Breaking Dawn!

Last night my MIL, my oldest two and myself had a GNO and went to see Breaking Dawn! It has been SOOOOOO long since I read the books, I had forgotten so much. I am thinking I need to break them back out and reread them all especially the last one since I think I must have skipped some in that one. The movie was ok, I am ready for part 2. I ate enough popcorn to last me a year, but c'mon, who can resist when you can butter your own and they have all these fabulous seasonings for you to use!!


I think I will make a resolution after the new year to see at least one movie a month! Oh and diet to make sure I don't gain unwanted pounds from all the popcorn, candy and coke that are must haves in the theater! ;-)

Here are the girls all ready to see the movie!

Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We went to Chattanooga to visit with my husband's family. It was a fun day with LOTS of good food and company. I was blessed to marry into such a wonderful family and I am thankful for them every day! My oldest 2 were were at their dad's so they did not get to join us which was a bummer but it means they will be at home for Christmas, since we switch out holidays. Emma came home and wrote us a sweet letter to tell everyone what she was thankful for and when I can figure out how to make my scanner work, I will scan it in for you all to read. It made me happy and it made me realize that she is thankful for each of us, even if she doesn't always show it.. ;-) I am thankful for so much and that is wonderful itself to have so much to be thankful for. I am thankful for my husband, he has a heart like no one I have ever known. He is right BESIDE me everyday and I am so lucky he came into my life. I am thankful for my daughters, even though one is a hormonal teenager, one has a bad case of "middle child syndrome", and one who's favorite word is "no".. ;-) They each have a special place in my heart and I am thankful to be their mom. I am thankful for my sweet mother-in-law and the fact that she gets up at 6am during the week to be here for our kids to get on the bus and so Riley can sleep. I pass a daycare on my way to work and I see mom's and dad's taking their little ones in and I am so thankful that she comes to my home and watches them and I don't have to worry while I am at work. I am thankful for my Memaw, who makes me laugh and has been here for me like a mother since my parents passed away. I am thankful for wonderful friends and other family. I am thankful for our jobs which allow my husband and I to provide for our family. I am thankful for so many things that I did not list because this blog could go on and on. I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving with your families as well!! :-)

Riley playing dress up in her Aunt Angie's closet

Such a big girl
Riley looking for something to get into!
Riley giving MiMi loving.
That blur would be Riley swinging..One of her favorite pastimes with her daddy
She loved the scarecrows..

My sweet family minus two

Riley learning how to play the drums with her Uncle David

I can breathe now! ;-)

Soooo I have been MIA for AWHILE now!! I have been working feverishly @ my small business for an event today! Back in September, one of my great friends decided to do a Holiday shopping event in our city and she twisted my arm asked me to co-sponsor with her to see how it would go!! We started with about 5 vendors, a decent location and one over-powering vendor that wanted to run the show.. We worked with that for awhile before deciding to break ties with that individual who had the location. Here we were with a big VISION, but now NO LOCATION and no idea on whether to add more vendors or not seeing as we didn't know if we would end up in my living room! My co-sponsor and wonderful friend ended up snagging us a LARGE commercial location and we went from having 5 vendors to needing to triple that number and in less than 2 weeks from the actual event date!!! Talk about STRESS!!!!!!!! Today all that stress came to an end and our vision became a reality! We pulled off our event with no issues (other than me forgetting to use my camera to take pics of everything) :-( It was LOTS of fun with some great girls and it was so nice to see everyone make new friends and promote each other. I was blessed with such an awesome team for the day! They all did great!! It is nice to get to get together and promote your business but its WONDERFUL to get together with people you LOVE to work with! Here are some pics our Tupperware vendor captured of some of the tables. We had 14 vendors in the end..So I am still waiting on some pics from some of the other ladies. I brought my huge camera and all of its extras and didn't have time to use it! :-(

I will be back blogging soon! I have missed you all and can't wait to catch up on your posts!!