A few days without kids....

Well 2 days without the girls...so bittersweet. I loved having Jamie all to myself and not having to cook dinner or tell someone why they had to bath. It was fun watching what we wanted to on the TV, I don't even know what Sponge Bob and Patrick did for 2 days! But, I have missed the girls. Peyton went to camp on Sunday and Piper went to my sister's house for 2 days. I think the worst part has been not being able to talk to Peyton....until yesterday that is...someone smuggled a cell phone into camp and she called me at work. hahahaha I said how are you calling me and she said, this girl has a phone and we are all calling our moms. I hope they didn't get caught! haha

We went and picked up Piper on our way home from work on Wednesday and I was sooooo glad to see her smiley face. She was ready to get home too. She was in the car before we were. Tonight we pick up Peyton. We will have dinner at the camp and then they will have an awards ceremony for the campers. I can't wait!

Well not much else going on, I just wanted to jot down a couple of things before the week got totally behind me.

July 2009

Well July has been a busy, yet fun month for us so far. We kicked it off with a 2 week vacation at GamMaw and PawPaw's beach house in Panama City Beach! We had an awesome time, and I highly recommend a 2 week vacation to everyone. Just imagine 2 weeks of no work, no bills, no dance, cheerleading, gymnastics....just beach and puttputt! haha We had a ball. Here are some pictures of our trip. The first week we had my family there, then the 2nd week we had Jamie's family.

I took our blowup pool from our house to the beach, best decision I ever made...the girls didn't want to hit the sand everyday, so this gave them a break.

Yesterday, was a big first for us...we dropped Peyton off at overnight camp. She was so excited! I spent 2 days packing her stuff and making sure everything was labeled. We went to Walmart and bought a funky blanket and sheet set (and a matress pad, a little extra room between my baby girl and a very used matress). We bought a poncho, laundry bag, small shampoos and lotions, all kinds of girly camp stuff! haha I got to hang around long enough to see her take her swim test. Then she was ready for us to leave...I won't get to talk to her til Thursday. I can't wait to hear all about her week! I left her with 2 disposable cameras to take pictures, I hope she figures out how to use them since I forgot to show her.

This is Peyton with my cousin's daughter, Elizabeth. I feel so much better knowing she has a friend from the start.

Two Birthday's in one day!

Well a few weekends ago, Mother's Day weekend to be exact. We were invited to 2 birthday parties on the same day. Luckily they were at different times. The first was for our friend Jaime's little boy Aiden, he turned 1. Aiden's story is an awesome story, he started off as an embryo made by another couple...who was frozen indefinitely. Until this couple found out they could adopt out their embryos. Jaime and her husband adopted their little embryo and he was born in May of 2008! Just a side note...Jaime is now pregnant with Aiden's sister, his sister embryo!

So we started off at Aiden's party, which my girls LOVE Ms. Jaime's house...see Jaime has horses. We fed her horses and played with bubbles and opened gifts. Here are a few pictures from our time there (sorry no pictures of Aiden, I didn't know if his parents would approve):

We left Aiden's party and headed to Seth's. Seth is Ms. Neva's grandson. He was turning 3! Guess what kind of party Seth was having.....yep.....a barnyard party. His grandparents live on a farm and show horses. It rained the first hour and a half we were there, but we still had a great time. The party was in the barn itself, so the kids fed and pet the horses in between games. Here are a few pictures of the party.


As you can see the girls had a blast! We were tired and wet by the time we got home, but it will always be a day to remember.

Cinco de Mayo at Work

Hola! Ok, so I'm up for any reason to have a party. I am a very social person. So last week I thought....we should have a Cinco de Mayo party at work! Why not? So I sent the email out and right now our 2 fridges are bursting with food! I have the best group of guys (and guy's wives), 40 of them! It's the perfect situation...I'm the mothering/coordinating/organizing type and they are, well they are men! Not to worry, no margaritas on the job...although we did think about it! haha

So at 11:00 we will head back and lay all the food out in our new kitchen, make our plates and gather around our 42' lcd (another idea I had) in the breakroom. Then when it's all over, I'll have to guilt them into cleaning up...but that's ok...they'll do it.

A Great Weekend

Oh how I love the weather we are having! I sit by a bunch of windows at work and I can very easily be distracted by just gazing out. I love all the leaves on the trees and the green grass, the flowers pushing up through the ground. I even can say I don't mind the pollen, because we need it to have all this green.

We added to the beauty this weekend...Friday I went to Home Depot and bought 3 buckets of knock-out roses and my lovely hubby planted them for me. They are gorgeous! I wanted some all last year, but just never bought any. We really need to do alot more in our yard, but it can be so stinkin' expensive. So a little at a time is what we have decided to do.

We also had an awesome weekend full of outside activities. The girls finally talked Jamie into getting the inflatable waterslide out and they played on it all weekend. Peyton swam with the girls next door, 72 degree water...but they didn't care! We had an awesome sermon on the importance of "church" and then it was back outside. Oh how I dream of an inground pool. We would so be the family that really used theirs. My girls are little water bugs.

Project Suburban is almost done. Jamie has installed a new water heater and a new front bumper. Just a tad bit more and she'll be road worthy. I can't wait! I don't know who is more excited, me or the girls?!

GamMaw & PawPaw's House

I just have to say that Thursdays are starting to become my favorite day of the week. This is the night that we eat at my parent's house. All of us, that is...my sister's and their families as well. I actually suggested tonight's meal...chicken and dumplings...my fave. Of course, something happened to my husband's southern genes...the chicken and dumpling gene was left out! So my mom fixes him pinto beans and cornbread, one of his faves. The food is not the only fun part of Thursday night's, the hanging out with the family is awesome too. See, I love being around people! I'm so good at hanging out. I even love taking our family vacations with my parents and my sisters and their families. My parent's house growing up was always full of children, friends and family. I never minded it, it was just the way we lived. I don't think my mom to this day knows how to fix a meal for two!

I guess that's where I get my love of people, all kinds. I love helping, coordinating and taking care of them.

Have a great Thursday!

Wow! I can't believe I can blog-on-the-go, who knew? Just checking this out. Pretty neat idea. I'm blogging from my Pinkberry!