look what we have been doing

these pictures are not in any type of order. they were taken over the last couple of weeks. i didn't have parade pictures on this camera and they were really, really cute. so i might have to do a parade post all by itself. even if it has to be after Christmas.


grandparent here to watch children sing in program.

being silly for the camera. nolan took this picture. giving some love to sissy baking cookies with mason. before all the flour after all the flourasking the preacher how did the wise men get to baby Jesus. a couple of weeks ago the preacher was teaching sermon and i didn't think mamie was paying attention. he was saying that no where in the bible it says that the wise men came on camels to see baby Jesus. well last sunday mamie and i were sitting in church and before church started she said "momma, do you think that man that stands on the stage is going to tell us how the wise men got to baby Jesus." i just looked at her and said "well, honey i am not sure." anyway, this past sunday was mamie and nolan's choir Christmas program and we were about to leave when Mamie said "i am going to ask the preacher about the wise men." after talking to him, i asked mamie what he said and she said "well i really can't remember." showing off my new high heels that mommy doesn't like, threw a fit to have them...
doing a little balancing helping daddy clean the yard

I want to be a car rider mom

today going to school i asked mamie if she was ready for her spelling test. she said "no", i don't want to go to school and i don't want to take a spelling test, i want to be a car rider mom". i tried to get off the subject because i knew tears would swell up inside. so i started running down everything we were going to do this weekend. i said "well we have have tons to do this weekend and it is going to be so much fun." she asked what? i said "well y'all are going to go to church tonight and play with friends, we go to carley's birthday tomorrow morning, then y'all are going with the young family tomorrow night, then sunday we go to ss and church, then grandparents come in town to watch you and nolan sing sunday night." she said "well that is just fine, but i still want to be a car rider all the time." i told her, well you can't sweet heart, i have to go to work so that i can get money to pay for you and nolan stuff. she said "well tell daddy you don't want to work anymore and i want to be a car rider." i tried very hard to explain that was just not going to happen and then it was time to let her out. i gave you a kiss on the cheek and sent her off. i watched her walk in and she turned around and waved with a BIG smile on her face. boy, that just tugs at my heart. i know i have posted about this before and i will probably continue to do so, because nolan will be starting soon, yea, i know not for another two years, but it will be here before i realize it. when mamie starts saying she wants to be a car rider, nolan speaks up and says, me too momma? this is the best age Mamie 6 and Nolan 3. so why can't they stay this age forever??

SNOW IN RIDGELAND

Well, is snowed today, but I didn't get any pictures. I woke up to find just rain, got Mamie up for school which she didn't like one bit, but we didn't rush we just took our time getting ready and off we went. Kristi was here going home for Christmas break and we laughed this morning because while she had to travel right down 49 to Wiggins, she was headed right for it. Anyway, I finially got to work and by the time I got settled and got some things done, the school called saying they were having early dismissal and I needed to pick Mamie up. Well, my friend Jennifer called and told me we didn't have power in our subdivison and she thought maybe the daycare (where Nolan goes) didn't have it either. Well, not 15 mins later the daycare called telling me that they were closing as well. So, I pick Mamie up, pick up pizza and drinks, pick up Nolan and headed to Jennifer's house, since we still didn't have power we were going to go by there and hang out because they had a fire going and it was warm in their house. Well, by the time I picked up pizza Jennifer called to say power was back on, but we still could come over. We went to Jennifer's house and had pizza, cooked cookies and watched Christmas movie. We stayed over there until about 4:00. When we got back home the children fell asleep. We had so much fun over at the Mayos. Jennifer and I caught up on sewing talk, and just plain jane talk. Pictures are to come because I haven't down or upload any in awhile. So get ready to for some pictures, of Christmas Parade with The Young family, Nolan's chirstmas program and a day with Mason. But again no snow pictures this time.

