The wedding of the century!

Finally the day came that my dearest friend Lindsay was able to 'put a ring on it!'  :)

Lindsay and I have been friends for a very long time! It started out as us meeting as sorority sisters to both of us dating two Alpha Gamma Rho boys to birthday parties, hanging out, crazy car dancing, graduating college,  getting married, having babies, loosing my Dad, her becoming an Aunt, her getting married and everything in between!

We have been through sooo much together as 'sisters!' I truly feel like she is the sister I never had!

Though her relationship with her Alpha Gamma Rho boy didnt work out....we still continued our friendship up to this day!

And Saturday I got to celebrate the biggest moment for her! She got MARRIED! :)

I have met Seth a couple of times and of course heard all about him through out the years and I have to say I love seeing Lindsay so happy and in love!

I am so blessed to have been apart of her big day with her and her sweet family!!

The Bridesmaid's luncheon! She had it at a really quaint, cute cafe type historic home in Troy, Al. The house had really pretty antiques and was just so feminine!

 SOOO good! The pimento cheese and the chicken salad was some of the BEST I have eaten! SO good! :)

The rehearsal later that night!
Lindsay got married in a huge barn! It was very nice and looked very expensive! :) I loved the rustic decor that she did! It was totally Lindsay! :)
The girl on the far right is Christina! Her and I hit it off at Lindsay's bachelorette party in Savannah. It was so fun hanging out with her over the weekend!!

My date for the weekend! oohh......we made some memories on this trip! From Tyler remembering he forgot his clothes once we were in Troy, to breaking the waffle maker at the hotel to just spending time together! We had fun!

The wedding decor! So cute!

The Bride's cake!

The wedding day and us! :

She is married!! SOOOO happy for her!! :) :)

Alexis' first Jamboree!

We have been super super busy lately!!...with all FUN things of course, but goodness I am tired! :)

After ballet class Thursday I dropped the girls off at Grans for them to spend the weekend with grandparents because Tyler and I headed to Troy, Alabama to celebrate my dearest friend Lindsay!!

She got MARRIED yesterday! Whoo hoo!! I have been waiting for YEARS to celebrate this with her! She has been to literally every big event of my life throughout our friendship...and nothing has been going on with her until NOW! :) Sooo happy for her!! {pictures of the wedding weekend coming soon!}

While we were gone, Alexis and Lily had a great weekend! Friday night Alexis spent the night with Gran and Lily spent the night with Nan and Pawpaw!

Saturday Alexis had her very first Jamboree as a cheerleader in Ragland!! She was beyond excited about it! I am soooo sad that I missed it but I heard a great report about it and loved seeing the pictures!

Alexis and Lily then spent the night with Nan and Pawpaw Saturday night and went to Church with them this morning. We met everyone for lunch after Church and now we are all home relaxing!! Ahh...nice! :)

Introducing the 2014 Jacksonville Golden Eagle C-Team Cheerleaders!!!

So cute! Smiling away!! :)

Lets hear it for those Eagles!!

Shaking those hips!!

They did such a GREAT job!!

Lean to your left....

and lean to your right!  ......peel your banana and hmmm...   take a bite!!! {This is Alexis' favorite chant to do!} :)

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Day 237
Made my day! My co-worker friend Jennifer brought me a Coke with my name on it! :) :) Happy Monday to me!! :)

Day 238
Highlight of my day!!!....giving all my kisses away!!

Day 239
Wednesday is our one day of the week lately where we can just come home and do nothing! We dont have any practices, etc! This is what Alexis and Aubie decided to do! Sooo sweet!

Day 240
SUPER busy day today!! We had ballet then straight to Cheer pictures and practice! Look at the cheerleaders! So cute!!

Day 241
It is FRIDAY!! And, the first Friday of football season!! I LOVE wearing my orange and blue on Fridays to work! {Now that I work at JSU, I cant so much wear things that say Auburn, but I sure can fit orange and blue some where in my wardrobe!} :) :)
AND....notice my left hand!! FINALLY today I got to wear my wedding rings again! I was stung Sunday by a wasp and for the whole week my hand and fingers were so swollen that my rings would not fit! :(  But, they fit Friday!!

Day 242
Love my little War Eagle girls....and kitten! :) Aubie was So excited it was game day! :)

Day 243
Off to Church we go! Love these two beautiful girls!!

I helped in Lily's class today at Church and Alexis wanted to come in and be my helper! She read them a story! They all listened so good as she read!
Lily, Levi, Co-Co and Maci! :)

It's here! It's that time!

FOOTBALL is here!.....AUBURN football is HERE! Whoo hoo!!

Though it still feels like I should be at the pool or beach because it still should be Summer, Fall is here and FOOTBALL has started!

I LOVE football season! The feeling, the food, the spirit, the excitement, etc....is just something that I just LOVE! :)

I sometimes think that I am about as bad as guys when it comes to me getting into the game and rooting and yelling! :) I dont care though, I love it! haha!

WAR EAGLE!! Lets do this! So far, first game in the bag and we are on our way!!!

