
Circa 2014
Circa 2015


 Circa 2016
 Circa 2017



Monday, February 20, 2017

Sunday, February 19, 2017

Twisted photoshoot!

Ahhh....

this weekend has been perfection!

Yesterday we didnt step foot outside our home and it was glorious!

We hung out at home all.day.long. without anything on our calendar!

I can not tell you the last time we have had nothing to do!

We filled our day with relaxing and enjoying just being at home!

Thursday, after dance, the girls spent the night with Gran and Ben and today was packed full with Church and seeing LaLa and Aunt Pam for lunch with everyone since they were in town for a baby shower, Tyler working on yards, math tutoring and more.... so....having one day....stuck right in the middle....of doing nothing...but just enjoying home....

perfection!

Amongst the relaxing....the girls filled the day with tons of games. They were all kinds of twisted while playing! Along with this...Alexis worked on perfecting her jump roping skills....to which...I busted out my old skills {much to Daddy's surprise especially} on how AWESOME I am at jump roping!! :)
Twister girls!
Decided to do a mini photo shoot today!
Havent had a chance to do our yearly Valentine pictures....so I took a couple today!
Making silly faces at each other....oh me.....when I let them do their own poises, this is what I get! :)
Love!
And....see what I mean with what I get when they do their own poises! :) ha!
She is just grown!
Two sisters!
Two stinkers! :)
Love this of her!
Love!
Doing some modeling!
Tired of taking pictures! ha!
Her expression! She is a mess!