Rejoicing with friends!

A day that is obviously special to us is the birth of our son, T.J. on Sept. 6, 2000 but another reason it is dear to my heart is that my sweet friend, Susan had her son on the same day and in the same hospital as me! I'll never forget the sound of wheels sqeaking on the linoleum floor as Susan & Toby were coming down to our room so our little boys could meet for the first time! I was just impressed she was out walking around...hee hee!! T.J. and Caleb became fast buddies as Susan and I hung out together alot...until the day they had to move (sniff sniff) Even though they are miles away we have still kept in touch through email and now our blogs (love blogging!!). They are a precious, precious family and I am just so happy for them....
One thing as Christians we are called to do is to rejoice with others...I am sooo rejoicing with dear friends, The Johnson family on the adoption of their precious daughter, Georgia Faith! She officially has the Johnson name! I know that God blessed their family with Georgia, but she is also being blessed with an awesome new daddy and mommy (and brothers and sister) that are going to raise her up in the grace and knowledge of the Lord! We love you guys and sure do hope that we will get to see you sooner than later!!


Goooo Wildcats




Morgan has auditioned for her second show with a local theatre company. She really, really, really wanted to be Sharpay (as did 50 other girls!). She has definetely got the.... thing going on and personally I think would make a fabulous Sharpay :o) She is really girly, loves getting her hair and make-up done and wearing fun outfits. So yesterday was the call backs and I got there at the end to see what part she would get. The director called out name after name of girls with obviously the main parts to be called last. Morgan was still sitting their as she was giving away parts. There was about six kids left and she called out parts for the "JOCKS" and would you know it, Morgan's name got called!! I knew she would be disappointed and sure enough when we got in the car, the tears came flowing :o( I tried to tell her all the positives...you get to do the fun dance with the basketball, you are in alot of scenes, it might be fun to wear a basketball uniform and look like a boy for once (that was a stretch!). All she could say is..."Mom, I don't want to look like a boy!" Well, as the day went on she was better with it and after today's rehearsal she came running out saying how many parts she will have and had such a

positive attitude! That's my sweet-drama-girl...I mean...errr.... Jock??

From Daddy's arms...

From Daddy's arms come...a giant throw in the air for a perfect cannonball in the lake, a touch on the shoulder encouraging you that you can do anything, countless hours of throwing the football, baseball and shooting hoops with you, lots of tickle marathons, holding hands in prayer time in the morning before each of you go off to school, secret treasures that he hides away to give you at the perfect moment, a gentle touch to your face to say "Morgan is Daddy's little princess ~or~ T.J.'s my buddy", a beautiful note he has written just to say he loves us and is thinking of us while he is at work...
Happy Father's Day to an amazing father to Morgan & T.J. and my wonderful husband! We miss you so much and can't wait to see you on Friday!

House of Blues!!

Hey everyone! Just wanted to post a note to let you all know that on Sunday before Labor Day I came home to half of our house flooded!! The hot water heater (in Todd's closet) broke and water went EVERYWHERE! As of now, they are tearing up our wood floors in our dining room, den (where the pool table was), office and master bedroom carpet. It is an absolute construction zone! I have been mentally having a hard time dealing with it as the days get longer and it looks like it will be two weeks before flooring will be done. All of the furniture that had to be moved is in my kitchen, master bedroom (for now) and even on our porch. Just to give you an idea...today when I needed to get dressed I had to manuever between the piano, move a huge bookshelf, step on a pair of Todd's dress shoes (yikes!), squeeze in between the bed and another dresser...phew! I finally made it to my underwear drawer!! The shoes I wore to my bedroom I had to remove to go back to the part of the house not damaged so I wouldn't get wood glue everywhere! Anyway...that's what is going on here. Oh, I also have been trying to update my blog which I am at a halt since we don't have a computer at the moment, but I have lost all of your blog addresses. Would you mind emailing me if you get a second so I can re-enter them back on the blog? Thanks so much....I'll update soon!

Girls just wanna have fun!

This past weekend for our 6th year in a row, we got together for our annual Girls Weekend. We were sooo excited to have Mandy with us too! We stayed in Clarkesville at my parents house....thanks mom and dad! We went shopping at the outlets in Dawsonville and even saw Vern from Trading Spaces at Restoration Hardware!! He even opened the door for me :o) We also stuffed our bellies at the Smith House for a good ol' southern dinner! Fried chicken, fried okra, creamed corn, green beans and butter beans, rolls, sweet potatoes....can't you just taste it! On Saturday we were supposed to be on a boat and jet skis but when we got up it was 40 degrees!! These Florida girls just couldn't do it. So we spent part of the day at a festival downtown and ate a yummy mexican lunch. Then we all went back and some took naps, some read or did Sudoko!! What a relaxing day! We also cooked dinner together...food was sort of the center of what we did...but it was all good! Then it was off to Helen for dessert...candy apples, funnel cake and yummy chocolate! At night, we turned on the music and tried to dance some calories off. What a great, great weekend with the girls! Six down, sixty to go :o)
Twin sisters! Mandy and I bought the same outfit at Black House White Market...don't we look cute??
My daddy got up on Friday and cooked us a wonderful country breakfast! We felt like princesses being served. Thank you so much Dad!
A picture of my family...minus my sister Courtney. We missed you! This was right off the road on the way to Helen and it was such a beautiful spot to stop and have photo op.

This is a picture of me, Jen and Mandy at the candy store in Helen eating our yummy treats.

Mother's Day Treasures


Sunday morning I awoke to two excited children presenting me with handmade treasures. There was a huge "Happy Mother's Day" sign, each one had a note of why they appreciate me (above), t.j. drew a picture for me and Morgan wrote me a letter. Also they had made coupons of things they will do for me. The funny thing was is on Saturday Todd had "confined" them to the playroom to "clean" and they both kept telling me they couldn't come down because they weren't finished cleaning...and they weren't fighting...and the t.v wasn't on...hmmmm! They were so adorable trying to hide what they were doing. Not only did this mean so much to me, but I was so thankful to Todd for "organinzing" all this to happen. They also presented me with beautiful pink roses, a Barnie's and a Sonic gift card. We went to church, then brunch and then on to Todd's parents to celebrate his birthday too! We had a great time over there and the cousins were so excited to see each other....it was indeed a great day!

The Big Apple

Here we are taking a self portrait in Central Park. It was a gorgeous, warm day and we explored all around the park. Todd tracked in on his GPS and figured we walked like 5 miles! I broke down and put on my tennis shoes with my outfit...comfort beat cute!!

The tulips were breathtaking...this was one of my favorite pictures. Amongst all the yellow was one pretty red one.
While Matt and Todd were in meetings, Lauren and I hung out. Here we are in the courtyard of our hotel, The Palace. Lauren was freaking out because they were filming shots for "Gossip Girl" and all the stars from the show were there. It was a beautiful hotel. The best part to me was the bed...it was the most comfortable bed I have EVER slept in!!
I really wanted to see a someone famous in NYC...but we had to go to the wax museum to see them instead. Here we are posing with Julia Roberts....love her!
and with Jessica Simpson!

We did do the NYC thing and see a broadway play. We saw "Curtains", which was a murder-mystery with David Hyde Pierce (from Frasier). It was so good...my very first broadway show in NYC. I am hooked and will have to see one every time we go now!
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