Happy Birthday Presley

One word that describes Presley...

beautiful, smart, silly, unique,

hilarious, clever, fiesty, sweet,

interesting, cute, imaginative,

outgoing, happy, pretty, captivating,

wait...thats it!

CAPTIVATING!!

Our favorite Presleyisms...

blanklet = blanket

lub = love

what you said = what did you say?

hessy mare = messy hair

berry = very

i already do'd that = i already did that

alslow = also

dont see me = dont look at me

muddle puddle = mud puddle

foots = feet

you sneaked on me = you snuck up on me

H I gay chay = H I J K

banllia = vanilla

Katie's wedding

This weekend Presley had the privilege to be the flower girl in Katie Allen's wedding.  I am not the wedding junkie type and am not easily impressed by weddings but this was BEAUTIFUL!  Held at Hodgin Valley Farm in Pleasant Garden NC with a simple but elegant vintage theme.  I absolutely loved it.  Presley loved the rehearsal as much as the actual wedding because she got to wonder around them farm and meet the animals. 

(tubs were full of bottled cokes at the wedding, very cute!)

 She was in heaven, aside from one small mishap, a bite (more like a nibble but it did leave a mark) from a "mean donkey" which was actually a Shetland horse. I hate I didn't get a picture of that fella.

Happy to be a part of this beautiful ceremony and very happy for Joseph and Katie, we look forward to seeing the blessings God has in store for their future.

Presley and Jack, the ring-bearer became quite fond of each other.

Presley is typically the first one on the dance floor at weddings but her and Jack were having way too much fun racing and throwing rocks to bother with dancing, so her prodigy took her place...

Congratulations Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Zieglehofer!

the year of Toy Story

Last year right before Presley's 4th birthday she became obsessed with Toy Story.  She would see the little boys t-shirts and beg for them at Target; this began her love affair. She quickly became the proud owner of the movies and countless other paraphernalia.  She would swim in her blowup pool with them, take baths with them and sleep with them.  They all have her name written on the bottom of their shoes, just like Andy.  Which leads us to Presley's 5th birthday party...her first birthday party away from home. She wanted a Toy Story pool party, so of course that's what she got!

always perfect cakes by Delicious Bakery

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Delicious-Bakery/68860982109

thanks for coming floats

sweet Miley Belle

She got a nook...is it normal to be

jealous of your 5 year olds presents?

                    the card "handsome Dabis" made her
                              and her wedgie

I asked Presley a few weeks ago what she wanted for her birthday and she listed a few things then said, "I dont know mom just pick out some stuff, but I dont want ANYTHING GREEN."  She did point out that the floats were green but since they were for her friends it was OK.  She keeps us laughing.

babycakes

Loving my new babycakes cupcake maker my Mawmaw gave me for my birthday.  First go was chocolate mousse...not the best choice of topping for tiny cupcakes but yummy none the less!

ONE: get a babycakes machine

TWO: fill em up

THREE: top em

                             FOUR: enjoy

Lake Life

          Good times at Lake Tillery with the Lands!

             Love those guys.  Love that lake.

YAY/YUK

YAY~
Woke up this morning and all four of us were laying in the bed and Miley crawled all around resting her head on our laps giving kisses.  Suddenly she started saying "mama" over and over and giving me kisses.  Presley thought it was so sweet.  That made it even sweeter.

YAY~
Miley crawls around and finds Presley's play necklaces and puts them on herself.  It is sooooooo cute.  Not only that but today had on necklaces and a hair bow!

YUK~
I drove to the store today and when I got back in the car had that awful "oh crap" moment where I realized I didn't have my phone.  Then remembered the last time I saw it was when I put it on the hood of the car to get the girls in the car.  So I am certain that it is in 1,000 pieces somewhere on Hwy 70.  I had to be home because a man was coming to work on our alarm system so I had to wait a couple of hours before I could drive back to look for it in hopes that maybe I could salvage the memory card in it.  But I didn't find it.

YUK~
On Saturday I drove to the ATM and the ATM politely ate my card.  The 1-800 # on the machine led me to a very unfriendly and unhelpful man who didn't seem to care that I had just left the pool, in a bathing suit, with no gas, and a car full of hungry children, with no debit card on a Saturday!  So of course today not only could I not call and get a new card but of course I couldn't get a new phone either.

So today I am choosing to be thankful for the things that really matter and assume that God is in control of the rest.

