Thats what I love about Sundays...

People ask, "What do you do every Sunday at JoJo's house?" My response: "Well, you go to church, eat, talk, celebrate birthdays, and sometimes if your lucky... JoJo will let you dig up plants to root for your own house."

Well, this Sunday was just that ALL rolled into one. There were the church goers, we ate to celbrate Dave's birthday, we talked and we got LUCKY and JoJo let all of us dig up, steal and root plants. I was able to cut off some Jasmine to root and here it is... in a bucket, in hopes to grow roots. :)

quilts

In both our families, we have accumulated at least 4 quilts. One from my JoJo's grandma made from chicken sacks, one from Edwin's great uncle Luther, one from Edwin's great aunt Marilyn, and one from our church when we got married. We also have another quilt on it's way from Edwin's Great Uncle Luther as our wedding gift. Each one is hand made and very special to us. We have had them stored in the closet on the top rack and never really put them on display. But now, we found a quilt rack in the barn at JoJo's, cleaned it up and put it all on display! :)



This weekend, we went to visit Edwin's parents in Saint Matthews. Edwin was helping his dad do a few things around the house, but much to our surprise, they also gave us a beautiful quilt rack. I have already plotted the perfect spot for it along with the new black and white quilt we are getting for getting married. Hopefully, I will be able to post pictures of these new things as soon as we get them all! Thanks Papa Rick and Mrs. Cindy!!!!! :)

Remmi's doings

Last year, Edwin got a phone call from his dad and said, "I know a guy who has a Boykin Spaniel and he wants to give him away. He is a sweet dog and likes to be around people." So, Edwin convinces me to get this dog and me with my EXTREMELY large heart (ha) decided to get him. Edwin left me solo to get this dog on a cold rainy day and bring him to our house while he was partying in Savannah for St. Patty's Day. I knew Remmi and I already did not begin on a good note!

In our journey Remmi has some how accomplished the following:
1. chewed through a plastic kennel
2. escaped from a metal kennel
3. convinced us to put a fence in the backyard
4. escaped from fence in backyard
5. shattered my turtle tank
6. peed on the couch
7. peed in our bed
8. chewed a hole in our carpet
9. ripped a hole in our curtains and attempted to rip them off the wall
10. pooed/ peed/ threw up in every single room in the house

Now our latest mess up is our back door...




some how I allow this dog to be a part of our family. And maybe it's because I really do have a big heart! Because of all of these aggrevating events, Edwin has finally built me this...



Now, I can actually have some furniture for our back porch and have people over without having to look at our disgusting muddy porch. Edwin's next attempt is to build me some furniture for out there... this weekend, he is making me a coffee table out of barn wood! It's goin to be gorgeous! :)

A trip to the Zoo!

Saturday, Brandy, Josie, and Wes came to pick me up early in the morning to begin our trip to the zoo. We met Ca-Ca (Erica) and Houston, Cindy and Tyler, loaded up the hube stroller and began walkin around the zoo. Wes loved the penguins and the monkies, Josie loved everything and well Houston... he just loved us holding him!! I certainly enjoyed my day with all my little monkies!!!



Houston made funny faces at me!



A preview of the summer :)







I think everyone enjoyed themselves! I mean, how could you not... it was a beautiful day... babies were good and the adults got to act like kids! It was wonderful :)

Minute to win IT

Have you seen the commercials about the new show "Minute to win it"? It's a new game show where you have to complete silly little tasks within 60 seconds to win a million bucks. The tasks get harder as the amount of money goes up... the show began last week and Edwin is in love with it. Yup, so in love that he himself has gone to the website and looked up some of the tasks... he is now one of the thousands of Americans who are trying to learn the tasks so he can enter to "win it". One task he has been workin on is the "cookie to the face" challenge... You must put a cookie on your forehead and using only your face muscles, you have to get the cookie into your mouth. Here is a video of Edwin trying out the challenge! ENJOY :)


Maybe one day his skills will benefit us in winning on the show!

The CHICKEN Man :)

For a while... I've wanted a picture from the "The Funkychicken Man" also known as Ernest Lee. Some people are probably thinking... a chicken?!? Really Jess... what could be so cool about a chicken... well, you are about to find out!!!

I have seen these pictures in several places, my roommate from college, friends houses from around town, pictures hanging in restaurants and well... on the internet... but I've never seen Ernest himself.... until TODAY :)

I was on my way to Brandy's to visit and just happened to look to the side of the road and to who did I see... ERNEST! I gasped and slammed on breaks but realized I had already passed... so, I told myself if he was still there on my way back, I would definitely stop! I visited Brandy and anxiously kept trying to leave because I was still kinda scared that maybe Ernest would leave, but nope... I was so excited that Ernest tried to sell my five and yes, I did think about it but then realized what in the world would I do with FIVE pictures!?! So, I settled with these...




I had to settle with 3 chickens cause the lady beside me took my really cute palmetto tree... I was super duper disappointed... but oh well... they are really cute and I am already bugging Edwin out the wha-zoo to put them up!!!

