Genny with her Godparents, Uncle Phred and Auntie Mar

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OUR LITTLE BUNDLE OF JOY !

28 Days to "I do"

Just 28 days left until the wedding. What will we do without our Amy around every day???? No jammie time at night...no one to watch my chic shows with anymore. Empty nest will really set in. Our baby girl, getting married.
We are so excited to see all of our friends and family come in for the wedding. At last count we have about 260 people who are gathering to witness the event and dance the night away celebrating with Peter and Amy.
Just after the wedding, school will end and my 4 days a week with Caleb will also come to an end as Kelly will be an at home mom again. I am going suffer empty nest big time . I do look forward to having time to do all the things that have been on the back burner this year. Jim and I are going to try to get to Italy to see our wonderful Moore family and do a little touring. We also have big plans to add a deck to the beach house and redo the bathroom and kitchen out there. Our Ashborough house is midstream sooooo lots more paint and fabric there and we want to tiled the kitchen and bath in the garage so we have a lot to keep us busy. I am hoping to get the boat out a couple of days a week. Life is beautiful ! We are so blessed to be back in Charleston with all our loved ones and family. Charleston itself has so much to offer.
We are looking forward to a new pastor at our church and praying for growth and excitement about God's work. It does not look like we will be resting any time soon.
I will get to sleep in more though...with the bulldog potty trained and the grandson back home with mom and Amy at the farm and Bo out of school and living in Tampa... I can hear the alarm.........I mean cannot hear it !

Men Have it so Easy !

okay, all you men out there need to read this so you have some idea of what your wives are facing. I got up at 7:30 , tried to sleep in today since I could but no!!! The man who promised to do puppy patrol if we got a puppy did not get up to let the dog out at 4 so.... now I have cleaned the crate , washed 3 loads of clothes and puppy bedding and towels fom bathing her.... made coffee, cleaned the bathroom that was literally soaked from Jims attempt at bathing her...( after he felt guilty).. After I gave her a real bath...I have put all the clean dishes away and loaded the dishwasher...from dishes I did not use....put out the trash,, took a quick shower and shampoo ... and now when Caleb arrives at 10 ... I will load up the kid and the dog, head out to the vet for booster shots, bring the puppy home... entertain the grandson for a few hours while I continue the laundry and prepare a grocery list... then at 3:30 when Caleb leaves, i will finish folding and putting away the laundry,get some groceries , do some wedding details, fix some dinner and clean up from that and spend my evening doing all the regular housework that did not get done this morning.... All of the morning stuff done with no kid in the picture ( some of you have many) !! So for all of you who left the house this morning, in clean clothes that you ( just found in your drawer) odd, took a shower in a clean bathroom with clean towels, kissed your cute litte (self maintained) kids,enjoyed your jobs at a desk or car ( alone, listening to your favorite CD), chatted with co-workers and had lunch out...OMG you are amazing !

ON WITH THE WEDDING PLANS

So now that the holidays are over and Bo's graduation and new puppy are old news... WE are on to the wedding plans. Before Christmas we felt we had plenty of time to pull it all together but now with only 84 days until the wedding...we are feeling the crunch....
The invitations are sitting on the dining table waiting to be addressed and as a constant reminder that the time is near.
Saturday , Amy and I set out on a mission to find the wedding dress. It did not take us long to find out that the perfect wedding dress consultant was invaluable in finding the perfect dress.
De Borah at De Borah's Bridal is that Saint for us. She was wonderful. She listened to Amy's vision and brought in 4 dresses that were really beautiful on Amy. We narrowed it to 2 after about an hour and then called in the troops for votes. Aunt Cindy and Kelsy, Kelly and Sophia and of course the male vote, Caleb. Caleb exclaimed how much he loved the dress she settled on and told her she was beautiful. That was the sealing vote. It is stunning. Now the big issues are taken care of and we are on to find the perfect cake baker and florist. Internet orders have been flying each night as we find items we need to make this the perfect wedding for Peter and Amy.
Peter has been wonderful and supportive and has asked Amy to marry him every day since the engagement. Now if God grants beautiful weather for April 11th...it will be the icing on the cake.
( providing we find a baker) . If you know a baker you would recommend, email me.
We are just a week or so away from bringing our little bulldog, Genny home. She will come to us when she is 6 weeks old. Bo is loving having his little Penny with him . Jim is already making big plans for our little canine. It remains to be seen how much "fun" this will really be.
Have to go for now so I can snag the tv that has the box and watch my tape of "The Bachelor" .
Tomorrow night American Idol begins again which means Amy and Kelly and I can give our critical spirits a work out. ( working on that)
In June, the graduation will be done, the bar will be done, the wedding will be done and Kelly will be home so I won't have my little buddy every day.... WHAT WILL I DO????? I guess I will just have to retreat to the beach for a long summer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! woooooooohooooooooooooo
That is where you will find me so get your chair and sunscreen and come have a cool ice tea with a little umbrella and watch the waves with me.