On the last day of our Disney trip we drove home. Eight and a half hours. It was a long day and Ella wasn't thrilled about being in the car that long while she was awake. Luckily since we drove down in the evening she slept all the way there, but on our return trip it was all sunshine all the time. What we really needed to do when we got home was to sleep about 75 hours. What we really did was visit. We stopped to see Gran & Poppy and boy were they happy to see us. We also saw Heather, Phillip, K and Cory. Then Molly and Heath came over for dinner. I don't know about you, but when I see two girls having a fabulous time I kind of hate to separate them. So against my better judgment, I suggested that Molly spend the night. Despite Ella's multiple breakdowns due to lack of ...
weekend
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 ...
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. ...
Easter Goodies
I'm sure you know by now, but Ella & I like to make goodies for our friends each holiday. She took Halloween candy, Thanksgiving cookies, Christmas treats and most recently our Valentine's cups. For Easter, we bought metal buckets at Target for a dollar a piece and filled them with pastel basket grass, Easter pencils, an egg of Play-doh and candy. We had as much fun putting them together as the kids will have enjoying them on Good Friday. Me & Ella in our Easter Bunny headbands Ella gathering her supplies So proud! This is from earlier in the day, but I couldn't resist adding it on. She wanted to see how big she was getting. Too big, I tell you! ...
Boots, burgers and ketchup
K & Cory were sweet enough to invite us over for burgers on the grill Saturday night. We were exhausted, but excited to spend some time with them before the big day. Can you tell that Ella put this outfit together herself? She'd worn the skirt and cute Easter t-shirt shopping, but had on appropriately cute white sandals for most of the day. When I asked her to get daddy to help her with some shoes while I got dressed this is what happened. He said she picked them out and he put them on. Gorgeous don't you think? Ella & Cory cooking up some burgers Ketchup, mmmmm. ...
{the weekend, part 3}
As if our shopping excursion wasn’t fun enough we had the pleasure of visiting with some of our favorite people in the world, but let me back up. My good friend, Amye was pregnant late last week when I talked to her and it is rare for us to go more than a few days with speaking, whether in person, on the phone or via email. Since I worked all weekend and was out of town all week, it had been awhile since we talked. I decided on the 3.5 hour drive home last Friday to call and check on her. Her due date had been the day before and I knew she had to be getting close. Can you believe that when I called she was holding her baby? Macklin Asher Carle was born on Sunday, March 29th while I was driving to work. She’d tried to get in touch with me, but my travels prevented that. She’d had that ...
{the weekend, part 2}
**When I posted the prayer request yesterday, I didn't expect to generate so much chatter. For each of you who commented or emailed me I AM NOT PREGNANT :). The matter is much simpler and you'll probably laugh at me later. I only asked for your prayers because I'm a worrier by nature. Thank you for your response, though, I appreciate your friendship so much!** Even though we were very excited about spending the day together, SD had to go to work. Ella & I slept late and took our time eating breakfast, cleaning house and getting ready. Since this was my only weekend home between now and Easter/wedding festivities I had many errands to run. Final wedding details to take care of, groceries to buy, and Easter baskets to coordinate. Fortunately for me, Ella is already a fan of the ...