Thursday, July 23, 2009

Swimming lessons summer '09

The girls took private swimming lessons from Ms. Leslie Beard at our neighbor's house this summer. It was very well worth it. Here's Lauren's very first ever jump off the diving board without floaties...go Lu Lu!!!!
Here she goes again!

Ms. Leslie wanted her to swim to the ladder after she jumped off the diving board.

Group pic the last day of swim lessons! Our neighbor's granddaughter took lessons too that week. They had a blast and learned so much. We will definitely do this again next summer!
Another group pic!

Finally...4th of July pics!

I'm finally getting around to posting pics from the 4th of July. We went home (Louisiana) and stayed with Mom and Dad. We did a little visiting too while we were there. This is David's Mamaw Audrey. We had a good long visit with her and she was in the best mood. It was good to see her and the girls enjoyed visiting with her too.
The girls are helping Nana make her homemade chocolate pudding....mmmm, mmmm, good!!!
Uh oh...David found the pudding and was sneaking a taste before she put it in the oven!!! Look out Heath...you better hurry up and get here before it's all gone :)
Me and my girls...can you tell who the clown is???
Me, the girls, and Christopher...AKA Noonie! I named him that when he was just a baby and still call him that to this day!

Nana decided to make some homemade ice cream too...there's the clown again!
Me and my daddy!!!!
We weren't dressed for a family pic, but decided to take one anyway. We were headed out to see David's cousin and let the girls swim for a little while.

Me and my honey!!!
David's cousin has a beautiful pool...the girls had a blast swimming.

LOOK OUT!!! Cannonball!!!
Here I come, Daddy!!! Lauren loves to jump off the diving board. She usually has her floaties on, but if someone's there to catch her she does it without them.
There she goes again.

We ended the night with fireworks at Mom and Dad's.
Daddy is helping Lauren light her sparkler...I love those things!!!
My daddy is pretty quiet and reserved until he gets around these girls. He loves to dance around and act crazy for them. Here he is dancing around with a sparkler.
Morgan decided she wanted to shoot a bottle rocket too!!
We had fun that weekend. We were able to do a lot of visiting with family and friends. We just wish David's parents had been able to come in from Ohio. Maybe we'll see them soon.

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Happy 4th of July everyone! I hope everyone has enjoyed their families today. Let us always remember those who fought for and are still fighting for our country, as well as their families who are home awaiting their safe return. God Bless America and let us all continue to pray for our country.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

New music on the playlist...enjoy!!!!

I'm taking the girls to see Miley Cyrus in concert on October 24th in Little Rock. I decided to add a little "Miley" to the playlist to get us geared up for the concert. The girls were so excited when we told them that we had tickets. David's not going because there's an LSU/Auburn game that weekend at LSU. Normally, I would be going to the game too, but I can't miss out on an opportunity to take the girls to see Miley. These songs are just a few of our favorites...enjoy!!

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Wait a minute...wrong jersey!!!

Ok...as you all know, we have lived in Arkansas for 10 years now (David 11) and are surrounded by and are friends with Razorback fans!!! Lauren and Morgan spent the night with Jordyn the other night and this is what they did to my child!!! David said no more spending the night with Jordyn (of course, he was kidding). They do things like this to us all the time...they even have Lauren saying "Go Hogs" and that crazy cheer "Woo Pig Sooie" (dumbest cheer ever). Anyway, I just had to share this picture because this will probably be the last time she wears Razorback red for a while...I guess at least until she spends the night with Jordyn again and they MAKE her wear it!!!

Monday, June 22, 2009

Morgan's baptism June 14, 2009

As you may already know from reading our blog, Morgan was saved here at home on May 19, 2009. Brother Ryan Copico (AWANA commander) came over to our house and talked with us and Morgan for over an hour and she was saved. We have been out of town and missed church for about 4 weeks which is why she wasn't baptized until June 14th. My mom and dad were here also.

Brother Chad (our pastor) called us up to the front at the beginning of services and told the congregation about Morgan being saved. Then she and I headed to the back to get ready for her baptism. Brother Ryan was telling the congregation a little bit about his and Morgan's conversation the night she was saved. He said that she was full of so many questions about Jesus and Heaven. He told the congregation that his favorite one was, "Do you think they'll have Hawaiian sweet rolls in Heaven"? Of course, everyone got a big laugh out of that one. At Pauline Baptist Church, anytime someone is saved they get to ring the big bell outside. Here she is outside ringing the bell!!!Can you tell she is proud??? This was one of the happiest days of our lives...watching our little girl accept Jesus and be baptized. It's definitely a wonderful feeling!!