Thanksgiving 2008

We loaded up the car yesterday morning and headed to Monroe, LA to be with my entire family and my brother-in-laws family. We did this last year and it seems like this will be an on going thing. Which is very nice. Thanks to sister and brother-in-law for having us all over. Of course I have pictures to go with this post, so here it goes. All the children were dressed in nice clothes, but everyone of them started playing and got hot. So they all changed in t-shirts and shorts. I had to laugh because last year we froze and this year, well they had shorts on. Me, Nolan (3), Pittman(12) and Kim (older sister and son)
Mamie (6), Katelyn(9) and Margaret Ellis(7)
Mom, Me, Kim (older sister) and Leigh Ann (middle sister)
Nolan and Papaw watching a football game

WE ARE OLE MISS

HOTTY TODDY REBELS!!

NOTHING ELSE TO SAY!!

MOMMYYYYYYY

around 5:00 a.m. this morning i heard MOMMYYYYYYY, MOMMYYYYYYY. i thought, well he will go back to sleep. nope, MOMMYYYYYYY, MOMMYYYYYYY. kyle never moved. i thought, you know i am so glad i am wanted, but not this early in the morning, since this is a week that i get to sleep just a little late. so, i get up and checked on nolan. i laid down with him and asked "why didn't you just come get in my bed sweetheart"? he said "cause i wanted you" (o.k. that didn't make since) and then fell back asleep. now he was wide awake when i went to his room, but the second i laid down with him he fell fast asleep. how does that happen? again, i am glad that i was wanted this morning, but why can't anyone yell DADDYYYYYYY sometime? i know what would happen i would still get up because for some reason DADDIES just don't hear like MOMMIES do.

read and sing to me momma please

last night nolan wanted to get in bed with me and asked me to read a book to him. i told him to go get one and then he could jump in bed and we would read. well, he came back with one of my all time favorite books. BUTTERFLY MORNINGS. if you all do not have this book i highly recommend it. anyway, i read the book and when i was finished nolan said "i like that book". i said "yes, i like it too". so we laid there for a second or two and then he asked "momma will you sing to me"? o.k. i don't have the best voice, but i said "sure sweetheart i will sing to you, what to you want to hear"? he said "jesus loves me". so i told him you have to close your eyes and then i will start singing. he closed his little eyes and i started singing. i was laughing to myself, because i had my eyes closed a little and could watch him and he would open his eyes and look at me and then close his. it was funny. anyway, after i sang i opened my eyes and nolan looked at me and said "i like that song". i said "yes, sweetheart so do i". then he just rolled over said "i luv you" and fell asleep. i laid there and watched him for the longest time wondering what he was dreaming about, that sweet face and those little sweet hand tucked under his chin. boy, it doesn't get any better than that.

coughing, coughing and more coughing

well, everyone knows i had to take mamie to after hours last sunday afternoon. well we got some meds and everything seem to be moving along just fine, until wednesday. she started coughing. i called and got her a coughing medicine hoping that would work, but saturday rolled around and she can't stop coughing. we went to kroger yesterday and poor little thing coughed until she just couldn't cough anymore. we got home and i started breathing treatments just hoping that would help. it kind of did, but she woke up coughing her head off again this morning. anyway, i am going to give her the coughing medicine, the other medicine and breathing treatments and just see what that will do for her. if she is not better tomorrow i will be calling doctor and see what is going on.

OH MY WORD!!

WE ARE OLE MISS!!

HOTTY TODDY REBELS.

not strep

well, mamie doesn't have strep thank goodness, but she does have a very red throat and a cough. the doctor gave us some meds. i begged for a shot, mamie would just look at me with wide eyes, like mother stop begging for something that is not going to happen to you. then when the doctor said "no shot because she didn't have strep", she looked very relieved. so she has been laying in my bed watching the disney channel, and i am talking all day long. i got back from choir with a frosty from wendy's and i am sure that will make her feel a little better. anyway, for now she will stay home tomorrow and i am hoping that she will return to school on tuesday.

