Childrens Consignment Sale

As many of you know Natalie and I did a childrens consignment sale that went off SO WELL!!! we are going to do a Adult Consignment sale. I am really looking forward to this on. We have had some amazing response. The date is not set yet but will be soon...:)

Here are some pictures from our childrens one!! Unfortunetly I was TOO busy to take any pictures of all our helpers! We had some amazing volunteers!!

Swimming in Charleston

The beach!!

We were able to go to Charleston a few weeks ago. The girls had so much fun!! We met up with our friends also who were down there visiting Charleston also!! The girls had a lot of fun!!

Three birthdays combined into one...

It is never easy taking a family picture!! The girls turned 4,2,1 so we did a combo party!!!

Been a while....

yes I know it has been a while..sorry..we have been going through a lot of changes and I honestly have not had ANY time to update this blog...but here comes the pictures..:)

Crazy cat

And the crazy cat is at it again....:) well, a little about what as been going on...my two little babies had their birthdays...turned 1 and 2...Aleeza is turning 4 this Sunday...we are having a combined party on Friday night. Aleeza was accepted to BJ...yeah!! She passed with flying colors. The lady who tested her said she has not tested a three year old in a long time with her skills. She seems to be very advanced..so thumbs up to mommy and daddy and nana and papa because they help her a lot when she is over there also!! I go accepted to Upstate USC and I am getting my teaching certificate. There are some other changes that I will not go into right now..but we are very excited!!!

Well, I am having another childrens consignment sale!! yeah!! I am very excited.

Here is the site http://www.herewegrowagainchildrensconsignment.blogspot.com

Well, other than the normal not much else going on today..notice I say today..not the rest of the month but just today.

Camping Trip!!!

Well our camping trip went something like this....bugs, rain, frogs, tubing, food, bugs, rain, sun, rain, sun, bugs, hiking, crying, showers, bugs, rain, sun, sleeping, a random fever of 104.7, food, ice cream, cookies, cookouts, smores, hiking, rain, bugs, more food, laughing at 3:30 in the morning, waterfalls, rivers, tubing, scrapes, more food, boo-boos, more bugs, tubing, 12 people sleeping in one camper, bugs, laughing of little voices, 12 people trying to sleep a second night in a camper, bugs, more tubing, swimming, food, bugs, hiking, more hiking, swimming...did I mention bugs??? WOW did we have fun!!! Well, the trip started off a little rocky due to a major oversight on my part...but it all worked out lovely in the end. We stayed at a beautiful camp that had a lovely river that we could tube down, fish in, swim in and try to swim in the waterfalls!!! We had so much fun. We are so thankful for Scott and Nat and their four girls who travelled along with us. We are SO thankful for mom and dad's camper. It came in very handy during the few times in rained a little.

Olivia turns 2 and Maddie turns 1

It is hard to believe that last year this time Maddie was just born and Livvy was turning 1!!...NOW a year later I have a one year old and a two year old!! Time flies!! It was so nice to spend Livvy's birthday with my parents. We could not ask for a better Nana and Papa!! They were able to come over for supper and dessert. We are having a birthday party for all three of the girls in June since their birthdays are so close. Livvy was so excited to get Happy Birthday sang to them so many times on the phone by her friend Anna Kate and then Nana and Papa. Maddie was quite thrilled also when nana and Papa called and sang to her. What a joy to celebrate their birthdays. We have so much to be thankful for!! Such healthly, fun, energetic children!!!

Marissa and Cassie's graduation

We have had a busy time of graduations over the past few weeks. Marissa and Cassie both graduated!! Congrats to them!! We had their drop in party here at our house last week. We had a great turn out. Here are just a few pictures of the time we all had together!!

Cinderella!!!

Aleeza did get her dream come true when Nana bought us Cinderella tickets....I have never seen a child's eyes light up as much as hers did that night. She was thrilled beyond words. We went out on a girl's night just Nana, Aleeza and I. Out to eat first, then to see Cinderella then we ended it with a tradition that my parents did when I was little- after a performance we would go to the donut store and treat ourselves. So Aleeza and I did just that!! The play was amazing and the cast did a fabulous job!! Cinderella even went to Aleeza's future school- Bob Jones. Thanks Nana for a very memorable evening!! And thanks to Papa for picking Aleeza some gorgeous flowers to have on her first night out with the girls!!

