2015 Wrap Up!

Oh how I miss blogging!  I LOVE to read blogs....catching up on other people's lives, how they make it work, how they decorate, where they travel to, etc.  I especially love the blogs that are super consistent, posting daily or weekly.  Unfortunately blogging that often is not a possibility for me right now....  I have so much to share and loads of pics to show, but I'm overwhelmed at the thought of going through each month and doing separate posts for each month.....SOOOO I'm going to lump the last few months of 2015 into one post!  Here we go.....

September 2015:

School continued...
Football...

We were still living with my Grandma and we were super grateful for her generosity!!
We launched our biz website The Modern Farmhouse...

And we lost a GREAT man, father and grandfather.  My FIL, Bill, passed away.  He was so funny, a constant teaser, loved his grandbabies to a fault, was a giver, a lover, a hard worker, a Christ-follower and he left a big hole in this world.

October 2015:

Owen got glasses...

MFH continued to grow...

We took in a stray off the mean streets!  Ha!  We rescued a little chihuahua...named him King and now he is officially a Tremaine!
We went to the Westphalia picnic...it's been a few years since we've been, and it was nice to take the kids back.
I began subbing at my kids school...here is where you insert that emoji with the bugged out eyes and the look of sheer terror.  Yes, that was me.  And it still is...every.single.time I sub.
My parents and I made a quick trip to Canton.  I had to pick up some things for our client and even though it was raining the whole time, we had a blast!
Halloween...

 November 2015:

We celebrated Finley turning 10!!

We attended Finn's 4th Grade musical performance...
Basketball began...

I partnered with a co-worker from the preschool I work at to do Christmas minis...
Owen got a great haircut...he has weird hair, and they did a great job!!  He liked the spikes...that day only!!  Can't get him to wear it that way now. ;)

Then we wrapped up the month with Thanksgiving...

December 2015:

Joey turned 38...he's old.  I'm not.
I might have dyed my hair and it might have turned out horribly.  I might have stayed up into the wee hours of the morning trying to fix it.  Might.have...
B's Christmas Majesty performance was beautiful...

Love this cutie..

We FINALLY moved into our house on the 8th!!!!!

The first official decor in the new house...

We had Christmas with Memaw before she traveled to Iowa to be with Joey's brother.  I only took a couple of pics with my phone...fail. :(

And speaking of fail...this was pretty much all I did to decorate for Christmas.  A tree with three handmade decorations on it.  It was just too hard to live out of boxes and decorate.  So we made do.  Next year will be awesome!! :)

Christmas Eve, opening their pjs...

Christmas Day...and the only real picture I have is of food!  Figures.  But I tell you, it was delish!  We had a great day opening gifts and hanging out with my family!!

That weekend Aidan was helping my brother make dinner...an ER trip and 5 stitches later and all was good.  He is tough and only tensed up a little.  I was proud of him, because I probably would've been crying my eyes out!

And we ended the month/year by going to a New Years Party at Haley's house.  We had a great time eating, talking and playing games.

Well, there ya have it!  It was a year full of ups and downs, and I'm glad to be starting a fresh new year!!

Goodbye 2015.Hello 2016!!

What I've Been Up To...The Modern Farmhouse

Well, I know there are lots of people who are very busy, and I have now joined their ranks!!  I am now officially an Interior Decorator!!  {And I've also started subbing at my kids school!}

My friend Haley and I finally launched our website at the end of September!!  With her health issues (which we are still praying over) our biz has taken a much needed backseat....but we are running strong and excited about this new adventure!!!

I would love for you to check out the website The Modern Farmhouse!  Here are pictures of some of the work we have done.

August 2015

Look at me!!  Almost caught up!  Hahaha!!  August was fast and furious!

*Aug 1st was spent gathering school supplies and hanging out at the UT Coop.
*Aug 3rd Haley had a huge surgery...she looks pretty laid back and happy here, but it was a difficult day for all involved.  At then end of the day (many hours later than we expected), we were told she was cancer free.  {That would however not be the case...but that is for another time.}
*Aug 5th I went on a run and found a GORGEOUS mirror!  Great reward for getting up early and dragging my butt around for 2 miles!  Haha!!
*At Grandma's house we love to play games...especially Dominos!
*Aug 12th was my dad's birthday...apparently I didn't take any pictures of him...pathetic.  Sorry Dad.
*Aug 13th was my MIL's birthday...and again no pic of her.  I did take them, but for some reason they didn't show up when I made the collage.  But I did get one of Papaw and Owen.  Bittersweet picture....we miss him.
*The littles and I went to Hob Lob and what do ya know...Christmas EVERYWHERE!!  I was happy!
*Aug 15th Joey and I went on a day date to La Madeline and just talked.  It was so nice just to sit and be together.  Oh, and the food was INCREDIBLE!!
*Aug16th I snapped a cute pic of our favorite babysitter with B.
*Later that day we headed to the pool and Joey made himself a redneck float.  Mhm...
*Aug 19th the kiddos had their own little waterpark in Gma's backyard.  :)

