Wednesday, January 26, 2011

January Catch Up

It’s been a while since I’ve posted.  I’ve thought about it many times, but we’ve really not had a lot going on to post about.  I have welcomed the lazy weekends!  Here are some highlights of the last few weeks.

January 8th was Braylon’s birthday party.  He’s a friend from school, so they were there with all their buddies.  Lots of fun!

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Auburn made it to the National Championship this year and I just had to be there!  As soon as we learned they would be going, I bought my plane ticket to Phoenix and had a hotel room with some girlfriends from Auburn.  I didn’t have a ticket to the game, but I just had to be there.  Tickets were going for over $1,000 so I had pretty much decided there was no way I was getting into the game, but just being there with my friends would be enough fun for me.  My co-workers all got together and bought me a ticket to the game for Christmas!!!  It was one of the greatest gifts / surprises I’ve ever received!  Truly generous and truly something that allowed the experience of a lifetime. See it for yourself here… 
War Eagle!

The day I left for the game was the day the snow/ice storm of the decade hit Atlanta.  Kevin AKA “Father / Husband of the Year” was snowed in from Sunday to Wednesday with the kids.  He never left the house the whole time I was gone.  This was definitely not the plan when I booked the trip, but obviously the weather was out of our control.  Kevin was a real trooper and handled it all like a champ!  Thanks babe for all you did while I was gone – as well as every day!

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Gran-daddy bought Riley a new pink chair for her room and Ryan got some fun new lego-like blocks!

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And then there’s just some plain old fun!

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Web Albums Added:
http://picasaweb.google.com/hutchinson.heidi/20110108BraylonSBirthdayParty
http://picasaweb.google.com/hutchinson.heidi/20110110AUNationalChampionship
http://picasaweb.google.com/hutchinson.heidi/20110117NewPinkChair
http://picasaweb.google.com/hutchinson.heidi/20110122JanuaryFun

Sunday, January 2, 2011

A New Year!

We started 2011 with Riley’s closet makeover!  I love being organized, which really is not what has happened in our house in quite a while!  So – we ripped out her current shelving and put in a whole new system in under 2 hours!!!

Out with the old…
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…and in with the new!  We more than doubled her hanging space! 
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Before her clothes were crammed in her closet and now they are all spaced out.  There is even room for things that don’t fit her yet!
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We had the Fenzls and Talberts over for a traditional New Years meal of pork roast, collard greens, black eyed peas and cornbread!  Yummy!!!

The kids were in the dress up clothes in no time.
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Aunt Heather keeps pointing out that I’ve never posted pictures of the new rooms, so I snapped a few shots to show off the “pink room” and the “blue room”.
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And time for night night…one of my favorite moments of the day…  sweet snuggle times! 
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When Riley has her pink lovey in her hand and her thumb in her mouth, you know it’s time for bedtime.
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Web Albums Added:
http://picasaweb.google.com/hutchinson.heidi/20110101NewYearsDay
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