Wholesale-in’

While we were in Georgia, I spent a couple hours with my Aunt Kay and cousins; Becky, Krissy & Amy at Sims Wholesale Pottery. Aunt Kay & Krissy had to get a few more things for their fall decorations (they do the decorating at their church, businesses and their houses) and us other girls were along for the ride, hoping that some of their decorating abilities would inspire us while we were there! And who would pass up an opportunity to get to buy stuff at wholesale prices?!?!? Not, I.  :)

We only went into the main barn, but yall, I could have gone crazy. ESPECIALLY on the Christmas stuff. Since I had limited space on bringing stuff home, I knew I better focus on Fall and hope for another Georgia trip before Christmas! ha… (I can imagine what DW will say about that… the only GA trip I’ll be getting anytime soon is to Atlanta if the Gators make it to the SEC!) ha… I took a few pics with my phone… Here’s some of the Christmas that I loved. I didn’t get any pictures of the garlands and wreaths though, yall. Like the BIG thick beautiful green garlands for so cheap. I want to go back!!!!!! :)

There were rows and rows and boxes and boxes full of fall foliage. I’m not usually one who’s big on fake flowers, but there were some really awesome ones, and the key is knowing how to arrange them. I don’t. But, my Aunt Kay and cousin Krissy do--- so I bought the stuff they helped me pick out and hopefully it will come together! ha…

I wish all of you who love houses and home decor could see Aunt Kay & Krissy’s houses (really, all the girls)… yall, they AMAZING. And perfectly decorate for every season and holiday.

Back to the pottery…

Here’s a few more pics… We all loved that red pumpkin! Everyone got one except me. I was on limited space!!

  The Ribbon. THREE aisles of ribbon.

 

Christmas Ribbon

Have I mentioned I want to go back before Christmas?!?!?

That’s all the pics I took while we were there, but I did take some pics of what I got…

Thankfully, it all fit in one of the really long Rubbermaid containers…

This was the Fall stuff I got…

A few things up close: 

I loved this umbrella door bucket! This is what I’m doing on our front door for Fall, but thought it would be cute filled with other stuff throughout the year on the front door…

I loved this pre-arranged fall centerpiece. It was only like $6.00, yall!  

We all got one of these wreaths. The plan is to hang them with our fall ribbon on a mirror or window…

Speaking of fall ribbon. Here’s the two I got… Yall will hate me when I tell you the HUGE roll was like $9.00!

I found a few things for around the house year round, too…  somehow it all ended up being green. Ha…

My BFF will laugh at me for buying Curly Willow all the way up there, and dragging it 500 miles home… because one time she and I had gone to Market Days in Tallahassee and she’d bought some and lugged it around ALL DAY around the fair grounds and when we got to the car, I was like, “Carrie, you could buy that at Michaels!” Ha… This was lots cheaper, though, that’s why I hauled it 500 miles! ha..

The glittery stuff on the left, is what Becky, Amy, and I all grabbed after we saw Aunt Kay and Krissy buying it up! Ha… None of us were sure what we were going to do with it, but thought for sure we needed some if they did! Ha…

It was such a fun afternoon with the girls. I love them all so much.

I’ve been working on getting all the Fall stuff out around our house the past couple days, and working on putting together my new stuff!

~amw~

Georgia on my mind…

Last week, we’d been home for less than 24 hours when we packed up and headed out again! My parents picked me and AB up Wednesday morning and we set out North bound on I-75 for Habersham County, Georgia…home of some of our favorite peeps!

It’s ALWAYS a LONG drive, but especially with little ones! Whew…I have to brag on my girl, though, because she was P-E-R-F-E-C-T. No tears, no fussing, no “get me out of this seat” fits! She did so great on the trip up and back home, too!

We stopped every couple hours and let her get out and stretch her legs. One stop was at the biggest playground I’ve ever seen at a fast food place… it was a Burger King, in Macon, I think. We got a coke Icee and let her play for twenty minutes. She LOVED it.

We finally made it to my brother, Beau’s, a little after 6:00. My nephew Garrett was ready and waiting for us!

Beau & Kristy just moved the weekend before, so we were hoping to get to help them around their new place. Kristy had already gotten almost everything done, so there wasn’t much to help with, but we did get to do a little painting and a couple other little things for them. The rest of the time was spent visiting and loving on the kids!

