A little of this and that!

We are feeling the love and gearing up for the day of love too!

We have been wearing our red...and pink...and hearts too! :) :)

This weekend has been pretty lazy...and rainy...with a Daddy/Daughter dance...and dance pictures thrown in the mix!

Just a little certificate I received this week! I think it is pretty neat that I am a state Notary for work! It was time to get mine renewed so I got this fancy certificate! :)

Church girls in their Valentine colors!.....and their babies! :)

My sweet little Valentine!

We had lunch at the Rocket after Church.....and both little Mommies cuddled their babies as we waited on our food!

And..then...of course....the babies had to be fed before they ate!

Feeding time! ha!

Came home....and made sure to go ahead and do their Valentines for their friends! They can NOT wait for their Valentine parties on Wednesday!

Alexis checking off her list to make sure she did one for everyone in her sweet class!

All the Valentine goodies...or actually, just some of it...for the week to come! :)

Cheese dip soup...and soccer cleats!

Oh....its Saturday...

a dreary, wet, overcast day...

but we ventured out anyways!

I had to get out of the house because {all before lunch} I had cleaned up...pee, throw up and poop!

Yep!

I was over cleaning...and wanted to get out! Some creature...not sure what {which makes me mad} pooped on our deck!! YUCK! I am over creatures coming up to our deck! Poor Tickles too that she has to be out there with all of them! So, I scrubbed the deck and gave it all a good bleach and vinegar scrubbing...and then Aubie threw up a hairball....{and everyone in the family refuses to ever clean it up when he does it...because they expect it to be my job!} and then...a certain 6 year old doesnt know who to use just a little bit of toilet paper and therefore overflowed the toilet! Thankfully, NO poop though! :)

So, bathrooms are cleaned, floors are cleaned, rooms are vacuumed, sheets are washed, all clothes are washed and put away, kitchen cleaned, deck cleaned, outside furniture cleaned, Tickles a bath, I survived Aubie getting a bath...and all of the humans cleaned too! ha! Im going to sleep good tonight! :)

So, we ventured out to have a late lunch...and Lily got her soccer cleats for the season! She was SO excited and cant wait for the season to start! We are trying Jacksonville soccer this year so I hope she has just as much fun as she did last year at Anniston PARD!

We also have been enjoying the opening games of the Winter Olympics and watching team USA! Our favorites have been the ski jumping and the sledding! :) Even Aubie stares at the TV watching! It cracks us up because his head darts back and forth as the sled flys down the tracks! ha!

We came home just in time to fold a load of clothes and throw another in the dryer before heading to meet the Rays for dinner!

OH...Cassell was cracking me up with how she ate her cheese dip! OH she had it everywhere...and OH she was eating it like soup! She just scooped and scooped and at each and every scoop, about half of it poured on her shirt and in her lap before it reached her mouth! haha! And..Calhoun....he just kept asking more chips...and more chips...and then would push them all into his cheese dip and wouldnt eat them! He would ask for more...and then push them in too! ha! It was fun hanging out with them tonight ...and catching up with Brandon and Misty! :)

We enjoyed Panda Express before heading to do some shopping which included getting this little one ready for soccer season! She picked out her 'favorite pair!'

This girl! She tore up her cheese dip! She can put it down quickly! :) This picture cracks me up because as I took it...I captured how it all did just what it was doing in the picture....pouring down her shirt into her lap! :)

Her little hands! :) :) :) We soaked! :)

He cracked me up too! He just kept piling them in and not eating them! :) .....but asking for more chips! :)

These two were laughing so hard and thinking the way Cassell and Calhoun were eating was SO funny!

Notice her jeans too...yep...she dropped cheese dip too! Her Daddy asked her how old she is...and informed her....she is 4 years old than the twins! :)

A girl came by and gave them all balloons....so the Mexican restaurant turned into big play zone at the end! :)
I love watching the two Ray kiddos grow! They are getting SO big!

XOXO

While the little ladies of the house were dressed in their fancy attire for the dance...

I snapped some XOXO pictures too! :)

Quick little family picture while we were doing the mini  photoshoot so I could update my picture from the Christmas one!

XoXo!!

They are growing up way toooo fast!

Two sassy girls!

And...FLASHBACK!!...wow!!...have they grown!!

Ohh...what a 'Daddy/Daughter' night!

Oh what a night!

They danced the night away!

Had a date night at Effinas for dinner...

before heading to this year's Daddy/Daughter dance!

I always love this because it is such a special time with Daddy and his two ladies!

Two beautiful girls!

 Daddy and his two ladies!

 Lily bug!

 Lexie poo!

 This is the only picture I got of Lily! I could NOT keep up with her! Her and Abby were going crazy everywhere just running and dancing around! By the time I had gotten there...Lily had already taken her hair down...and kicked off her shoes too! :) :)

 I love pictures like this! Love!

 Having fun!

 Two besties!

 Sweet girls!

 Nickman and Lex!

 Sweet Caroline and Lex!

