Everything to be thankful for!

I try to be thankful every day of the year. Some days its easier than others but there are "two things" that I am constantly/always thankful for...
1) for my Savior, Jesus Christ- who is with me no matter what life may bring
2)my family (every person)

Sometimes life doesn't end up the way we had planned...for that matter...today may have not gone the way we planned or thought it would. I know life can be stressful...but I have that promise from Jesus (the Bible tells me so) that everything is gonna be ok.

Something I have come to understand is that we only have ONE chance on this earth. Only ONE chance to show the ones we love them that we truly love them. And if we spend this short amount of time that we have stressing over the "should of-s" and "would-s" then we have wasted our time on earth.

So to follow the trend on Facebook...here are some of "I am thankful for..."

I am thankful for BIG hats and FREE birthday dessert!

 I am thankful for 2 of the sweetest and funniest little boys I know!

I am thankful that daddy squezzed into that tiny rollercoaster and spare me the pain.

 I am thankful for a husband that can be just as goofy as the kids.

I am thankful that I didn't have to "look" hard to find my true love.

 14+ years later we have a lot to show and be truely thankful for...

I am thankful for this "crazy" little boy!

God gave me excatly what I needed when He brought Lo into our lives.

 

 I am thankful that Lo isn't girl crazy....yet! :) He tried to run away when I wanted to get a picture of these 3 together...they have been together for alomst 3+ years now and I hope they are together next year as they begin a new chapter in their lives: kindergarten!

2 birthdays + 1 party = Priceless Memories!!

Au came up with the idea of a costume/Halloween birthday party. I LOVED that idea! And since our birthdays are close together (and cause I hit a milestone birthday this year) I thought it would be super fun to celebrate our birthdays together. For those who couldn't be there, here is a recap in pictures.

The decor:

(Love the flower and pumpkin from Aunt Cindy & Uncle Scott)

 

 

 Some of the food (we had about 4 corckpots!!):

Homemade candy apples! Yum!!

 

 

The guests:

Aunt Kim as Aunt Kim 

 April as Minnie Mouse

TG as Auburn cheerleader 

Blayne and Ry as awesome baseball players

 

Tenley as a super cute Cheetah girl

Will as a Soccer player

The Dyson family as Alabama fans

 

Grandaddy as a farmer

Granny as an Indian princess (she made her costume!)

Macray as a pirate

Mason as a hunter (or a tree)

Julie & Brenda as Crazy Cowgirls

Libby as a gold medal gymnast

Emma as a cowgirl

Ella as ...I don't know-she didn't tell me :)

Brittany as a pink lady

Brad as a corrections officer

Bryson as a black ninja

Papa as Zorro

Nana as a ladybug

Mom as mom

Mrs. Debbie as herself

Kaden as a super cute baby!

Cheri as an Auburn fan

Ansley as a doctor

Trace as himself

Gray as .... I don't know about him either :)

Kim as herself

Daddy as himself

Breslin as Bumblebee

 

Big Ty, Gwen Neal, Ty, Tate as cowboys/cowgirl

 

And then the fun begins.... 

 

Super Woman and Chipper Jones

 

Au's birthday cake (almost had a panic attack...thought I had forgot the candles...Chipper Jones to the rescue!)

 

My birthday cake... :) haha! 

 

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One of the many cool birthday presents.

 

Someone tied balloons to granddaddy's overalls...I was afraid he was going to get carried away!

 

I just love this crew! I hope they stay close friends for many years to come! I can see this picture ending up on the senior page..in 2021. Gosh that seems like a long time away but I know it isn't :)

 

Tenley had to try on my wig...it looks soooo much better on her!!!! 

I wanted to tell everyone that helped out THANK YOU!!!!