The Penny Family

Sunday, August 16, 2009

A Great Weekend in August

We had a great weekend! Friday was Steve's birthday and we celebrated all weekend by playing baseball, bowling, eating, and church. We had a great time visiting with Nic, Kim, Ross, and Kalyn who came in on Saturday from Memphis. We are always glad to see them when they are in town. Saturday afternoon we played baseball with Ross's wiffle ball and bat and had birthday dinner. Saturday night we decided to go bowling, so we all went bowling and Doug and his dad both killed us at bowling. Both of them scored over 120 points in bowling but we all had a great time. On Sunday, we all went to church and then laid around the house and watched the Nascar race. Here are a few pictures from the weekend!

Ross and Papaw on the John Deere "tractor"

Ross playing baseball with us

Ross and Papaw in their new Ole Miss shirts. Ross is helping Papaw sing Happy Birthday!

Sweet baby Kalyn

The new family of 4

Kim, Kalyn, Ross, and Nic

The proud Aunt and Uncle

Doug, Ross, me, and Kalyn

Last but not least, Aunt Kara with Kalyn

Friday, July 31, 2009

5 Years of Wedded Bliss

I cannot believe its been 5 years since I said "I do" to the man I love most in this world. Here is a summary of our 5 years together "No kids (still working on that one), 2 houses, 1 niece, 1 nephew, 1 spoiled rotten dog (who acts like our own child), we both lost our grandfathers in the same year, and lots of love and laughter to spread throughout the world." I love my husband more than life itself and I wish and pray for many more years with him. Thanks honey for a fabulous and joyous 5 years with lots more memories and years to come!!!! Love you!!!!!

In honor of this special occassion, I'm posting some pictures of that special day on July 31, 2004. So enjoy them and I hope they are not too blurry!

Wedding Portrait

Wedding Party

My sisters and Maids of Honor

Me and my beautiful flowers and dress

Cutting the cake

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Alecia's Baby Shower

Alecia had her first baby shower this past weekend at her house hosted by myself and Heather. We had a great time and Alecia got so many great things for Anna Grace. It's just the first of many showers she will have. We are also getting more and more excited about her arrival in September and cannot wait until she is here! Aunt Kara is really excited!!!!!!!!!!

Here are a few pictures from her shower.

My first diaper cake to ever make. Isn't it soooo cute?

Alecia at 30 weeks pregnant! She looks sooooo good!

Mom, Alecia, and I

The hostess with the momma to be

Heather, Alecia, and I

One of the MANY gifts Anna Grace will get from Aunt Kara

Monogrammed blanket from Aunt Kara

All of the stuff Alecia got at her shower!

Anna Grace McMath's Nursery

Anna Grace McMath's room is coming together very well. My mother and I went to Memphis this weekend to help Alecia and Michael prepare Anna Grace's room for her arrival in September. I also threw Alecia a baby shower so that is the real reason we went to Memphis. Alecia and Michael purchased a new home in Arlington, TN so the first order of business is to decorate Anna Grace's room. Here are a few pictures of her room and also of Michael working very hard to put together the bed and pack-n-play.

Michael studying the directions for the pack-n-play

Getting help on instructions from mother-in-law

Michael putting together the baby bed for Anna Grace

Her completed bed and dresser. All 3 of us girls used this crib, changing table, and dresser.

Curtains handmade by mom & Changing table

Wall Art yet to be hung

Bedding handmade by mom

The finished product!

All bedding was handmade by my mom

Ross & Uncle Doug

Since I don't have many pictures of Ross & Uncle Doug, I thought I might post this cute picture of them.

Ross's New Swingset

Ross got a new swingset a couple of weeks ago so we ventured to Oakland, TN to see him and of course Kalyn too. Nic and Kim cooked ribs and we had a great time visiting and watching Ross go up and down the slide. I couldn't get over the fact that his little legs can climb those stairs so fast.

Ross going up the stairs!

Almost to the top

Smiling for Aunt Kara

Getting ready to slide

Down we go

Friday, July 3, 2009

Kalyn Elisabeth Grace Penny

Kalyn Elisabeth Grace Penny made her entrance into the world a few days early but definately came in a hurry! We were woken up this morning at 2:30am with a phone call to say that Nic and Kim were in the hospital and Kim was in labor and Kalyn should be here soon. So I called Nic to make sure Kalyn was coming and it wasn't a false alarm. Sure enough Kalyn was coming. Nic said they got to the hospital at 12:30am because Kim started having contractions at 10pm last night. So we get out of the bed and get dressed and rush to the hospital. Before we left our neighborhood at 3:30am, Nic calls and says "She's here!". We couldn't believe it! Kalyn was here already and the grandparents, aunts, and uncles were in route to see Kalyn. Baby Kalyn, mom, dad, and big brother Ross are doing great. Kim looked wonderful. You couldn't even tell she had a baby. Well here are a few pictures of our new neice, Kalyn Elisabeth Grace Penny.