Priscilla the Pink Pig

I can't believe I'm actually writing a blog right now.... It's been soooooooo long and I've missed blogging and have missed reading you all's blog as well. So, much has gone on and I have to catch you up on birthday parties, summer fun, D.I.Y activities, and so on. However, I'll just start with our visit with Priscilla the Pink Pig. Here in Atlanta it is a tradition to visit the "Pink Pig" at Lenox mall but on November 16, 2013 that would be me and my family's first time going and it was an amazing experience. I loved the unique atmosphere and most of all, creating a family tradition for me, my mom, and my girls. My mom called and said I want to take you and the girls to see the pink pig and we went to the special event "breakfast" they have each year. For the full Priscilla experience that included breakfast it was $16.99 for the adults and I believe it was $12.99 for the girls. Breakfast started at 8:30 am so when we arrived there were 2 white tents one small and the other large. In the small tent that's where the face painting, breakfast, and Priscilla were. We were seated and served breakfast. We had pink pancakes, turkey sausage links, cheese eggs, gummy piglets, yogurt parfait, and apple juice capri suns, and of course hot chocolate because it was so cold:) The breakfast wasn't that good but I didn't complain because I was happy to be there!  We all were presented with a pink bag with coupons and a book of the history of the pig. After Breakfast we took pictures with Priscilla and the girls got there faces painted. Next, we go to the larger tent and that's where the souvenir shop and the pink pig ride was held. We rode the pig and while you're riding the pink pig she gives you a history of her life story. When it was all over me and mom bought tshirts and ornaments and the girls each got a pig.  If you're ever visiting Atlanta in Nov or Dec please go stop by and visit Priscilla. You will definitely enjoy it!!

Thanks for reading & be on the look out for what's been going on with me... I have a ton of updates:)

My 1st Influenster Voxbox!!!!!!

Hey Yall!!!!! I've missed you guys.... Life has been really busy lately and still is.... I wanted to do a quick post on my first Influenster Voxbox... I was definitely excited to have received one and if you would like an invitation to Influenster put your email address in the comment section below. I can choose up to 5 pretty ladies to invite....  Here's what I received:

• Optic White Oral Care Regimen- I received the toothbrush, mouth wash, and tooth paste. It's a great product but the only thing I didn't like was the mouthwash because it's not your ordinary mouthwash. Its a whitening system so it isn't very tasteful and it got stuck in the mouth for some strange reason. Very weird, I know but everything else was great.
• Vaseline Spray & Go Moisturizer- Now this product is Awesome!!!! I love it and so does my husband.... He uses it more than me. It is definitely different because your spraying it on but it feels good and moisturizes your skin just like any other lotion.
• BelVita Breakfast Biscuit- These were pretty good! If you've eaten a nutrigrain bar and a graham cracker, it taste like the two of them together. 
• Dickinson's Original Witch Hazel Oil Controlling Towelettes- The only good thing I can say about this is that they feel good on my skin. Other than that they smell HORRIBLE.... When I used these towelettes I had to wash my face with soap to get the smell off because it was making me sick to the stomach. Maybe it was the "witch hazel" but it was still horrible. I could never use these again.
• Nectresse Natural Sweetener-  I have not tried this as of yet due to the fact that we don't make coffee at home but as soon as I get a chance to use it with something else, I will come back and do a review on it.