Mayhem

May is always a busy month for us.  Aside from the three major holidays; Mothers Day, Lucas' birthday and my birthday, several of our close friends and/or their children also have birthdays in May.  This year we added the Mr. Alamance body building show, a beach trip and Presley graduating pre-school.


First was Lucas' birthday.  We had a community yard sale that day so he got up early and wheeled and dealed with the customers then had to head into work.  His dad did a ride-along with him so that was a bonus to working on his birthday. Then came home to his favorite girls.  We surprised him with "30 things for his 30th birthday".  Half of the gifts were things Presley picked out from the Dollar Tree. Including Irish Spring soap (his favorite), magic cards and a whoopie cushion!  Presley was as excited to see him open her gifts as he was!

                Presley picked the card out herself


Next was the Mr. Alamance show.  Lucas trained for this for 5 months ( most people train for years).  Which basically means he ate chicken, tuna or protein shakes every three hours for 5 months.  That may sound like no big deal but you should try it.  Better yet you should be the wife of someone who is doing it.  Not much fun.  It also means that he spent A LOT of time in the gym.  A lot of hard work and sacrifice on our family but he did great and was an interesting experience to say the least. I for one hope he doesn't do it again for a LONG time.

             But I will admit the results were quite nice!

His fan club

After the show we went to Cracker Barrel with friends to celebrate.  Lucas said he wanted to "take shots" of maple syrup and gravy.  So he did and ate enough to feed a small family reunion!


The next day we left for Carolina Beach. A much deserved break from reality.  Carolina Beach is such a cool place.  There is a McDonald's and a Hardee's, other than that everything is small town mom and pop shops...so cute.  Perfect timing the week before the true season begins which means everything is open but the crowds haven't shown up yet.  One random observation was the Elementary school had tons of little bikes parked outside.  The kids ride their bikes to school! That's precious.

Having a ten month old at the beach is not exactly relaxing but was fun none the less.  Miley enjoyed playing in the sand for about the first ten minutes then became sticky with sun block and sand.  She was terrified of the waves so she didn't really enjoy being rinsed off either.  Fortunately the wind and sun made her sleepy so she took several long naps under the umbrella.  Presley was in heaven!  She rolled in the sand, built castles and surfed the waves.  The battery died in the camera one day and we forgot it another day so I missed lots of great shots but here are a few

Should you ever visit Carolina Beach we highly recommend Jack Mackerels where Lucas continued his binge eating...

And the Sea Whitch were Miley enjoyed sharing daddys sweet potato fries...

Side-note, when we got home Lucas had gained 24lbs

A special thanks to Lisa's boyfriend Todd, whose mom works at the hotel we stayed at for getting us an incredible rate!  Nancy is a sweet sweet lady!  One night we cooked out with them at her home.  Fish cupcakes for dessert made for a happy girl...

Perhaps the highlight of the trip was the boardwalk.  As we were walking up Dora the Explorer was leaving. You have no idea how much money I would have paid to have caught Presley's expression on video.  She ran up and hugged her and gave the biggest, most real, cheesy smile to pose for a picture.  Then she turned around and cupped her hands over her mouth giggling in awe.  It was very cute and sweet and sweet and cute and, well you get the picture...

Of course she enjoyed the rides...

and the games...

She had a blast.  Lisa and Todd were even kind enough to walk around with the girls so Lucas and I could ride the big rides.  We were like high school kids at the carnival!  It was great fun.

On the last day we said goodbye to the beach and drove onto a ferry that took us to Southport and ate at Provision Company and then had ice cream. 

Goodbye beach

Hello Ferry

Sea-side dinning at Provision Co.

Waiting for ice cream at Flava's

We enjoyed every minute.  Thankful for God's countless blessings!

We made it home to watch Presley graduate pre-school.  WHAT?????? My little bitty baby is ready for kindergarten; that makes no sense!  They sang the sweetest songs.  I cried. They walked out to the famous graduation anthem.  I cried.  That sums it up.

Presley and Davis ("handsome Dabis")

Last and most definitely Least; I joined the dirty thirty club.

 My sister had a cookout to celebrate Lucas and my birthdays.  I had not given a whole lot of thought to turning thirty until we got home and suddenly I realized the twenties were history, how

awkward to say out loud "I'm thirty", yuk.

What party is complete without fireworks!

I have had a very blessed 30 years.