That Time When I Said I Was Going to Blog More.....

Well, I set my standards too high, I suppose.  I thought I would make more time for this little blog and I haven't done it.  Spring is crazy busy for me.  I said I wanted to take the time to stop and smell the roses and I haven't done that.  Oh well.

I'll start with a #tinaeveryday catchup.  I haven't done this in 21 days.  I am loving taking a picture everyday but I must admit, somedays just aren't glorious and picture worthy- but I am thankful for that!

Let's rewind all the way back to day 79:  First Starbie's date with Carson.  We discovered he has a love of CakePops!  

Day 80: My breakfast.

Day 81: How Caylee and my Dad watch a baseball game.  Funny story- I bought a new chair for the games at Big Lots (of all places).  I affectionally named it my throne because it is the Mac Daddy (or Mama) or a chair.  It has a pillow, cup holder, zip pocket for keys and iPhone, AND a foot rest.  Go ahead and ask me how many times I've gotten to sit in it.  MAYBE 3.  Daddy likes my throne.  So does Caylee.  They get the best of both worlds.  They both sit in it together at the games.  So sweet.

Day 81 BONUS:  First HOMErun of the season!

Day 82: Another day, another baseball tournament.  This was the day I sprained my ankle because I got excited that our catcher made a great play at home plate.  

 Day 83:  Tank doesn't like the fact that I am in a brace for 4 weeks either.

Day 84:  Jamie turned my sweet little six year old into a twelve year old.  I love it when her hair is straightened.  I love even more that I am not the one that has to do it!

 Day 84 Bonus: Happy National Waffle Day!  Daddy was out of town a good portion of this whole week so we had waffles for dinner to celebrate (Waffle Day not Daddy being gone).

 Day 85: Silence.  My Carson's mouth runs all the time.  I love it when he gets lost in a book and I get a moment of silence! ;)

Day 86: Dining room turned Disney prep command center!

 Day 87:  Me too, Tank.  Me too.  Getting ready for vacation is exhausting!

 Day 88:  The Macs en route to see the mouse!

 Day 89:  Dinner with Cinderella and her family.  Stepsister told Carson he stinks!

 Day 90: Breakfast with MICKEY!!!!!!

Day 91:  Look who rode Rockin' Roller Coaster twice and loved it!

Day 92: I love a parade!

Day 93: Wild animals at Animal Kingdom!

 Day 94: I was booted from my copilot's spot.

Day 95: From the castle to the diamond.  Cinderella's Castle to the baseball diamond, that is.
I couldn't find the picture I posted on instagram (long story) but I do have another one I took that day!

Day 96: Hanging out with this dude.  Man, he's hot.  I-LOVE-HIM.

Day 97: No pic that day so I threw it back to the weekend and this cute baseball sister.

Day 98: How Carson sits during multiplication drills.  Can I just say that I have more gray hair now trying to get him to memorize his facts?!

Day 99:  Nothing like hearing your daughter belt out Let It Go in the car!

Day 100:  Happy Siblings Day!

Day 101: A wild Friday night at Casa Mac- pinterest in bed at 9PM.  As I posted that pic, I was reminded that about fifteen years ago, I was just getting ready to go out dancing at the Cotton Eyed Joe in Knoxville.  My how times have changed!

#TinaEveryday2014 Days 62-78

I think I am going to nix posting #TinaEveryday on Sundays now that baseball season is here.  We will most likely be playing on Sundays so my blog time will be pushed aside.

Day 62 was a great mail day.  We got a wedding invite AND our MagicBands!

Day 63: Crazy sock day at school.  I sent this to Chad and asked if he dressed them and his response was that Caylee's hair looked too pretty for him to do it. ;)  

Day 64: They are all ears for Crazy Hat day!

Day 65: Book character day for Caylee.  I sort of forgot about it until Caylee reminded me the night before.  I pulled out an old Halloween costume and called it good. #momfail

Day 66: Cue the waterworks.  I posted about this earlier.

Day 67: Caylee's BFF came over and they made tissue bows and sold them for a quarter a piece.   #futureentrepreneur {I had to look up how to spell entrepreneur}

Day 68: First baseball scrimmage!

Day 69:  Finally a breakfast date with my boss!  I am dating my boss.  #nepotismatitsbest

Day 70: Somebody had to go to the eye doctor.  No glasses needed. 

Day 71: I was shopping at Burlington and came across this great mug.  I have a few people in mind.  #whatgoesaroundcomesaround

Day 72: "Ms. Teresa said I need to practice my run run cartwheels so I need to practice.  Take my picture."- Caylee Rose

Day 73: Everytime Carson's BFF and fellow teammate comes to our house, he asks me to make cookies.  So I did.  And now I am dieting. 

Day 74: Gameday BABY!  First tournament!

Day 75: Post tournament laundry at the car wash!

Day 76: Teaching Tank how to drive.

Day 77: I downloaded Cole Swindell's album.  It is very good.  I saw him at Luke's Farm Tour last year. 

Day 78:  Three of my favorites: Purple, tulips, and honeysuckle.  COME ON SPRING!

I post my pics of the day over on Instagram.  I am tinatnvol.  See you over there!

#TinaEveryday Week 7

As I am typing this, my children are upstairs jamming to "Today is the Day".  How awesome is it to hear kids worship!

