Can't wipe this smile!!

I have waited 12 LONG years for this piece of paper!

Anybody out there, wanna have a cold beer?

Recently, My mom and I were chatting and over heard Jaxson playing with his cars singing "Am I the Only One" by Dierks Bentley...if you know this song you know it is hardly appropriate for him to be singing.  Just shows what a sponge kids are!  We just laughed because he knew every word and just like a kid cursing it's funny to hear...but bad, bad, bad!  :)  We had a talk and he told me "he already knows that he can only sing it at home or with Daddy".  Ha! 

Anyway...On the same lines of this song I saw this oh so cute book club party for The Help coming out on movie soon.  I got sad-I am like..."is there anybody out there, wanna have a chick party with me?"...I miss my friends!  It's hard to make friends when your old.  I have made one friend, she is very sweet but she is very young (no kids, in school, stays out late, and wakes up late) but nevertheless she's a friend and someone to talk to.  It beats me following people around the grocery store saying "wanna be my friend?"...is that pathetic- yup!  But I'm okay with it. 

I know friends will come with time...  Until then- someone have this Help party...and serve this...

 Southern sweet treats like Pecan Pie, Pineapple Cake, or Cream Cheese Blueberry Pie? Or, some fun drinks inspired by each of the main characters?

The “Skeeter:” Sweet, strong and a little spicy.
Ingredients:
1 oz. José Cuervo’s Platino silver tequila
1/2 oz. Patron Citronge Orange Liqueur
1/2 oz. cranberry juice
1/2 orange, squeezed
2 thin jalapeño slices

The “Aibileen:” Subtle, smooth and strong.
Ingredients:
1/2 oz amaretto
1 1/2 oz Kahlua
1 oz cream

The “Minny:” Strong, with a kick.
Ingredients:
2 oz. Vanilla Vodka
1 oz. Cointreau
2 Dashes Lemon Juice
1 Dash Simple Syrup

The “Hilly:” Sour and chilled, with a sharp twang.
Ingredients:
2 oz apple brandy
1/2 tsp powdered sugar
juice of 1/2 lemons
1/2 slice lemon
1 cherry
The “Celia:” Sugary sweet, a true Southern treat.
Ingredients:
1 oz. Bourbon
1 oz. Rum, light
1 oz. Schnapps, peach
1 oz. Triple Sec
1 oz. Vodka
1 oz. Yukon Jack
1/2 oz. Grenadine

Fun, Fun!

When I make new friends...we WILL do this!!

7 years of bliss!

Today Corey and I celebrated 7 years of marriage!  Holy cow!  Is that even possible?  We have been together for 11 years- I can not believe it! 

We were a match made in heaven!  These are the reasons it works for us... 

We are BFFE's!  We like eachother and we like being together.  We are a team and a good one at that.  We are always on the same page.  We communicate pretty well ...although you can never do too much communicating!!  We make eachother laugh and we dance when no one is watching(wait...we dance in public too)! 

Corey-

I love you today, tomorrow and everyday in between.  Thanks for being you!  You are an AWESOME husband and a GREAT dad.  You are supportive and thoughtful...and always gives me the biggest cookie. 

I have my own little tradition -on our anniversary I always put on my wedding dress and twirl around a bit...dork...yup! Thats me!  and every year the zipper gets a little tighter...I always blame it on the nice dinner I had with my husband...nonetheless I get into the thing and I just love it!  This year I got a shot of me reading 5 Love Languages ...we can never be too in the know on how to keep love real!  I have heard good things about this book and will give you a review when I am done.

Fairies Dance Here...

This past weekend we went to visit my Uncle David and Aunt Sheryl...Sheryl is a dance teacher and her recent recital was all fairy based.  Annabelle and I quickly became obsessed with fairies and built ourselves a fairy garden.  It is my our new obsession and hobby!  Look how stinkin' cute it turned out...

 The fairy delivery.

 Annabelle can not keep her hands off the oh so cute fairy tools...she arranges and rearranges the scene all day.

 We got little bird houses at JoAnn's for a dollar...then we got potpurri and moss and hot glued it all on.  We planted our mint and another flower Jaxson brought home from camp in the pot too.

Mimi bought us some fairy tools and a Tinkerbell fairy garden kit ...

We are in LOVE, LOVE, LOVE with our fairy garden...it's the small things in life- literally!!!

How does your garden grow?

Our first attempt at gardening...we got Cucumbers, Jalepanos, Tomotoes and Mint.  Never really had a green thumb ..but never really tried!  So here goes nothin'...

Fun Forth.

 Country Livin'

This is Paityn, No Marlee, No Paityn..one of KeeKee's brother Tony's identical twins.  OMG my heart be still- two times over again!

 Bring on the Boat Floats...on Carroll Canal!

 "Love grows best in houses just like this!"

 More crafting...we added the chain to our flags...

Finger lickin' good!

A Cake Massacre.

I had big hopes for a cake I found.  It appeared to be pretty simple but- IT WASN'T!  Halfway through I was screaming for Corey's architectural help!  He came in- he helped- he ran to the store for more icing to "patch things up"...but by the time he returned the cake had flopped.  Dang it! 

Thank goodness for the extra cake I made we were able to do somewhat of a festive cake...just not the flag surprise I had imagined!  I used Bri's secret recipe...and the cake tasted much better than it looked and that's all that seemed to matter in the end.