My little cheerleader and football player

WELL I HAVE FINALLY FOUND OUT HOW TO POST PICTURES. My sweet, wonderful, smart niece is here from that other college(msu) for the night and is helping me with my blog. Thanks KRISTI!!!!! I also have to thank Jennifer as well. She tells me how to do it, but Kristi is sitting here figuring it out with me........

Mamie as you can see is our little cheerleader. She is having so much fun cheering. Tomorrow is her third game and she is the head cheerleader along with Bailey.

This is Nolan at Christmas, he is our little football player. He wants to wear his jersey all the time. I do know that he wears it at least twice a week. Yes, I do wash it!!

So get ready and watch for pictures...

PUMPKIN SPICE - COFFEE MATE

I had to stay home today because Nolan is sick, we had to take him to the doctor yesterday and he has strep. He is doing fine, but we had to keep him home today, he will return to daycare tomorrow. I took Mamie to school this morning and made a run to the store to pick up some stuff before Kyle had to go to work. I needed to get some coffee creamer and I just love the pumpkin spice one. They only put it out around the holidays and after the holidays you can't find it. I think they need to make it year round. This is the only creamer I have found that I just love.................... Well, I came across a bargain it was the smaller bottle, they were marked down to get this, .49 cents a bottle. I was very happy about my find. I bought all they had three small bottles, but they don't expire until March. I guess when I run out of these I will just have find something else to spice up my coffee in the mornings.......

CLEANING THE HOUSE!!!

I hate to be negative, but I have to get something off my chest. I had the week of Christmas off and I wanted to clean the house. You know throw stuff away and just do that deep cleaning. Well, I only had one good day of that and the other couple of days were spent with children (which was nice), but I didn't get any good cleaning done. Well, we had people over for New Years Eve and I cleaned that day as well. Kyle was home to help me, but I did most of the cleaning. I had today off (MLK day) and yes I cleaned my house up once again. I am SO SICK OF CLEANING A HOUSE ON MY DAYS OFF I COULD SHOUT TO THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN, if I knew it would help I would do it. The thing that makes me most upset is I clean, clean, clean and clean some more and you can't even tell I have done anything. Have you ever felt that way? I have a couple of days off in February and guess what???? I AM NOT GOING TO CLEAN MY HOUSE. I say that now, but watch I will have to clean something on my days off. I am going to do what I want to do. Mamie is going to school and after school care, and Nolan will be going to daycare. I might sleep late, stay in my pj's all day or just do whatever I want to do on a day off. I WILL NOT CLEAN THAT DAY!!!!!
Boy, that felt good to get off my chest. I know I will be able to sleep better tonight. Goodnight to everyone and HAPPY CLEANING!!!

MISSING SOMEONE

I don't know how many times I have started this blog titled "Missing Someone", but I never seem to get through it, but this time I am going to try my hardest to do it. I lost my grandmother two years ago. This person was my rock, my friend and more than anything in this world to me. We would talk for hours about anything, school, clothes, friends, boys, clubs that I was apart of in school and anything else that we wanted too. She was a wonderful person inside and out. She taught me how to sew, she taught me to be a young lady, she taught me everything and I miss that more than anything. We were going home for Christmas this past year and I was very still and quite. Kyle ask me what was wrong I said "have you ever missed someone so much that it makes your body hurt." He knew who I was talking about. It is like that every time we start to head home. I start thinking about her, everything she did for me and how I will never see this wonderful person again. She died the week after the big storm hit the coast. She didn't die from the storm, she died of old age. In fact she was 92 or 93 when she passed away. Anyway, I miss this person so much. Not a day goes by that I don't think about her and I know that she is looking down on me smiling and watching over me. I sometimes feel that she is sitting right beside me touching me on the shoulder or on my cheek. I am not crazy I truly believe this. I remember when I was younger I told her that when and if I get married and have a child and that child just happens to be a girl I was going to name her after her. She started laughing and said "oh, please honey don't do that to that child". I asked her why and she just laughed. Well, when Kyle and I started dating and talking about getting married and having children I asked him about the name I have always wanted to name my child. Well he said that was fine. When we found out that we were expecting I couldn't wait to tell her. She was so excited. When we found out we were having a girl, I couldn't wait to call her and let her know that it was a girl and what we were going to name it. At first we were not going to tell anyone, but I had to tell her so Kyle and I agreed that she would be the only one to know our babies name. So when I called her I said "well we are having a girl and her name is going to be "MAMIE", she almost fell out. She said "oh please don't do that to that child". I told her, well we are naming her Mamie and there is nothing you can do about it. I got a wonderful gift this past Christmas, I got a part of grandmother Mamie that I will have forever and ever and maybe just maybe one day my Mamie will get to wear it every day just like I do. Well, I could go on forever and ever about grandmother Mamie, but I need to stop now, my eyes are burning from the tears that are streaming out. So, I guess I could say that I am glad that I miss her so much that my body hurts, this just means I haven't forgot about this very special person that is now looking down on me and my family every day.........................

