Memorial Weekend Getaway

Well we are back in town, at home, from the memorial day weekend getaway we had at my  moms house in Savannah.  I consider it a getaway because Savannah is such a fun town and we always have a blast when we go!

The girls had tons of fun at Mimi's house and basically swam the entire time they were there haha so they turned into fish while they were there basically.  

Thursday night one of my good friends from home came into town and we went downtown with my brother and another good friend and her boyfriend and had a blast as usual and then Friday night we went to Wild Wings to see one of my FAV bands perform and had so much fun that night as well!  It never gets dull in Savannah ...

 Lots of things coming up in the next couple of weeks ...

1 week and 4 days until we leave for our first family beach trip!  And we get to stay 6 nights but might add 1 extra one at the end depending on how tired we are.  We are going June 12-17th but might stay till that Monday not sure yet, you can always add on ;)
But we are going for Miss Emily's bday so she's very excited about celebrating down there!

Then when we get back we go pick up our new puppy "Snowball" so that'll be interesting for sure having two dogs in the house haha.  But the girls are SO excited about a new puppy they can hardly stand it!

Then it'll just be about time for July 4th weekend/celebration and most likely we will be heading to Savannah then as well.  So it's going to be a busy next couple of weeks.

Then my Hubby's 33rd birthday is July 27th and I believe I have the perfect present for him!  Hehe ... Alabama (Univ. of AL) is playing in Dallas Labor Day Weekend vs. Michigan and he really wants to go!  It's the first game of the season and it's in Dallas at Cowboy Stadium so it'll be a good time!  Sure the tickets are a little more expensive than normal but it would def be so much fun to go and to visit Dallas (for me since he's been) haha.  But I think I'm going to get two tickets to the game and already talked with my mom about keeping the girls that weekend so we would fly out of Savannah to Dallas that Friday and come back Monday and the game is Saturday.  So it'd be an all in one kinda deal haha.  Vacation without kids (LOL), game time for the Hubbs and then visiting a city I've never been to.  So it could work!  All I gotta do is buy the tickets and book the plane tickets and hotel room lol but I got a little bit of time for that.  

But we have lots of things to come and def excited about that!

This year has def been a great year and we are excited about the rest of the year and everything in store for us!

Pics over the weekend ...


                                                                         Snowball

       
                                                                     Me & Jennifer

 
                                                                          Me & Jen

 
                                                                        Cousins

 
                                                                  Miss Emily & Patches

                                                                        My Baby :)

                                                                Me & The Hubs

 
                                                                The Design Lead Singer (Kat)

                                                              Swimming at Mimi's

                          (True Creations Photography): The Hubs, Me, Brother and Kat behind us (haha)

We had a great weekend to say the least and look forward to heading back for July 4th weekend and seeing The Design rock out again!  


Until next time ...
 

Graduation Day, Dance Rehearsal...Oh My!

Graduation Day has finally come and passed for Miss Emily!  She graduated Pre-K last night and we all had a great time and night together!  We also had the girls dance rehearsal for their dance recital this Saturday.  That was also a lot of fun to see the girls on stage and Emily since it was her first rehearsal!  They both did really well, I was def proud of both of them!

I can't believe Emily is finished with Preschool and headed to big sisters school.  I'm excited just for the fact they will finally be at the same school but still sad in another sense because she's my baby :( but I know she will love it!

Next Thursday Madison has her last day of school/party and then we are headed to Savannah for Memorial Day Weekend which we are def excited about because we haven't been to Savannah in 3 or 4 months.  Def ready to go!

We also have 3 more weeks till the beach and we are sooo sooo excited!  The girls can't wait to go to the beach and play in the sand, etc. so it's going to be a great time!


Here is a picture of the condo we are staying at.  Our condo is a 2 bedroom condo and it's gulf front which is majorly important because that means it's right on the beach and has a great view!  They also have a pool, hot tub, etc. so we are excited to go for the first time as a family!

                                      

Here are some pictures from graduation as well as their dance rehearsal.  Enjoy!


 This picture is a pic of Emily at school one day and I just love it!  Her little hands!

                                                                Last Day of Pre-K!

                                                          Ready for Dance Rehearsal!

                                                               
                                                                 Graduation Night!

 

Well those are my babies and more pics to come tomorrow night at their actually dance recital!  I'm going to try my best to keep this blog updated for everyone!  Lots to come this summer!  Stay tuned ...

 

Long time no post...

Hello to all!  Where have I been?  Um...around I guess haha.  I haven't posted in about a year and I plan on keeping this updated from now on. 

I def want to try to keep it up to date now...but lets see since my last post a lot has happened.  My oldest daughter, Madison, has entered 1st grade and my youngest in a part-time K4 program.  They both have done extremely well this year and I couldn't be prouder of them!  