my baby girl is sick

well, it all started friday after school when i went and picked mamie up from school. we went to target and she started telling me didn't feel good. i just played it off and making it no big deal. i bought a thermometer and checked her fever at target check out. she had just a little temp. we got home i gave her something and within a couple of hours she was fine. we went and sang at barnes and nobles, went and ate. she felt fine the rest of the night. she woke up around 6:00 a.m. yesterday saying she didn't feel good and got in bed with me. i finally got up, got her something and again a few hours later she was fine. laughing, running and playing with nolan. we went to the jackson street festival and had fun, cold but we had fun. we didn't want to come back home, so we just took a little ride. mamie and nolan took a nap on the ride. we got back home and put them in their beds and i went to the store. i got back to find mamie burning up. i took her temp and it was 101.09. i thought because it was she was all wrapped up in blankets so i check it again in 15 mins. again 101.09, gave her something and again within a couple of hours she was fine. well, she woke up around 4:30 a.m. saying that her tummy hurt and that when she coughed her throat hurt. i thought well i guess we get to visit after hours again today. kyle and nolan had strep last week, so i guess it was just a matter of time that mamie or i would get it. i am fine, but my poor baby girl is sick. i will be calling the after hours right at 12:30 p.m. and take her in this afternoon, i am really praying that it is nothing.

just for angela (ha)

HALLOWEEN 2008

VERY RARE PICTURE OF THE FAMILY. OF COURSE NOLAN IS NOT LOOKING.

MAMIE, NOLAN AND ALISON ON A HAYRIDE.............

get ready for some pictures

O.K. so here are a ton of pictures from a weekend we had in Wiggins a couple of week ago. I hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed making memories.
Nolan and Uncle Kent at the football game. One of the few outfits i have made for Nolan.. Better picture of the shirt below.

sweet, sweet smile

shake, shake, shake.
All the boots lined in a row.

going hunting with daddycoming back from huntingwaiting my turn to ride the motorcycle with daddy
finally my turn cameinto the woods we go (Lin, Papaw, Nolan and Mamie) my parents
uncle kent caught a snakefirst taste of root beer. yummy, yummy
like father like sonso strong
down, set, hut, hut nolan (3) loves to play football with kale (18)


these last three are some of my favorites. i could go on, but enough is enough

PICTURES THEY ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS..... OH HOW I LOVE MEMORIES...

everyone is feeling better around here

so far mamie and i haven't gotten sick. kyle and nolan are feeling much better. nolan woke up this morning and asked if he was going to school and i told him yes, but i would pick him up after i picked mamie up from school. he said no, i want daddy to pick me up late. i said oh, o.k. then. so, i took mamie to school this morning, then took nolan to school and then came back home and sewed alllll morning long. i got three pair of pants for nolan made and some shirts ready to applique. so i feel like i got tons done before even picking mamie up from school. i picked mamie up from school, ran a couple of errands, then had to take her to the dentist to pull a tooth. that tooth would NOT come out for anything. i have tried for about a week now to get that thing out. see the tooth was fast coming in right behind it and i was scared that it would mess her teeth up. anyway, the tooth fairy will be coming to night. she said she wanted to stay up and wait on her. i told her she could do that, because if she waited up then she wouldn't come and leave any money. i am behind in posting pictures, but i will say this the are loaded and ready to post. maybe tomorrow. i hope everyone has a happy tomorrow and rest of the week.

results are in

nolan has strep!!!! doctor told me to tell kyle to go get a shot as well. so right when i walked in the door kyle headed to the nearest MEA. i just pray that mamie and i don't get it now. i HAVE to go to work tomorrow, but i will be off tuesday for veterans day. thank goodness for state holidays and of course let's don't forget about the men and women who served our country. so for now i am off to wash sheets in HOT, HOT water and bring out the clorox whips to clean everything in sight. kyle and nolan will sleep on the other side of the house while mamie and i sleep in my bed tonight. the children are playing right now and you would never think that nolan is sick. he is running around laughing and having a good time. so tonight please say a prayer that mamie and i don't get what the boys have. i hate to say it, but i just don't see how we would avoid it. oh, and let's all say a prayer for the veterans as well. until next time..................

