Saturday, March 17, 2012

Blessed Moments

Earlier this week (mon) Rick went down to Florida & got Pawpaw & brought him back to SC to spend the week with us! 
We were so blessed by his time here with us. Especially thankful that he got to be at the girls birthday party. I can't say enough how much it meant to me that he traveled all this way to be here to celebrate my babies turning 2 with all of us!
Below are some...well a LOT of pictures from his time with our family this past week. 
Hope you enjoy viewing our memories as much as we enjoyed making them. :) 

Day 1

The girls were in bed Tues night when Pawpaw & Rick got home but  I could not wait for the very next morning! I was excited for the girls to see Pawpaw & they took to him right away! 

Emma & Pawpaw

The girls were very curious about what was in pawpaw's cup 

The look on their faces as they touch his warm cup of coffee makes me smile. 
They are so silly

Emma played legos with Pawpaw for a good while. 
She would build a little "tower" & then give it to him. 



Sweet Emma lovin' on her Pawpaw

I love that the girls had no hesitation at all about climbing up in pawpaws lap. 
It's not often that they give mommy's lovin' away to someone else. :-)

Just Precious

Papa Terry came by & had lunch with us so he could visit with Pawpaw some. 


Love the laughter on my pretty girls faces as they sit in between 
two very special grandpa's! 

I caught pawpaw giving Molly sweet kisses...

...while  Silly Emma played with her Papa

Molly & Emma introducing Mickey Mouse Clubhouse to Pawpaw :)

Now this picture is worth clicking on to enlarge!
It could not be any cuter! Love all 3 of their smiles!


Pawpaw enjoying some fresh air while the girls are playing in the yard


Birthday Party Fun!

Below are some pictures of Pawpaw enjoying the girls birthday party with us. 

I thought Monkey Joes was the perfect  place for Molly & Emma to have a party & as it turns out, it was also the perfect place for Pawpaw  for having to be at a party! 
Instead of him having to be in a hard plastic chair for 4 hours...he got to relax in a big comfy leather chair instead. :) 
MJ's has these chairs all throughout their facility for parents & grandparents to relax while the little ones are running around having fun. :)
Genius if you ask me! 

Love My sweet Pawpaw!

Silly Big Kids! Bows are for Babies :)
(Pawpaw can thank my mom for this one! ha)

Kirasten & Pawpaw hanging out at the party
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Parker, Mom, Pawpaw, & Kirasten

Pawpaw in the background with Monkey Joe 
& others while singing Happy Birthday to the girls. :)

Pawpaw & Granny with a mouth full of some yummy cake!

Oh I just have the best pawpaw in the whole world!
Love him!


Pawpaw with the birthday girls, daddy & mommy

Silly pawpaw & molly with their tongues out.
This picture is so imperfect its just perfect to me! 
:)

Pawpaw watching the birthday girls enjoy themselves on the slides

My little brother William & Pawpaw

 My sister Toni & Pawpaw


How blessed I will always be because I have had these men in my life. 
They are my heart!

Leaving Monkey Joes after a long fun day!






Two Mr. Parker's :)



I'm kinda sad I was the only one not in this picture! :)
Oh well it's still a great one! 
Pawpaw with 3 of his grand kids


Last Day

My aunt from florida came to pick Pawpaw up today, (sat) & take him back home. 
She was suppose to get to my mom's between 8-9 this morning & because we didn't know if it would be 8 or 9 Rick & I woke the girls up about 6:45 dressed them & headed straight to my moms. 
I didn't even brush my hair (gross i know)  or feed the kids breakfast. 
Before you judge..they ate as soon as we got to mom's. :)
But I'm not sure my hair ever got brushed. haha! 

Emma Grace showing Pawpaw 
her "pre pre" (pretty-bracelets)

Sweet Molly walks up & looks at him like "look at mine too" 

They are very in to showing off their fancy jewelry! 
I am not much into wearing jewelry myself,  BUT at this rate
Diamonds just may, one day be their best friend! :)
They are some girly girls for sure!


My Pretty Angels playing outside while we help pawpaw load his things into the van

Kiss Goodbye

These next 4 pictures just melt my heart every time I look at them. 

Pawpaw telling Molly Bye & how much he loves her. 

Molly giving Pawpaw bye bye kisses 
Just adorable!

