Family Times

Just hanging out in great Granny's rocker

This was Amy's doll stroller when she was little ~ little Robert climbed in

gathered around Grannys dinner table

Grandma, my hat is a little big

brother/sister game night

Skinny is cooking rice for the wedding

Amy's Pirate Table for Bobby's 8th birthday

centerpieces by Allen & Jennifer for dinner

Just hangin' out while everyone gets ready for a wedding

Command hooks are great for pew bows

Auntie Amy has the boy on a tulle leash ~ he kept trying to get into the kitchen

Excellent kitchen helpers

right before getting decked out in wedding finery!
 

I got it!!!!!

It took lots of praying ~ lots of schedule wrangling ~ and almost giving up ~ but I got a picture/s that I have wanted to redo for 7 years & then the additional one adding in all our bonus children ~~~~~

Introducing my family

2006 ` back..Andy, James, Rob, Allen Front...Katie, Will, Amy

2013 Back..Rob, Andy, James, Allen front..Amy, Katie, Will

adding in our bonus children ~AmyKate, Jennifer, Bryant, & grandson Robert

Grandmas Little cowboy!

The vest was a little too big!

I was especially thrilled with our front porch picture ~ when we got home from the wedding on Sat. we realized we never got a picture of all the kids and us all together at the wedding....there was always someone missing.

The wedding was gorgeous ~ the bride and groom were beautiful ~ we had plenty of food ~ and those 2 bites of wedding cake Greg and I indulged in were amazing!  Lots more pictures to follow during this week!





 

Happy Wedding Eve Eve

In 48 hours we will be at the wedding venue ~ cooking, setting up, decorating, and trying to remain calm.  Lots of fun, maybe a few tears, hugs, tons of picture taking and lotsa love.

Can't wait to have all my children together ~ that will happen in just 24 hours!  And the last time it occurred was Andy and AmyKates wedding in March.

My latest crafty wedding project was making the veil.  It turned out well ~ and its the first veil I've ever made.  Pictures will be posted next week....we have to keep some secrets from the groom!

Get "Er Done or Gettin' It Doneished

Wedding plans are moving right along.

We got to Atlanta, ate a yummy homecooked dinner at Moms, and went "power" shopping with Allen & Jennifer.  In 2 hours last night we went to JoAnns, Walmart, Marshals, Ross, Target, & Belks.  Got the stuff we needed and came home very tired.

This morning we made lots of lists, and have already been to Goodwill, Mens Wearhouse, and Kroger.  Next is JoAnns, Kroger, Sams Club and possibly Hobby Lobby.  40 pounds of Chicken are cooking in 2 big electric roasters and 2 hams are on the smoker. 

A few details are being altered and there are things we can't do till Friday.  Tomorrow is an all day cooking day.  Probably cleaning all the vegies tomorrow, cutting them and bagging them up for the dinner on Sat.

Its a rainy, cool day here in GA.  The temps are just in the mid 60's.  Very fall like and pleasant.  Last night got pretty cool after dark.  Wedding day should have mid 70's and 10% chance of rain.

We are excited to be here and part of the "action".  Gotta go....duty calls!

Wedding Week!

Its WEDDING WEEK!  Oh, the list of things to do and get accomplished is seemingly endless.  But it will get done!

We are heading to GA this week to help/celebrate/encourage/cook/plan/carry out/try to remain calm leading up to Allen & Jennifers wedding on Saturday evening.  We are super excited for them to be married and the bonus.....I get a new daughter! 

A little "funny"~ I had boy names and girl names chosen during my pregnancies.  For the oldest James/Jessica, the Allen/Jennifer, and the youngest either Jennifer or Jessica/Jonathan.  So its really funny to me that Allen is marrying a "Jennifer".  Then the rest of the story is...neither James or Allen liked the 2 girl names I had planned and they changed it to Amy ~ so Amy Lynn it was/is!

We've got one vehicle packed that James and Will are driving over.  They've been instructed to not remove 1 item from that vehicle ~ penalty could be harsh!  We need everything in there.  They are driving over 2 days after we are because of work schedules.

My van will be crammed full.

By Friday night, all the kids will be in GA.  And we get to see our little Robert ~ this Grandma is excited!  He is walking and "talking" and acting like a monkey...so excited to see this in person!

Sat. will be a long day.  Besides being wedding day ~ the venue is near Athens and there is a UGA/LSU football game that day.  Traffic will be a nightmare!  The game is at 3 or 3:30 and the wedding is at 6, not too bad except we will be driving down there that morning from my moms house ~ that will be the nightmare part!

With the wedding couple and the rest of the kids plus Granny ~ we are hoping the set up and cooking goes smoothly.  After the short but sweet ceremony...its time to celebrate!

And not everyone gets to have a Pirate themed table at their wedding ~ but this is also my nephew Bobby's 8th birthday and Amy is making him cupcakes.  So there will be a Pirate table, that's what he requested (well he requested pirate cupcakes & doesn't know all the goodies that we and Granny have planned for him).

And this Mom is strongly encouraging/telling/imploring/demanding that none of the rest of her children (4) even contemplate marriage in the next year.....I need a break!  3 weddings in a few days less than 2 years is a lot.  And I can say now ~ that being the mom of the bride and being the mom of the groom is no different....you still do just as much!  But I love my kids and are excited to share these happy times with them.

AND ~ I've got an awesome friend who is not only looking after our rabbit, dogs, & chickens...she is taking and checking in our fair entries on Friday!  Now that is a FRIEND!  Many, many, many thanks to Angel! 

Here is a picture of our wedding couple ~ taken the weekend of Andy & AmyKates wedding just 6 1/2 months ago ~

A Little Sign of Fall

A little sign of Fall ~ on our crape myrtle tree outside ~~~~~

I love fall colors and am looking forward to Gods glorious show of reds, oranges, yellows, and browns.  And I like walking and crunching is crisp fallen leaves! 

I saw this little cartoon last night on pinterest and have to share ~

Amazon

I just found out about a cool service Amazon has through the Frugal Hacks blog ~ which is an awesome blog and resource!

Amazon has a "club" called Amazon Mom ~ if you are a Prime member you can save 20% on your purchases if you set them up to be delivered monthly ~ has to be 5 or more items that are available for the subscription.  If not a Prime member then you would still save 15% monthly per item.

And the items don't all or any have to be baby/child related.  You choose your items and see if they are eligible.  Instead of listing myself as Mom and using Amy as my "child", I listed myself as family member and used Robert as the child!

And I would be most appreciative if you use my link to set up your account and order through.  For your first $10 order, I get a $10 credit with Amazon.

My link is
http://www.amazon.com/gp/mom/signup/info?ie=UTF8&refcust=E3KVDB7MT3TVHDS7AX2B7DINZ4&ref_type=generic

And if you are not a Prime member......why not?  We pay for ours in Nov/Dec and get free shipping on our orders for 1 year.  The membership pays for itself.  I think students get either a free or discounted membership....you really can't go wrong if you order from Amazon.