{and now to switch things up, and to keep you guessing...we will go counter clockwise around! haha!}

*Aug 20th was Meet the Teacher Night.

*Aug 21st we officially closed on our house.  I definitely miss our sweet home, but I am glad that it is now owned by a great couple.  I know they are great because they invited us over already!! :))

*Aug 23rd we went to lunch with our friends, The Watts.  Pizza Hut...always a favorite!

*That night we prepared for the first day of school by following tradition and reading our favorite books to Owen.  I might've cried myself to sleep later that night...but no pics of that.  You're welcome.

*Aug 24th I started back to work...or inservice...or whatever you call meetings for preschool.  But this day I had CPR and First Aid Training.  We were bored. ;))

*That afternoon it was so cute to see the two middles helping the littlest with his "homework".

*Aug 25th I put the finishing touches on my classroom.  It's monster themed, if ya couldn't tell!

*Later on that week we stopped over at Haley's house and I snapped this sweet picture of all the girls.  I will frame this and hang it in B's new room.  So precious!

*Aug 28th Grandpa brought over a truck for Owen to build and paint...Gpa ended up doing most of the work, but Owen colored it beautifully! ;)

Ugly Shirt Revisited

Soooooo....my Uncle (really my cousin, but I've always referred to him as my uncle) and my dad bought matching shirts in 1976.  Apparently there was a really big sale at Sears.  And as you can see by the picture, the shirts were probably on MAJOR clearance!!!  Haha!!

What you can't see in these pictures is my dad's hairy belly hanging out the bottom!!!  Dying laughing!!  I wish I had the original picture of them....but hey, duck faces on men this "experienced" is pretty awesome too!!

Kinder, 2nd, 4th. 8th and Puffy Eyes

 THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR ALL MY KIDS!!!  Bring on the tears.  

Aidan- 13, 8th grade; Breslyn- 7, 2nd grade; Owen- 5, Kinder; Finley- 9, 4th grade

I took these three to school first...and everyone was happy, smiling and ready to get into their respective classrooms!!

This one...I do believe he was a little nervous.  He's holding my hand...can I tell you how much I love that one of my kiddos still holds my hand?  Oh, this made it even harder for my momma heart.  

No picture of Finley....he's getting too old for that.  He just took off towards his class and I didn't see him again till pick up. :(  I then took Aidan to school...of course no pics of him.  Duh....  I promptly dropped him off and bawled all the way home.  I came home, ate some breakfast, went shopping and to lunch with Gma (and had a wonderful time) and then headed back for my munchkins.  

Then we ran some errands and went to pick up Aidan from football practice.  Annnnnnd THAT'S when I snuck a picture with my cell phone!!  Hahaha!!

All four had a great day.  Two weeks in now and we are finding our groove.  I still miss my little buddy, but hopefully that will help me appreciate the weekends a lot more.  :)

Meet the Teacher 2015

So we are two weeks into school, so it's about time I share pics from Meet the teacher night!  Haha!

I took lots of outside pictures with my good camera only to get home and realize they were all overexposed.  So disappointed!  So this one on my phone will have to work.  

We went inside and finally met all their teachers.  Owen has Ms. Hunter and she is so cute!!  Ashlee gives her the thumbs up so we are happy!! ;)

Only one pic of Finn. :/  He really liked the fact that his teacher was a man and that he loves science fiction just like Finn.  Joey and I KNOW we KNOW Mr. Caldwell from somewhere, but we still haven't figured it out yet.  Ugh!  

The biggest happy moment of the night was finding out B has Ms. Dean!!!!  Finley had her for 2nd and 3rd and we really wanted B to have her as well!  We got our wish and Breslyn was over the moon excited!!

It was a very exciting night and we all went to bed exhausted!! :)