Brooks' 2nd Birthday Pancakes and Pajamas

A few weeks ago, we celebrated (hard to believe) Brooks' second birthday!! We did a morning party so people could just come in their PJs. We served the normal breakfast fare. The pancake bar was a hit with all the toppings you could think of. We had bacon wrapped eggs with spinach and cheese in some. Of course, donuts, muffins, juice, hashbrowns, coffee & breakfast casserole were all on the menu! I made a cardboard "bed" for the main table where the kids could sit and color on their placemats or work on their "build a breakfast" sticker book. We also made fruit loop necklaces which was fun for the adults as well. Overall, Brooks loved all the attention as you will see in his pictures when we sang to him. Mom made the most awesome pancake cake out of actual funfetti cake mix poured and cooked as pancakes with icing in between and drizzled on top to look like syrup. We had a great turn out and alot of little bitties which was fun  to watch them all interact in their footie pajamas. Hope you enjoy the pics!

Christmas and so forth..Pics are here! Part 1

I have been so busy lately with work, projects, planning parties/showers and half my household having the flu that I realized today that I haven't updated since Christmas! Where do I begin??

First I am now practicing as a Nurse Practitioner at several places. I work 2 days a week at a Chiropractors office where I basically see the patients and order their PT and xrays, etc. Its very nice, very low stress. We have a physical therapy room equiped with treadmills and bikes, etc. I work out at lunch bc the office closes from 12-2 so it gives me time to do my couch to 5 k (on week 6 now, whoo hoo!). They even have a shower so I can get all sweaty and then shower bf coming back to work after lunch. There is a massage therapist we can have massage us, the list goes on and on. Great job and people. My other job is in the Emergency Department in the hospital in Whitehaven and in Germantown. I do about 6 days a month there. Mostly 12 hour shifts. Now this job has its benefits as well, namely monetary (bonuses for x amount of patients, etc), and the experience is unparalleled. But, that is my stressful job. I see a TON of patients, ranging from common colds, to lacerations that I suture to broken bones. It's great because I will learn a ton and I only do it part time so I am not getting burned out...yet :)

Now, for the holidays..
two weeks bf Christmas, we made our annual trek to Brownwood, TX and San Angelo, TX. I will have to say the boys were troopers. Brooks, my little bundle of energy actually was an OK traveler. It's hard at this age bc he's not into games or movies too much like his brother so we tried to get up super early and hit the road to try and let them both sleep the majority of the trip.

Boys at daylight driving through Arkansas on the way to TX!

 We always stop at the Bass Pro in Fort Worth and let the boys see Santa. Brooks would not sit in santa's lap but Cam made sure to pass along Brooksie's list to the Big man!  


  We then made our way to San Angelo, Trey's hometown to see the Duncans (trey's best friend growing up) and their 3 kids. The boys had a ball playing with the Duncan kids and Brooks became especially smitten with Ava (who he kept calling Avie!) and followed her around playing on thier scooter toy. He even clutched their christmas card when it came in the mail to his chest and kept pointing at her and saying "that avie!". He has a thing for blondes I guess!

The whole Lunsford/Duncan crew!

Silly kids :)

Devotional for the Families of Sandy Hook Elementary.

I am so hurt, saddened and upset about this whole situation. I am angry and sick over it, these families I've never and probably never will meet. I cannot even fathom the pain and anguish they must be going through. This was so sweet and touching I thought I'd share...Please please pray for these folks they need every ounce of grace and hope God can spare.

http://www.proverbs31.org/devotions/how-do-i-pray-families-sandy-hook-2012-12/

Christmas/Fall Photoshoot

I've been waiting until our Christmas cards to go out before I post any of the fall photo shoot we did with Kim Miller of Ramblin Rose Photography in Bartlett, TN in November. I loved this shoot!! I had several (several) ideas for photos and Kim embraced them all. The boys, however, did not completely work with us and our creative visions but I think the spontaneous shots were just lovely! I have probably gained her several clients with this shoot because I've been showing them everywhere. We love Kim, she has been our photographer from the very beginning of this roller coaster in 2004 when she shot Trey and I's engagement photos! She has shot our wedding, rehearsal dinner, bridal shoot, bridesmaid luncheons, yearly family photos, my siblings, and of course my kids. My house is literally a Kim Miller gallery! I am so proud to call her a friend as well, cant say enough great things about her and her patience with one of her most nuerotic clients, me! Enough said, I'll let the images speak for themselves. We went to Shelby Farms for our shoot and the boys were in rare form as you will see. There were several outtakes. I hope you enjoy.....

Sweet boy!

Little devils!

 As you can see, they weren't cooperating fully with the overall vision!

Our life sometimes, a little crazy and upside down!

Kim had this idea to have the boys on bails of hay, Brooksie had another idea!

Here he goes! it's a slide!!

The quilt is a family heirloom of ours on my mom's side. I want to say it was my great great grandmothers (or so I've been told)

Lunsford Family

Our Christmas cards (with a little help from Etsy)

Birthday and anniversary celebration!

This week we are celbrating our 7th wedding anniversary. Above is a picture from our wedding day at the beautiful Bonne Terre in Nesbit, MS. We have had a wonderful 7 yrs (11 total counting dating)thus far and look forward to many, many more! Love you honey!!

 

For our anniversary Trey surprised me and took me to the spot (even the exact booth) of where he proposed! so romantic :) Since we always do the anniversary gifts that coorelate with the year we went with this years gifts of "copper, wool or desk sets" I got trey a leather desk set for his office and I got a copper pin that says "Nurse practitioner" and some beautiful flowers. It was a great date night!

 

 

For the birthday night out we decided to hit up downtown Memphis like we used to back in the day. I will say I'm not 21 anymore, but I did enjoy a kid free night (mom and dad graciously kept them down at the farm for us overnight!). We went to eat with some friends at Local Gastropub which was great! Then we hit a few local bars for some fun with friends. 

Abby and I at Silly Goose, she was out with some of her friends for their 30th birthday (wish it was mine!! we wont talk about my number...)

On Beale, we ran into the annual "Stumbling Santas" where groves of partygoers show up wearing their tackiest Christmas attire and get in different places at a discounted rate. These were a few of the ones we saw! Great inspiration for our tacky Christmas sweater party we're having next week for Aunt Pam's birthday in TX!!

My friend Christie (far right) and my sister Tracy (left)

Dessert at Local from Leigh Anne and Julie. It was a blondie brownie with ice cream, whipped cream, caramel and bacon..that's right, BACON! It was phenomenal! The waiter said when he ate it the first time it changed his life! haha!



All in all it was a great birthday (well officially my birthday is tomorrow and we will have a family get together) but fun nonetheless!!