London 2012

Is anyone as excited as I am for the Oympics to start tonight??

I cant wait!

I wish they would come back to the states and more specifically Georgia. I was pretty young during the Atlanta Olympics, but I remember them. I just wish I could have appreciated them more.

So what is your favorite event?

Mine is the equestrian ( DUH)... my other favorites are gymnastics and I like the diving. I am sad that equestrian isn't one of the sports that gets any prime time coverage, but I have downloaded the NBC Olympic app and I am ready!!

I hope yall all have a great weekend!

Wordless Wednesday

Holiday Week

I have so much to update yall on, the problem is I don't even know where to start.

In my last post I said we were going to be house sitting for a week and with the holiday and work and just being busy I haven't had time to write a meaningful post.

House/dog sitting was fun! It was nice to get away from our house for a few days and we treated it like a mini vacation. I got to spend some much needed time with my best friend, we went to the lake, went swimming, got a new hair do and just relaxed.

We went out with our friends on their cabin cruiser to watch fireworks on the lake for the 4th. It was a lot of fun, fireworks on the lake is def something everyone needs to see. The kids loved being in the water and swimming.

I cut all my hair off... well not all of it but like 5 inches. Then I put red and blonde highlights in it. I really like it and I needed a change. Travis wasn't sure at first but now when he sees me he walks around saying hey sexy hair...I guess that is a good thing, right? Kelsey and Hayden both got a haircut also, 3 for the price of 1!

The kids and I spent a day with my best friend also. We took the kids to Catch Air, wow I thought the kids would LOVE it....well they did and Sarah and I both got a work out. We went to lunch at Chick-fl-a and while we were eating we had a spur of the moment idea to go visit the cupcake shop we did our class at. I had been trying to talk Travis into going there but it was a big fail...so we went! Still good :)



My boys waiting for the fireworks on the lake



Kelsey at Catch Air ( notice the red face...yea it was hot!)

Me and my girl at a baby shower for my cousin :)
before hair cuts....

Hayden at Catch Air...

Hayden and I had to come home on Wednesday afternoon to get ready for work on Thursday, I worked 2 days then headed back to be with Travis and Kelsey for the weekend and finish house sitting. We came home on Sunday afternoon to catch up on laundry and get the house back together. It was a great week, but we are so glad to be home :)

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p.s. yes i know I havent been around for like a week, I have a HUGE update coming!

Mini Vacation

Travis is house sitting starting Friday for 10 days... and since I am off after tomorrow until next Thursday we thought it would be fun to take a little "vacation".  He is house sitting at a friends house that is in his dads neighborhood...so it is where we used to hang out all the time. We don't all go down there much anymore just because we are always so busy with life around our house. I am pretty excited to spend a few days on my old stomping grounds! My best friend lives close to there and I def. plan on hanging out with her :). So I will leave tomorrow after work and come home sometime Wednesday afternoon. Travis and Kelsey will stay down until the next weekend. I plan to spend a lot of time around a pool and just hanging out with my kiddos. I don't think I will have a lot or any time to blog but I will be back with a update on Wednesday or Thursday of next week.

I went and rode Lacey earlier this week and I am pretty certain she is going to be coming to the barn in a few weeks :) The owners are more than open to letting me keep her for a few months to make sure she is a good fit for me and what I want.... it makes me so happy/thankful that there are still such honest good people in this world. I think Travis can see how excited I am about all of this, he told me last night to start saving my money and he would try his best to match what I save so I can buy new things for her :) I am using my mother in laws old saddle, which is wonderful and works just fine, I just want to have my own one day! She will come with her leather halter-with her name ingraved on it and a winter blanket.

We have been going to the lake every night this past week to swim. I love it that my kids LOVE the water. Tonka is also such a water dog. Travis has  a little jon boat and Hayden is OBESSED with it so we took it out one night and he was smiling so big the whole time. Now when we talk about swimming he runs and gets his life jacket. Travis can't even walk outside without Hayden thinking they are going to "daddys boat"...cracks me up.

Since Kelsey has been spending so much time away it seems like she is so grown up :( She came home last night just acts older. I still can't believe she is starting kindergarten in a few weeks..AHHH. Where has the time gone??

