One year ago today...

David and I signed papers on our house one year ago today. I can't believe that a year has already passed. My how time flies! The grass is not really green in this picture, but it is now. My azaleas are starting to bloom...everything is going to look so pretty and colorful. We still need to do some work in our flower beds to freshen them up. I'm also wanting to paint my exterior doors and shutters black. They are green now. Oh...and 41 years ago today, David's brother, Mike, was born...Happy Birthday Ole' Man!!! We love you!By the way, we didn't officially move into the house until the end of May last year.

Haircut time!!!

I took this picture right before we went in Mrs. Nancy's shop to get their hair cut. Can you tell the sun was in their eyes??? Lauren was way past due for a hair cut. Morgan's didn't look so bad because she doesn't wear bangs, but you could tell the back needed to be shaped up a little. She hasn't had a hair cut since August!!
Lauren getting her hair dried after her hair cut.

Morgan getting hers cut...see the hair on the back of the chair? Look at my two pretty angels...they both wanted it short. They have on one of their new spring outfits and new shoes. Too bad the weather won't be pretty enough next week to wear any of it.

Tiger's takin' it easy...

I just had to take a picture of this. Here's Tiger in his kennel that we keep in the laundry room. He was snoozing good when I took this picture. Doesn't he look comfy?

The Easter dresses...

Here's Morgan's Easter dress. We found it at The Children's Place along with several other outfits for spring. I didn't want pastels this year...I wanted black and white and this looks so good on her. You'll have to wait until Easter to see it on her. I bought this white cardigan to go with it in case we have a cold snap at Easter. With this weather, you never know what to expect.

Here's Lauren's dress. I think I found it at JCPenney's or Sears...I really don't remember where...we went so many places. She's so picky and everything that I had picked out before this one, she would say that she didn't like it. Well, when I found this one, I just fell in love with it...she said, "well, we'll see! " I said, "do you still want a chocolate chip cookie from the Cookie Company?" She said, "yes"...I said, "do you like the dress?" She said, "yes!" So we bought it. I haven't gotten a cardigan for hers yet. I'm going back through Monroe next weekend so I may look for one then.

Shopping is fun but tiring...

Spring break is here and time to do some spring shopping for the girls (I need to be doing spring cleaning in my house, but shopping was much more fun). My alarm clock went off at 6:40 yesterday morning which was not the sound I wanted to hear on my first official day of spring break. I hit the snooze a couple of times, but was up by 7. The girls and I left around 8:30 a.m., picked up Elizabeth and her daughter Jordyn, and headed to Monroe. We got to the mall shortly after 10 so it had just opened. It couldn't have been more perfect. They are not on spring break right now in Louisiana so the mall was not crowded at all. A perfect day for shopping! I got the girls some really cute spring clothes, shoes, and even their Easter dresses. I didn't go for the pastels this year...their dresses are black and white...Lauren's even has a hot pink ribbon around the waist and is so cute!!! We literally shopped for 9 hours...whew was I tired! Lauren held out better than I ever dreamed, but I promise it was because Jordyn was with us. I didn't really start "feeling" it (being worn out, that is) until we were in the last store around 7:00 and my legs literally started aching. I knew then it was time to go. We ended our day with some good ole' Johnny's pizza. Monroe is only an hour and a half away so we were home by 9:30 p.m. Needless to say, I slept hard until 9 this morning and still have my p.j.'s on. I guess I better get dressed and get to town...gotta get my oil changed and run a few more errands. To my fellow "spring breakers" (as Valarie calls us), enjoy your week...hopefully it will drag by.

p.s. I'll take some pics of their Easter dresses and post them later.

Jersey and Milly are here!!!

Jersey and Milly came to visit. The girls love them because they're small enough for them to "lug" around. Here they are in Tiger's bed. I think the only time the girls gave them a rest was when we were all sleeping last night! :-)

AWANA Grand Prix

The AWANA Grand Prix was held at our church last Wednesday night for Kindergarten through sixth grade. Lauren didn't get to participate because she's Pre-K. Nana helped Morgan paint her car and get it ready. Since this was our first race, we didn't know all of the "tricks of the trade". We learned after the race that there's certain things we need to do to our car to make sure it will have a better chance of winning. Needless to say, her car was purple and gold...are you surprised??
Here they are in front of a retired Nascar racecar. Steve Petty was the guest speaker. He is Richard Petty's cousin and lives in Texarkana.

