After another day of rest, a shot to the fanny, a z-pack and some fancy cough syrup - I was starting to feel much better. I woke up late Thursday afternoon and felt great, but the combination of medicines and an empty stomach was making me feel dizzy and very loopy. There was a fall festival at my mom's Elementary School and Ella has been begging to go for weeks. Since I should have been at work, mom was planning to take the girls and then meet me for Ella's dance class afterward. Instead, she picked me up {since I was too impaired to drive!!} and I followed them around for an hour or so. Let me just say that by the time we got home I was worn out and ready for another nap. Waiting in line to buy our armbands Hanging out with our friends, Kaitlyn and Madeline Connor and ...
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Highschool Flashback
This weekend was a bit of deja vu`- some friends on Facebook have been planning hard for a long time and we all came together for an Alumni Reunion on Friday night for the Homecoming game at our Alma Mater. Since we live across the street from the school, it is pretty easy to go to the games on Friday nights and even easier when dinner is included! We gussied the girls up in their hounds-tooth and modified it slightly to reflect our black and gold. We even wore cute name tags with the year we graduated... just in case anybody needed a reminder! Since tailgating fell right around Sophie's evening nap, I spent most of the time doing this. She was out pretty soon after we got there and Sue was sweet enough to donate a chair to our cause. She slept as long as I sat like this and it was just ...
Alabama Saturdays
In case you haven't figured it out yet, our typical Saturdays revolve around college football. SD is a big fan and even when it's not his team on the big screen, he will watch pretty much any game that's on. In years past, he has spent almost all day on Saturdays at his parents house watching with his brother and dad, while the Ella and I did "girly" stuff until Alabama kick-off. Season tickets has thrown a kink into our system this year, although a good kink, for sure. Josh is spending all of the home games in Tuscaloosa and since I won't be headed back to T-Town until later in the fall, the girls and I have revised our game day schedules. Mommy, Ella & Sophie, Alabama v. Florida - October 2, 2010 This past Saturday, like several before it, we opted to spend the day with ...
Arrival
Vacation, Day 1 - Sunday, June 14, 2010 The first day is always hard. There is much to do, to organize, to purchase. The littles get anxious and the mommies and daddies get tired. Fast. We left our house at fifteen until four this morning, after a late night of dance recital, dinner and packing the car. We stopped for gas, two Sunday papers and pulled out on the road. Cory went a different way about 30 minutes into the drive and we didn't follow him. We decided to meet at the rest area on the interstate when they still hadn't caught up to us. We should have know when mom locked her keys in the car that the day would be rough, but we laughed it off. Ella and Sophie had just fallen asleep when we pulled in the rest area. E had been asking for two hours when we were going to be there ...
Recital Recap | One Year
Last night was the big night and Ella did so well! I left in plenty of time, got there super early and had plenty of time to get her dressed. I took tons of pictures in the tap outfit tonight since I didn't manage to get any last week. I thought she would be nervous about the crowd, but she was so excited when I told her who all was coming to watch her dance. I got out in the theatre just in time to see the opening numbers and Ella's group was on early in the show for their tap routine. Mommy's have to make a mad dash to the dressing room to get them ready for their next number and I managed to greet her just as she came off-stage. She said, "Did you see me? Did I do a great job? Did you cheer for me? Is Nana here?" When I told her how great she did, she replied, "Well, lets get my next ...
Dancy Pants
After ten months of practice, Ella's first year of dance is finally coming to an end. Yesterday afternoon, we made the drive into town for dress rehearsal. We were already running late, traffic was horrible, we had to hit a drive-thru for lunch and Ella got carsick on the way there. To say it was stressful, is putting it VERY mildly. Thank goodness we left Sophie at home! We made it just in time to get her all dolled up and on-stage for her tap routine, but I didn't get to take any pictures of her in costume. I made up for it before the ballet routine, though. The girls had so much fun in the dressing room getting fancy and hanging out with their friends until time to line up. K went with me to take pictures of them on-stage so that I could videotape their performance {there are no ...
Friday’s Friends
Ella & Skylar swimming at Gran's ...
Ali-U Made the Blog Again!
This is Ali, one of my favorite people ever. I might not get to see her very often {we're averaging once a year!!!}, but we talk via email quite a bit and we pick up where we left off when we do get to see each other. Ali was my freshman year roommate in college and we had a blast. Ella asked us today what we did when we lived together and we just had to laugh. We sang to the Dixie Chicks at the top of our lungs. We watched way too many episodes of Friends. We had Dawson's Creek viewing parties. We randomly drove to Alabaster for free Mt. Dew and TCBY. We called each other from our bedrooms which were 15 feet apart. We ate cheesy french fries with bacon & chives for dinner. We put dirty dishes in our roommates rooms when they didn't help wash. We laid in the bed together ...