Around the house

I love Georgia. If I could live here forever, I would be content. I love the weather and seasons year round!  These are just a few pictures I took in my parents backyard.

I love the grape vines!

Wow leaves that actually change colors and fall to the ground!

I'm Here!

Sorry for the lack of blogging! I get so lazy to get my camera out and plug it into the computer! I have a few things to catch up on and blog about but for now I am in Douglas, GA where my relatives live! I am taking a break for a week to see the family and my dog!! I missed him so much! I wish I could bring him back with me! Here is a picture of us! Sorry about the quality but that's what you get with a computer camera!

Looking forward to lunch with my mom soon!

Oh and sorry if you are about to go to lunch but I thought I would share that last night when my dad and I were driving down to Douglas something hit our car and we didn't quite know what it was until we pulled into town 30 mins later to find out this was stuck in my dads front headlight...hopefully it wont cost too much to repair!

Labor Day Fun!

I love Labor Day! Maybe its because its a day we don't have to work! We had a little Labor Day BBQ pool party with a few of our friends and it was really fun!

Eatin all the grub!

Waiting for the rain to go away so we could play in the pool!

My niece Layla entertaining us all!

Layla's first dunk!

Snapping at least ONE picture of us. Thanks Rachel!

We had a great time with all our friends and look forward to the next party!

Not too Shabby I must say!

All you people in Salt Lake City, UT are LUCKY!! Shabby Apple is having their annual Garden Sale this Saturday! You might even get to snag a dress for $5!! WHAT???!!!! GRAB ME SOMETHING PLEASE!!!! :) I wear a  XS-S!  hehe

What: Shabby Apple Garden Party dress sale

When: THIS SATURDAY, August 28th, from 8a.m. to 12 noon. (The early bird gets the w...orm and all of that)
Where: 2485 Haven Lane, Salt Lake City, UT

More information can be found HERE!

June Giveaway

Head over to my Styled by Night blog to check out the giveaway that is going on! Feel free to browse around! Thanks!

The Willeys Visit!

This past weekend the Willeys came to visit us in Boca! They have orders to move to England in September and we are going to miss them so much. They were also our neighbors back in Tampa and we had some really good times! I enjoyed the weekend because we chilled ALL day. Good thing for pools!

Sheri and Amelia testing out the slide!

Matt and Amelia

They left us on Sunday but we had to snap a picture before they left!

We are going to miss you! We'll be sure to visit England VERY soon!

Happy Anniversary!

I am a day behind but...Happy 4th Anniversary to my dear husband Clark. I love you so much and know that you are the one for me :) You make me smile and always know whats best for me (hehe most of the time). I wouldn't trade you for the world. I love you and look forward to mannnnny more years with you!

Birth Parents

Today was a really special day!  I got a call from the Missouri State Adoption Services. Kinda caught me off guard.They found a match for my birth father. I put in my papers last September thinking there might be a chance that my birth parents put information in as well. I got a letter back saying they didn't have anything in the system but I would be informed should that change. For those of you who didn't know, I am adopted, and was at 6 weeks. My birth parents were 15 and 16 when they had me. I knew just a little about them from a paper I got about them. I didn't know their  names but I knew how tall they were, their height, weight, and hair/eye color at that time. I also knew some of their interests and  health backgrounds.

Back to the story. I talked to this sweet adoption service worker who said she had just talked to my birth father on the phone. He was really happy too. He had been looking through the records of the hospital trying to find a match. He had to get permission from my birth mom to contact me as they both have to say yes. She isn't ready to speak yet but since she has kept in contact with my birth father (they must still be friends) she gave him permission. I know his name, his address, and his phone number, which I won't disclose on here, and I also know what state my birth mother lives in. Pretty cool huh! The service worker said today was meant to be. My birth father had put in his papers in March of last year and I did my in September of last year. Apparently the papers were still at the court house I think so maybe that's why there was not a match right away. Crazy. I always thought I would go through out life not knowing much more about my birth parents, and I was okay with that. I just know the Lord had a hand in this and knew both of our desires.

I do want to contact him so I am waiting for the right time. Perhaps before the end of the year I will make the call. I am so blessed and love my parents I have today. I wouldn't trade them for the world. I do however feel like a piece of me has been found and that I don't have to go on forever wondering.

Oh happy day!

Tampa Visit

This past weekend Clark and I visited Tampa! My friend Danielle was having her baby shower and of course I couldn't miss that!

Doesn't she look great! She is due late August/early September!

Sheri and I headed to the beach with the kiddos and it was super fun! I even got some sun which I am reallllllly happy about!

We went out with Jen, Sheri and Matt one night for dinner at Bern's steakhouse. Doesn't this place look like it could be the haunted mansion at Disney!?

Desert was divine! Matt, Sheri and Jen had never been to Bern's so we did the kitchen and wine collection tour. We were super full after dinner but we had to make it up to the desert room!   

On Saturday Sheri and I headed out to do some errands and when we came home Clark looked like this:

He's gonna be a great dad some day!

That night was the pioneer celebration at the church so we showed up to eat the yummy pulled pork and of course to line dance... ;)

Clark and his friends Chris and Mike drove out onto the farms in Mike's deuce to hog hunt that night...and of course they didn't bring anything back...typical ;) hehe

We ended our trip by attending our old ward at church! I love our friends back in Tampa! We'll have to visit again real soon! Thanks to Matt and Sheri who let us bunk at their place!

Cow Appreciation Day!

So my friend Laura and I were being pretty goofy and headed over to Chick-fil-a to claim our free meal for Cow Appreciation Day. You had to dress up like a cow and show your appreciation...obviously. So here I am looking rather hot ;) plus it was 100 degrees outside too and that didn't help!

You should have seen the ladies in front of us. They were wearing a huge sign draped over their shoulders,  hand stitched ears, and a big yarn tail. They def. went all out.