We celebrated Emily’s 14th birthday while in Alabama at Thousand Trails on Smith Lake. We woke her up with our traditional cupcake with a single candle. She opened her present (make up brush) from Ella Kate. We got dressed and headed out for a big day in Birmingham. First stop was Chick-fil-a for breakfast. Emily wasn’t feeling so well so she wasn’t able to eat her food. Little did we know we would later meet a man that needed that meal. She went shopping for clothes, a mophie case and charger at the Summit in Birmingham. It was neat...
The last few years I have been a Bah Humbug! It seems each year I get later and later and have been putting out less and less decorations. I don’t know why! Maybe just too busy or it became more of a ritual and I got tired and lost in the wrong meaning. Year before we wrapped our tree and unwrapped it just as it was. I had lost the spark if I may say so myself. Not this year! Christmas music is playing, we’re drinking homemade hot cocoa and pulling out ALL the decorations. I have my spark...