My tattooed boy - Jon

What do you buy when you are a senior in high school and ready to leave the nest?  Something useful?  Something to help you in college?
No, you buy a tattoo of course.

Its not what I'd spend over $800 on.  Nor would I self inflict pain for many hours and two trips.  But with all that said- it does look quite cool.

Sophie's 8th Birthday Party

8.
It is only2 away from double digits. It is too old too soon. 
It is her last party here for 2 years.  And two of her best friends are also moving soon.  So, she wanted a slumber party.  I will say for the record a slumber party for boys is cool. They are laid back. 
A slumber party for girls is way overrated.  They are loud and full of drama.

 We started the night off with food.  We had them make their own pizzas to eat for dinner.

After that they were brought into the dining room to eat their pizzas.  Yes, that is 5 girls - one still not there.

The birthday girl.

This is one of her besties.. Payton.  She used to own this house. We bought if from them.  She is a hoot.

 Present time.  Notice their lovely makeup?  Yes they made themselves up.  I'd say they need to work on that a lot before the time comes to really wear it.

After gift time was cake time.  Sophie does not like cake so she decided on a glazed donut cake instead.   We added tall candles and a baby sized bunting.

It was a great night.  A loud night.  A night filled with drama.  And a night I'm glad we did but not sure I want to ever do it again.  Ugh.

Hey Girl...Kirk style

We have all seen the Ryan Gossling memes if not pinterest has a whole board of them for you to see.  But a  fun blogger lady from Bliss Ranch though what the hell- lets make our own with our hubby's and share them for Valentines day.
Behold-   " Hey girl..."  starring my hubby Kirk.  (yeah he will probably kill me later so I better get it done before he gets home from work.

Yes, sorry it is true.  I leave all the hard playing to him while I relax.  Well it is my ONLY vacation each year. :)

He is the brawn behind all projects.  I can use that saw no problem but I do like to leave it to him.  And we do make many cuts over and over.

He is a gem that he doesn't complain.

I decided to open a booth in a big mall right after I had my surgery.  NOT the smartest move but hubby was all over it.  He built it and I glued all those pages on the walls.  No complaints at all- he rocks.

Yes I bought a cool fridge that wouldn't fit through the door to the kitchen so one thing led to another and we ended up gutting and redoing the whole kitchen.  It was for the best but just not the intended goal.  He was great with it and went right along with the craziness.

I love to go junking.  And well it usually is on the weekend.  And it usually is during football season.  He tapes his UT games to watch later and willingly rummages through tons of crap to find the jewels.

Yep he may not be Ryan Gosling but he is mine.  Go check out all the other funny ones over at Bliss Ranch.   They will have you laughing non-stop.

love ya Kirk,

tammy

The princess is 8

Happy Birthday my little princess, Sophie.

I can't believe you are 8 today.

 

We love you very much.

Have an AWESOME day.

Pretty as a picture

{ Happy New Year - 2013 }

Here's to a good one.  What will 2013 hold for you? 

tammy

New Years Fun!!!

Happy New Year.  2013.  A new year full of changes.  Jon graduates high school and moves to Appalachian State University.  Josh stays in Boone, NC.  And the remaining 4 of us head to Texas.  Our house will be rented to strangers.  Not sure all the changes are good but they are changes all the same.
Love this wonderful boy.  So full of life.

I will miss this one when we move.  I am not feeling quite well about leaving him alone in his first year of college.

Crazy boys.

This girl- well she keeps us on our toes.  She brings all the unexpected fun to the world.

This boy will be in NC also, I will miss having him nearby.  I worry about the both of them.  My big man- Joshie.

Boone is along for the ride.  I don't think he knows what to expect. 

Lets bring on 2013.  And here's hoping it brings on peace.