Life

Life has been very busy lately... Let's see here Skylar is out of school for the summer which means lots of free time and sleeping in with no schedules. Whoo hoo for that. She has finished up her ballet for the Spring and is almost done with t-ball. I love getting her involved with sports and activities. She gets to meet new friends and try new things and figure out what she likes and I really enjoy watching her grow in the process and see her progress. She is a competitive little thing. I have meet some GREAT people along the way as well. People always say you can make so many friends when you have kids. That is so true and I have been fortunate enough to meet some of my closet friends along the way through Skylar's sports. In her ballet class, all of the parents used to do their own thing and just watch their kids but towards the end we all started chatting the whole hour away and that was our weekly adult time. The last night of ballet about 4 of us moms and 2 dads literally put our chairs in a circle and just talked. Love it. It is nice to also meet people that live close to you where it is easy and close to get to and from. Two of Skylar's closet friends live less than 5 minutes away and I love that. Since I have lived in MS I have not really had people or friends of mine that live close and it is pretty nice.

                            
                                   Skylar getting her medal at ballet.

                            
                                Her friend Avery she met through t-ball

                               
                                Her BFF Sophie who she met at school.

                  
                            Her friend Chase she met through gymnastics.



Our wedding is creeping on up. Less than 5 months away! Almost all of the planning is done, the big stuff anyways. We have our photographer, caterer, venue, DJ and the rest is just the small stuff. Which I will get done closer to time. Like the decorations and cleaning of the barn(which is Jt's job). ke he. He asked what he could do to help so I gave him the big project of making sure the barn is up to par and in good shape. I found my dress, with the help of my buddy Ann at work. We spent like 3 hours searching for dresses last weekend and she spotted this one. It is perfect. SIMPLE! Can not wait to meet my husband at the end of the aisle on October 13! Skylar keeps telling people that, Mommy, JT and her are all getting married, which I think is so sweet and she is kind of right. I mean he gets the both of us.

We have also decided to buy a new house. We are actually building one, which will be fun and stressful all at the same time. We have bought the lot in the perfect subdivision, just have to wait on a few bumps in the road with the lot before the builder can actually start. He told us he is hoping to start the middle or end of July. Which is okay news, we were hoping for sooner, but this house will be worth the wait. The lot that we thought was one lot, builder and real estate agent included, ended up being two lots, so our builder is having to get it cleared with the city of Hernando that we can have it as one lot. Which is a blessing! He said if we had not come along and pointed it out to him that it was two lots, that he would have sold it for two lots instead of one, so thank the big man above for that wonderful news. So it's just a waiting game for now. I really dislike moving and leaving our friends that live right down the street, but we are only moving like 10 minutes away from our house now. So it's not too far away. But that little peace of news is small in the big scheme of things. I have two families that I have been following on different blogs and both of them are about to loose their children to cancer. Stupid CANCER! One child is 6(Lucy Krull) I believe and the other one is 15(Trey Erwin). Both of them are such strong fighters and are going through hell. I just pray that God gives them and their families the strength they need to get through this awful time. It makes me sick to my stomach each time they have a new update especially when it is not good news. Just stop and think the next time you are having a "bad" day and think if it is really that bad. Give your families hugs and kisses and cherish every minute you have with your children and parents, because life happens too fast sometimes.