:: PicsAsPromised

As soon as we got there, Scout was off for another ride! I think she enjoyed this one more than the 7 hr one! Maggie looks like she is havin' a good ol' time!

Chillin' with Poppa Friday morning.


Maggie is Scout's new best friend.


Great-Ma and Great-Pop came to visit for breakfast Friday morning. I love this picture.



Off to Mom and Dad's on Friday for lunch. Stephanie had grown so much!


Scout had so much fun exploring in Papa's yard.




We gave the girls some watering pails and boy, did they have fun with those!



Having fun with MiMi and Papa!


We took the bike and trailer down in the UHAUL since we had so much extra room. The girls really liked riding in it...I think. Ha!


Scout had fun having a passenger along for the ride since she usually has to go solo. Sunny went to get her Jeep to keep up with the pack!


Scout doesn't look like she's having fun, but she really was. Haha!


Saturday morning came and it was time for Olivia's birthday party!


Scout loved the slide!




Tami and Scout.


Ben, Olivia, and Tami. Happy Birthday, Olivia!! It was also Tami's brother's birthday and my birthday and they were so sweet to get us a cake too! Awwwww! And it was YUMMY! :)


Olivia wasn't the least bit shy about diving in.


After the party, we booked it back to Simpsonville for Sunny's dance recital. Sunny looked precious! That's her kickin' it down there on the far left! Go Sunny!


Then came the Daddy Dance. Oh my. This was so sweet. They were dancing to "Let Them Be Little". I, along with all of the other females in the joint, was boohooing! Haha!




And after the recital it was Happy Birthday to us! YAY! So much fun even if I did turn 30! It was great to be home and see everyone! Regina made my cake and mom made Stephen's and they were SOOOO good!!


So it was quite a busy weekend, but it was great to be home...made us long for it even more. Hopefully, it won't be long before we are back! Wheee!

:: BigFatFun Weekend

We just returned from G'vegas this morning around 12:15am-ish. It was a LONG 10 hr trip that should only take 7 hrs, but oh well...traffic got the best of us. I am a horrible midday traveler...so is Matt. So I'm not sure what we were thinking by leaving at 2:30pm yesterday. We really wanted to go to BCBC for church, so it was worth it. We left around 2:40 after Grandmomma (Regina) introduced Scout at the "Grandmother's Tea" that the GA's were having at the church. Matt started the trip off in the driver's seat, but a mere hour later, he was falling asleep, so I had to take the wheel. I already felt like I was going to pass out (remember? I'm a horrible midday traveler? Yeah.) So, another 30 minutes later, my eyes began to cross and there were 4 northbound lanes instead of 2. I have come to realize that is one of the worst feelings in the world. My eyelids felt like they had 27 pounds of pressure on them, and the sun beaming through the windsheild wasn't helping matters. (that's my issue with midday traveling...the sun makes me SO sleepy!) We pulled off to get gas. Matt got out to pump, and I fell asleep in the car! Oh my. He was gone for probably 7 minutes. Apparently, that was a double-charged power nap, because I was rarin' to go after that! One stop for a power drink, 2 stops at Starbuck's (with extra shots of espresso), and 1 stop at Moe's for supper...oh, and a couple of gas stops later, we found ourselves parked on I-64 a mere hour from home...road construction. Ugh. We were stopped in traffic for 50 minutes! Scout slept 90% of the trip back, so that was great! We were pulling a UHAUL trailer too. BCBC donated some sound equipment for our church here in da 'burg, so we rented a UHAUL for the round trip so we could deliver the weight bench that Stephen and Holly is purchasing from us, too. It was good to get that to them (along with some winter clothes that we're hoping we will need in Greenville and not here in Williamsburg). So we tried to lighten our moving load by getting some stuff home in advance.

Regardless of how our trip back to W'burg was, our weekend spent with family and friends was fantabulous. It was hurried as always, and it seemed like something was going on every minute, but it was still good to be home. Olivia turned 1, Sunny danced her first recital, Stephen turned 33, and me...well, I turned 30. It didn't hurt. All was well, and I'm happy to be a 30-year old regardless of how "old" that sounds. Funny how it doesn't sound old to ME anymore! HA! We haven't uploaded our pictures yet, but we'll do that and I'll get some pics posted. Here are some pics I stole from Lindsay because...

