Neighborhood Block Party

I live in the best neighborhood EVER.. I know I talk about it..all the time. But, really, God has blessed me and my little family with some wonderful families!! I also have made some lifelong friends with some of the other moms.and when the day comes that we have to move :( I will be a pretty sad girl.
Ok, enough with the sad stuff.
Our neighborhood had a block party on Thursday night.. Free food, drinks, cookies, bounce house, face painting, cornhole, volleyball ( which we were too busy talking to ever start:)
Presley had a BLAST. Matt was out of town, so we strolled over and meet up with our friends.
She gets SO excited to see her little friends! Its pretty adorable.

So happy to see Taylor :)

Some of her friends :)

She was getting on to the lady in charge of the Bounce House..saying, "No Ben's turn too. He needs to be with me!" :)

I think this girls' name is Alyson?? not sure. (inside joke)

Sweet Amye and Jake :)

We all agreed we need to do this more often.. So great to have sweet neighborhoods.. especially lots of them in the same part of life with little ones. LOVE these girls. LOVE their kids.. LOVE their families. LOVE Nashville.
Looking forward to the next event!

My little Puggle

I grabbed my camera on the way out the door tonight..and quickly took some pics of my little Puggle. :)
The lighting was horrible, but she was so excited to be going, just had to capture the moment!!

She is LOVING Awanas.. and I encourage all your other Christian moms to find one in your area! 

They learn so much and have such a great time..Presley begs to hear the "puggle song" when we get in the car..I was smart and bought the CD. She talks about it all the time and gets SO excited to go. She is learning about God and creation. Each week they break it down.. this week is was about God made the flowers and she had yellow gerber daisys waiting on me when I picked her up tonight :)

She loves the other little songs on the CD, and I am just blessed we found this amazing program. 

She adores this shirt, too.. its so funny.. she said, "Yes, mommy, I wear my Puggle shirt. I go to Awana. Its fun!" 

My heart is so happy to see her learning about her creator, and how much He LOVES her. My heart is overwhelmed that He blessed me with being her mother and showing me what unconditionally love it truly about. I often think, wow... How did he give up His only son?? That LOVE is something that amazes me. I am blessed to call him Savior.

One of my FAVORITE verses.. Presley is learning it, too :)

 

Zoo playdate

Last week, we joined some other neighborhood friends and went to the zoo. It was a gorgeous day and we pretty much had the entire thing to ourselves. Before we left I had several things laying out for Presley to wear and she said she wanted to wear this shirt, and these pants.. ha! SO, I just let her. She hasn't asked to again, and she did match pretty good. :) Loving seeing her little personality come out!
We were a little sad the playground was closed that day...the kiddos look forward to it at the end. Presley loves the zoo.. so we go every chance we can!
I didn't take many pictures, just was isn't the mood .. wanted to enjoy it.. But, I did take some in the petting zoo area.. and Presley was so happy to pet and "brush" the black pony :)

Ha, the goat posed for me

All the kiddos.. Boo, harsh sun :)

Jake, Wesley, Taylor, Presley, and Luke

These boys were too cute.. there favorite part of zoo = mulch :)

Presley and Taylor 

Her favorite color is orange.

Its been TOO pretty to be sitting inside.. so me and this blue eyed girl have been enjoying it!! Presley says her favorite color is orange if ya ask her.. and this week she has wanted to wear her orange shirt several days.. so guess she isn't kidding.. 

And for the record her favorite number is 8, and animal is elephant. She told me that this morning.

Gotta take Monkey out so he can enjoy this beautiful weather :)

Love this picture, it was pretty sunny..so its not the best quality..but, super cute!!

I don't see this look very often, LOL! 

She didn't wanna go inside!

But when we are inside, we make the best of it!!

Love these flashcards Gigi got us!

Yesterday one of our neighbors, Amye (her boys Luke and Jake) went to Owl Creek Park to let the kiddos play. Presley and her famous shirt.. she kindof reminds me of a candycorn in this outfit :) 

Luke and Jake

My little monkey ;) 

 So glad its getting cooler and we can enjoy fun park playdates again!!

LOVE the messy ponytail look :)

Presley and I stayed at home today.. we had a lazy day.. love those. just the 2 of us. It would have been even better with Matt, so glad we have him for the weekend!!
We cuddled on the couch, watched Bambi 2, and had fun in the playroom.. putting together puzzles, reading, and playing with my old Calico Critters and dollhouse.. She LOVES it :)

These are moments I am cherishing! I know I need to have a clean house, get to the laundry, take a shower, ha!, and the many other things on the list.. But, lately, I have been really trying to spend more time focusing on P. I usually do "my list" during her naps.. but, I just want to enjoy every moment. It goes by too fast!!

Her serious look I love.. and those blue eyes melt my heart!!

I LOVE this messy ponytail and this little sweetheart, brightens up my EVERYDAY! I am blessed more than I could ask for.

 She loves rolling and sliding down the hill in the backyard :) 

SWOON!!!!

liked it in BW, too :)

Great fall weekend

We have had a great weekend. We were invited to a super cool birthday party on Friday. Ben and Joey's astronaut party was a BLAST! :)
I took pictures are here are just a few.. Like I said, too much fun! Presley LOVED it, and even assisted on blowing out the candles.. Whoops! Yeap, I was that girl screaming NO... as she blew her heart out. Gotta love her. We played lots of fun game, and ate snacks, and cake..of course.. The party ended with a fun hitting of the "Moon pinata" with glow in the dark balls, glow sticks, and candy up for grabs.

Birthday Astronauts 

Some of the kiddos :)

 Ben, Presley, and Taylor

Cake time!

On Saturday, Matt got home in the afternoon and we took Presley to get a special toy for doing awesome at potty training! She picked out an Angelina Ballerina movie..and we took her to Pie in the Sky for some yummy pizza for dinner. LOVE family nights!! :)
Today we had church, which we are really loving.. great sermon today... and headed over to Costco for some great deals on Carter PJS, if you have a Costco card, the fleece Carter PJs are $8!! We are about to fire up the grill and cook some fish, vegetables, and enjoy a nice cool night.  LOVING fall weekends!!

Who needs pants?

Presley and I are trying to enjoy the last few days of the warmer weather... popsicles just aren't the same in the fall and winter :) She had so much fun rolling down the hill in our backyard, it was a little scary for me..but, I know she has to enjoy being a kid, too. :)

She wanted me to paint her little piggies, pink.. Aren't they cute!?

Goodness..

She is an ANGEL!!

Love this black and white! ;)

We are staying busy with Mops, Bible Study, Moms Together, Awana and Ballet.. Love having a full calendar, especially with the colder days ahead. Presley loves being with other children, and since we choose to not put her in preschool yet, its good for her to be around them a few days a week.
I can't say enough how happy I am to be living in Nashville. I can totally see God's hand in our last few moves, and the friendships he has placed in our lives has been AMAZING! I love all my neighbors..We all  are in the same walk of life, and get along so well. It makes Matt traveling SO much easier! A couple nights this week, we have been on walks or played in the backyard with our friends..so blessed! Seems like no matter what, if we got on a walk someone is outside doing the same.. its like a wisteria lane..but, friendly, lol!
Two of the couples in the neighborhood are adopting, so we had an ice cream social to help raise $.. just another great way to get us all together for a great cause :) Sadly, I only got a few pics before my camera battery died.. Just a few:

Taylor and Presley excited to eat some ice cream :) Maybe Presley was a little more excited.

Adorable Joey

Cutie pie, Noah.. His family is one of the ones who are adopting :)