SEVEN THINGS - I LOVE

I have been tagged by April. It is called seven things about myself, so here it goes.

1) I love getting pedicures. When the warm weather finally gets here, I start thinking when I have time to go and get one. Kyle started giving me gift certificates a long time ago and now since I have two children I usually get two or three. I get them for mother's day, birthday, Valentines Day, and even for Christmas. I am always set through out the Summer and Fall when it comes to pedicures. I don't mind getting a manicure, they just don't last long.

2) I love bananas. I love a fresh green banana, the crunchier the better. I love making smoothies with milk, bananas, blueberries and sweet-an-low. It is wonderful try it if you want a sweet treat.

3) I love CRAWFISH!!!!!!!! I could eat crawfish until I am blue in the face. When I was younger my dad and I would always have to go get shrimp po-boys and about 25lbs of crawfish. Dad and I would sit out on the back porch and see how many crawfish we could eat within 4 or 5 mins. Yes, I ALWAYS WON. I wonder now if dad would just let me win, he said he didn't, but you know that parents will say anything to make you feel better. This happened almost every weekend. I CAN'T WAIT CRAWFISH SEASON IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER!!!!!

4) I love to sew. Kyle gave me a sewing machine when I was pregnant with Mamie. I started a sewing class and loved it. I put it down for the longest time just because I never got around to setting up the machine and sewing. I wanted to spend all my time with my new baby. Well, not to long ago my friend Jennifer got me back into it. I love sitting down and making cute pants for Nolan and I can't wait to make some cute skirts for Mamie.

5) I love to take pictures. I wish I could come up with a way I could do this on the side. I just don't know how I could do it since I do work a full time job and spend time with family and friends on the weekends. I love to pick up my camera and start clicking away. If anyone could come up with a way for me to do this as a little side business please let me know.

6) I love blogging. I am like April and her email. I check blogs throughout the day and just click on others within the blogs that I am looking at. I don't know a lot of the people on other blogs, but I just love looking and learning about them. I have also learning about some cute websites to go to and find some cute stuff for children.

7) Last but not forgotten. I love my family. I loved meeting Kyle years ago and knowing that I would spend the rest of my life with him (even if it took six years to get married). I loved know that I was expecting our first child and couldn't wait to find out what it was going to be and then finding out just a couple of years later that I was going to have another child. I just love my family they are very special people to me.

I know I did seven things that I love, but if I started doing things that I didn't like we would be here forever and I wouldn't be in a happy mood afterwards. So I feel happy inside and out now that I did the seven things that I love!!

I can't really tag too many friends because a lot of my friends don't blog. So I guess the only one that I can tag is Jennifer Mayo.........

Eventful weekend!!

