Saturday, November 16, 2013

Fall leaves are falling!

Fall is quickly coming to an end, but today we enjoyed a beautiful day......as well as an AUsome WIN against Georgia!! WHOO HOOO!!
We have had a very busy week this week, and I feel like I just have not had a chance to catch a breath! :) Luckily today we made pictures so I could get our Christmas cards ready and enjoyed the beautiful Fall leaves!
WAARRRR Eagle!!!
Lily says YAYYY!!! Auburn WON!! :)
Lily says ROOOARRR!
War Eagle girl!!


Sisters!! :)




Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Wordless Wednesday!




Wordless Wednesday..with words! :) I was apart of a disaster recovery unit today (for work!!) Yes, I have been doing alot of fun things at work! :) There were about 30 of us that played "victims" of a disaster. We went in from all entries of the ER for all of our various problems, etc! It was really neat to be apart of it! The purpose was to help prepare RMC for when there are disasters (for them to have alot of patients flood in for help). There were all kinds of situations, from people who were "dead on arrival"....to having a heart attack, to a small cut and so on!
My problem was I had fallen and got a tree branch stuck in my leg! I was wheeled off in a wheelchair to emergency surgery! They made me feel like I actually had a branch in my leg! ha!

Monday, November 11, 2013

Book girl

We had a busy weekend yet again! Gran and I headed down to visit Andrew. It has been a long awaited visit. It was good to see him, and it felt like no one skipped a beat. My hope for Andrew is that this new journey of his will be bright and lessons of the past help guide and direct him for his future.
We enjoyed "touring" Mobile with shopping, movies and eating. :) Ben came from Enterprise to visit, so it was nice that he came down. I know one thing is certain...Mobile's roads are a mess! Not only are they hard to drive on, they change directions, etc out of no where! I was proud of myself during the Mobile trip!...I got a good bit of Christmas shopping done! Whoo hoo! :)

Daddy and the girls enjoyed their weekend still in Jacksonville with spending time with Nan and Pawpaw and football and church! :)

When I got home, we went to dinner to celebrate Alexis! She was SO excited about her "celebration" to Pizza Hut! She got to order her very own personal pan pizza...just the way she wanted it, with MUSHROOMS! That's right....she had her very own mushroom pizza because she completed her reading book program for school so she received a gift card! I am so very proud of her! :) It was sooo nice to be back home with my little family and celebrating my little girl! :)

Alexis cracked me up! She said "My very own mushroom pizza!" :) {yuck!} :)

Alexis' very first book that she checked out of the library! Mark it down in History! She was so proud that she finally got to check a book out! I love to see how excited she is when she reads! She has come so far in just a few short months of being in Kindergarten! She sounds the words out so well, and rolls right on through the pages! :)

Thursday, November 7, 2013

It is a gray day!


Alexis was sad this morning. Today marks the last day of color Thursday for this year. Today was gray day!


And...a view of my day today! Getting ready for next semester all ready! It is that time...and my goodness how time is flying! :)


Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Wordless Wednesday!


Even though today is "Wordless Wednesday"...I have to add some words! :) I got Alexis' Wednesday folder..and she had her 'October journal' in it. On one of the pages, she drew this..and wrote "I have a 'babe sestr' (baby sister) (she sounded it out and wrote it all by herself! She drew Lily under a rainbow! :) SO sweet! :)

Monday, November 4, 2013

Ballerina toes

Ballerina toes, ballerina toes...oh beautiful ballerina toes! :) Today was Alexis' weekly dance class and I got to watch some of her class. They would only let one parent watch..but it was sweet to see what they have been up to! :) Alexis loves to take dance..and I love watching her grow as a beautiful ballerina! :)

Her sweet little class!




Sunday, November 3, 2013

Birthday galore day

We were loaded to the max yesterday with our schedule! We started out with having to go to church for the Church directory pictures! I think they turned out so good! I cant wait to get them in! Lily CRACKED us up the whole time! She kept saying..."I done!"...and would work off. And the man would tell her to come back and she would say "No, I done!" and "I want to go home."

After the pictures, Alexis and I headed to a swim party!! Alexis was so excited because she said "Mommy, I get to swim when it is cold outside?!" The party was at the Anniston Aquatic Center's indoor pool.  Spencer's  birthday party was a hit! :)

After that, I had just enough time to run some errands and get home to turn around and us head to Nannie's birthday party! It was Halloween themed and we had a TON of food! It was great seeing the family!

So...after that....Tyler and I headed to Misty's first wedding shower! :) WHOOOO HOOOO!!! :)  It was at the JSU's football field house! We had more food and it was nice meeting alot of couples that I didnt know! :) Mom took the girls home for us and they enjoyed playing at home while were at the shower. Needless to say, with the time change this morning, and a busy day yesterday, we are tired! :)
 Alexis had so much fun at her friend Spencer's party!
Mal was happy to sit at the "kid" table! :)
The crew!
Meg and me!
The cool crowd! :)
MISTY!!!!

