15 year reunion..

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I can't believe it's been 15 years since I was in the good old world of high school. Those were special days for sure and I realized how much I care about these people. A lot of them I have known since 4th grade. Especially my Amanda, she's family. It was a great day to be reunited w/ some old friends and find up where everyone had settled and how they've all grown up. It was a blast to see all of the children. It was surreal really to see people I still thought of as children , which is where we all left off in life, to now all of then are parents. It was a blazing hot day but God was good and gave us a good place to hang out in the shade all afternoon. Who knows when I'll see most of these folks again, but I'm glad for the new memories of a great day.

Ben's eleven!!!!!

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Had an awesome time w/ the Tates tonight. We headed out for a birthday party for Ben who's 11 and I'm NOT over it. How did that little kid wind up being 11 this year. Man he's growing up too fast. We had a great time grilling out and enjoying some family time. Unfortunately I had to sneak away for a good while to feed Chloe and let her cat nap so I missed the cake and gifts part of the evening. It's ok, we all had a fun night together celebrating Ben Tate.

Finally getting around to it,...

fashoined w/ love for my sweet baby #2, from bedding to curtains to an amazing doll house by a 90 yr old man. This room was peiced together with as much heart and sentiment as Abigail's was....whew!

The princess modeling her set up. :)

Grammie's quilt

cute little bug that mom picked up for her

I found this at an antique store, just hung it w/ cute red bow.

That was my vanity dresser growing up again, just a new color. , the chair was my grandmother's I just recovered the pillow.

I made the strawberry metal plaque, and sweet Aunti Dee gave her tradional personalized pig. :)

The beautiful quilt was as incredible as Abigail's was, you rock Grammie!! The pillows go perfectly, that stool was in my room growing up, I just painted it.

my wonderful Mom painted this beautiful picture for her. She's taken up painting in her later years and she amazingly talented!

My life long friend Amanda painted this gorgeous plaque for her. All she knew was red and avacado green and she matched the room perfectly. Wow, and you can see, Chloe loves it. :)

Well just getting around to taking some pictures of Chloe's beautiful nursery. Just so I don't forget down the road. I'm kinda proud the way it all turned out. I was thrilled to get to say again that almost no part of my girl's nursery is commercial. 99% of it is homemade w/ love or referbished to be just her own. No Walmart or Macy's for my girls!! I can't believe how wonderful everyone's been to make just as much personal things for my sweet baby girl. It only took until she was about 5 months old before I finally got it the way I liked it but I was tickled...red w/ the results. Again, no boring basic pink and you will find no winnie the pooh or Noah's ark on our walls. :) I wanted their rooms to be as unique and special as they are, so thank you so much everyone for helping to make another special room!!

little girls, little girls

I love how close Chloe and Abigail already are! Abigail interacts so much w/ our little muffin. Everytime she takes a bath she asks to put Chloe in there with her. And one of her favorite past times is to put Chloe on her bed in her room so she can "pway" with her. She sings and dances for her, passes her baby safe toys (we drill her on this). It warms my heart to watch them. I never thought their relationship would start this early. It's truely a blessing.