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Day 13
It is the little things...really...that make me happy! Soap in the work bathroom!...and it is Bath and Body Works! :)
I had to supply the soap, and then it ran out...and I didnt know it. I thought I was about to have to replace it again, and just look!! Someone put soap in there! :) It is the little things that can really highlight my day! :)

Day 14
Yomato!! YUM!! My girls wolf this down everytime! You do not have to tell them to eat when we are here! :)

Day 15
Family movie/fun night in our basement! Our basement is like a whole other world...and the girls get so excited when we go down there! {I think it is really because Daddy gives them a 'treat' bag when we go down there!!}

Day 16
Dont be alarmed! :) Highlight of this day.....getting to be a patient for our students to have their 'black out' emergency simulation! The students had NO idea what was about to happen to them! We all were patients for them...each with our own issues...and then all of a sudden the lights go out and they have to take care of us in the dark and without power! {I think I 'died' about 4 times} eekk!! But, it was a great learning experience for the students...and they loved the experience!! I did too!!

Day 17
Yeah....I need to work on my 'selfies'!! I know they are all the rave...however I dont so much like seeing them! But I had to do one with me and my girl to document our very very fun night together at the Miss JSU pageant!! I love this little best friend of mine! :)

Me and my girl!

I love love love that Alexis is getting old enough that she enjoys going and doing with me and she gets excited to 'hang out' with me and we can enjoy what we do because she acts so grown and isnt so needy! {like babies} :)

This week has been low key. We have done the same weekly groove of dance class, homework, AR reading, and a little bit of sickness. Yeah, poor Lily had a terrible bout with the stomach bug but thankfully she is back to her old self despite a small little cough and stuffed up nose. So glad we can have Pawpaw to the rescue when she gets called home from school. He took her straight on to the doctor without a problem! Thankfully too, just a little TLC and fluids without flu and RSV is what we came home from the doctor with! :)

Tonight though, Alexis and I had a great little night together! Daddy and Lily stayed home so Lily could rest and get in bed at her normal time and Alexis and I headed to the Miss JSU beauty pageant!! It was SO fun! Alexis literally was the only child there...and she did not care one bit! She LOVED being there! I kid you not...she had a smile on her face the whole time we watched the pageant! She loved the talent....with all the dancing and singing! Then she said her favorite part was the gowns! I think this is going to have to be a new yearly tradition for us to go together!

Alexis was SO excited that the "Pretty girl in the pretty pink dress that looks like you Mommy" won!! The girl that won had the same short hair cut that I do! Alexis said she looked like me! :)
{I take that as a compliment!} :) We had fun together....and cant wait until next year! :) One day....I can just see Alexis up there on the stage! :)
The stage! Alexis just could not wait for it to start! I asked her if she was excited to be there...and she said "Well of course Mommy!" :)

She RUSHED to her room when we got home and put on her "high heels" and her crown so she could pretend to be like the girls she saw! She got one of her microphones and walked around the living room singing and saying "My name is Alexis Kayte Law and I live in Jacksonville, Alabama!"  :)
Two sororities that were there had shakers and the other one snapped when their "girl" walked out on stage. So when we got home...Alexis got a "shaker" {which she thought up herself of her little sprinkle jar from her kitchen that goes with her ice creams} {pretty creative in my opinion} and she made me shake the shaker as she walked around and  made me snap my fingers for her too....just like all the girls did for their friends on stage! :)

It seems like yesterday that Alexis was up on the very same stage we saw tonight!
Circa 2012!! :) My little Queen! :)

She did SOOOO good in her pageant!! I was SO beyond proud and excited for her! She did sooo great...especially on her interview!!

And...look who won!! :)

Wordless Wednesday!

DONE!!

I did a post a while back about a sweet little boy named Thompson Nash Wagoner! He was diagnosed with Cancer behind both of his eyes. This little boy has been through so much and during his fight with Cancer...he has captured the hearts of our entire community! He has had a lot of ups and even more downs...but throughout his journey he still always has his sweet little smile!

I am sooo happy to say that T-Nash has completed his Chemo treatments at St. Jude! He has had 11 rounds of Chemo....and now he is DONE!

He wore his 'suit' today to celebrate the BIG day! :)

So happy for this sweet little boy and his sweet family! I know they are beyond happy that he has made it through with flying colors and now can be at home and they can be a normal family again! There have been millions of prayers for him...and many millions to come in the future that he continues to heal and to BEAT Cancer! I cant wait to see this little man grow! God's got this!! :)

Ambereveryday2014!

Day 10
Highlight of my day! Coming home and checking Alexis' bookbag to see that her report card was in! She did SO good again! This is her second go around and she is improving so much!

Day 11
It was 65 degrees today and it is mid January! It was a top back and music up kind of day as I cruised to get my hair done! Ahhhh.....so nice!! :)

Day 12
Going to Church with my little family looking beautiful!!