You're INVITED :)

Last week, Amy called asking me if I wanted to go in with her and Maggie to throw Trent and Elizabeth (our neighbors/friends) a wedding shower. Of course, I get all excited about planning another party and I instantly say "YES"... without thinking! As I get all excited and make some plans with the girls, I also get reminded of the "surprise" party we are throwing for a family friend the same day- plans that were made a few weeks back. BOO! I was in a bind!
So, I had to tell the girls I was gonna back out... and I hate backing out! To be nice and because I love the couple, I offered to make the invitations and have them out by the end of the week. - can you say stressful - I was anxious to figure out how to make the invitations and make them cute... Erica is usually the specialist in this department... but it was all on me... So, I took a trip to A.C. Moore. I walked up and down the aisles, sat on the floor laying out paper and ribbon, finally made a decision and came home to put my talents to work! And here is the masterpiece:




I thought I did pretty good anyway! I hope the guests will like them and that they will make it to the fridge!!!!

i LOVE my FRIENDS :)

This post is mainly to show why I love my friends. They are so funny and well, dorky (just like me). Right after Houston's Baptisim, I had to rush over to Brittany's house to help her get ready for her engagement pictures this afternoon with the awesome Mr. Craig Hewitt. I did her make-up and helped her tease her hair to give that little "bump" of volume in the back! After we finished, she allowed me to have a mini photo session of our own! :)








Then Brittany and Ric got a little serious... Ha... maybe a "little"???




Okay, Here is a for real picture and they look so cute! I can't wait to see their pictures "real" engagement pictures!!!!



While I was helping "B"... I got a phone call from Jill that says... "I'm engaged!!!!" I was so excited for her... she told me her sweet story of him asking her by the lake. So, once I finished with Brittany, I hurried as fast as I could to visit Jill to see her new RING! And this is what greeted me!!!!!!



After I laughed, Jill continued with her photo shoot and her awesome runway moves :)




But here is the real thing we wanted to see :)




Congratulations Jill and Ben! I am so excited for ya'll. I can't wait to share the big day with you guys!!!!!

a WONDERFUL sunday :)

So,I woke up at 8 AM nervous about the day. It was Houston's baptisim and Edwin was joining the church (finally). We invited the families to stay after the church service to eat... however, when we do that, it also means that everyone has to cook and bring SOMETHING. We were in charge of deviled eggs and brown rice. We got up and were gettting busy cooking and preparing the 48 eggs and such... until "JESS... where is the butter?" We did not have any... so, already our day was not starting off very well... I had to send Edwin out to 1. get gas in my car so I could make it to church and 2. get butter so we could make the brown rice.

I was already stressing b/c when Edwin came back he had to get in the shower IMMEDIATELY or he would be late to his "new member" meeting. However, in our house, you cannot take showers back to back or there is NO hot water... so, I got the priviledge of having a nice ice cold shower. Again, this was already not a good start of the day... but I sucked it up...

Somehow we managed to get all things done this morning and made it to church in plenty of time. - Gotta love when things just work out - Houston was baptized and he looked so precious!



I didn't even get a picture because I was so caught up in the moment and forgot the camera in the car. I stole this picture from Matt's Aunt Leigh. So, here's the new family! :) Houston was so good during the sermon... he didn't cry once - not even when the preacher put the water all over his sweet little head! You'll have to scout Erica's blog to see his precious pictures in our JoJo's Father's (Houston's great great grandfather) Christianing gown.

Friends + Dinner = a WONDERFUL Wednesday Nite

So, this week we studied Dr. Seuss and read several books at school. Tuesday was dress like your favorite Dr. Seuss character and I had some cute little boogers dressed as The Cat in the Hat, Red Fish, Blue Fish, etc. Then Wednesday was "Wacky Wednesday". Things were WAY WACKY to say the least!!! I was in much need of a peaceful night...:)

Megan and Spense decided to have us over for dinner and the boys... well, they were excited! Not about dinner, but about showing off their new toys. Edwin got to show Spense his new truck and we got to see Spense's new jeep!!! It is a beauty and I am excited for our dinner dates this summer... I can already tell what car I want to take!!!!!! SORRY MEGAN :)



Once the boys finished showing off their toys, it was finally time to eat! They made a delicious dinner pork roast, cinnamon sugared carrots, rice, steamed broccoli, and Texas Toast! YUM!!!!!!



Thanks for having us over guys! It was delish!!!!!!!!

Always checking things out.

My sister's are always writing about their babies and telling cute little stories... their blogs are fun to read. So, when you cross our blog, please keep in mind that we do not have babies and we do not have cute little stories... unless it comes to my little guy... CHEVY. Yes, I know. It's lame- this obsession I have with this ridiculously crazy cat... but for some reason, I do love him. And when he looks like this... how could you not?!?





I was putting the Sprite into the fridge and when I'm doing something around the house, Chevy always has to check it out. So, as I got deeper and deeper into the box, he was nudging me with his nose to move so he could see... finally, I gave him the box... He even has a little hanging out...

BIG FLAKES!!!!

Yes, in South Carolina, we get all excited about the slightest bit of snow! Edwin and I were working doing the invoice for his dad, when for some reason, Edwin decided to look out the window and this is what we saw....



The flakes were so big!






It started to cover the ground and around the house :)



Edwin's new truck in the snow :)

Let it Snow! Let it Snow!

Here is our casa the day is began to snow... Yes, that was about a month ago now, but again, I am late on posting. It was so pretty! The snow covered the ground in almost an hour after it began!