#Throwback Thursday - Say What?

What does that say?? Welcome to GSU!! Welcome Back?

What could that possibly mean? It means I am going back to College.

My Sister and I on our very 1st Day of College at GSU

Since I graduated High School in June 1996


Twinkie Shoe Alert

 I have gone to college for 4 years - minus the degree. Worked full time, was in an AMAZING sorority AOPi, lived all on my own and learned to pay bills. I even transferred to GA State my Senior year (bad move). Not that it is a bad school it just helped create the situation of no degree. Why do you ask?

After all that... I got married, had 2 Beautiful baby girls. I also got divorced. Met and married my wonderfully supportive and loving husband. Today is our Anniversary Woot Woot. And had my baby boy.
Now this does not look like I have lived an unaccomplished life. No-Sir-E-Bob. I love my life. All of my choices have given me the blessings I am most thankful for today. But I still do not have that degree. So with dreams of a future and a little bit of gumption I hope to complete one of the biggest projects I have started and not finished. Ask my husband, I have lots of those around my house.

So please show me some love and encouragement as I embark on this journey of College at the age of thirty -- well that doesn't matter. Like my momma used to always say "Once you've earned it no one can take it away from you" oh yeah and "Do it for yourself". Well Mom - I am now.

Ciao
Kelley

Holidays

Merry Christmas from our Family to Yours. Hope you all are as equally blessed as I am to be surrounded with such Joy! Looking forward to a Crazy, not so relaxed 2013!

XOXO
The Shaws

Happy Halloween from Our Family to Yours

Very happy with our DIY costumes this year! We have a spider monkey, a gumball machine, an 80's chick from Chicago and a Lumber Jack. Kind of sad this may be one of the last Trick or Treating experiences with the girls. Next few years they won't be at my house for Halloween then they will be Too Old and Too Cool for us. Happy with the moments we do have together!

Here was Baby Boy at school before Trick or treat

Birthday's, Father's Day, Friendship Oh My!

Happy Father's Day to my Husband! Happy Birthday to my Husband. Isn't he lucky that he gets to celebrate his first father's day on his birthday? I think so. I am so blessed to have such a wonderful man in my life. We have quite an explosive relationship but I would never changeit for the world.

We had a very busy weekend.  Here are just a few snapshots.

Hangin at the Pool

Trying to keep little man  still .. he learned to crawl this week

Naptime with Daddy

Yummy Wine at Birthday dinner with Friends at Tristan

Dinner Kiss

Happy Birthday to the Trifecta ... David, Mike and Christy

My Birthday Present to Mr M... Chef's Table at SNOB. DELISH

 I hope everyone had as good of a weekend as we did. My Father's Day present will be coming soon.

Our Weekend Roundup

Happy Monday! I love summer time! Wish i could spend more of it at home with the kiddos but I do the  best I can while I can. Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. Here is a sneak peak into ours.

MrM and LilMan at his 1st baseball game

Momma and LilMissJ at the Riverdogs Game

Loving on his Daddy

Nothing says Summer like pool time with friends

Someone thinks he's king of the castle -- See the Tile that's our new project

Morning reading time. Yep that is Star Wars

My girls at Yamato Japanese Steakhouse

Pool time

Tuckered out time

I am so blessed to have a great family to make such wonderful memories with. Just a little sneak peak into our weekend.

Happy New Years Friends

How will you spend your New Years???

Will you hang with your Girlfriends...

Will you have some Bubbly.... preferably not from the bottle. OR will you have one too many... 

Will you play willy games...

Will you snuggle your loved ones...

However you decide to celebrate this New Year ... Please do so safely. My plans are low key with the family and friends at home again doing all of the above!!

And I will be watching this ....

Giuliana Rancic to spend NYE at Times Square with her husband Bill Rancic

Now, I want to thank everyone for stopping by and reading my not so daily weekly ramblings about my family, friends and things that interest me!! I hope in 2012 I get more readers and I can figure out a way to be a better blogger and still be present in my families life. I am so blessed to have a wonderful support system of family and friends. I look forward to another exciting year with you all.

I hope this new year brings everyone peace, love,happiness and good health. Have a safe time tonight.

Merry Christmas

Here is to starting new traditions. We wish you a very merry christmas!!

Oh So Thankful And A House Divided

I am so thankful.... for so many things. I am so lucky to have such a wonderful husband and kids. I cannot imagine a single day without you. I cherish every moment with you all. I am so blessed to have wonderful friends. We are all healthy and happy here in the  Shaw house.

Lunch with Hope at her school for Thanksgiving.

 I am thankful for this  time off work to spend time with the girls at their activities that are special.

