I'm BACK!!

Hey soul sisters!! Long time, no blog huh? Oops...I have abandoned my poor little blog and for that I am greatly sorry. Guess what girls....I'm back!!

Let's get right down to business by discussing where the heck I have been hiding for the last few months. No, I haven't been under a rock. ;)

How about we just hit the highlights with a little photo session. I mean who doesn't appreciate a good photo post?

1. New teaching job!!! Well, technically I just went back to my roots. I love being back home and working with the kiddos in my community. So thankful to have a job I LOVE!

Before....

...and after. Many long days and hours went into making this room look so super cute. 

2. Job #2...Ella Ivy. This lucky girl gets help our  wonderful customers play dress up every weekend and I love every minute of it. I am knee deep in Karlie, Free People, Uncle Frank, and Wish just to name a few of my favorite brands. It also doesn't hurt that I get to work with one of my besties. Love you E!

My E!!

My work Mama!

3. Building friendships. Some new and others old. I love these girls so much! Words can NOT describe how much each of these beautiful ladies mean to me. I am truly blessed the Lord placed them in my life.

Buddies since pre-K!

These two girls are my sanity!

Sweet little Mama! I am so blessed to call this amazing woman my friend. She is going to be the best mama in the entire world. I think it goes without saying that I in turn will be the best aunt. Le duh!

And then Landon...we both love leopard print so it was obvious we should be friends. 

Sweet Emily...the blushing bride to be. Love you!

Mrs. Nelson, I like to refer to her as Nelly. God has blessed me with many "Mamas" to watch over me. This little lady just happens to be one of them. 

My little world traveler. This girl is my rock!

The little family from the college days. Mama, Daddy, and the two girls. Miss them so much!

4. Oh by the way...the teacher became a student again. What can I say? I'm a bit of a nerd. There I said it. I have always wanted to continue my education and I jumped head first into grad school last fall. Is it the most fun I've ever had? Um...NO. However, it will be so worth it in the end.

5. What's going on the boy department you might ask. Well ladies, I have no news to report at this time. Still waiting on my prince charming. Trusting in His timing and enjoying the single life.

6. Family time. You all know how important family is to me. I am pleased to announce that we have added a new addition to my crazy family. I love this little girl so very much!! Sports were played by the brother. Which in turn means that I lost my voice quite a few times yelling like a crazy person. What can I say? I get a little too into the games sometimes.

The parental units. I'm am a wonderful mixture of these two. Sweet like my Mama, but feisty like my Daddy. 

Baby Sarah!! Don't you want to just pinch her chubby little cheeks?!?!

They say that daughters eventually turn into their mothers. I hope it's true. 

My boy. The baby brother has me wrapped around his little finger.

Now that you all know I'm alive and we have had time to do a little catching up, let's get this little blog back on track! ;)

Love you ladies!!

Pigeon Forge

I have been dying to blog about the vacation we took to Pigeon Forge, TN. However, my mother worries entirely too much and was convinced that if I blogged, tweeted, or put it on Facebook we would defiantly get robbed. So now that we are back and our house is once again occupied, she's given me the go ahead. Gotta love her.

We pilled in the car Monday morning, the day after Christmas, and headed out. Next stop, Pigeon Forge. Well I guess technically the next stop was the gas station a few hours out of town, but you get the point.

Day 1: Driving, Dinner at J.T. Hannah's, Swimming, and Cards

Please excuse the fact that I have zip makeup on. We left at 6:00 that morning.

Sleeping baby bear...I mean brother

Smoky Mountains

Quick wrestling match in the room before heading out to dinner

My buddy

Loved the hats

Downtown Gatlinburg at night

Spades

Day 2: Aquarium, Downtown Gatlinburg, Shopping, Wonderworks, Dinner

Da Dum...da dum...

They got a little tired and decided to take a rest on the moving carpet

Sweet family

Homemade candy shop

I have no words

Bubbles!!!!

Day 3: Bass Pro, Driving, Antique Archaeology, Home

American Pickers

Signing the boot

Christmas 2011...a week later

Keeping with tradition, I will be doing a number of blog post today to catch you up with what's been going on in my life. Life has been happening so fast lately that I haven't found a spare moment to sit down and blog about it. Sound familiar?

First we need to talk about Christmas! By the way, merry seventh day after Christmas. I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas filled with family, love, happiness, and friends.

Christmas eve morning was spent at my Grandmothers and Granddaddy's house. We won't even begin to talk about the mass amount of food that was consumed there. It's quite shameful really. The table was filled with biscuits, chocolate gravy, eggs, breakfast casserole, cream puffs, sausage, bacon, and so much more. The best part of the day was gathering around the table with my awesome family. I am truly blessed.

My Ben boy

Cousins

This boy loves books!

Allow me to explain the above picture. Christy is expecting and we decided to do the wedding band test to find out the sex of the baby. Supposedly, if it swings back and forth, it's a boy. If it spins in circles, it's a girl. According to our test she is having twins. We shall see! I'm secretly hoping for a girl!

Christmas Eve night we exchanged gifts as a family.

Mama has been wanting a hobo wallets ever since I got mine. She was so surprised and excited when she opened my gift to her. Just what she wanted. Daddy has been in desperate need of a new briefcase. His old one is falling apart, literally.

Us kids opening our gifts from the parents.

He loves me....he just doesn't know it yet. :)

Christmas morning!!! Lucy says thanks Santa! I will spare you the horribly atrocious morning pictures of me! Your welcome!

Christmas night was spent at my Mamaws and Papaws. We are obviously not a normal family. Who else would have a karaoke contest at their family Christmas?

Merry Christmas!!