Our Stomach Bug & Planning Madison's 5th Birthday Party

Mallorie has had this little stomach bug and has given it to the rest of us except my husband. Let me just say it has definitely gotten the best of me because I actually puked Saturday night and I've never puked before. Even while being pregnant with both of my girls. The only thing close to puking that I've had was really bad nausea. However, we are all slowly getting better and trying to stay hydrated and sanitized.... I am in the process of planning my daughter's 5th Birthday party. I am totally excited and I only have 2 1/2 weeks to make this party as fabulous as possible and if you don't believe I can do it, I will let the actual party pictures speak for it self....  At first Madi wanted a Hello Kitty Sleepover party and my mom was going to get the room/suite (which was her gift to Madi) and I was going to get a few things to fix up the room and invite a few of her friends over and keep it simple and sweet but now miss thang decided to change it at the last minute and she wants a "Barbie" party. I couldn't even get mad because this creative mama saw SO much I could do and wanted to do because I grew up loving everything about Barbie. Below you will see a few of the things I will do via pinterest and stuff I have found on the web. I know I haven't showed any of my crafts other than my wreaths but I do want to get in the habit of getting better at that. So, here are some things I would like to do for her party. If you have any more suggestions or ideas feel free to let me know of them:)                                                        All photos are from via pinterest or google

REVIEW: Firmoo Glasses

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Family night at the Circus:-)

First let me start off by saying that I've missed you ladies SO much! Reading & Commenting on your lovely blogs have definitely been missed over here in these parts but I'm back.... Sooooo much has been going on such as sick babies, car broke down, and so much more that I dare won't get into... However, we did go to the Circus last Friday on March 1st and it was SOOOO much fun.... The best time we've had as a family in a long time. It was the kids first time and even me and my husband's (I think we were more excited than the girls).
We went to Ringling Brother's Circus and the theme this year was "Dragons" and when we entered the building we saw all the concessions and so on and it was all so wonderful.... Madison was Thrilled to be there. We initially decided not to get Mallorie our 1 year old a light up circus toy but after she saw her sister's she started crying and was really trying to take it so we had to get her one to keep peace. And I'm glad we did. She still walks around here pushing the button playing with it and even her sisters. Lol... All together both toys cost $42.00... Whew... Yes, it was a lot but it was their first time going and we really wanted them to have what ever they wanted. So, with that being said... We also got cotton candy ($10) which came with a choice of two different hats and we got the pink hair hat. Popcorn ($8) and Something to drink ($6).... By the way we had REALLY good seats.... Which made it even better:) 
Below you will find pictures of our evening..... It was absolutely perfect until my husband decided to get on Facebook to respond to someone status he commenting on earlier that day. Lol.... After he got done with that 30 mins later  everything was back to normal.

The concessions.... First thing we saw              We're HERE!!!!                Daddy and his girls when we arrived                She was SO happy to have this....                She's a Happy Camper...                                This mama has circus fever.... lol                Before the show...                                            Lions & Tigers... Hubby Fav Part                Women are in those balls! Cool right?               I loved the Elephants...                One of the clowns & my baby during intermission.... She was so happy!                   Her famous duck lips and peace sign pose!                                                                                       Somebody was getting sleepy....                She's Out!!!!                                                  Finally the "Dragon" made his apperance                                             

Madison & Mallorie

No matter how much I've wanted to give up these 2 Beautiful faces keep me going:)  I love my babies SOOOO much....

Deception

I tend to write about shows that I love like and this time I am discussing my new Monday night addiction...
DECEPTION

Tonight I will be discussing a line Julian gave....

whoever this guy is break his heart don't break mine....-Julian
If you are watching this show you know that Julian and Joanna use to date and he was her first love.... He used her and didn't take her serious and they may have been young but she loved him as most of us young women do when we are young. However, now that she and her long time detective buddy are dating he wants to get serious with her AND he wants her to leave him. When he made this statement it made me so upset. lol... 
Sad part is I think she is considering it and my question is Why do we as women go back? Why do we find the man of our dreams and leave him for the guy who made us hurt before? Why do the men ALWAYS come back after you've moved on and realized you could do better? It's crazy.... There is always room for error and 2nd chances but why does it always happen that way. 
As soon as you get a good guy, or get engaged, or they just find out you have a new love interest they want to come running back.... It happened to me but I'm glad I stayed with my main man because I'm pretty sure nothing changed with the other guy which was way over 7 years ago:) 
I really think her and the other detective make a a great couple even though Julian is not to bad his self  and I believe she should give her self a chance at love and leave the past in the past especially since they still don't know who the killer is yet. 
P.S. I really wanted to punch a whole in the tv when that reporter came in the bakery and blew her cover.... 
That's just my take on Monday's episode and I hope you're having a Terrific Tuesday:)

My Selfishly Greedy Husband

Today me and my husband went to Applebee's after church with some friends of ours and we got the 2 for $20 and with that you get an appetizer to "SHARE".... 