Too good!

Today was too good of a day to sit inside! This week we have pretty much been hermits because it has been record lows and just miserable all week! We have been in our house trying to stay warm! But nothing like good ole' Alabama weather.... it goes from 7 degrees...to thunder storms...to 65 degrees in the SAME week! {I know...talk about insane!}

I headed out today to get my haircut and it was such a beautiful day! My car read 67 degrees! It was bright and sunny with blue skies!! I had my sunroof back and the music up today on my ride to the salon!! And...ahhhh...nothing like having your hair done...and getting a head massage while getting a shampoo! ooohhh la la!! :)

When I got home Lily was up from her nap so I told the girls and Tyler to load up and we headed out! As we were backing out of our driveway...Tyler looked at me and asked "So...what are we doing and where are we going?!" I didnt have a clue..and didnt care!! We just needed to enjoy the beautiful day!!

So, since we have been couped up in the house all week because of the weather, we headed to the park to let the girls exert some energy! They had SO much fun!! We ended up running some errands and Alexis announces that she wants to go to her favorite place to eat and "Eat behind the curtains Mommy and Daddy!" :) So...we headed to House of Chen and enjoyed some yummy Chinese!! We all wolfed down our food!!

We had a GREAT day!

When I walked through the door from getting my hair done...I looked over at the refrigerator and found this!! I walked over and saw that Alexis had written her letters and her numbers! She did SO good! She was so neat! And...she even gave herself smiley faces!!!! OH ME! :)

I asked Tyler if he had seen this....and he said that Alexis had asked him to help her with the tape...but that he hadnt been in the kitchen to see what she had done! :)

We loaded up and headed out! We didnt care where we were going!!!!

Lily had fun going down all the slides!! She is not scared of anything!!

2 little Monkeys!!!...............

And..... we ended up at the 'place to eat with the curtains!' :)

Ambereveryday2014!

Day 6

National Championship!! WHOOO HOOOO!!! This picture marks the very beginning of a great game that ended a great season for the Tigers! Even though we lost, it was ours till the end and we can at least look back and say we made it there! War Eagle!

Day 7

Alexis came home with her very first AR reading book!! Mrs. Pollard has been giving her reading sheets and she has progressed so well through them, that she thought Alexis was ready for AR reading! She was so excited but nervous too! She did SO well reading it...and made 100% on her test the next day on it! She has had a book every night since then and has made 100% on all of them so far!

Day 8

OOHH nothing like a nice home cooked meal on a very very cold night! Nothing better to me than all of us around the table...with no distractions.....and eating as a family! I want this to continue forever!! Hopefully it will! :)

Day 9

Back to school at normal time!! Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday we have been delayed because we have had record lows! 7 degrees, yeah we have been COLD! So, Nan and Pawpaw have been helping take the girls to school since we {Tyler and I} still had to be at work at normal time! :(    So, this day was the first day of the week that they had to get up and get out the door alot earlier than we have been having to. I think we did a great job of doing it! :)

Wordless Wednesday!

Ambereveryday2014!

Day 4
It was so fun to see the girls and Daddy outside racing cars against each other! :)

Day 5
It melts my heart watching Alexis so excited about learning and reading! She has learned so much from just the short couple of months in Kindergarten! I am so proud of her!!

This little one...

This little one of mine, oh yes...she doesnt think that she is little but OH she is to me! She does things daily, by the minute though...that is making me realize that she is becoming less of a little one!
Little 'quirks' she has...that makes me smile!
1. She says "I 'lub' you Mommy!" *Lub instead of Love :)
2. She says "Top it Mommy!" **Top it instead of Stop it!
3. She says "Hold you Mommy! **When she wants me to hold her!
4. She makes me give her at least three kisses, "On the lips Mommy!" before she will not get mad when I leave her room to go to bed!
5. She still drags her stuffed Giraffe everywhere she goes
6. She will get mad at me or Daddy if we get on to Alexis...but if Alexis is in trouble, she will give Alexis this funny little look and say "Sissy, you in trouble!"
7. She loves loves chocolate! And she will run up to me with the cutest little grin and her face cocked sideways and say "Chocket, Mommy?" {She thinks that if she gives me the grin that she does, that I will give her some!} **She says Chocket instead of chocolate!
8. Someone will say "Lily, you are funny" {for example} and she will look at them SO serious and say "NO! I am Lily!!" :)
9. She follows Alexis around like a little lost puppy! BUT she knows in her head that she CAN do everything Alexis can! Does not matter to her that she is not 5! :)
10. She says "I want to watch TB Mommy!" **TB instead of TV! :)   Funny story, we were at Lana's house..and we were sitting her in livingroom. She has a TV cabinet and she had the doors closed on it so you could not see her TV in there. Well....Lily starts looking around, and then turns to Lana with all seriousness and concern and says "LaLa, you not have a TB???!!" It was HILARIOUS!! Lily was just so concerned that La La did not have a TB!!! :)

She is constantly making me laugh with how serious she can be about whatever topic that she is on!
She will just get so serious and do this certain "voice" and say "Not funny, or not fair!"

