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!

Fall is flying

Fall is here is flying by. I don't know what we've been doing but we have been busy, or so it seems. Wenn got moved up to Level 2 in gymnastics class. She is the youngest in her new class but has been brave and eager to learn. She practices all of the time and really enjoys it. Meg enjoys eating as you can tell and is always eager to help out with the clean up when I bake. It has been so dry around here that I've had to water my plants quite a bit to keep them going. The girls ended up playing with the hose and it was like it was summer all over again. Wenn's fifth birthday is the end of this month and I can not believe she will be 5!!
Where has the time gone?

Trip to the Big Easy

We took a little trip to New Orleans this weekend to go to Brad Dickerson's wedding. The whole family went, including mom. We stayed at a very fancy "shotel", the fanciest Wenn's ever stayed in, or so she said. Meg loved her first taste of beignets, once she finally quit eating the powdered sugar and actually tried the beignet. After our delicious breakfast we went to the insectarium. Wenn loved it, especially the butterfly garden. Meg was not a big fan. She woke up from her nap that afternoon screaming "No Bugs, No Bugs!". The girls favorite part was looking out the window of the "shotel" at the river and watching the boats. The wedding was beautiful and it was so fun catching up with some old friends. Congratulations Dr. Brad!