Thanksgiving

There is going to be a whole blog just about this cutie! One of the newest additions to our family! Mary Nicole Buckley "Mary Cole"
OMG - We LOVE HER!!!


I think she likes mash potatoes...YUM (I may have snuck her some)



This is our other newest addition - Kelsey Gail Bailey (I will fill the pages with these precious ones)
Annie just LOVES her cousins! She likes to sit criss cross apple sauce and hold her babies!!

Our Thanksgiving was filled with lots of food, fun and laughter - it is a great day to remember our many blessings of the year!

Kelsy and Mary Cole are by far our best and favorite blessings of the year!!!!

Ethnicity....Race???

This morning mom handed me a piece of paper to fill out before I took Annie to school. It was a "race/ethnicity" census...

Did you know that there are now only 5 RACES - White/Black/Asian/Native American/Pacific Islander

An ethnic group (or ethnicity) is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, consisting of a common language, a common culture (often including a shared religion) and a tradition of common ancestry (corresponding to a history of endogamy).

Apparently Hispanic/Latino is now an ethnic group, a culture so to speak....

So I checked white because I didn't know what else to do - none of the others seemed appropriate... And does that now mean she doesn't qualify for affirmative action? or did she ever?

I have not forgotten about my new promise of blogging...I have hit a small speed bump is all. Apparently in the moves I have lost the cords to BOTH my blackberry and camera uploaders. CURSES!!! There is much to catch up on and lots of great moments to review - I hesitate to upload partial pictures because i am afraid i will get lazy and not come back to make the extra effort...

here's a sneak peek :)

Thanksgiving Feast at Annie's School

Princess Eternal Sunshine
(hahaha - clearly she has her teachers fooled)
this is the turkey that her class made all the feathers for!





This her super cutie class - they did a "Tom the Turkey Rap Song"
Annie didn't sing...she was a little shy


I have NO idea what she was doing (my guess bossing me around)

We are very blessed to have such an amazing school filled with wonderful teachers and students...LOTS of her classmates wanted to talk to us and they are all very inclusive, kind and loving!!!

Wordless Wednesday

Chocolate Ice Cream 'Stache!

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WordLESS Wednesday!

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Thanksgiving Devon Forest Style!!

Annie's school had a Thanksgiving Day feast at the school cafeteria and then a sweet program in her class..

we enjoyed turkey, dressing, mash potatoes, green beans and a roll (it was actually good - i shared annie's cause mama don't do cafeteria food)



Here is my little Indian Princess...She was sooo stinking precious and actually kept her outfit on!










Ok - so I know it's WAY past Thanksgiving but i have to catch up the ONLY scrapbook this poor child of mine will ever have (so far I suck) so....

Halloween Party!

what a cutie - the spider matched the one on her dress! she has the most precious teacher and class...i heart them!



OMG - this little princess LOVES Annie (they actually get in trouble for talking in class) she is very chatty and i wanted to put her in my car and take her home with us! (i think her mommy would have been mad)



They had 10 stations with different crafts to do from face painting to decorating cookie - making spider hats...all manned by parents - i was extremely happy with the parent participation - not every class is that blessed!!

Back to BLOGGING!!

EVEN SHE'S BEEN BORED!!!


As you can see - I have not been blogging for quite some time - SOOO - it is time to catch up - please forgive the order these events might come in I am going to do my best and even back date them - it's really a scrapbook for annie because my SIX YEARS of stuff in a drawer has done nothing!!! We have missed you!

GO TIGERS!

Its football season y'all! That means Tigers all the way! It was purple day in Annie's kindergarten class it also happened to be first game Friday!!! We took care of both at once!!!
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Happy 3rd Birthday Reeser!!

Sunday was the Reeser's birthday party! What a great time!!! Jumpie Castle - an tennis shoe that was a basketball hoop game (I made one basket - that's pretty sad since it is made for kids) - ALL of our fun friends were there! We even got to see Sugar!! I just can't believe Reese is 3 - the time has flown by but she also seems like such a big girl...happy birthday sweet girl! We heart you!!!
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Dora

I'm so sneaky - you weren't suppose to take a camera but really it's Dora - Annie's FAVORITE!



The girls shared a seat the second half - I just love their little faces and hearing them chat and giggle!!



It's NOT a "concert" without cotton candy - Aunt LeLe always buys it for her and she is spoiled but hey - it's fluffy sugar who wouldn't be....



The girls were soooo excited when we got there!!



LOOK at them!!! That Reeser and Annie riding in the car holding hands...Annie will tell you that Reeser is her little sister and Abby is her best priend eber!


