:: congrats to tim and rita!!

with thursday morning came the grand opening...we weren't there at 6:30 when the doors opened. and that was oooookay! ha! we went for breakfast and oh yummmm! it was great! honestly, i haven't gotten tired of cfa. people ask us that all the time. i really do think i could eat it everyday (as long as i jumped around on the menu! haha!).

there's matt working on grand opening day! congrats to tim and rita on their brand spankin' new store! you guys have done a wonderful job and i know you are glad that the day finally came...no more prep...now you can get things rollin'! yay! :)


angela's all smiles after those lovely chicken minis!


ralph, regina, and ange headed back home thursday am after breakfast. we were sad to see them go.




matt probably got to see them all of about 3 hrs the whole time they were here. he has been having to put in some long hours, so keep him in your prayers. tonight was the first night in 2 weeks that he was home before 10:00. he is enjoying playing his bass and his drum machine as i type this. i'm glad he's finally getting to chill a little. yesterday morning, i didn't even wake him up to go to church, but around 2:00pm, i figured i had better wake him up! hahaha! poor thing! he didn't get in until 1:00am the night before. and the past several nights had been that way. so he was due for a good rest!!!! haha! these next couple of months will be a little rough getting the store up and running, but hopefully, he'll get back to a normal schedule after that.

thursday afternoon, i went out to the store to see if christine and hunter wanted to get out of chicken-land for a bit and run some errands. someone had already rescued hunter and taken him home, but christine was still there and was more than happy to accompany me on my errand running. we were on a hunt for some stands for the brownie signs to go on the front counter. after searching 1/2 a dozen stores, we finally found something that would work at staples! YAY! i needed to come home and get the house ready for that evening because barb, mom and kaylee were coming to visit, so christine fed scout for me while i vacuumed and did some laundry. she was a great help! thanks, girl! :)



that evening, as we waited for barb, mom, and kaylee, scout chowed down on a teething biscuit for the first time. oh my word, what a MESS!! but boy, did she have a good time! HAHAHA!

:: chick-fil-a week...part deux

wednesday night was "premier night" at the cfa. that morning, they had the ribbon cutting ceremony with the city officials. but the evening was fo da party! they had a high school band playing with cheerleaders lining the red carpet. everyone that was invited to the event had to walk down the red carpet, and the cheerleaders did a cheer as they walked down it. it was pretty hilairious. scout was all decked out in her cow suit which brought her a lot of attention! haha! she was such a good sport! it was all of about 120 degrees, and there she was wearing a snow suit. but i think she liked it, because she fussed when we took it off! haha!

here's scout and her daddy at premier night...


i think the consultant was up speaking at this point...there's tim and matteo.


here's christine and hunter...christine looks like she is up to no good...haha!


yummmmmmmmm!



now, if you are unfamiliar with the happenings at a chick-fil-a grand opening, let me fill you in. the first 100 people in line when the doors open on opening day win a year's supply of chick-fil-a...which translates to 52 free combo meals. they are allowed to arrive 24 hrs before the doors open. so, at premier night, the parking lot was full of chick-fil-a raving fan campers!! these were some dedicated people! although, i think i would have camped out for a year's supply of cfa if i was elligible...buuuuuuut,family members were disqualified. booo! haha!



campers settling in for a night of chicken dreams...


ralph, regina, and scout checking out the festivities and chattin' with the campers...


scout hangin' with auntie ange...


ralph jumped in on a game of 4-square. i used to LOVE that game!! so fun!


here's tim and rita's sequoia turned chicken-mobile. christine is SO excited about getting to ride in this to school next week as she begins her first year of high school...haha! i told her it will work to her advantage...everybody wants to be friends with someone who has mad access to some cfa! haha!


matteo getting his team ready for opening day!!


nite, nite, chick-fil-a! :)

:: chick-fil-a week!

we've had quite a busy, busy week here in colonial chicken land!! this was grand opening week for the chick-fil-a!! thursday was the official opening day, but the week was filled with all kinds of events and festivities!

sunday, matt and i went to church, ran some errands and waited for ralph, regina, and angela to arrive that evening. it was so great having them here all week!!