Well, we didn't eat all of our food and of course we brought it home in to go boxes.... Time has gone by and I realized I want some of "our" applebees and I come downstairs to get some leftovers.  To my surprise even though it really wasn't a surprise because this happens all the time it was gone. The rest of our boneless wings and mozzarella sticks were all gone. 


Our Conversation 
Me: Did you eat all of it or did you save me some? Hubbs: I ate all of it, it was only 2 of each left Me: You know you are wrong right? I would've never done that to you. You are just selfish! LOL Hubbs: But you have pasta leftover so I figured you would just eat that Me: But you ate all of your food plus all of the appetizers  Hubbs: .......................................................

Those dots = Silence! HA! Convo was over after that....


We didn't really argue about it because this is a NORMAL conversation that happens at least twice a week. I mean this dude will eat up everything without thinking about the next person around him. I call him my personal garbage disposal because I can always depend on him to eat what I don't eat or what he "think" I won't eat. Most times I hide my food or I have to literally threaten him so he won't eat my stuff!  I'm like come on dude can I get my grub on or get excited about my leftovers without worrying if you ate it or not??? lol.... Most of my married girlfriends go through this and we always have our funny convos about it because we all deal with the "selfishly greedy husband"..... This dude even ate my Valentine's day chocolate "HE" got me and blamed it on our 1 year old daughter....lol..... I got it bad over here ladies!!!

Have you had these convos with your hubby? or had to come to the frig to see your food missing? 

Happy Valentine's Day!

I love the fact that we can celebrate an actual day to show love to the people around us.... I know we do it year round but just having a day that is designated for love is pretty cool. Anywhoo, my babies woke up this morning to these cuties sitting in their dollhouse..... 

Yesterday I went to our local grocery store (Kroger) to get a few items and let me just say I absolutely love kroger. They always have the best deals they had all of the Valentine's Day items 50% off.

I decided to get the girls something to surprise them and each bear was $1.99 and the ring pop's were .50 cents. They were happy and I figured the rest of the morning would go great but then here comes Madison giving me "mommy guilt" again.

As I was getting her ready for school I told her I wouldn't be coming to her Valentine's Day party at school and truth be told the reason I wasn't going was because I was tired. I go to everything else and this was one party I was willing to pass on. Well, she started crying and said that I am suppose to come and she really wants me there and so on. I proceeded to explain why I wasn't going and she wasn't hearing it. Daddy ended up taking her to school and the mommy guilt sat in. 

My mind started playing games with me so I called him to "whine" about my guilt and he really encouraged me and told me not to stress about it. He said she is 4 years old and very fortunate to have a mother like you  and that he would stop by for me. I mean my husband is the best right? lol... About 30 mins later he calls back and said babe get some rest and I'll pick you up at 11:30 because the party starts a little later than expected so  Me and Mallorie ended up surprising her and one little girl said I wish you were my mommy and I felt so bad for her. I even got a cupcake:-)

So, around 5 pm I go get in the car to pick up the hubby and this is what was sitting in the car....

We decided to wait to give gifts and go out on Sunday because we always wait until a few days after V-Day to do something because we don't like being around all the many people who will be out for Valentine's but he wanted to surprise me with a small gift before then and I was very surprised. 

Do yall see the Strawberries and Whipped Cream???? 

It's Going DOWN!!!! Lol

30 Day Challenge #7-9

I have missed 6 Challenges and I apologize for not following through but that's what makes this a "challenge" right? Lol...  However, I'm back and I am ready to get caught up.... I pray this encourages your spirit!


