Weekend Getaway!!

 

Justin and I just got back from a wonderful trip WITHOUT kids! My nana and his mom came up and watched the kids while we took a little trip before he starts school on Monday.  It was so nice to have almost two entire days to ourselves! We left early on Thursday morning and went zip lining across the Pigeon River.  We had a blast! 

After we zip lined, we headed to Asheville, North Carolina! We spent the remainder of Thursday walking around downtown and enjoyed some of the local places Asheville had to offer. Dowtown Asheville is very interesting (not in a good way), but we did have a wonderful dinner at the Lobster Trap. :) 

We slept in on Friday morning until 8:00! That is crazy late around our house with two little ones that like to get up at the crack of dawn! After we enjoyed a nice breakfast at the hotel, we drove to the Biltmore Village and walked around to some of the little shops where I found a wonderful fabric store! :)

Next, we headed to the Biltmore Estate! It was amazing! We spent most of the day touring the house and the gardens there.  Everything about the Biltmore was beautiful! I would love to go back at Christmas time to see the house decorated!



We had such a wonderful time enjoying each others company! I'm so thankful for the time we had together before Justin starts his second year of medical school! We've got this!!!!



Owen is Three!

I can't believe my little man is 3!! We had a wonderful time celebrating his birthday here in Harrogate and then again in Huntsville.  He had been telling me for months he wanted to have a shark party!



The morning of his birthday he woke up to balloons and a shark in his floor.

We got him his very own camera!

Pancakes for breakfast on his birthday

Natalie and Owen showing how old he is! :)

 Family picture on his birthday

Celebrating with friends in Huntsville

Decorations for the shark party!

 Playing with friends at the party!

Owen and Izz at his party! :)

1st Year Recap

Justin finished his first year of medical school this week, and we are so proud of him!! He did wonderful being a medical student and still being an awesome husband and daddy!  We had so many wonderful memories this first year of school and I don't want to forget any of them!  Here are some of my favorite pictures and memories during 1st year...

Our family at the Pinnacle right before school started

Owen and Natalie at the zoo in July (they look so young in this picture!)

Grace Ann and Andrew on one of their first play dates.

                          

The morning of orientation

My first trip to Huntsville by myself with the kids

Enjoyed a church picnic at the park

                           

Taught Grace Ann how to play trains... 

 

We spent many days at the playground

                                           

I celebrated a BIG birthday!

Made a special trip home to celebrate a birthday for a special friend!

Enjoyed lots of library time

Checked out our first library book

Started making hair bows for Grace Ann

Watched our husbands receive their white coats

Enjoyed watching these two during the white coat ceremony

Enjoyed watching Alabama football

Spent lots of time watching big brother play outside

Celebrated Justin's birthday

Surprised our daddy's when they came home from lunch by wearing scrubs just like them

Had a blast during the Fall Festival

Loved playing and jumping in the leaves during the fall

 Found a cute little pumpkin patch down the road from our house

 Had fun playing with our friends at the park

Enjoyed a girls night out with Grace Ann

Had a blast eating breakfast with Santa at the library 

Made wonderful memories celebrating our first Christmas as a family of four

Celebrated the end of first semester by ice skating outdoors in Knoxville

Spent lots of time playing with my embroidery machine

 

Had a blast at a Valentine's day party

Organized my first busy bag party

 Played in the snow with friends

Justin took Owen to his first basketball game...they BOTH had a blast!

Celebrate Easter at our church home in Harrogate

 Celebrated Grace Ann's first birthday

We took Owen on a special trip to Gatlinburg

 I can't believe our time in Harrogate is half over and I'm so excited about all of the fun things we have planned this summer! :)