Somebody is 4 and somebody is 36!

Emma turned 4 October 10th!  We had her birthday party the weekend before and Justin and I took the 10th off to take Emma to Pigeon Forge and we headed to Dollywood and the Aquarium!

She had a Frozen themed birthday (imagine that!)

I got her an upcycled dress from okeedokee kids. 

Thanks Sam's Club for the awesome cake/cupcake mix. It was so much cheaper and didn't fall apart like Emma's past fancy cakes...

Emma had a ton of friends there.  I was shocked that everyone we invited showed up.  She had a great time with everyone!  We rented an inflatable jump house and we had a friend that did balloon animals for the kids.  

Emma had a lot of help opening her gifts, there was a group of five girls that were all around she opened! 

My sister-in-law got Emma this scooter she had wanted forever, I think that was her favorite gift of the night! 

For Emma's actual birthday we went and spent the weekend at my parent's camper in Pigeon Forge.  It was SO crowded because of all the fall decorations and the changing leaves (and apparently schools have fall breaks. Not my system!)

We started the morning out with a birthday biscuit (chicken minis from Chick-fil-a)

Then we headed to Dollywood.  Emma rode the low key rides and we enjoyed the decor.  We met up with her friend Lauren and they played at one of the play stations before we headed home for a nap.

After dinner and a nap we headed over to where Lauren and her parents were staying for some night swimming.  They actually were able to swim outside, crazy for middle of October, but they enjoyed it! 

Lauren's mom mentioned that Ripley's was letting teachers into the aquarium for free over the weekend so on Saturday we headed to Gatlinburg and the three of us enjoyed the aquarium for $3.40! I was pretty excited to actually see the sea turtle swimming, he is usually hiding when we go! We took Emma to this aquarium for her 1st birthday trip!

When we finished up we walked the area that is Gatlinburg (look it up!) We ate at a popular BBQ place and stopped at our favorite arcade.

We also did some shopping and just enjoyed a few days away from the house.  It was a great birthday!

This week Emma had to go in for her 4 year check up.  Oh my gravy those shots were by far worse than any set she had as a baby!!!  I think it will take me years to recover from that experience!!! 

This weekend was my birthday!  We kept it low key, I got some yummy cupcakes from my favorite bakery and I spent time with some friends! Next weekend is Carson Newman's homecoming so Emma and I are going to travel back down to the camper for the weekend with one of my college friends! 

Fall is here. It is cold and the leaves are covering everything! 

Where have you been?!?

I have been a major slacker!  I guess we are having too much fun and  can't keep up with everything!  

Well, hello there!

I'm a super slacker!!  Our company left and then we  headed off on our family beach trip, I got back and started to work.  Things have been crazy! Emma is staying with my mom for the evening so I thought a little catch up would be nice.  Nothing exciting just Emma's picture a day!

 A lot of things have gone on in 7 weeks!!!  Wow!

July 2014

Summer has been packed!!  We finished up our time at Hilton Head, had company in and now getting ready to head back to the beach.  Here's the weeks catch ups.

Here are a few Hilton Head 

Emma's cousins came to visit and we went to Bays Mountain and Bristol  Motor Speedway!

We also celebrated my dad's 71st birthday!!!  We had a nice BBQ by the pool!! 

Happy Birthday America!

Beachin'

Hello from the island!  Emma and I are in HHI this week visiting my college roommate, Erika.  We have invaded her space (and time) to enjoy friendship and fun.

Here are some instagram repeat highlights and other snaps from the trip so far!  During our time, Emma has braved up and will semi jump into the pool, will run into the ocean and play in the waves and loves being in the water when held (I forgot her swimmer)

Sunday, we were able to have breakfast with Emma's cousins, Katie and Derek.  Emma had a great time playing guessing games with them both and counting Katie's earrings!

Summer loving!

Greetings! We are having a great summer thus far! We have shopped, gone to Dollywood, pooled it and Saturday we went to a local zoo.  It was a ton of fun and so not a big time zoo!  You could feed the animals and they even have a lemur who squeezes from his cage to get food from you!

Sunday was my brother's birthday so we celebrated with a hotdog roast using mom's new fire pit!  We had a ton of fun, we swam, played bocce and ate tons!  We roasted hotdogs, biscuits, and marshmallows.

Out of order but I did a glow 5k on Friday night, it was linked a long with Relay for Life and we had a good time!

 Emma also had some summer photos done and I will post a few when I get them!

Emma and I are now in Hilton Head until the end of next week.  I'm thinking I'm crazy for keeping her away from home that long by myself, but my friends will help entertain her!