Day 7:
Galations 6:9- Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
(This has gotten me through a lot of tough times.... I could be weary, burdened down, and stressed out but this scripture encourages me every time. We have to stay strong and continue to be on God's side and run this race because in the end we will be blessed. Given up has definitely crossed my mind but I'd rather gain all the benefits of what God has for me for not giving up. The BEST is yet to come so don't give up)

Day 8:
Phillipians 4:13- I can do all things through Christ who Strengthens Me
(If you feel like you can't make it or accomplish your dream that has been on your heart to do.... Remember, you CAN because Jesus gives you the strength to do it....)  

Day 9:
Psalm 34:18- The LORD is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in.
(He is close when you are down or suffering a terrible loss.... He saves you from depression and negative thinking. He comforts you when you need it most. Lean on God when you are troubled or sad. He IS there)

A little update!

*First let me start off by saying that I do apologize for the mishap of my pictures not showing in this Post so if you are reading this I would greatly appreciate it if you could go back to my previous post and let me know if you can see them now! I hope I fixed it:-)
However, in this Post I talked about how my husband would be gone to California for almost a week but he is back and he got home around 11:00 pm last night and I was sooooo HAPPY!
I love my babies but 5 days without a little help was rough and I'm pretty sure I don't want to do that again for a very long time.
Shoutout to ALL military wives and single moms I don't know how you all do it but blessings to you!
The girls were so happy to see daddy too and they didn't even want to go to sleep
Thanks for all the encouragement in my previous post because God knows I needed it. I pray you all are having an awesome weekend!
God Bless

My Hair

As I grow my hair back out the "right way" by taking care of it I find it easier than I thought. You can read my post on my hair here......
My hair is relaxed and I don't plan on going natural at all.... I love the women with natural hair I just decided to continue to stay relaxed. It's easier for me to maintain it:-)
By taking care of my hair I have started to: 
Wash it every 7 days Moisturize it Condition it Style it myself
At this very moment my hair is extremely dry and needs to be washed and so on....... I just wanted to show you a few pictures of what I've done the last couple of weeks to my hair. It turned out great and I'm hoping that I can accomplish the same thing or better this weekend! These pictures were taken Jan 26,2013

These pictures were taken Feb 2, 2013

TLC'S: The Sisterhood

This show is based on First Ladies of Pastors in the Christian Community.
On the opening episodes Facebook, twitter, and most social networks were trying to get this show off of the air because they felt like it was a poor interpretation of what, who, and how First Ladies are in the church. I honestly had reservations about it but after watching it, it wasn't as bad as everyone was portraying it to be. However, after just getting caught up on last night episode that I missed I was a tad bit disappointed.  These are my thoughts: Let me say that even though Tara has her annoying ways she does not stray away from the Word of God and she represents him well. Ivy & Christina represented well on this episode too. At first I had some feelings about those two but they actually took a stand this week. DeLana is the only one they don't show hardly at all and that's because I think she actually thought the show would be different than what it is and I honestly don't blame her for not coming around. I wish she was in more scenes because I really like her.

Dominique has disappointed me in the WORSE way! She needs true Deliverance.... This show was something she should not have signed up for. I feel like her testimony could help so many people and God could really use her. Maybe this show was her way of crying out for help?... However, I would like to see this show turn into something positive and if it doesn't it really doesn't need another season. I will keep watching to see where it goes! 

If you are watching it, what are your takes on it? 

30 Day Challenge #6

Repentance Our God is so Awesome! He gave his son to die for us and we are able to repent and have another chance to come back and live for him. This is something that I must do and even though I know he heard me the first time I always repeat myself and ask him to forgive me more than once (don't judge me...lololol)  I am a sinner SAVED by GRACE Don't forget to repent daily.... It's sort of like a "cleansing" taking place and its allowing you to get things right with God. Lord, Thank you for allowing me to come back to you day in and day out.   a href="http://southernsoulshining.blogspot.com/2013/01/30-day-challenge.html">