Little Lambs

One of my favorite AOII traditions is Big/Little Reveal! I love getting to add someone to the most precious family and share with them all of our traditions.

Waiting on our newest addition

 My precious little

 So excited for sweet Emily's lucky family

 When did we get so old?

Look how our sweet little fan jam has grown through the years:

2009

2010

2011

2012

It's hard to believe I'm a great-grandbig to adorable Melanie Beth! We're so happy to have her in the fam!

It's Pie Time

Despite the fact that it's still a fairly constant 80 degrees outside, inside I like to pretend its fall. Fall is my favorite season, probably because it never lasts long enough for me to get sick of it. (Unlike Alabama summers.)

Finally, all of my favorite pies are in season. Pumpkin, pecan, chocolate, sweet potato... now all socially acceptable to eat since we're getting close to Thanksgiving. (53 days, people!)

To start the season off right, I made a chocolate pie.

It smelled delicious, but I don't know how it tasted since I gave this one away to a little friend about to take the OAT. We'll see if he thinks it made the cut!

Try it for yourself, here's the recipe.

Happy Fall, Y'all!

The Not-So-Colorful Color Run

We had good intentions. Promise.

The Color Run came to Birmingham on Labor Day. We made a team. We signed up. All was well.

We expected the day to turn out like this:

It kind of looked like this (minus the dementors): 

We met at 6:30am to drive out to the track. The weather was looking rather nasty, but we went ahead.

After an hour of standing in the pouring rain, we decided to call it quits. We were soaking wet, cold, and not at all well trained to run 5 kilometers in the rain. I mean, we were planning on jogging/walking it anyway.

Hey, we got our t-shirts and color packets. Maybe we'll have better luck in Atlanta in March?

Best hat there. I'm sorry we had to leave it in the parking lot.

"On a scale of 1-1990, how 90s do I look?" --Caroline Evers