Beau & Kristy’s new house has a front porch with a beautiful view, and we loved sitting out there letting the kids play. AB had the best time bossing Garrett around. If she told him, “no-no” once, she must have told him a hundred times. I know he’s glad we’re back in Florida! ha…

On Thursday night, we got to go see my cousin’s sons play JV football. One word. Precious. I couldn’t help by tear up when I thought about Sid & Caleb being in EIGTH grade and playing JV football. They were so cute and grown up in their football pads and jerseys. They were such precious little babies, toddlers, kids, and now teenagers!!! We loved getting to see them play a game, even if the Bobcats weren’t victorious over the Rebels!

Saturday, we woke up to cool temperatures and it felt so much like Fall! It was wonderful! We spent the morning playing outside with Jackson & Garrett. Jackson loves these balloon rockets that my mom has gotten a few times for him from Cracker Barrel.

So we played with those and then he found his old retro car that my parents bought for him his first Christmas. (They got Cooper one, too, and its one of my favorite toys we have!). He rode it down the little slope in the driveway and had the BEST time! He called himself “Mr. Fast Guy” as he’d fly down hill! Then I’d push him back up hill and we’d do it all again!

Garrett & Daddy cheering for “Mr. Fast Guy”

That afternoon, we all got together at Uncle Ronnie & Aunt Kay’s (at the creek) for some BBQ. My Aunts live right next door and they have seriously the best set up for family gatherings behind their house at their creek. It’s such a great place for the kids to play and everyone to just eat and be together! I love it down there!

 

My cousin, Amy’s little boy, Van, drove everyone around on the golf cart. Too cute…

It was game day, so of course AB and I were sporting our Orange & Blue in the midst of the sea of Red & Black!

Uncle Ricky & Aunt Cindy were still in Wyoming, so we didn’t get to see them or the rest of their family. We did get to see Seth & Sy, so we were happy about that! We missed the rest of the crew for sure, though! Our big family reunion is next month, so we can’t wait to see everyone then!

Sunday morning, we headed home early! We couldn’t get here fast enough! We were ready to be at our house and see DW! He missed us pretty bad, too! :) It’s always good to visit, but but there’s NO PLACE LIKE HOME!

~amw~

River Fun, again….

If I’d stay home longer than 5 minutes, I might be able to blog about what we’ve been up to! Ha…

We spent another few days at the river last weekend and the beginning of this past week. Friday, cousin Stephanie and Willie came down, along with Grace, Michael & Madelyn. We had a fun time playing and swimming.

Grace, Michael, Madelyn, Stephanie, AB & Willie 

AB feeding Willie a snack!  

That night, when DW got off work, we went to dinner with my in-laws and to get ice cream after. Speaking of ice cream, that week, DW and I got AB her first “Clown Cone” from Baskin Robins. Lauren and I meant to get her one when we were at the river for the week in July, and never did, so we made sure to do it this time. She loved it, but didn’t really know she could/ or how to eat it! Ha… She just kind of played with it. Those are the cutest things! If I wasn’t such a clown-hater (hate’s a strong word, it’s really more of a fear…they just give me the creeps…always have), we’d have to have a circus birthday party and have those there!

Saturday our church had Family Fun day at the lodge, so we came home for that. It was great, but I have no pictures!

That afternoon, we all headed back to the river for the rest of the weekend for more fun in the sun!   AB had the best time playing with bubbles. She’s like most kids, and        L-O-V-E-S them! Please excuse the fact that my girl’s hair is a wild mess and she’s playing outside in her pajamas… Bless her heart… The funny part about this picture,  is if you look on her side, you’ll see her water pistol holstered in her car strap on her waist. Ha… Daddy taught her that one… he said she was “packin’ heat”… Ha…  

On Monday, everyone headed back to work, but AB and I had a couple more days to play! That day, we’d invited Carrie and Allie Claire to join us and also invited Mandi, her boys, and Lacy and her girls! We had such a fun day! So much so, that I didn’t manage to take ONE picture. Chasing those six kids around took all four of us, so there wasn’t much time for snapping pics! Ha…

I did, however, get a picture of the kiddie pool when I was cleaning up… It looks like the kids had quite the throw down! Ha… I don’t know why it tickled me so much, but it was like the toddler version of a big, wild high school/college party! Ha!

It was so fun to get to spend the day with Mandi & Lacy and all our kids! After they’d gone home, Carrie & AC spent the night with us.

We had dinner on the dock at the Blue Gator and then fed the fish (or as I call it, “called up the snakes”) back at the house. The girls had fun playing together, as always!   

It was a fun last hoorah of the Summer at Blue Run and we were glad to get to spend it with some fun friends! ~amw~