Destin!!!

Cal and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary one month later in Destin! We stayed in a little Inn right in front of the beach. It was so cute, and looked more like a little bed and breakfast! The Inn was also "doggy" friendly, which was nice for Miss Ava! She enjoyed her little doggy yard and the restaurant that was outside which provided water bowls for dogs. It was such a cute little place! Ava LOVED the beach and chasing sea gulls...but was NOT a big fan of the ocean when it washed up on her feet....as you can see in the above picture! She was hillarious out there! Cal and I had a great time just talking and being together...we don't get a whole lot of alone time with his schedule! It's so wonderful to fall in love all over again....everyday we live! We are now hoping to expand our family...so please keep us in your prayers that God's will be done and everything will happen in His time!

Update on Cal and Adair!

We just celebrated our 2 year anniversary on June 17! Cal suprised me with a day at the spa! It was wonderful! We are going to continue celebrating in Destin next week! We are so excited about going to the beach...we haven't seen sand since our honeymoon! YAY!
Cal is now a 2nd year resident...we are starting to see that dim light at the end of the tunnel! He is just gone so darn much! I'm ready to have him around more! We will start interviewing and looking at where we will go for his fellowship in cardiology this year. wow...time is flying by!
We had a great time this weekend with friends and thier babies at our 4th of July party! We can see the Vulcan fireworks from our backyard...so we cooked out hamburgers and hotdogs and let the babies roll around on blankets in the yard! (WOW I am ready for a baby) Ava wasn't too happy about the babies...but I think she started getting used to it! ha!
I am enjoying summer break and luckily Cal has a week off during this month! yay! I can't wait to have alot of good time with him! We are taking Ava with us to the beach next week...so I'll post some pics...we'll see how that goes! haha! Miss Priss Ava...I don't know what she is going to do in the sand! ha!

2 weddings in 2 weeks!

I had the privalege of being involved in two of my best friend's wedding this past month. Christina and James Crane were married on June 7, 2006. They met through Christina's mom and have been iseperable every since. The wedding was beautiful and so was the bride! They are now living in Lafayette, LA. James is an engineer on an oil rig out in the ocean, so he is gone ALOT! Christina is trying to get used to having her husband gone so much! Keep her in your prayers!


I was also so blessed to be apart of Leah and Tyler's big day! Leah and Tyler met about 4 years ago and both knew from the start that they would be together! They are truly an amazing couple. I can't wait for many more memories for years to come with the Bardens! It was such an honor to be apart of two such dear friend's special day!

My best friend Rachel had the most beautiful wedding weekend in New Orleans last weekend! They have such a neat story and a fairy tale romance. Rachel and Virgil met while Rachel was in graduate school in Florida. They had a few dates at this point in time, but Rachel wasn't ready to settle down and neither was Virgil.. it just wasn't the right time. The two coincidentally met again in New Orleans over the weekend of New Years last year. They once again hit it off and by April 20th they were engaged. They were officially married during the month of August and he took Rachel way far away to London. They have been travelling every weekend and seeing parts of the world that most will never see ever since. This is truly a dream for Rachel, and to be able to spend this time with Virgil, I know, is priceless! They had their spiritual ceremony this past weekend.. on April 20th.. the same day that they got engaged.. and the same day of his parent's 40th wedding anniversary. It was truly a special weekend.. and was topped off with a wedding cake just for his parents which they were able to cut and feed each other again...just as they had done 40 years prior! I was truly honored to be apart of such an amazing time in thier life!

My god-daughter Madyson... on the CNN website...

http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-7545#

This is something very serious and we should all be very aware...


Written by her Madyson's mother, Ashley:

Everything that I am able to write, I know a lot of you have heard and experienced the story before... but this is the story of Mady.
My daughter Madyson is 7 years old and has autism. She was a perfect baby, walked and talked early, did everything wonderful!!
But then we "lost" her when she was about 20 months old. We lost her to the dark dark place called autism. Mady quit talking and looking at us. She went further and further in this new world. I promised her, as her mother, that I will bring her back to me. I started to do research online and everything I read started to make sense. All the doctors I took her to, just looked at me like I was a crazy person and I had no idea what I was talking about!! Well, after different doctors and tests, we learned that Mady was on the spectrum. We started her in pre-school at age 3, each year we would see some progress. Now she is 7 and she is progressing so much. She is talking more, but she only repeats what we say. But, I just am so glad to hear that sweet little voice again!! She is only getting to the point that she will tell you what she wants in one word. She will tell me "eat" but it is my job to figure out what she wants to eat! I am hoping that one day I will be able to carry on a conversation with my sweet little girl.
Even though Mady can not say much, she is up to date with all of the typical girls her age. She loves Hannah Montana and is a computer genius! She loves music and I am looking into music lessons for her in my area. I am the type of mom that takes her places. I keep her busy with all types of projects. She loves to shop and dress up like a diva (she gets it from my mom). I want her to be around the typical kids, so she can learn social skills from them. I know that a lot of you can relate with my story, so my advice is to keep on being the best parents and remember that we can fight this together as a team.

Easter and NCAA!!!

Well...Easter was wonderful bc mom and dad got to come and go with us to ou new church here in Birmingham. It was really special to have them here. We were able to spend the week before with Cal's sweet parents and had a beautiful weekend with my parents. We cooked a big meal for them on Sat. night and I had some great one on one time with mom. Dad and Cal had fun at the NCAA tournament held here in Bham, and mom and I had our time. We took our Easter picture in our backyard overlooking the beautiful city. After church, my parent heading back to Oxford and Cal and I went to watch Tennessee play in the NCAA tourn. I really had a great time! It was a unique experience in our own hometown!

"Sips and Strokes"

March 21, 2007

Mom and I were able to spend fun time together at "Sips and Strokes". It is this really neat place in Bham that lets you bring your own wine and food or whatever you want and have a painting class. Mom is so an "A" type character... it was a blast watching her analyze her painting. I am so "whatever" about everything... so I was done WAY before her. Our paintings turned out so different... mom's was of course way better! ha! I can't wait til my girls come in town... I am DEFINATELY dragging you to "Sips and Strokes"!!