Celebrate Good Times- Come On!

We've had lots to celebrate around here.  An anniversary, a birthday, a new business, and just plain FALL. 

The Medlin's took us to dinner last night to celebrate our newest baby, Core Business Solutions (Our wesbite is under serious construction; I've got lots of work to do on that).  I hate I didn't take any pictures; that would have gone perfectly with this post.  Sarah and Clark, just know.... next time I'm taking pictures! 

Brian and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary on September 25th. I can honestly say with all my heart that I love him now more than I did on the day we married. 

I am so thankful for a man who is completely opposite than me. We can drive each other up the wall, but we all need to be driven up the wall sometimes.  Talk about high strung; I have no problem admitting that I'm the highest strung person I know.  And talk about laid back; Brian is the most laid back person I know. 

   He's the best daddy, husband, provider, spiritual leader, grass cutter, bed maker, breakfast cooker our little family could ask for.  I love you Brian and I love you more with every passing day.  You are truly tied (in great company with welcoming Jesus and Thomas into my life) for the best thing that ever happened to me. 

To celebrate we went with Scott and Amy to Memphis and met up with Burt, Brian's favorite person, and his great wife Jeri.

Burt made us reservations somehwere we had never been.  It's a place downtown called FLIGHT. 

They serve "flights" not entree portions.  If you ordered a salad flight you would get 3 small salads.  If you ordered soup, you would get 3 small soup portions.

 The food was fantastic!

 Wonderful service!

We will most definitly be back!

After our dinner we headed over to the Orpheum....

  AND SEE THIS GUY....

Can you even tell who that is? Its Jerry Seinfeld.  I have been trying my best to find a decent point and shoot camera.  Needless to say, the camera I used here was returned.

Adventures In Self Feeding

Hey Mamas, Y'all are mixin' in carrots in your child's oatmeal too right?

Sometimes it's "hot" and we have to blow it off.

Thomas is getting pretty good at this.

ANNOUNCEMENT

The time has come for me to let you all know a SUPER HUGE deal that has gone down in the life of our little family. 

First, let me give you a little background.....

After graduating from the University of Tennessee at Martin with a degree in Finance, Brian went to work for First Tennessee doing mortgage loans. His actual job involved going over to another state, Missouri, and writing home loans.  As you can imagine the name "First Tennessee" was an adversity.  Thankfully that job was short lived because....well, we all know how that has gone down in the past 15 years. 

At the time when Brian worked for First Tennessee his Uncle Steve (who you saw in this post) worked for a company in Dyersburg called Walton's Office Supply.  Steve, like Brian and his father, is a natural salesmen.  He's a talker....not unlike his father.  We love him for that.  Brian is a talker too; especially when it comes to 2 things: sports and business. 

Steve left Walton's to open up his own business, so that left a space at Walton's.  Brian filled that spot.  Coming into that job he found a niche.  Something he was really good at;  Selling everything it takes to run a business.  Over the next 12 years Brian changed companies 4 times.  Everytime he learned lessons: Lessons on people, lessons in business, What to do and most importantly what NOT to do.  He was "On The Anvil" so to speak. 

The last company Brian worked for Brian got to be great friends with the owner.  Rob is just a few years older than Brian and very much a talker.  They had way too much in common.  Rob and his wife, Micah, LOVE Thomas.  I love them for that.  To make a somewhat long story short, Rob and his family sold their company.  He's laying on the beach right now if you know what I mean.  

RJ Young was the company they sold to.  A big company, a company that promoted Brian out of direct sales.  He was now to be strictly managing people.  Most people would have thought this promotion was cush and now he could lay back and enjoy life.  Not Brian.  Brian is a worker, he will do what it takes to succeed. And when I say succeed I don't mean to reach a certain level of success at 33 years old and sit back and enjoy life.  The guy is driven.  If that means unpacking boxes, delivering a 900 lb FireKing Safe up 5 flights of stairs, ordering lunch for an office full of customers, cleaning windows, etc.  He works.  He and my dad share that quality immensely.  Brian has always said I'm not going to ask anybody to do something that I wouldn't do....He oozes humility.  I've started bragging, let me get focused to wrap it up....  

After prayer and prayer and prayer, Brian said to me, "I think it's time for me to do my own thing".  "YES!, YOU CAN DO IT!" I was excited to say.  Like no other time in our lives, we were in a place where we could take a chance. I know that this opportunity is what God was preparing us for.  So Brian resigned from the buy out company and we are excited to say that our federal tax ID number went into effect for our "little baby" last Friday.      

Brian bought the company that he and his Uncle Steve worked for.  As you can gather from the logo above, He changed the name.  We moved the location.  For those of you in Dyersburg, Brian's new office (for the next 4 months) will be behind Edward Jones in the Java Cafe shopping center.  Brian has 4 co-workers and no, I'm not one of them.  I offered, he said no thanks.  Hmm, not really sure what to think of that.

Brian will be selling supplies, furniture and equipment for offices.

Those of you in Montgomery think Harbin's/Stern Brothers, or Montgomery Office Equipment.

Those of you in Birmingham think Business Interiors.

Will you join us in our excitement? I'm totally bragging on my husband here but he was given a college education and a truck by his parents.  He is 100% self made by the grace of God.  Through his hardwork, and God's grace is he able to do what he is doing.  I'm so very proud of him and his hard work.  And more than being excited about our new business... I'm so happy because he is SO happy. 

THANKS Y'ALL!

Perfect Fall Weather

We are LOVING it!

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from our Heavenly Father, who does not change like shifting shadows.  JAMES 1:17

Walked In and Found...

We have BIG plans for that ACT score.

Calling All Pumpkin Lovers

I have hit the mother load!

I have a friend in Jackson who is an outstanding horticulturist. He has a green thumb like it's no body's business.  Jason and I worked together for the state for several years.

He taught Thomas all about the tiniest squash variety he had called a Tennessee Spinner.

Jason still had a BAZILLION pumpkins to arrange.... can't wait to go back and see his magnificient design. 

I mean seriously, did you check out that HORSE made from plain ole STRAW??!! 

A Fair Week

The first week in September is FAIR WEEK. Its a HUGE deal if you didn't know.

Thomas and I went right after Community Bible Study on Thursday so normallly we would not have dressed like this for the fair.....

Because let me tell y'all; dressing such as this is not customary for such an event....

Thomas hung out with JuJu

 and watched the sheep from a far.

 No matter how many times we had practiced our "baaaaa's" he was not too sure.

Thomas also hung out with Aunt Sabrina

PAPS

and Uncle Steve....

...so that I could snap some pics of our kiddos.