monday evening was the dedication dinner for the store. it was at the alumni house at william & mary college. ralph did a short talk and had the dedication prayer. he did a GREAT job! i would have taken a picture, but i didn't want to mess him up! haha!

here we are before the dinner...scout looks like she is trying to fly! haha!


here's tim (the owner), hunter (his son), and mrs mary ann (tim's mom). i think someone was at the microphone bragging on tim at this point...he looks a little embarrassed! haha!


each team member was given a chick-fil-a baton. here's matt getting his although he's a blur. he must've been running..haha!


scout got a wee bit hot during the dinner and ceremony, so i stripped her down to her bloomers. she was much happier. here she is with christine sporting her tricorn colonial hat. scout, where's yo musket?? haha!


scout hangin' out with grandmama and papa after the dinner...still trying to cool off!


scout was happy to get home and get some enfamil and oatmeal!



tuesday morning, angela and scout went for a walk. scout didn't quite make it...she crashed before they arrived back home. haha!



tuesday afternoon, we went up to the store to see the happenings. everyone was scurrying around, getting last minute things taken care of. jeff (the former operator/owner of the woodruff rd chick-fil-a who now works for oobe and supplies all of the cfa uniforms...GO OOBE!!) came up to support tim and matt...that was so sweet of him. here's a blurry picture of matt and jeff.


chattin' it up in the beautiful new dining room!


not sure what is happenin' here. looks like matt is putting the hex on jeff...haha!


tuesday night was family night at the store. we got to choose a #1, #3, or #5 combo...milkshakes, pie, or brownie for dessert! YUM!! it was great! scout got a little tired, and didn't quite make it through her waffle fries...haha!



how could you not smile after eating chick-fil-a!??





okay, i'm about to pass out, so i'm going to deem this a "to be continued" post! nite nite!! :)

:: about to bring it up to speed...

...one last backtrackin' post and we'll be up to speed! yay!

oh, and i almost forgot!! on july 15, michelle allen and ben hannon tied the knot!! YAY! congrats you guys!! the wedding was GORGEOUS!! (sorry, i don't have any pics!) it was scout's first wedding and she never made a PEEP! YAY, SCOUT!

matt's cousin, kandace, and her hubbie, k.t., flew in from los angeles for a visit. so we headed out to seneca to see them. they met scout for the first time...she had fun with her cuz, kandace!


scout likes getting under the covers with daddy...


we went to "the joy of tokyo" after church one sunday with russ, amy, and chris. the sushi was WONDERFUL! scout opted for the enfamil roll.




on friday, scout had a visit to keys to make that was LONG overdue. it's not like she can drive, so i'll take the blame for being so slack and not getting her up there to see her aunt anita and pop forrest! these folks are long-time great friends at keys printing in greenville.



we left keys and headed over to upward to see everyone there before we headed out for williamsburg on sunday. it was great seeing everyone! i miss them a ton! it was also wendy's going-away lunch hoorah, so it was nice to be there for that. after 6 years at upward, she's moving on to work for campus revolution. she'll get to spend alot more time with ruthie and sam. sam is 3 and ruthie is just a week older than scout. they are both dolls! and another really cool thing is that i'll get to continue to work with wendy on projects...campus revolution is a client of fuzzy bison's! YAY! congrats on your sweet new job, woman! :) (l to r: matt, anna, wendy, chris t., chris p.)



believe it or not, this is the only picture i have of us packing! no, that is not flava flav. (he WISHES he had a clock that big!! HA!) it's me...packing...packing the clock. it made it's way over to the box, but only after i got to play with it first! hahaha!



saturday, while mom and i were in the midst of packing, angela took scout out for a girl's day out...which helped me out a TON! scout would have probably ended up packed up in a box if aunty ange hadn't rescued her! HAHA! she took her shopping at the mall, and then took her to picture people and had her picture made! they are SO cute! i'll have to post them when i get my scanner hooked up. angela got us an 8x10 framed...soooo cute!! THANK YOU, ANGE!!! :)

here's scout in her new threads from aunty...