Trip away....

A few weekends ago Brandon and I enjoyed celebrating our 6th anniversary in Pigeon Forge. We had a great time. It was very relaxing and much needed. His parents came down from NY and were able to spend some time with the girls while we were gone.

We visited Cades Cove and saw bears up close.. :), went to Dollywood and Dixie Stampede and did a lot of relaxing. Here are just a few pics of the trip.

Easter Sunday...

Let's just say there were about 10 shots done of Daddy and his girls and well...this was as good as we got!! The girls were not feeling well today so really any shot was a good shot!! We had a great time at lunch with my parents and Aunt Colleen and Uncle Lenny and the 7 cousins that could come.. we always have fun when we get together!! We are so thankful to be able to celebrate the Lord's rising from the grave today and to be able to BELIEVE!! what a blessing we have!!

Easter Egg Hunt

We had an Easter Egg Hunt with the G's before the adults went to dinner and the Living Art Gallery!! We had a lot of fun.. the girls had a blast searching for eggs then opening them and discovering all the candy hidden inside...Please do take notice of all the girls... there was a whole lot of making over going on here last night by K.K and Marissa who were so kind to give them baths and get them ready for Easter sunday...including roller and painting nails.. the girls had a blast!! SO DID THE ADULTS AS WE WENT OUT!!

My girls...

These two are growing up way too fast.. hard to believe they both have a birthday next month!!

St. Patty's lunch

We recently took the girls to the St. Patty's day lunch at the pavilion. They had great fun getting their faced painted, riding the train and playing the inside games!!

Consignment sale

I recently hosted a consignment sale here at our home...it was great fun!! I love putting stuff like this together. Everything went great and we had about 40 consignors and proabably about 100 shoppers!! It made for a very busy weekend but lots of fun!!

Brandon turns 30!!!!

Well he finally turned 30!!! He has been dreading this day for a while...He actually turned 30 while he was hiking last week...So I decided to surprise him this weekend...well I let most of the secret out on Saturday morning through some different circumstances he found out... oh well we still had a great time with friends and family. We celbrated with the his aunt and uncle and all the cousins ( the Bundys), my parents, our good friends the Evans, and our good friends the G's(again not going to attempt to spell the last name..) Anyway, a big thanks to our faithful yet ever enduring, loving cousin Kendrea for babysitting all the kids while the adults went out to eat and for decorating the house with the black stuff while we were gone!! We had a great time of lots of food and fellowship!! and lots of laughs!!













The ever adorable Anna Kate...














Maddie and Nana( maddie making one of her many faces)














Our BFF's (that is for Nat..:) ) I think Scott is sleeping!!














Big guy blowing out the big 3-0!!

The beautiful K.K. and adorable Aleeza!!

Slumber party

Last weekend our husbands went hiking on the foot hills trail and we had a slumber part...13 kids under the age of 8...sounds like a great time huh....we did have fun!!! Please take notice of the new hair cut that Aleeza has..including bangs and all...let's just say...that mommy didn't do it, nor Livvy nor Maddie nor Daddy....Aleeza decided she needed bangs to look like one of her friends ....it is cute...it is starting to grow on me. :) Anyway, the guys had a great time. We are so thankful for our Christian friends that we have. All the kids have become great friends.















Here is Maddie and her good friend Mary Beth!!













Mary Beth- such a cutie!!












Maddie has become a cheese when it is picture time...so cute!!

All the kids bunkering down for the night with a movie!!

You just have to wonder what Dhillion C. is thinking in this picture!!

SNOW!!!

Yes we finally had snow...for about 24 hours.. it was nice to let the girls go out in it for a little while.. do we not have the cutest kids??

Basketball

Yeah yeah yeah....I know this is all I took.. Aleeza played basketball for 6 weeks. Next is t-ball then soccer...it was so cute to watch her play!! Of course daddy can't wait for soccer season!!

Circus

We had the best time at the circus!! The girls LOVED it... As did Brandon and I!!

Super Bowl night!

This is how our girls spent Super Bowl night... we are so thankful for our new friends the G's..( like I am even going to attempt to spell their last name...) anyway they have four girls and Aleeza has become great friends with them. Brandon and Scott have already been on a hiking trip with some other guys. Fun times!!!