Hello! It's been forever since I've updated. Again. Sorry... I don't have ANY time to keep up with these fun things anymore!

Things are going good. I've learned that I really thrive when I'm super busy. I guess we kind of knew that all along... It's a different kind of busy...things are changing around here.

We're still LOOOOVING Savannah. Love love LOVE it!!!

I kept meaning to post about St. Pat's day here...but it took me forever to get my pictures on the computer b/c well...I just don't sit down long enough to do that! ha!

St. Patrick's day is HUUUUUUUGE in Savannah. The town shuts down...schools out... It's a big deal. I guess the closest I can relate it to would be Mardi Gras....it is a huge party downtown... Anyway, we took the girls to Tara Feis...it was a ton of fun!
Makenzie LOVED watching the Irish dancers!

We went to Forsyth Park to see the fountain that they dye green

Had ice cream at Leopold's - YUMMY

Brandon had to work the day of the parade....but I really wanted to go so I took the girls, we picked up Makenzie's friend Timmy & his mom & off we went. It just so happens that Timmy's Dad is on the bomb squad...so we got special parking! Also, his mom has a friend that lives on the parade route...meaning brunch & clean potties! What a lucky day! They ended up leaving early, but we stayed the whole time (it was like a 4 hr parade!) and then we went to City market to have pizza at Vinnie's before it turned into a drunken idiot fest.

A leprechaun

NYC Firefighters come every year...

Lots of Bag & Pipe bands....the girls & I really loved them!

The green goat...

Got a little loud for little Annie

Ok...so the deal is...all the girls/women run out & kiss all the men in the parade...usually with bright red lipstick on...leaving bright red lip prints on the poor guys. (I'm sure they hate it...right?)

So Makenzie kept asking...WHY are they doing that??? Then...the next time the girls around us all ran out to kiss the boys... One of the firefighters ran over & gave Makenzie a big 'ol smackeroo & some beads!

So while all the other girls were out chasing the boys....Makenzie had the boys chasing her...ha!



Little Annie thought she needed to run out & pet all of the dogs in the parade...

Being St. Patrick's Day...Annie got a lot of attention for her red hair!

Annie got a badge from the NYPD...

Budweiser Clydesdales

Thought this was funny... It said "Naz T. Butts" and was a big cigarette...with a huge rear... it was silly.

Me & My Girls!

Annie got worn out!

Makenzie wanted to eat in City Market at this yummy pizza place...she ate almost this entire piece of pizza...it was HUGE!

So yea...it was a lot of fun! Definitely something we needed to check out while we live here!

My angels making cookies. They're such wonderful little cooks!

Please ignore my disaster of a closet - it's been on the back burner until I figure out what to do with all the stuff I need to get rid of. Anyway, that trashcan is where we keep the dog's food.... Annie was trying to be a good little helper & feed the dog!

Downtown...

Annie chasing a duck

Makenzie & her new best friend, Timmy

Ok...that's all I've got time for today. I need to update more often. Somebody remind me... ha!

We're doing really good.

Makenzie is excelling in school. For those of you who are not familiar with the Montessori method, I strongly urge you to check it out...especially if you have children. It is FABULOUS. Makenzie is so sweet & caring. She's such a wonderful little helper. And wow...the kid is getting BIG. She's so independent & is NOT my baby anymore! She's so grown up...it's so hard to accept that! ha ha

Annie...well, what can I say....Annie is Annie. When I picked her up from school the other day she was a bit......disgruntled. You need to hear Annie talk to fully appreciate it...and her facial expressions are HYSTERICAL. I don't know where she got it...but she shakes her rear & her head when she talks... it's the funniest thing ever. So here's what she told me:
Mom...this gul told ME that I's a BABY...not a big gul...SHE'S a big gul. So I telled hur that I AM a big gul...and SHE'S the baby. She said I hut hur feewings...and I telled hur I was UPSET.
I made her tell me the story at least 5 times...because the way she told it was absolutely PRICELESS.... She is such a sassy little thing. Where'd she learn that??
Her favorite thing at her school is this purple Disney princess scooter - 2 wheels in the back, 1 in the front. We went to a consignment sale on Talahi island last week (right across from our island) and found a PINK one for......how much you ask? A whopping $5. SOLD. I gave her a $5 bill (she paid me back)... she placed it in the basket on the scooter...rode the scooter to the cashier...paid...and rode it to the car. I don't think it's left her foot since. I've been a horrible mother & allowed the scooter in the house... it is a riot to watch her on that thing. She can go SOOOO fast. Who knew. Annie is a very, VERY smart little girl...and she ALWAYS has us doubled over laughing at the things she says. It is such a challenge to discipline her (or even reason with her for that matter!) because of how funny she is!

Ok...I've GOT to go now...need to go pick up Annie at school & run some errands.