Tyler and I look at her daily and just smile at each other as we watch this little one....  :)

My little one...

 "Posing!" :)

Such a cutie!! :)

I am 2!! :)  As she tries to do two fingers!

And yet again...I love to see the same cute outfit on both girls! Here is Alexis in it!
Circa 2010!!

Brings back sweet memories! :)

My little model! :)

Calm before the storm...

We enjoyed  the day today with it being rather warm! {well it was 50 degrees, but for what it has been and what it is going to be in the next weeks....it was warm today!}

We let the girls burn up some energy outside since it was a bright and sunny day! I got much needed laundry catch up done while they played! They did everything from jumping on the trampoline,  playing with "race cars", and riding scooters! We capped off the day by meeting Gran and Ben at Rocket! YUM!! :)
Alexis became a pro at riding the scooter!!

Look at her go!!

Lily was more interested in strolling with her baby!

Daddy got in on the action too! You should have seen him going down the hill!!

The first week of January!

Ohhh...yes, Christmas break is over! BOO!! :) It has been rough...and tough getting back in the groove these last two days of being back to work! Today was the first day that the girls had to get up and get going for school {Alexis went to Lily's school because Kittystone hasnt started back yet} and they did not want to help me out any this morning with doing what they were suppose to do!! {as far as waking up when they were suppose to, they took forever to eat breakfast, etc!} Alexis told me this morning that she just couldnt do anything because she was so tired! :)

And...so it starts!!! Ambereveryday2014!!!

Day 1 of 2014!!
Enjoyed New Year's day curled up watching my all time favorite game show....Price is Right!! I have loved this game show since as far back as I can remember as a child!! I love that Alexis was curled up with me loving it too!!! {And ......we had a double showcase winner!! Doesnt get any better than that!!!} :)

Day 2 of 2014!!
Back at it from a great Christmas break!!! OOHHH, it hurt that morning to get out of my bed to head to work! :)

Day 3 of 2014!!
These two girls are pooped!! It was their first day today of having to be back on a schedule from Christmas break and it wore them out! :)

Happy Happy Happy New Year!!

WOW!! It is 2014! Kicking off 2014 today with a bang!

Nothing better than getting started with some of Daddy's famous pancakes to make the start of 2014 great! We got some yummy Blueberry pancake mix from our 1st annual Dirty Santa game, and they were good!  We had a low key morning watching the Rose bowl parade! I have to say we were amazed at some of the floats! They were beautiful and it is so neat to me how they make every little detail out of flowers, beans, etc!! I think that is SO cool!

We had our first VERY BIG dramatic event already for the early hours of 2014! Lily's beloved Giraffe went missing! We could not find that thing any where!! She was hysterical to put it mildly when it was nap time because she did not have her Giraffe!! We tore our house apart trying to find it for her. It could not have gone anywhere {meaning it was in our house somewhere...but WHERE was the question!!} Thankfully, she finally passed out {or more like it cried herself to sleep} for her nap. Just when we were about to have to leave to meet La La...Tyler found it!!! Daddy to the rescue! Oh my gracious...over a stuffed Giraffe!! Lily loves that stuffed thing though!! Thank goodness he found it, under the couch!!! {How it got there blows my mind!!}

Alexis and Lily are having a sleep over with La La, Meg, Mal and uncle Vic in Birmingham!! They both were beyond excited about spending the night with them!! They just could not wait to leave!! {makes Mommy and Daddy feel real special!} ;)
 We met La La in Pell City to get the girls so Tyler and I decided to enjoy our afternoon by Thrift shopping!! Yes, that is right we hit the Thrift stores!! I have to say..Tyler's got the 'eye' for finding some really cute, name brand sweaters, etc!!! I got 5 pieces of clothes...totaling $10 dollars!!! Could not believe it!! Banana Republic, Old Navy, Gap, White house Black market!! BAM!! Talk about a deal!! We celebrated our finds by eating at our favorite Mexican place...Los Mex!! And now we are at home...enjoying the peace and quiet!! :)  It has been a great afternoon!!

The girls get to enjoy the day tomorrow with the Murphy's while Mommy and Daddy head back to the grind! Yep, Christmas break is over and it is back to work for us! It has been a great...great break! I have really enjoyed my time off and cant wait till next year for another long break! :)

Sooooo much fun together!! Wish I was with them!! Chucky Cheese is sooo fun! The girls are in Heaven!!

Thanks La La!! My girls love spending time with her!

Love my Meg!! ................. and my Lily!! :)

This girl is having a blast!!

Toooo cute for words!!! To continue the fun...they headed to the pet store! They said Lily named it Buttercup! :)
 I say our first day of 2014 was great! :)