Ashlyn and Daisy

Ashlyn being a true little girl!

Shower pictures

The Past Week in a Nutshell

I have been so busy the past week. This was Britt's weekend to work, so Ashlyn and I met Mom and Dad at O'Charley's for dinner. After dinner we went to Sam's. I needed to get a few last minute things before Kellie's big baby shower on Saturday. We got what we needed and then said our goodbyes. I still had to run to Walmart for a few food items. As I was loading Ashlyn in the car I noticed that I had a flat tire. GREAT! Side note........I just had a flat tire, totally different tire, last Friday. It was able to be plugged, so it wasn't quite so bad. Unfortunately this Friday the nail/staple/whatever it was, was in the side of my tire, so having it plugged wasn't an option. I called Mom and Dad. They hadn't gotten too far down the road. Dad and I ended up changing my flat tire in the parking lot. Dad's back isn't so great, so we were both sweating up a storm trying to put my spare tire on. It wasn't the Friday night that I was hoping for. Ashlyn and I FINALLY headed to Walmart. We didn't get home until after 11:00. We were up bright and early. I had SOOO much to do to get ready for Kellie's shower. We all wanted it to be perfect. I got all my food together, dropped Ashlyn off at Mom and Dad's, and then drove over to Kellie's around lunchtime. The shower was wonderful. We had a great turnout. She received so many nice gifts. We were all pleased with the way that everything went. After the shower Ashlyn and I stayed and went swimming at Kellie and Matt's. A few other couples were there. Michael and his wife Kelly have a son that is the same age as Ashlyn. It took her a little while to warm up to him, and after that they had the best time. We didn't end up getting home Saturday night until after 10:00. Sunday morning we woke up and went to church. After church we ate lunch and then had a couple of hours to relax before heading to the class reunion meeting. That went well. We got the invitations put together and stuffed and sealed envelopes. The invitations went out in the mail today. I can't wait until September the 8th! We are going to have the best time girls!
Today I was trying to get back in the swing of things. Work was fairly quiet today. I don't usually like slow days at work, but today it was great. I felt like I was still half asleep all day long. I'm hoping to get to bed fairly early tonight. I always say that but it never happens. We'll see what happens.
Cute story before I go -
We have a bird's nest in one of my hanging baskets on the front porch. I've been paying close attention to it, because when I water it I don't want to drown the baby birds. The eggs finally hatched last week. Ashlyn and I are checking on them constantly. She thinks that it is so neat to have some baby birds at our house. It's a great way to get her to stop pitching a fit. All I have to do is tell her to be quiet or she'll wake up the baby birds. She'll stop right then and there. I don't know what I'm going to do when they are gone. ;) Tonight I pulled the basket down and there the were with their mouth's wide open. I swear to you........I saw a snake in there with them. I freaked out. I didn't drop the basket. I slowly lifted it back up on the hook and then ran inside. I don't know why I carefully put it back because before long there wouldn't be anymore baby birds. I called Britt, who was working off-duty. I was telling him about the snake and that he had to come rescue the baby birds. I really think that I had him worried about the birds too. He would never admit to that, but it's true. I wanted to save the birds, but I didn't want that darn snake to come after me. About 10 minutes later Britt was home. He checked on them and there was no snake in there. Now............I think that I scared the snake off..........Yeah right. There probably really wasn't a snake in there. It was probably just my imagination playing tricks on me, but we'll just say that I saved their little lives. Why can't I be the hero? LOL! Britt says that there was never a snake in there. I'm sure that he is right, but we won't tell him that. So he comes home to rescue the birds and NOTTA, NOTHING! Oh well, at least I got to see him for a few minutes before he was back to work again. Have no fear the babies are safe and sound!

Party Pictures

Ashlyn's Birthday Party

Ashlyn will be 3 years old on the 19th of June. I can't believe that my little baby has turned into such an amazing little girl! I know that I've said it many times before, but she truly is heaven sent! Her party was a hit. I really didn't know what kind of turn out we would have. Last year I invited the same amount of people and only had about 20 or so come. This year we had nearly 50 people! I didn't take a count, but I know that our back yard was full. We had a petting zoo. The kids absolutely LOVED that. There were goats, sheep, baby chicks, baby ducks, and rabbits. It was definitely a hit with the kids. Britt was busy grilling. I don't know how many hamburgers and hotdogs we threw on the grill. Everything got gone. Thank Goodness! That meant less to put away for me. After eating we put the slip-n-slide out. The kids had a blast on that. After that it was time for Ashlyn to blow out her candles and open her presents. Nana Joyce made her birthday cake. It was a strawberry shortcake cake, and it was DEEEELICIOUS! Ashlyn got SOOO much stuff! I think that we may have to build an extra room on our house just to have some space to put everything! I guess it's time to get rid of some of her old toys that she never plays with anymore to make room for her new things. It turned out to be a spectacular party!
Now for the after party. Ida, Bradley, Hanna, Curtis, Jenna, and Marty stayed and hung out for a while. Jenna has ONE week until her due date. She is anxious to have the baby here as soon as possible. They left a little early. After they left we were all just hanging out outside drinking and laughing about old times. Britt and Bradley get the bright idea of going down the slip-n-slide. It was midnight, but we all went and put our bathing suits on and starting slipping and a sliding. We had the best time! Who would have thought that a $6 slip-n-slide would have brought so many laughs. It was priceless!
Today we spent the day recovering and cleaning up what was left from the party yesterday. We took Dad out for Father's day this evening. I'm winding down now and getting ready for bed. It's been a weekend packed full of fun and excitement.