Novembrrrrr

The cold is here!  But the weekend was nice!  We traveled up to Christiansburg, VA where we stayed with Justin's cousin and his uncle and aunt came to visit as well.  We enjoyed some good food, fun, a nice walk, and some baby shopping for K &D

Rock the Vote!

We voted! I hope you did too!

Emma has went with me to vote almost every year.  I hope she learns how important this civic duty can be!!  

Picture pages

Just wanted to update the weeks.  This picture a day has been a true labor of love!

Halloween 2014

Thursday, Emma and I carved an Elsa pumpkin.  Justin got home in time to lean up the mess!

My Belle.  Emma's Grandaddy and Nana had gotten her this dress last year while we were at Disney so we put it to good use!  I took this picture a few weeks ago when we were still having super warm weather! 

Belle on Halloween.  This was at one of our first stops, my mom's house.  We NEVER use the front door so it is so funny to see Emma walk past it to get to the regular door.  We went to a few family homes that are on our street, as you will see below, my mamaw's, both brothers', then we headed to trunk or treat at our church.  It had pretty much rained all day and they moved it inside and it was PACKED.  We got our candy and headed north to our last stop at a friends house.

Homecoming

Carson Newman was my home from 1996-2000.  I loved everything about being at CN especially my dorm. Sarah Swann Hall was old,  not air-conditioned but full of fantastic girls who I still love getting to see. Ashley and I were able to go this year and the day was gorgeous!

We met up Friday night in Pigeon Forge for some shopping and Steak and Shake (Emma's favorite!)

Posing in front of our house on wheels

FYI the Salted Carmel Pretzel is AMAZING, Emma likes Birthday Cake

Saturday morning we got ready then headed Jefferson City.  We took a quick tour of our updated dorm and then caught up with two friends.  We headed to the new Chick-fil-a on campus and then found a spot to watch the parade.  Emma got a ton of candy and had a lot of fun!!

TeA selfie

Emma took our picture!

Emma and I in front of my door in Swann (on the left)

These eagles were painted by some friends of mine during my first year at CN

The band!

Emma and Ashley wave to President O'Brien

I loved the security car! 

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!