Fourth Fun!

We spent our evening out at Remington Park here in our plantation town. The park was filled with red, white, and blue, balloons, live music, boiled peanuts, snow cones, and much much more! Our church always serves by passing out water, picking up trash, and overseeing the different booths and events that are set up leading up to the firework show. It is kind of like a community block party.

We were in charge of an obstacle course. We had a good time talking to people and I saw tons of my former students...which always warms my heart. Matt was supposed to wear the same shirt as me, but didn't like the way it fit, so he wore his church softball shirt instead...go figure! :)






Everyone sits out on the baseball and soccer fields to watch the fireworks. We met up with our friends, the Jenses. You can see Annabeth and Abigail sitting on their dads jeep watching the fireworks. We enjoyed the hour leading up to the show, just getting to catch up and snack together.



I actually held a sparkler (notice the terror on my face)! I had also fogotten about my love of diet root beer in a bottle...yum!





I made these little fun desserts on a whim when we got home! Pretty festive! Then the rain started. I am glad that it held off until after our festivities!



I hope that everyone had a wonderful 4th of July!

My Fun Week!

My Matty left for his second week long business trip this month. Still, so thankful for a JOB! :) Praise the Lord! And he won't have another one for a long time now! Here are pictures from the night before he left and when he was packing (he takes my vera hanging bag, I really need to get him his own :)).



And although I missed him so much, I was lucky enough to have my mama come and stay with me. We pretty much ate at good restaurants and shopped til we dropped!


Tuesday night we ate dinner with my brother and his girlfriend in Quitman at Coyoacan. It was so good! I forgot to get a picture!

Wednesday we ate lunch at Savannah Moon. Doesn't the heart of palm sandwich look yummy?


We went to the libray. Gotta love GA PINES. We ate at Jonah's Fish and Grits for supper. Then we painted Love what you do! signs for our classrooms.



Thursday was the only day that we bought anything. It was finally pay day for teachers. Woo Hoo! It felt like a long month! We went to a few places around Thomasville, then ate lunch at Ella Blue Cafe. We had their Sweet Potato Salad and it was AMAZING.



We picked up some sweet items from The Bread Wagon for Matt and my Dad. Then my mama packed up her car and went back to Dublin. I'm always so sad when she leaves.


However, it is always fun to look forward to her summer visits to Thomasville (I do really miss my Dad and G though). Mama/Daughter time is the best! And I am so thankful for her and every second that we get together!

Happily Ever After Party

We had a Sunday School girls night last night and I had the best time. I LOVE talking with the girls from my SS class. We were missing a few girls, but Amy, Beth, Mindy, and I had a blast anyway! I admire each girl that was there last night for sure! I'm really excited about starting a Bible Study with them this school year on Wednesday nights.

Ok, back to our night. The theme was Happily Ever After. The invitation said something like we once were brides to be...now we're living happily ever after. We each had to bring a dish that we had at our wedding reception (appetizer or dessert). We also had to bring our wedding album. I brought a mini-doughnut cake in our wedding colors of course.



Beth had Say Yes to the Dress playing, she had wedding trivia (which was super fun hearing all of our answers), door prizes, and to-go red velvet cakes for us to take home. She was definitely the hostess with the mostess!






Mainly we just ate, talked, looked at pictures, and laughed for 4 hours. We finally left an hour after it was supposed to get over because her sweet little boy, Roan, wanted his mama to tuck him into bed and read him stories. Her husband kindly took a group picture of us after he got home from the movies. I can't wait for our next get-together.


Oh, and to make my night ever better...I came home to lights on in my house, where my hubby was home from his business trip safe and sound! :)

Around Downtown and Dillon

You know I love my downtown. I love the atmosphere. I love the stores. I love the owners. I love the feeling I get when I'm there. I love each season downtown too. Basically, downtown Thomasville could be described as a passion of mine. Sad I know, but true!

I took some pictures of what you can find down there this summer. Just in case anyone happens to take a trip through the deep south on the way to the beach.









Now, my mama is currently on her way to visit for the next few days and she loves downtown as much as I do, as well as cute little shops in other surrounding small towns. So stay tuned...I'm sure I'll have lots of other cute things to feature! Just wish I could get them all! :)

And about Dillon, I just finished watching Season 4 of FNL...the best show I have ever seen in my life. Watching it is equivalent to reading a Karen Kingsbury book in my eyes. You laugh, cry, and usually learn how to be a better person after each episode. :) Dillon reminds me of the town I grew up in. There are so many similarities. I NEED to watch the fifth and final season soon. Y'all, I just really love this show. And Tami Taylor....counselor, principal, coaches wife and just all around great lady, is still my favorite! I hope she doesn't let me down in season 5. Yes, I know she's not real, but she just seems like she is!




"Clear Eyes, Full Hearts, CAN'T LOSE!!!"