 And...to prove I was there....for about 20 minutes! Carrie, Alison and I had a girl's dinner since the guys were with their other dates for the night and then after dinner I popped over real quick to snap some pictures...and the jet back out! :)

Wordless Wednesday!

{Both girls love...LOVE....to make little forts with these chairs! I am going to miss this one day!} And...FYI, these chairs....pretty much have NEVER been used to actually sit in! Wordless! :)

They are all turning....

I just can NOT believe it!.....

THIS year....

they are ALL turning 10!!

 HOW!!???????????????

Sweet Payton {my first 'child'} just turned 10 yesterday...he tops off everyone! I just cant believe he is 10! I remember holding him for the 1st time! I remember how him and Alexis just loved each other and played and played together! OH the sweet memories with him while we lived in Birmingham!

And Thursday...Carli turns 10....and then it is just downhill fast after that with the rest of them!.........

INCLUDING Alexis!

WHAT!?!?!

We have had a packed full of fun weekend......especially since we turned it into a long weekend with being off Friday! :)

Alexis was PUMPED for Carli's 'Spa and spend the night' birthday party! Carrie had a house full of girls....with Ryan! :) :).....and they had so much fun being pampered and...................staying up until 4:00 in the MORNING! Yeah....WOW! :)
Alexis is still not home yet...Mrs. Holley picked her and Savannah up {bright and early} this morning and Alexis went to Savannah's Church and then after on to Birmingham to watch Kylie compete in her Cheer competition. Then..only to go back to Church tonight before coming home. She is going to be exhausted {especially with going to bed at 4:00am and being 'non-stop' all day} but Im sure Alexis is having a blast! {And...Im sure she slept on the way to and from Birmingham too...since I know her well!} :) :)
And..between us....Daddy and I have the BIGGEST surprise for Alexis for her 10th birthday! I am busting to tell her....and I still have 5 months to keep it a secret! She is going to pass out once we reveal it! It will be a memory maker for sure and I can not wait!! :) :) :)

Just relaxing and getting a facial! :)

A fun and rowdy group of sweet girls! :)

Besties!

Meanwhile...Lily and I had a girl's night with Mrs. Stephanie, Jaycee and Aly and we had such a great time! We let Jaycee and Lily choose where to eat...........and SHOCKER...they chose McDonalds {insert Stephanie and I were not too thrilled but we did let them choose!} :) We spent 2 1/2 hours in McDonalds {I know..the time flew!} just enjoying the company...laughing and having girl talk! It was a great night...and it was SO nice to get Stephanie out of the house and seeing her smile and have a good time! It was perfect!
Daddy, Lily and I went to Church this morning....then on to some shopping and Top o' the River for lunch before coming home and enjoying the afternoon at home while we still wait on Lex to get home! {and right now...it is 7:20pm} :)

We did some Snapchatting while we were relaxing! Lily just cracks up at all the filters! :) :)

Flipping and swinging in Auburn!

We  had a great little family day yesterday in Auburn!

We have never been to a gymnastics meet before so we thought we would try it out and I am so glad we did!

The girls were out of school yesterday for a teacher in-service day so Daddy and I took off from work and we loaded up early to have a full day in Auburn before the meet!

We did a lot of shopping...fun eating at our favorite, Newks, more shopping, a lot of Auburn sight-seeing before testing out a fun and new sushi place before it all started!

We had a GREAT day!

Take a wild guess at where they are??!!?!
We took a tour of Tyler's old AGR Fraternity house! They were in the Chapter room here! I have to say, I was really impressed with how clean the guys currently there were keeping it clean! And...it was SO quiet there too! For it to be a Friday afternoon....there wasnt much action {which was kind of good considering we had the girls with us!} They thought it was super neat to see where Daddy used to live with he was in College there! :)

The main entry way! Daddy and his two little 'Frat sweethearts!' :) :)

And...WOW....how many years has it been since our last picture here!!??? We took a walk down memory lane...and it was fun!

Cucumber roll! Her Daddy and her split this! It was for sure a different take on typical sushi! They liked it, okay, but prefer the original, rice, packed sushi best!

And...THIS! OH BOY...it was delish! Alexis refused to share with the rest of us!.......but we all made her! :)

Then...on our way to watch our Auburn Tigers play!

She is a perfect 10! :)

She didnt know what to think of it all! So fun!

The intro was super cool and fun! They cut all the lights out and had a smoke machine and fun lights and music going as they called all the Tigers out! We loved this!

The Auburn cheerleaders and Tiger Pause even did some things before it all started! Auburn played Florida and BOY...Florida is awesome! Auburn was great...and it was all fun to watch..but Florida blew Auburn out on the Floor routines! Floridas routines were a lot more technical. It was a close score but Florida came out ahead.

Alexis LOVED Auburn's outfits! All the sparkle and shine was right up her alley! We had the best seats right beside the bars. Perfection!

What a great day we had! We love Auburn....and love doing all the fun things in Auburn too! We for sure will be back for another meet! {Can you see the girl in mid flip on the bars as I took this picture?! Super fun!} :)