Wordless Wednesday!

 

It's HIS birthday!

 43.........is looking good on someone!

I think he had a pretty great birthday!

Here's to another trip around the sun for this guy!

Easter weekend!

 We had a low key weekend but filled with friends, family, birthdays and enjoying the beautiful weather!

Friday we all enjoyed dinner at the Rays where we caught up with the Messers since they were in town!

They surprised Tyler and I with a birthday cake!

I didnt get any pictures other than..............the broccoli salad that I made! ha! 

It is an important picture because.....I have never made it before (I have been wanting to since forever...and it was WORTH it! I mean, SO good!) :)

My new favorite thing to make! ha!

 Then Saturday was full of the JSU Easter egg event! Tyler was enjoying turkey hunting (on his birthday) so us girls enjoyed the egg fun!

Then we had dinner at Longhorn with the Law's to celebrate Tyler!

It was a good day!

Love this group of girls! I miss the Messer girls and so enjoy when we get to see them!

Love these girls like sisters!

And, love some cute sundresses too! ha!

Have to have a picture with the Easter bunny!

He is Risen!

 Easter 2025 is in the books and it was a beautiful day to enjoy Church, lunch and dinner to celebrate Him!

And, throw in a good ole nap, in between, too, just for good measure! :)

This one is usually the one that runs away from me taking a picture of her but this morning, she was all about it!

She loved her dress! :)

Pretty in blue!

This one...........(the youngest) was not having pictures today...ugh! It is SO not fun taking pictures...but to get that one, favorite, is always worth it!

Family Easter picture!

Another for good measure!

And..........REAL life! 
Like I said, Lily was in a mood....Alexis was then over it....and HERE we are! ha!

Oh Riley!

 You know, he is just the hottest and fastest rising country music star RIGHT now!

So, when you get offered the chance to have dinner with him and he sings for a bit...........you jump on the opportunity!

A fabulous evening with delicious food and even better atmosphere!

I know a good bit of Riley's family including being pretty close with his sister so it was so good to see all of them, as well, as enjoy this fun night!

Seats SAVED! Cant sit here, but we can! :)

Always my date!

Every girl in America...........would love to have a picture with Riley Green!

He can sing!

My favorite day of the week!

 I do not know why, but Thursday is my favorite day of the week.

That is the day I normally take when we have our Summer schedule and I have my work from home day.

There is just something about Thursdays. 

Mondays, I am ready to get back to the 'groove'

Tuesdays.........are just bleh.......

Wednesday is hump day so that is a day to look forward to....

and then BAM, Thursday!

Thursday is like....'yayy!! I am here and we have conquered the majority of the week and then tomorrow is Friday!

Happy BIRTHDAY Aubie!

 He is the sweetest, most fluffy cat of all the land!

He stands in the most posed position, with his beautiful tail just wrapped around his body and just looking at you when there is no food in the bowl and is hungry...........but when he is wanting attention or some rubbing, my goodness, he will whine...and whine and whine. He will walk around just meowing over and over. It drives me crazy and is hilarious at the same time! We will tell him to hush, and he will, but then 2 minutes later, he'll come up to one of us and do it again.

He always loves to sneak into Alexis' room. That is his favorite. Like major FAVORITE. If we cannot find him, I'll go in there and he will be curled up on her bed and will just look at me like, 'do I have to leave?'

He will try and come in my room when I am reading or just in there and sometimes I will let him but when I dont want him to, I will say 'No Aubie' and he will just stop, look at me and just turn around and go back out. It cracks me up. I sometimes just do that so I can watch him because he knows and understands so well!

He loves and hates Soccer. Soccer LOVES Aubie. He is also mean to Aubie but Aubie loves to play with him but when he is done, he wants Soccer to go away! ha! But they are best friends and I love that they have each other!

So, here's to another trip around the sun to our Aubie! Even with his 'health' issue with having his tumor surgery, he is still as 'young' as ever!

We love celebrating you, Aubie, and happy birthday!

We had a 'fancy' dinner, last night, and then strawberry cake pops for his birthday dinner and then sang him happy birthday! (though he didnt eat any of it) :)

We love you Aubie!

Our fancy meal! It was delicious! 

