UFC here we come!

Ha Ha Ha!! Our oldest has joined the high school Wrestling team! Go Panthers! I cant wait to see him wrestle his litte bootie off! Hopefully this will get him to keep his grades up! What a struggle! Now I know what my poor parents went through when I was in school! Season starts in November! Im thinking this is going to be a pretty exciting month fo us!

Playing catch up!

Its been a month or more since Ive updated my blog, so Im trying to post a few of the things that have been going on in life here at the Pannell home...

Makenzie my peanut received an award at school for her expertise in SCIENCE! Of all the subjects, she least likes this one and received an award in it! She and I both laughed when she got it! Later that day I had my parent teacher conference and got to chat with her teacher...she said she could have given her an award in every subject! She is doing so good in school! She received all "O"s with is the primary way of getting all "A"s!!!! Im so proud of her!! Here she is with two of her best friends that received awards that day too!

Top Model

So trying to come up with a birthday party for a little girl is always such fun, trying to figure out one that no one has done makes it all the more challenging!

My little one turned 9 this last month and we had a "Who is Americas Next Top Model Party"! What fun it was, I asked all my sisters and my sister-in-law to come help me with the day...we invited 12 little girls over, did their nails, hair and makeup as we served them "sparkling cider" champagne...Once they were all glamed up, my sister Sara of Sadie Olive Photography took all of their head shots! My other sister Lindsey was in charge of getting them set up with different kinds of props and poses and she did an amazing job! The girls had such a good time! For their thank you cards, we did a group photo and then sent them all a print of their best shot! Sara posted them on her photography website for all the parents to see and set the photos to music! Here are the invitations...How cute are they! Check out Sara's website to view all the girls pictures....www.sadieolivephotography.com and click on the featured section!

Back and Running!!!

D~Bombs Salsa is back and running! Its that time of year again, "BOUTIQUE TIME"..Im excited to say that Ive been asked to be in several boutiques this next month...November! I have 3 set so far and I cant wait! Who would have thought my little salsa venture would take me here! Once all dates, times and locations are set in stone I'll make sure to post about them!

My music man

So Ive mentioned before my love for country music, well my birthday was last month and one of my gifts was 6th row tickets for my favorite country singer Gary Allan....This last weekend was the concert and even though we had to drive 3 hours to get there...it was so worth it!!!! He was amazing!!! And "Oh" to be so close was awesome! My mother in law bought me the tickets as well as joined my husband and I at the concert cause she loves him as much as I do! We had such a good time...Gary Allan sings "Watching Airplanes" and "Smoke Rings in the Dark" and his new one out right now is "Learning How to Bend"...

Here are a few pictures of our night...not the greatest quality but you can still get a pretty good idea of why Im so in love with him!!! Heeheehee...

Everyone says he looks like my hubby...if only Mike could sing, I would be in heaven!

Tattooing my love of the USA

So for years I have wanted a tattoo that brought my love for the USA, my love for my children and my guardian angels all together...Well I finally got it done! A new friend of mine come to find out is a tattoo artist and she is amazing! I filled her in on my ideas and she scratched them out on paper and we rolled with it! My toes are my pride and joy...always making sure they are pretty in pink or lovely in red...What more of a perfect place to put the tattoo than the top of my foot!

I was told it was going to hurt like heck, and yes it did, but it is so worth it! I love it! Thank you so much Brandi!!!!

New Photographer Site

Hello All...

My sister Sara has started another new career in photography...Please check out her site...I'm sure she is going to fill up fast with new business...Here are a few more of my favorites with my kids that she took!

www.sadieolivephotography.com