Girls Beach Trip April 2010

I had a case of the mondays..so I decided to pack up the car and take the girls down to the beach in Florida. My favorite momma moment was when we were all getting ready to go to sleep and the girls were making each other laugh. It was so great for me, as their mother to see them happy and playing together.

Here are some photos from the trip. We did the Alligator farm in the morning and the beach later that afternoon.

Easter 2010

We had a wonderful Easter with my Family.
Great Lunch, Easter Baskets, Easter Egg Hunts, and Easter Candy!

Karlie and Janies Pony Party

Since Karlie turned 3 at the end of February and Janie turned 2 at the beginning of April we decided to do a combined Birthday party this year.
In October we went to a fall festival which had pony rides. Karlie tried it and of course loved it. So for their party this year, I thought about having someone come out to the house to give pony rides to the kids.
In my search for this, I found a lady who had a farm in Snellville who actually had the parties at her farm. We had hit the Jackpot! It was the best place ever. She had a playground, picnic tables, seating, a covered place in the barn to keep the food and unwrap gifts, bales of hay for the kids to climb on and of course a miniature pony for pony rides.(Big horses too for the older kids.)

I had so much fun planning for the party.

I found the cutest invites on ETSY.


I made the girls matching outfits. White tee's with their names, ages, and cowboy hats...along with cute little ruffled pants.

And found some great things at the dollar store for goodie bags.


For food, we did Shanes Rib Shack BBQ sandwiches, had lots of ice cold IBC rootbeer and cream sodas, red velvet cupcakes for dessert and I made some yummy caramel apples coated in M&Ms.

Here are some photos of the fun.

The writing on the wall!

So...It was a perfectly normal sunny day. I had just got done cleaning the house, vacuumed both floors, cleaned the kitchen, did the laundry...and I even shampooed the carpet in the living room.
Ahhh..a nice clean home.
I decided to let the girls play downstairs while I went upstairs to call the insurance people about our car accident. I got off the phone and thought...wow..the girls are being really quite. This usually means they are doing something they shouldn't be. As I walk down the stairs I see the first of the damage. Black Sharpie marker everywhere! They wrote on the walls, their toys, the furniture, the tv, the wood floors, and best of all the carpet I had just shampooed. I was speechless for a while..they both stared at me like they knew they had done something wrong. Karlie went to timeout and Janie went to her bed.

Here are some pictures from that fateful day...






This is them after they had washed away their sins. My cute little angels again.")