Day 41:
I usually grab the mail as I am heading out to pick up the kids and sort through it while I wait on them to come out.  This day, we received our third (and later in the week a fourth) sympathy card from our vet.  This time, the tech and office staff all signed a card that included a note stating that a donation in Gun'rr's memory had been made to Small Miracles Therapeutic Riding Center  (click on title for more info).  Cue the water works, again.  I cannot say enough about our vet's office.  I truly feel like they all have a love and passion for animals. I think you have to in order to have a job like they do.  One time when we boarded the dogs there, one of the techs said he came in over the weekend and just played with our dogs for a while.  He said he loved labs and ours were great dogs so he took them out to the fenced in yard and played with just them.  I can also remember when Tank and Gun'rrr first started living with us again after we built the house (they lived at the in laws during construction).  They got out early one morning.  I got a phone call shortly after 7:30AM and it was one of the employees at the vet saying that Tank and Gun'rrr was hanging out on their front porch and when she opened the door, they ran right inside!  We live a quarter of a mile from the office- basically at the top of the hill behind the office. Those were only a few of many memories we have of our crazy dogs!

Day 42:
I was feeling especially sorry for Tank so I loaded him up and he went with me to pick the crew up from school.  I didn't tell the kids Tank was in the back and I wish I'd videoed Carson's reaction.  He jumped out of his skin!  He then said, "What is dad going to say about Tank riding in the jeep?"  I had cleared it with Chad and was given the green light to take Tank for a ride as long as I cleaned it up.  We ended the field trip with a trip to PetSmart.  Tank got lots of attention at the store.  What is it about a black lab?

Day 43:
The kids were out of school for absolutely no snow.  I took several pictures on Wednesday so I made a collage.  By the end of the week, I was running out of ideas to entertain them!

Day 44:
Almost 6 inches of snow and a daughter wearing pajama pants.  Don't judge.  I made poor Tank sit in the snow for a picture.

Day 45:
The day of love.

This picture shows my peeps I love the most.

Day 46:
We broke the law and let the kids ride home from Barberito's without their booster seats.  They wanted to use the seat warmers because it was so cold.  In Tennessee, they have to stay in a booster until age 9,which is this summer for Carson.  He says he is going to shoot his booster with a bb gun.  I think someone is ready to say goodbye to the booster!

Day 47:
Happy opening day, Vol Baseball!  I am SO ready for some baseball!!  WOOP WOOP!

#TinaEveryday Week 6

First off, I am playing around with my layout on my blog.  I am somewhat clueless about this.  I would like to add buttons so my readers can follow me on Instagram.  How do I do that? I guess I can play around with it some and get it looking like I want it to look- in all of my spare time!

This week was a more "normal" week (whatever that is).  I made it to the gym twice, the kids were out of school on Friday for conferences, and we went to dinner with my parents to celebrate Daddy's birthday.

Day 34: Happy Birthday, Papaw!  Throwback picture!  This was Caylee's kindergarten party last May.

Day 35: Our baseball coach wants the boys to throw everyday.  Chad has been getting home a little before dark to throw with Carson.  I looked out the window and saw this.  I told you Tank has to be in the middle of us now.  I guess they are playing monkey in the middle lab in the middle?  

Day 36: Two pictures on this day!  Caylee FINALLY lost her first tooth.  For documentation purposes, the day was February 5th of her first grade year.  Carson lost his first tooth on March 5th of his first grade year.  Kinda cool, huh?  My kids are growing too fast!  

Also on day 36: I burned some calories at Zumba and bought new dry shampoo.  I am training my hair to not get oily and am only washing it every other day.  I love this dry shampoo but still find my hair flat on day 2.  I usually wear it up on day 2 (sock bun, messy ponytail, etc).  Any tips on how to give it more body on day 2?  Also, any tips on what to do with my bangs on day 2?  They are oily and don't  look right down or pinned back! 

Day 37:   I was getting ready to volunteer at the kids' school and Tankie came looking for me in the bathroom.  I told him he could stay with me while I got ready so he made himself at home on the shower rug.  He likes to be in the same room as me.  When we say goodbye to this dog, I will not be able to handle it.  Please pray for me now!

Day 38:

I don't like selfies.  I think I look stupid.  This day was errand running while the kids were at the movies and I had a conference with Carson's teacher.  I am wearing a tank top dress from Target for summer (too thin to wear in winter) and a denim jacket.  My leggings are fleece leggings I found on groopdealz.  I LOVE THEM.  A friend made my scarf.  I posted this on Instagram with the caption- this is my chamber dinner outfit.  I would love to get all gussied up for a night out but my introverted husband wouldn't go.  Oh well...

Day 39:

We went tubing.  SO MUCH FUN!

I am not sure who had more fun- the kids or the adults!  It was a little expensive but well worth the time together.  We want to go back at night. 

Day 40:  Just keeping it real.  I stay behind on laundry.  I don't mind the washing and the drying.  It is the folding and putting away that I dislike.  UGH!  Good news is that all of this has been folded and about half put away.  I need to put away the kids clothes.  

And, while I was working in Mt. St. Laundry, this is what Tank and Caylee were doing:

May the force be with you!