UPDATE AS OF 6:21 P.M. KYLE HAS STREP AS WELL..........................

nobody feeling to jazzy at my house

well nolan hasn't felt good for about a week and it has gotten a little worse. runny nose, coughing you get the picture. kyle woke up this morning running fever and has a little cold as well. i am not feeling way too good myself, but you have to do what you can to keep up with a child (nolan) that is bouncing off the walls and another child that wants to go play or just have my attention at all time. i just hope mamie doesn't get it whatever is going around my house right now. please say a little prayer that we all will be feeling better soon. well, let me run and call after hours to get an appointment for my little man. hopefully after we get back he will take a nap so i can take a nap.

SPEECHLESS.............

i am worn out and speechless today. it started friday night, i worked my regular job yesterday, then did my mistletoe shirt from 5:00p.m. 10:30 p.m. woke up early and went to a E-WOMEN CONFERENCE today with my sister-in-law and my niece at FBJackson, then came home and visited with them for awhile and then we went to barnes and nobles to pick up some books, home wash some clothes, bath children and now posting. up early in the morning for sunday school and church. o.k. so to the conference. it was wonderful. i walked out of there a different person. only thing is i don't know what to say. this was my first ever conference like this and i am just kind of here. i was feeling lost and now i feel somewhat found. i am still not at that place in my life i want to be, but let me tell you i am closer than i ever have been. i want to be a better friend, wife, mother, sister, daughter and person in general. i have never been one to talk about my spiritual side because i never knew were i was and i didn't know how to talk about it. i still don't, but again something happen today that i have never have ever felt. it is hard to explain, but i am sure that the ladies that were there today know what i am talking about. i am just so glad my sister-in-law and niece asked me to come along with them, it was really something. kyle has asked me a couple of times today if i was o.k. and i just say yes, but i can't explain it yet. so if you ladies ever has a chance to go to one of these conference, i would highly recommend it. i would go again....................... so for now i will pray that i understand what i am feeling and please would you please pray for me as well as i go through finding my other somewhat since i am not fully there yet. where i don't know yet, but hopefully i will find out soon.... sleep is coming soon, so i will say goodnight to all and have a wonderful week to come.

NEW BLOG NAME.....

I never really liked the name of my blog and I never could come up with something fun. So I came up with this one "HAVING FUN WITH TWO". You never know I might come up with something else so keep watching......

Nothing much to post about. I haven't had time to upload/down load pictures from this past weekend, but they are coming. I have been really busy at work this past week, which has been nice because it has made this week fly by. But now I have to go home and fix Mamie and Nolan's costumes for tomorrow night, which is fine because I like doing stuff like that. Oh, I did finish three pair of pants last night. One for Mamie and two for Nolan. I think they turned out very cute. I guess I will have to take pictures and post all of what I have made when I get finished. Anyway, it is almost quiting time for me, have to go pick up Mamie and take her to gymnastics. So until next time, have a great Thursday night or better yet, HAVE A BOO OF A NIGHT TOMORROW NIGHT.......

3 1/2 gone

for nine days now i have have been heading to the gym to work out. this is what happens in the mornings. it started on monday, october 13th around 4:45 a.m. out the door by 5:00 a.m or a little after, went to the gym walked 2 miles, came back home showered, got mamie up and ready for school and left the house by 7:10 a.m. then tuesday night worked out with weights for about 45 mins, home helped with homework, played with children, got children (with help from husband) ready for bed. then wednesday came, did the same thing as that monday, thursday was the samething as monday. friday didn't feel like going, saturday morning walked and did weights, sunday was lazy. mondays, wednesdays and fridays (when i feel like it )i walk 2 miles. tuesdays and thursday is weights day. so, monday and tuesday rolled around again and it started all over. wednesday - friday off work. friday - sunday out-of-town ate everything i could get my hands on. monday again woke up you know the story, then comes today. worked out with weights and feeling fine. so yes, i am going to do this no matter what, i think i have gotten my body used to getting up that early and will do it again and again and again. as the title reads "3 1/2 GONE" just 30 more to go. i am not going to look at the big picture just each week.

oh, i am going to down load pictures and do a post about our weekend at the camp..... until next time..............