So FINALLY Dora Live came to town - we have gotten to see some fun things but Dora is our absolute fave! So Leslie, Buffie, Joni and I took all the girls - it was a BLAST....we had gotten 4th row tickets (hey it's Dora) and it was ever so slightly cute when Les pouted that they had put out an extra couple rows ;)

4th row tickets to Dora $45 each
Pink Dora T-shirt $20 bucks
Cotton candy, pretzel and water $20
2 hours with our cute girls at DORA - PRICELESS!!!

THE BIG SALE!

SATURDAY, JULY 11TH

8AM until 11AM

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40% OFF SUMMER SHOES

11AM until 2PM
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2PM until 5PM
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COME IN EARLY AND SAVE!!!

Summertime and Girly Days!!

Annie and Mommy decided to go to the pool for some sun....she's obviously been "sunning before"



UM is Little Miss Priss checking out the boys??

She said "that was a good picture Mommy"

So of course on the way home - because we've been to the pool and pool equals PARTY we MUST stop and get a birthday cake to make!

Annie stirred it all by herself (no we don't have a beater - I'm NOT that domestic)

So she must taste the batter to make sure it's JUST right!

Pat a cake pat a cake bakers man....

I must admit - I took it out of the pan too soon (it fell apart) but it l fixed it with funfetti!

I take that as a YUMMMMMYYYYY!!!!

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SALE SALE SALE!!!

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and SAVE SAVE SAVE - I have put MOST of my End of the Season Clothes up (will add more) 30% OFF CLOTHING and 40% OFF BATHING SUITS

there are LOTS of cute boy suits I have to upload them!!!

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HAPPY HAPPY SHOPPING!!!

Pool Party! Its all fun and games until EMS is called!

Tuesday was the last day of school here so our sweet friend Miss Jen called....impromptu POOL PARTY!! 4 moms - 8 kids!!! Annie was sooo excited - she thinks every party is a BIRTHDAY PARTY so we had to stop and buy a CAKE!!! Bathing suits and off we went! Annie was a little apprehensive about being in a float (it was her first time - I know I'm over protective) Once she got the hang of it - watch out!!! She was all over that pool (with me following) she had a BLAST! She was sooooo cute I just couldn't stand myself. She decided it was time to get out - as soon as we got out - I started itching - thankfully I knew what might happen so we got prepared.... Hives everywhere - I am HIGHLY allergic to one particular ant - so apparently I had gotten bit...won't go into the details - EMS shows up - ER for a few hours while pumped with fluid (FYI - Pepcid is awesome for hives) I get home and Annie and GranDennis are waiting on me - ant bites all over their faces! Hahahahahahaha!
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Moving On....

So some of my FB friends should already know but for all of my bloggie friends... WE ARE MOVING!
Yes...the girl that loves her town like no other is leaving....
As most of you know Annie has low vision, her school is precious but she will be mainstreamed after 5th grade (yes I'm a planner) which in this area isn't my favorite idea so mother and I have been discussing our options. A few weeks ago we went to Spartanburg to look at the SC School for the Deaf and Blind..great campus, cute town but now exactly what we had in mind.
Next we road tripped to St. Augustine to visit the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind (2 schools one campus)
IT ROCKED! The campus is gorgeous...the blind children do archery and canoe in the intercoastal (which the campus is on) the teachers were amazing, the technology .... I was done when I walked into the library...I wanted to sit down and cry from joy! It is the PERFECT place for my princess to grow and thrive!
Did I mention its a very cute town and the beaches??? We went to the beach TWICE on Saturday...from the hotel to parked on the beach in 10 minutes!!! Annie LOVED it!
Sooooo..please pray for us that the Lord works in a timely manner..we've got to sell my house, my store, our lakehouse, my Moms house and maybe my car (the roads are tiny) before we go...I would love to be there for Annie to start school next year!
Of course this means more blogging to keep up with everyone!!
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HOORAY! I'm a member of STITCH and BITCH!!

Soooo Leslie's got me hooked!!! As a Happy Birthday to me - I went out and got a new sewing machine (thanks me and mom) - of course I had to get some fabric! I am IN LOVE with fabric!!!
And for my birthday - Leslie got me a super fun sewing basket (that has already been to the lake) FILLED with all sorts of sewing surcies!!! I couldn't wait to break it in...I packed it up for my family lake weekend and voila!!! LOOK what I made!!!! Mom had to help me put it together (I had forgotten) with the chaos all around (there were ten people) it took a long time but it was soooo fun and its SOOO very very cute!!! Its my first solo project!!!!
Now if I can just learn how to read a pattern! Hahahah - poor leslie, she's in for it now!!!
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