Birds 'n Butterflies: College Road Trip!

It seems like I just returned home from Birmingham, and yesterday I was back again! When Kathryn told me that she and her friend Ellie were going to visit Samford University, I asked if I could join them for their "College Road Trip!" I had a blast with these super fun girls! The trip down, I sat in the back and knitted while being entertained by their conversation! I am pretty much all caught up on high school drama! :)

These girls crack me up! They kept calling me "mom" on the tour, and I am sure that we had people quite confused about exactly who I was! I did my duty and asked the tour guide lots of questions on their behalf, though...including the all important question of the guy to girl ratio! haha I think that the girls were a little disappointed to find out that there are about 2 girls to every 1 guy! ;)

I am so thankful for the opportunity to create fun memories with my little sis!

We spent the night with these fun redheads! Ivey made a fabulous homemade pizza for supper, and we enjoyed catching up!

This little sweetheart is growing up so fast!

We spent the night, and were greeted this morning by this happy little face:

Ivey and I love working on projects together! We seem to make a good team! Today's project was to create a focal point behind the bed in the master bedroom.

We spray painted some frames and made them look antiqued:

Here is the wall before:

And after:

The large empty frame we found in the basement at my grandparent's house, and the three small ones actually came from Walmart (required a little makeover with spray paint)

I love how it turned out!

Ivey has just learned how to smock, and I am so proud of her! She does a great job, and I can't wait for her to teach me how! We have plans for me to learn sometime over Christmas! She made this little dress for Elaine Mae:

The aunts with Thomas! He is SO cute, and I love having a conversation with him! We were sitting at dinner talking about the day, and Thomas piped up, "Whatcha dink about Samford, Auntie Tat?" He had just picked up on what we were talking about and wanted to join in our conversation! He always surprises us with what he can say!

Kathryn and I packed up and headed to a beautiful spot in B-ham on our way out of town, the Botanical Gardens. Kathryn asked me to take her senior pictures, and we thought that would be a good place. I am by no means a professional, but I do enjoy photography.