Sewing.....

it started wednesday when i went to jennifer's house and had a sew day. we have done this for the past year now and we have so much fun doing it. she taught me how to put a cuff on pants for nolan and applique and the is a big deal to me. i haven't gotten the letters down, but the squares and circle i can do. i made some cute football pants and a cute t-shirt to go along with it for nolan which we will wear tonight to a football game. nolan loves football and baseball. i have some baseball fabric ready to go for some pants as well. nolan just looks at them like WOW this is great. i will have to post pictures of the finished product. anyway, not much to say, just thought i would let the world know what i have been doing for the last couple of days. oh, i have been off since wednesday and have loved it, but i am ready to get back to work. o.k. that sounds weird, but i have worked hard these last couple of days. sewing, field trip with mamie, cleaning a house today, and packing to go out-of-town. i have fun and will have to do it again. thanks jen for helping me sew, it was great, great fun.

OH, ALMOST FORGOT. IF YOU ALL DON'T HAVE ANYTHING GOING ON SUNDAY OCTOBER 26TH. OUR CHURCH - FIRST BAPTIST MADISON, IS HAVING A FRIEND DAY FESTIVAL 4:00 - 7:00 LIBERTY PARK, MADISON. INCLUDING TRUNK-OR-TREAT, INFLATABLES AND PICNIC SUPPER (5:00 P.M.) AND PERFORMANCES (4:30) BY JONATHAN & LISA MOORE BAND AND COMEDIAN LEE MCBRIDE - ALL ACTIVITIES ARE FREE, JUST BRING A LAWN CHAIR OR TWO.

one year ago today

let me re-cap my story and then bring you up to today. i had this job for about 7 1/2 years and really liked it. it started going down hill about three years ago. i will not go into detail because i get very upset just thinking about it. i started really looking for a job last (2007) summer. well, i came across this one at umc and thought i had landed something good. well i talked to the lady about three times and then on that third time said "oh, by the way, what is the pay". when she told me i started crying, because i knew i couldn't take that big of a pay cut. i told her thank you so much for talking to me and she told me good luck in the job search. she was such a very nice person. she told me she was upset that i couldn't take the job as well. o.k. so moving on, october 2007 rolled around and i got this call from a lady. at first i didn't understand who she was, or what she said. i just heard are you still looking for a job? i say yes, and who is this again? she told me virginia carlton with the court of appeals and you have been highly recommended for this position that is available in my office. at first i still could understand who it was and where she was calling from. she called me on my cell phone and it was breaking up very bad. anyway, i agreed to meet with her on october 11, 2007. i called kyle and told him about what had just happen and he laughed and said "alison virginia carlton is a judge with the ms court of appeals". then i realize what was going on. so i went and met with her and she afford me the job that day. only thing is i couldn't say anything until judge southwick got appointed for the federal court. judge southwick had to be appointed before i got the job so i would call my friend at sentor trent lott's office for about two weeks asking when was this going to come up for a vote and she would say not today, not today. so she told me she would call me when it would come up for vote. well october 22, 2007 judge southwick was finally appointed to the federal court after about two long years of waiting. judge carlton call me that day and told me that the position is now open. o.k. let me fill you in on the position, a lady that worked for the judge was going to go with judge southwick when he got appointed and i was going to take her place. so i told judge carlton that i accept the position and when would you want me to start work. she said "as fast as you can". well i had to tell my other judges (i worked at the hinds county chancery court as a court administrator) that i was leaving, but they were not there because this was the annual court administrator and judges seminar. so i couldn't even tell anyone about this new job until after i told my judges that i was leaving. it was very hard. i only told kyle, my parents, and some very close friends that i knew wouldn't tell anyone about what was going on. so, after coming back from the seminar i told the judges that i was leaving and the end of october was my last day. yes, i know i didn't give a two weeks notice, but at that time in my life i really didn't care i wanted out!!!! so i started to work with the ms court of appeals as a judicial assistant to judge virginia carlton on november 5, 2007 and oh what a joy it has been. i am (well at least i think i am) such a better person to be around, i am happier to be around and i will stay until i retire. so thanks to the person that highly recommended me for the job with the coa and thanks to judge carlton for interview me for the postition, because i am loving everyday that i am there...........

