Big John

john flew into get blaise and stayed with us. we were so excited! the kids were ecstatic. i think i heard "hey big john" 50 times. this picture was taken at like 6:15 a.m. before we left to take him back to the airport. it was a short visit, but it was great.

New Years

we went out new years for the first time in five years! it was great!! we had a wonderful time!! we had some friends come to town and go out with us (jake and desi). we went to eat at stellas, went to a party at the peabody and ended the night at bb kings. it was hard to get a picture with andy without him, well being himself.

christmas 2008

i don't have many pictures from christmas morning. i started taking them with one camera and then realized my cf card wasn't in it. so i basically missed the best pictures. the kids had a wonderful christmas. jules told everyone that is was Jesus' birthday. griff, i think, knows what it means, but is still all about his own presents. glad it's over!!!

Hot Mess & Santa

Jeez, where do i begin. well, i'm a bit ocd. my neighbor who's about 80 + asked if we were going to be home tonight yesterday and i said yes and he asked if he could dress as santa. of course i said yes. my kids haven't shut up about how much they just love santa. so, back to me being ocd; i give my kids a bath, while they're playing, i'm cleaning up the house for the 12th time today because the neighbor is coming. i finally finish giving them a bath and jules is screaming because goodness for bid someone touch her hair which hasn't been brushed in 2 days because i can't stand her screaming mommy is mean. i used real condition because let's face it, the no more tangles is for kids with hair to the their shoulders and my child's is way past that. so, we're all clean and the house is half clean. we sit around waiting for 1 1/2 hours on santa. it was hard, but we somehow managed. about two hours after i was expecting him to be here we heard bells jingling. griff went beserk and jules was still talking to andy about how mean i was because i spanked her when she threw white chocolate chips at me. anywho, santa came and brought gifts and griff was actually amazed even though mr. krogh told him he was santa's helper. it was great. here are few of the pictures. jules is really into shoes; she picks them out herself, along with her clothes. we went to look at christmas lights and this what she wore.

i haven't downloaded pictures from my camera in a while. griff was hunting on our front walk one afternoon; obviously not recently. we tried taking pictures tonight for our christmas cards. it went a lot better than last year. griff loves the camera, jules still isn't that fond of it. she got her first haircut last weekend. it grew in a V, so the girl cut it straight across. it's no longer to the top of her bottom, it's to the middle of her back. it's amazing how much difference it made in her hair. it definitely looks better on the ends and it looks thicker in the back. hopefully i'll be able to get our cards out this week.

Griff and the Game Ball

we went to the game yesterday in starkville and it was a great end to the season. during the fourth quarter, leslie and i took griff down next to field. jamayel smith threw griff a gameball from the sideline. they came to the tailgate after the game and he gave griff his gloves which he has yet to take off. he was so excited! jamayel threw the football with him and i think it had to be the highlight of life. the other players are brandon mcrae and aubrey bell. for some reason, they love andy.

Sharon

this is sharon and i at her son's wedding last year. i know it's a year old, but i think it's the only half decent picture i have of myself taken anywhere close to recently. anyway, this is our sharon. she's our second mother and grandmommy. without family anywhere close, she's the next best thing!! i wouldn't trade her for the world!!!