Karis gold keys in photography

We are soooo proud of our Karis for winning Gold Keys for photography this year!  She won 2 gold keys, a silver key and bronze key.   It is rare and an honor to win one and she won several!  She was presented in a ceremony today and we were so thankful we got to go and see her presented!

Appling Fall Formal...Snowflake 2018

Karis' 8th grade and Brayden's 6th grade fall formal was a success!  They loved going with their friends and being a part of such a big dance!  Karis looked beautiful and Brayden looked so handsome!

Mother Daughter Craft night @ Faith

Lucy and I enjoyed craft night together at church making a Mary/Joseph/baby Jesus craft.  It was fun making memories with my girl!

School of Rock

We were gifted 2 tickets to see School of Rock from Nonnie so I took Karis to her first Orpheum experience.  It was fun to make those memories with her!

Karis' 14th birthday party scavenger hunt

Karis had some friends over for her birthday party and we had a scavenger hunt.  My friend Erin helped us out and helped drive the girls.  I think  Karis had a great time with all her friends!

Karis' 14th Birthday lunch at school and dinner with Lolli and Allen

For Karis' birthday, she wanted us to come eat lunch with her at school....her choice, Taco Bell.  So glad daddy was able to come also!   And of  course, we ate  with Brayden too!

 We love our sweet girl!

Then for dinner we met Lolli and Allen at Coltons Steakhouse, one of Karis' favorite places.

Friends, Firsts, and Family

This is a post of randoms....bear with me.

Traveling homeschool....

Breakfast on the go...on the way to Orlando.

Visit with the Johnstons a few weeks ago...great to see these wonderful friends!

So good to see the McCullar girls a few weeks ago!

Momma got reading glasses recently...

Some Nonnie lovin'...

Beautiful reminder....

Lucy and visits with her best friend....

New hair cut/color for me, curled hair for Lucy and new eyebrows for Karis from my niece Sydney!   Thanks Syd!

 Always good to see these friends....

After my 20 week ultrasound with Karis, we had our ultrasound technician write down the gender of our baby and put it in an envelope.  We came to this exact spot and opened it and took pictures.  13 years later, we came to the exact spot to take pics with our sweet Karis.  Precious memories...

A weekend with just our Lulu meant donuts before church and Starbucks cake pops and shopping days!

Mom and Me {Karis Edition}

We took a lot of these this summer/collected them and never posted them....