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N.O.F.D. Rocks!!!!!

Slide shows

The slide show below was the family got together at my Granny's for dinner. Afterwards we decided to have a cart wheel contest, which turned out to be just adults. Go figure, LOL!! We had a Blast, the kids had fun too. Auntie, Patrick, And Jack YOU ROCK!!!

The slide show above is the N.O.F.D. came out to give our kiddos a private showing of the truck. WOW!!!! Thank you, to the wonderful firemen who came out, Captain Mark(my awesome uncle) Joe, and Thor!!!

Flippin' out with Family

Nothin' like New Orleans

There is nothing like coming to New Orleans and eatin' some AWESOME food!!! Gotta love some boiled shrimp.

Thank you dad, for the GREAT dinner!!!

Flashlight Walks

After we filled up on yummy snoballs, we couldn't let the night end there.(the kids had WAY ...too much energy) My mom and Granny had bought the kids flashlights so we took them on a "flashlight walk". They loved it! What kinds of treasures can you find in the dark?! One of the things the kids noticed was a mouse, yes a mouse hanging from a telephone wire. (actually a computer mouse left from Katrina) Anyway I'll be back later!

"SnoBalls"

Last night was fun, we took the girls for SnoBalls.....YUM,YUM,YUM! Ok, if you like SnoCones, you will LOVE SnoBalls. It's the Best TREAT!!! Only New Orleans has them.

Blueberry with evaporated milk

Savannah got Chocolate and Coconut with condensed milk

This is my Chocolate girl!

Taelynn loves "blue ones" (I think it's just because she likes to have a blue mouth)

"Family Barb B Que"

The girls and I took a road trip this weekend. That's right , for those of you who know me, this is the first trip alone with my girls. (I don't drive long distances very well) It was really good the girls were AWESOME! I will surely do it again. We got in Sunday morning around 11:00, then the family came over for a barb b que. YUM! YUM! We all had so much fun I love coming to New Orleans and seeing everyone!!! My sister is also here with her kids. Everyone under one roof, look out! Six kids and four women. Here are some pictures from the evening. Enjoy!!

My plumber nephew Gabriel
My cousin Jen and my two little ones

Mom and daughter photo.
Jasper trying to drink the sprinkler water.
My WONDERFUL Granny!!!!
My mom and my aunt "Auntie"
Silly Savannah

Having fun Jasper??
Auntie and Taelynn
Some of the crew watching the kids in the sprinkler
The Ladies
The kids having too... much fun!

OUT!
Gabriel had the most fun playin in the muddy water with the dog Bella. Got some really pix before his mom found out we let him play in the dirt with a dog! LOL!!
One of the cooks my Uncle Johnny
Savannah and Auntie
I love this picture of Gavin!

That is all for now more to come later!!

Friends, Good Food, and Laughter!!

Tonight we had friends over for dinner with their two kids. It has been awhile since we have anyone over. I LOVE having friends over!! We had such a good time, they are kinda new friends from our AWESOME Sunday School class. I wished it was a weekend so they could have stayed longer, we really enjoyed their company and getting to know them better. Next time we will try to get together on a Saturday. John made his famous lasagna and Lisa brought dessert.....oh my... a brownie trifle!!! YUM! YUM! The kids did so good together too. That was a GREAT treat, Jasper surely made a new friend tonight. John says we need to get Brandon's heart right, he is a gator fan....YUCK! We will work on that this football season. I mean really, he lives in Georgia now, I am sure there is a DAWG in there somewhere! Only 6 weeks until football!!

She's Home

She is HOME!!!! I was so excited to see her today. She had a BLAST! Her favorite part was the wave pool. She made lots of new friends. When we started walking to the car she began telling me all about camp and did not stop for the next hour and a half.

Her sisters were happy to have her home.

Savannah had the BEST counselors, this is Darby.

This is D.D. and Savannah's new friend Megan.

Jasper's First Sleepover

Well, after a fun filled day at the pool Jasper came home to get ready for her friend Macauly to come over for her very first sleepover. I can't believe she is having sleepovers, I am just glad that it is with such a GREAT friend. Macauly and Jasper have been friends since they were born. We played and colored for awhile then we went to meet John at Roadhouse for dinner, the girls had a blast! Then we came home for some tattoo fun, then they asked to go to bed. Overall pretty easy, no drama!

BTW I am still missing my Savannah!!!

Catchin up with a friend

Today was a great day!! I got spend some time at the pool(which I LOVE) with my friend Hollie, I was soo... excited to catch up with her. We very rarely get to see each other, (that needs to change) our girls are really close in age just a few months apart. Addie and Jasper had a lot of fun together. It was awesome to see them at the pool swimming around so good. Especially jumping in the "deepness" (as Addie says) and swimming to the ladder. Hollie, it was so good to spend some one on one time let's do it again soon.

