Easter Weekend

We had a wonderful weekend! On Saturday, I worked on some projects around the house while Shane studied for his upcoming CPA exam. We had a very productive day. We ordered pizza for lunch, and that night Shawna and Kelly came over to visit.

^^^ This is what my lazy Saturday mornings look like. While Shane sleeps in, I cuddle with the dogs on the couch and watch trash TV :) 

On Sunday, we took Munca to church. She loves when we visit her church and spend time with her. While we were there, I ran into my counselor from Grayson High School. Mr. Jackson had a huge impact on my life, and it was great to see him and his family. 

After church, we drove Munca and her "gentleman friend" out to Grayson to spend time with my family. We had a fun time seeing everyone and playing with Rowan. 

Car selfies

Munca called me twice to remind me not to wear shorts and flip-flops to church... haha!! She cracks me up!

Rowan was so excited to see her Aunt C!! 

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THROWBACK:

Last Easter, we went to my Uncle Tony and Aunt Loretta's house 

and the kids had a wonderful time beating up Uncle Shane. 

Family Update

...And until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand. 

Our sweet Uncle Mike passed away on April 8. We will miss him dearly. 

Oh how I love when my handsome husband sings to me before bed. 

Makenzie turned 1 on April 9! It is so hard to believe! 

After a few hours of chores on Saturday morning, Shane and I took a break to go to Reese's soccer game! We had a wonderful time seeing Lance and Renee and playing with the boys while we cheered for Reese! 

On Sunday, I went to help my family pack and move my Great Aunt Ellen and cousin Sally. Ellen offered for me to dig up several hostas and a small Japanese Maple from her gorgeous landscaping, and Shane and I look forward to watching them grow. 

I had a fun time trying to entertain Rowan while my Dad, brother and Missy moved the heavy furniture. 

By the end of this busy and productive week, the whole family looked like this ^^^^^^ 

Normally Rocky is either sleeping on top of Polly or hogging the entire dog bed, but last night Polly sprawled out and got comfy! 

Update Through Pictures

I have not had the time to write a post lately. Work is crazier than ever, and we are doing a lot around the house to get it ready for a shower I am hosting for my sweet cousin! Here are some blurry, poor quality pictures to recap the past 2 weeks. 

We surprised Shawna at a fun bar in Senoia to celebrate her 30th birthday. I am taking her to get a palm reading when we can coordinate our schedules... how fun is that?

This couple is so much fun!! 

I had to go into work over the weekend last weekend, and it was so hard leaving these 3 cuties!!

The weather has been so pretty lately, and the dogs have enjoyed playing in the yard. 

My permanent retainer fell out a few weeks ago, so I had to head back to Snellville for an appointment with my orthodontist. I have not seen him in almost 9 years!! I decided to drive by the house where I grew up. This house used to be blue with red shutters and white trim, and we had a small playhouse in the back that my Uncle Greg designed. 

This is random... but took cute not to share!!

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We went to Pike's for Shane to get some new trees. In promotion of the first day of Spring, Pike's was passing out wine and snacks!! I drank wine while Shane pushed me around on this cart. I am sure it embarrassed him terribly... but you have your entire life to be old and just a few years to be young!! #YOLO

He is mildly obsessed with yard work. He researches plants and different planting techniques for hours (literally hours). He has done such a great job transforming our yard. Below is a panoramic view. 

You can see the transformation here.

Last Saturday was our year and a half wedding anniversary. We ordered food and watched movies together. :)

Our neighbors love playing in the front yard. We often go over and spend time with them. They enjoy playing with Mr. Shane, and they love hugs and popsicles from Mrs. Celeste. They just got a new basketball goal, and this is Bryson sitting in the box! He is too cute! 

We are having some neighbors over this weekend for a cookout. I plan on working on a huge painting project while Shane studies for his upcoming CPA exam. He will be taking the 2nd of 4 exams on 4/14. He studies a minimum of 2 hours a day on top of working... I am so proud of how diligent and dedicated he is. 

Zoo Atlanta

Yesterday evening when I got off of work, I drove into Midtown and met Shane at his work. We rode together to the zoo. Cindilu and Bill invited us to join them at a reception to celebrate the zoo's 125th Anniversary!

We had a wonderful time visiting with everyone. The food and drinks were delicious, and I loved being able to experience the zoo without any lines! It was a very unique experience.

Cindilu and Bill showed us their bench. 

Shawna and I always have so much fun together. 

The elephant was so close to us!

My sweet date :)

The tigers were very impressive!

