The Hubby's Birthday!

Yesterday my husband celebrated his 38th Birthday and he got everything he wanted. His Mom, Dad, my sister, her husband and Noah stopped by for some food and desserts that I must say were delish! I outdid myself this time...I made a peach dessert that was wonderful (I will post the recipe later) and just the regular old birthday cake too. Brian got some great gifts as well. He got a new STIHL weedeater, a Bosch multi tool that is totally awesome...it will do anything, a new battery for his 4 wheeler, a bunch of gift cards to Lowes, Bass Pro, etc...a new tape measure, and square, and fishing lure. Let's just say he racked up. Happy Birthday to my Honey!

Dad turns 60 years young!

Today my Daddy turned 60 and we had a great get together for him. Doug and I cooked some awesome steaks and I had the Bristol Motor Speedway announce his birthday on the giant sign. It was a great day. Happy Birthday Dad.

Camping in the yard!

Last night was a blast! Amber and I decided to try our new tents out and test Noah to see if he would be a good tent camper. So we set up camp in my backyard. We never dreamed it would be so much fun. We grilled out, had a bonfire, and then friends came by and we sat around the fire listening to Ryan, Amber, Doug, and Tim play the guitars and sing. Noah did GREAT...he loved sleeping in his big tent. We are definately ready to load up next time and head out to the lake.

Hey Pat we are ready now!

In this post I'd like to thank Ed and Amber for getting us our new tent so that we can all go camping soon. I'd also like to send a shout out to one of our best buddies Pat P. to let him know that "We are ready for the next camping trip in Rogersville! Yay!" Bring it on buddy!

Mamaw turns 90 years young.

Sunday brought more fun when we went to help Brian's grandmother celebrate her 90th Birthday. It was a great cookout despite the fact that there was a little bit of drizzle thankfully the church had let us borrow their tents and they worked perfectly. It didn't dampen anyone's spirits. We enjoyed seeing some of Brian's family who we hadn't seen in quite awhile. Everyone enjoyed getting their family pictures taken with Mamaw and the food and fellowship couldn't be better. Happy 90th Mamaw...we love you!

4th of July was a blast

We enjoyed an awesome 4th of July this year. Brian and I started off our day by sitting by the pool in the morning just talking and watching the birds and the water. Then Brian and Ryan decided to drive Brian's Dad's old car in the annual 4th of July parade. So they sprayed it off, found a flag and put it in the back and they headed out to get in line. I loaded up my camera and headed out to meet my friends so we could all enjoy the festivities and I could get a good spot to take pics. The parade was great this year and I've never seen so many people show up for it before. After the parade we headed to Whitney's house for the big cookout and fireworks party. We had a great time playing horseshoes, badminton, partaking of good food and socializing with friends. After the sun went down the fireworks started and I have to say that my husband really out did himself this year. He had an unbelievable array of fireworks and Whitney even put on her own show with the Roman candles. It was a 4th of July to remember for sure.

Noah's First Trip to the Zoo

Friday was a very exciting day. We got up early and headed to Knoxville to meet up with Amber, Ed, Taylor and Noah for his very first trip to the zoo. I couldn't wait to see Noah's reaction to the animals because he loves them. The weather was perfect and everyone had a blast. Taylor even rode the camels. I especially enjoyed the new baby chimp "George"...he was soooooo cute! We all enjoyed riding the carousel in the kids corner the newest part of the zoo. It was definately a time to remember.

Looking forward to July 4th weekend

I am really looking forward to the upcoming weekend. I love the 4th of July. I love all of the cookouts, parades, and celebrating this awesome country that we live in. We have 4 days off so Friday we are going to take Noah, Amber & Ed to the zoo, also going to Whitney's on the 4th for a fabulously fun time and fireworks extravaganza with all of our friends, and then Sunday we will be going to a huge family gathering to celebrate Brian's grandmother turning 90 years old. Wouldn't miss any of this for the world. We've made plans to go back out to the lake on Monday and enjoy mine and Brian's favorite past time, boating. I'm sure we will have plenty of pictures to post next week. Everyone be safe and responsible out there whether you are on the roads, the lakes, or just around the house letting off fireworks.

Summertime & Feelin' good

Well the family is finally over this debilitating virus that we were all plagued with. Last weekend we were all in bed unable to function at all. This weekend however we enjoyed Friday after work remodeling the house next door that we've purchased and then Saturday night enjoying refreshments on the porch with our good buddy Pat. Today we celebrated the 4th of July service at Steele Creek Park with our church family. It was a beautiful day, wonderful service, even Ryan and Billy and Ronnie entertained us with some good old gospel music.

Good times!

Last Sunday was very eventful. Not only did Cheri and I go on a photo shoot but that night our friends, Daniel, Whitney, and Bo showed up for an impromptu concert by Ryan...Daniel joined in on drums but was quickly shut down by Bo who only wanted to hear Ryan play. We had a lot of fun with our buddies.