Momma to five, a Wife to one and a Friend to many.......: April 2010

Monday, April 19, 2010

Fishin'

Let's start here with Sierra posing with some of our flowers that have come up. Still waiting on the tulips....one of my favs. Since this last Friday Dave and I along with half the kids have went fishing off and on, including today. Yes I have already received my first sunburn....OUCH!!!! For those who don't know me and sun do not get along. I love it just my skin don't...if that makes any sense. Any ways here are some pictures from over the weekend, which includes two ponds that are by our house. And yes Aunt Lala, Savannah tore her own worm this year and hooked it all by herself after dad showed her how. Let me re-cap, last year at this time and through out the summer we did alot of fishing and one of dad's rules is that you can't fish unless you tear your own worm (once your 7 or so I'd say). Well Savannah wanted to fish and do it all by herself but she was sooo scared to touch a worm. She even asked dad if she could use a "gummy worm" to practice with. We all loved that question and she will never live it down. And to those out there that think dad's rule was to harsh......yes all the kids got to fish, he just wanted them to get their own line and pole ready when they were big enough to. So you can now see that Savannah has now concurred the big job of touching worms and this girl LOVES it!!!

Zachie hanging out on the bridge watching Goldfish in the pond.

Savannah fishing, she even dug her own hole for the pole to go in so she didn't have to hold it anymore....lol to funny!

First Savannah holding the yucky worm.

Second, she is trying to tear it in half. Note to everyone I still don't touch worms or get my own line ready.

Good job Savannah your such a big girl now!!!

Zachie sittin', realin' & casting realin that's pretty much all he does, besides play with worms.

and here is some actually casting...... not to bad for a 3 year old!!

also not to rub it in but who caught the first fish???......Yep Mr. Zachary Maybe with a little of dad's help but that's our little secret.

Hope you all enjoyed. Goodnight!!

Friday, April 9, 2010

Seeing the country through her eyes......

So not many of you know this but I will now share with all. My dear sister LaVetta has been out on the road traveling the U.S. with a good friend of her's. She has been gone for I think a couple of months but probably more like just over a month. It feels like forever!! We talk every couple of days and sometimes like today 5 or 6 times a day. It truly seems that she has finally found true happiness. It's been a long time coming and lord knows she deserves it more than anyone I know. So she is out traveling the country with a great guy and also gets to see the entire country. You could say I'm just a bit jealous.....just a little...LOL So here is a list that I got today from her and where she's been within the last month or two.

Illinois

Louisiana

Mississippi

WA. DC

New York

Texas

Indiana

Michigan

Virginia

West Virginia

Florida

Georgia

Kentucky

Tennessee

North Carolina

Ohio

Iowa

Arkansas

Oklahoma

Alabama

Maryland

Pennsylvania

Kansas

Nebraska

Missouri

She has been sending me pictures through emails so I thought I would share some with you. There's not to many but she promises to send me more, more often. Here's a few......

This is a motorcade in MD. where a 31 yr old Police Officer died when responding to a call for backup when he wrecked his patrol car. There were more than 500 cars in the motorcade. He had a wife, 1 yr old child and his wife was also pregnant with triplets due in June. Please send prayers to his family......

Elvis' plane Lisa Marie

Elvis' car

I just found out today as well that Al should be getting a couple of weeks off in May so guess what that means??...... They are going to start heading this way and stay for a few days. YEAH!!!!! I know the kids will be so super excited to see their Lala. They miss her terribly. We all have gotten so use to having her around all the time and when she wasn't around our house she wasn't very far away. She is like their second mom and I love the thought of that!

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Football w/ the kiddos & dad

Let's start with the three younger kids, Savannah 9yr, Zachary 3yr. & Sierra 6yr. As the older kids and a family friend along with dad played football in our front yard. These kids sat at my feet watching and waiting their turn to run after each other....well everyone except Sierra was waiting for that. She is 110% girl...crazy....LOL So below is just some pictures of what the kids did the beginning of Spring Break when Tristian's friend Rodell stayed a week with us. They are also going to be going skating and do some more swimming this week. I will post more pics when I can. ENJOY!!!!