Today has been a day. From... well, you know. Here's the breakdown: Pros: I got a little bit accomplished at work today. My internet is working, even though my phone isn't. The lack of phone service kept me from talking to the bank when they called to remind me that just because I was gone for three weeks didn't mean I was excused from paying the car payment. Ella's cute gold gladiator sandals that I ordered a month ago, finally came. I can throw the cheap silver flip flops from Wal-mart away [see below]. K let me borrow her zoom lens for our secret Friday. We had pizza and watched most of American Idol. Kris' performance on AI was fabulous, as always. I overheard Ella telling Molly that they were best friends. While I was contemplating spanking my child ...
Four more days…
Four more days, but not five or six, just four. That's what Ella says. Four more days 'til Friday. I'm only posting this picture because it makes me laugh {and because K borrowed my camera for the Dave Matthews show tonight}. Ella took it of me a few weeks ago, wearing a party hat from Jackson's birthday party. She's been a little obsessed with my camera lately. It is so big compared to her, but she holds it just right. I'm thinking about getting her a rough and tumble camera for her birthday this year. Is three old enough? Today was my first day in the office in three weeks. Three weeks is a long time. Several people made jokes about whether I worked there or taking me off of the payroll. To be expected, I guess. I didn't get much accomplished today. It took me almost all day to ...
welcome home
I was right. I came home on Friday. I met Josh and Ella for dinner and she was VERY excited to see me. I was exhausted and thought about taking a nap in the booth at Outback. I wasn't sure how that would go over exactly. When we pulled into the driveway, Josh flashed on our brights and revealed this sweet message. How cute are they? Saturday, Ella and I visited with Isabella and Alston at Nana's before heading to town. We ate at Chipotle, of course, and as usual the worker's love to visit with Ella. The we ran to the Summit to pick up a few things for our surprise destination next week. I won't tell you what all we needed... that might be enough to figure it out! Today was a lazy day with some church and family time to enjoy our SD before he left for another week at work. We'll ...
home.
Three weeks is a long time to live in a different city than your daughter. It is 15 days that somebody else gave her a bath and tucked her in. It is 15 dinners that I didn't cook. It is three weeks of pizza night and American Idol that we didn't share. It is countless I love you's. Too many. Three weeks is as long as I have to be away from her, because tomorrow I'm coming home. I finished up my out-of-town to do this evening, had a lovely dinner with my bosses and will be packing up and coming home some time tomorrow afternoon. There are things to do in the morning, but the end is in sight. I love my job and couldn't ask for a more interesting profession. I have wonderful bosses who took care of me this week and allowed me to be a part of something wonderful. I have met many people ...
pretty girl.
I posted these to remind you how pretty this girl is. That's all. Pretty. ...
Bunny Visits
We had a lovely Easter weekend and Ella really enjoyed Sunday morning. We had a hard time squeezing everything in and the Easter Bunny had to make a late-night visit, but boy was Ella happy when she woke up. I had to wake her up {she was in our bed, of course} and convince her to check it all out. Wanna know what the EB brought? Candy, which Ella said was her favorite thing, a doctor's kit, stethoscope included, a jelly bean pooping bunny, an egg full of play-doh, Disney DVDs, including The Jungle Book 2, which elicited MANY squeals, a princess puzzle, the sidewalk chalk you saw above and a new hairbow and pair of bloomers to wear with her Easter dress. After sorting through all of that Ella & Bunny took a little movie break and watched Finding ...
Wedding Day
Try to ignore the fact that my hair looks weird in this picture and in general, I look LARGE and in charge. Also ignore the fact that K is hiding Bunny behind her back. Instead, focus on the VISION that is my sister! Again, let me remind you that I'm not the photographer in this family, nor is Emily, who took this picture {I love you, Emily}. I can't wait for you to see Jessica's pictures, because not only will the photography knock your socks off, but you'll get a much clearer picture of the awesomeness of my sister and her fabulous dress. Anyway, the point of this post was a little wedding-goodness recap. Remember how I said I was going to take lots of pictures so I could show you the festivities while we were waiting on the real thing? Well, don't be mad, but that didn't really ...
Bunny-time!
This is what we did last night... the finished product we're missing one because ella & nana used it for brownies! pretty colors! daddy helping dye our eggs getting started waiting for the eggs to boil I hope you two have a FABULOUS day today. We love you and are so excited for you and proud of you. Have a beautiful day! These two cuties are getting married today, so the posting is light. Have a GREAT Saturday and we'll be back soon with lots of pictures. ...