Life As We Know It

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Days go by so fast!

We had a fun and busy weekend....

Saturday we started off by helping out with a pancake breakfast for little Tyler man. We had a slow start but than picked up and ended up having a great turn out! James worked his butt off to help out and I was so thankful for that! Because of things like this the family is helped out financially and can concentrate on their little boy.

Saturday night we went to the drive in. Shaley has never been so it was her first actual movie. She did pretty good. She didn't understand what the movie was and why it was on that big board but it was alot of fun and can't wait to do it again!

Sunday we went to church for the first time at the catholic church. (James is catholic, I am not but am working on becoming one, taking classes) I enjoyed the church and ended up meeting a great couple! Kay, Liliana, and Dave. After church we ended up going to Booms Day. I was looking forward to this all week. I have never been but it sounded so fun and it ended up being such a blast!
Daddy saying Shaley look at me

So amazed by the goats

This picture is Shaley at the petting zoo but she was more interested as to what was coming out of the goats butt haha...

Shaley and I playing

Smile baby girl

Amanda, Casey, Shaley and I

Husband and Wife

Grandma got Sha a new light toy

Monday we went to Dollywood. We had a lot of fun but would have really had fun if it didn't keep raining on and off. I love dollywood and love everytime we go. Shaley has a blast and it was nice to have James there with us this time.
This picture is from the bubbles that she was trying to eat haha

Very fun weekend!

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Surprise Visit to Brooke and the Twins!!

On our way to Louisiana James and I were talking about what we should do Sunday before we left. We were talking about going to the beach but than James said hey why don't we go and see Brooke, Tony and the little ones?? I said That is a great idea! They live right outside Jackson, Mississippi so we did have to detour a little more and added 3 hours to our trip but it was so worth it! Lily and Jake are 2 weeks younger than Shaley. I was so happy to see my biggie sissy and her babies as much as I was excited for her to see us and Shaley! We planned on leaving Sunday night and driving half way till we got tired and got a hotel room so the drive wasn't going to be that bad on Monday but we ended up just staying the night there and leaving early Monday morning. It was a very long day! We drove 8 hours and than I had to get to work to close. It was a long long day but so worth seeing them. I think with all that was going on though and being around our nephews Shaley and I are both now sick. So what we ended up doing is surprising them, they had no idea we were coming to see them. That is the best way to do things! We had a hard time finding their place due to their house not being on google maps or the gps so we had to stop at a gas station asking where their road was, no one knew what we were talking about so we found a cop there and asked him, he brought up their names and told us where to go. We finally made it and parked a little ways from their house so they couldn't look out the windows to see who was there. Tony answered the door completely surprised and don't really think he knew who we were at first haha. I asked him where Brooke was and he said in the kitchen, I went around the corner and the look on her face was priceless! She jumped and screamed and gave us a big hug. She kept telling us how shocked she was to have surprise her and actually pull it off. It was so nice seeing them all! They made us an amazing dinner. It was stuffed chicken, salad, chips, dip and broccoli. They were very hospitable. We had a great time though so I am going to share some pictures from our time with them...

Jake being so goofy, he cracked me up

Jake trying to love on Shaley

Playing... they are such good babies!

Lily got up in her inflatable pool they have blown up in the house

Lily and I

Brooke on the floor playing with the babies, so cute

And than of course Shaley had to have her play time too haha

Being cute on the fire place

We took the kids for a walk down to the lake

The daddies pushing the strollers

We put the kids in the baby pool they have in their neighborhood while the daddies fly fished

Look at that smile from Lily

Splashing, Brooke and I were soaked!

Jake trying to get away, he thought he was so big

Playing so good together

A Couple Days With The Barnhill's

So we went to Louisiana to go to Brandon and Drake's Birthday Party. We had a great time! Janell did this party at a Rock Wall place. Watching all the kids was a lot of fun. It was a short trip but still made a fun trip out of it. Thanks to Janell we had a great place to stay and got to hang out with the nephews for a little bit. Here are some pictures from our weekend with them...

Drake at the Rock Climbing Wall

Shaley Climbing on the Wall

Shaley and I at the party

Caden climbing the wall

They had so much fun

The cake Janell made, it was really good!

Blowing out the candles

This was from the morning we were leaving-
Caden, Shaley and I

Brandon, Caden and I

Me with the best nephews in the world! Brandon, Caden and Drake! I love this picture!!

Very Long Road Trip to Louisiana

Wow! So this road trip was a long one. James didnt think it was that bad but oh my goodness Shaley was so uncomfortable and not wanting to sit in her seat. The drive to Slidell is around 8 hours. I hate driving anyway so I was not comfortable either. We headed down there for our nephews Brandon and Drake's birthday party. I will have a new post about the party after this one.. I am posting a couple pictures of the road trip of Shaley, She was making me laugh for awhile and for a certain amount of time she was doing ok...

Eating an Oreo

Taking a pic with momma

Had to get a picture of James Driving

Laughing and being silly

Clapping and Dancing

Diaper Head

One of my new favorite pictures

Looking at me all weird haha

Had to get a picture with my hubby, go figure it is a goofy one :)

The Reasons I Love Being A Mommy

Shaley is such a sweet little girl and has the best personality. She lights my day up everyday whether I feel up to it or not. She knows exactly what to do if someone is down. She will come up and give lots of loves and just smiles. She melts my heart everyday. I am so blessed to have her in my life... Here are some pictures from the last week...