Callaway Gardens

Here are some pictures from our trip to Callaway Gardens. We saw a lot of butterflies, this particular one we saw in Mr. Cason's Vegetable Garden. Here are some pretty flowers- in the vegetable garden as well. A lot of the vegetables that are grown here they use in their restaurants in the Gardens.
Off to the Butterfly Center- my favorite!
A little cheesy, but how can you not stop and take a picture...

In the Butterfly Center- the butterflies were flying everywhere. And were landing on peoples heads that were sitting in there and on your shoulders etc. It was really cool.

still in the butterfly center....


This is across the street from one of the restaurants we ate at- it was so pretty!

This is the same night, but near the golf course- it was such a pretty sunset!
This is me posing with Virginia Callaway and her dog- great photo opportunity, I thought.


We rented bikes- they have bike trails all through out the garden, unfortunately they were not the greatest bikes and Todd's chain busted off, he was able to fix it, but we still had fun.

This is in the Horticultural Center- thought the dinosaur my girls would enjoy a shot of- and they did. Not quite sure how long that would take you to form that out of a bush.
These are hungry goldfish- they were so huge and some very ugly! We just threw in a handful of fish food and they went crazy!



A pretty waterfall near a bridge in the Azalea Bowl. That place would be very pretty when those are in bloom.

We kept passing this and though it was so funny- this is not even close to as many we saw the first time- the whole log was covered with turtles. A few had jumped off when Todd tried to get close to take a picture!
We had such a great time! Hope you enjoy the pictures...

GG's visit...

Ok - here are some pictures from when Todd's Grandma was here- we call her GG (short for Great Grandma). Sorry the pictures are out of order as far as when they happened- the pumpkin patch was actually the day before she left. We went out to Berry Patch Farms and took the hay ride out to the patch, it was fun. My friend Katie took pictures of the girls as well, so I just took candid shots of them.

GG celebrated a birthday while she was here- I won't mention which one- even though you probably would never believe it if I told you, she looks so young.

We went to Red Top mountain and walked one of their nature trails. Here are a couple of shots from that day...

Another day we went to the park near our house.

The girls were rolling down the hill- well the older two were, Ally tried to. We had so much fun with you GG, I am glad you were able to come down to visit!!!

It has been awhile...

Well, life has been very crazy lately!!! Good, but crazy. Todd's grandma was here for a week and we had such a good time with her. She had not seen the girls since Emme was like 5months old and she had never seen Ally- they sure did entertain her. I have some pictures that I will post later.

Todd and I went away last weekend to Callaway Gardens- it was so nice. We would love to go back in the spring- I am sure it would be amazing with everything in bloom. But we had a good time- we did rent bikes- they have bike trails all through out the gardens. Thankfully the seats were a little larger- I don't think my bum could have handled those little seats. We had such a great time.

Life has been busy with school and just life in general. Oh, I was able to hear the babies heartbeat last week- that was so exciting. I got all teary eyed, especially with the thought that this might be my last. Enjoying every moment- well trying to- I think I am over the sickness phase- I will be 15 weeks tomorrow. I have definitely been feeling better and have had little bursts of energy- enough to clean the bathrooms- yuck oh and sweep- how embarrassing all that was on my floor! Oh well- life goes on. Well there is a little update- pictures to come!

Redneck Party

Well we had our redneck party on Sunday night. Through my husbands work there is a fall dinner every year, we thought we would add a little twist this year since it was here in Georgia and not where the headquarters is located. We had such a blast! Some signs Todd made through out the yard on car hoods... I wonder what our neighbors were thinking?

Our lovely centerpieces~

Some of the appetizers, along with corn dog and tater tot kabobs, we didn't get a picture of those.
For dessert, our redneck wedding cake, Todd made the three tier stand!



Yes, just for the occasion, Todd hung his deer head in the dining room, however it is still hanging up in there, hmmm

Spam, pigs feet, and pickled sausage yum yum!



Well here are the guys- Dave, Augie, Brian, Todd, Chris, Eric and Chris- Rick is not in the picture, he was making cheese grits!

The ladies Kristy, Redneck Mama, Billie, Maegan, Amanda and Brande
The whole gang- minus Rick who is still making cheese grits!




We all took pictures on the lawnmower, here I am with my wideload getting on- I wrapped a crib bumper pad around my butt and waist- it stayed on well b/c I could tie it tight.

Me and my redneck man! We had a lot of fun!






Here are the guys eating pickled pigs lips- yucky!!

They said they were nasty, especially the texture!