Relay for Life 2011

I know I am very late on many posts, so it is catch up time!  I have good reason that I will share in a later post!  In April, we joined Jill's teacher friends in walking in the Relay for Life.  It is truly an emotional night filled with laughter, tears, and amazement at the number of survivors and the reminder of how good God truly is.  Having so many family members affected with cancer and still battling, it was truly an honor to raise money for the American Cancer Society.  I got to take Brooklyn this year!  She understood what we were walking for and why we were there...of course, the snow cones proved to be her love!  She and Ricky had a great time walking together, but poor Everett had an eye injury and was having a very painful night.  Thank you Jill for asking us to join you every year...it is an honor!

Brooklyn and Ricky! 

My girl and me!

Thank you Jill!!!!!!

Not a good one of me but Brooklyn looks very pretty!

The clan!!!!  Poor Everett.

Mother's Day 2011

Another Mother's Day!!  Brooklyn had told her class on Friday that what she wanted to throw mommmy a Mother's Day party!  She started decorating our house with mommy pictures!  So cute!  We had a fun celebration the day before Mother's Day with the Lewis family at a very yummy Italian restaurant called Raul's...you have to check it out!  On Mother's Day, Curt had a beautiful purple orchid and card waiting in Brooklyn's room for me when I went to wake her up!  A very big surprise...wasn't expecting anything because we just got our new floors!  We had a great day at church and then came home for my mommy time at the gym!  Love it!  I am a sucker for my gym time!  We went that evening to eat with the Alford clan at Juan and Lefty's that just opened near our house.  It was better food this time than the first time we ate there!  Good family, good fun!!!



My Mother's Day Party!  Created by Brooklyn




My babies!




Funny face!!!



She found tomatoes on her plant!!

Colson is still waiting on his strawberries!

Memaw was so surprised by her camera!



My boys!!!!!



Home Improvement 2011

We have been considering, researching, and deciding what floors to replace our carpet and vinyl with for about a year!  We finally bit the bullet and bought the floors!  I am so excited because they are so beautiful!  We had tons of help from friends!  Thank you so much...we couldn't have done it without you!  You also will not believe it...I did it too!  It was so hard...my body just ached the next day!  Curt was amazing and worked so hard.  Here are some before, during, and after pictures!  We still have baseboards to paint, replace, and nail on! 

Easter 2011

Easter was kind of a weird and busy weekend for us this year.  We bought new floors for our house and so Curt decided he wanted to put them in while he had an extra day off on Good Friday.  Our friends Jeremy and Nick came over and helped on Friday.  They all worked so hard and Curt worked into the early morning.  The kids and I just decided to stay at my mom's house because it was so busy and the house was torn to pieces!  Curt called on Saturday morning to ask if I could help because we weren't sure if we were going to have any help.  Reluctantly, I came home and helped him for about 11 1/2 hours on Saturday.  I was so impressed with myself and could not believe how hard a job it was!  Jeremy ended up coming to help and so did Crystal which was so great!  We got a lot done!  We brought the kids home late Saturday night so the Easter Bunny could come to our house in our sleep!
The kids were so excited about what the Easter Bunny brought us!  It just thrilled us to see their happy faces!  We went to church and had a great children's breakfast, Easter egg hunt, and worship celebration.   Brooklyn was so funny!  When the kids all ran out, they all stopped by the doors to get eggs...Brooklyn ran to the far side of the playground where no one was so she could have full reign!  She loved that!!!   We are so thankful for Christ's resurrection and love that Brooklyn knows what Easter is and why we celebrate the special day!  We joined my side and Curt's side of the family together and had our annual egg hunt, yummy lunch, and confetti egg war!  Brooklyn was the golden egg finder this year and she got a $5 bill in it!  She was thrilled!  Colson got to where he would shake the egg and call out MONEY or CANDY! 
WHAT A GREAT DAY!!!!!!!!!
(pics of the floors to come!)