Saints Game

Papa Mike is a HUGE dolphins fan, and I have a fabulous client that casually mentioned to me he had Saints season tickets and to let him know if we ever wanted any… So I asked him for the Dolphins vs Saints game in New Orleans!!

Me and Mom met a group from the church and headed down to New Orleans that night!  We stopped to eat on the way down there and had a blast.  Mike was the only one around wearing a Dolphins jersey, but he was a good sport when they lost…. ha ha.  I really enjoy the time I get to spend with my Mom, Mike and Gran Gran… It’s extremely rare!

 

I love these two pictures of Gran Gran and Mike!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Me and Mom

 

 

 

 

 

 

These are the amazing pictures I get when I am away from my sweet Princess!!!

Love her and that grin!!!

 

Saturday Morning Beignets

 

We have discovered a gem in our little city of Ellisville!!  The first Saturday of every month The French Quarter Grill makes beignets.  They are very very very good!! And we love to go!! Addy calls them Donuts, and loves to blow powdered sugar everywhere and create a really huge mess!! But the staff are always fabulous and don’t fuss too much at us. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My Little Cowgirl

Little Miss Priss…. has become obsessed with horses.  Over the past summer she would want to see the horses, but not get any closer.  Then a couple days before halloween she told Josh “I wanna ride.”  We told her no… but Uncle Joe saddled Margaret up anyway.  She rode and rode and rode… Until we had to make her get off! She loved it, and asks to ride almost everyday.

 

 

The next week we rode over there and she fed the horses, watered them, and finally learned how to “rope” a cow.  Its the best watching her expressions and seeing how excited she gets!! 

 

 

 

 

  This last picture… We were at Academy Sports shopping one night… She picks up the hat and says… “Mommy Mommy… I wanna ride horse at Uncle Joe and Aunt Jess… Yee Haw Yee Haw”… In the middle of the whole store. And i hear people cracking up all around us.  I may be a little partial, but i think she is the cutest kid ever and has the best personality!  She is hilarious!  And doesn’t forget anything!!!

Chaser VS The Car

Back in May… I was at home with Chaser and Addy one Sunday afternoon.  Addy and I were walking around to the swing set and i heard tires squeal and our sweet little puppy howling.  I ran to the front and he had been hit.  I called our fabulous vet Dr. Cox and he met me at the office immediately.  Luckily, it had only got his front two feet.  On his right foot it only took off a toenail.  The right foot wasn’t so lucky… 3 bones were broken.  It was decided we would do surgery and place a pin.  After a very long summer of doctors appointments EVERY week, we finally got the cast off and have a brand new puppy!!!

50 and Fabulous

Nana turned 50 this year!! And she has never looked better.  We had a Painting with a Twist party for her.  That she knew about and then we decided she needed a surprise party too!  They both turned out fantastic I thought!!

 

Thanks so much to all the help and hard work that was put into both these events!! We had a blast and it showed how much mom is loved and appreciated!!

Guess Who Came Home!!

Chris and Kim moved back home!!! We have never been more excited!  We missed you guys tremendously and are so glad to have you home!! And even more excited to you guys are right next door!! Although you may be ready to kick us out if Addy doesn’t quit barging over.. ha ha

 

This picture is a little difficult to see.. But that’s Addy on the their front porch knocking and screaming… “Kim it’s me, Let me in, It’s Addy, Open the door” All the while poor Max is going crazy. 

 

Love you guys and so glad to have you home!!

July 4th 2013

This 4th of July was  little crazy… And since this post is so late I don’t exactly remember what we did all day… But that night was crazy!  My family when I was little always went to Paul B Johnson State Park for the July 4th week.  It was a fantastic tradition that I wish we still got together and did.  I have many memories from being a kid there.  They do a great fireworks show every year and so we wanted to take Addy this year.  So we loaded up and head down there.  Fireworks are suppose to start around 8ish…. Well at about 10 or 10:30 they finally get the show on the road, due to a treacherous rain storm that decided to come through.

