happy cupcake day!

happy birthday to me, happy anniversary to us!!!!!

bryce and his hot date :)

Here are Bryce and Lizzie before Lizzie headed off to prom a few weeks ago, from some photos I snagged off of Eric's parents' computer last night! Love these two cuties!!!

And, happy birthday to Doobie today!!! WE LOVE YOU!

XOXOXO

30 things that make me deliriously happy

The day is almost upon us!!!! My 30th birthday is only a week away . . . .so I feel the need to share 30 somethings. . ..
here are 30 things that make me happy

chocolate frosting
the first cool day of autumn
my mom's vanilla perfume in the air
black and white polka-dots
sunflowers
yellow roses
wedding dresses
clean sheets
bryce's hugs
a super clean bathroom
black and white dresses
Nights of Lights in St. Auggie
girls' night out
gift cards
creating an art project that turns out really well
my parents' cabin in NC
black and white photography
free stuff
my favorite yellow comforter
pancakes for dinner
cheese bread from Giovanni's
The Bubble Room
having comments on my blog
mocha frappachinos or chai (depending on the weather) from the coffeeshop down the street
Disney World
The Cosby Show
did I mention chocolate yet?
Charlie and Lola
organizing closets
and BLOGGING!!!!!!
and ERIC. ERIC MAKES ME DELIRIOUSLY HAPPY!!!!!!!!! (I am the WORST wife ever because i ddn't put him at the top of my list!!!!!!)

mary page, it was SUPER!!!

sorry to leave MP and the rest of you on the edge of your seats, waiting for the Bill Cosby recap! It was WONDERFUL, and we were not at all disappointed!!! The two hours went by really quickly, and it was so fun to see Bill Cosby in PERSON! :)

And because I didn't want to leave you without a photo, here are TWO just to show you why its GREAT to live in Florida today!!!! Some of you are buried under snow. . .and we are eating lunch on the back porch! We are actually having one last tiny cool snap this week - its in the 60's again, but it will be back up to the 80's again soon!

XOXO

Ooh Oooh!

Guess who's going to see BILL COSBY tonight!??????
weeeee areeeee!!!!!
Guess who gets to play with Gigi and Doobie tonight??
BRYCE DOESS!!!!!

happy happy joy joy!
eric got these tickets at christmastime. . .it feels like we have been waiting for AGES!
so fun!

Happy Weekend everyone!!!

because i really should only have ONE blog

Having two blogs confuses me sometimes, I never know where to put WHAT. I think that one of these days, I will just bite the bullet and combine into ONE blog. . .somehow it seems sort of traumatic though. At any rate, if it's your birthday today, or if it was your birthday on Saturday, there might just be a goofy photo of you on MY BLOG (because I just didn't know which blog to post it on.) so go look at it. And go look at it if you are a FRIEND of someone who had/has a birthday this week, because there is quite the Flagler crew with birthdays this week. . . and check out the goofy photos of your friends. (and be sure to make fun of them!!!) HAPPY BIRTHDAY KARISSE, KELLUM, and TRAVIS!!!!! XOXOXOXO (And Nana too, because Nana had a birthday last week also!!! We love you!)

publix balloons make bryce happy!

Thank God for The Publix Balloon. What would our grocery visits be like, if it were not for the customary balloon to take home!? The days that there are no balloons at the check-out are QUITE the dissapointement. Thank goodness they never run out of cookies, because if we couldn't stop at the bakery for our free cookie for Bryce to munch while I shop, then we just wouldn't ever GO to the store! ;)

Juggling

We had such a great time in Orlando last week (as you saw from our photos!) and now it is back to the grind!! We are still awaiting details on Eric's placement with the United Methodist Church, but we will share what we know, when we can. ;) Things are always sort of top-secret until the end of April, when announcements are made about what pastors are moving where. We'll keep you posted though! Until then, Eric is juggling. Juggling his job at the church, his internship at the City Rescue Mission, school, and requirements for the UMC. . . . one of which is a TWO WEEK intense training in Lakeland .. . which just so happens to be during his last two weeks of school, leading up to the day BEFORE graduation. YIKES. He is working out with his professors how exactly that is going to work out. I am sure that it will - it just means a lot of scrambling to get work done early and finals done early and coordinating with people. Stress???? Ohhhh, just a LITTLE bit. (urrggh!) He will hopefully get to come home during the weekend in between (to do laundry at least!) but it will be the longest he has ever been away! I guess that means I will be forced to scrapbook every night while he is away! Then a week or so after graduation, we will all be back to Lakeland for the UMC Annual Conference. So basically, Eric will spend three weeks out of May away from home! And then in June. . .we move! SOMEWHERE.

Please think lots of happy thoughts and prayers for us, and especially for Eric as he tries to balance everything and keep about sixteen balls in the air at once. We are trying to figure out our budget (which isn't pretty) and find a place to live, and keep life in a very delicate balance until everything calms down! (But Eric is going to take a break long enough for us to go see BILL COSBY next week. . .I am soooo excited!!!)