The end of the year is approaching and Madison will be heading to 2nd grade next year (craziness) and Emily will be heading to Briarwood along with her big sister to do K4 again.  I decided to hold her back and repeat K4 because she has a late birthday (June) and being a former teacher I know some children that have summer birthdays just aren't ready yet to hit Kindergarten full on so we decided to wait but she is very excited to be going to sisters school next year!

We have our first family trip coming up this June for Miss Emily's 5th birthday to Destin, FL.  We usually go with my husband's family every year but this year they are deciding not to do that so we just decided to go ourselves and make it our first family trip.  We are def excited! It'll be a little weird everybody not being there but it'll be fun.  

This week is going to be a busy week for us.  Emily has a dentist appt. tomorrow then Thursday she has Pre-K graduation then they have dance rehearsal Thursday and also Saturday is their dance recital.  This will be Madison's 3rd dance recital and Emily's 1st so we are excited to watch Em up there dancing away!

Here are some pics from the past year!
Enjoy!!

 Stay tuned for more!!!

UPDATE!

So I have not updated my blog in quite awhile haha...just haven't got around to it I guess. But hopefully I will be able to update a little bit more. Not much has been going on...

Went on my first plane ride to Las Vegas in July and it wasn't that bad! I had a great time with the Hubbs and friends of mine from college. We are most likely going to go in July again with our friends to Las Vegas this coming summer. My friend owns a hair salon and they have a conference for hair stylist from all over the country, it's pretty neat, so she goes every July to do that with her husband and we just meet them out there! So hopefully this coming July 2012 we will get to go back! I will post pics below of our trip...

Onto other news...Madi starts school August 16th which is crazy but she is definitely excited! I can't believe my baby will be in 1st grade. It's weird...I remember when she was a baby and thinking about when she was this old and thought it was SO far off but now it's here. Time really does fly by! Em starts September 1st and she's ready to go back as well! They are both starting dance August 15th. Madi is taking 3 different classes so that should be interesting and Emily is actually taking Ballet/Tap haha...can't wait to see that one! Madison is also doing cheerleading at Briarwood on Wednesdays after school. It's just a little clinic deal they do after school, it's not like rec cheerleading or anything. But she's excited!

I have somewhat adjusted to staying home haha...not teaching anymore (taught Pre-k for 5 years) and definitely excited to be able to do more at their schools this year and home. It's definitely a full-time job within itself. But I can't lie and say it doesn't get boring sometimes haha...more time for exercise I guess? Haha!

Here are some pics from our trip! Enjoy!

Part of "The Strip"

The Strip

Me & Chad in front of The Strip

View from Ghost Bar of the city

VEGAS!!

So Vegas is 4 days away and we are so excited! It is my first time on an airplane so excited/nervous about that haha. I know it'll be good though. But we are staying at the MGM Grand Hotel which is super awesome and nice. I don't care if I have to sleep on the floor haha I don't really care about stuff like that. Just thankful to be going!

We are meeting up with one of my sorority sisters and her husband from GA Southern out there for 3 nights. She owns a hair salon and is a hair stylist so they are having some sort of conference for that so she will be working some and then nights are free to have some fun! We definitely plan on hitting up some of the main attractions and having great dinners! Me & The Hubbs will have 2 nights alone so that'll be nice considering we never had a honeymoon or anything like that. First time without the kiddos...but we are excited and will definitely miss them!

Pics to come for sure!!

Adios everyone!

4th of July

So the 4th of July was so much fun! We were in Savannah for a week (me & the girls) and the Hubbs joined on Friday. Friday we went downtown Savannah to City Market with my brother and then Saturday we took the girls to see some fireworks which they really enjoyed!

Emily of course chased a little boy around about the entire time and Madison sat with her cousin, Jasmine haha. We had a great time for sure!

The Hubby & I are heading to Vegas in one week! AGH! Can't believe it! First time on a plan so that should be very interesting but I'm definitely excited to finally get on a plane and to visit somewhere I've never been. First trip alone as well for us so we are going to enjoy it! We are meeting up with some friends for the first 3 days then we will have 3 nights to ourselves. Pics definitely to come!

Adios!

Update!!

Hello lovelies!

So if you are interested in that check that out!

www.andagrace.posterous.com

Posterous is a cool site where you basically just post pics which I enjoy doing! I more like things like Twitter, Posterous, Tumblr, etc. than actually blogging long drawn out blogs haha. I guess I feel I have nothing to say I'm not really sure.

Anywho...so I will post my weigh-in's on that account (Posterous)!

I just wanted to update on that and say that!

That is all! Thanks so much for following! Love to all!