We have been planning on going to the Madison Christmas Parade on Saturday with the Young family, just like we always do. We get doughnuts, make coffee and hot chololate, bring chairs and blankets and just have a grand old time. Well, we got a call Friday night telling us that Peyton has the CHICKEN POXS and would have to cancel the entire weekend. I wasn't thinking about it when Kyle told me, but then it hit me that even though it was Parade weekend it was also Peyton's birthday party as well. Then it hit me later that night that Peyton came over Thursday night and was hugging on Nolan and playing with Mamie. Oh, top of that I HAVE NEVER HAD THEM EITHER.... Oh, well that is something that we can't worry about. I just feel sorry for Ann, because she has a 11 month old and they say that he is going to get them because he hasn't even had the shot yet. He turns one at the end of December. Well we woke up Saturday morning went and got doughnuts for us and the Young family, took them by their house and we went to the parade. Nolan had a blast watching the firetrucks and policemen. After the parade we went a got our Chirstmas tree. It is a very tall and skinny tree, but Mamie liked it so we got it. Nolan didn't care to much about looking for a tree, he was to busy watching the guys cut the ends of the trees for everyone else tree. I will have to say this, Nolan is ALL BOY!!!!! So we got home, put the tree up, loaded up the family and headed down to Wiggins. Kyle was in another dirt bike race and I decided to tag along and see what the big-to-do was. Well, we went to the race and it was a nice day just to be outside. It wasn't too hot and it wasn't cold at all. Just a nice breezy day. I didn't know what to except, but we had fun. It was loud, and the bikers all had to ride this course through the woods. We sat pretty much at the start line and could see them all ride past us. The double "A's" (the good guys) very fast and Nolan just sat there wided eyed watching them. Well they came by, then Kyle's brother came by and I thought well Kyle should be coming by soon. We sat and sat and sat waiting. Well everything ran through my mind, then he came over the hill. It was kind of funny because I have never seen them like that, I have seen them ride before but not with hills and small trails and other bikers around anyway, he came over the hill and Corban said "there is uncle Kyle going slower than Christmas". Nolan sat up and said "there he is, there he is". Boy was I over joyed. Kyle stopped infront of us and wanted some water. I told him I almost came looking for you, but then up came over the hill. He said "I RIDE SAVE, not like all these other guys". Again, this is just something you will have to see.

So, we had an eventful weekend. Let's just hope if we get the chicken pox it will be this week and it will not be as bad. I am still going to have to decorate the tree and other household duties. I know that Kyle had fun at the race even if he didn't finish and I will have to say that I did have fun watching all of it, but I also will have to say I will not be going to every race in the future. I will go to some, but not all of them. It just wears you out because you get home so late on a Sunday.

Thanksgiving in Monroe, LA

The Sunday before Thanksgivng we took Mamie over to Monroe, LA to stay with her cousin Margaret Ellis. From what I hear they had a wonderful time. Kyle, Nolan and I drove back over for Thanksgiving and it was just a wonderful day. Leigh Ann and Stacey (sister and brother-in-law) were such wonderful host. Stacey's family was there along with the Epting family. There was a chill in the air, but they had the fire blazing and the heaters going outside under the out door kitchen. It was very nice. Leigh Ann had everything just right. Just like she always does. Anyway, after a delicious lunch the Ainsworth family loaded up and drove home.

We all awoke early Friday morning and headed to Starville for THE EGG BOWL. My sister-in-law made plans back in June for all of us to meet up and go to the game. Our niece goes to school there and it was just a way for everyone to get together for the Holiday. We all arrived at Kristi's apartment and headed for the game. Our tickets were very high and as we got up there Kyle's face was white as a sheet. See, he doesn't like heights. My sister-in-law came up right behind and gave him tickets that were at a lower level, which he took and ran. I didn't see him or Nolan until after the game. Of course the game was great until the 4th quarter when State decided they needed to start playing football. I am so glad State didn't play like they did in that 4th quarter, because if they did the might Rebels would have lost BIG. Anyway, we all had a great time at the game and then later at Kristi's apartment. Mamie had fun yelling "GO Ole Misss Bulldogs" and then Kyle taught Nolan how to say "Maroon/White". I said "oh, no you don't say that, you say Hotty Totty". So Nolan started yelling "Maroon/White, Hotty Totty" then he would just look at us. Mamie thought it was funny and she started yelling the same. So I guess our children will just be confused through out there lives on what to say at THE EGG BOWL (if we go to another one). We drove home that night and spent the rest of the weekend doing nothing.

So Thanksgving and the Egg Bowl has come and gone. Now we are looking forward to Christmas and New Years, which I must add is getting here quick.

Oh and to my new friend that got engaged over the holidays. CONGRATS TO YOU!!!!

*to everyone reading my blog I still do not have email, which is killing me but as i have said in all my post I LOVE MY NEW JOB and that out weighs not having email right now. you don't realize how much you miss something until you don't have it. i will let everyone know when i get up and running with email.