Kicking off our Thanksgiving break!

 We have made it to Thanksgiving! Whooop whooop!

I have been counting down to this break for months! ha! 

It is always a great feeling when the semester is ending and the holidays are coming...it is just fabulous! This year it means even more and a greater feeling as I {and Tyler} are actually taking classes of our own so the semester ending is bringing on a whole new meaning for sure!

Saturday we spent the day soaking up the fact that we were officially OUT! ha! It was a beautiful day so we soaked it up enjoying being outside and working around the house and doing last details on the Christmas decor! Cant wait to post pictures! Coming soon! :)

Tyler and I had a date night and enjoyed having a kid free conversation while we ate and then bright and early Sunday morning......we kicked our finals in their tails! ha! We literally worked from 8am until 4:45 on both finals...and got them D.O.N.E. {Insert allll the praise hands!!} 4 papers! WHEW!! Yep...but...D.O.N.E. {shall I repeat it!} :) :) 

So...now that those are out of my way...I can enjoy my week off and not have to stress over getting anything completed! Today was full of ortho appointments....dentist appointments...ya know...all of that fun stuff that you put off and do when you are out of work! ha! Tyler enjoyed a dermo appointment and then did some deer hunting so his day ended on a good note! 

I would say that so far....our break is going fabulous! :)

My view! Luckily the view with my Christmas tree and a candle burning on the other side....helped! Ugghh.....loads of fun I tell ya! I am proud of us....though for buckling down and working hard! :)

Seeee....Tyler is over there! :) :) Working harrrrrddd too to do his 4 papers! So proud of his hard work...even if he had to take a couple more breathers than me to get through! :)

And....this one.....I have to say....he has been super curious...hence....the picture...BUT...he has been soooo good with all the decor! I was super worried because he is one BIG BALL of energy....but he is a good buddy! :)

This afternoon...these two...Camille and Madelyn came over once we were back from allll of our doc appointments to play for a little while! I love this picture though they both are blurred because they were all dying laughing while they were playing and playing together! :) I love their friendship!

BIG news as Santa promotes Kennedy!

 BIG news that our family is growing again!

We just welcomed Reese.....will be welcoming baby Hank {from Margie and Blake} and then in June.....

a baby brother or sister for Kennedy!

So excited for them and cant wait to meet him or her come June!

I see Britt...alot...in Kennedy....but OH MY..... I see Mitchell a TON in her from this picture! :)

Loooookkk how happy this sweet girl is!

Wordless Wednesday!

 Love this!

A chilly but low key weekend!

 We had a low key weekend full of Christmas decor and Lifetime Christmas movie watching!

There wasnt really any football on this weekend so cheesy Christmas movies on Lifetime was just what the doctor ordered! ha!

We had a big dinner at Nan and Pawpaw's yesterday night to kick off the week too! 

Do you spy Tyler? ha! He was a big help with getting our big tree up! Pictures coming soon of all the decor! I love changing up what I do each year {I say it every year} but this year is my favorite! :)

It was such a beautiful weekend so Alexis and WK went with her Mom to hike Bald Rock! They had the best time!

Then the Soriano girls came over and this was my view the rest of the afternoon!

They had no idea I took these pictures! They were cracking me up with all their dance moves/videos they were making!

P and Lily had fun playing too! Pearson is still really into baby dolls so they enjoy pushing the strollers around and taking care of their babies when she is over!

Lily's last soccer game...season is a wrap!

 Lily had a great season this time! She was SO happy to be able to play and get back out on the field since it was cancelled due to COVID in the Spring! We dont know what the future holds as to if there will be a season this coming Spring {since it seems COVID cases are rising even more than expected to fall} so we are thankful she got this season in to play!

We trekked out to Heflin last night as they have been coming to us every other game! I dont know how they have done it each week...twice a week...but they have!

Lily played two games. They tied one and lost the last one just because they were tired! They played great!

Lily has loved her team too and playing with friends!

Go TEAM HUNTERS! :)

GAME faces! Coach DJ has his hands full! :)

Love my number 3!

These two! They are two awesome soccer players and I cant wait to watch them kill the field if they continue to high school together!

These...we call the dynamic 3! These 3 girls can whoop any of those boys out there! And I am not just saying that! Lily, Elyn and Kayley! {She is in 2nd grade!}

Lily played goalie for a little bit and said it was fun! ha! Great season! Fun watching them!

Back to regular programming!

 TODAY is the DAY....Lily is OUT of quarantine!

NO symptoms....no nothing! Praise!

From what I know, all of her friends/classmates have been good too and Mrs. Real is on the mend....so all is well!

