It’s Fall Ya’ll

Oh I am so so so very excited! Fall is my most favorite time of year! The weather here has been perfect the last couple of days! I thought I would share a few pictures of our weekend.

Disclaimer* You will see so many Razorback shirts it could make your eyes hurt. We are still faithful fans even though we were very disappointed yesterday. They played a great game.

Oh yes we also took Jayci to see Disney Live on Friday. I’m pretty sure she hasn’t taken the crown off since!

This is my Dad with the Princess and my cousin, M. They are such good friends.

Jayci and M are only 2 weeks apart.

After the reunion and the disappointing lose…a little family football game went on at my parents house!

 

Look at those moves! Ha

This is my younger brother. His 16th birthday is TODAY! Oh I can’t believe he is 16 already.

 

My dad…I’m pretty sure this is a sneak attack.

An older Ryan Mallet??? HA

The girls playing…It looks like J is telling M a secret.

These pictures are from this morning. I sent Jayci to church with my MIL because I am not feeling too well and it was cool enough for her to wear BOOTS! So I just HAD to get a few pictures.

She is such a sassy thing if you can’t tell…

Hope all of you have a good relaxing Sunday and a great week ahead!

~Kristen

Little Dancer

Tonight was Jayci’s first night of dance class. It was sooo cute. I asked her what her favorite part was and she said, “All of it!” I love that she could not just choose one part of it. She is in a class that does tap, ballet, and tumbling. I honestly feel for her teacher a little bit because she has like 13 girls that are all 4-6 years old. I have to add that her teacher, Ms. L, is a girl that I went to high school with and it is so much fun that she gets to teach my daughter. However, they all did wonderful and paid attention as well as possible. Here are some pictures from tonight. (I know I looked like the weird mom with the camera but I really didn’t care. I have a blog to keep updated! Ha)

Jayci is on the end of the bar. They were doing their warm-ups.

I just love that she looks so happy and is concentrating on listening to the teacher.

Yeah she caught me taking pictures a couple of times!

After this the teacher, Mrs. L, called her to come to the front of the class to show a tap move they had been working on. I was so proud of her for being a big girl and going up there. Sometimes she can go into a shy mode and not want to get up in front of anybody but she is really starting to come out of her shell here recently!

~Kristen

 

Meet Lucy

This is Lucy! She is the newest addition to our small family. We were sitting outside on the patio enjoying the beautiful weather. I was admiring the next door neighbors dog when the next thing I know we decided we were going to go look for a dog. Jay called Petsmart and asked if they had any dogs there for adoption and they did!

Lucy is part Lab part Australian Shepard mix (we think). Since she was a stray we really have no idea. We adopted her from Animal Control which euthanizes if nobody adopts the animal. So we are extremely happy she is a part of our family now.

Jayci is still getting used to her.

She loves her but she doesn't want her to bite or scratch her.

I hope they grow to be great friends!!!

A little Woo Pig Sooie and some night fishing

Today was the first Razorback game of the season. Can I get a WOOO PIG SOOIE?!? We had a wonderful time celebrating the game in our new home with friends. We had several families over and LOTS of food. The weather was so wonderful the kids played outside even after it was dark. I love having a big enough house to have people over in.

All of us in our Razorback gear!

After the game Jay's dad, Dennis, was here and they decided to do a little night fishing. Of course, Jayci wanted to go which meant that I had to follow with the camera!

Jayci and Papaw
Papaw showing everyone how to put "catfish bait" on the hook. By catfish bait I mean hot dogs marinated in dry strawberry kool-aid mix, minced garlic, and water. Doesn't it just sound yummy?!?


The only thing that was caught last night.....a bag of ROCKS

Jayci casting it out by herself. All she wanted to was cast it and reel it in but it was cute watching her!

Hope each of you had a wonderful Saturday! I have another post coming soon of something else we did this weekend!!!

Sweet Pictures

So I blogged a while back about the new camera I bought. I LOVE it. Taking ppictures can be so fun and so can editing. Anyway, just thought I would share a few pictures I have taken recently.

My sweet Jayci girl

My niece Isabella Grace. Her momma can be found here.
Jayci and Kirsten. Kirsten is Bella's big sister and our other niece. Jayci and her are "best buddies."

Confidence

As a woman I know what it is like to go through times of little self confidence. I was looking through pictures of Jayci today and thought what it must be like to be 4-years-old and not have a care in this world. As she is getting older I am seeing that she is becoming more aware of what other people think of her. I just can't help but have this protective side that wants to save her from all the words that can and probably will hurt her at some point in her life. I pray everyday that I can raise her in a way to have poise and enough self confidence where words of others won't get to her. But for today here are a few pictures I took on Sunday of my care free full of confidence 4-year-old little girl.

Definitely a model and nobody can tell her any different at this point.

"Hey Mommy get my good side" she states....Promise those are her words not mine!

Spinning in the grass. Life is GREAT!

Trying to see me through the lens...Maybe not really sure?!?

HOUSEWARMING

Here are some recent pictures from our housewarming party we had today. My aunt, step mom, and 2 friends from church hosted the FABULOUS event. I am sooo thankful to have great family and friends. Jay and I just laid on our bed afterward and talked about how blessed we truly are. And not just because people bought us a bunch of stuff. But that we have so many people to share our new home with. All of our "stuff" would be just stuff without people to enjoy it with. So with our further ado.

This is not a gift but I just wanted to post a picture of the bedding I picked out for the guest bedroom. I still want to add some stuff to it but I LOVE the bedding. And thanks to my wonderful MIL that has a great job that allows her to get us all kinds of good furniture!!

The BEAUTIFUL things are my new dinnerware. I absolutely LOVE them!!! I opened the bowls first and was like awe crud now I HAVE to go buy the plates. But I have such great friends that coordinated and bought us the set.

Can you say DINNER PARTY???

This is the cake my aunt made. Isn't it just wonderful. It tasted delicious too!

And here is a collage of all of the great gifts we received. There was also a plethora of gift cards that are just calling my name to be spent!

Lastly, here are two tea sets Jayci has now. The cream and green one she received as a gift today from my Aunt Gigi. She was so excited about getting her own gift. Both of these tea sets my grandmother bought before she passed away. They are so sweet and incredibly special to me.