...on Friday, I got a phonecall from her and received this news! ( The ring finger on the left hand is the one of interest in this pic...haha)




AHHHHHHHH!!! Congrats you two! We couldn't be happier for you!! Can't wait until the big day! We'll be counting down!! :)

Be back later with some pics...

:: Happy Mother's Day!

Today was the first Mother's Day that Matt and I were away from our moms. So that was kinda sad. Plus, I was bummed this morning when I called my mom and found out my card didn't get there! Ugh! Ronnie Milsap starts singing "What a Difference You Made In My Life" when you open it...dang. It would have really made her day. I guess she'll get it tomorrow. Even though it'll be late, it will still be Ronnie Milsap and you can't go wrong with that, right? Uhhhh. Haha! I honestly have very early memories of riding in the car with my mom when I was 4 or 5 years old and listening to Ronnie on the radio. So it had a sentimental meaning, also. Heehee!

My Mother's Day was wonderful! Matt and Scout gave me a "You Grow Girl" Gardening Book, an avocado slicer, a veggie brush, some silicone measuring bowls, a knife sharpener, and a bottle of Fantasy perfume. Yes, that is Brittany Spears new perfume. I smelled it the other day in Belk and thought it smelled wonderful! So even if everything else in Brittany's world has run-a-muck, she at least has some great smelling perfume. Maybe she should stick with that.

Matt shot some pictures of Scout and I when we got home from church. Scout wasn't completely cooperative, but we got some good ones, I think.




I think these are hilarious. I look like I don't have a clue that Scout isn't smiling. Haha!

::Matt's Day Off = Day Trip to Richmond and James River Plantations

"Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain..." - her favorite part of "Itsy Bitsy Spider". Singing a song always makes her forget her "troubles"...ha!


Lookin' all mischievous...


Shirley Plantation.


Berkley Plantation. John Tyler lived here. Cewl.


Time for another diaper change. No more cheapo diapers on trips! Let's just say that I was glad to have brought along a change of clothes for the bug. The pee monster strikes again!


We were glad to get out of the car. Westover Plantation was very pretty! Scout made sure to deposit Cheerios along the way. Lil' Miss Hansel & Gretal marked our path back to the car! HA!




A gorgeous barn on our way out of Westover. Matt workin' his photog. skills.


Scout chillin' with a good read on the way home. Oooh, Scout...there's a clown on that book. Eeeeek!

:: 10 Years Together!

Happy 10th Anniversary to Stephen and Holly! Congratulations, y'all! We love you! :)

Here's a lil' glimpse back...hehehe!


"You might be a redneck if..." (okay, I was there too...Dukesfest '04! bwahah!)


First family auto purchase... El Durango.


Happy July 4th , 2006! (that's Scout...Stephanie will come later)


Christmas 2004 in Pigeon Forge.


Pregnant with Stephanie probably in this pic. But no one knew...not even Holly. Looks like Stephen might know something. Haha!


Scout's first time to see Kaylee play ball!


Under the arch in St Lou-ville...2005!


"Hey baby...get a whiff of this Jovan Musk!"


Stephanie!!

:: Scout means...

...explorer. She really lived up to her name today as she ventured around the park. Matt got some great pics! Go Matty!


Swinging became old very quickly as all she wanted to do was run around.





She liked the slide! Wheee!



"Outta my way!"



"Who, me?"



Contemplating her next move.



The mulch was the most fun.



"The wheels on the bus go..."



"Can I take your order?"



Just her size.



"Scout! No running in the house!"



"You want a CFA Sandwich and Sweet Tea!? Coming up...with a smile!"



"HAAAAA! A Big Mac?! We don't have no stinkin' Big Macs! Bwahah!"



So many options for such a little person.



"Yummmm. Mulch. Lots o' fiber."



Where's Scout?



"One more ride on the slide with Mom. Wheee!"



"I'm ready to blow this joint! What's next?!"