WOO HOO Vacation!

So I am sitting here at work at a desk COVERED in sticky notes! I have sticky notes with a grocery list, walmart list, packing list, to do list, and so on! It is just crazy! But it is making me want this week to go faster than ever! I am so excited to be able to head to NC on Saturday and enjoy an entire week relaxing and having with my family! Brian and I need this so bad! We haven't had a true vacation since we went to see our brother and sister in law in Houston the end of July last year! Plus it will be fun because my family hasn't had a vacation together in years! Mom has this so well thought out and Emma is bursting at the seams with excitement and I just want to enjoy the whole experience.
I am looking forward to seeing Papa and Pat some while we are at the lake and I am going to go see Celestine on Sunday before we leave for the lake. Mom says she seems to be doing well and quite alert most of the time so I am really looking forward to being able to spend some time with her.
I will make sure to take lots of pictures while we are gone and post when we get back. We finally found our camera in a box still packed away from the move so they will be better than the ones from my phone. 
Can't wait to share all of the smiles and laughs!!
Happy 4th of July everyone!

Life is amazing

So I figured I better update since my last post was pretty depressing...Celestine is still here! I honestly can't believe it! At one point she shouldn't have made it another 24 hours and now she has been released from the hospital and is back at the nursing home. I keep feeling like God is giving me this last chance to see her. So, Brian and I are planning to head to Charlotte next Saturday and I will go see her Sunday morning. The Parnell gang is then heading to Lake Norman for a week. We are all really excited and thankful to be able to spend a week relaxing. Emma can't even contain herself she is so excited! So next week will be full of planning and packing. I will also post with plenty of pictures when we return!

Why not?

This has been a whirl wind of a weekend! Chris and Carly came in late Wednesday night. We went to Charles Town Race Track on Thursday night for their awesome buffet and to gamble a little! It was fun showing Carly everything they have there and we played the slots a little and bet on a horse race. Friday we went to the rehearsal dinner for Leslie and Bobbys wedding. Saturday we went to an auction in the morning and spent the rest of the day at the wedding. It was a very beautiful wedding and we were so happy to be able ot enjoy that day with them. Sunday Chris and Carly went to her parents house so Brian and I came back home.

This weekend really got me thinking though. We are so lucky to have Chris with us. A couple years ago when he had his accident we weren't sure if we would enjoy any more days with him. Then a guy I graduated with died this weekend at Bonnaroo(a concert in TN) of heat stroke. It really made me think. Also my "3rd grandmother" who has been a HUGE part of my life is not doing well at all. I have been praying for her to go peacefully. She isn't scared to die and I know she just wants this to be over. I am so sad that this time has come but I know I am just being selfish by hoping that God keeps her around longer. She has had 94 wonderful years on this earth which most people don't get.
All of this has really put into perspective for me that you just never know what is going to happen and when this is going to end for us. I am now trying to preach to myself this "Why not?" idea. Why not go and do something I have always wanted and "Why not" love like there is no tomorrow! I am hoping to live my life this way! I really feel like we all take this life for granted and I am one of them. I don't tell people how much I love them and I don't live in the moment. It is human nature to always more and I want to be happy with what we have now.
I am so lucky to have such an amazing husband, loving family, and great friends and I hope you all know that I love you and I am so grateful to have you in my life.
I guess that's enough reflecting for today. I am planning to head to Charlotte when I get news that Celestine has passed. I want to be there. She has meant the world to me and will always be family. God took my dads mom away but he brought this amazing woman in our lives to bridge the emptiness. She will always be a grandmother to me! I love you Celestine!

Mama

What a wonderful weekend! Mom got here around 7:30 on Friday and we had a lovely evening out on the patio. Brian grilled some of his GIANT rockfish and we had lovely meal. On Saturday we went to a new park near our house and walked Daisy. We spent some time in an antique store and went out for lunch. Saturday evening mom and I made dinner and we spent most of the evening outside again. We have discovered we have 4 or so bunnies living behind our house so Daisy is now glued to the sliding glass door. Sunday we walked around Downtown Frederick and enjoyed Baker Park. On Monday Brian went to an auction with his parents and Mom and I went antiquing again and spent some time at the Christmas Tree Shoppes to look around.
The weather was HOT and HUMID but atleast it wasn't pouring rain! We had a great time with Mom visiting! Thank you again for EVERYTHING Mom!! We love you so much and we treasure every moment you are here!
We are looking forward to having Emma and Katie come sometime this Summer. Emma is chomping at the bit to come...she loves doing new things and I know she is dying to get to go on the river in the canoe.
Hopefully we will make that happen this year. I love that this is a short work week! We are planning on getting on the river on Saturday and Brian is working on Sunday so I will be doing things around the house.

