Fun day!

The morning started with breakfast and a banjo lesson...





Then we headed to Jonesboro to help Owen celebrate his 2nd Birthday!
Owen wasn't sure about everyone playing with his toys, but they warmed up quick!


The highlight of the party was this bounce house!


Layne was all smiles!


Even the adults had fun!


We are headed home now...Layne was asleep before we got to the end of Keith and Mary's road!

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It's 8:45pm on Friday night...

Layne is sound asleep with his tractor and my hair brush...


Ray's asleep in the chair...


So enjoyed hanging out with these two and Molly tonight! Layne especially liked story time with Aunt Molly!


Lee Academy had Homecoming tonight and Lily was cheering at half time! I'm about to settle in to browse Facebook for pics of Lily and her friends in their Cougar outfits and maybe do some Internet shopping! Here's to a relaxing Friday night at home!
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Layne is 1!

We all celebrated in 'Big Top' form at Layne's 1st Circus Birthday party!  Due to the rain, his party had to be moved from his Big Top to the gym at their church. The location turned out great as the kids loved running around the gym and the eating area fit everyone perfectly!

The birthday boy with his momma and daddy!

Hey!  Who cares about his new dog when he has a balloon!

 Birthday boy in his cute shirt that his Aunt Marca made him!

You can't have a circus without cotton candy...

 and popcorn in all flavors!

 The cupcakes were delicious!

  Lauren and Taylor enjoying their popcorn.

 Lily loves butter and Emmy loves cheese!

 Finally cake time...Layne couldn't wait (neither could Lily)!

 Letting his Sissy in on the fun!

 Sweet boy wanted to share with me!

 Hmmm...I think Layne got full on cake!

 Present time was a bit overwhelming for the Birthday boy!

 AJ loved his clown glasses!

Proud parents of the Birthday boy!

Feed The Soul...

Fun night with the girls at MIFA's Feed the Soul event! Beautiful night with fun people watching!






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This is what flowers

Look like at AutoZone! What a difference...
This is our National Sales meeting week, so there are an extra 2,000 people running around downtown in Uniforms! Tonight I was invited to meet my category sponsor for the divisional games. They brought in the last 3 overall winners of the Memphis in May BBQ festival to provide dinner and it was fantastic! It was on Mud Island and the weather was absolutely perfect. I'm exhausted from the week, but overall it was a very nice night!

This is what...

6am on this rainy Monday morning looks like for me!!

Sprinkle Explosion

I think Layne's smash cake turned out cute! It took 2 batches of icing and an entire bottle of sprinkles on that 6" cake. Can't wait to see if Layne is going to dig in and make a mess or push it away! Happy Party Day!!


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This is what 7am looked like for me

On this Saturday morning! Loading 18 wheelers into a freight elevator at the convention center. It's National Sales Meeting week and I was lucky enough to be selected to be on the committee!

Happy 1st Birthday...

To Layne! I never knew baby boys were so sweet and so much fun! Layne is strong, loving and busy. He brings so much joy into our lives and I can't wait to celebrate him this weekend (pics to follow for sure)!


Layne already loves to play with tractors and trucks! He pushes them all around and makes truck sounds at the same time!


He also likes to be pushed around in his red car!


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The pizza box

Can not be recycled! Learned this and much more tonight from the recycle relay that Memphis City beautiful held at Lester!



TaTa was patiently waiting her turn to show off her impressive running skills!


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Hog and Homily

On Monday night, after the September JL meeting, a few friends went to check out Hog and Hominy! This is a new restaurant on Brookhaven Circle opened by the talented owners of Andrew Michael! Such a cozy, warm environment with delicious drinks/food and great service. They are known for their unique pizzas and the one we shared was yummy, but I must write about the appetizer, side and dessert! Poutine, their version of chili cheese fries made with neck bone gravy (the delicious/tender pork at the top of a pig) was finger lickin' good! The collards were the best I have ever had and the peanut butter pie is something you just have to taste for yourself! While the food was great, it's the company that made the night! So blessed that through GROW I met these amazing ladies! Just love how our friendship has evolved. And just 2 years ago we didn't even know each other!

Weekend fun...

With my two favorites! We spent Friday night at the playground, eating spaghetti and popsicles and building with blocks!












After a good nights sleep we headed to the zoo! Lily loved being the zoo keeper and playing on the farm!





Layne loved the Merry Go Round!


We spent the afternoon playing at home...Lily taught Layne to play the banjo!


And uncle Ray to lick the cupcake batter bowl (in case he didn't know he could!)


And Lily had so much fun icing the delicious cupcakes we baked!


We went to Nonna and Poppa's for dinner and Layne enjoying destroying Lily and Poppa's buildings!



Love spending time with these two!
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Lunch...

After store visits, Kim and I were in the mid town area and The Women's Exchange popped in head. We are both so glad it popped in my head as it was delicious!!!

Happy Anniversary to us!

Breaking up the drive with a to-go Anniversary lunch at Loveless Cafe. We have always heard great things, but never stopped. The wait at 1pm, was over an hour...So we placed a to go order and ate on the picnic tables on the premises (with lots of others!).


The fresh green beans, creamed corn and biscuits were the best!


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