California!!!

Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Blvd.! Kept singing this all week long!!

Jon and I just got home from a wonderful trip out to Newport Beach, California. Jon had a work meeting out there and I was invited to come along! I was treated to the Island Hotel Spa and then some shopping at Fashion Island during the days, and then Jon and I had some really nice dinners out together! One of the days we were there we rented a convertible and drove up the Coast to L.A.........it was so much fun! We stopped in Venice Beach, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, (Rodeo Drive and Robertson Blvd. of course) and through the streets of Hollywood before heading back to Newport Beach that evening. We shopped, took in the beaches and sights of Hollywood, had dinner at The Ivy and just had an amazing time.

It was so special to get to spend some quality time together with just the two of us!

Thank you to Nana for coming to stay with Aubrey and giving her such a special week! This is Aubrey in a new dress that her Nana made just for her!

Sugarland!

Jen and I went to see Sugarland at the Fox Theatre here in Altanta! I was so excited because I didn't know about it until the last minute and then found out it was a sold out show........so I was feeling like I was super cool because I was able to snag two tickets at the last minute on Ticketmaster and they looked like really great seats! Orchestra Center about halfway back.......how much better can it get?

And yes, that was our view from two rows directly behind the sound booth.......nice huh? Needless to say, it ended up being an amazing concert, we had a blast and we could still see everything (including the set list so we knew what was coming before everyone else! How's that for a silver lining?)
Thanks Jen for going with me! We really had so much fun...........Jennifer Nettles never ceases to amaze and inspire me with her voice!!!

Just a couple more pics from the concert.....

New York City!!!

We just got back from our long awaited trip to NYC! Our friends Michael and Carrie got married on Sat. the 22nd and it was a wonderful reason for us to take a trip back to the Big Apple to show Aubrey around!!

We had such a wonderful time........I'm not sure we could have possibly done any additional sightseeing than the many places we managed to squeeze into 4 short days!

A special thanks to Aunt Jan for providing our amazing accomodations.........

Here are a few of our favorite pics from the trip. If you want to see the entire trip feel free to watch the slideshow of all the photos! (although I"m sure that feature is mostly for the grandparents!!!)

The highlights of our trip were skating at Rockefeller Center, The Museum of Natural History (aka the dinosaur bones place by Aubrey), Carmines and then seeing The Little Mermaid on Broadway and getting to go backstage to meet Ariel and the rest of the cast and standing on the stage!! (thank you Emily!), Central Park with John, Jen and Matthew, The beautiful wedding where Aubrey danced with the best of them and partied til almost midnight!, Toys R Us, FAO Schwarz, Brunch at Sarabeth's with Liz and Pierre............and of course the numerous NYC taxi rides which Aubrey loved.

What more can I say? It was a perfect vacation.

Enjoy!

Happy Birthday to Cousin Leila!

Aubrey's cousin Leila specially requested a birthday song from Aubrey so here it is!
Happy 2nd birthday to our beautiful niece!
(Oh, and a little dance to go along with that.........)
:)

Who's that girl???

So Aubrey tried out a different hairstyle today!

She was sooooo proud of her "long" hair! It actually is at least a few inches longer when it's straight, she was really lovin' it.

Mommy and Daddy prefer her beautiful curls, but she had fun showing off her straight hair today.

Happy 93rd Birthday to Grandmomma!!

Her Children!

Some of the great grandchildren!

Some of the grandchildren........

I just wanted to post a few pictures of my beautiful Grandmother! We went to Dothan last weekend to celebrate her 93rd birthday! She is absolutely amazing and doing so good. She is a mother, grandmother, great grandmother and even a great-great grandmother! I believe her total children and grandchildren is well over 30!!

We had a wonderful time and Aubrey especially loved spending the night with her Grandmomma! We all love her so much and feel so blessed to have had her in our lives for so long!!

Happy Birthday Grandmomma!!

We love you!

The Princess loves her bicycle!!

Aubrey loves to ride her bicycle and play with her friends outside............I guess you just don't normally see "Cinderella" riding a bicycle around the neighborhood!!!

Fortunately another "Cinderella" lives right across the street so she's not alone.............

:)

The Princess

So I went to draw Aubrey's bath this evening and while I was doing that she said she was getting her nightgown ready for bedtime. I walked back into her bedroom and this is what I found laid out on her bed.................

She has turned into such a princess!! For those of you who knew her back in the day, this year has been quite a change from my tomboy, animal lovin' little girl to a full blown girlie girl. She is all about pink, princesses, makeup, dress up, you name it. It is so cute. We are havin a blast!

Just a Sunday afternoon in the backyard...........

Just taking some pictures of our baby girl in her "leopard dress".........she is obsessed with this dress! Beautiful afternoon here in Hot-lanta!

Love to all.......... enjoy the pics!

Happy Valentine's Day!!!

From our sweetheart to all of you............Hope you have a day full of love and blessings!