We're going to Charleston, SC this afternoon for a couple of days. It's not far away at all so we thought we'd give it a shot. :) I'm super excited.

Brandon's mom will be here Monday - Saturday...we're thrilled. Makenzie has the week planned out: Downtown to eat pizza at Vinnie's, shopping, go to the mall, go to the candy store, go to the beach, go to the park.... sounds like we'll be busy!!! ha ha

Hope everyone is doing well.

Oh - I got a new phone & lost most of my #s...so if you want me to have your phone # please text me, e-mail me...whatever...

Have a great weekend!!!

So it looks like it's been a while since I've posted....again. I'm not home much during the day...and Brandon doesn't particularly like the computer on in the evenings...so yea....

The girls are still LOVING school. Makenzie seems to be doing a great job. I'm amazed at what they are learning. The Montessori method of teaching/learning is fabulous. I could never say enough good things about this charter school she's going to. What a blessing. I went to a "parent education" meeting last week...the topic was math... I was absolutely AMAZED at what they're teaching & how they are teaching it.... WOW.

Those of you on facebook keep asking me about my job... Guess I never mentioned it on here. I'm working for a financial planning company - Capstone Financial. I work a few hours a week, here & there... Mainly when both girls are in school, but also in the evenings or on Saturdays if I need to.... Right now I'm helping the boss hire. I guess I'm his "assistant"... He's wanting to get me into financial advising - I'd have to work about 30 hours a week....it would be mostly networking on nights/weekends... Bringing clients into him. I do have to be licensed/certified...which the company pays for... but I"m not ready for that yet...especially since Annie is only in school 2 days a week for a few hours. We'll stick with this for now & see how it works. My boss knows that family is 1st... So yea...I guess I'm working maybe 10 hours a week? Wednesday I rode with him to a career fair at Georgia Southern University... Stood there smiling in a suit for a few hours, talked to & profiled the students, wrote on their resumes.....and made $100 for it. That was the easiest $100 I ever did make! It's a pretty sweet deal actually....

My pelvic bone that I fractured is healed. yay! Only me... My ankle is getting better. I got some new inserts for my running shoes...and I'm supposed to wear heals during the day and take a good bit of motrin. :) Hopefully I'll be good to go by Friday, which is the Shamrock run (5k).

The weather was *almost* warm enough to go to the beach yesterday. Annie & I spent the day at the beach. LOVE IT! There are rumors that it may snow tomorrow. Funny....I thought I left Texas & moved to Georgia........ hm. Gotta love those kind of crazy weather changes. We'll probably all be sick...

My girls are WAY into Vera Bradley. WHAT?!? Annie took her birthday money & bought a purse. Makenzie decided she needed some money out of her jar to go buy one. Hers had to be bigger...which meant more expensive. But it was her money!!! And so it begins....

Well, I'd better go finish up around here. I started out good, then Makenzie & I went up to the Y for a while, then to buy her new purse, then to get the inserts for my shoes....so I've had a nice little break from cleaning. Better get back to it!

Have a great weekend!

Things are still crazy busy around here!

Makenzie is still loving school. The boys are still driving her crazy... "One boy is even in love with her!" ha! She was brushing her hair one day & "he REALLLLY liked it".... he told her she "did a goooood job brushing her hair...it looked really nice!" HA! How funny?!? The bus comes all the way to the island (about 40 minutes) to pick up 2 kids... So Timmy & Makenzie have become best buddies. They look like they could be brother & sister!!! They don't want to leave each other when they get off the bus....and they can not wait to see each other in the mornings. It's so cute! I think they had withdrawls yesterday since there was no school... In the mornings, we wait for the bus & the kids play....it's so fun. Today, when they got off the bus, we went to the duck pond & fed the ducks... Timmy fell in! Makenzie cried when it was time to go... ;)

Annie & I went to the beach one day last week.... It was just warm enough....until the clouds came out & covered up the sun...then I FROZE! Annie, of course, was splashing around in the water!

I seem to be falling apart at a somewhat young age! My ankle was really bothering me all last week & over the weekend... I decided to do my normal Monday workout.... I went about 4 miles and could not even walk another step! I called the doctor & went in... I tore up a tendon in my ankle.. *sigh* I'm on steroids & pain pills.... and I have to wear a splint. Nice, huh? I'm SUPPOSED to be sitting around with my foot up & ice it.... not doing such a good job of that... I"m at least thinking about it & making an effort to take it "easy".... I thought I'd broken my ankle....it was some serious pain! Ugh - I'm too young to fall apart! right???

Did I mention I painted my kitchen red? I LOVE it.

And I got a rockin' new coffee pot. LOVE it! It brews about 12 cups of coffee...and keeps it all inside so when you're ready for a cup you stick your cup under there, push a button & fill it up. It's so cute! It has a cute little "fuel gauge" on it to tell how much coffee is left.... yea, I love that thing!

