Changes Are A Comin'

I know every time I write a title like that half of you think I'm knocked up again...sorry to disappoint you!

I've been keeping a secret from Facebook & this here blog...if you follow me on Twitter you already know...I got a NEW JOB! Not just any job and not with just any company but with NISSAN which if you didn't already know is where Mack works also! We will be working in the same place but in different departments and I've already told Mack how awesome it will be to eat lunch together everyday....he didn't seem as thrilled as I was.

This is my last week at my current job and I am super sad to leave to friends that I have made here but you don't turn down double the pay and shorter commute! I have been working part time but with an hour commute each way and even with going full time I will still be gone the same hours I already was so that was a plus. The only thing I will miss is taking Hudson to school everyday...that will fall to daddy now.

So here goes nothing, big girl job with a big girl company...I'm still not sure what they saw in me ;)

South Carolina in iPhone Pics

Since my computer has bit the dust I can't upload all my camera pictures so iPhone photos will have to do.

Last Wednesday I sent my baby off to Charleston on an airplane with my FIL! Mack took him to the airport to meet Big Daddy and I about chased the car down the street. I came home from work that day and it was so quiet...I kept waiting for him to walk in the room!

Mack and I left midday Thursday for Charleston, we ended up leaving earlier to try and beat Tropical Storm Andrea. We hit a ton of rain but it wasn't horrible.

Friday morning we were woken up by Hudson and boy were we happy to see him! Mack really wanted to go to Hominy Grill for breakfast so we headed out hoping there wasn't a line...surprisingly there wasn't a wait at all (this was Spoleto week so normally it would've been packed), I think people were scared away by the weather.

We headed down to Beaufort for a wedding around lunch time hoping H would nap in the car...he fell right asleep but we stopped too soon for gas and he was up the rest of the time. As soon as we got there he was wired! Nothing like seeing both grandparents in 1 day plus Uncle Todd and Bonnie. We went canoeing and then experienced the wrath of mud!

That night my parents helped throw a party for the bride & groom so while they were at the rehearsal dinner we grabbed dinner with friends and then headed to the party! H had a ball running around like a crazy person but M & I  were about dying chasing after him.

Saturday my dad I took H over to Parris Island which was really neat! During naptime a few of us went and shopped in downtown Beaufort. I got a babysitter from care.com Saturday night so we could enjoy the wedding without chasing around a 4 year old. The wedding was at the bride's family farm and it was gorgeous! It was probably the best wedding ceremony that I have ever been to, the Homily was amazing and the bride's sister & another girl sang the most incredible song....folky gospel it was amazing!!!

I loved getting to see all my friends and family from VA and of course the weekend went by way too quickly!

headed to the airport

Big Daddy, Hudson, and Gigi

Hudson got stuck in the mud, I got stuck trying to help him, Mack pulled him out, and he came out without his shoes....we found 1 but the other was gone

Mack and Hudson

Uncle Todd and Hudson

Parris Island Museum with Papa

Mack & I at the wedding

the view

the house

Hank and Daddy

My awesome family!

Ti and I

Mimi, Hudson, and Papa

Ready for the trip home

Happy 7th Anniversary

7 years ago these 2 crazy people got married....and in 3 days we are going back to where it all took place!

I am not a huge Anniversary celebrating person, we don't usually do gifts just have a nice dinner. This year we went to see Dispatch at the Ryman and it just so happened that we have a wedding to go to in SC this weekend so we are making a pit stop in Charleston for like 10 hours. If I could fit in every restaurant that I want to go to in that time span I would bt Mack might convince me to wait in line at Hominy Grill after maybe 3 hours of sleep b/c it is that good.

SO....here's to 7 years of marriage and God willing many more!

Memorial Day Weekend

Well Blogger is being its typical screwed up self and all my pictures look blurry...thanks blogger!

We had a great Memorial Day weekend! Saturday we went over to Cars & Coffee in Franklin, Hudson got to hangout in a friends' mustang which he thought was pretty cool! Hudson's friends Cason and Jackson came over for a cookout Saturday night and the boys had a ball with each other.

Sunday we went to church and then worked in the yard and on the house. That night we went over to our friends' house for hot dogs, slip n slide, and s'mores! We also taught the kids how to eat Honeysuckle, such a rite of passage!

Monday since H loves going to my office I took him in with me for a couple hours, he watched a movie and I shredded a bunch of paperwork....fun times! That night we had our friends the Shorts over for drinks and apps. I bought cupcakes from the store and when I went inside to get them for dessert I found an empty container...our black lab Grace helped herself to 6 cupcakes...awesome! Mack ran out for more and the kids were none the wiser.

We have a busy week ahead, tomorrow is Hudson's last day of school :( I am taking tomorrow off so I can hangout with him :) Then tomorrow night Mack and I are going to Dispatch at the Ryman!!! Hudson will have a babysitter Thursday thru Tuesday of next week and then I am putting my baby on a plane to Charleston with Big Daddy!!! I cannot believe I am doing this! We will meet him in Charleston Thursday and then head down to Beaufort Friday to meet up with my family for a wedding....so we are busy and crazy but good things are happening!

Fisker anyone?

Jackson, Cason, and Hudson hanging out in Hudson's clubhouse

slip 'n slide time

roasting marshmellows for s'mores!

pretending to be camouflage at my office

Red, White, and Blue tongues!

Flashback Friday: Missing the Rivah

Every long weekend I get super sad that we don't live closer to home. I miss being able to go to my parents Rivah (thats the way we say it in Richmond) house with family and friends. I can honestly say I miss the Rivah more than I miss Richmond on any given day. It just one of the most low key and relaxing places and only going once a year isn't going to cut it anymore.