Wedded Bliss

  I am a little late on this blog!  There is nothing more beautiful than a true Southern wedding.  It is still hard for me to believe that these sweeties are all grown, married and starting families! It seems like we should still be hanging out at the softball field, basketball games, or various cheerleading events! Lots of memories!!

I was able to help with a bridesmaid get-together the afternoon of the wedding.  Such sweet young ladies!

The hostesses and the beautiful bride!  Isn't this a gorgeous view?

How's this for a barn?

Lindsey and Maddie enjoyed getting down on the dance floor!  ( I would like to also add that Nana and Maddie also enjoyed a couple of dances together!)

Tractors, Cheese and Stuff

I found a few cute pictures of the girls on Reed's phone from their last visit.  We will be seeing them next weekend and then again for a few days during Spring Break, and we just can't wait!!  Maddie is busy with gymnastics and TBall, and Lillian is just plain busy!! 

We had a visit from a cute little mouse!!

Where's Lillian?

Just a swinging!

The last time we tried to get Lillian to ride on Pop's big tractor, it resulted in an all out meltdown!!  This time she was ok sitting on it, but Pop didn't crank it!  Maybe next time!

Beautiful Spring flowers!

God Bless Sugar

If you've got a friend with puppies, what more can you possibly want?  It turns out that I am lucky enough to have a friend that ALWAYS seems to have puppies! This time Sugar has a litter of beagle, lab/pitt pups that are precious!!  This is her last litter, so I am glad we got to love on these babies!

Maddie lovingly held every one of the pups (7)! Lillian picked out one and held on tight the entire time!

 
 
 

Sarah actually went inside because we were sure Lillian was going to throw a fit when she had to give her puppy back.  But just the opposite happened.  When we told her it was time to go, she stood up handed the puppy back and walked to the car! Whew!  Nana loves it when no tears are involved!  I am sure we'll be back!

Climbing Mountains

Maddie has enjoyed Pop's sand piles since she was tiny.  Lillian has not been impressed-until this trip!  We think there may be hope for her to be just a little adventurous after all!


This one is fearless and precious!!

 

I wish I could bottle her enthusiasm!!!

 

 

Little Bit doesn't care for things to be on her feet and especially her hands.  So Pop took her shoes and socks off and gently rubbed them with sand until she decided it might night be so bad after all! Pop's pretty awesome about things like that!

 



 

 

Maddie also assured her that she had nothing but fun times ahead!

 

In no time at all, she was a pro just like her sister!!

I think I could move mountains for that sweet smile!

 

Finding the perfect grains of sand to put in her cup was quite challenging!

 

 Have a great week!

Read Across America

In honor of Read Across America week, we had  readers visit with each classroom and read a story.  Phyllis and I solicited some special buddies for this occasion.

My buddy Jean recently retired after teaching almost 100 years.  However, this was the first time she had read to an elementary class.  She was awesome!!

Jenni is also a recent retiree.  She may have been a banker, but she reads a great story!

Suellen taught here for several years, before she migrated to the Middle School.  The kids treated her like she was a rock star!

One of my all time favorite people!!  Ann retired from our school last year!

Melanie was our art teacher for 2 years.  The kids were also thrilled to see her.

We had several more readers, and we appreciate everyone that took time from their busy days to help us out!

Busy Week

After working the Little Lambs Consignment Sale Thursday night, I headed to Birmingham to spend the night with Caleb.  I had to be at the Apple Store early the next morning to have them check out 3 school IPads that had stopped working.  I am going to give a little unauthorized plug for that place!!  Awesome, awesome service!!  All businesses should consider following their customer service guidelines!! After that great experience, I continued east to babysit Lillian for the night!!  Maddie went with her mom and dad, so I didn't get to see her as much!

I took very few pictures on this trip! We played outside for a little while before everyone else left!

In the first picture, Maddie is ready to head out for a little birthday fun!  The second picture shows just a brief glimpse of the beautiful dog Ariel.  We took that prize to them a year ago, and Lindsey and Josh have every right to bar us from their house over that one!!  They have told us they will accept no more Pickens County dogs. (It was also pj day at school for her!)

Josh is a big soccer fan, and he is teaching the girls early.  I didn't have my camera out in time to get any pictures of Maddie, but I did catch Lillian enjoying herself!

 

 

Look out 2032 Olympics!!  Here she comes!



I headed home early Saturday morning. I have another busy week planned, but the girls are coming next weekend, and we can't wait!!

Red, Rudy and other Stuff

Reed may or may not have tried to kill me this past weekend!  He forced encouraged me to do manual labor for 12 straight hours Saturday.  If you know me at all, you know manual labor and me are not friends.  There was a time in our marriage when he would not allow me to paint -something about me being too messy with the paint!  I am very sad to say that he seems to be well over that now! I will say that when all was said and done, I was pleased with the results!! Next, we are moving to the foyer, hallway and den!

Reed is not a fan of my Pinterest  Projects, but I convinced him that I would really like to paint my cabinets grey!  He was a little skeptical at first, but we are both pleased with the results!!  I would like to add that he took several pictures of me painting, but they all reminded me a little too much of Honey Boo-Boo's family.  I was either sprawled out in the floor painting baseboards or standing in the sink painting......So, no  pictures of me!!

Before and After!

Reed also spent a day helping a friend at a local quail preserve.  He had lots of fun with ole Red and Rudy! I think this is something he wouldn't mind doing again!



After the epic day of painting, we spent part of the next afternoon exploring!  This was the view of the river from Reed's boat ramp.  This really makes me long for summer!

I am visiting with the girls this weekend, and I can't wait!!!