Capturing our adventures one photo at a time...
Wishing the happiest of happy birthdays to the best around today. She’s the one that always figures out how to get things done, she’s always there for the important – and not so important – events, and she puts up with a LOT from all of us but still loves us no matter what. We are the luckiest to have her…especially these 3…
Not only is she the very best momma and GJ, but she’s turning into the best neighbor too!!
Hooray!! Happy birthday GJ. You’re the BESTEST and we love you the most!!
Apparently it’s not only pigs that are happy in mud! We’ve been doing a big backyard project and one weekend there was a huge pile of dirt in the backyard. The kids wanted to play on it and I knew things were going to get dirty!
Yep. I told the kids they had to hose themselves off before going inside. Rookie mistake. They hosed themselves off alright – and hosed the dirt pile too!!
The dirt pile quickly became a mud slide and they thought it was the greatest thing ever.
Maxwell quickly bailed – he doesn’t like to get that dirty! But Spencer and Samantha were rolling around in it! They were having too much fun for me to care. It was hilarious!!
I have to admit – it looked pretty fun. I kinda wanted to hop in there too! ha! Nothing more fun than getting dirty!!
Of course, the only reason we got to go to London was thanks to GJ and Susan holding down the fort back home! They kept the kids fully entertained while we were gone and we cannot thank them enough!
School wasn’t back in session yet so they had full days to fill up. Susan took them to McWane…
they all went to dance together…
and they even got to go to Chuck E Cheese!
GJ got them over to flag football…
and hosted the best sleepover ever!
Not sure there was a lot of sleeping based on these sleepy faces in the morning!
She took them to a movie…
and kept them fed and happy!
I’m not sure the kids missed us very much but, by the end, one little girl in particular was ready for her momma to get home…
I was ready to get home to her and her brothers too! A HUGE thank you to Susan, GJ and Daddo for holding down the fort!!
Have a great weekend!
On Friday night, the bride (who is Indian) and groom hosted an Indian blessing ceremony and Sangeet. My friends and I decided at the last minute to dress in traditional Indian dress and I’m so glad we did! What fun!! I got my outfit in on an adventurous one day trip with my mom to visit the Global Mall – an all Indian mall right outside of Atlanta. Who knew?! I couldn’t convince Robert to wear traditional dress but he did get a bright new tie. I’ll take it!
It was fantastic seeing all of the guests dressed in their Indian finery. Lots of bright colors and beautiful fabrics!
The blessing ceremony was just lovely. It started with the bride and groom feeding each other cake so they will always be “sweet” to each other. How sweet indeed!
After the ceremony it was party time – and they knew how to party! Fantastic food, great music, even Henna!
Truly the MOST fun night!! So glad we got to be a part of it and celebrate Frank and Jules!
We had Maxwell’s 8th birthday party this past weekend and it was a huge hit! My football crew was ready to go – cheerleader included!
Of course GJ was there and so were Susan and Barry!
He decided he wanted to have a flag football party so we got the coaches from one of the local elementary flag footballs organizations and they were SO awesome! We had about 36 (!!) boys and those coaches kept them completely organized, entertained, and in control! All of the boys met on the field and they divided into four groups and then rotated through different stations – throwing, kicking, running, accuracy.
Spencer was out there with all the big kids (and one other little brother!) and completely held his own!
Of course our cheerleader was keeping everyone entertained.
After doing all the stations they then broke up into two games – Spencer and Maxwell were playing against each other! ha!
After that it was time for cake!
What a fun birthday and what a fun crew of boys!!
I sure do love celebrating this fantastic football loving kid!!
Happy Birthday Maxwell…and RTR!
