A Bright Sunshiny Day!

Today..We had a beautiful day of weather here in NC. We had a birthday party to attend at the park and boy was it a perfect day to be outdoors. A blast was had by every single person!

I was even able to snap some pictures of my mom and Gabriel together on the swing....I am so happy about that because my mom HATES pictures! I only took one of Gracie because she was literally ALL over the entire park playing. We spent several hours at the party, then came home, rested for a bit, went and visited a couple family members then came home and cooked an amazing dinner. I couldn't be more thankful for our weekends when we get out together and have ALL day to enjoy one another.

Look at that priceless picture :-)

Enjoying his cousins car :-)

Gracie was exhausted...can you tell? :-)

LOVE this one!

How was your Saturday?

A Day to Remember....

Today was a super fun day. We went to The Factory in Wake Forest where we will be having Gracie's 5th Birthday and got her invites. While we were there I visited a few of my favorite shops. Lily Mae's and Clay Fusion to name a couple. We had an absolute blast. I have been wanting to go to Clay Fusions for a while now but hadn't made the time or thought it would be pretty pricy BUT I am here to tell you, the prices are amazing!!! We painted a plate and put the kiddos handprints on it and totally enjoyed the laid back and relaxing atmosphere. It was so neat how you basically do everything to your own piece, and I LOVE that. Of course someone is there when you need help or have a question but no one hovers you and you just paint with your kids and make a piece of treasure that you will cherish forever.

Here is ours....We go back and pick it up in two weeks, after it has been in the kiln and fired. I can NOT wait to see the final product.

Also, I am sure you notice how Gabriel's name is a little messed up, but no worries after it is fired only one of those will show, the rest I had used as a guide.

We also took the kids to get some yummy Ice Cream next door. Gracie of course LOVED that and chose a pink sugar to go around her cone. Gabriel did not care what color it was as long as he was eating it.

I have not had a day this fun in a LONG time. I feel like we actually got things accomplished and spent family time together doing things that will be remembered forever. It's the little things right?

You know how I always tell you all how Rick never smiles? Well today he wanted to show you how happy he was so he did the best smile he could.

Hot right? He wasn't being serious but I love this pic. It shows his true, crazy personality and every single time I look it I laugh. Sums up our fun day!

And of course here's me...Had to add a selfie right?

See my sleepy man in the back.....melts a mama's heart....


How was your Saturday?

Gabriel Turns 1!

My little precious man turned one Saturday...it was such a wonderful day. I know Gabriel is my last baby so although it was a wonderful day, a part of me was sad because I have realized how quick children go and I no longer have a "baby". Sooner than later, he will go around and do those boy things that are oh so charming and will no longer want mommy cuddles and that will break my heart.

Back to happy thoughts, the party was a huge hit and Gabriel had SO much fun. I will go ahead and tell you I will be doing another post about his party hopefully one day this week and uploading pics from my actual camera but i feel so bad still I am just uploading the ones I have on my IPhone. For those that don't follow me on other social networks I have an incredible ear infection that has caused me more pain than giving birth. I am on several meds for it and I pray it helps soon..

We had Gabriel's Owl themed party at a Lake House you can rent out, the price is kind of steep but honestly worth it because there is so much space and beautiful scenery to look at.

This is Gabriel's Gift from us. Of course we had to use this wrapping paper :-)

Here's the Birthday boy. Seriously, how handsome is he? AH! Cutest pic ever.

These wonderful party favor bags were made by Crista over at Dazzling Expressions. We received so many compliments on these cute little owl sacks. We filled them with candy and small toys.

Here is another look at our Owl Party Bags. They had multiple colored Owls on them and read "Gabriel Turns 1". I will def. be going back to Crista for Gracie's Frozen themed party.

This Fox is so adorable to me. It was from his Great Grandparents and he has been snuggling him ever since the party.

Here is the birthday man playing with some of his gifts. He loved EVERYTHING.

This chair was a Craigslist find. It was stained and loved on but I saw great potential so I snatched it up and covered it for Gabriel in Owls and Foxes.

MeMe and Poppy gave this adorable shelf. I LOVE IT. He needed something in his room to hold his toys and this looks perfect.

This cake was amazing! A lady around town made it and she did a wonderful job!

This is his smash cake! HE ATE SOOO MUCH of this. 

Here he is enjoying previous cake...I told you he tore it up. Yummm...

I hope you all enjoyed reading this and looking at the pics. I am sorry it is so scattered. I assure you when I feel better I will be a little more organized. I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!

Surprise Visit

Yesterday I woke up to a text from Joni over at Six Cherries saying she was going to come visit me! What a wonderful surprise because Monday was a super rough day and I was thrilled to have her come over because it has literally been months since we got together...which totally sucks because we live 30 minutes apart. Life keeps us so busy and days turn into months, which doesn't need to happen anymore. We must make time for each other!

We seriously had such a fun time! Joni came loaded with goodies...she said guess what? Today we are baking cookies! And we did and it was FUN.We baked four batches of all kinds of homemade goodies and they were amazing. 

We chatted while the kids played and when we were done baking Elijah and Gracie each were able to make their own snowglobe. They enjoyed it SO much. Gracie carried it around all night and talked about how much she missed Elijah...She even kissed him on the cheek..Her dad would flip if he knew.

Tonight we will have another fun time because we are going to a HUGE church festival in Raleigh. We are all so excited. Pictures to come tomorrow! For now enjoy the ones from yesterday.