Impromptu! BEACH!

 You dont have to ever ask me if I want to go to the beach.

The answer is always...YES! :)

Same for my girls and Tyler too!

So, Misty called me late Friday and said that something came up and a friends condo was available and FREE if we wanted to go down with her for the weekend!

So, Lily and I loaded up Saturday morning and left a little before 4:30am and headed to Orange Beach!

Tyler wasnt invited (it was a girls trip....with Calhoun, of course!) :) 

and Alexis had all the things so they did not go with us.

I have not been to Orange beach since I do not know when so it was nice to see that area and see how much it has grown!

We had a great trip and it was just perfection!

Getting away was just what I needed!

We got down there basically when they were waking up so it was perfect! This was my view as soon as I walked through the door! Talk about nice!

This was my view the rest of Saturday and alllll Sunday!

And this view too!

Saturday night we came in late from the beach and Misty's Mom, cooked rotel cheese dip and we watched football! Leigha came too so it was a full condo of girls...................and Calhoun! :)

Lily decided it was time to pull her own tooth! She was SO happy because we had it scheduled to be pulled by Dr. Spivey so now she doesnt have to go!

Sunday was all the same. Beach, pool, relaxing and then we cleaned up and went to dinner on this night!

These three had fun together!

This was our view while we waited for our table!

I hated that the other half of our crew couldnt come but it was nice to be and spend time with just Lily! We had such a great trip!

Big rival night!

 Our Eagles played Alexandria Friday night and it is always a battle!

I love the rivalry! 

We had a lightening delay for about 45 minutes but thankfully it didnt rain so the game got to end at a decent time.

BIG win for the Golden Eagles!

Wreak the Rednecks was the pep rally theme!

I saw my country girl and her friends!

The girls!

Love looking over and seeing this!

It was a nice evening!

1st of the season for our Gamecocks!

 First game in the books! It didnt turn out very well for JAX State, but I had a great time at the game anyways!

I actually didnt even watch it, but caught up with A LOT of people and enjoyed chatting!

Watched the Southerns and then headed home in time to get two girls to bed!

Tyler had his first game experience with his new position without any issues, so he got to enjoy the game and hang with me most of the time too!

When book club friends become Gamecock watching/cheering friends too!

Wordless Wednesday!

 

We are back!

 New semester, new school year, NEW class is here!

We are back at it and it feels goooddd to have a routine!

Now, BOY, does the 5:15am class hit HARD, especially because I value my sleep, but it is nice to get up and going and have a great start to the morning!

Preparing for baby Lily!

 I didnt have my blog back when we lived in Birmingham...and I wish I did because I would love to read back on our life there!

BUT...........that isnt the case so I just cherish when I started it and enjoy from then to now!

So, when I see pictures, etc of our life 'before'......................I love to put it on there!

SO.............

around this time.............

13 years ago.....................

I was preparing to have baby Lily!

Her nursery was ready.............all the clothes and diapers were in their place. I was a HUGE watermelon of a stomach....

and just literally counting down the days until our new baby would be here!

So....

for a look back in time.....

of Lily's first nursery!

Lily's nursery was upstairs on our 2nd floor. She had her room right beside Alexis' and they shared a bathroom. 

I worked SO hard on getting this ready! I made the curtains....the pillows (all by myself, even though I did go to Anniston a couple of times and Nannie helped me sew) (Mandi, our neighbor also helped me too!) :)

I made the lamp shades, I recovered the chair and did the fabric on the side table and the picture frames too!

I wanted the theme to be a whimsical garden with birds.... 

It was so cute and though we didnt get to use it too long before it was time to pack up and move, I loved it while we were there and I really LOVED bringing new baby Lily home to enjoy it too!

Sunday funday!

 Talk about tired!

WOW!

Church, lunch, Wal-Mart run....

then a birthday party to finish out the weekend!

Whew, is all I can say! :)

Good thing the bday party, for Lily, was watching a movie...and she got to do this! :)

Lily's 1st Cross Country meet!

 THIS GIRL!

I mean...she is against SENIORS!

She killed it Saturday!

SO proud of her!

I mean, I just cant believe this is what she loves and just watching her do it amazes me!

This girls ROCKED it! The girls team, as a whole, got FIRST place! They dominated!

Love this picture!

DO you SEE waaayyyyy out there! YEAH, they started SO far away...and looookkkk at all those bodies. There were a lot of girls competing!

Here they alllll come!

Found our Lily!

Look at her GO!

The drive she has!

My favorite picture!

There was NOTHING like seeing her coming up on the finish line. My heart burst! Literally, I lost my breath watching her appear! SO proud!

Her name in lights!

Not all were able to say...but look at that trophy! The boys came in third place which was great! There were 14 teams! Great job!

The game!

 GAME time!

It was an amazing evening! Could not ask for better weather!

Love watching them!

LOOK at her!

Friday night lights-but first pep rally!

 It is HERE!

I LOVE Friday night lights!

It was a nail biter too!

We pulled out a BIG win against Etowah and it was a great game!

Too bad, Tyler and I left at half-time...because Lily...whew, does NOT play when it comes to what she needs to do to gear up for her meets! :)

So, we got her home and to bed...............with her time approval! :)

That time is here when we are BUSY! :)

ROCK and ROLL theme!

Our Junior! .....just WOW!

Look at those cheerleaders!

I look over and our 7th grader is sitting right by me!

She would kill me if she knew I took this!............she was actually CHEERING..and dancing! Now, if she would have seen me..........she would have stopped!

Niko last night!

 We have always enjoyed going to Spirit on the Mountain and ALL the things that kick off Fall semester!

The girls have always just been too young to stay for the concert....

until this year!

We got home late and this morning was a struggle.....

but we had a great time last night and even got to meet Niko!

The girls and I love most all of his songs and just sang and enjoyed the wonderful night! It was perfection!

We went and said hello to Daddy/Tyler since he was working the event and enjoyed checking out the vendors!

READY! (Notice their VIP Meet and Greet badges) :) (Its always good to have a 'famous' Mom that can make things happen!) :)

Great concert! And loved seeing the JSU students and the community come out too!

And....yep, we are cool! We got to meet him! A fun time!

The Cross Country team!

 Their uniforms finally came in so the team had their yearbook picture!

It is a big group!

Excited to watch what they do this season!

The girls!

There's alot of them!

Wordless Wednesday!