Celebrating on a Tuesday!

Happy Flag Day!  Grace's school is celebrating Flag Day today so we had to dress her in red, white and blue.  Thank goodness granny has outfitted her well for July 4th, so we had many choices on what to wear today!!  We also are celebrating Uncle Matt today since it is his 29th birthday.  We called and left him a voicemail this morning.  Grace said she wanted to sing to him, but I could not get her to do it when we it came time.  HAPPY BIRTHDAY MATT!!

A big cheesy grin!!

Fun in the Sun Weekend!

What else should you do when it is in the mid 90s and the weekend?  GO TO THE POOL!!  We spent both Saturday and Sunday afternoon at the pool.  Grace had a blast and we had to drag her away on both days.  This is why I love summer!!

Today we convinced Grace to try jumping in the pool. 

Chilling!

She got a little braved and tried it some!!

Thankful Thursday!

Well, we have almost made it to the end of another busy week!  Tonight I am most thankful that Grace has had a wonderful first week at her new school.  Wednesday her class went to the pool and today they got to buy ice cream from the ice cream truck that came to campus.  Needless to say we have had to pry her away at the end of every day.  It makes me very happy that she is happy and loving her new school.  There are a few kids there that were also at Project Help, so that has helped her transition a lot quicker.  Tomorrow is show and tell and they are supposed to bring a picture of their pet.  So before bed tonight we made sure to take some pictures of the fish for her to carry to school.

I am also thankful tonight for being able to share my love of baking and making sweets with my office staff.  Tomorrow we have the second orientation session of the week and with it being a Friday we are going to need a lot of sweets to get us through the day.  Below is the yummy looking banana pudding I made to share.

Don't you want some?  HAHA!!

Successful First Day!

We are happy to share that Grace had a great first day at her new school.  Many of you know how much as loved Project Help where she was until last Friday.  In the almost two years she was there, I NEVER had a complaint and that is saying alot for a picky person/mom like me! 

We dropped her off about 7:30am and she walked right in like she owned the place.  It was a relief for me as I was unsure if she would be crying when we left her.  She is a very social kid and that helped a lot today.  Troy dropped in to check on her a few times and every time he got a good report. 

Here is a picture I took of her at the door to her school this morning.  She looks so small next to the big door, but she had a big girl attitude!!

When we picked her up at the end of the day she was happy to see us, but didn't want to leave.  She had such a great day and I was SOOOO happy that she was happy.  To celebrate we went to Chick-fil-a and bought more fish for our growing family in the fish tank.

Thank you to everyone who sent their prayers and well wishes for a great first day!  We shall see what tomorrow brings!!

Grace is THREE!!!

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This past weekend we enjoyed a short trip to NC to celebrate a wedding shower and Grace's birthday.  Here are some of the pictures from our fun trip.

On Friday we went to the mall for several things and granny took Grace to Build a Bear so she could get a new friend.  Grace had a blast making Daisy! 

Posing with Granny and Daisy

Pooped after all the fun!

On Saturday we celebrated Matt and Allison's upcoming wedding with a shower for Allison hosted by all the ladies in the family.



The VERY yummy cake!

The spread of food!

The bride to be (left) & Grace enjoying some punch (right)

The Bride to Be and her Maid of Honor Melissa

All the Spell Family Young(er) ladies

Allison (and Matt) got a lot of nice things!!

There were a lot of fun people the came to the shower!

All the shower planners

Saturday night we continued our celebrating and helped Sandy celebrate her birthday

How cute is Matt & Allison's new puppy Mason?

On Sunday we celebrated Grace's 3rd Birthday with our family and friends from NC!

The birthday girl and her granny (left)

Grace and Dax enjoying the birthday lunch

Grace was excited to open all the nice present everyone brought for her

Grace showing off her birthday doll (left) and Amos showing us how to wear the tiara correctly (right)

After the party was over the pulled out Grace's kiddie pool

The Princess and her new castle

We left Monday morning to head back to TN, but before we did we got to spend a little more time with the family.  Grace enjoyed her time with Aunt Allison and Uncle Matt.

Our Birthday girl on her actual birtday

Tuesday, May 31st

Yesterday (Friday) was a bittersweet day for us as Grace went to school at Project Help for the last time.  We cannot say enough wonderful things about all of the teachers and staff there.  We joined the class in the afternoon to celebrate Grace's birthday and last day at school!

I am not sure who enjoyed their cupcake more!

Telling her friends goodbye

We decided to end the day with a trip to the pool since it was so hot!

The first of many trips I am sure we will take to the pool this summer!!