So much to do...

I know... I am a blog-slacker! I really do have some fun things I would love to blog about, but no time!

Here are a few of the big things we did in October:

Sarah's 25th Birthday + Limo ride to Destin= GREAT TIME!!

(good job Justin!)

Hosting a Halloween Bar party for Meg and Nutt....

Halloween Dress up Party for Emily and Sonny...

This is the only picture I could find.

I was Princess Peach and Mitch was Mario.

November has been made up of high school football games, other showers, Mitch's pee-wee football games, Troy football games, Bunco, AJWC meetings and fundraisers. Then I have my regular weekly things like work, painting (which you can see at Howell's Nursery), spending times with Ollie, Bella and Mitch, hanging out with family and friends, ect.

Sorry, I don't have time for all of these fun pictures... I will try to be better at posting regularly!

You've Got a Friend in Me

At my parents house, Lexi and Bella get to stay outside on the porch a lot since it can be closed off. Bella loves to be around people, so she is usually outside and Lexi will go in or out depending on her mood. My parents leave the front door cracked so the dogs can push the door open and go inside. When they are inside they can't get the door open, so they will bark forever until you let them back out. Since Lexi is usually the one barking, my parents have taught Bella how to push open the door for Lexi and let her out. We want to get a good video and send it to America's Funniest Home Videos!

This video was taken at night time and I was recording on my phone, so it isn't very good.

But it is still very cute!

Like a Kid on Christmas....

 This weekend is the opening weekend of bow season and my husband is SO excited. Mitch got all of his hunting things out of storage and organized it in the "right" bags. All of his hunting clothes have been washed in scent-away and his bow has been sighted in. Also, all of his hunting clothes still fit (yes he put them on) and the deer grunter works (I heard it all night). It was funny when I came in the door the other day and he was sitting on the chair with all of his hunting equipment around him. I had to take a picture. I am sure this is how he looked when he was a child on Christmas Day!

Our 2 Year Anniversary

Mitch and I celebrated our 2 year wedding anniversary on October 6th. I cannot believe it has been 2 years since we got married! On Tuesday, Mitch, me, Chase (Nutt) and Meg went to the Troy football game. We had a very good time!! 

 

Since we went to the game on our anniversary, we went out to eat on Wednesday to celebrate. Can you guess where we went? If you live in Andalusia I bet you guessed it..... Old Mexico!

 It was very good, like always!

I always said I wanted to follow the traditional wedding gifts for our anniversary. Year 1 present is paper, our gift to each other was tickets to Sandals in Jamaica. Year 2 present is cotton, so we are getting new sheets for our bed! I know that is not as exciting as a trip to Jamaica, but I am excited about it and we are still following the rules! Next year is leather... I don't know what we will do!?

Ollie's Army Walk in Crestview

As you all probably know, we walked in Crestview this past weekend to support Cystic Fibrosis. We all did a terrific job! Ollie's Army raised over $14,000 and with all the other teams combined, Great Strides collected over $25,000! Lynsey has a ton of pictures and information about this on her blog, but I wanted to blog about it too. Many great people came out and supported Ollie and other loved ones with CF. Sometimes I take things for granted, but on this day I realized how lucky I am to have a GREAT group of friends that will support and help with anything!!! I know Lynsey and John felt the same way! Thank you all SO MUCH!!

On our way home there was a bale of hay on the main road of 55. We stopped so our strong men (Nutt and Mitch) could move it off of the road. It was very funny watching them run full force in the road and bulldoze the bale like a football player. I had to take a picture!

Labor Day Weekend

We had a wonderful weekend with great friends!!! Mitch and I along with our best friends, Meg and Chase (Nutt), Justin and Sarah, and Brandon Ware all went to the beach. We watched football all day on Saturday and then watched the Auburn game at Billy and Kelly Bergfeild's house in Destin. We also got to see many people we haven't seen in forever. Sunday we rested and FINALLY made some plans. We decided to eat early and go to Howl at the Moon. If you have never gone to this place you have got to go!! It is one of my favorite places to go when we are at the beach. On Sunday nights they have "Comedian Night." We saw 2 hillarious comedians and watched their regular piano show (which is funny too.)

This is us at Howl at the Moon.

On Monday we came home, hung out and ate some great food with my family.

Here is a picture of Olllie on Labor Day sleeping. I thought it was hillarious, she had her butt sticking straight in the air!!

Also, Howl at the Moon is helping fight CF on Friday, September 18th. It should be a lot of fun!!!

Ginnie Springs

This past weekend we finally made our trip to Ginnie Springs in Florida. Lynsey planned this trip for months and it turned out to be great!!! Mitch and I left Thursday night and met John, Lynsey, Hal and Laura down there. All weekend we floated down the river, swam in the springs, cooked over a bon-fire and hung out. I laughed so much my stomach was actually hurting! It was really nice to go on a trip with good friends and have nothing to worry about (although we did see two alligators and a snake!!) 

This is a picture of the river and some of the floaters. Off of this river is about 6 different inlets that go into beautiful, crystal clear springs. 

 

Daddy tent(Lynsey and John), mommy tent (Laura and Hal) and baby tent(Lesley and Mitch.)

Ours did end up being the best tent! You wouldn't have thought it though!   :) 

We also had the best spot on the river (thanks to Lynsey)! 

 

This was probably the most fun and relaxing trip we have had in a while and we decided it is going to be an annual event!!!