Wordless Wednesday

What They Did, What We Did

Last weekend we went to Monroe to keep Avery while Casey and Charlie took a much needed night away from everything. She never fussed at all. She didnt even cry when they left. I was glad about that because the last time I kept her and Casey left for a few minutes in Monroe Avery cried a little but worse than that she frowned like crazy and kept taking big gulps of air like she was forcing herself not to cry which really broke my heart. So I was super glad when she didnt cry at all when they left she just wanted to go visit their dog, cannon. She loves watching him jump and listen to him bark.

So Casey and Charlie enjoyed dinner out together alone.
We enjoyed dinner out with Avery at Chilis. She ate a mini burger and had a great time throwing things off the table and making the lady at the table next to us jump.

Casey and Charlie enjoyed a good nights rest in a hotel.
We enjoyed a good nights rest at their house. (Except for that hour that Avery woke up between 11 and 12 and wanted to be held by her Nonna, which was fine of course.)

They enjoyed shopping on Saturday in Shreveport.
We enjoyed shopping with Avery in Monroe. We got her some new kicks and her mommy a new much needed skillet. We ate lunch at Canes in the mall. Avery loved the chicken and fries, and throwing the chicken and fries.

Casey and Charlie got to visit friends.
We got to do a little project with their flower bed. (Just a small one.) Avery took a nap while I did that.

We had a very nice weekend. Man I do seem to post about good weekends here. There seems to be a pattern. I wish every day could be a weekend. LOL Unfortunately I left my CAMERA there.

So YES of course I DID get great pictures from the trip.
But NO I wont be posting them because my camera is still there. I will show them to you at some point in the future.

I DO NOT like being without my camera. Oh well, thats all for now. Maybe next time there will be picutres. So long!

I Won!

Recently I found this blog. I cant remember how. Anyway there was this giveaway so I, being a girl that loves to win prizes, went for it. Today I had a comment that said I won! I am super excited about this. No I didnt win McMamas Camera Deal that time, but this is a good prize! I think I am the winner of a Praise CD! (Right up my alley), Some coffee (always up for a great Cup o Joe) AND- some beautiful notecards! Again I am so excited! So unless this is some scam that gets my home address and someone is planning on coming to kidnap me, then this is great! (If I come up missing let someone know!) LOL So visit her blog maybe one day you will win something too! :)

Mothers Day 09

It was so nice to have all the children home for Mothers Day. Mark hasnt been here since Christmas and it was nice to be able to get a photo or two of him. I was great to have them all here. We had a nice time and a few nice meals. We like to eat in this family. Who knew I asked for such an expensive Mothers Day gift. I had no idea this tree I wanted would cost a fortune or I never would have suggested it. But I did, and they took the bait. So we planted a Japanese Maple tree for Mothers Day 09. THANK YOU SO MUCH KIDS! I LOVE IT! It will be interesting to watch it grow year after year. It is beautiful now, but I know in years to come (If I can keep it alive) it will be more and more beautiful. We had a good time in the yard taking care of that task with Poppa handling the brunt of the workload of course. He is SUCH a good guy!

Avery enjoyed the outside time with everyone.

I guess we keyed her up too much during the day because she decided to stay up until midnight before going to sleep much to her mothers distress. I told Casey she just wanted to tell her mommy Happy Mothers Day as soon as possible. Although I didnt get a picture of it, I did get my first and second kiss from Avery to Nonna at 11:00 PM Saturday night. I told her she could stay up till midnight every time for sweet sugar like that. I tried to no avail to receive more such kisses today. Maybe next weekend. She loved watching the cat (Sid) from the kitchen and did a little chasing outside too.

Golf anyone?

You know when you're going to play tennis, you get some shorts on, grab the racket and tennis balls and head to the courts. With baseball ya grab your bat, a glove and a baseball and head to the field. Basketball is even easier. Usually you just take the ball outside and shoot. What is it with golf? I certainly am not a golfer but my daddy was. I remember when I was a little before going golfing he would tinker around with the clubs getting ready to go. After he would get home he would almost to the extent of being a little obsessive clean those clubs in the sink. I remember him filling up the sink with the soapy water and washing those clubs and golf balls. He would take so much time cleaning every nook and cranny of those clubs. Funny how things stay the same. LOL Now my boys, my little boys who for some reason appear to be grown men, take forever getting ready to go golfing. What is it they do with those clubs for so long. Do they just look at them for a while or what? Anyway they tinker and clean and scrape the grooves and I dont know what else with them before they go. It is such a reminder of my daddy. I can clearly remember him standing at the sink scrubbing those chipping wedges. It would have been nice if Mark and Josh could have gone golfing with him. I think he would have liked that. But I am sure he saw them enjoying their golf game today.

I HAVE BEEN TAGGED

Calley tagged me and now its my turn to tag some of you. So here is what you do. Make 3 lists of 8. First 8 Things you look forward to Then 8 Things you did yesterday Then 8 Programs you watch on TV. Then go tag 8 people to do the same. So here are my lists.

8 Things I Look Forward To

1. Avery saying Nonna and Poppa
2. Teacher Appreciation Week being over
3. Graduation being over
4. July
5. Worship Service on Sunday Morning
6. Being able to take Avery shopping and letting her pick something out
7. Retirement with Todd
8. Vacations

8 Things I Did Yesterday

1. Organized a day of treats for Teacher Appreciation Week
2. Had High Blood Pressure
3. Took Medicine (not for Blood Pressure)
4. Listened to Beth Moore teach online
5. Sang out loud in my car like a crazy woman to some great Worship music
6. Made tacos
7. Downloaded Picasa and edited some pictures
8. Went to Joshuas ballgame

8 Programs I watch on TV

1. Fox & Friends
2. The Food Network
3. Deliver Me
4. Everybody Loves Raymond
5. Little People Big World
6. Hallmark Movies
7. 18 Kids & Counting
8. Jon & Kate Plus 8 (I know, I know, lets not talk about it)

So those are my lists. Now its time for --
1. Theresa (my sister) http://lambsperspective.blogspot.com/
2. Carrie http://capturingglimpses.blogspot.com/
3. Nikki http://theglenngang.blogspot.com/
4. Jami http://japimages.blogspot.com/
5. Marjorie (my cousin) http://texasmartinfamily.blogspot.com/
6. Emily http://louisianabride.blogspot.com/
7. Adrienne http://www.our-journey-to-parenthood.blogspot.com/
and
8. Jodi http://oliviaandlogan.blogspot.com/

to make their own lists because they have been tagged too! Thanks for playing tag Calley. Her blog is private or I would send you all there!

Walk for March of Dimes

I just wanted to post a little about the March of Dimes walk. It was great to be a part of. I enjoyed it even though it was not completely easy. It was a good little walk at a good little pace and at the finish I was a good bit sore. But I did it. Thats what our stickers said at the end! The scenery was great and Avery enjoyed literally every second of it. Not one peep in the form of a fuss as all. She squealed and looked and had a really great time the whole way through. It was a little emotional for me though. At the beginning a lady shared her experience with preemies. (Her two children). That made me cry a bit. Although it would have been a bit more had I not been in front of a thousand people. Anyway, talking about the NICU experience, and seeing other preemies, some doing as wonderful as Avery, and others not so much was touching too. We are incredibly blessed to have our Avery Grace and to see her toddling around and talking and growing. We are blessed and we know it. We are thankful for this organization that continues to research prematurity and we hope that one day they will be closer to preventing it. We are even more thankful to our Lord who hears our prayers and knows our every need. Here are a few pictures from the day. You can find others, which are fantastic if I do say so myself on Caseys blog.