Sunday, October 24, 2010

While Mommy and Daddy were away.....

While mommy and daddy went away for the wedding on a mountain, Aunt Julia and HayHay documented our adventures....The cast for the weekend (all are not pictured) were us (of course), HayHay, Gigi, Uncle Lance, Aunt Julia, Uncle B, Aunt Marcia-Lynn, Aunt Beth, Uncle Bill, Aunt Margaret, Uncle Jimmy, and Aunt Linda-Jean and probably several others that we can't remember right at this moment. A big THANK YOU to all of you for playing with us and taking care of us while our mommy and daddy were away!

Our weekend adventures included:

riding our princess 4-wheelers like crazy!!



Want to race??



Awwww, man.....I'm outta gas!!




These things run out of gas fast! How do I get this thing off?? (my mommy is thinking right now..."I can't even imagine what it's going to be like paying for gas when they are both driving for real! Yikes!")


We LOVE our 4 -wheelers....Thanks Gigi and HayHay!!



Next, we colored on these really huge coloring books Uncle Lance and Aunt Julia got for us!!



Then, we went outside and Uncle Lance and Aunt Julia showed us how to BLOW BUBBLES!!! YAY!!!!









And Uncle Lance made really BIG bubbles and we chased them and chased them....



Then we blew some more bubbles :)


Then we chased and chased bubbles again....



THEN...Uncle Lance made us our very own big bubble makers and we made HUGE bubbles all by ourselves :)




Then we decided it would be really fun just to play in the bubble mix and get it all over us :)



Whew!! After a busy morning of 4-wheelers, coloring, and bubbles...HayHay brought us lunch and we had a picnic on the porch!


HayHay always brings us the bestest lunches ever....chicken nuggets and french fries!!! Yummy! Thanks HayHay!



We love you so much Uncle Lance! You are the best bubble blower ever!



Our nuggets were super yummy....



And we got to have chocolate milk for the first time ever!!



HayHay bought us a surprise too.....our first ever frosty from Wendy's.....let's see what it's like....

First taste.....


WOW...you gotta try this stuff....


Yes, I think I will have some more.....



I REALLY like this.....


Oh no....I put too much in my mouth!


Ok, I swallowed it.... next bite, please...


Look mommy....we SHARED!!!


After lunch, we came inside and let Aunt Julia take a few face shots :)




Then we watch football with everyone....


After our nap, we went back outside and played some more.....



Uncle Lance squirted us with this really funny stuff that came out of a can....it was SO cool!!



HayHay and Gigi's yard is so soft on our feet....no wonder it won "yard of the month" :)

We had SO much fun! We can't wait till our mommy and daddy go on another trip and we can stay with y'all again!! :)

Friday, October 22, 2010

Wedding Weekend....John & Sandy get hitched!


The first weekend in October, we loaded up the sexy van and headed to Greenville, South Carolina for our friends', John and Sandy's, wedding. They were both classmates with Shane at seminary and asked him to marry them. What an incredible honor! We made a couple of stops along the way to lesson the length of car screaming we had to endure during the long drive :)

We drove to Montgomery and stayed the night with our fabulous friends from college, Blake and Megan, and their 3 girls. My girls were in HEAVEN when they walked into their house and saw this.....a big playroom FULL of girl stuff....needless to say we had a tough time getting them to go to bed that night because they were having so much fun!


Gabbie LOVES to "cook"....it was so cute how she put the oven mitten on before she opened the stove...guess she has seen me do that....


Dinner's ready!


Megan, Lily, Maddie, Gabbie, and Jocie. Their oldest, Emma Kate, had already gone to school that morning....

It was SO great seeing y'all! Thanks for letting us stay!!



Our next stop was Clarkesville, GA at GiGi and HayHay's house. They were going to keep the girls while Shane and I went up for the wedding (YAY!). When we got there, GiGi had fun pumpkin baskets full of all kind of goodies for the girls.....


They are SO cool with their shades on..... :)



After they invaded their pumpkin baskets, GiGi and HayHay took the girls out to the garage for one more "little" surprise......

YES....princess 4-wheelers! They went crazy!!


GiGi giving Gabbie driving lessons :)



Shane and I headed up to Greenville early the next morning for the rehearsal. It was a beautiful drive (and quiet :). John and Sandy were getting married at The Cliffs. It was this AMAZING chapel on top of this mountain that overlooked sheer beauty! The pics can give you somewhat of an idea, but they still don't do it justice.....



Ummmmm.....hello?!?! SO pretty!!



wow.....


Inside the chapel....




Me & Shane with the Bride & Groom!!


Sandy & John didn't have any "attendants" stand up with them on stage at their wedding. Instead, they had a small wedding and everyone that was invited to the wedding represented their wedding party. It was really sweet. Sandy did give some of her closest friends and those that helped with the wedding these really cool monogrammed aprons.....Thanks Sandy!


We got to stay with some of our friends, the Adams, while we were in Greenville. They were former students at South years ago and now they live in Greenville where J.D. is completing his residency. It was SO great seeing you guys!!! Thanks again for letting us stay with you!


The wedding ceremony......


Look at this view!!!


Here are all of Shane's (and Sandy & John's) seminary classmates that were able to make the trip up for the wedding...


We love you guys SO much! Thanks so much for letting us be a part of your journey and your amazing wedding weekend!!



Sandy is an AMAZING friend. During seminary, for every single classmate's birthday, she would make them their favorite cake and bring it to class. Well, Shane's birthday was a few days after John and Sandy's wedding, and during ALL the crazy stuff that goes on before and during a wedding, Sandy still managed to remember Shane's birthday was coming up that week and brought a vanilla birthday cupcake (her wedding cake was chocolate and Shane is deathly allergic to chocolate) and a card to the reception and gave it to Shane and sang happy birthday to him. Who does that? During THEIR wedding? Like I said....she is an AMAZING friend!



Signing the marriage license.....




After the wedding, we headed back to Clarkesville to pick up the girls. Jocelyn insisted that Daddy wear her "pupple" hat while he gave her a breathing treatment :)



The brotha's....


Eating breakfast with the fam before we hit the road for the LONG and LOUD trip back to Mobile....please look at Jocelyn's cheese face. She absolutely cracks me up!

The next post will be a peek into what the girls did while we were away at the wedding....they had just a little bit of a good time.... :)