4:45 a.m. comes early around my house

well, folks i did it again. i went to the gym monday morning @ 5:00 a.m., last night around 6:15 p.m. for about 45 mins, then again this morning around 5:15 a.m. i start to get hungry around 8:30 a.m. i will have to find some good healthy snacks to eat when that happens. if anyone knows of any good snacks please let me know. i have two more days left in this week and i plan to go to the gym both days. i ran into a friend at the gym this morning and she was telling about this class on tuesday and thursday mornings @ 5:30 a.m., so i am going to try that out in the morning. i have made my mind up that i am going to do this. i am sure there are going to be days i don't want to get up, you know the days that are cold and rainy, but i am going to try my best to get up and out the door. i am going to get kyle to take a picture of me now and when i lose 10, 20, 30 and then my goal 40 pounds. i am only going to do a post with my pictures before and after. like anyone really cares, but i am not doing this for anyone, i am doing this for myself............ so, let the pounds come off..........

I DID IT!!

Not that anyone cares, but I woke up this morning at 4:45 a.m., got dressed and went to the gym. Long story - short!! Last year around February I was waking up Monday - Friday @ 4:45 a.m. to get to the gym @ 5:00 a.m. to do my daily work out. I had lost some weight and was feeling very good about myself. This went on for several months and again, I was feeling good. Well, I got a sinus infection, we put Nolan in the big boy bed and he was waking up and coming and getting in our bed around 2:30 a.m. or 3:00 a.m. and I just couldn't make myself get up and go work out, you know one thing after the other comes up and you just don't go. I kept putting it off and putting it off. I would say o.k. tomorrow I will do it. Then I just got in a habit of not going. I would go when I could after work, but I wouldn't do it like I wanted. So anyway, back to this morning, I finally got my lazy self up and went to the gym. I plan on doing this tomorrow, the next day and then the next. I will let you all know how it is going. I AM READY TO BE SKINNY AGAIN.......

CHECK IT OUT

Check out my friend JENNIFER MAYO's new blog:

sewhappyforyou.blogspot.com

Very cute stuff for a very good price..........................

on the nightstand

wow, two post in one night. i was tagged by heather to do this. so here it goes.

the rules:

*grab the nearest book
*open the book to page 56
*find the fifth sentence.
*post the text of the next two to five sentences in your blog along with these instructions.
*don't dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the closet.
*tag five other people.

the book: through the eye of the storm by cholene espinoza
page 56, sentence 5: shentrell later told me that the homeowners in the neighborhood had recently celebrated paying off their thirty-year notes.
this is my first book to read about katrina washing away the coast. i just never had it in me to read what happen to coast, but this book was given to everyone at the junior league meeting last month and i had just finish reading another book and wanted to read something else.

i tag whomever wants to do this.

