HE IS RISEN!!!

....Happy Easter, Everyone!! We spent it with our cousins and family and had a blast! My sister in law and i stayed up until 1 am to fill ( no lie) about 200 eggs!! She hides them IN her house all over and then did another one for the OTHER cousins that came over this afternoon, but that one was outside. All the kids had to stay upstairs until everyone was up and ready to egg hunt

oh, lil muffin.. how your hair is so.. so.... CRAZY!

Waiting for church to start- lil muffin wanted to be with the BIG girls-

Uncle and his nephew

AS lil muffin would say : "i Wub him"

"mom, she's getting heavy, HURRY UP!"

Family pic.. even lil cocoa has her easter dress on, you cant see it, but its white and pink, a handme down from little Jewel ( bless her heart!)

Now.. as many of you know, she HATES wearing clothes- its either a costume, or a princess dress, but most often in her skivvies.. and that's how she ate. No lie..

My sister and law and i- she's the BEST mom ever! all American mom- best cook EVER, i take tips from her!

Outdoor egg hunt and like i said... Skivvies was the outfit of the afternoon!

Uh... TWINS!!!

She made out like a bandit on BOTH egg hunts today and if you know us, you'll know that the picture is ironic and funny!

Cousins and oldest cousins bff

uhm... no that's not a bee sting, she didnt get hurt, the chick got into her cousins LIPSTICK stash and wiped it on her eyes like eye shadow, bahahah

No matter where you celebrated, we hope that ya'll had a great time and took time to think about what Easter is REALLY about-

Driving in town the other day, i saw a billboard of a picture of Jesus hanging on the cross and underneath said :" THIS IS LOVE" . Wow.. i got so choked up. It is. Because of HIM loving us so much, he died on the cross for all of our sins. THATS a Fathers love!!

Cousin Came for a visit from Minne!

Our cousin came for a visit and we had a blast! pretty sure we constantly ate ( which is normal for our family, the foodies), went to the circus and she got a tour of the town and of course the gypsie houses- meet new friends and have a great time which consisted of teaching my kids bad habits ( paybacks will be great!!) Circus pre-show.. wanna guess what she's laughing at? the Elephants huge butt!

Asking questions about the elephant-
Cousins- seriously first time EVER i've been darker than her! she's usually the golden goddess at summertime from being out at the lake all the time

Mini me's signature pose!

Lil Muffin was throwing a fit that night- lack of a nap

Think its funny my cousin took a picture of a sign i bought and hung in my house. i've wanted this sign for a year and finally broke down and bought it. i LOVE this sign!

Shopping for a southern hat for a bridal shower i went to ( dont worry, pictures will be posted of that as well!)

Look who likes to hide in the clothes!!! haha

Rare mom and kid shot.. i'm usually taking the pictures-

Cousins again!

We had the BEST time.. it was her first time coming out to visit and hopefully not the last because the girls, my friends and i had too much fun!

( and i am proud to say she loved southern food and cleaned her plate up with no problem!!)

More Precious Grandpa Moments-

As promised, more shots of Grandpa with the girls! ;) This was on a walk we went on- there was a hewi ( spelling). Dad is intrigued with any facts, movies, etc of war so this was a big thing for him. Inside shot of the helicopter-
Grandpa picking out flowers for our Urns out front and mini me helping him EVERY step of the way



One of my favorites!!!

Uhm, yes.. she pulled this

Time for Grandpa to come back!!! Lil Muffin asks about him EVERY day if he's coming to dinner with us, or if he'll be at our house and asks when Grandpa and Grandma are coming-

Thanks for the memories, Grandpa!!! XO

Grandpa's Here!!!

Grandpa, aka "Bampa" has come.... and gone and we are missing him SO much .. so so much!!! We took a ton of pictures.. here is the best ones.. and there will be more on the next post. ( dad- just save these onto your hard drive, easier for me)

Dad has a conference and was able to share his time with us by coming a few days earlier. Now that we've lived here long enough., we took him to all of our Fave spots, were able to feed him lots of southern cookin, and lots of homemade sweet tea. Hopefully we fattened him up a little bit, so he has constant reminders of us ;) He came bearing gifts from Grandma as well- Easter dresses, and lots of goodies from Oregon, and "grandmas goodie shop" as mini me calls it - aka Harry and Davids.

The pink Spatula that this little muffin was OBSESSED with!!! ( from W & Son. cooking store, what do you expect, she has GREAT taste!)