Our annual camping trip at Lake Greeson

Every summer we go to Lake Greeson and camp with 2 other families: The Robbins and The Woods. We've had this camping trip planned since November and were all so excited about going. Since we moved to Monticello, we don't get to see our friends that much but we can count on seeing them when we go camping.

We camped from June 3rd through June 7th. Rickie came down to our campsite to visit and Tiger thought he would clean him up a bit!! Caught in the act...When we're camping, we really don't worry about our kids much. They're good about staying somewhere closeby or at one of the 3 campsites. Well, I decided I would see where they were and found them down by the waterspout having a little fun. You can see who is having the most fun here though...Lainey Bug!!! She kept pulling her shirt out and letting the water run down inside her shirt. That girl's a mess!!!Tiger loved camping too...much better this time than when we camped on Lake Chicot. He and I took frequent walks through the campground several times a day. I would take him down to the boat docks and let him run and play in the water. I would've taken pictures, but that would've been a little difficult!!!! He was a little hard to control and as David kept saying, "Tiger is taking Misty for a walk". I love this picture...isn't he pretty!!!
Here the girls are anxiously waiting to go on a boat ride. We had a little trouble with the boats at first, but once they were up and running, that's pretty much all we did.
Morgan would live on this thing if we'd let her. Here she is with Layne and Gage ready to ride. Kristi and Rickie bought this thing called a "Slingshot" and it's perfect for the kids. You can actually sit down in it and just ride. Now don't get me wrong...this thing gets pretty bumpy...especially when the driver of the boat is trying to throw you off...you'll see what I mean later!!LuLu LOVES to ride in the boat! She's not much for tubing yet, but it'll come soon enough. She's still a little scared.She loves to jump in the lake though to cool off. Although, we didn't need to cool off much. The weather was pretty cool while we were there. The water was definitely cool...I had chill bumps the whole time I was in the lake.At Lake Greeson there's a swim beach. There wasn't much of it left after the flood...oh, I forgot to mention, we were worried there for a little while about our trip being cancelled because with all the rain we got in April, the campground flooded...yes, everything was underwater. Anyway, here's Lauren playing on the swim beach by herself. She cracks me up when she plays by herself...I just sit and watch her because she must have an imaginary friend or something because she is constantly talking to herself. It's so sweet!
Talk about sweet...here she is with Lainey Bug and they are having them a bigtime conversation here.Uncle Mike decided he would ride the slingshot with Morgan. He loves the girls and they sure do love him.
Millie was enjoying the boat ride too!!!Here's Uncle Mike with Riley and Morgan...I told you...Morgan would live on this thing if we'd let her.Millie and Jersey decided they wanted to kneeboard!!!Uncle Mike and LuLu!!! I love this picture!Ok...this is a funny story. Mike and Mel decided at the last minute to come camp with us. So we pitched a tent on a walk-up site until they got there. Anyway, Mike was so worried that he would miss the LSU baseball game because he couldn't get a satellite signal here. Look very carefully at the front end of the RV. Notice how the front tires are up off the ground???? He moved his RV around until he could get a satellite signal and this is how it ended up. All I could think about was the movie RV...I could just see this thing taking off and heading toward the lake. Well, it didn't...thank goodness. I just had to get a picture of this because some people (Mike) will go to great lengths to watch their favorite team. Here's the kiddos. We cooked out at Rickie and Kristi's campsite on this night. I wanted to get a picture of all the kids together. Hmmm, look who Morgan has her arm around!!The only ones there to take a picture of the adults together were the kids. I gave my camera to Layne and showed him how to work it. He took two or three pictures and each time kept saying, "yea, that's a good one, that's a good one". Well, they're a little on the blurry side, but at least we have one of us all together. Ok...I know you're probably wondering why the guys brought their golf clubs on our camping trip. Well, Glenwood is only about 20 minutes away and apparently there is a nice golf course there. Soooo, every year the guys plan one day of golfing while we're on the lake. They also like to see how far they can hit a golf ball across the lake...which is what they were doing in this picture. I'm not sure where Woody was, but David, Mike, and Rickie had just finished hitting a few balls across the lake.David, Rickie, and Lainey rode the slingshot together. We kept trying to get Lauren to ride, but she wouldn't. She had seen the guys pulling everyone else extremely fast and didn't trust that they would take it easy with her on there. Maybe next time.
Kristi and Allison decided to give the slingshot a shot!!Then me and Mel. Boy, that thing is rough...especially on your rearend...you can feel every wave and bump in the water. They never threw us off, but they sure tried. It was funny because when you'd hit a bump, your legs would just fly way up in the air!!! We didn't ride it too long...I had enough after just a few minutes.We may try to squeeze another camping trip in this summer before school starts back. We just have to work it around everyone's schedules. We had a great time as always and look forward to the next trip.