Lauren's New Pets - Patch and Bella

I might have instigated this one - we have two new babies in the house; Patch and Bella. They are baby Guinea Pigs. You and I prepared her room and built them a new cage to play in - kinda turned out to be a 'Piggy Ritz'.

If there was any doubt in us getting new pets to care for, this smile won me over and makes everything worth it.

We spent all day Sunday finding the right things to build the cage with. It had to be large enough for 2 piggies. So we came up with a plan and used some wire shelving that we had in the garage. It turned out to be 2' x 4' and the girls love it.

We first got Patch  

But then on Tuesday, we found a long haired female ... and we named her Bella. Guinea Pigs are social animals, so having two was always going to happen :)

Of course Socks doesn't know what to think about these little fury things running around. He sits at the cage and stares - weird dog, sometimes they are not even in the cage - LOL.

We are so enjoying these little mess makers - I now have someone to sew for again :)

       

      

Thanksgiving

TIME TO EAT... ALL DAY LONG

I love Thanksgiving Day, even though it can be a little chaotic. We are lucky to live close to both of our families and get to spend the day with all of them. The eating all day can become a little much, but hey - it's all for the day. :)

We started at Aunt Sue and Uncle Willie's house. The weather was perfect, we got to eat outside again this year.

Lauren has one more year and she will outgrow Aunt Sue.
  

We have some of the most beautiful women in our family :)
 

I love the memories we create when we can all get together year after year.

Chad and Candice are expecting a little addition in May - Chance

 

And then there is Goofy!

  

And now we are off to Dalton for another Thanksgiving Day meal - but mostly to spend time with our family.

Baby Coy's first Thanksgiving

  

  

  

Happy Halloween

Lauren decided this year to be the Queen of Hearts

Cullen, Cade, Tate and Aubrey came over to Trick-or-Treat

      


We had great time at trunk or treat.

         

Happy 8th Birthday

IT'S THAT TIME AGAIN - 8th BIRTHDAY

This is the first year that you did not want to have your birthday day at home - you wanted to go to the jump park. I will have to say that i did not know what to do with myself since I usually start planning your parties in January. I actually called and booked the party and that was it - wow I got four months of my life back :)

   

It's Soccer Time

BLUE SHARKS SOCCER

Spring 2015

Blew my mind, but you were ready for a break from Softball and decided to kick a ball for a change. You guys had a great time.

Daddy's Girl 

    

   

HAPPY 7th BIRTHDAY

Boy how time flies! Well this year you told your Dad and I that you wanted to have a skating party. In a conversation with our neighbor (Brody);

Brody: "Lauren, you have the best birthday parties ever. What are you going to do this year."
Lauren: "I am having a Circus Party."

And that was the beginning of that! It was Circus Party time.

You found an outfit that you loved, so Mamaw took her awesome skills and made your Ring Master outfit for your party. You wore it every day before and several days after the party.

It took a small army to pull this off, but everyone had a great time.

Papa blew up the balloons as he was clowning around!

We set up a Photo Booth 

 Can't have Circus with out winning tickets and cashing them in for prizes.

The Duck Pond was so cute - all ages enjoyed this one.

Dice - since you turned 7, if you rolled a 7 - YOU WON!

Great alternative to balloon darts - made them out of paper instead of having to blow up a million little balloons - YUK!

The candy table is a must with Peanuts, Cotton Candy, Animal Crackers and everything Circus.

Ping-Pong Toss

Knock Down the Cans - that was probably the most popular of your games.

Turned our backyard in to a Circus!

 I love this! Bo has enjoyed Circus Peanuts,
Chocolate covered Pretzels and of course - Birthday Cake!
Beautiful Baby Bo enjoys every moment of life :)

 Fun in the Photo Booth

Game Time