Halloween!

This year for Halloween the girls were Princesses again! Makayla insisted on being Ariel even though she was Ariel when she was 3! Mallory was gonna be Flounder from the Little Mermaid because she thought "that would be funnnny!" ha but we couldn't find the outfit so she decided to be Tinkerbell! She made such an adorable Tinkerbell. A BIG thank you to Granny who found these costumes on the coast! The Sat before Halloween we had a trunk or treat children's party at church! We had a great turnout of kids and lots of trunks too! They had a blast! For Halloween night we trick or treat out here in the country (which is weird because you get in and out of cars and just drive around to people's houses) Then we have made it tradition to go trick or treating in Brookhaven inthe neighborhood we used to live in. We always meet our good friends the Moaks and Makayla Cooper Mallory and Emry trick or treat together (city way of walking through the neighborhood! which is what I am used too!) We had a great time and ended the night with a meal with friends at Cracker Barrell. Brad's Trunk and the Girls.....

All the kids that participated! Makayla and Mallory are on the far left

Tinkerbell's wings! Notice the light up wand she kept putting between her legs using it to fly on! It looks like a tail! ha

Our little Mermaid and Tink!

Nana and her Princesses! Thanks Nana for helping getting them ready!

A Little Funny!

Makayla started back to dance today! So while we were shopping for leotards....We were in the dressing room and Mallory went to a corner to hide and I knew what she was doing, so I was trying to hurry. All of a sudden, VERY LOUDLY Makayla says "EW Mommy it stinks in here!" and just as LOUDLY Mallory replies "Ya, Makayla that's me!" The child has no shame!
HAHA...I can't wait till she's potty trained! She's just a little strong willed and says she doesn't want to go in the potty...I decided after a week of accidents, to just wait till she is ready!!

PARADE OF BOOKS!

SO, We really like this school Makayla is in, of course it is where Brad went so he is partial, but I really like it too. They had an event in August called the Parade of Books. It was to promote reading and go along with the book fair. Each student got to dress up as a book character and parade around the gym! How cute! Makayla was head set on going as Belle. I was worried it would be a little overkill, but was sooo not. There were some really cute costumes there and even the faculty participates! The Principal was Winnie the Pooh! ha.. While I am at it, let me talk about the book fair! I remember a time when you went to the book fair during class and bought a book with the money mom gave me. Not how it is now...They had a kick off event that corresponeded with open house at the school. It had a whole safari theme to it..There were refreshments all done as animals (ex zebra cookies and cakes). They had some of the older elementary students dressed up and performing songs in the hall way, they even had a real petting zoo in the school! With a live snake too ( I wasn't crazy about that part!) Anyways, so far we are liking it and Makayla is leraning sooo much! I am too; we have to memorize a bible verse every week that she has to say by Friday! Well enough running my fingers for now!! haha

Hanging on the Monkey Bars...Mallory and I got to go to the parade, lunch, and playground with her..Mallory thought it was Great!

My sweet girls!

A Very Small Portion of the parade!

OUR MALLORY! (9/26/08)

Mallory loves to look at the scrapbooks I've done. I hate to admit most of them are of Makayla..SO I took some pictures to make a page for her...I am about 20 months behind on hers, but I plan to catch up as soon as we are in the new house! Isn't she Adorable?

On Our Way to Church (August)

I have not updated the blog in a while until today... We have had some unfortunate and sad times in our lives lately. My Father passed away on Sept 12th. Please continue to be in prayer for my family during this time. We miss him so much, but as Mallory told me just last night "but mommy he's with Jesus".

House update!

We Finally Have SHEETROCK! We had some delays this month in getting the sheet rock hung. They finally started Wed. and are almost done with the downstairs. I can't wait to be able to start painting! It is coming along slowly but surely....

View from Dining room towards side porch. the door is the side porch entry

This is view of Kitchen from the breakfast room. you are loooking into the dining room

Mallory's room one side of it anyways

Popa hard at work in the garage...

view from in the kitchen through the opening where the stovetop will be..looks into the living room

View from the front door...sheet rock not quite done in this room
side porch! this is done except for painting!
Another view of front porch

Front of the house...
Back of the house
back of the house on the garage side
side of house....this will be where additional parking and guest entry will be through the side door..since we are in the country and no one uses the front door...haha

Makayla started School! K5!!

Makayla started School this month...I am not going to say where due to safety reasons..So far she loves it...It is amazing to watch her in her little world...It is very different then what I am used to..she only has 9 kids in her class so they have alot of one on one time.. They get to go to Computer, Music, Art, Library, and PE. I think her favorite is the playground and Cafeteria! HAHA... Her very own desk!

The Reading area!

This is her teacher, Mrs. Beth.

House Update!

Sorry its been so long! We have been super busy trying to get this house done... It is coming along slowly but surely! The Brickers are getting closer to being done and have gotten more done since I took these pictures. Then the roofers have to come back and finish up a few areas... Can't wait to be living in it!! Maybe by Christmas!

this is the tall side wall towards the woods.

Closeup of the Brick and Window.
View from the front of the house.
The Front Porch in Progress
The side Garage entrance view.
The back view..yes the white door will be painted to match the other windows and doors.
The back porch. still needs columns and some finish work.

A visit to Aunt Heather and Uncle Rain's!

John Willis came to see us! Lesley and Lawanna were at a conference in Destin and drove over to Navarre to visit! It is always so nice to see them.. They live in Georgia so the visits are not often enough! Thanks for driving over!

We went to see Aunt Heather Uncle Rain and Josh a few weekends ago in Navarre, FL. They recently moved there and we just couldn't wait to go see them! I must say they live in PARADISE! It is beautiful and there is sooo much to do. The girls loved every minute of it... AT THE BEACH>>>>>

AT THE POOL>. We sort of borrowed one of the hotel pools haha
Uncle Rain, Brad and Josh took a boat out and did some fishing..they picked us up in fort walton at a dock and we went for a ride... It was a lot of fun.

Water Park In Gulfport!

We took off for a weekend to mom's in Gulfport! Aunt Heather, Uncle Rain and Josh were there too. We had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the day at the water park. It took Mallory longer to warm up to it, but she had a good time once she did! Makayla loved it and played her heart out on all the slides.. Aunt Heather had a good time riding the slides too!
I guess this is our swimsuit model pose!
Imagine! We ran into some of our friends from Bogue Chitto! This is Riley, Kassidi, Mallory, and Makayla.