Here's a picture of Steve Petty speaking before the race. He's a very good speaker who loves the Lord and goes to many different places witnessing to people. He makes cross pennies and handed them out while he was at our church.

It was a double elimination race and sadly, Morgan's car didn't win. Here's a picture of her here waiting for hers to make it to the finish line. Almost there, but not quite. Check out the look on her face. Yes, she was disappointed, but had fun. There were lots of kids there to race their cars.

I can't believe it...

I never thought I'd see the day when my two girls would fight over who was going to clean the dog poop out of the yard!!! Come to find out...David told Lauren that she is responsible for filling his water bowl in his pen and Morgan is responsible for cleaning poop out of the yard. Well, today when we let Tiger out of his pen to run around and play (David wasn't here), Morgan said she wanted to clean the poop out of the yard. I told her to go get the shovel out of the shop...next thing I know, Lauren is saying, "but I wanna clean the poop out of the yard...I never get to clean it...I don't have a job." The whole time she's saying this, she's starting to cry. I'm standing there with my jaw dropped still not believing what I'm hearing. I finally told them they could take turns. They walk to the shop to get the shovel and next thing I know they're walking back to the house fighting over who's going to carry it. Sooo, I told Morgan to clean a pile and then let Lauren have a turn...now remember, I'm still not believing my ears and at this point, I'm trying not to laugh. I had to help Lauren because the shovel was too heavy, but we got the backyard cleaned up. Mike and Melanie just got here so I guess I'll close for now. I'll post pictures over the weekend.

Hello again...

Mom and Dad were here this past weekend...Daddy wasn't feeling well. He actually started feeling bad on their drive over from Texas. It was a cold and nasty weekend so we couldn't get outside and do anything. We hung out around the house Saturday...David took Morgan to a birthday party...me and Daddy took naps...I guess Lauren and Nana just hung out while we napped. When David and Morgan got back, we all went to Cowboy's for some good ole' fish. Daddy loves fish and he treated us to supper. They left Sunday morning because they had a long drive ahead of them and we went to Sunday school and church. At 2:00 p.m. we went to our neighbor's "renewing of vows" for their 50th wedding anniversary. It was so sweet. He had the same best man that he had 50 years ago...now that's a loyal friend. She had her granddaughter stand at her side.

The girls and I are looking so forward to this week ending...spring break is next week...lots of "sleep late" days coming up!!! YEAH! I had parent/teacher conferences tonight until 7:30 p.m. David registered Lauren for Kindergarten today...yes, I said Kindergarten. I'm so not ready for my baby to start school. It just doesn't seem real. He attended Morgan's conference and then took the girls out for pizza (their favorite meal). Needless to say, it's been sort of busy around here. Hopefully the weekend will be pretty so we can get outside and do some work in the yard. You know I'm ready for spring break when....this morning I kept hitting my snooze button because I wasn't finished going over a test with my class...I only had 5 more questions to go over and my alarm kept going off...so, in my sleep/whatever, I was hitting my snooze to give me more time to finish going over the test. Hello, tell me I don't need a break.

I better close for now...I'll post pictures this weekend hopefully...gotta get in the bed so I can get some sleep and hopefully not dream about school.

What's up with this weather????

I don't know about you, but I'm not too happy about the weather conditions right now. Rainy and cold are not my thing...especially when it was so nice and warm last weekend. This week has been hectic and tiring. I had to go to Columbia right after school Tuesday to the funeral home. Mom's 1st cousin died of a massive heart attack at age 65. He was very well known and loved by many. He will be greatly missed. I didn't get home from Columbia until after 10:00 p.m. and still had to get things ready for the next day. We had target tests at school today and we tested ALL DAY LONG!!!! Even though I didn't do any "teaching" today, it is so tiring just walking around monitoring them while they test. I can honestly say that I've never been as tired first thing in the morning as I was this morning...I mean, I think that I never "fully" woke up until mid-morning. I live for Saturdays..."sleep late days" as me and the girls call it. I'm just happy to sleep past 7. 5:30 comes to early every morning.

