FEELS LIKE HOME TO ME: October 2009

Is it Possible? More Halloween Fun!

The almost month-long celebration of Halloween keeps rolling! Libby debuted her costume this week at our church's annual Harvest Festival.

The skunk outfit was a huge hit! I think the precious little girl inside might have had something to do with that.

She ran into lots of friends...

Allie the Butterfly

Her buddy, Grace

Jackson the Lion (and his mom)

And Ethan, our local UPS guy!

Then Libby heard the band and she was very, very interested!

She liked them so much that she joined them...on the stage.

My child's a Groupie!

Happy Halloween, everyone!

7:30 AM
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Beach Weekend

A few months ago my friend, Beth Hedges, decided we girls needed to organize a trip to the beach. I thought that was a pretty fabulous idea and so did four more of our friends. All six of us made arrangements for our kids and hit the road. Our friendships date back many years. All of us grew up in church together and/or went to high school or college together. Beth H., Courtney, April and I went to Central HS, along with Sheryl's husband. Sheryl and Heather went to Smiths Station HS, along with April's husband. Beth H., Sheryl and April were roommates at UAB and Courtney and Heather were roommates at Auburn. And several of us have attended the same church at one time or another. Are you thoroughly confused yet? Good!

We left town Friday afternoon and we couldn't have been more excited!

I think April's pretty excited about leaving her three kiddos and husband behind!

Panama City Beach or Bust!

We spent the day on beach Saturday. It was cool, but warm enough to get some sun. In case you were worried, we enjoyed ourselves!

Putting on a show for all the people on the beach. What? We were the only ones for miles and miles? (They were probably dancing to a Miley Cyrus song!)

Saturday night we ate at the Boatyard. The food was great and we stuffed ourselves.

We headed home Sunday and were sad to see our time together come to an end.

Thanks, girls, for ALL the laughs! And a special thanks to our husbands and parents for helping take care of our children. Hopefully this will become an annual event!

7:30 AM
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The Fun Continues...

It was my turn to host Bunco last night. Since it's October, we made it a Halloween-themed night. There were lots of cute costumes, some of the ladies were so creative!

Here's some of the highlights from the night:

Amy Winehouse and Ugly Betty (Who knew they were friends?)

Hannah Montana and her sidekick, Lilly

Who is this I'm hanging with?

Why it's Kate + 8!

Oh my gosh, It's Hannah Montana! We live on a busy street and Courtney, ahem, Hannah, sang, waved and danced for the passing cars!

A bump it and a big booty, it must be Kim Kardashian!

The Bunco Babes!

I had a great time with these ladies. It was an eventful night! :)

12:00 PM
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Boo!

This year it seems like the Halloween festivities have started early. Last weekend we attended the first party of the season. We had a good time and spotted some famous people. Who knew we'd be among celebrities?

Like Kid Rock and his sidekick, Pam Anderson.

Cinderella was at there, too.

We also met a very cute monkey!

We had a good time and Libby ran wide open long past her bedtime.

By the way, we dressed up as a very confused SEC family! :)

More Halloween pictures to come...

7:30 AM
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That's Right!

I'll just let the experts do the talking...

Alabama reaches No. 1; Florida No. 2

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=4574720

Roll Tide Roll!

3:12 PM
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Are you out there?

Fall is here! Uhh, well, we're doing our best to pretend that it's fall. It's been a warm outside - between 85 and 90 degrees this past weekend. Needless to say, I'm ready for cooler temps and leaves to start changing colors. We tried our best to channel fall by attending a fall-themed birthday party this weekend for Libby's friend, Adalyn, who turned three. She's pictured here with her mom, April.

There was a lot to do at the party.

Like swinging,

riding an old-fashioned tractor,

and even a hay ride!

Drew, Libby, Gabe and Allie on the hay ride.

Beth & Beth

Okay, fall, we've done our part, you can arrive anytime you'd like! We'll be ~~patiently~~ waiting.

12:00 PM
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18 months old

Happy 18-months to my precious little girl!

You are so precious to everyone you know. We love you so much! We are thankful for each day & each moment we've had with you and we look forward to all the things you have yet to teach us.

12:05 PM
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Proudly Presenting...

...the new roof

I'm very happy with the new roof. The rustic black seems to blend nicely with our brick and shutters. The roofing company did a great job and boy were they efficient. They arrived Friday morning around 7:45 am were completely finished when I pulled in the driveway around 3:00 pm that afternoon.

Welcome to the family, new shingles. I hope you'll keep us nice and dry and stay around a long, long time.

7:00 AM
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Shingle Bells Shingle Bells

Guess what we're getting? A new roof! (Allow me to pause for a moment as I acknowledge that getting this excited about a new roof means I'm an adult. M'k, done.)

Our roof was the victim of several storms that hit our area this summer. We noticed some shingles had blown off and figured we'd have to pay someone to come out and patch it up. But to our delight, the insurance adjuster informed us that we needed a whole new roof and he'd have the check to us by the end of the week. {Insert Beth and Drew performing dance of joy here!}

Fast forward several months later....today's the day!

Here is a picture of our house "Before". I can only guess this is the original roof.

Say "Buh bye" to the brown shingles and welcome Rustic Black to the family.

Check back soon for pictures of the finished product...

7:30 AM
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Big Green Tractor

If you listen to country music, then you might know the words to Jason Aldean's song, "Big, Green Tractor" If not ~~get with the times~~ it's a catchy tune! You can read the lyrics here or listen to the song here.

I was humming this song all weekend after our family outing. Drew, Libby and I loaded up the truck and headed to Auburn, AL. We visited the newest location of SunSouth dealerships. You might remember that the husband is in the business of John Deere and works for SunSouth. The new store hosted it's Grand Opening Saturday and boy was it grand!

Can you spot Libby?

"I'll take this one, Daddy!"

"...take for you a ride on my big, green tractor..."

Old timey tractor

Daddy and Libby on the shuttle (a.k.a hay ride).

Drew enjoyed seeing all of his John Deere buddies and Libby enjoyed trying tractors on for size. We had a fun afternoon seeing what Drew does on a daily basis. I hope you have better luck than I did pushing "Big Green Tractor" out of your head.

4:45 PM
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