I can't believe Summer is already here. Time seems to be flying by right now! Until next time! Love to all!

Quickie...

We did have a wonderful weekend for the most part! Friday night we went out to dinner which was nice. Saturday was spent unpacking a few things that we still had in boxes, cleaning, trip to the mall to get a new fishing game for the WII (amazing), buying flowers, planting flowers, giving Daisy a haircut, then LOTS of fishing on the WII! haha...Brian really has gotten into his fishing! Sunday I was sick in the morning so we laid around most of the day like this....and fished for 4 hours!

The weather was BEAUTIFUL weekend so we had all the windows open. I am LOVING our new house especially being about to enjoy these spring days! It is finally getting warmer here! I am so excited about Mom coming to visit that I can HARDLY stand it! I am hoping it will be a nice weekend but either way I can not wait to spend time with her! So I am sure next weeks post will be a full one! Love to all!

hanging around...

Wow...I have really been slacking with this blog thing! I have been busy at work and didn't get to this!
Nothing really new has been going on in the Baugher household! Brian's cousin Daniel and his wife Emily welcomed the newest Baugher addition...Luke Daniel Baugher on May 12th.
We had a relaxing weekend spending time with our friends Justin and Cassie and baby Jayden and then Sunday was spent in comfy clothes on the couch. I made a huge pot of Maryland Crab soup which has lasted us 3 days! I think tonight it will be heading to the freezer. It looks like it is supposed to rain most all week long but will be pretty this weekend so we are hoping to get out in the scanoe on the lake and do a little fishing! I also want to get some plants to jazz up our front step and get some tomato plants for the back patio.
We are looking forward to mom visiting for Memorial Day (possibly Dad too!) and not sure if she is bringing the puppies or not. We love having them visit especially in our new place since the last time Mom was here was the weekend we moved so she has not seen the finished project!
I guess that is all for now!

Anniversary!

Another great weekend that went by too quickly. Friday was nerve racking for me since Will had his gallbladder taken out that morning. It seems so silly I guess but since we are a family where NO ONE gets surgery it just scares me! Plus hes my baby brother who is young and should have nothing wrong with him! HE ended up doing well and Mom and Dad kept me up to date so it helped a lot! Friday ended up blowing us by so we got up on Saturday morning and got around ready. I dropped Brian off with his parents at an auction and I went to get my hair done! I got about 11 inches cut off and added some blonde back into it. It is so much lighter now!

But it ended up taking most of the day to get by hair done so Brian and I rushed back out to Hagerstown and got dressed for dinner. We drove back into Frederick for dinner. When we got to the restaurant Brian gave me a gift in the car...PEARLS! Yes my very own string of REAL PEARLS! Every Southern girl needs her pearls! He is so good to me! So needless to say, I wore the pearls to dinner! But we had a delicious meal and came on back home to relax.On the way home I got a call from Emma...she told us she was watching Will since he had his surgery so that Katie and Eric could go out to dinner and Mom and Dad went out with Papa and Pat for dinner. Instead of Will babysitting her she was taking care of him! She had us laughing so hard! She was so sweet! The day was filled with lots of reminiscing about our wedding day and everything we did that weekend!

So Tuesday night i put the cake topper in the frig to thaw out. It actually still looked pretty good! When we got back from dinner we were both still stuffed so about an hour later I decided we would cut open the cake! Brian thought it was a horrible idea from the beginning but I was determined to eat a little just for the tradition. Well I don't think this cake froze very well! It tasted just like it did on our wedding day but the texture was horrible! Brian and I were both gagging and could barely get it down! I was hoping it was going to be yummy but atleast we got a good laugh. 

So we have made it a year which seems so silly since Brian and I have been together so much longer than that but it has been a great year full of lots of smiles and laughter and memories. I look forward to the many years to come and enjoying each day together.So here's to the memories!

Mothers Day started out with my furry baby like this...

Laying above me on my pillow! She is so funny! We slept in some FINALLY and then lounged around in the morning. We went over to The Baughers to grill out and spend some time with them. We ended up going fishing at Mayne's Pond and since we had the dog I didn't catch anything! Brian caught a good size bass and his dad caught a couple little guys. It was so nice out I just wanted to be outside. We went back home last night and just chilled! We have a somewhat low key week and I looking forward to getting some plants this weekend. I have lots of ideas so we will see what happens! 

Love to all!