Ok...I know I've got a lot more to say.... but I've got a lot to do....

Hope everyone is doing well!

WOW - has it really been almost a month since I posted? I bet y'all all thought I dropped off the face of the earth, huh? Hardly! It has been WILD around here!

We're pretty much healed...but have been going to like 2 or 3 different doctors EVERY WEEK for the past month. *sigh* I'm so tired of going to the doctor. We haven't really been sick....just crazy weird stuff.

Remember that muscle I was complaining about pulling a few months ago?? I took about a month and a half of absolutely NOTHING....didn't even carry little Annie around... Well, it was still bothering me... so I got sent to a specialist... And this is somtkhing that only I could manage to do..... But it was not a pulled muscle at all. I actually fractured my pelvic connector bone. HA! Seriously....ONLY ME! It will keep healing...but I have to go back for a bone density scan...and he mentioned BONIVA - I starting laughing...well, actually I was laughing through the whole ordeal...the bone is in a very awkward place for a doctor to be chcking! But I told him I was too young for boniva!!! ha! So yea...

Makenzie has started school! SHE LOVES IT!!! She's riding the bus! I about had a heart attack when Brandon said she had to ride a bus....but knowing that I'd be putting 100 miles a day on my car kind of made it a little more reasonable... *sigh* She's already having problems.....BOYS!!! The 1st day she had one follower her around saying she was his girlfriend...which she quickly set him straight on. The next day she said she didn't want to go back to school because "all of the boys follow her around all of the time. black boys and white boys. ALLLL the boys." ha! Then they stopped following her around...but 1 boy stared at her the whole time the next day... I told her in 10 years she'd love to have that problem & she said "NEVER". ha! She also got in trouble one day.... she announced it proudly! I asked her what she did & she said "instead of doing my work I decided to check on everyone else & make sure they were doing a good job....." *sigh* My little mother hen!




Annie had her 3rd Birthday a week ago. MY BABY! THREE years old!!!! Doesn't seem possible! She is (though a mess) such a little jewel. She is incredibly intelligent...and I'm not just saying that because she's my kid....She's witty & VERRRRRY sassy. My little red headed darling!

She wanted a princess party...so a princess party we had. On her actual birthday (Friday) I was a mean mommy & had her 3 yr check up. She announced loudly that she never wanted to have another birthday again so she wouldn't have to go back to the doctor... After that I took the girls downtown to "The Cupcake Emporium", bought them a special cupcake....then we went to a tiny pizza parlor for lunch. A little backwards, huh? They LOVED it!!!


The food was yummy!
Dragon Food
Magic Wands
Royal Punch & Enchanted Apples with Dip
Castle Crunch

But the BEST part was the cake:

Bottom layer: Chocolate
Middle: Red Velvet with a heart shaped raspberry cream cheese filling
Top: Yellow
Iced in white chocolate cream cheese icing with lemon fondant
YUMMMMMY!

The favors were princess mugs with pink hot chocolate & heart shaped marshmallows...

We rented a moonwalk for her party






The Teakwood Kiddos

Even the big people gave it a shot….

George thought he could sneak on when no one was looking….I saw him, but couldn’t get my camera fast enough…check out his face when he knew he was busted.


Ha - no wonder I’m fracturing weird bones, huh?



Striking a pose:

Playing & snacking:

Birthday girl kisses:

The girls jumped from 10-4!!! They were WORN out…. But that night we had a 16th birthday party for Zac, the boy across the street. (Alex’s older brother)

Happy 16th Zac!


Annie & Joey


She couldn’t make it! Poor birthday girl was exhausted!

I have so much more to say…. I just don’t have time to get it all on here….not to mention it’s probably taking you an hour to read through this much! Ha!

We’re all well & doing good over here in Savannah! Hope everyone else is good! Have a wonderful weekend!

Annie is MUCH better. Poor thing...we never did figure out what was causing that super high fever. :( Lab results should be back on Monday.... who knows. She's super lazy - just wants to lay around or be held. Poor baby. Her little body is trying to recover!

I went back to the doctor today... I was a little nervous when she was saying "oh wow...I've NEVER seen this before. hmm..." But what it was...is that my right eye had already healed 100%...and that is SUPER fast. But my left eye had only healed 50%... The night before Brandon bumped my left eye before I put my goggles on.... and that bandage got wadded up at one point, which was quite miserable & hurt so bad!!! So I can see perfect out of my right eye...but my left eye has another bandage on it (like a contact) so I'll be blind out of that eye, it'll be watering & burning...and no eye make up until Tuesday. fun....

Anyway, looks like we're on the mend. Thanks for thinking about us & praying for us!!