We snuck away to "See Rock City" and spend the night in the Queen Anne Steamboat on the Chattanooga river!  We had a great time!

Rock City was fun.  It should be called Gnome City cause those little boogers are everywhere!  Lara would die.  She hates gnomes, they freak her out and evertime you turned a corner there was a new one staring up at you!  So of course i kept sending her pics of them the entire time!  

Uh oh…..looks like we stayed too long!!!

The Queen Anne is a beautiful old riverboat that has now been converted to a hotel and is docked in the beautiful park on the river in Chattanooga’s downtown.  We had a great day just being Ray and Nicole.  We laughed, hung out with the gnomes, ate at a new restaurant and went to see one of my favorite bands the Breakfast Club!  We had a great night away with just the two of us, but the next morning were we up and out of there anxious to return to our favorites jobs.. cleaner of poopie, boogie exterminators, rule enforcers, giver of hugs, stealer of kisses and chaser of a fast little stinker!  I didn’t want to scar B-Ray for life so we left the Gnomes in Rock City and instead brought him back some homemade fudge…which he LOVED (that kid can sniff out chocolate from a mile away!   

 Happy Mothers Day to my kind and beautiful momma.  I love you with my whole heart and am so very blessed to be your daughter! 

We had a great Mothers Day, but unfortunately we didn’t get to see our moms.  Ray had a stomach bug that weekend.   It seems like someone in my house always has the stomach flu.  Brayden kept it for a week before it finally hit Ray.  We didn’t get to see our mommas, but I did get to have a wonderful day with my boys.  That morning as I was reading my cards Brayden walked over to me with a Zales box in his hand!  It was a beautfiul mothers ring with all three of our birthstones in it!  Thanks Brayden.. i think he had lots of help from Dada.  Ah I love those fellas! 

For mothers day, we gave our moms a snapshot so they can remember just how little our little man was when he is all grown up. 

 It matches ones that Michelle did of Ko and Ty.  He’s even wearing the same shirt!  So Sandy now has a matching set of all her grandbabies and now my momma has one too.  Happy Mothers Day Moms!  We are so thankful to have you in our lives and Brayden loves his Nana and Mamaw. 

Happy Mothers Day to all the momma’s out there!  It’s the hardest and most rewarding job in the world and I wouldn’t have it any other way.. and I know all you other mommy’s wouldn’t either! 

Birthday Wishes to….. 

Sending big birthday hugs and kisses to our nephew Tylan who turned one last week.  We love you Ty Ty.  Here are the cousin’s enjoying a moment on the couch at Ty’s birthday party!  These three have a lot of fun ahead of them! 

Wishing a big happy 40th Birthday to Sheryl whom we kidnapped and took her on a funky fly girl night of fun a few weeks ago!   And finally happy birthday to my little Wendyl.. that’s all i can say about that right now or I will cry!  I love you homies!

 New pics are posted in Anniversary, Family Portraits, Momma Wanda, Daddy Doug and Mom and Dad Austin folders.

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