HERE IS HOW MY BIRTHDAY WENT

i went in to get mamie up for school and she was kind of awake. she had her arm over her face and i said "oh my where is mamie". she just smiled and said "HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOMMA, I LOVE YOU". then nolan walks in and says "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME, HAPPY BIRTHDAY". i just laughed and mamie corrected him right off. nolan didn't like that too much. anyway, i ran around getting mamie ready for school and me ready for work. phone rang it was mom and dad wishing me a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY. i asked mom what time i was born and she said "around 3:30". i laughed and said "well i guess i don't really turn "40" until then right". she said "i don't think that is how it works". mamie and i love singing along to music on the way to school so i said "you know since it is my birthday i want to hear something fun". mamie yelled out "HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL PLEASE". o.k. i know it is a little scary that i know some of the words. we had fun singing to the top of our lungs. i dropped her off and then headed to work. i was at a stop light about the third car back, all of a sudden i hear "BANG". well you guessed it, a lady ran into the back of me. i am so glad i didn't see it coming or i would have braced myself and it would have really hurt. so i got out, check my car and everything was fine. she was crying the entire time, saying that she had just gotten in a fight with her husband so on and so forth. i told her i understood, because my husband and i fought this past weekend as well and on top of that it was my birthday today. she started crying more. she gave me her information and off i went. oh, my car is fine and so am i, just a little stiff in my neck and my lower back it kind of tight. i got to work with warm wishes from the guards and phone calls from friends. kyle and i did get to go to lunch today and my judge and law clerks threw me a "80's" birthday party. my judge teased her hair very high, put shoulder pads in her shirt and some how found some blue eye shadow. boy those were the days. one of the law clerks made a cd for the occasion full of the "80's" we had cheese cake and lots of laughs. i picked up nolan, mamie, mason and jennifer so that we could go to the "FIRE SAFETY" thing at the library. (pics of that to come). for dinner kyle grilled salmon. we had a salad and yellow rice to go along with it. very good, i might add. he even bought a birthday cake for me, which nolan licked the icing off the cake. he told me to go look in the back of his truck for my present. i got a sewing table. i having been wanting one for about year now. thanks to jennifer i got the one i wanted. kyle also gave me a new (used) camera. i can't wait to learn how to use it. boy he is too good to me. after cake and ice cream we are all settling down for the night. so thanks to all of you for emailing me, calling me and commenting on the last post with well wishes for a "HAPPY BIRTHDAY". WHICH BY THE WAY WAS A HAPPY ONE..................

i can't believe kyle got us all looking and smiling.
the cake was about to fall off the black thing and we just started laughing. nolan is the only one looking at the camera which is very unusual, because he is the one that usually is looking away.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!

tomorrow is the "BIG 40". i will celebrate this day by going to work, maybe lunch with kyle (he has court around 1:00 though), cake with co-workers and going to the ridgeland library with mamie, nolan, mason and jennifer for fire safety week. this picture was taken on our trip this past summer. we celebrated our 10 year anniversary, kyle's "40th" birthday and my "40th" birthday. kyle asked me if i wanted to go out to eat tomorrow night and i said "no, not really". he said "oh, o.k. then". i told him maybe a movie friday night. i really don't want anything, i already have very thing i want, a wonderful husband that loves me for who i am and two wonderful children. what more could i ask for????

I GOT MY BIBLE

Last night was the 1st grade Bible presentation at church. Mamie was so excited, I don't think she really understood what this was all about, but I explained to her that Brother Ronnie was going to give her a Bible. She just said "oh, o.k.". All the 1st graders lined up and marched into the church and Mr. Ben called them out one by one, Brother Ronnie shook their hand and gave them a Bible. Mamie looks so proud holding onto her "Red Bible" (as she likes to call it). She said that she will "Cherish it forever".

LOOK WHAT I LOST!!!

Mamie lost her first tooth late this afternoon. My mother wiggled it to make it very lose last weekend when we were with them, but she couldn't get it out. So I told Mamie to start playing with it and she did all last week. So late this afternoon Kyle told her we couldn't go out to eat until her tooth came out. So I took her in the bathroom got a wash cloth and pulled it out before she even knew what happen. When I was pulling the tooth out she said "oh, please don't do that again". I just laughed and said "I wouldn't have to because here it is". It was so lose it was just hanging there. I wish I could have gotten a picture of her face when I told her it was out, but Kyle wouldn't have any part of it, he didn't even come in there. Sissy is what I would say about that. Her other bottom one is lose as well, but not like the one that came out. I told her to start playing with it and maybe, just maybe in a couple of weeks that one would be ready to come out as well. She is so excited about the tooth fairy coming tonight. She said "it is a good day today, because I lost my first tooth and those MIGHTY REBELS WON. Life is good". We are sitting here watching MSU and LSU play and she keeps yelling GO LSU, GO LSU, GO LSU. Wonder where she gets that from.

An Ole Miss Weekend 9/20/08

watching the game

at the game with mommy when those rebels were winning

making funny faces

having fun with "lin" at the game

where did everyone go?

nolan and pittman friends and cousins forever!!!

boy, that was a long game

MY LITTLE REBELS!!!!