Mom and Dad are on their way here now. The girls don't know because Dad wants to surprise them. He hasn't seen them since Christmas. They were in for the funeral and headed back to Texas Wednesday only to find out that work had been called off until next week due to the rain. So, they're coming here for the weekend to see the girls...and us too I guess...we just come last now! :-)

David just called and said we're going to the country club for supper tonight...suits me, I didn't feel like cooking anyway. We're meeting some friends there to eat.

Guess that's all the news I have for now. I have some more pictures, but will post them later. It takes too long and I don't have time right now. Until next time.......................

Spring is in the air!

Our Bradford Pear tree is blooming in the front yard. I love seeing the first signs of Spring. I'll be sure to post more pics as the rest of my flowers start to bloom. We have some beautiful azaleas planted in the back. Stay tuned for more pics!!!

Tiger's new bed

Tiger loves his new bed we bought him for the living room. Oops...he had his eyes closed for this picture. Lauren loves his new bed too...can you tell? LuLu and Tigerman posing for the camera.

I'm sure Lauren was teasing him here with something...he has a curious look on his face.

Morgan's music program...PIRATES!

Last Friday, MES had their second grade music program entitled...PIRATES! My mom made her pirate costume and bought an eye patch for her to wear...it was so cute! Isn't she pretty? I should've taken one of her standing so you could see it better. It had a black skirt to go with it that was jagged around the edges.

Here she is on stage getting ready to play the drums. It was such a cute program! All the kids did a wonderful job. She finally got tired of wearing the patch!!

Just enjoying the day outside

It wasn't very warm the day I took these. As a matter of fact, it wasn't warm at all, it was pretty cool, but we were tired of being inside. Here's the girls doing what they do best...posing...for Mom on the front porch steps. Another pose...check out Lauren's right foot...prissy isn't the word for it!!!

Here's David and Tigerman...we were trying to get Tiger to stay still long enough for me to take his picture. He kept running toward me and trying to knock me down everytime I would squat to take his picture. Finally got a side shot of him so you can see how much he's grown. After this picture, we took his LSU collar off because it was starting to look worn from him wearing it so much. We decided to save it for special occasions...LSU Tiger football games maybe???Lauren wanted to pose with the shovel...why, I don't know. Then she started trying to dig holes. Yes, you do see a little pink in her hair...that's from some thing Mom got Morgan for her birthday that's suppose to braid your hair and it has hair color sticks in it. Well, the girls braided their hair alright...in knots. Lauren just loves putting the different colors in hers. Here's Morgan just posing...she LOVES having her picture made...Mrs. Photogenic!!! She carries her bat around with her outside because Tiger likes to run after them and jump on them. No, she has never hit him with a bat, but it scares him when she acts like she's going to...I guess that's her whole purpose for carrying it.

Back from a relaxing weekend.

David and I are back from our weekend alone in Hot Springs. Mom came up Thursday night because Morgan had a music program Friday (I'll be posting pictures from it soon) and she stayed here all weekend. We decided that we'd take off to Hot Springs for the weekend. It's only about a 2 hour drive from here which isn't bad. It was about an hour away when we lived in Prescott. Anyway, we had a good time. The weather was gloomy and cold Saturday, but we still enjoyed our day. We went to the Boat and RV show and ran into our pastor (and his wife) from Prescott. It was so good to see familiar faces. Then we shopped a little...imagine that! We even stopped by the San Francisco Bread Co. for some cheesecake and hot chocolate. That night, we headed out to Cajun Boilers to eat (along with about a hundred more people who wanted to eat there). We got there about the time people were leaving the horse races so there was quite a large crowd of people waiting to be seated. The food was wonderful, nonetheless. By the way, it snowed in Hot Springs yesterday evening and Mom said it snowed here too. This morning, we had breakfast at Cracker Barrel and headed home to see our girls...and Tiger. Tiger was excited to see us because we bought him a new bed for his kennel (the one inside the house) and a new bed for in front of the fireplace. He LOVES them!!!