Stuck at Home....Again

 

After the last mention on snow which brought on the big ice storm, most of the city shut down when it was exepcted to snow a few weeks later.  So, not much more for me and school was closed.  To pass some time, Pierce decided on a middle of the day bubble bath to try out our new tub!

Weekend Full of Birthdays

In early February we had a weekend full of birthday parties to help celebrate some sweet friends.  First up was Grant and Grace's 5th birthday!  I can't believe they are five...so hard to think they are almost ready to start kindergarten.  Lots of fun was had by Pierce jumping at their party, and especially their awesome and delicious cakes that their Nana makes!

 Next up, was Keller!  Pierce loved seeing friends from school (and the gym) and thought it was crazy that he had a swimming party in February! 

I've gotten so use to seeing both of them in glasses that it's kinda funny to see them without them here!

Pierce was also excited to remember that he could grab a green arm band and could go all over the pool by himself!  I was glad he had not totally forgotten how to swim!!

A Sunny Surprise

This has proven to be an extremely crazy winter here in Alabama!  After the ice storm, a few days later we got some much milder weather.  We were happy to get outside and enjoy some sunshine, hopscotch and warmer temps!

Ice, Ice Baby

We have had a really brutal winter this year.  You know it's crazy when there are days that it is warmer in Alaska than in Alabama!  There was an unexpected ice storm that hit in January.  Thankfully, Pierce had been home sick that day getting over the fever virus and wasn't at school.  Otherwise, he would have been stuck there.  If you ask him, he's sad he missed the big spend the night party at school!  I'm happy we were safe and warm at home and I was not stuck at another school for work!

This was on the hill in front of Julie's house just up the street.  We were literally stuck at home too while M was stuck in Montgomery.  So glad I encouraged him not to try to come home.  People were stranded for hours and hours on the roads.

This little angel loved making an angel even though there wasn't a lot of snow!

Busy Bees

We have been some serious busy bees around here the last few months. Sadly, we've been doing lots of projects that we would have loved to accomplish for quite a while now. I'm sure I have some better before and after pictures, but here were our biggest projects.  The deck and master bath! 

M and his buddy, Ray, did the deck and did a fabulous job.  They were out there for several weekends and very chilly ones at that!

We also completely gutted the baster bath and now it's so much bettter!  I love getting ready so much more in the mornings.  Too bad I won't get to enjoy all of our hard work we put into it that much longer...

Rose Bowl Bound

Our tigers had a very surprising turnaround for the 2013 season.  Who knew that they would go to the National Championship at the Rose Bowl?!  Well, we got to head our west too...such a fun trip!!

We stayed in Vegas and took the "Gus Bus" to Cali for the game.  Here is our view from our room.

Our first night we had dinner with our tailgating crew at one of Bobby Flay's restaurants.  It was yummy!!

We met up with friends during the "tailgate party" outside the stadium.  Brooke and Laura stayed in Cali so this was our only chance to really see each other.

 Unfortunately, we didn't bring the win home that we were hoping for.  However, it was a really fun trip!!  It was a very quick and tiring couple of days, but completely worth it (except that I got the flu shortly after we got back).  This trip would not have been possible without a big help from Gigi and Poppa!  They came to stay with Pierce for a few days.  It ended up being kind of crazy with school delays, frigid temps, missing the bus, and probably some other stuff they didn't even tell us about!!

While we enjoyed our time away, there is nothing more I'd rather do though than come home to this little angel.

First Sleepover!!!

So far, 2014 has turned out to be an extremely CRAZY year! I'm going to try to catch up on the blog as good as I can!

 Just before school started back after Christmas break, Pierce got invited to a sleepover at Carter's!!  They stayed together went we went to Atlanta but this was his first night to stay away with someone other than family.  He was super, super excited...can you tell?!?!

Not only did his mama take on one extra guest...but two!  Maury invited her buddy, SE, and they had double the fun!!!  Super mom, Sally, even got all 5 ready for church the next morning all by herself!