Lily and I have enjoyed our quarantine and have made the best out of it though I know she didnt prefer to do the virtual learning and she missed her friends and going to school.

It feels 'weird' to be back in the office today....though I am not hating it and love what I do and my co-workers so its been good!

Last day of quarantine for this one! Alexis was out of school, yesterday, too because school was closed due to Veteran's day! So......check out the scenery behind Lily in this picture...........

and...........look at the scenery now! ha! First day back to school! Back to regular scheduled programming today! Callie was SO excited to walk through the door this morning! She said....'It's good to be back!' ha! They were excited to be united again!

Notice the Christmas tree behind them!......YEP....yesterday we did some decorating and got started putting things out! Both girls did their trees and I did some. Going to tackle the rest this weekend especially since pretty much all football games are cancelled due to one or the other teams out with COVID. Auburns game is cancelled.....BOO!!........so we shall decorate for Christmas! ha!

Lily has her last soccer game tonight too.....so yep, back to regular programming! :)

Wordless Wednesday!

 This is a good one! Love this and puts things into perceptive! 

A beautiful weekend and starting our 2nd quarantine week!

 We had such a great weekend! The weather was perfection! We literally stayed home and did pretty much nothing and it was fabulous!

Sunday afternoon.......this biker crew just had to get out and enjoy the day so we had a late picnic and rode the trail! It was so much fun! Lily and Caroline being quarantined together has been a huge blessing because they have facetimed each other, etc and it has really helped Lily to not be alone during this! And since both of them have been without any symptoms, etc the rest of the crew wanted to see them so we social distanced and enjoyed the outdoors by biking and having fun!

It was much needed!

Courtney and Carrie met us because they walked so Alison and I took allll the kids because they all rode!

Soaking up the afternoon!

Love that we are so close to ride the trail from our house! I just love it!

Then later on last night....Alexis and I got cleaned up and went to support the Varsity during the competition showcase. They are headed to qualify for state today in Birmingham! Alexis was pumped that she got to spend the night with Savannah and have an excused day out of school to go support and cheer them on! I hope they make it to state as I am sure they will do great today!

And...today we are back at it! ONLY two days left and we have already knocked today OUT! So now just tomorrow and no more quarantine! WHOOP WHOOP! Both girls are out of school Wednesday for Veteran's day so we will soak up the day with NO school activities and then be back in action Thursday!

Today Lily got to meet her friends and Mrs. Real again to gear up for the week! LOADS of fun finishing homework the rest of the afternoon after the meeting!...........but.........we made it and finished!

Round 2 here the Eagles come and a President is finally named!

 It was a perfection of a football weathered night for the first round of play-offs!

Alexis had to work it so she was busy selling programs until halftime.She stayed and watched the game with Sydney, SK and Carli and Mrs. Carrie brought all of them home after so she was excited to get to stay with her friends and watch the win! We didnt go but heard it was an awesome win!

Way to go Eagles!

She looookks soooo grrrroown! And...our Thanksgiving/turkey/pumpkin decor will only be in probably this picture because I am IN the Christmas spirit and my decorations are coming out this coming week/weekend! :) 

And..in other news....finally the vote counts are in and Biden is taking the Presidency. I am just not sure how to feel about this as Biden and his views just have me in all kinds of emotions and so prayer is needed more than ever for our country and guidance for us!

 

What's happening!......

 Sooo....we are still in limbo around here!

Still no news on who is President. Trump and his people are saying there will be lawsuits because there are some illegal voting taking place. Biden's team is saying they know they are going to win....

it is just craziness! But....nothing surprising considering we are in 2020 ya know!

Governor Ivey issued the mandatory mask order to continue until mid December. Not surprised by that either.... ya know.......... soooo.....

loads of fun around here!

Lily had a full day of work with a TEAMS meeting mixed in with her class and Mrs. Real today. She was excited to see her teacher and hear her voice and see and speak to her classmates too! It did her heart good however she didnt like all the work Mrs. Real gave her and the tests she had to do after though! ha!

But...having Chick-fila for lunch and then getting to spend the entire afternoon outside playing on this beautiful day made up for all the not so fun stuff! :)

A quarantined life

 Lily and I have been making the most out of quarantine. Today is Wednesday and it has officially been a week since she was 'exposed' so.....so far so good with signs and symptoms! I pray it continues!

Yesterday was...GET OUT AND VOTE....day.....

so I did my duty...............and Lily did hers!............she had to help me clean! ha!

We dont know who is President yet. Per the news...it was the biggest voting turnout in history so between Biden and Trump, who will it be!?