This picture cracks me up! It is always a struggle to get both cats to be still and smile! ha! Soccer would NOT leave that hat on or let Lily keep holding her!

Tyler was struggling with Aubie to get him to leave the hat on and smile for his birthday picture! ha!

Happy 11 years! :)

And found this GEM! Aubie's first birthday! Look how little the girls were!

Wordless Wednesday!

 

A full and busy Saturday!

 We had a full and busy Saturday and it was so much fun!

Love spending time my girls!

Lovely dinner and always fun with this group!

Had fun getting fancy!

Celebrating birthdays with this guy!

Then outfit change for desserts!

I think we are twins!  :)

And, all the DD things are starting back up so Alexis enjoyed her DD Tea!

And...look how cute Lily is! Just growing up!

Going out with a bang for track

 We found out yesterday, that Lily's track season is over. For the remaining season, it is the county championship and then from there whoever continues on to regionals and state.

Lily was not selected to attend county for her events so her season was complete on Friday. 

Whew, it was an eventful Friday afternoon in Oneonta! I have never been there, so it was fun to see that side of the world. ha! The weather was crazy! It went from cold, dark, dreary, to bright, blue skies, fluffy clouds, sunny and warm...to deep black clouds, thunder, lightning, and heavy rain.

Luckily we only saw the heavy storms from a distance. They literally passed right beside us as we sat and watched. It was a pretty cool experience. I have never been (in one day) seeing almost all the weather elements and changes. It was crazy!

Right when Lily was about to start the 1600, a lightning strike hit and a clap of thunder so we had a delay. Once the delay was over, the sun was bright and the meet was continued.

Lily had her best meet yet to end on!

She had gotten in a slump...........in her own stubborn head....but this time, she was fresh, ready and did the job she was set to do!

She didnt PR, but she ran a 6.27 on the 1600 and then she ran the 4x400 (for the first time) with 3 other girls (in the second heat) they wanted to try two so they could score more team points (I really dont understand that) BUT.......the 1st heat Jville girls came in 1st and Lily's group came in 3rd!

She was pumped!

Claim she loves that and wants to make sure and run it next season.

So, she ended on a great note to finish out her 1st season on Jville Varsity track!

Ready to go! And, note, at this point, the weather was amazing!

She got a medal! 3rd place finish! Her group was Sarah, Bre, Lily and then Gracie! They did a great job working together even though they had never done it before!

She was so happy! We enjoyed a fun dinner and then headed home. It was a pretty good Friday night!

Wordless Wednesday!

 

The rest of our weekend!

 We had a busy one!

I mean, when we have to feed 320 people! This isnt even half of it!

Celebrated Nan and Brandi's birthdays that is this week! Yume........was yummy! ha!

Then, Alexis had her DD event. The DD BBQ was a hit!

Then, I went and supported the JSU cheerleaders to watch their Nationals performance since they are leaving this week to compete! They did a GREAT job! Rooting for them!

Another run for Lily

 Lily is trucking through her track season. We were up BRIGHT and early to do the one Saturday. It was a full and busy day!

She ran the 3200 and the 1600. She ran the 3200 at 16.03 and then the 1600 at 6:45. She didnt PR...in fact, she really didnt run to her potential but her times still reflected well.......for a 7th grader. That is where we are running into a problem because, yes, she is a 7th grader, but her potential is SO much higher than that.

She gets in her head, and gets mad...then stubborn and so, ya know.... BUT, she is trucking along and overall the team is having a great season!

It was such a beautiful day!

Ready to go!

A great shot!

Alexis-Junior Elite Night

 Tonight marked Alexis' Elite night!

I didnt get to do pictures with her group........for multiple reasons such as...they didnt know where or what they were doing until like an hour before doing it. Then they were late to doing it all anyways and changed venues on where to do it....

so, I stuck with Lily and took her all around to pictures, dance, dinner and all the things! :)

As I type this, though, I know Alexis is having a blast and making fun memories!

Got ready with friends, came by for some quick pictures....in a dress and shoes that she had not originally had to wear. Story of Alexis' life!

But..beautiful like always!

Her Junior year!

Growing up!

Best friends!

SP, with two on his arm!

Friends forever!

Love this one!

LOOK at her! She was so happy to win!