Happy Friday

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy Friday and a good weekend. We are moving my cousin, Stacey in her new place this weekend (trip # 1 of 2, that is!). So, I will be pretty busy. Oscar did want to say hi and since he is at the office with me today, let me show you how hard he works. He is working on his beauty sleep, but he did manage to wake up and let me take his picture! Also of note, we have one month to go until we can pick up his little brothers. We are still undecided on their names, so any suggestions would be great!! Oh and if you are wondering about the name change of the blog, thought I better since some other bloggers have gotten in trouble for using copyrighted names and since we are about to have a house full of dachshunds, thought the name fit!!

Happy 34th Anniversary, Mom and Dad!

Tomorrow my parents will be celebrating their 34th wedding anniversary. As a present, my brother and I sent them to Savannah for the weekend to enjoy a little alone time. (Apparently, Savannah is the place to be for your anniversary!!) Thought I would share a few pictures of where they are staying. I found a great new hotel: Avia Hotel. It is close to Riverwalk and all of the downtown funness! So, I hope that they enjoy their weekend!

Just a little background of their wedding. They wed on July 25, 1975 in Bratt, FL at Shiloh Freewill Baptist Church. My mother was a blushing bride at the ripe old age of 18. Daddy was a craddle-robber at the age of 21 when they got married. I only wish I had a picture on me of their wedding day. Mike was a sport with a white sports coat, and a pink (ok white) CARNATION!! Gross. It was a choice, I guess, for a good old 70s wedding. (my children will probably say the same thing about my wedding one day) Anyways....Love you lots, mom and dad. Have fun this weekend and bring me back a present! (kidding)...no, really I'm not! ;)

Birdie's Birthday

This weekend was filled full of birthday fun. We had a party in honor of my Aunt Susan and her birthday. It was a nice day full of good family and friends, lots of laughter, and maybe some picking on the parents from me and Stacey! So, happy birthday Aunt Susan (aka Birdie or Bootsie)! Hope you have a great birthday!

And for Stacey's benefit, I added a picture of her with her mom and the infamous balloons that sparked a battle about where they were to be placed.

And because Stacey made me...my original post didn't include this cause I didn't want to make Birdie mad, but Stacey made me!!

Ode to Oscar

I thought that I would start out this week by giving a little shout out to my sweet baby, Oscar. He has been such a good friend and a loving pet. I wanted to share a few pictures from the July 4th weekend of Oscar lounging around Mimi's house and swimming in the creek. And yes mother, there are a few bathing suit shots of you, so don't be mad. They are brief I promise. So here is to my precious little doxie.

And since Joseph and I love our baby so much, we decided that we should make our family a little bit bigger. See this is where the surprise comes in and this is how I am choosing to tell my mother our great news that our family is expanding. See Joseph and I are expecting, with not one but TWO babies. Surprise!! We are super excited and scared all at the same time.

Our new arrivals come August 31st from a stork in St. Augustine. Did I forget to mention that they were two dachshund puppies? Got ya! Hee Hee! Sorry I couldn't resist. Here they are at a few days old. They were born July 6th, so they are still pretty tiny!

Happy 4th of July

Just want to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday. So eat a lot, laugh a lot, and don't get too much sun!

Also, take some time to thank God for giving us such a great nation and ask Him to continue to bless this wonderful nation in which we are all privileged to live in.

Splish, Splash

I didn't do anything exciting of note this weekend. Joseph, Oscar, and I did take a small little trip yesterday down to Blountstown to spend Father's Day with my father! After eating way too much, we headed down to the creek for a little fun in the sun. Oscar totally enjoyed his day. He swam and swam until finally I had to make him stop because he was so tired. He loved chasing Brandon and Colton while they dove off the diving board and tried to out-swim Jack to see who could get to the football/baseball the quickest. And it is always cute to see Oscar and Jack in their little life jackets! Here are a few pictures from yesterday.

The drain had been clogged, so the we had to do a little work to get some of the debris outta the way! But if that is the only work I have to do on any given day, I would say it was a good one! It is always fun going swimming in the creek for the first time every year!

Dress My Nest

I have a new addiction. I love Dress My Nest on the Style channel. I think that it is really cool how Thom takes 3 style items and 3 personal items and incorporates it into the room's design. So ladies, do you have a favorite dress, earrings, etc? If so, it is super easy to add touches of your personal style into the style of your home. We are all divas about our clothes, why not vamp up our rooms? I decided to try my hand at this and see what I could come up with. I used J Crew clothes for inspiration and Pottery Barn for the interpretation. I did this solely for simplicity! So here is what I came up with!

See! Nothing too fancy about what I picked, but it was fun. So look to your closet for some inspiration and get to it!