The nation is on the edge of its seat....literally waiting to find out!

I waited in line..maybe 5/10 minutes. It was not bad at all. Now on the news.....I saw where most all other voting areas had 2 1/2 hour waits! Crazy...but great that everyone is voting!

My little worker bee! We have had great days so far! Making the best of it! She helped me clean....then we worked on her schoolwork and then she played outside for a little bit as the temps warmed up and it was a beautiful day around 1:00pm! Love her so much and glad she has a good attitude about everything! She even sent a sweet voice message to Mrs. Real telling her she hopes she is feeling better and having a great day! She replied back that she was in tears from the sweet message and that it made her day! :)

Halloween attire!

 I forgot to post what was worn on Halloween week! Since our week ended on Wednesday...we didnt get to show off all of our fun attire....but I can show Monday-Wednesday!

Monday! Wore orange like a pumpkin

Tuesday was 'lei' off drugs for Alexis and Lily wanted to look like an alien monster! ha!

Wednesday was hippie day for Lex and Lily was a black cat. She tried her best to let me have her take the purple vampire teeth so she could wear them. NOPE! That would have been a bad idea! :)

Saying she wanted to walk around like this at school............yeah....she wouldnt have gotten in trouble! ha! Then...school was closed Thursday and Friday due to the storms....which worked out great because those two days counted as Lily's quarantine days too! win-win....if she is going to have to do it! {BOO!}

A little make-over!....with Halloween decor!

 Sometimes you just need a little here and there...make-over to just refresh your home!

So a little picture or two before all the Halloween decor comes down!

I am always ready for decor to come down once the day is over. So today....I worked on taking some of the Halloween decor down...and will finish up tomorrow!

I always looooove my Halloween mantle! 

The BOO room! I loooove all the ghost eyes! ha! And...our new light fixture! LOVE!

Love our new light fixture here too! And the pumpkin carving area! :)

And.....a change in our master! New bedding, pillows and lamps! I feel like I am in a french hotel! :)

The final product

 Well...our front yard is officially a mess but it will be no time before Tyler has it looking niiiiceee again!

We got down the final tree and it is sooo sad. They both were beautiful trees!

We have to have his friend take out the stumps and then we can get to work making it look better soon!

This tree was not near as much and hard to cut down and clear as the bigger one the other day! That was a crazy! This one was huge and took a while but nothing like last time!

It looks soooo bare now! Sad!

Quarantined Halloween 2020

So Halloween looked alot different this year without our traditional friends and family over! It was super sad because Halloween is one of my most favorite times!

But we made the best out of Halloween 2020 with quarantine and social distancing! We have the sweetest friends who brought sweet treats over and made Lily feel very special since her Halloween looked a little different this year and thankful that Lily was able to quarantine with Caroline and Ella because they are in class together and so they have to do like Lily. 

It broke my heart that Lily was unable to trick or treat but with Caroline and Ella.....it was better for her. Tyler watched football in the house....they got tired of sitting in the garage watching the trick or treaters so they ended up jumping on the trampoline and playing in the back yard while I sat out and monitored the fun in the front. ha!

It was a perfect night with the weather and the HUGE full moon!

We had a ton out, too, which was a little surprising. The pandemic didnt deter the crowds! It for sure was not as many as Halloween's past, but we still had a lot!

We had a great night.....even with the circumstances!

  Lily was my baking and getting ready partner! We both LOVE getting ready.....even if the party is just for us! :)

Hocus Pocus rolls!..................yeah............we had HIGH hopes!

 Total BUST! ha! I am JUST NOT a baker! I texted this to all my friends....and they got a great laugh! I will just make you all a lasagna! :)

I have to say....Tyler, Lily and I enjoyed scraping them out...and they were still good!.......the parts we could eat! :)

Look how cute that cake is I got from Publix! Ahhh!! And....Lily's eyeball cookies she made! So fun!

Meanwhile...Alexis was gone all day. Since Lily has to quarantine....she went over to Sydney's and this group hung out, ate and got ready together before they all went trick or treating together!

Zombie dancer is what she ended up! The graham cracker...with her S'more crew didnt happen....

which was super sad....but she was happy with this!

Piglet!

Our table was ready!

 The Trick or treating crew!

 The quarantine crew

Friends social distancing when they came by to trick or treat!

The Queen of Quarantine!....that is Lily! Such a sweet card from Cassell and Calhoun with sweet treats from Gran, the Rays, the Mobbs and Camille and Madelyn!

Lily got a TON! :)

Sweet friends!