I hope everyone has a safe holiday week/weekend! If you are traveling be extra careful and watch all those crazies out on the roads/lakes!

Turn Back Tuesday

I have teamed up with a fellow friend/blogger to start something called “Turn Back Tuesday”, it is going to be an ongoing thing where on every Tuesday we post about something from our past that has impacted our lives now. I am planning on making this a link up post, so anyone can join in! We would love to get multiple bloggers doing this with us J

 If you can’t make a commitment every week, that’s ok to…, join us biweekly or monthly!

Today is the first day of “Turn Back Tuesday” so, thanks in advance for being patient with us because it is a learning experience!!

Turn Back Tuesday- How you met your husband/ fiancé / significant other?

Early April 2005:

                I was a senior in high school and nearing the end of my spring break. I had gone to Nashville with my best friend for the week and right before we left I started talking to an old boyfriend and we were going to try again…well I came home to find out we weren’t on the same page apparently.  Long story short it wasn’t ever going to work out. The Sunday of spring break, I met my friend Kim at the barn for an early morning ride. Before I go further, let’s say this…I climbed out of bed, threw on the closest jeans, tank top, and baseball hat and left…

Ok, we have our ride and as we are headed back in, Kim gets a phone call.

The conversation went something like this:

                Kim: I am riding with Brittany, what are you doing?

                Travis: hanging out with Cam, Brittany who?

                Kim: My boyfriend’s sister… why?

Travis: O ok...I am not sure what was else was said, but we got on the subject of riding, and teaching the boys to ride.

             Me (Yelling from my horse in front of Kim): I will teach him to ride! (Apparently you don’t say this to an 18 year old male)

                Travis: We will be right there!

So about 15 minutes later, they show up… at first glance I thought Travis was cute, but I didn’t really think anything of him because I was still hoping things would work out with my x- boyfriend.  We flirted back and forth and all hung out for a few minutes.

April 20^th 2005:

I was texting Kim while at school, she told me that Travis was bothering her for my number and she didn’t know what to tell him. I was over trying to fix things with my x so I said what the heck just give it to him. She did and then she gave me his also because he told her to have me call him. Well against all my “rules” I texted him first and we planned on hanging out that afternoon. Immediately I called my best friend, Sarah to make sure she could come with me! We met up after school and met Travis with some of his friends at an ice cream place. Upon getting out of the car I was greeted by a boy in Camo pants and a hooters t-shirt...Sarah looked at me and said “I thought you said he was cute”. I had to tell her when I met him he was wearing a polo and jeans.

Before Sarah and I left my house to meet up with Travis and his friends, I almost bailed on hanging out with him because I was so shy. Little did I know that that he would be my husband one day!

Travis says that when he heard me say in the background on the phone…I will teach him to ride… he just had to meet me. He said I sounded like so much fun, but I was serious about teaching him to ride. I still haven’t been able to, maybe one day!

               

               

How did you meet your husband/wife/fiancé/significant other?

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Catch up Monday

How was everyone's weekend??

Mine was good, busy!

I took Tonka to the vet on Friday night, they said he has fleas...I think they just wanted my money. We haven't seen ANY fleas on him at all. He has been itching for weeks so we would have seen them by now right?? Anyway $100 later he is on antiboditic and a steriod for a gew days.

Saturday I worked at the barn for lessons then got to ride. It was SOOO hot out. I am so glad to be out there helping and riding again. After I got home I took a shower and ended up crashing for like 3 hours.

Travis planned a date night for us on Saturday...well he got a babysitter, so we went to dinner at Red Lobster. Which is one of his favoirte places, I dont eat seafood but Travis LOVES it and really enjoyed himself. It was fun being together alone for a few hours.

Sunday I went out to the barn again to help with lessons... way to hot to ride this time!

I did go look at a horse today though....She is a 14 year old stock breeding paint. She is pretty dang cute and sweet. I didn't ride her today because I didn't have a saddle but the little girl who owns her did. She seems very broke and something that I would have a lot of fun on. Hayden and Kelsey both sat on her and we had no issues. I am going back later this week to ride her :) Here are some pictures of her.