He's such a good Daddy!

Ella's been dying to paint his toenails so guess who let her do it the other day. Such a sweet Daddy!

Happy Birthday Uncle Philip!!

Happy 25th birthday to my youngest brother Philip!! You are smart, loving, and an absolutely amazing person. I'm so proud to be your sister. We love you very much and can't wait to see what's in your store for your future.

5th Place!

Well I just completed my first ever fishing tournament! Wright Medical holds one every year and my father in law and husband have been wanting to do it. The only caveat is that a Wright Medical employee has to be in the boat...aka...me. So I looked at the two and decided who was going to help me win the tournament and that was my father in law. Ha! Just kidding honey! We had a blast. And I thank my father in law for being so patient and kind to this novice fisherwoman. And we came in 5th place!!! Out of 28 boats! I was so proud. Thank you PaPaw!! I had a blast! We'll get them next year!

I could get used to driving a boat. Although my preference is to not do it with 7 layers on. It was a little chilly the day before the tournament. That was practice day.


Headed to weigh in


Me and PaPaw with our prized fish.


I even held the big one!

Can You Say...

We ordered pizza for dinner the other night for the kids. Well the pizza man arrives. Jeremy opens the door and goes to get the money and leaves our spunky 3 year old with the poor pizza man. I hear her say, "This is Tanner (our dog). Can you say Tanner?" I bet he's never been asked to repeat a name before like he's a 1 year old. :)

Sesame Street

We went to go see Sesame Street! I love Sesame Street! It was such a cute show. I think I definitely enjoy it more than the girls. :)

I thought this picture was just funny.


In awe.


That awe quickly faded. Glad you enjoyed it Megan.


Sesame Street characters


My Ella


And just for kicks and giggles, here was Ella the last time we went to see Sesame Street. She was so little!

My Cuties

Happy Birthday Uncle Ryan!!!

It is Uncle Ryan's birthday today!!! Happy Birthday Ry! We love you! We hope you have a wonderful day! The girls' wanted to make sure you knew they were thinking of you today. You are such a wonderful man. You're one of the most generous people I know. I'm so very proud of you! And I know Mom and Dad are too. Hugs and kisses to you on your special day!

My Future's So Bright...I Gotta Wear Shades

Unsupervised

This is what happens when you give them a few minutes of free time while you're trying to put dinner together. Needless to say we ate outside and once we were done went straight to the bath. :)

You know you're from Tennessee when...

Ella was letting the dogs out the back door. When she closed the door I told her to lock it. She said, "So the bad guys don't get us?" We recently had some prisoners on the lose around our town. So she heard that on the news and remembers it. I told her that it was ok because the police had "caught" them. She looks at me with a confused look on her face and says, " with a fishing pole!?!" Oh, the innocence in Tennessee.

Hot Springs

Jeremy and I had a little weekend getaway over to Hot Springs in Arkansas the other weekend. We went with a few other couples and had a blast. It was just nice to get out of town. However, this was the extent of my picture taking. Sad, I know. I just didn't think about taking out the camera. We were able to go to the horse races, which was great. I felt like I was at the Kentucky Derby.

It's still alive!

I'm going to be honest. I was very nervous looking around the funeral home and seeing all of the beautiful flowers and plants. I have a black thumb! I'm not very good at keeping plants alive. Heck, I'm doing good to keep my kids alive. Ha. Just kidding. Dept. of child services, you don't need to come to my house. They're fine. I promise. :) But the plants are all alive and doing well! And it's been over 2 months. And here's the beautiful orchid that some very good friends gave us. Look how beautiful it is. And I've kept it alive!

Who needs a bed rail when you have a wall of stuffed animals?

I know this is soooo late

As I was organizing the other day I came across our Santa photo from December and realized I had never posted it on the blog. So here it is. Excuse the lack of quality. I took a picture of a picture. Mom's scanner is not working. But you get the point. Megan is screaming and reaching for Jeremy and Ella wouldn't touch or come near Santa with a 10 foot pole. I love these memories. :)

OMG...The Hair!

We were hanging out tonight. I was sitting in the recliner and Ella tried to climb up in it and lost her balance. She practically did a somersault, half pike, and slammed her body into the ground. I was fully expecting a cry! Well she composes herself and instead of crying, which I was expecting, brushes herself off and says, "Does my hair look ok!?!" She's too funny!

The Offering

So we were getting ready this morning for work and school. I was in the kitchen getting my last minute things together. Ella walks up to me and says, "Mommy, you need to put your offering into the basket." And she's standing there holding a basket out to me. Now here I stand, beaming with pride, because at church on Sundays we give Ella the offering and let her put it in the basket. So, one, it tells me that she's paying attention in church, and two, that she knows what the meaning is behind it. So I ask her what she's going to do with the "offering", and she says she's taking it to school to use at the snack machine. I guess we need to have another conversation on "offering". Boy she got that $1 offering out of me before she told me what she was doing with it. Smart, smart girl. We are so in trouble as she gets older. :)

Look Who Wishes She Could Go Back To The 80's

Take That!

It's "Snow" Cold Outside!

We've actually had a lot of snow falls this winter, which is quite unusual for us. You can tell it's so unusual by our "sledding" apparatus below. Boy, we need to upgrade. The girls loved it and wouldn't stop eating the snow. At least the weren't eating the yellow snow. Ha!

Note sledding apparatus...so sad. But these girls' loved it!