Last Days in Alabama

This weekend my brother and sister-in-law are leaving for ENGLAND for a whole YEAR!! I know they are super excited and ready to be reunited with her family! It's been about 6 months since they've seen them! They will be back in October for a family wedding in Pennsylvania and for Thanksgiving :) I will miss them terribly and miss having them around all the time. They have been staying with us since Christmas, so it's bittersweet to say goodbye for a few months. Please pray for their safety traveling to England and also with their new jobs "across the pond".

I have asked Rebecca to send me a picture and or story about something interesting they've done during that week to share with ya'll! They always go on trips to visit many wonderful and exqusite places! For Valentine's day they have decided to go to ROME!!!

Have a GREAT weekend!!

-Lindsay

Sunday Funday!

After Sunday School on Sunday, Kyle, Rebecca, and myself went to Dothan for the afternoon. We planned on going to the beach but with rain in the forecast we decided not too and just stay near home. We went to the mall to get some things for Rebecca's family in England. Ex: Her brother likes American Eagle jeans and they don't have an American Eagle in England. While we were at the mall, we decided to look at some shoes for her sister who wears a size 13 foot!! I wear a size 5 and shoes are so difficult to find, apparently size 13 is too!! We found a pair of summer sandals for her sister and I decided that I would try them on and see if they "would fit her".

After the mall, we went to eat a late lunch at Atlanta Bread Company. It was so yummy! I had the Half and Half Chicken Salad sandwich and Loaded Potato Soup.

After lunch we went for a coffee at a local coffee shop called Dakota's. Kyle had a Chai Latte, Rebecca a coffee on ice, and I had a White Chocolate Mocha Frappe' :) After coffee we went to an Anique Mall. Kyle and Rebecca LOVE looking at antique malls! Kyle found a JAMES TAYLOR record!!! I love James Taylor!!!

After a 2nd coffee we headed home and played Kyle's new Xbox Kinect game! This game has skeeball on it!! I LOVE skeeball!!

Have a great week!!
Lindsay

Saturday Trip

On Saturday Kyle, Rebecca, and myself went to visit my grandparents! I usually see them at least once a week, and it had been about 2 weeks since my last visit. My Me-Maw was sick last week with Bronchitis so I decided not to go see them since she was a little under the weather. My Paw-Paw grilled hamburgers for us with his new grill. They were so yummy!! My Me-Maw also made a chocolate cake! When I got there she just started making the icing, so I helped her finish it. This cake reminds me of a chocolate lava cake..super chocolate and yummy! I promice I only tested it and took a tiny corner :)

The cake is made from a simple boxed chocolate cake mix. After the cake is completely cooled poke random holes in the cake. As many or as little as you want. Remember you want to get some oozy icing in every bite! After you've pked the holes, pour the thin homemade chocolate icing all over the cake and in the holes. I have no clue what the recipe is for the icing we made. I asked my Me-Maw and she said she always just makes it up as she goes along. I do know that 3Tblsps of butter, vanilla extract, cocoa powder, and powdered sugar are used in hers! When you cut into the cake and eat it, the ooey gooey icing just pours out...YUM!!

Magnum, my brother's huge toy poodle, says Hello!!

-Lindsay

Happy Birthday Momma!!!

Today is my fabulous momma's birthday!! Happy Birthday To Her!!

Last night my mom worked at the hospital and so my brother, sister-in-law, and I decided to surprise her at work with a cake and coffee and crash the birthday party her co-workers were throwing for her. She was SO surprised we came :) A very happy surprised! I wish I took a picture of the look on her face...priceless and hillarious. Here's some pics of the "party" at her work. These are all taken from our cell phones (DROIDS) so sorry for the poor picture quality :(

*CAKE CUTTING TIME*

*GIFTS FROM HER FRIEND TRACI*

*REBECCA ENJOYING SOME SNACKS* Rebecca really loved the spinach dip!I have just returned home from church and we have a fun-filled day planned for Momma today. It is her day to do what she wants! The first thing on her list is to SLEEP! After working 12 hours last night, she needs it. She was supposed to work tonight but she got to have the night OFF because there's not alot of babies being delievered today at the hospital. When she wakes up its present time and then we are going out to eat :)

Happy Birthday Momma :)

-Lindsay

Weekly Happenings

Here's what's been going on this week so far in the life of Lindsay :)

1. AUBURN TIGERS win the 2010 National Championship! I am so thrilled and excited for all the Auburn Family! Auburn deserved it and importantly the SEC deserved it!

WAR EAGLE!

2. I bought some new nail polish. It is one of my new favorite "neutral" shades!

OPI "Barefoot Barcelona"

3. Mom, Rebecca, and I went to the movies last night to go see Country Strong. It was a really good movie! Rebecca said "it was an emotional rollar coaster".

Here's a picture of a scene that was one of my favorite scenes in the whole movie.

**I am so excited about my 3-day weekend coming up, anyone else excited about their 3-day weekend?**

-Lindsay

Christmas Day ReCap!

Christmas is always such a fun time of the year and always such a great time to spend with family! My brother Kyle and sister-in-law Rebecca spent the week with us and on Christmas morning we all woke up and had some cinnamond roll swhile opening gifts from Santa :) I am not posting those pictures because trust me...we do not look good when we wake up :) So I will show you pics from later on Christmas Day.

I was a very good girl this year and Santa brought me the following;

A Cricut Machine :)

Black Damask Print Laptop Desk with light


Here's some pics from Christmas afternoon including lunch at my grandparents :)
Kyle, Rebecca, and their puppy Stevie dressed in doggie leggings :)

Have a FABULOUS day!!

-Lindsay

Christmas Eve Recap!

Christmas Eve is always held at our house and we usually have family over around 3ish for dinner! This Christmas we had family staying at our house so we were at the house all day preparing for our annual Lasagna dinner and a night full of games and gifts.

My cousin Darby and I and then some more pics of family including Aunt Nonnie, , Danley, PawPaw, MeMaw, Kyle, and Rebecca.

After family leaves we open presents from one another before Santa come to see us :)

Chloe had fun opening some of her gifts :)

Here I am opening my gift from Chloe :) It was a handstamped necklace with her name and pawparint on it :)

Christmas pics coming soon :)

-Lindsay

Kyle's Graduation

My family and I drove down to Mobile a couple weeks ago to watch my brother graduate from the University of South Alabama. We spent the weekend in Mobile and it was a nice little getaway and a nice time spent with family :) Chloe loved seeing and playing with her doggy aunt and uncle too! We had breakfast and ordered the cake from a local Mobile bakery. Take a look at all the Christmas goodies!! Here is the nice lady giving us a free apple pie. Thats right! A free pie. We got there to pick up the cake and it didn't quite look right...

Notice the smudge? and the written out/numbered numbers? CRAZY!!!

Here's the fabulous Santa cookie I had for breakfast :) He sure was yummy!

Now, ONTO GRADUATION....

Here's Rebecca and I during the ceremony :)

After graduation ceremonies we went to "A Spot Of Tea" in downtown Mobile for dinner and then back home for the right cake. It still wasn't perfect, but it worked!

Christmas pics coming up soon!

Have a FABULOUS day!

-Lindsay