Mr.M and I post race

 I am so thankful for my health. I love that my hubs and I work out together. A nice old lady told us before the race ... A family that plays  together stays  together.

Good Friends post Thanksgiving feast

 I am thankful for our friends. They would  give us  the  shirts  off their  backs and we would do the same for them. I wouldn't trade them for the world.

All the kiddos getting along

House Divided... Me Oh My

See what he has to put  up with

We all stayed up late to watch the game. There were lots of hurt  feelings especially since there are bragging rights for an entire year. In the  long run we are all learning to be good sports.

Happy Holidays  to all of you. Now onto Christmas. I am having a Cookie Exchange so stay tuned for all the  yummy details.

First Big Trip Post Baby

This was a big trip for me as I traveled to ATL alone with 3 kids in the car. Wowsers ... what was I thinking? The girls were going to stay with my parents up at the lake in the motor home and Mr.M and I were going to stay with LittleMan in a Hotel. Since MrM was flying into ATL and I had to drive South to get him we decided to stay in Buckhead. I had visions of reliving my younger years where we would party it up at a bar then a nice dinner and stay out to all hours of the night. Did I mention I hate getting older? Even though I was going to be in the car for 5+ hours I still wanted to look hip and cool NOT comfy. And I did look hip and cool and definitely NOT comfy. Do you see where I am going with this? By the time I finally got to Mr.M after leaving Charleston at 10:30 am, I picked him up at 9pm in Buckhead from the Marta Station. By this time, I had already driven from Charleston, drove all over North GA to meet my parents, Nursed the baby twice in the car and Pumped once bc he slept through a feeding. Looking Cute was not on the top of my priority list.

We did have some fun once we checked into our hotel. Little Man was wide awake and ready to go. This was our first hotel experience with the baby. I even brought the Pack N Play. Still in the spirit of things we headed out on our dinner / drinks adventure. You should have seen us  trying to figure  out  how to get the baby to dinner. We were going to walk since we were looking for the feel of Chicago. So MrM put on the Baby Bjorn to carry LittleMan. How are  we going  to eat dinner if the baby is in the  carrier? MrM's bright idea is to get the car carrier from the car and carry it to the restaurant. So here we are in Swanky Buckhead walking around with the baby and an empty car seat. It was quite humorous to watch us. We ended up eating at Bistro Niko. It was very good and the staff was very nice even watching our  empty car seat while we waited for our table. Little Man did very well on his late night  dinner. I realized that dressed up for Charleston does not  equal dressed up for Buckhead. At this point I did not care. I was uncomfortable and happy since I was spending my evening with my 2 favorite men.

The girls went to their grandparents to stay. While  they were there they got to do some of their  favorite playing:

Got Facials

Did some Shaving

Pretended to be Christmas Wreaths

Had an Amazing View of Lake Lanier

On Saturday, We had some time to go downtown while the girls stayed and played at the lake. The adults  went to the High Museum of Art. They were having the Picasso to Warhol exhibit.

Photography I want to learn how  to do

Southeastern part of Jasper John's Painting

This picture says it all to me. I am so loved. We had a great time in Atlanta.

11-11-11 Wedding Wonferfulness

Kim (twin sister), me, Andrea, Michael (brother) and my parents

What a beautiful day for a wedding. This was the first time my entire family has gotten together this year. We have been so busy with us having a baby, my sister is about to have her baby any day now and my brother and his wife work full time and go to school.

The wedding was at a beautiful park in Auburn Ga. They had a really nice group of people come to celebrate them. On our families side was our long time neighbors Randy and Rhonda. Rhonda is an aspiring photographer and she took some amazing photos that I will share once I get them. Also, Jim and Nancy who are my parents best friends.

Logan aka The Man

Me (aka Aunt Kelley) and Logan

Logan and Sterling

My Nephew Logan was the ring bearer and he was absolutely adorable! This was also the 1st time my brother or sister got to meet Sterling. My sister is about to have her 4th child and it is Finally a girl. We cannot wait for her arrival. She is due any day now. My sister looked beautiful. I could not get over it. Of course everyone thought I was being so mean when I went on and on about it. I did this out of pure love. She is generally not a pleasant pregnant person. She was glowing.

Kim, Aiden, Grandma, Hope and Logan

Kim and John

Julia and Logan

The Shaw's

On 11-11-11, there were a whole slew of people getting married. One famous couple from Atlanta was Kim Zolciak and Kroy Biermann married in their Atlanta home. Then there was Jerry O'Connell and Rebecca Romijn who renewed their vows in New York City in 11-11-11 at 11:11AM. With all this hoopla about this date I do not think anyone will be as happy as these two young lovebirds. Congratulations Andrea and Michael!!