BFF

Best Friends Forever....who'dve thought there was actual truth in those words when we were little? Amy and I have been friends since we were born, at least that's what our moms tell us. I have memories of us as young as 5 in our pjs, costume jewelry and jigsaw puzzles, but I think Amy can remember back further than that! We went to school together, and in typical girl fashion, we had our ups and downs, ins and outs. It is heartening to think that after all those ups downs, ins outs that we are still friends today. In fact, she is person I graduated with that I keep in touch with the most. We may go months without hearing from each other through email or phone calls, or even years without seeing each other in person. But get us together, and it's like we have never been apart! The last time I saw Amy, she only had 2 kids and Emyley had just been born. So it was quite the coup getting us all together with our husbands and children...our complete families! We had lots to catch up on....she just left the Navy and Guam, her husband is still in the Navy and they are headed to North Carolina for a 6 year tour. Her daughter looks so much like she did when she was little...I can still remember those yearbook photos of the girl with long, brown pigtails! I am just in awe, that despite life and all its obstacles, that we are still good friends today....bff!


The funniest thing about the picture above....which took 6 tries, btw. Everytime Bill would go to take the picture, he would say, "say....". As soon as we all said it, Cameron, the youngest boy, would immediately jump and say, "I wanna see, I wanna see!" usually before the camera even had time to get the picture. So, in this picture, Bill was able to get the shot before he actually jumped up!! It was too funny and had us all rolling in the floor laughing!!

Little Mullen Darlings 6 months old

Since I want to use this blog as a way to document the events in our lives, I figured why not include things from the past. I always seem to remember cute or funny things, but instead of writing them down I just let them go. So, here is the first of what I hope to be many memories of those Little Mullen Darlings....

When Sydney turned six months old, and it was time for pictures, she had so many cute outfits to choose from that I was faced with a dilemma. So, she had her rofessional pictures taken in one outfit, and I took a snapshot of her in another. She had just started sitting up really well, so this picture turned out really cute and very prissy!!

Now, when Hayley turned 6months, the idea of professional pictures had kind of slipped into the not-so-important category of our lives. But, I still had the dress, hat and rocking chair we used for Sydney's snapshot, so here's what we got...

Of course, with two adorable pictures of our other girls, it was simply a must to dress Emyley up in the dress and hat and put her in the rocking chair, too. Not one to simply do as others do, Em had to have Sydney's "bubba" bear with her...

I hope you all enjoyed this trip down memory lane with me! Already, I can think of many more memories to share, but they will have to wait for another time.

Wow!

With tax money on its way, I decided to do a little browsing for inventory items for my store. I was visiting one of my favorite stores, and stumbled upon a product they offer that is very similar to one I sell in my store!! Now, I will freely admit to copy cattin' things I see in catalogs, but this is a first for me!! Okay, yes, I'm sure they either had the idea on their own or whatever and didn't really copy cat me, but it is still pretty cool when I think about it!! Let me know what you think!

Little Darlings Apple Sign

KP Creek Apple Plaque

What am I thinking?

Well, I have done it (obviously)! I started a blog! Why? Who knows. It seemed the thing to do. I have several friends with blogs, and they make life sound so interesting!! So, here I am....

Reading other blogs has shown me one thing (as if I didn't already know), life is soooo short and kids grow up way too fast! My "baby" is now 4, and her baby book is still empty at the top of her closet. I have this terrible feeling that she will want to know things about growing up, and my mind will be completely blank. After all, I can barely remember yesterday, much less remember things from years ago. So, I will look at this blog as a way to keep track of those little things that made me laugh, cry or so mad I thought I'd lose my mind! Of course, some could say I am just procrastinating the baby book, and well, they'd be right! ;o)