I think his Tractor's Sexy

We are discovering home ownership comes with expenses we didn't have to worry about before... like a lawn tractor. A regular mower wouldn't do (though I don't really blame him with the size of the yard). After a few test drives on our friend Brandon's John Deere, Kyle just had to have one for himself.

The fun part of finally having a yard has been planting flowers. Here are a few shots of my recent plantings. Hope I can keep them alive through the summer!

Love my girls

In High School I was blessed to have a fantastic group of girlfriends. Who knew 10 years later we would still be the best of friends! So thankful to have such great friends that remain close - dispite the miles between us.

(Only one missing is Jig! Thank goodness she's moving closer to GA!)

True to form, we finished up our night out at Krispy Kreme! One thing I love about these girls is their love for sugar & sweets -- would hate to be the only one devouring donuts :)

Kerry & I striking a pose!

Long Time no blog

Wow! I've been pretty bad at this blogging this, huh? Somehow the spring flew by and we're now into summer! I'm counting down the days to our week long beach trip to Fernandina, FL... t-minus 7 days!
Since my last post *GASP* FOUR months ago here's what we've been up to:

Celebrating Easter at Gretchen & Justin's

What the pictures don't show is the little adventure we had between church in the morning & Easter lunch. Kyle & I spend the night with Gretchen and Justin the night before Easter and went to church with everyone in the morning.

Since we only had Sadie for a few weeks and she was adjusting (ie - sometimes had accidents inside) we left Sadie and Buddy outside in the fenced in yard together.

When we got home Buddy was there to greet us, but Sadie was no where to be found. No holes, no open gates, no sign of her anywhere. Little did we know what an escape artist we had! Kyle and Justin went out and searched the neighborhood for Sadie with no luck.

We were getting a bit nervous when we couldn't find her after an hour of searching. Just when the boys came in to take a break and change out of their church outfits, who comes walking up the driveway... That's right - Miss Sadie!

We still don't know exactly how she got out or where her adventures took her, but we were so relieved she decided to come back!

Our little escape artist

More to come...

Welcome Home Sadie Girl

We brought the newest member of our family home a few weeks ago. Sadie was rescued from a kill shelter by two sweet ladies who run a doggie daycare & are foster parents for a local shelter.

Once we bought our house we knew we wanted a doggie, but just recently started looking online for dogs we could adopt and visiting the Adoption Days at PetSmart. We found a picture of Sadie (then called Autumn) and just fell in love with her cute little face. We were sad to find out she wasn't at PetSmart that Saturday and thought she had already been adopted, but decided to call anyway.

Thankfully we discovered they just hadn't brought her out that weekend and set up time to see her after work. We fell in love and had to have her after that visit!

My two year old niece was excited to meet Sadie and kept asking if she would have a bow in her hair when we brought her home since she is a girl. We all thought this was pretty funny, but when we went to pick her up the ladies had given her a bath and gave her a "bow" attached to her collar!

When we brought Sadie home she was very nervous and shy, but after about two weeks with us she has really relaxed and is playful and friendly. The first week was a bit of an adjustment as she got use to going outside her new home and we got use to finding surprises the new responsibility, but we've all gotten use to each other and love having a little doggie of our own. :)

Happy 1st Birthday Noah

One year ago today our little nephew Noah Madison Hammack was born. I can't believe it was just 12 months ago that we got to meet this guy little guy.

When we first met Noah he was so tiny...

Now he's such a big boy -- walking (or rather running), giggling and playing!

Can't wait to celebrate your first birthday soon! Noah, we love you! XOXO, Aunt Annie and Uncle Kyle

New Pet

Ever since Kyle and I got married we have talked about getting a pet. Since we lived in apartments & were so busy with work/school, the time never seemed right to get a little pet of our own. Once we moved to GA we were both ready for a pet, but the place we rented didn't allow for any.

Now that we have a place of our own we have the best pets ever. They take care of themselves,  don't shed, don't require walks and come to visit us daily at 5:30pm. Any guesses on our new pets??

Is it a dog.....


NO

Is it a cat....


NO

Is it a turtle.....


NO

Is it a deer....



YES!!!

Meet our new pet Deer!!

This little family of 3 doe's come and visit us nearly every day at 5:30pm like clockwork and munch on our grass. We are enjoying our new wildlife...hmm... I mean pets. They are so cute. Even though there are others in my family - Dad & Justin (who shall remain nameless) who go out hunting these cute creatures nearly every day, we get to enjoy them from our den. Jealous yet Dad?

Maybe one day we'll get a real pet, but until then, we are content with our pet deer!

Our 4 Christmases - Part 2

Christmas morning we opened presents at Kim and Gary's house and only snapped one shot of us in our morning glory... thank goodness!

Afterwards we headed over to Jack and Keily's for Christmas lunch. Even though there were probably 20 people there, we only ended up with pictures of Noah -- I guess that's what happens when a kid is present!

Here are a few shots from the mini photo shoot we had in the backyard & Noah surrounded by all his Christmas loot.

After Christmas weekend we headed back up to Georgia and celebrated our last and final Christmas with Gretchen and Justin at  my parents house. Again... with a child present, nearly all my pictures are centered around Ellie!

Ellie LOVES Tutti from Yo Gabba Gabba!

Oh look at me - I did take pictures of other people

Gretchen with her new Vera bag

Think Justin loved his Snuggie