Friday, November 1, 2013

Happy Halloween~ 2013

Due to technical computer difficulties {that just so happened to be the whole time Tyler was out of town} but magically was "fine" and "fixed" when he got back from out of town.....and Tyler being on his Turf grass conference in Auburn {so I was a single mom all week}....I have not been able to post any! I have felt out of place with not being able to! :) Soooooo needless to say, there are alot of new posts below! :)
We have had a very very very busy week! The girls got in bed way past their bedtimes all week, but they have been troopers and so good despite the lack of sleep! Tyler has been gone on his annual work conference, so it has just been us girls! :) We have had a Fall Festival every night though, so we have had things going on to keep us busy, but we still missed Daddy!

BUT...last night was Halloween~ 2013! We had a great time! I LOVE to throw my Halloween party where everyone {Gran, Nan, Pawpaw, Aunt Pam, Brandon, Richard} etc, and our friends the Grogans this year came over. I made my "famous" 'blood and eyeball' with 'green brains' spaghetti! :) We had sooo much fun!
It started out perfect weather! We took the girls up the streets with the Grogans to trick or treat! We made it to several houses when all of a sudden there were two big rain drops that hit my arm. No faster than I got it out of my mouth, "Is this rain?"...that the BOTTOM fell out! So quickly it started flooding! Everyone was like little ants trying to get out of the rain! We took shelter in a stranger's garage while we waited on Tyler to run home in the rain and get the car for us!
There were more trick or treaters last year, but there still were TONS of them this year even with the rain!
Needless to say, tonight we are resting and going to bed early! :)
Happy Halloween from Lily!
Happy Halloween from Alexis! Alexis had "character dress up day" on Halloween! She looked adorable!!
She LOVES this book! Princess Party! Daddy reads it pretty much every night! We have to tell her sometimes to pick another book because we have read this one so much! It is such a cute book! It is about cute little girls having a "Princess party" where they wear their tutus and have tea parties and spend the night parties! Alexis' favorite quote from the book is "Princesses twirl, Princesses whirl....Princesses are incredible girls!"
She could NOT wait to dress up like the main character from the book {the girl on the cover!} She HAD to wear a green shirt just like her....and she had to "pose" like how she was in the picture! :)
My good friend Tammy and I before work started! We matched in our black and orange!

The picture above...Lily and Aunt Pam!
The picture below is sweet Laynee or aka Princess Sophia...and Alexis or aka The Little Mermaid! They are ready to get candy!
The girls are pros at trick or treating
This was the view from my front door! There were lines of kids waiting for candy!....and I had a crew waiting to give it out! I think Walker, Laynee and Alexis had more fun giving out candy than anything!
I am sad that I forgot to take pictures of the food and decorations! {Imagine that, I didnt take any pictures!} :)

Hillcrest Fall Festival!

We went to yet another Fall Festival! We for sure have put this Halloween to good use! :) We met Nan, Pawpaw and Brandi for Hillcrest Baptist Church's Trunk or Treat! It was PACKED to say the least! There were sooooo many people! I just couldnt believe how many people were there! It was another great night to be out and about also! Daddy was still in Auburn so he didnt get to go with us or to the Community Center's Fall Festival the night before! :(
The girls had alot of fun! They got candy..and played games!

Sweet Lily or aka 'Princess Minnie'
PROOF.......my girls DO like the veggies! :)
Fun Trunk or Treating!!
This is just a small picture of the massage crowd!
They both loved getting sunglasses from Go Fishing!
Brandi, Pawpaw and Minne mouse!
The little Mermaid can bowl!

Fun at the Community center!


We have been busy busy busy with all the Fall festivals! Us girls met Gran and went to the Jacksonville's Community Centers Fall Festival! It was a great night to be out! The girls had soooo much fun getting candy and playing the games! There was a big crowd and Alexis loved seeing her friends that was there!
They had scary music playing and I bet Lily asked Gran at least 10,000 times..."What's that noise?..What's that?....What's that noise!?" :)

Before we went to the Community Center's Fall Festival...Alexis had her very first "BIG" field trip at school! They went to Bennett Farms Pumpkin patch! Alexis had soooo much fun {she said riding the bus} :) and she picked out the best pumpkin!! I am sooo glad she had such a great time! :)

 I picked the girls up.....and transformed them into little miss kitty cat and little miss butterfly! :)
My beautiful kitty cat!


My beautiful butterfly!

The girls were SO excited to "decorate" their faces! :)

Gran and the girls!
Us! :)
We ran into Parker! Alexis spotted him first {even with his costume on!} She stared running up to him screaming 'hey Parker!'

The girls had fun playing games!
This was sooooo sweet! Alexis helped Lily up the stairs and they slid down together!