Birthday Weekend 3

Finally, on Wenn's actual birthday Halloween, we had a family lunch at our house to celebrate. Nana and Papa gave Wenn some rollerskates and she could not wait to try them out. I am pretty sure it is going to be more of a workout for mom and dad then for Wenn since it is going to take quite a bit of practice to get these things figured out. After a long nap, we got the girls dressed and headed off to our neighborhood hayride and trick-or-treating. Meg realized very quickly that people were handing out candy so she was all about filling her bag up. Wenn told me that since she was 5 now, she could ride the hayride by herself. It was a little hard to let her but there were enough other moms to watch over her plus, Andy and I were walking behind with Meg so we were always close by. Both girls had a great Halloween. We ended the night at the Douglas house celebrating their daughter Darby's and Wenn's Halloween birthdays.
Happy 5th Birthday Wenn - We Love You!

Birthday Weekend 2

The weekend after Wenn's friend party Peggy took Wenn to Memphis to see Wicked. I got to go also and the show was fabulous! If you love Wizard of Oz then go see Wicked! We had brunch at the Peabody and got to see the ducks before making our way to the Orpheum. Thank you to Peggy and Charles Ed for such a special birthday present! I think I enjoyed it just as much as she did!

Birthday Weekend 1

Oh October has been such a busy month the in the Sanders household. On the 16th we hosted Wenn's friend birthday party. It was a party for Wenn, Sally Beth and Anne Locke and the theme was Pajamas and Pancakes. We had 20 girls over in their pj's for pillow fights, pedicures and pancakes and it was a blast. I turned the living room into one huge palette and they had so much fun dancing, singing, jumping on the beds and being silly. We made sleep masks as our craft and for our game we made-up the dads which was hilarious. One little girl told her mom that "Mr. Andy was so pretty, he looked like a queen". It was so much fun and great to celebrate all three girls' birthdays together.

Girls

Sweet Meg and the almost 5 year old on no uniform day.

Estate Sale Finds

This morning I ran to an estate sale after helping Peggy do flowers for a wedding. Peggy is an estate sale phenom and is always finding fabulous things to put in her house, cabin, her girls' places and sometimes even "the other sister" (that's my nickname from the Snipes' girls) gets a bauble or two. Here are some of the things I found today. I love the throw, it looks so Anthropologie and guess how much it cost - $8! Wasn't that a steal? My other favorite is that blue glass vase. I missed out on two great oriental block prints by about 5 minutes. The moral of the story - get there early! Hope you are having a fantastic Saturday!

Time with Friends

Okay everyone, I am working on being a better blogger so be patient with me. For whatever reason, I haven't been a very creative or diligent blogger. Partially because between the girls, my very busy husband and working I haven't taken the time to blog better so I am working on it and hopefully I will have it figured out just in time for the holidays. So here's my first experiment in enlarging pictures. After church we invited the Hitt's and the Weather's out to the the pumpkin patch on Charles Ed's farm and had a picnic. The kids had so much fun just being kids. I think that was the best part of it, they just got to be kids. And us mom's got to catch up too which was great because we've all been too busy to get together lately. So here's to a fabulous Fall, a new blogging beginning and a wonderful week to everyone!

My adopted family

Last weekend we traveled to Jackson for the Dickerson's surprise birthday party. Big D and Mrs. Cathy both turned 60 this year and it was so much fun to get to celebrate with them. When my family fell apart the Dickerson's took me in and kept me going and for that I will forever be grateful. Mr. Donnie, Mrs. Cathy, Brad and Meredith are pretty high on my list of favorite people and I have so many great memories with them. I have been truly blessed with people who aren't family but love me like I am and it has had such a huge impact on my life. I love you Mr. Donnie and Mrs. Cathy and Happy Birthday!