Ashton is excited!!

Yesterday, I was on a mission to get some things sewn that I'd been putting off. I got quite a bit done. Just lacking a few things now. I'm super excited!! After I put Maddie to bed last night, I started on Ashton's new sleepmat cover for preschool. He asked to stay up and help, so I let him. He was so excited!! After I got it done, he wanted me to put it on his mat and let him try it out. As you can see from the picture, he loves it!!

He loves it so much that he laid down on it while I was cleaning up all my mess and FELL ASLEEP! I decided to just leave him, for two reasons, 1) he has gotten heavy and his room is upstairs, so that is a haul and 2) I wanted Alex to see how cute he was all curled up in the floor sleeping on his new mat cover.

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Church Yard Sale

Saturday, the women's ministry of The Journey put on a church yard sale to raise money for our ministry. We began sitting things up at 5:30 in the morning. I'm thinking, wow, it was still dark and we are sitting up for a yard sale. But, I can't tell you how many people we had showing up, still dark and raining. Yes, I said rain. We were hoping it would just do its thing quickly and be gone for the day, but that wasn't exactly the case. We had a yard sale even though it would drizzle at times and pour down at times. We were dedicated to the mission! LO It didn't stop the shoppers though. We still had people showing up. WOW! I wouldn't have even left the house, but its a good thing they did. We managed to have a great sale at the end of the day!!! Good Job Tiffany, Teresa, Tiffany, Molly, Marcella, Katrina, Jennifer and Jamie!!!

"Family Fun Day"

Today was all about the kids. It was "family fun day" as Alex likes to call it some times. He took the kids out this morning for breakfast and then to get Ashton a much needed hair cut.

After naps, Alex and I took the kids bowling for the first time. They seemed to really enjoy it. I was impressed at how well they did.

Maddie liked to carry her own ball up to the "slide" each time. I was a nervous wreck that she'd drop it, but she never did.

Ashton played really well. He got two, yes two strikes and one spare. Pretty good for a first timer. Heck, I didn't have but one strike and one spare the whole game.

I think the part they liked most was watching for their balls to come back. They couldn't wait!

Has it been that long? WOW!

As I sit here, I'm thinking about how excited and nervous I was 7 years ago today. It was a VERY hectic day, but at the end of it all, I was married and super excited. Alex and I started out as friends working at the same grocery store. It slowly progressed to more and we began dating in July 1996. We were inseparable. We went to school together, worked together and hung out all the time. Don't get me wrong, we've had a lot of ups and downs over the years!! We've been through me working full time while he finished school, the death of my Granny (whom I was very close to), building our first home from the ground up, having our first child after a long time trying to get pregnant, then Alex having to go away for a month on job training immediately after he was born, a job layoff not too many months later, more training away from home, a second child, and another move while still having the first house. It is amazing how you can go through so many things together and how much you grow with one another through it all. I love Alex more and more every day. He is the most loyal friend you will ever have, a fabulous husband and an amazing dad. I couldn't have asked for a better partner.


I love you Alex and Happy Anniversary!!!

Awesome Anniversary!!!!

Alex and I went on our first overnight date without kids last night. I planned for my sister and her family to come stay with the kids, but Alex made all the arrangements for our outing itself. WOW!! He did an awesome job!

We stayed at the Lowes Vanderbilt Hotel. When we got inside, I waited to the side of the lobby and Alex went to check us in. He was STILL being super secretive about what was going on. We got in the elevator and he informs me we're VIP. I laughed. Little did I know, he was serious. We got to the ninth floor and we head to the room. As we walked up, I see that it is a suite. I was thinking... "oh, how nice." Then we opened the door, we were both blown away. This suite was absolutely amazing!! It is huge too. I can't even begin to tell you how fabulous it was. There was even a bouquet of flowers in the bedroom that looked almost identical to the one I had at our wedding!!!

We sit down on the couch and turn the tv on. It was so quiet and relaxing. Then the phone rings and I instantly got very nervous. I knew he was up to something and I had no clue what. It was driving me crazy. A few minutes later, there is a knock on the door. A lady walks in and suddenly I'm getting a one hour massage in our suite. WOW!!! I was super duper excited! I have a gift certificate for a massage from Christmas I've still not had an opportunity to use and I had just said I'd like to try and use it this past week, but it didn't work out. I was thrilled to be getting a massage!!!

After the massage, I took a quick shower and got ready for dinner. Alex came home a few days ago with a cute black dress that he bought for me to wear because he said I needed to dress up. He had made reservations at the same restaurant that we went to for prom and also the night we got engaged. We even sat upstairs at the same table we sat at 8 years ago. It was so sweet! He really did good with our nights plans. We had a wonderful time and I couldn't have asked for anything more! He will definitely get the Husband of the Year Award!!!!!!

Day at KK's house

Yesterday the kids and I went to my sister, Casey's house. The kids call her KK for those of you that don't know that. We played with KK and Addison for a while and then we all, KK and Addison included, came back to our house. While at KK's house though, the kids had some fun playing around in Casey's little "treasure chest" of stuff. All three of the kids thorougly enjoyed playing with one particular item.

As you can see from these pictures, the Bubba teeth were a HUGE hit.

All our playing slightly wore my kids out and they both fell asleep on the ride home, while Addison had a good old time in the back playing by herself.

The kids love going to see KK, Addison and Luke and wish BB could be home to play too, but know he has to work like Daddy does.

Playdate with Landon and Kasie

Today, Landon and Kasie, from church, came over to play with us. Ashton and Maddie both woke up super excited. They love having other kids over to play. They wanted to stay outside the entire time. They jumped on the trampoline, rode on the tractor and in Maddie's new jeep and then we hooked up the sprinkler for them to cool off. It was just so hot. We brought them in for lunch and then it was right back out for some popsicles and then more trampoline time. They had a good time.

Tonight, our every other Wendesday night women's group meets at our house. I've really enjoyed the series so far. I've been amazed, as I've been doing the daily studies, how much they have spoken to me with regard to things going on in my every day life. I've gotten answers to situations that I was unsure as to what I should do. How great is that?!!