If You Haven't Already,.......

Please look at my best friend, Anne's, Flickr site!!(and her Etsy shop while you're at it!!) Just click the links over to the right in my most viewed sites. She has taken and posted beautiful pictures of my girls on Flickr!!!(make sure you go to page 2 as well, b/c there are several of my girls) She took other pictures too of her friends children, and they all turned out remarkable! They are beautiful portraits!! She hopes to do this professionally and is trying to get all of the business she can. It was great because she came to my house, so that made it a lot less stressful for Mommy!! I hate getting them "packed" up for a portrait appt.!! Thank you Anne so very much!! I can't wait to order the prints!

Happy 4th Birthday, Micah!!!

Happy 4th Birthday to my aborable nephew, Micah, on August 29!!!! As some of you know, Micah and his family(my sister Jennifer, Uncle Daniel, Samuel, Elijah, & Sophia) live in Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., so needlesss to say, we will not be celebrating together,unfortunately!!!




These are pictures from a year ago, when he was last in the states, so he's grown up a lot since these!! I hear this year he is having a Spider Man party!!! Have a great day, Micah!! We love and miss you!!

Finally!!

Well, today my kids are finally going full-days of school!! As some of you may know, it has been extremely hot in Nashville(over 100 degrees!!) So, all last week, which was just the second week of school, our county went to half-days because some schools AC's had gone out and afternoon temps made buses sooo hot-117 degrees in the bus-YIKES!(and a student, probably more than one, had actually passed out at school). So, I'm sure metro did the right thing, but it sure through my schedule off last week!! I start work next week, and this week I have inservice, so last week was my last full-week off with no kids from 8-3!! I know, poor me!! : ) I'm not used to being home with no children, as Isabella is now in school all day!( And she loves it by the way!!) But this week I can still get a lot done around my inservice hours, and the girl's were ready for full-days. Madison is so happy at school, too!! I'm glad they are adjusting so well, as they are both at new schools this year-new to them : )

Madison couldn't wait for midnight!!

This is Madison at the Harry Potter book release party last month!! She had a blast and had her copy of the book by 12:06a.m. My talented daughter(yes, I'm allowed to brag on her) made her tie!! She bought the fabric and made it in 2 days!! We searched so many stores for a tie with the "house" colors, but had no luck, so what else could we do! I'm so proud of her-I can't even sew on a button, and no, I'm not kidding!!

Here he is......

Thought it only fair to post a picture of my wonderful husband, Matt, with the girls!! Here they are at the beach.......all smiles!!

1st day of School.......1st Day of Standard School Attire!!

Don't they look so cute?!! This year is the 1st year kids in our county are having to wear Standard School Attire( S.S.A.)!! It actually makes my life easier because they can't argue about what they wear!! It was a pain having to buy it all because they didn't have anything-we had to start from scratch, but they seem to be liking it. No complaints, yet. But of course they've only been in school 2 weeks, so we'll see!!

A Day at the Beach

This was on our vacation to Ormond Beach (near Daytona) this summer. We had a wonderful time!! It had been 2 years since we'd been to the beach, so it was long over due!! Isabella didn't remember the beach at all and had a blast!! Madison loved every minute of it!! Matt was with us, but unfortunately there are no "family" pics, as one of us was always taking them!!(But I don't think Matt minds that!) So, this is one he took of the girls and I after we had just had a yummy dinner out!

Well....... here goes!!!

Okay, I hope I am doing all of this right! I'm not very computer savvy!! This is my first Blog, ever! I'm kinda coming in late in the game you might say! I think this will be a great way to keep up with friends and family, since we all seem to stay so busy!! But we really should stop and take time to see what's going on in our lives, even if it's through the computer! I hope to get in touch with others I haven't talked to in awhile(or seen!)!! I miss so many people and hope we can reconnect in this way!!