a party for my guy.

Can I just talk about my sweet man for a minute... I am so in love! More of our story in another post, but for now, I want to brag on his latest accomplishment. Graduate school!

After more than a year of preparing himself mentally and academically, Justin was accepted into grad school!! I could not be any prouder or happier for him. He worked so hard, y'all. He put countless hours into every aspect of it - studying for the GMAT, researching every school in America, applying and writing essays for his top 5 choices - and it paid off! One night we were hanging out and he nonchalantly said, "So, I got into Emory." AHHHH!!! I screamed and jumped around like a crazy person, hugging him and asking why he wasn't screaming and jumping around with me. He was so cool about it!

^^^ Isn't he so handsome!? ^^^

Fast forward a few short weeks and he was packing his apartment ready to move to Atlanta. I couldn't let him leave town without a party! Surprise party, of course!!

I loved how perfectly all our decorations came together.

Big shout out to both families for all the decorating help! 

Check out the story of the skeleton here! Pretty cool story!

It was so hard to keep this secret for all those weeks of planning! I wanted so badly to tell him about it. But I made it without a peep. The day of, I was a ball of nerves! I had to ignore his texts all day, acting like I was super busy "running errands." Finally, it was time to bring him to the party. I had it all planned out, what time to walk up, which trail to take, how to convince him to follow me even though I know nothing about these trails. I was a nervous wreck! But it all worked out perfectly. He patiently followed me through the woods without asking any questions. As we walk up, trying to hide my face, I see everyone hiding. Then we get there....SURPRISE! He is totally confused. He said later that he thought "These people have the wrong guy." haha! I loved it!!

That smile melts me!

Everyone helped tremendously with pulling off this party. I'm so happy we were able to celebrate our Justin! It was a wonderful and fun afternoon!

 

THESE ARE OUR PEOPLE! SO THANKFUL FOR EACH OF THEM!

a mama's love.

It's Mother's Day!

We celebrated by all of us accidentally wearing black to church this morning. Dad said "You look like you're going to a funeral." Thanks Dad, just take the picture.

Where do I start when it comes to our mama? She is so special and we don't give her enough credit for everything she is and does. 

She is the rock of our family.

She always thinks of us girls before herself. 

She loves birds.

She loves our dad more than anything. 

She is the queen of our house and takes pride in her home.

She has a green thumb that can grow anything.

She taught us to only shop the clearance sections. 

She is a dedicated teacher to the little ones at church. 

She loves her grand(fur)son and gives him way too many treats.

She is crafty. (shameless plug: KB Kreations)

She is the best. 

She holds us together.

WE LOVE YOU, MOM! 

the doxie.

Hey Friends!

I'm so glad you found my blog! I'm excited to start this new blogging adventure! I'm not a writer by any means, so consider yourself warned. I love pictures though! I have a feeling it's going to be a picture heavy blog. Which is fine by me!

First, I thought I would start by telling you where the name came from...

Meet my doxie, Digby!

Technically, he is a doxie and chihuahua mix...making him a CHIWEENIE!  

I hear my married friends talking about baby fever and thankfully I haven't caught that yet. But after moving to a new city almost two years ago, I was definitely feeling puppy fever! I thought about it for months, researching every kind of dog there is. I knew I wanted to rescue, so I started looking around at local shelters. I searched for a long time, small breed puppies are not easy to find. But then I found him and it was love at first sight!

        

Two years later and he is still the best  little guy! And he grew into those ears! He has so much personality and we spend most of our days laughing at things he does. 

He loves to cuddle. 

He cuts his eyes at you when you pick him up.

He is the best hiking buddy. 

    

    

His ears change with his mood. 

He licks. Constantly. 

His favorite pass time is watching his backyard kingdom for squirrels. 

               

He really is my best friend!! He is a lot of work and takes a lot of patience sometimes, but I don't regret rescuing him one bit! 

I'm sure you'll be reading about Digby a lot here at DoxieBleu! Stay tuned! :)