Pawpaw telling Emma bye & how much he loves her too!

Emma giving Pawpaw bye bye kisses
So sweet! 

Oh Pawpaw, 
We are so very glad you came but also so sad to see you go!
But we will see you again in just a few weeks & I can not wait!
You are so special to all of us & we treasure every moment we get to spend with you. 
Be it in person, or by phone. 
I just love every second of our time together. 

I love you so much and thank you for all that you are. 
You have been my heart since I was in diapers! 
I just treasure you & words will never be enough to describe just how much!

Friday, March 16, 2012

Oh "Two-dles!"

 Completely unbelievable that my baby girls  had their 2nd birthday  party today!
The girls are infatuated with Minnie Mouse & their favorite thing to do is slide & climb! SO what better way to celebrate their birthday than doing a Monkey Joes party-Minnie Mouse style? :)

We were so busy having so much fun that I didn't quite get all the pictures I would have loved to have. 
But I did my best! :) 
You can click on any of the below pictures to enlarge them.  

Our 2nd birthday party invitations! :)
I absolutely love how they turned out! 
A special thanks to Mrs. Lillie for doing a perfect job on them! 


 My Birthday Girls waiting on the show to start!

Patiently Sitting at the table with some of their friends :)

Here comes Monkey Joe!!!
I was surprised at how excited they seemed over his appearance! 

The only family picture we got this day! lol 

My Birthday Girls checking out their Minnie Mouse Birthday Cake!

Their friends singing happy birthday to them!

Time to eat cake!


Silly Pawpaw! I caught him enjoying a mouth full :)
I can not say enough how special it was to me that he was able to join us 
in celebrating my babies birthday!

Cousins Ryan, Megan, & Emilee enjoying some cake too!

Remi & her Mommy

                                                         Cousins Savannah & Jackson
Jackson definitely loved the cake! He had 3 slices! lol :-)

Aunt Kirasten & Molly

Sophie & Kat

Always so excited to see "Monkey" & Olga!
Molly & Emma almost shared a birthday with him! 
They missed it by one day!

Little Jovi bouncin' away

Ms Crystle & Colton

Haddon crashing :)

Busy little Abby

Love this picture of Molly! 
She was having so much fun!

And I love this picture of Emma just as much!
These girls love them some slides!

 Mommy with her Big Birthday Girl! (Molly)

 Uncle Parker & Emma

Sweet Megan, always so helpful with the girls!

I stole this sweet picture of daddy & Emma playing from Aunt Stacey. :)

 Uh-Oh! Molly got tackled by the tickle monster! :)

Emma having herself a blast

Molly having so much bouncing fun!

Emilee & Emma
I lost count how many times they went down this slide together! 

Crash!
Sweet Molly! She never got too tired to slow down. :)

 Hi Emma! :-)

LOL! One laughing & One screaming! 
Gotta love it!

Mommy & Emma at the end of a very long but very fun birthday celebration!

Thank you so much to all of our friends & family who took time out of their busy lives to celebrate this special day with us! We are so thankful for each of you! 

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

PawPaw's Birthday!

Today is my precious PawPaw's birthday!
Earlier last week the girls made Pawpaw special birthday cards :)

We took them out on the front porch & I let them pick out the 4 colors they wanted to paint with. 
They went with Orange, Purple, ( daddy's favorite colors! lol) red, & yellow! 

They were so cute making their special cards for Pawpaw!

Molly taking her job seriously! ;)

Silly Girl!


Oh Emma, you never have been one to get your hands dirty! 
Sand, icing, paint...you rather not!

But once we gave you a "brush" to use, you did a fabulous job! :)


Yay! Pictures for Pawpaw! 

Here is their almost finished work! 

Once the paint dried, we added happy birthday stickers & such :)

Molly's Picture

Emma's Picture

Sophie got in on the fun too :)

Yay! Sophie's 1st painting 

Once their pictures were complete we dropped them in the mail & off they went. 
I also printed & sent him some pictures of the girls painting their pictures for him.
Pawpaw said he enjoyed them. :)

Happy Birthday to a man who has always been so close to my heart. 
PawPaw, May your day be as special as you are. 
I am blessed beyond measure to have you in my life. 
I love you so much & look forward to seeing you so very soon!