Ginny Momma!

Last weekend-We hosted a sweet shower for my long-time best friend, Ginny. When we were growing up Julie and I often referred to her as Ginny-momma because she took such good care of us (and got us through junior high and high school math-y'all know it's true!) Now she is becoming a real momma to baby Brooks. We were so excited to honor her with a baby shower at my mom's (so thankful my mother lets me use her house for all the many showers I love to give in north mississippi.) When Ginny was married, We were babies (and had no money.) We didn't have a clue how to properly celebrate her. I always told her I would make up for it when it became baby time :)

Julie is working on her masterpiece aka the Doughnut Tree-she is such a great baker! 

The door hanger was made by two sweet girls in my sunday school class here in Brandon-Look them up on facebook (P & B designs!) 

Some of the hostesses (minus my mom and Mrs. Julie!) 

Ginny and her sweet momma! 

2 of the best friends you could ever ask for! We have been through every stage of life together (literally) and are thrilled to help celebrate baby Brooks Oliver! 

Wonderful Winter

Even though I will NOT be sad to see this dreadful cold weather fade away, I have enjoyed this season very much. We have been pretty low key the past couple of months and it has been very nice! We had some beautiful winter weather the last week of January-which gave us two blissful snow days!

Our little home in the winter weather!

I was honored to be able to share in sweet Lucy Maxwell's baby dedication in Hattiesburg. It was such a beautiful service and of course Lucy was precious.

Two of my favorites-Best Buds!! 

Have you ever seen a more precious baby girl!? 

We also celebrated Valentine's Day with a basket full of happies and a wonderful dinner at Walker's in Jackson:) 

Even Annie was given a sweet treat-She's not loved at all! 

Some of my little valentines-They're pretty cute if I do say so myself! 

I am so looking forward to some prettier weather, Welcome Spring!!! (hopefully!) 

Weekend Fun in NOLA!

We spent part of the weekend in New Orleans celebrating the marriage of one of my oldest best buds, Jeff! He has always been like a brother to me, and I was thrilled we were able to be there for Jeff and Julia's beautiful wedding! We came in Satuday afternoon and immediately got ready to go meet up for drinks and appetizers with Jordan and Jim at August. Soon after, we headed to the ceremony then the reception at Latrobe's.

Jordan and I with Mr. Mike and Mrs. Susie. We love them dearly and have so many fun memories with the Reed family. 

My sweet date! 

First dance as Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Reed. We are so happy for them:) 

Mother/Son dance

My best friend and I celebrating

The wedding was such a fun reunion. Jim and I had a wonderful time!:) We ended with lunch on the way home at Middendorf's which was delicious! I can't wait to visit New Orleans again sometime soon.  

..And just becaue it's too cute not to share

Hey Little Bear! We love being Uncle Jim and Aunt Jac to baby Hayes

A Toast to 2013!

Hello again! I took a small break from blogging. However, my new years resolution is to pick it back up so that I will be able to remember all the great moments of the new year. 2013 was a great year with many ups and downs and I am looking forward to a new start in 2014:)

Before welcoming the new year-Here's a toast to 2013!

For auld lang syne, my dear,

for auld lang syne,

we'll take a cup of kindness yet,

for auld lang syne.

August in Review!

Since I unintentionally did not blog the ENTIRE month of August, I decided to put together a post of some random August happenings. Of course the entire month was blurred with back to school activities. I was excited to get back in the swing of things, but the beginning of school is so much paperwork. And I HATE paperwork.

Before the first day of school, the city of Brandon hosted a back to school bash at city hall. All the schools and businesses set up booths. Cheerleaders, dance team, and band performed as well. It was really a neat little event:

Hanging our with some BES students at our photo booth. 

Some pretty awesome teachers with the BHS mascot-I can't believe I took a picture with a bulldog, at least it is red:-) 

The next day we had meet the teacher which officially begin the 2013-2014 school year. I have the SWEETEST class with awesome parents. It has been a great start to the year. 

Some of my favorite teacher friends @ Meet the Teacher. 

August has also been the month of baby showers in preparation for Baby Wood, Baby Simpson (Josh and Lauren that is) and Baby Ferguson. Fall is going to be very exciting!!! 

Probably our last picture before little Miss Lucy Maxwell joins us in a couple of weeks

Jordan's Hattiesburg shower-it was so beautiful and girly :) 

We hosted a shower for Lelia and Miss Anne Pressley who will be here in October. Another little baby owl to add to the mix. So much fun to see our group of girlfriends get bigger with all the babies!! 

And a picture of my baby to round up the month of August! haha. It has been an extremely busy month . I am looking forward to Ole Miss Football, Babies, and Fall!! My favorite time of year:-) 

D.C. Stop!

On our way home from Boston, we had a long layover in D.C. We decided to make the most of it and explore. Since Jim had never been and it had been over ten years since I went in school, we were real tourists for the day! I contacted my favorite D.C. girl-Mary Mitchell to help me plan. It was perfect and we had just enough time to see some of the famous spots. I was so grateful she was able to make some great suggestions:-) Thanks mitch!!

FDR Memorial 

MLK memorial 

Lincoln Memorial 

WWII Memorial 

We had lunch at the Old Ebbitt Grill which was wonderful! Then we walked to the White House for a picture. 

After the photo stop-we went to the Smithsonian Museums. We did a quick walk through at the natural history then headed over to American history where I saw my favorite exhibit: 

THE FIRST LADIES! 

Every first lady picks a china pattern (because they know how important it is to have china!) This exhibit had all the patterns displayed. The above pattern was chosen by Laura Bush. But my favorite of the line was this beautiful pattern: 

Nancy Reagan's pattern (by Lenox) 

Michelle Obama's inagural dress- so very pretty in person. 

We ended the day with a brisk walk through Arlington to the tomb of the unknown soldier: 

Definitely a fun detour on the way home, but certainly worth a trip back by itself!