Our two girls, Addie and Jasper!

Me and Hollie, Jasper took this picture. Hollie, I think our girls did pretty good with the camera.

Oh, this was Jasper's entertainment after Addie left. A grasshopper. She made a bed, weeds, even a pool so it could swim.

Taelynn did so good today swimming she is now just in a vest and she even took this off a little today to swim to me.

By the way Hollie, glad to know you are still drinking coffee. I am enjoying my nightly cup right now!

My BIG girl has gone to camp

Alright, she has left me for the week, boo hoo, she has really grown up too quickly. She left this morning for camp in Tennessee, with our church. I can not believe that I did not cry like a baby. I did tear up once but that was because when the bus pulled away, Taelynn started crying "I want my Savannah". So I was touched by the sisterly love. On the other hand, Jasper said "now can we call Macauly to have a sleepover?" (I told her while her sister was at camp she could have her friend sleep over.) Savannah is going to have so much fun, she won't be able to stand it. Every morning at 9:30 is their worship time and every night at 10:15 is their devotion time. We need to pray for all those at camp this week, at these times that they allow God to do a mighty work this week and lots of kids get saved!!! I am posting this in green because Savannah is on the green team this week, GO GREEN!!! I am going to miss her sooo.... much this week. Savannah, I am so proud of you and I know this will be the best time you will have this summer! I love you, Savannah.

This is her sisters saying goodbye (before the tears)

I am just going to have to keep myself extra busy this week to keep my mind off missing my baby. Tomorrow I look forward to spending some time at the pool with a friend and Wednesday another friend is coming over then I guess I will have Jasper's sleepover. I think I will be okay.

Happy 4th of July

I just realized that is after midnight, HAPPY 4TH everyone!!! I hope everyone has a safe and blessed day! We will be spending our day fun filled with family and later on with good friends. I will post more after all the fun.

The first of the fireworks

Well, tonight was the first of the fireworks for us this weekend. We headed to Kennesaw with JoJo to see John's aunt and uncle in downtown. There was all kinds of stuff to do including a band tribute to Journey. I was really excited about that. I love some good music! We had a blast, the kids LOVED it, and the fireworks were awesome(sorry that the pictures of the fireworks did not turn out good at all). Thank you Tina and David for inviting us!! It was great to see yo and spend some time together.

My girls and their tattoos

How sweet! (this is typical Savannah, I love it!)

JoJo and me.

Taelynn loved the balloon she got and played with it ALL night.

My STAR!!

"My Thursday Thirteen"

1. I love routines in the summer. Pool here we come!! I LOVE to sit in the sun.
   
2. I miss my friend Ashley this summer.
   
3. My hubby is off tomorrow, can't wait to spend time with him.
   
4. I love my hubby, he is so good to me and the girls.
   
5. I am ready for the weekend to be here.
   
6. I looking forward to spending time with some friends tomorrow.
7. I need to get to the pool so my girls can calm down! They are all over the house.
8. We have rearranged some rooms in my house and I love it!
9. I really wish house work would go away for a day so I could sit in my sunroom and read a book all day.
10. I love this book I am reading and can not wait to finish it.
11. Why are girls so physical when they fight thought that was a boy thing.
12. This is my first Thursday Thirteen.
13. I am nervous about my oldest daughter Savannah going away to camp for the first time. She is sooo... pumped about it!

"Random Pictures"

This sign was posted up on JoJo's door to welcome her home from her mission trip to Honduras. The girls and a good friend Christi, made this sign while I was out one day. Savannah made the welcome home JoJo part all by herself(with Mrs. Christi's help) and each of the little girls made a sign underneath. Christi YOU ROCK!! Thank you again for watching my girls.
A tinkertoy tower made by Jasper, Taelynn and Mamere.
My two little ones with "Uncle Brent" and "Aunt Laura"
My niece Gracie came to my house for dinner like this, asking everyone "Don't I look pretty?" How cute is that!!
So, we had to take pictures. Grace and Mamere.
My dad "Chief" and Grace and my sister NiNi.

Good Times

Today was such an awesome day! We spent the day with some great friends at the pool. I miss this group of friends soo.. much. Thank you Heidi for letting us hang out with you at your pool. I don't have a lot of time to blog right now so I will post some random pictures from the last two weeks later on. (since I have been out of touch) More on that later.

The big kids

My Jasper is getting soo.. good at swimming. She is all over the pool now. Look at her floating.

Jackson, he is such a good little boy. He had fun today.

These three were too cute today.

This is Jasper, Macauly, and Ava. This green tube provided entertainment for at least 2 hrs today!!