The big 40!

I have officially begun my 40's! I was not looking forward to starting my 40's I must say, BUT, My friends and family made my birthday so special this year that it wasn't so bad.

My friends surprised me last week with a lunch at the Oxford Exchange in Tampa.

It was such a fun lunch. Thank you, Anne for all the time, thought, and money you put into planning this.


Monday was my actually Birthday and my hubby went above and beyond to make it special for me.
I had flowers delivered and Edible arrangements.

And then the girls all got me some of my favorite things: Candles, mani/pedi gift card and gummy bears:)

But the biggest surprise came when I opened up plane tickets to NYC!!!! I have always wanted to go to New York, now I can check this off my bucket list. It will be a few months before we can go but that's OK, I have something to look forward to.


I know I've only been 40 for 6 days now, but I have to say it's not so bad.



Happy Saturday!

Playing catch up....AGAIN

OK, I stink at keeping up this blog. I think about it but then I get busy doing something else and forget and then BAM two weeks have gone by!

So let me catch you all up on whats been happen around here.



Grandparents Day:

Every year at the girls school they celebrate Grandparents Day, this is not my girls favorite because their grandparents live so far away and usually cannot make it:( Every year McKinley begs for my parents to come, so each year I am the "stand in" grandma.

This year they had a 50's theme to it and the kids dressed up and each class preformed in chapel.

I have to share with you a few of the video's from chapel because my girl, Madison totally stole the show!!! That girl LOVES to perform.

She cracks me up!!!


And in other big news Madison lost her first tooth 2 weeks ago.

It had been loose for a couple of weeks and then she finally asked Morgan to pull it. Morgan is the resident "tooth puller" in our house:) She has pulled every one of McKinley's teeth so Madison would not let me touch it, she only wanted Morgan to do it.


Tomorrow I will update all about my Birthday!

Happy Friday

First day of school

Yesterday was the first day of school for my girls... I now have a sophomore, 4th grader and a 1st grader!

As you can tell by the pictures, in years past i used my good camera and yesterday I just used my phone becuase I was lazy and didn't feel like digging out the real one:(

Praying for a great year!

Happy Birthday!

London turns 1 today!!! I don't believe there is a dog on this earth as well loved as she is:)

Happy Birthday!

The Beach

We spent the last few days at Indian Rocks Beach relaxing as the end of summer starts to wind down.

The Lord blessed us with three beautiful sunny days to relax and enjoy his creation. The girls were great the whole time and really enjoyed the Ocean.

My girls love to jump the waves on a float.. They could stay out there for hours when the waves are big.

Yesterady it did rain for about 15 minutes but the girls made the best of it!

And David did too:) HA!

And being on vacation means good food and ice cream of course!

Legoland

So as you may remember, I was out of town for Madison's birthday so yesterday was her birthday surprise. We took her to Legoland and then we went to their waterpark.

Madison rode all the roller coasters and loved it! And below is proof:)
McKinley and Madison were on the front row and David was right behind them.

I have always liked coasters but the older  get the less I am liking them. This was a wooden coaster and they make to many creepy sounds so I don't ride them.

We spent about 3 hours in the park and then spent the last 4 hours at the waterpark. I put my phone in the locker so sadly, I didn't get any water park photos.

Now we are off to the beach to spend the last few days of David's vacation relaxing by the Ocean.

Oh and If you are wondering where Morgan is in all these pictures? Well she went on vacation with her friend, Natalie. She is having a blast! They have spent the last 2 days in NYC..( I am totally jealous, because I've never been) and they are heading to Maine tomorrow to spend the next week at the beach at her friends family beach house. I miss my girl!

Happy Hump Day!

KIDS CAMP

I am trying to play "catch up" here and update what all we've been doing. The week after Morgan got back from youth camp McKinley and I left for a week in Ga at kids camp with McKinley.

It was a very busy and fun week..... It's been a while since I've chaperoned a camp and to say I was tired when the week was over is a understatement:). The camp was lead by CentriKids and all the staffers were college students who were AMAZING! I cannot tell you how great each and every one of them were.  Below are some pictures from that week:

Yes, that's a tutu I'm wearing......Don't ask!

As you can tell by the pictures, alot of fun was had by all.

There was a staffer named Katelyn, who is a Pastor's daughter and she really made an effort to spend time with McKinley and talk to her about things Pastor's kids go through/struggle with. Katelyn even ate dinner with McKinley one night.

McKinley & Katelyn

We got back Friday night from camp and left on Monday for a quick trip to Alabama to see family.

next up: Madison's birthday trip!