One absolute reason I love Spring......

....these little jewels!
Whatever you want to call them: Buttercups, Jonquils, Daffodils. Personally, I love the name Buttercup, maybe that is what I will name a little girl one day, if God blesses me with one (just kidding Mom, pick yourself up off the floor now!) ;)
but they do make me smile and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the smell of them! :)
and this vase makes me smile too!
Happy Spring Everyone!!!

Vella Turns 1!!!!!

today actually!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY VELLA!!!!

Saturday, we all 3 packed up and headed to Murfreesboro to help Vella celebrate! and as you can already see, the theme was OWLS and P & I loved it!!!! Fun games (pin the beak on the Owl & Owl Pinata), good food, great company with friends, cute kids & beautiful weather made for a PERFECT day!!! Pierce was so good! He was entertained the whole time! and smiled up a storm for everyone!!!

Vella was precious walking around saying "Hoooot!" :) I think Mindy & her had been practicing! ;)

Thank ya'll so much for inviting us! We had a blast!! It was great to visit with ya'll!
Love to you!!!

Loved all the PINK! ;)

My cute boys!

She actually didn't do too bad, and didn't get cake EVERYwhere! :) Later in the afternoon, I tried to hold her for a second and kissed the top of her head and I said "you smell like candy, but I bet that is birthday cake in your hair!" ;)

Look at that skirt! Too cute huh?? :)

Owl Pinata!!! Every one had a chance to pull a string to get the pinata to break open for the candy!

Vella's first in line!

Blind fold for pin the beak on the owl!

Felt owl Mindy made for pin the beak on the owl! and of course the prize was AN OWL! ;)

Birthday girl in her car the whole time rather than opening presents, so Mindy got to do that for her! ;)

Mindy, Vella, Me & P!! ;)

from MINDY's Camera - I just love P's little overalls from Uncle John! Carhart! ;)

Happy St. Patty's Day!!!

Mommy & P with somewhat matching socks!!! :)

Throw ME some Beads....

Uncle Jason & Aunt Jenn sent Pierce these legit Mardi Gras beads after their vacation to New Orleans several weekends ago!
Thank y'all!!
;)

Love....

This past weekend we went to Paris for Pierce's first time visit away from home! He did GREAT! There was lots of meet & greets and a LOT of "passing the baby!" I was so proud of him! but of course, for some reason, I would either a) forget my camera (was really bummed about forgetting my camera, and hopefully Aunt Bobbie & Olivia will share with me what they got of Pierce getting to meet cousins!) or b) just enjoy watching everyone love on him that I didn't get any pictures! But the ONE person that got his picture taken with him 3 times was Uncle John!
Pure love there. I am so thankful that Pierce has him!

Making Pierce smile! :)

Dana was lucky enough to get in one too! :)

Stylin' & Profilin'

What Do You See?

Leaving Aunt Susan & Uncle Kerry's house the other afternoon, I looked up and said, "Look! It's a Dinosaur!" Just a cluster of trees in the back of their field! I also love to see how every one else's imagination works! Mom yelled "The Loch Ness Monster!" When I showed B, he said "a snake!" John agreed with me and said "Dinasaur!" I have always loved finding shapes and animals in clouds all my life! Now maybe I can share that fun with P!

Enjoy!!

*** Note: Aunt Susan & Uncle Kerry, bet ya'll didn't realize you had a Fairy Wonderland in your back yard did you!? :)