BMX Rocks...We had never been but Sister Charlotte and I wanted to get the kids together over the holidays for some fun...sooooo we packed up all the bikes and some great picnic stuff and off we went to Oak Mountain...The kids loved it and Riley thought he was BIG Stuff but then again so did I...YES I DID THE WHOLE THING....it was great! Kinda scary the first time but I loved it and plan to get my own bike and join in from now on!!!!

Christmas Continued...

What a wonderful time we had this Christmas...God is so very good to us all year through and what a great time to witness as Bailey, Aunt MimI and even Riley read the birth of Jesus from the bible....one of the sweetest gifts this year was Mallory as she had collected change the past few months and bought a card for me and TAPED all her coins in it to give to me....YES I CRIED...it overwhelmed me to say the least...How wonderful it is to know God has given her such as sweet heart!

Christmas Fun!

We had some early holiday fun as we went to the Trussville Parade and then decorated some cookies...The kids loved it...we have family coming over Christmas Eve to eat and share the story of Jesus Birth (the kids are going to read this year) and then enjoy some gift giving to celebrate!

How did I get that Mohawk??

Can you say MohawK? Riley and Mallory love to play with Crazy Foam in the bath so we caught one of their works of art and I guess you could say Riley was the ginny-pig!!!

Thanksgiving 2008

I had a very interesting Thanksgiving...I got sent home from work and had oral surgery the day before with an abseased tooth...Sooo lets just say I cooked all the food and had to eat mash potatoes and THAT WAS IT??? Bummer...I did slip in some dessert but for the most part I was under the weather...My crazy family came and hung out and I am sure THEY enjoyed the food but then again that is how it supposed to be, right? lol

We FINISHED!

We are finally DONE! Well at least most of us...WE only had 3 clinicals left and "I" came down with an awful virus that my children had over the weekend so I had to miss one of the 3 days so I have a make-up day after Thanksgiving??? Bummer! But we are finished with our class and getting ready for our certification in December. I have already put tons of job applications in so keep me in prayer...Enjoy the pics of us, our class and our teacher Mrs. Thomas (who was just wonderful by the way!!!!) Now I am planning on getting a move on my RN so this is still a journey in the making! Praise God!

Homeschool Field Day!

We had a homeschool field day Thursday for our first 9 week meeting and it was a BLAST! We had all ages from little ones to teenagers. They all had so much fun doing tug of war, 3 leg races, soft ball throw, 50/100 yard dash, balloon and egg toss etc. etc...It turned out to be a warm day and we sure loved the hot dogs and desserts!!

Off to Georgia we go! Birthday celebration #3

What a fun weekend! Brother Ted and Charlene took the kids and I to Georgia for my birthday to stay with her sister Debbie and her husband and son. We left Friday and went to their fall festival at Atlanta West UPC church and then Saturday we got up and went to Look-out Mountain (yes we climbed all the way to the TOP-pictures to come) and then we went to the park that night and cooked out! Sunday morning we got up and went to church at Atlanta West and then had a great lunch before heading back that afternoon! Sister Keith made me a delicious birthday cake that we took with us and lets just say it was a gone FAST! We really really had a wonderful time...I am so thankful for good friends!!!!!!!!

My Birthday!

Well I turned the big '40' as some people say? It was actually alot of fun! I think by the time it was all said and done I had like 3 parties! My new job gave me a cake and sang Happy Birthday (thanks Tee) and then we had a party at my house with some family and friends and then Charlene and Ted took us all to Georgia (see slide show above) to celebrate again! OHHH let me tell you what was so funny about the coffee...my sister who does not drink coffee got me some in a bag that was 'whole bean' and she did not know that you had to grind it before you leave the store????? lol so we all had a huge laugh on that one...now I have a whole bag of Starbucks with no way to grind it????

Riley turns the big '4' HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Riley had an awesome birthday October 25th...we had a few friends over to celebrate and needless to say 'the adults got into a cake fight'..it was too much fun! I think my sister has an evil bone somewhere since she just love love loves to start something when she is around??? lol My mother just thought she was going to escape without any 'cake' but my sister got her when she was about to leave! That was priceless...hehee!