My Little Girl

Here's my precious angel showing off her cookies she helped mommy make.

UK vs. Tennessee

Audrey and Jack cheered on UK last Saturday, but unfortunately they couldn't pull it off. Maybe next year!

Good Times

Cameron outside the House of Pancakes (yum)

View from atop the ski lift



Susan, Angela, & Cameron getting ready to watch Polar Express 4D experience

Lights at Dollywood (they had 4 million throughout the park)

Master bedroom (sorry the bed was messy)

This weekend I finally got to go on my trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee with 3 of my very best friends, Angela, Cameron, and Susan. We have been friends since working at Fazoli's Corporate Office together, which makes it over 10 years now. We were in our early twenties when we met! It is so hard to believe time has flown by so quickly. We have all been through so much over the years, yet somehow we have remained friends. So, we decided it had been too long since we had been on a "girlie trip" as we like to call it, so back in June we started planning our 2009 Gatlinburg trip. Angela picked me up on her way from Huntington, then we met Cameron and Susan over at Susan's house. We left from there in Angela's comfy Endeavor and headed out. Our trip was awesome! Our cabin was amazing....it was huge, with a hot tub, beautiful decorations, two fireplaces, and the list goes on. I was so mad for forgetting my camera, but I took a few with my camera phone. We were kind of hoping to see a bear out our window, but that didn't happen. That's probably for the best, though. I think we all would have refused to go outside once we saw one that close. Anyhow, we had a wonderful time shopping, eating, and relaxing and now we can't wait to start planning our trip for 2010.

Updates

Eating at DQ

UK game

First day of Preschool

We have had a busy time here lately with Audrey starting Preschool and so many different activities going on. Audrey is doing so well to my surprise; I just knew she would cry when I took her to school, but she was such a big girl on her first day and hasn't looked back. I am amazed at all the new things she has learned in the last couple of months. It is hard to believe she will be 4 in just over three months. Jack is doing great, too; he and Audrey are so different, yet they do love eachother and entertain one another. Fighting is a constant thing right now; when Audrey is mad at me, she decides to go hit Jack, even though he may be in another room minding his own business. Little does Audrey know that one day Jack is going to haul off and lay into her, but I supposed she'll find that out on her own sooner or later. He already weighs almost as much as she does. Jack learns so many things from her (good and bad). I had been struggling with the decision on going back to work, but for now I am going to hold off (since the job market is so bad right now anyway) and stay at home as long as I can. I am very lucky to get to be able to do so.

Jack's Party

Jack turns 2 on August 31st and we had his party on Saturday the 29th. He had such a good time and so did big sister Audrey. I don't know if he had a favorite thing he received. He kept running from one toy to the next. It was a beautiful day, unlike last year when it was very, very hot. We missed some of the family that didn't get to come, but enjoyed being with those who did make it. I can't believe my baby isn't a baby anymore!

New Pictures

Duck pond at the fair

Audrey loved fishing

She liked the merry-go-round, too

Fingerpainting

Merry-go-round

Audrey with Bree on the huge slide that they had to ride a million times

Audrey rode every single ride that they would let her on

With cousin Lyndsey feeding her popcorn

Getting Behind

Lately we have been to the pool, the library where we got to see firetrucks up close, and have been to a Reds game and Great Wolf Lodge in Mason, OH. The summer is going by so quickly. Audrey is doing great in gymnastics, and will start Preschool in early September. Jack will be 2 on August 31st so we are starting to get ready for that. Time is flying!

More Pictures

Going to gymnastics

Lyndsey's birthday party

Gotta Love This Weather

This weekend was so beautiful! Sunday we went to church and then on to Lowe's to get paint supplies to get Audrey's new room painted. She and Jack are switching bedrooms, and we just couldn't let the little princess have a blue room! We picked a lavender color and think she will really like it. When we came home we had lunch, naptime, and then went outside the rest of the day. We got to go to the pond and fish a little while. It was wonderful.