Vacation to the mountains..

I am so behind with the blogging.. I will have to add more pictures later.. Just so many!! Matt's sister, Neely, and her little girl, Elise came to visit us in Nashville the day before our trip. The next morning, we all got up and drove to Grandmommy's and Granddad's house. We had a blast seeing these two play together!! It is so cool to watch! I love that Presley has a cousin just 2 days younger. We let them play in our backyard, and they loved it.. They played in the dirt better than any boy I know!

Covered in DIRT, lol!

Right outside Grandmommy and Granddad's

Grandmommy and Granddad's cabin 

One day we went on a nature walk.. and a picnic.. It was so much fun!

The girls each got a bag, and collected their little treasures. :) Granddad's idea, so fun!

  

Presley had so much fun!!

We went to Carver's and walked a minute in the apple orchard.. SO beautiful..to see the mountains in the background.

Presley and Elise picking out their little pumpkins :)

A couple of my sweet little family :)

Can't wait to go back!!!! more pics to come. 

Walden Farms

This farm was by far the best I have ever been to. It had a mini corn maze, place to feed the goats, sunflowers, train rides, pumpkin patch, hayrides, and food!
We meet our friends the Sailor's and had a great time. It was the middle of the day so the sun was SUPER bright, making for horrible picture taking.. but, oh well. caught the memory.
As we were getting on the hayride.. our great friends the Mckown's were getting off. Small world.
Here is just a few pictures.. Presley loved feeding the goats with her daddy :)
At the end we picked our pumpkins out to take home ..one we made a jack-a-lantern out of, which was our 1st do ever do with P. She LOVED it!
Love making memories like this.
FUN times.

Friends the Sailor's

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 :)