Saturday, May 31, 2008

Our Memorial Day weekend trip!

"Better late than never"
We went to Mississippi for Memorial Day to see Jeremy's sister and her husband and their 8 children. Sarah is in My Blogger Friends. We always have such a great time when we go. Always exciting drama and action going on. Last time we went to visit was last Thanksgiving and I ended up at the Hospital having a chest x-ray done because my flu got so bad, breathing brought me to tears. This year happier things happened!!





Taking a break at a rest stop

"Pretty in Pink"


playing tag


Getting out the wiggles
(Heidi is laughing in this picture)



As soon as we got there we had to load up again to go to my nephews school awards ceremony.


"Hey, Heidi whatcha hidin?"


"A Kitten!?!"


Yup, we ended up getting conned into a kitten and we named it Bob because it's a bob tailed cat.



The boys attached a sheet to a box fan and then attached more sheets to each other and guess what they made........

An air conditioned tent!!!!!!!


Heidi really loves Bob



Hope ran up and hugged her Daddy's leg...


and wouldn't let go,LOL!



Uncle Bob took all the kids for a ride in his truck.


"Hey, Can I come too?"


They brought back a turtle.



Wet fun!!



Hope didn't think it was fun. Look at those lips. She's really workin it.




Hallie, on the other hand thought it was great!!



Heidi had fun too



After a while Hope was fine with it, As long as Daddy was close.


Ready for Church.
My friend Brigitte is the one who is teaching me to sew and she is also the one who made these beautiful dresses.



Sunday School


Sarah had a great idea for the kids to sleep in whatever bedroom they wanted as long as they red books and kept quiet. A few were still up at 1am.


Hallie didn't make it quite that long



"Bye, I'm going for a ride "



"There seems to be a road block. Can someone help me?"






"Oh Man, That doesn't look good"


Christopher, Hallie, Jonathon and Samuel
Pow-wowing just before we leave for Home.


Another rest stop, this time we're going back home



Daddy's Girls!!


I played peek-a-boo with Hope to help her pass the time.





This is Heidi and Craig and their 3 children. Heidi is a childhood friend of Jeremy's. They lost touch for a while, but they were very good friends. When we were having our second child he mentioned if I would mind using the name Heidi because he had a good friend named Heidi. I didn't mind at all. After we moved to MO. we were only 5 hours away from each other so we have been able to see them a few times and they have come to our house as well. Heidi and I talk all the time on the phone too. Heidi was very touched when she found out we named our second daughter Heidi as well. I am thankful the Lord has brought us all together and we have such a great friendship.



"Time to go!!"

Stay tuned for more pictures of Bob the Kitten. He is so cute!!!

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Learning to sew is so much fun!!

Now that I am learning to sew I decided to pass my new found knowledge on to my children by making throw pillows for my Parents. My mom is redoing their living room in an Americana theme so we found flag material at Walmart on sale and started sewing. I was told starting them with pillows was best. So that is what we did and my parents just got them last Saturday and they love them!!


Heidi hard at work



Hallie working hard














Hope's Pillow


Heidi's Pillow


Hallie's Pillow


"What? Did you say this isn't for me?!"



They turned out so nice that the girls wanted to keep them so I explained Grandma would be sad without her special pillows so they were happy with just their picture with them on the couch.


Help Me!!!