Sun Bear. 

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Pandas!! 

Weekend Update

This past week has been very hectic at work, so on Friday night I told Shane I needed him to take me on a date. :) He was very sweet and gave me a hug and off to Olive Garden we went.

Saturday morning I elected to be very lazy and watch TV and cuddle with Rocky. When Shane woke up we took the dogs on a walk and saw a neighbor I met at a cookie swap a few months back. They invited us over later that night for a bonfire. I went grocery shopping while Shane studied and did a few things around the house, and then we headed to the neighbors to hang out. We had a great time with them.


I spent Sunday morning cleaning and let Shane sleep in until 11:30. He has been under the weather, so I knew he could use some extra sleep. When he woke up he helped by vacuuming the whole house and doing the laundry. We also helped me get all of the food ready for the Taco Bar. We had several family members over to celebrate some March birthdays. It was so fun to spend time with one another. We laughed and shared stories. I filled a basket with toys, stickers and coloring books for Rowan to play with. She liked her stickers a lot! She walked around showing everyone a printed out picture of Makenzie. She loves her cousin so much! When it was time for dessert, I told her she could have a little of each of the 3 pies and some cookie cake, but she asked for carrots and a banana instead. How weird is that?!

By the time everyone left, we were so tired. We relaxed and watched TV the rest of the evening until it was time for bed.

Lazy Saturday snuggles

Date night

Birthday celebration

My sweet Rowan

She is so great at coloring in the lines.

Recently, David hear her sing "Whoomp There It Is" while going potty, and she tore up a dollar bill to make it fit into her ninja turtle piggy bank! Hahaha! 

Girl's Weekend

I LOVE spending time with my girlfriends, and the longer we go without seeing each other the more we crave a girl’s weekend! Last weekend we all got together to celebrate Ashley’s 25^th birthday, and we. had. a. blast!

Friday night everyone met at my house and Shane dropped us off at a local bar. We had a great time witnessing Ashley cross things off of her “25 things to do” list! We finished the night off right with a trip to Taco Bell. The next day I found a 10 minute video on my phone. Apparently, I accidentally set on my phone and started recording a video as we were going through the drive-thru, so we now have audio of the entire ride home. All I can say is Shane is a saint for driving us around town. 5 girls packed into a Prius… bless his heart!

Saturday morning I made breakfast for everyone and then we started to get ready to drive to Rome to check into our hotel. 3 of us were able to get tickets to the sold-out Sam Hunt concert. Sam stayed at our same hotel and he heard that one of our girls didn't have a ticket. He came by our hotel room to personally apologize that he couldn't get us one more ticket. While he was in our room, I showed him the sign of things that Ashley had to complete and asked him to pick one and Lord help us, he sang “Happy Birthday” to her right there on the spot.

We went to a local Mexican place for drinks and dinner before going to the concert. While we were at the concert I met a few people from Philly and New York, and Shane and I plan to meet up with them during our road trip this summer! 

We had such an incredible time. Between the eventful weekend festivities and the time change this past week has been very exhausting, but it was all worth it. We are already planning our next girl’s weekend!

Friday night before heading to Mazzy's

I was so glad Mali could join us!

Sam freakin' Hunt. He was so nice and humble.

Dwarf house.

Walking to the concert. 

Front row baby!! 

Baseball, Boy's Night and Birthday

What a busy weekend! On Friday night, Shane and I went to Jackson's first baseball game of the season! We love spending time with our next door neighbors!

Saturday I cleaned up the house a bit and then headed to the salon to get my hair done. Shane took Macy to her new home and ran some errands. I went to the store on the way home to get some snacks and a cake for Shane's party. He invited his guy friends over for a stock the bar/whiskey tasting party, and some of them brought a plus 1, so I enjoyed spending time with the girls! By the end of the night we were all sitting by the fire sharing funny stories and singing (well they sang and made fun of my singing... typical)

March 1 was my sweet friend's birthday, so of course I had to FaceTime her! We will celebrate her this weekend @ the Sam Hunt concert!!

Success

27 candles 

Sunday I made breakfast for those who spent the night, and then Shane started on some yard work while I did some chores in the house and went grocery shopping. It was a gorgeous day, so I enjoyed sitting with Shane outside while he dug holes and planted a few new things.

We went to visit Nana on Monday. She is recovering well and in pretty good spirits. After visiting with her, we met Cindilu and Bill and Shawna and Matt for a birthday dinner.

It was a busy few days, but we had a wonderful time spending it with friends and family.