Thursday, June 18, 2009

Me and my babes...

I just love'em to pieces!!




A few weeks ago, we had the opportunity to go visit Great Granddaddy Jack at his new place...he just recently moved to Sharon, TN (where he was born and raised) We had a great time and really enjoyed visiting with him!

I know I say it often...

..but is there anything cuter in this world than your very own children...I realize I am a little biased...I mean, they are mine and all...but I literally could eat them with a spoon!



Thursday, June 11, 2009

A wedding to remember...

at least that is what my daughter tried to do!! UGH, leave it to my child to be the major distraction during this blessed occasion
...So Brenly decided at the last minute that she would rather go fishing with Grandfather than to get "dressed" up and go to the wedding (That should be NO surprise to any of you!) So Chad and I get the other two girls (Avery and Baylee) dressed up and head to the wedding (As horrible as it is, my batteries in my camera died so we have no pictures from the occasion, but I guarantee that the memories of the day will be forever etched in our brain!)

This picture is from the night before but there expressions do the story great justice!
We arrive Cheekwood Botanical Gardens at approx 6:15, because there was no need to arrive early we have two children the age of 2 (well almost, Baylee has a birthday coming up!) It is an outdoor wedding and the location is beautiful...It was a gorgeous day, flowers were everywhere, deer grazing in the background...a picture perfect day for a picture perfect wedding (that is until Avery arrives :) I walk up to one of my cousins (who was a groomsman) and explained to him that Chad and I needed to be on the back row...After all we have these small children...He looked at me and laughed, as if to feel sorry for us, and said, "well, sorry but the only row that is left is the second one from the front, right behind the mother of the bride (who is also my cousin but still, US on the SECOND row!...just great!) So we are seated and the time comes for the wedding to start...
We had threatened both of our angels, trying to explain to 2 year olds, why it was necessary to be silent...not that they understood, but we felt it necessary to TRY! Right at 6:30, the music plays and the wedding starts...grandparents, the moms, the groomsman, the groom the bridesmaids...everything was beautiful, the sun was setting, the temperature was becoming tolerable...and then we saw her...The bride...absolutely beautiful...walking towards the "congregation"....we proceed to stand to watch her make her way to her groom, the one God has chosen for her...I was holding Avery so that she might be able to see what was going on and she (keep in mind, she is my RED headed child, in every sense of the word!) decides that "I do it myself"!! She wanted to stand on the chair by herself...Normally, this would be a battle that I might fight, but because of the situation...As to not get loud and start a fight with her...I gave in...and she stood on the chair...That is until, Brandi got right beside our row (remember, we were on the stinkin SECOND row!) and my child proceeds to shift her weight and fall through the back of the child...hitting her head and pinch her finger in between the folding chair!!! She proceeds to let out the loudest blood curdling scream anyone has every heard in their life! I quickly drop to my knees in my dress and cover her mouth (as to try a slight suffocation method...for is she suffocates, she will be quiet, right? --FYI, I am totally kidding, do NOT call child protective services...I LOVE MY CHILDREN and would never cause them harm!!) My brother finally leans over and says, "let her breathe and RUN!!!" I try to maneuver her back through the chair and make a run for it...but where am I to go...this is an OUTSIDE wedding...It's not like I can go anymore OUTSIDE to get away from the wedding...I was stuck, running in my high heeled sandals, on the grass, down a huge hill with my "SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF HER LUNGS" child...MY blood pressure is about at stroke level...I feel SO bad that we have totally ruined THE MOMENT! But what was I to do...Praise the Lord that as we reached the bottom of the hill, there were 3 huge deer grazing and I told her that we had to be quiet so that we wouldn't scare the deer!! and just like that, she quit screaming...and we continued to watch the wonderful creations that God had placed there in that moment to save me from complete humiliation...I mean I was humiliated...don't get me wrong...but at least she only screamed bloody murder through the first 5 minutes of the wedding and not the entire thing...But please know that I miss the ENTIRE wedding...I am sure it was as beautiful as Brandi was...but I will never know...for instead of watching my cousin get married, I was able to watch 3 deer grazing in the distance...
**NOTE TO SELF...Never again will I attend an outdoor wedding with my children...until they are half grown...for the scars of humiliation that I endured that day will last for a while!

John and Brandi...we love you alot and pray that your marriage will be much more uneventful that the day of your wedding...thanks to my child..We pray that God will bless you immensely and we are very happy for the two of you!

A weekend with the Deaton's...

or two of them, at least (we missed you Aunt Ronni) This past weekend was a BUSY one for us! Chad and I, along with the 3 girls headed to Nashville for our cousin's wedding (Congrats John and Brandi!) and you must know that when Uncle Chad is around there is fun waiting to happen...He picked us up around 5:30 Friday night and we headed to Casey Jones' Village in Jackson to eat...and there just so happened to be a miniature golf course there as well...so we ate and played golf! LOTS OF FUN!







(That is Avery doing a little dance for hitting the ball, screaming "I did it, I did it!"


(Avery and Baylee LOVE each other...I love this picture!)



Me and ALL my girls! I love every single one of them more that they will ever know!




(This is a CRAZY raccoon that came up to us...He was alittle scarey!)

They got to feed the fish while we were there...Avery and Baylee loved the fish...MUCH more than they loved the golf!



The following morning we decided to go to the park to wear the girls out, so they would take a nap, so they would be decent for the wedding...(A totally different post will have to be written about the wedding...stay tuned!)









The next morning we were able to meet up with Lance, Sherri and Maggie and eat at Loveless Cafe before heading to Sharon, TN to see Granddaddy Jack in his new place!

Can't take pictures of one...

...without the other...After I had taken some pictures of Avery...Brenly quickly informed me that it was her turn...so here is my oldest child in all her glory (and what's up with the "senior picture" pose? Too funny!




NONNA...

WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! Look at the mop on this child's head...CURLS are everywhere...




and its a good thing she was in the bathtub...look at how filty she was...but she got clean, I promise!!


Our Precious Nephew...

Rowan Charles Winters...


A few weeks ago, I got the privilege to head to Nashville to help take care of Rowan and give his momma some much needed time to rest! No one is suppose to be around him until after he turns two months old (because he has been so sick) but they made an exception, because she desperately needed some help! So I spent all Saturday afternoon holding the little man...and I have to admit...HE LOVES ME!!! He was so calm and content with me- a change from the norm..He tends to be a little more fidgety and restless (but who wouldn't, after all he has been through!) I had a great time spoiling him to pieces and I was grateful that I was able to spend some quality time with him! While I was there, I decided to have a mini photo shoot...(Keep in mind, I am NO photographer) and here are a few of my favorites...