GIRL PARTY! and Happy Graduation Sister!

Thursday morning I get the text message from my sister that says: GIRL PARTY! This means my sister will be having a girl at the end of May. I am very excited to have more girl fun in the family. 

This is her sonogram picture. Isn't she beautiful?

Friday night we joined my sister and Chad and our families at the Cheesecake factory for dinner to celebrate Annie's graduation from UGA with her Master's Degree. Yeah sister!

This is also where she told us the baby's name... Reegan Antoinette. The name Antoinette is Chad's grandma's name. I am excited to see what kind of personality will come out in Reegan and to add another girl to the family. That means we have 2 girl additions this year! Reegan and Lauren! 

Oh Christmas Tree!

Our Christmas Tree is beautiful... We had a fun time picking it out of the field and watching it be cut down so we could bring it home with us. We have a tall ceiling and wanted a tree that would fill that space. I love Christmas!

Here I am in the field of trees holding the the umbrella. It was drizzling a little and Charlie insisted I grad an umbrella. so here I am! 

Aren't we cute?

We found our tree! Time to cut it down and bring it home!

Beautiful in the field.

Then we went home I spent 2 1/2 hours putting lights on the tree. 21 strands of lights and one blown fuse later I was ready for Charlie to grab the ladder and put our star on the top of the tree. It looks a little bit bigger in the house then on the field. Maybe it was because of the hill in the tree field that we got it from? Who knows. Gorgeous isn't it?!

So here is our tree TODAY! In all it's glory. I love it

Beautiful star and shadows cast on the ceiling.

San Antonio Part 3

Happy Thanksgiving! I know I'm late but I am trying to catch up so hang with me...

This is Thanksgiving Day with Pop and Doris on the way back from our early lunch. It was a beautiful buffet of every type of Thanksgiving food you could ever think of.  

Charlie really enjoyed helping Doris hang Christmas Decorations. 








Such a good husband! Thank you babe!

We had a wonderful time in San Antonio and were sad to leave Pop and Doris. 

I am Thankful for:

My husband

One year of marriage

our home in the mountains

family and friends

coffee in the morning

vacation time

my pets

Wedding!

I am so excited about this next year... My brother is getting married in October and I could not be happier for him.
We love Lauren and have already welcomed her in as a part of the family.
She has worked very hard on a wedding website for them and I wanted to share it as well!
Go check it out and read about the fun spirit and love that they share!

http://www.mywedding.com/jasonlauren/

Look who is being lazy today!

While Charlie and I rush off to Asheville to do some wonderful final Christmas shopping guess who is staying home?



Lazy cat!

Feed the Birds... San Antonio Part 2

Well our second day in San Antonio we went to the river walk in downtown San Antonio as well as the Alamo. We enjoyed a day of exploring this city. We started with a walk down the river walk and found a Starbucks to sit while Charlie checked in with work. This Starbucks was awesome! it is 2 levels with an outside area upstairs overlooking the river walk. I crocheted and Charlie worked for a little while. We both grabbed a muffin and instead of eating his, Charlie decided to feed the birds... there were only one or two to start but once the first crumb hit the ground they flew in from everywhere! This is a picture of them waiting for the next pieces. I don't think Charlie had more than a bit of it himself... it was cute.

Charlie working... He loves what he does can you tell?

me sneaking in a picture... can you see the river behind the rail!?

Us just before leaving Starbucks

We made our way around the sidewalks by the river and just happened to come out at the perfect place to be right in front of the Alamo! (I forgot the map in the car)

This is us out front of the Alamo... you can see part of the building in the back

Charlie looking at the Alamo fishes! He didn't bring his fly rod... bummer.

What a handsome husband!

we finished the day in antique stores... I was not impressed and was hoping for something different then what I have seen before but I really didn't oh well... it was a good day...

Oh yeah and we went to Pier One and I broke the top of a little Christmas tree.. oops. Charlie has now banned me from picking things up in stores... How am I going to finish my Christmas shopping?