Weekend in Starkville

We spent the weekend in Starkville. 

Things are not the same without Grandaddy there.

I hope and pray that he will get stronger and be able to come back home one day soon. 

The girls were so excited about going to Starkville no matter who was there. They just love being there :) they were very excited that their daddy was coming this time too!

We ( me, momma and granny) woke up Saturday and went to see Grandaddy at the VA home. 

The girls stayed around the house with Matt to do a few things for granny. 

And go on a candle chase got me. 

Aspen bay is my most favorite candle place and I just so remembered last time we were there that they were having their tent sale this weekend so I sent Matt to the sale. 

Unfortunatly he waited until before lich and they were sold out :(

Good thing I have some stockpiled 

When we got home that night Jamie and Melissa and Baby Rowan were there!

We ate supper and then ate cake to celebrate Jamie's birthday !!!

Last week

Last week since the weather was so springy the girls wanted to just live outside. 

And I was ok with that idea too. 

The kitties enjoyed the extra attention too :)

Whole Ellie was at gymnastics, fancy pants and I went shopping for flowers.

However she was more interested in the water feature 

The goal was to catch a drink in her mouth. How do you think that worked out for her ?!

Ellie insisted on packing a change of clothes for gymnastics because she gets too sweaty. 

She wants to put her bag in the cubby and change in the bathroom like the big girls do.

And so she did and this is how she turned out...

All prissed up :)

The other day I heard a lot of noise and banging and tape in the kitchen. 

I was rocking Annie and didn't think to ask Ellie what happened when I got up. 

Later in that night I found out and it made me laugh.

My coconut oil rub I had mixed up must have called out of the freezer and broke and so Ellie taped it up to fix it for me :)

That girl :)

Spring is in the Air

With this springy weather and Easter around the corner we have had to spring up our wardrobe  :)

Happy spring from this little chicks...

And DR Annie

Haircuts and Easter Eggs fun

Ellie got her hair cut and we had to take a picture because it looked so cute and because she was so excited about her Easter fun planned at school. She had a Easter egg hunt planned and the excitement was uncontainable :)

I had planned on getting Annie hair trimmed too but when we got there I backed out. I felt like it hasn't grown much and it isn't really that uneven anywhere so we just did a pretend cut so she wouldn't be sad that she didn't get to join in on the hair cutting fun!

And then we had to take a picture of her hair too because it's so pretty too :)

Ellie came home with her bag of eggs and was just as excited as when I dropped her off. 

We went through this...

And looked inside each egg...

She popped open that blue candy eggs and split it with Annie and then she was over the eggs :)

Last week

Last week was the first week that it really started to feel like spring to me. 

That feeling hot me moving because it made me realize all the stuff we had to do in the yard and around the house because spring was springing!!

Annie and I went shopping one day last week and she was just the sweetest. 

She loves just gets tickled when she gets to go out with mommy alone and I must say I feel the same :)

In less than two weeks my sweet not so baby Ellie will be turning 5.

I know. I have to reread that line and I am the one who wrote it!!

All I can say is time flies.

Anyways we sat down and made a birthday list since Ellie LOVES list and came up with this... 

Every morning before my feet hit the floor I am in need of some coffee. 

Well the other morning I made me a cup and was still dragging and started to make #2 and saw the problem.. The big d word

Now I am a fan of decaf but that is a afternoon thing... It has no place in the morning. 

This past weekend. I worked a 12 hour shift. I haven't done 12 hours in Forever!!!

I usually do 8s, like 8s and plan to stick with 8s but work got so busy I felt so guilty for leave I stuck around for a 12.

I saw this on Facebook when I took my lunch break at 2pm at work and thought how appropriate it was :)

Mcwane again and Sleeping Beauty

We had so much fun at Mcwane last time we had to go back for more :)

Our friends were going to meet us there  and we didn't see everything we wanted to last time we went so back we went. The girls were Iist as if not more excited to go. Sometimes it's pretty easy to make them happy :)

I thought this picture was too funny...

Ellie insisted on taking a picture herself of the jellyfish. She really liked them :) 

The girls always love this thing. I don't know if it's because it's the first thing when you come in they can do or what but it's always a big hit with the Jones girls!

So now I think we have had our Mcwane fill for a while and our next outing will be the zoo or the botanical gardens. 

And lastly I had to share a picture of my sweet, naked sleeping beauty baby.

Something about sleeping babies just melts my heart. 

Party!!

Baby Morgan is one!!

So we helped celebrate!

Because one is such a BIG thing!!! And we LOVE sweet MoRgAn

We always had a fun time playing and catching up with our small group friends :)

Happy first Birthday baby Morgan!!