You've gotta meet her...

Meet my friend, Abby!

(I took this pic from the WHHS website.)

She is...

Crazy smart

Witty

Hilariously Sarcastic

Athletic

Mildly Sympathetic :)

Coach

FCA teacher representative

Heart for kids

Amazing Teacher

Science Department Head at Wade Hampton High School

Loyal Friend

Cancer Survivor

Child of God

Life of the Party

Artist

Dependable 

I love my friend!  Many of you know her and love her too.  :)  

Now if she would only become a follower of my blog.  Then I could add that to the list of reasons why I love her so much. 

Have a GREAT day, everyone!  Enjoy your friends today!!!!! :)

Resting in the Mountains...kind of. :)

Ellie Grace will be here in a couple weeks, so when our friends invited us to join them at their mountain house for the weekend, we quickly accepted.  We probably won't celebrate our anniversary until later (since Ellie is due two days before our anniversary) so getting away for the weekend sounded so fun!

And FUN it was!

We went on hikes, ate awesome food, played hilarious games once the kiddos went to sleep, the guys did "guy things" outside, etc...etc...etc!  It is an amazing piece of property on over 100 acres!

We went on several "hikes".  I love how Mia had to have a stick like her Daddy.

(Caleb literally had to push me up the hill on several of the steep parts.  hahahahaha!!!!)

Check out all of the awesome trees!

Cute little cabin on the property.

Field / pond across from the cabin.  The kids loved to run in it.

Mia and Hudson taking a stroll. :)

LOVE when her little hand holds his finger. :)

PRECIOUS picture!  His smile cracks me up!

sweetness

Soon to be family of FOUR! :)

Flying with Daddy!

She always asks him to fly her.

Doesn't his smile bring you joy?

Logan picked some fresh tomatoes for our lunch.

Caleb found a tiny lizard.  They LOVED it!

Coloring with Tia!

Cameron was the UNO king!  And he JUST learned how to play! :)

Cleaning the floors! haha

F.U.N.

It's raining!  But we are guys, so we'll stay out here and continue to throw rocks and carve wood.

Ok...so apparently they were throwing LOGS.  Watch out!

Drinking the rain!

We took a car ride down the mountain in hopes to stop at the taxidermist.  (Kids love animals, right?)  Unfortunately it was closed, but the ride in the van was an adventure in itself.

Carving/ Widdling... Whatever you call it.  The guys made spears and other sharp things to throw.

Check out these warriors and their spears. :)

Caleb actually DID carve a pretty cool weapon.  It was tied together with vines.  My manly man. :)

Another weapon...a boys dream. :)

Don't let Hudson's size fool you.  He has brute strength.

Eating delicious cherries with your cousin.  Could life get any better?

The guys also played flag football.  The littlest team member stayed inside with us. :)

Off on our hike to the waterfall.

My family. :)

The hike turned a little more treacherous.

But we made it!  (Yes...I know I am ginormous!)

Again...the smile.  I can't get enough of it!

The Wolframs!

The kids enjoyed playing at the bottom of the waterfall.

Another house on the property.  This one has a really cool (and a bit scary) story!

Here's the crew!  Can't wait to go back!!!!

Special people gathered for a special reason...

...to celebrate Ellie Grace!!!!

I have so many GREAT women in my life.  A couple weeks ago several of us got together to celebrate sweet Ellie Grace.  We met at Mimi's Cafe and had TONS of fun eating, talking, laughing and opening gifts!  The most special part of the night was a surprise!  Christi and Laura bought tons of children's books (which I am obsessed with) at yard sales, Good Will, etc.  Each guest was asked to write something to Ellie inside the book.  Seriously y'all...it was such a special gift!  Caleb and I spent the night reading the things people wrote in the books for Ellie.  The Lord has spoken some GREAT things over this baby's life! :)  Thanks C and L for the awesome surprise!!!!

I posted this pic because people who I don't see very often are always asking me what my belly looks like.  There ya have it!  My belly at 35 weeks. :)

THANKS to all of you who came!!!!!!  It was a special night for me. :)

(Sorry we took the group pic after some of you had already left!)

Sips N Strokes...

I LOVE to paint...and I LOVE my friends!

So what better way to combine the two than to attend a Sips-N-Strokes painting session?

For $25 (sometimes $35 depending on the painting), you get a fun girls' night out, entertainment, drink your preferred beverage, and leave with a painting to take home and hang in your house.  (You choose the painting based on the calendar on the website.)

Check out some pics from our night below:

We started out with a blank canvas, clean brushes, and basic paint colors.

While we waited for the class to begin, we ate cupcakes and hung out!

After painting our light pinkish-peach background, we had to dry it.

:)

Here is the finished background

Next we painted the bottom of the cupcake.  It's not too impressive here, but it gets better!  The instructor gives you step-by-step directions, but you can change them to make your painting "your own". :)

It's hard to pay attention to the instructor when you are talking and laughing with friends.  Thankfully she repeats directions, so one of us ended up always hearing what to do next.

Drying the bottom of our cupcake!

Next, we added the icing.  It could be any shape or color, but I stayed with pink. :)

So did Jaime and Abby!

Time to dry it again!

Then it was time to add the sprinkles.  They could be any size, shape, or color.

See...all of our sprinkles are different! :)

Our finished cupcakes!

I love how everyone's in the class turned out different!  

(You should have seen some of the paintings!  There were some serious artists in that class!)

Thanks for the fun night, ladies!  Can't wait to do it again!!!!

Below is my painting in its various stages....

The finished product!