We have had a great weekend so far and we still have Monday too because it is Labor Day!! {YAYY!!} Yesterday {Friday night} we went to the first JSU Soccer game of the season. They lost 3-2 but it was an exciting game at least because Alexis was a 'ball girl' for them! Yep, she got to stand on the sidelines and help give the ball to the girls! {And chase stray balls!} She LOVED it for about the first 45 minutes!.................then she was over it! She stayed in her spot though unlike Carli who wanted to leave her spot and kept sitting on the hill! :) Alexis did a couple little hand claps and dance moves to occupy her time while the game was going on! She was cracking me up! :)

Today we did our usual Saturday groove of Jack's for breakfast...hitting a couple yard sales and then grocery shopping! Tomorrow we have Church and then who knows what we may do on Monday since we have no school or work! :) :)

Friday Alexis came home from school with a 'Soar' card!! I am sooooooooo proud of her!! A 'Soar' card is a card that any teacher can give a student if they see the student doing some 'above and beyond' what they should be doing! Alexis was walking and had her finger over her mouth being quiet when others were yelling she said is the reason she got her first card of her 1st grade school year! :)

Had to take a picture before heading in to eat some yummy breakfast!! Alexis always HAS to have her usual....Pancakes {with NO butter Mommy!} and Lily HAS to have her biscuit {with 'Strawberry Shelly' Mommy!} {Strawberry jelly!!}

Cutest little Auburn buggy pusher cheerleader!! She refused to let anyone help her push because she is 'big' she said!

How COOL is this! Ever since Coke started this very cleaver promotional tool this Summer, I have been trying and trying to find my name..not to mention Tyler's too without any success!...until TODAY!..I see mine and Tyler's! :) :)   {And no, they were not on the shelf beside each other!...I did that!} :)

Aubie's first Auburn game!!! He did NOT want to sit still for a picture!! He for sure fits in as my 'child' because I cant get my girls to sit still either! :)

We had a lot to get at the store because today FOOTBALL started! I had to get my 'football' food! I have been waiting for FOOTBALL food for awhile! OH yum! :) {Now dont get me wrong!!...I can make 7 layer dip anytime!....but I just cant, that should be a crime!!...it is only for football season!} :)  :)

OH yeah! One of my favorite things we do! A 'tradition' we have started of putting the TV out on the deck and enjoying the game! We had Nan, Pawpaw and Brandi over for the 1st game and to cook out! It was a too hot today to watch it outside....on top of it started storming! :(   But, we enjoyed watching Auburn pound Arkansas inside!!

We dont let rain chances stop us from playing our new corn hole game!! The girls LOVE playing corn hole!!

C~Team picture day!!

Whew...it was hot and crowded and very sunny, but we all made it through pictures!

Talk about a busy busy busy day!! From school and work to ballet to pictures to cheer practice! Whew!!....

And I had two bags in the car already! This was just for ONE day in my life! :) {Talk about the nickname 'bag lady!!'} :) :)

Wordless Wednesday!

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Day 230
Them two were working hard on homework while I cooked dinner! Loved seeing their brains working hard! :)

Day 231
Some days....it is just nice to take your shoes off and go to bed!  That was the highlight of this day! Boy, it was just a long rough day! {Sometimes we all have those!!}

Day 232
Wednesday folder checking! I love to see what all is inside Alexis' Wednesday folder! Wednesday folder is the day that the teachers send home previous work,etc. This was sweet that Alexis did! I love her picture of us sitting at the dinner table {complete with our chandelier we have over the table! She says she loves the pretty light!} :) 

Day 233
Ballet day!! Love this little ballerina! 

Day 234
Whew, thank goodness for Friday! Loved watching the girls play the car game! {Until they realized it was broken!} :)

Day 235
So fun!...but hard work! Cruising down the creek with my little family!

Day 236
Girls day! We went to Church and then I asked the girls where they would like to go for lunch!? Of course they picked their MOST favorite place! Love having girl time with them!

Full day o' fun!

Today we decided to venture into new territory and take the girls on a canoe trip down Terrapin creek in Piedmont! Tyler has been wanting to do this for a while but today finally came to where we could fit it in to do!

We loaded up and were out the door this morning at 6:45am!! We fueled up at Jacks and then headed to the creek! The girls were SOO excited about riding in the 'boat!' :)

Once we got everything unloaded and us loaded in, we took off on our fun adventure! The girls kept saying that they were looking for mountain lions, alligators, snakes, monkeys, and giraffes! {Needless to say, all we saw were some REALLY BIG spiders on the trees!} :) But....it was fun pretending that we 'thought' we saw something! :) :)

Cruising down the creek was ROUGH today! The water was SO low that it was really hard to paddle! We got stuck pretty much every time we came across a rock.............which was every 5 seconds! :)

Daddy had to get out a WHOLE lot and get us unstuck! haha! He for sure got a workout today! I know he is tired {just at looking at him right now as I type this!} :) Now, I had to get us unstuck some too! When it got really bad, I had to get out and tug too! At one point Tyler and I switched and I sat in the back thinking that would help....and yeah, not so much! So, for it to be the girls first time to canoe, I feel bad because it wasnt a great experience..........but we still had fun and for sure made some memories! And...not to mention, we will try again when the water is higher!! :) :)

After our canoeing experience we headed home for nice warm baths followed by nice afternoon naps!! {That were much needed!!}

Once we 'regrouped' we headed to one of our favorite resturants, Isshin and enjoyed Japanese!

After dinner it was Alexis' shining moment!! She sang the Star Spangled Banner on the JSU football field during Spirit on the Mountain! She did a great job with her school choir!

We have had a great...FULL day and now, we will for sure all sleep well tonight! :)

Loading up and ready to go!

They had no clue what to expect! That made me smile! :)

Just a rollin down the creek. {This was taken when Tyler made me get in the back thinking it would help instead of me being in the front!} It didnt help! And...if you can see up ahead in the picture of all the tall grass!........yeah, that is what we ran into A LOT! :)

Cleaned up {check} Got her red, white and blue on {check} found her friends {check} READY to go sing!! {check!}

Trouble with a capital T! :) LOVE to see these two interact with each other! Lily says Callie is her best friend!

About to sing!!

Alexis is in there somewhere! :) :)

The Marching Southerners sounded so good! And it seemed like they are bigger this year too!! SOOOOO ready for some FOOTBALL!! I LOVE some football!!!

Wordless Wednesday!