A special moment captured - after dinner eating some kind of dessert

Lookie lookie.. those flower pots are being filled with fresh new flowers!! We found a new nursery here that reminds me of our fave back in Oregon, but the gift shop is NOTHING in comparison! I have pics on the next post of lil muffin and bampa in the greenhouses. Bampa was like a kid in the candy shop there!

Neighborhood garage sale- since we just moved a few years ago, i had nothing to really sell.. i'm a purger so i dont save alot.. BUT that didnt stop mini me! she set up shop in the back of her daddy's truck and sold lemonade and fresh baked chocolate chip cookies for 50 cents each and lemme tell you- the chick made 38 bucks! lol- needless to say, she's eager to have another sale soon!

Two of my ALL TIME fave pics.. We went to dinner Saturday nite at our FAVE sports bar with the best wings ever! See the resemblence?!

UH-- although this is such a fantastic picture, it makes me get choked up.. this was before saying goodbye- i HATE goodbyes.. you never know when the next time will be. !!

Grandpa- Thank you for such a wonderful few days with you!!!! We LOVE you!!!

Address Planters

Remember these cute flower planters i painted?! I swear this project has been stretched into MONTHS it seems like- today i couldnt stand it any longer and picked up some flowers. With it being so cold still, they dont have a large selection, but they needed SOMETHING to tie in with my golf themed front porch. - My dad always told me when gardening, different areas of your garden and yard are like seperate rooms. This has been made into a golf room for the moment-

The thing about a room, is the colors should Flow.. too many colors= chaos!! I wanted white, green and yellow for flowers, but the white would have faded into the bench- so i have a pop of purple in there instead. - i love how it all turned out.

A little trick so you dont use soooo much planting soil and to help drainage when you water, is to put packing peanuts at the bottom of your flower pot- I ended up using WAY more soil, but to my dad that's music to his ears because he can use the soil for the urns on either side of my front door in a few weeks ;)

I'm not completely done with my golf decorating- the mailbox and a few other things need to be tweaked - out here in the south the mailbox gets done too... in Oregon, you'd be afraid it would all get stolen, right? Lol.. dont hate, its so true!

lil update

i realize that many of you that read my blog are also on FB so you will recognize pictures from time to time.. i've been so busy, the only thing i've used our camera for lately is home decor and wreaths.. bad bad mom, i know!

Life out here in Georgia has been busy! i'm nearing the end of my math class for this term and will be taking my final next week a day before my cousin flies in! Im ready for a mental break, even if its only a week. I will be starting ANOTHER math class for Spring term the end of March. ( You'd think i actually LIKE math, but the truth is, i'm a math IDIOT and have to catch up to the level i need to apply for the nursing program. )

Yesterday, we had an impromtu lunch with daddy- after hitting the gym we decided Sushi was our lunch of choice. They made lil muffin a special set and this is what she did with them. I cant get over her eyes in this pic! She's been a HUGE challenge lately- VERY strong willed and reminds me of her dad on a daily basis. Seriously, if she would have been my first, i think i would have stopped having kids. She s a tough one. Her daily outfit at home consists of ONLY underwear. NO LIE. She's even been known to take her clothes off at church! With her being the second, i've learned to pick my battles and how she matches or the crazy outfits she comes up with, i just let it slide and let everyone get a good laugh at it- for example- This same day, she wore a shirt, with a skirt and DORA SNOW BOOTS she'd stolen from her friend down the street. The kicker? she put them on the wrong feet!

.... Onto mini me- she's been a load of fun lately too. ( extreme sarcasmmmmmmm) i LIVE for the time the husband gets home. By then i'm so mentally drained i swear it takes me 5 minutes to think of an answer to a question they ask me!

She just had her 6 month dentist check up and everything is perfect- she's excited to hear that her teeth are crowded and in a few years she'll be needing Braces - ( another great gene of teeth crowding passed on) She's flying thru school, but i sense she's ready for her Spring break - arent we ALL?!

I recently found THIS lil number in the bottom of her back pack--- ahhhh the days of being a little girl and dreaming about your prince charming, your wedding day and your new last name. LOL- i'm pretty sure it has to do with the fact that one of our good friends and neighbors ( miss Sassy Season partner) is getting married in May and we're all talking about it. So, pictured below are mini me's wedding colors- i thought it was creative she made it look like M and M candy!

I'll try and be better with posting- but eveything going on.. blog is not priority