american girls: Favorite Fridays and I was TAGGED!

Praise the LORD it's Friday! And you know what that means right? Time for ...

Today's topic IS ...

Favorite Animated Movie

And I'm going to answer with some pictures (and maybe a few captions) ...

"Look at this stuff

Isn't it neat?

Wouldn't you think my collection's complete?

Wouldn't you think I'm the girl

The girl who has everything?"

"Look at this trove

Treasures untold

How many wonders can one cavern hold?

Looking around here you think

Sure, she's got everything."

"I've got gadgets and gizmos a-plenty

I've got whozits and whatzits galore

You want thingamabobs?

I've got twenty!

But who cares?

No big deal

I want more ..."

"I wanna be where the people are

I wanna see, wanna see them dancin'

Walking around on those - what do you call 'em?

Oh - feet!"

"Flippin' your fins, you don't get too far

Legs are required for jumping, dancing

Strolling along down a - what's that word again?

Streeeeeeet ..."

"Up where they walk, up where they run

Up where they stay all day in the sun

Wanderin' free - wish I could be

Part of that world ..."

"What would I give if I could live out of these waters?

What would I pay to spend a day warm on the sand?

Bet'cha on land they understand

That they don't reprimand their daughters

Proper women sick of swimmin'

Ready to stand ... "

"And ready to know what the people know

Ask 'em my questions and get some answers

What's a fire and why does it - what's the word?

Burnnnnnn ... "

"When's it my turn?

Wouldn't I love, love to explore that world up above?

Out of the sea

Wish I could be

Part of that world ..."

Are you singing yet? Because you should be ... Now, I love most all Disney animated movies (well, the classics that is) but I saw this one 13 times in the theater and bought it (well, my mom did) as soon as it came out and watched it until the lyrics from the songs were becoming everyday language for me. I wanted to BE Ariel for much of my young life. My cousins and I would play Little Mermaid in my pool growing up and I would ALWAYS fight to be Ariel (of course) and try and convince them they wanted to be one of her sisters because they were cooler. Decieving at such a young age Kate, you should be ashamed ... We would then take the diving rings (hopefully you know what I'm talking about, the little rings you'd throw in the pool and have to dive down and get) and put our feet through them to make us swim like mermaids. Oh to be young again. Who am I kidding, if I had a pool and diving rings I can bet you that I'd have my feet through one eventually, much to my Mister's dismay.

NEXT, I was tagged my sweet blog friend Mrs. Bear of Think Happy Thoughts! Oh how I love that little bear!

Here are the rules:

1]. Go to your photos files and select the 8th photo folder.

2]. Select the 8th photo in that folder.

3]. Post that photo along with the story behind it.

4]. Then challenge 8 blogging friends to do the same.

Now I know this may not look very exciting to all of you, but OOOHHHH how I love this place. This is a picture from the porch of our house at Coon Creek. It's a private club in Athens that my family has been member of since I was born and I can remember spending many a weekend here from the time I was little. But what makes this place even MORE special to me now is that I got engaged here. The Mister knew Coon Creek had a special meaning to me, and the weekend of July 4th we decided to take a trip there, which would be the Mister's first visit. Well, the day before he had sent me two dozen red roses to work and told me we were going to a really fancy schmancy pants dinner (for no reason mind you) and to get dressed up. What does any girl who's been dating her boyfriend for 9 months, who at 5 months asked me what kind of RINGS I liked and at 6 months told me he saw us getting engaged in the fall, think when she hears all this? OMG I'M GETTING ENGAGED of course! So we go to dinner, have a WONDERFUL time, he takes me home and wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am, NOTHIN'! He drops me off at the door, tells me he'll see me in the morning when he picks me up to go to Coon Creek. And I'm left thinking "Are you KIDDING me?!?!" All that and no ring? Man I sound like a brat, huh? So once we get to Coon Creek the next day he asks if I want to go look at the stars that night, which a little back story. When we'd been dating about a month we climbed up on the roof of his townhome at Baylor and looked at the stars in our sleeping bags. We saw SEVERAL shooting stars and decided to make wishes. We tried to pry our wishes out of each other, but each said (of course) that we wouldn't tell because they wouldn't come true. I told him I'd tell him when my wish came true and on our 6 month anniversary, when we were talking about getting married, I told him that my wish HAD come true because I had wished that this was the guy that God had for me to marry. SO, once we got to our star gazing spot, we stood in front of his truck looking for shooting stars to wish on. He lied (stinker) and said he saw one but I, of course being stubborn, said I hadn't and we waited until I did. So once we finally saw one TOGETHER he said, "Okay, make a wish" and I said "Okay, done, now your turn" and he said "Okay, now you have to tell me if it comes true." and turned me around and got down on one knee. Definately one of the top five days of my life. And THAT'S why this place, and this picture mean so much to me!

Holy schmoly ravioli this has turned into a long post. Okay, bear with me I just have a few more things, #1 - HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to all your mothers & mothers-to-be out there! If this is your first, I hope you have a wonderful day, if this is your 10th, more power to ya momma! And HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY to the BEST mom and best FRIEND a girl could ever hope for. I love you mommy, thank you for setting an amazing example for me to follow with the little one on the way.

{Did I mention my mom's hot? Cause she is ... }

Also, I HAD to post this hilarious picture my mom sent me of the twins yesterday (new readers, the twins are my little brother and sister, they're almost 11, my mom had them when I was 18, doesn't she look A-MAZING?) They got a new pot for flowers at the front door. Apparently it's quite large ...