Laken, Natalie, Chris and Kim (and baby A) all came with us!!  We really did have a great time despite the monsoon.

 

Destin Summer Vaca

The end of June we got to take a whole week and enjoy the beach with Uncle Joe and Aunt Jess… We had NO plans and just enjoyed laying out everyday with very minimal stress!!  We went to eat a couple times at McGuire’s, walked the Destin Harbor walk and watched a great (but very late) fireworks show…

We went to eat at Joe’s Crab Shack one of the very first nights and Addy had a blast.  She played on the slides outside (couldn’t get her off when it was time to go in) And once we got in, they sing and dance, so Addy joined in with them.  Only she had to have center stage and dance by herself.  

 

Addy thoroughly enjoyed the beach and loved playing in the sand.  I think we were covered from head to toe each night!

Finally…. We all had pictures done and they turned out great!!!  Sarah Pardew did them for us and she did amazing!! These are the best family pics we have ever had!

 

Dancing Princess

We started Dance a couple weeks ago!! And my little princess has done fabulous… well… she’s getting better.  The first night she sat and watched everyone else dance and bounce around.  The second night she cried and screamed for mom the whole night.  But finally the third time was the charm!! She didn’t do perfect and follow all the instructions, but she did participate a “little” 

Although she doesn’t participate perfectly she loves to scream “I DANCE mommy I DANCE.” 

 

Isn’t she a pretty princess!!

 

Happy Fathers Day

Addy has been extremely blessed with the most amazing Dad! He loves his little girl to pieces, and she is quite fond of her daddy too. We don't tell him enough how special he is to us! Josh, You truly are amazing and I am not sure what we would do without you! I can't tell you enough how awesome it has been to watch you become the Dad you have become. I always knew you would be great at it, but could never have guessed how good. I am so very thankful for all the little things you do for us on a daily basis. Without you I would most definitely loose my mind. Addy, Chaser, and I love you to the moon and back and always will!! I hope you know just how special you are to all of us! Thanks so much for all you do.

Atlanta Wedding

Congrats Dwayne and Lindsay!! They got married in April at an amazing ceremony in Atlanta... The wedding was incredibly beautiful and we had a blast! Thanks so much for letting us enjoy this special time with you guys and we wish you the best of luck for the future!!

Addy and I got to spend some good quality time with some incredibly awesome people!! We got to stay with Aunt Barbara, Danielle, Hanna, and my amazing Grandmother!! I completely enjoyed my time with everyone!! Addy had a blast being "motherly" to sweet baby Hanna!

Shopping with Baby Hanna and Grandmother

Riding the Carousel with Aunt Kim 

Boc Boc's

Nana and Papa  have been looking for new adventures lately... Well they discovered some chickens on their land not too long ago.  They decided to take these chickens in and start collecting eggs.  (these are some expensive eggs)  But these chickens have all been worth their fun!!! They started with 5 black chickens.  Papaw Eddie added a white rooster (Gomez) and unfortunately the coyotes decided to take half the pack out... So they are only left with the "stupid" rooster and 2 of the black chickens!  

The reason I bring these chickens into the blog is because Addy has become obsessed with them!!! Every time we go to Nana's we HAVE to feed the "Boc Boc's."  She knows where the food is and will go get it and head out to their house.

This story wouldn't be complete without some additional information on Gomez... When I say he is a stupid rooster i mean it!!  He is more like a watch dog I guess you could say!  He "Cock a doodle do's" at all times during the day when someone is outside, when someone drives up, or just because he feels like it.  He has got to be the most annoying rooster on the planet.  Not only does he jabber throughout the day, but he can be kindly aggressive.  I do feel sorry for him at times because the poor thing has been beat in the head with a metal spoon multiple times... On the other hand... he has attacked Laken, Mom, and Brennan on multiple occasions... so in their defense I would have probably hit him with the metal spoon too!  And poor Natalie got roped into feeding and collecting eggs once.  She will never be the same!!! :)