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Are you listening to the Holy Spirit?

So the other day the kids had been really wound up. I was impatient and frustrated. We had an errand to run. So after getting everyone buckled in, I got in my seat and cranked the car. N would not stop asking me if we could go somewhere(Probably the park. I can't remember). She had already asked me about five times. I had told her that I didn't know. I closed my eyes and started taking deep breaths, trying not to lose my cool. N looks at me and says "Mommy, are you listening to the Holy Spirit?"

A weekend of birthday celebrations

We decided to go to Ga. this weekend because my grandmother had a birthday last weekend and my sister was throwing a surprise birthday party for my brother-in-law. I'll start with Saturday. We didn't know if we were going to be able to go. On the way home my husband called and told me that his car was acting funny and that we needed to take it in to an automotive shop. I dried the kids off at the pool and off we went. The repair ended up not being anything major but the shop couldn't get the car ready in time for us to leave. We couldn't pick the car up on Sunday because the shop wasn't open. Well, I was pretty certain that we would be spending the weekend at home. Then I had an idea. I called the automotive shop and explained our dilemma to the manager. He was so sweet and told us that if we would call him on his personal phone, he would meet us on Sunday to pick up the car. We grabbed some lunch on Saturday and left for Ga. We arrived at my sister's house that afternoon around 3:30. My little boy had seen surprise parties on tv and all he could think about was where he was going to hide. My brother-in-law ended up coming in a little later than we thought so my little boy was stuck hiding for quite a while. My brother-in-law was totally surprised. It took some very sweet friends to help my sister pull it all off. Doug took Jon on a run while Lisa prepared almost all the food for the party. We had a lot of fun and actually ended up spending the night with my sister.

The next day we woke up, got ready and headed off to my grandmother's house. She turned 81 last weekend. This is the grandmother that was married to my sweet papa who passed away last year. This was her first birthday without him. My dad came to grandmama's to see us, which the kids loved. Grandmama sat down with N and showed her pictures of her grandparents. She told her that she was going to make her a book about her ancestry. N has been very into genealogy lately. She's always asking about my great and great great grandparents.I loved seeing my grandmama and daddy. I'm so glad that we moved closer to our families so that we can see them more often. N is crazy about my grandmama. She snuggled up next to her on the sofa and didn't want to leave. The field next to grandmama's house was full of flowers. The kids just had to pick them. I'm convinced that pollen season in Ga. is worse than any other state. I had terrible allergies the whole time I was there.

I'm so glad that we were able to go and celebrate our loved ones birthdays. Now, prepare yourselves for a bunch of pictures:)


My advice, if you're spouse is turning 40. Buy the number candles. Seriously, 40 candles on a cake. Do you see all that smoke???


Lots of yummy food!

He was totally surprised!


His friend, Doug, that kept him out of the house so Michele could pull everything together.


Michele's friend Lisa that cooked almost all of the food.


J hiding.

Fix it Friday #52

So here's my iheartfaces fix it Friday fix.  There were several things in the original photo that bothered me. So I edited them out.  I added a sepia tone and texture after increasing both exposure and contrast. I also cropped the picture to get a little closer to the subject.


Head on over to iheartfaces to check out the other great edits.

Tennis anyone?

N has just started taking tennis lessons. She does tennis clinics during the weekend but had her first private lesson this week. She was so excited to have a one on one with the tennis pro. Here are a few pictures from her lesson. I realize that they're a little blurry. I might need a new lens to get pictures of her moving that fast.

Do you have to be so chemical free?

Okay, so I'll be the first to tell you that my kids eat junk. We eat at Chick fil a three times a week. We're not the healthiest people on earth. But I do try. I don't buy body products that have parabens or sls. I buy snacks from the health food store that don't have hydrogenated oils, msg, trans fat or corn syrup. I try to get my kids to eat fruit and nuts instead of the junk. However, I have one child who lives off of meat and apple juice.

Well the other day we were at Walmart. N was begging for laughy taffy. Her begging turned into crying. I told her that she couldn't have the laughy taffy but that I would take her to the health food store to get a treat. Through her tears she yelled at me, " Why do you have to be so chemical free"? I thought I'd never stop laughing. I know I run around saying, " Don't eat that. It has so and so in it." But I didn't think anyone was listening. You'd be glad to know that I didn't give her the laughy taffy. She got starburst instead. Hey, my nerves can only take so much.